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web api - image cropping and editing tool

first day of my job....as i was asked to crop an image. i just found that none of the softwares related to this is installed on my new system

so now what to do i asked myself so i started googling things maybe ill find a small software just to crop...but i dont want to install anything..

so i found a very intresting application on net called fauxto

its all made in flash where you can upload your picture from your computer and and do most of the stuff like cropping, sharpen, blur, etc

more like this are

• http://pixenate.com/
• http://snipshot.com/
  

What’s really in my cookie cache?

So, time and time again you see people rant and rave about how your privacy is being seriously compromised by the use of cookies. I must say, if you just read around on google, advertiser cookies are one of the most misunderstood beasts out there. Nowadays, practically every spyware removal program flags advertiser cookies as ‘SPYWARE/ADWARE’. Try it, google up tribalfusion cookie, or yieldmanager cookie, etc. etc.

Take this SpywareNuker page:

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Is There an Optimal Blog Post Length?

Is there an optimal post length? Will shorter posts help to retain readers and even lead to more links?

From Blogging in a Sound Bite World:

We know form social media that most people don’t read the story, they vote on the title and snippet, the virtual equivalent of the sound bite. Is there an advantage in sound byte style blogging? By limiting your posts to less 300 characters on average can you attract and retain a larger audience, I think so.

Michael’s point is well taken. In the age of the short attention span do you risk losing readers, by writing posts that are too long. You’ve probably noticed I tend to post on the longer side so naturally the issue caught my attention.....

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Guidelines on How to Ask for a Link

I am talking about an email to tell another site owner about the great content you have on your site, and asking them to link to it. Even though we are starting the conversation with a request for a link, we are still targeting higher value sites.

Here are 10 guidelines about how to put it together:

1. Select all sites you choose to contact manually. Do not use automated means to decide who to contact.
2. Approach only those sites that will find your content relevant to their users
3. Keep in mind that you are asking for something for nothing. You want the party receiving your email to give you a link. You are offering nothing in return (you are NOT offering a return link).
4. Hand craft all communications to the people you contact. Automated email contacts will yield very low results with sites that can provide quality links
5. So why would they link to you? The answer is simple: to benefit their users. You need to keep this in mind at every step of the process.
6. Given that’s the case, highlight the content that benefits their users most. Identify that content prominently in the email you send.
7. Be courteous. You are asking for something for nothing. They owe you nothing.
8. Keep if short. Your email is not something they were expecting. So don’t expect them to want to read a long email. 4 to 5 paragraphs at most.
9. Don’t be afraid to resend the email if you don’t hear back from them. The great majority of these emails are not opened the first time.
10. Last, but absolutely not least, be 100% in compliance with the Can SPAM act. This is not optional. You don’t want trouble here. Learn what the guidelines are, and make sure you comply.

original post : http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/02/26/guidelines-on-how-to-ask-for-a-link

web designing

whats is to be needed to do a good web designing nd developement????