What's in a Screen Name?
When you joined an online service in the days of online past, you received an account name mechanically generated by a computer. And this computer was quite proud of itself for calling you 71303,3713. [more…]
Dealing with Drop-Shippers in Your eBay Business
A drop-shipper is a business that stocks merchandise and sells it to you (the reseller) — but ships the merchandise directly to your customer.
By using a drop-shipper, you transfer the risks of buying merchandise [more…]
Setting Up Your PayPal Account and Profile
You start setting up your PayPal profile during the process of registering for a PayPal account. Open up your browser and type www.paypal.com into the Address Bar. The PayPal home page has multiple links [more…]
The eCheck's in the E-Mail
You sent a request for money to someone and the payment came back in the form of an eCheck. What is an eCheck, and how does it differ from an instant PayPal payment? [more…]
Compressing Files to Ease E-Mailing
You can compress files to make them smaller or to roll several files into a single file that's easier to manage and send in an e-mail message. These days, hard drive space isn't difficult to come by, and [more…]
Unmasking Search Engine Myths and Mistakes
A lot of confusion exists in the search engine world, and some of those ideas and omissions can hurt your search engine positions. Read, and take heed. [more…]
Using the Skype Search Directory
The ability to search Skype is a powerful feature. Although you can search for a Skype name, full name, or e-mail address, you can narrow your search based on a set of filters. The Skype search directory [more…]
Writing a Good Blog
Blogs, or Web logs, are online journals that are updated frequently, sometimes even daily. An update, (also called an entry or a post) is usually quite short, perhaps just a few sentences, and readers [more…]
Keeping One Step Ahead of the Spammers
If it's just a matter of time before a spammer catches up to your e-mail address, is there any hope? Sure, you have some hope. But, truth be told, you can do little to completely avoid spam. What hope [more…]
Examining the Internet's Many Uses
The Internet is unlike all the other communications media anyone has ever encountered. People of all ages, colors, creeds, and countries freely share ideas, stories, data, opinions, and products. Increasingly [more…]
How to Unblock MySpace Users
You can unblock MySpace users from your Blocked Users list — where you can see all the users you’ve blocked. So, if you change your mind about who you want to keep out of your MySpace space, you follow [more…]
Knowing Who's a Cybertroublemaker
Feeling safe on the Internet is easy if you think of yourself as just one little surfer out in the middle of a giant ocean of networks, computers, and users. [more…]
Finding Out How PayPal Works
Like many great ideas, the fundamentals of PayPal are pretty easy to grasp. Your PayPal account is much like any savings or checking account, except PayPal was designed specifically for online transactions [more…]
Knowing When Not to Use Priceline
Even if you're a frequent Priceliner, you're fighting against the odds if you try to use Priceline for some kinds of trips. If you're just looking for a weekend away, prices are generally low on your route [more…]
How to Make Your MySpace Profile Private
You can use a private profile on MySpace to limit who can view your profile information; you can narrow it down to only the individuals listed in your Friend List. Your private profile then doesn’t allow [more…]
Is Wikipedia Reliable?
The creators of Wikipedia are the first to admit that not every entry is accurate and that it might not be the best source of material for research papers. Here are some points to consider: [more…]
How to Block MySpace Users
You can block other MySpace users so that the person can no longer contact you at all through MySpace. That means (s)he can’t comment your page — or send you any message that you actually receive. [more…]
Sending a PayPal Invoice
PayPal has a free service called the Invoice Manager that can speed up the process of sending invoices for items you recently sold on eBay. The Invoice Manager prepopulates the item fields, based on the [more…]
The Difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet
People now talk about the Web more than they talk about the Internet. The World Wide Web and the Internet are not the same thing — the World Wide Web (which we call the Web because we're lazy typists) [more…]
Identifying Jobs in Second Life
One of the more common questions asked in Second Life (SL) is about the kinds of jobs that are available. You can find easy jobs that don't pay all much as well as difficult, high-skilled jobs [more…]
How to Get Started Blogging with Google's Blogger
Blogger is a free, fast, and easy-to-use blog publishing tool available from Google. Because getting started is so easy, Blogger helps you discover how blogging works without having to invest a lot of [more…]
How to Promote Your Product on YouTube
YouTube is a great place to promote your product or message. To promote on YouTube, grab your camcorder, take a video of the product or tape your message, and upload the video to YouTube. [more…]
How to Use Blogger to Add a Link to Your Blog
One of the icons in Bloggerthat deserves special attention is the Link icon — the small globe icon with a link of chain on top of it. Use this option whenever you want to link to another blog, a news story [more…]
How to Pick a Domain Name for a Blog
Pick a domain name for your blog that says something about you and your blog. The domain name for a blog can be anything (assuming it isn’t already being used) — a company name, a nickname, or your favorite [more…]
