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Hardly one can find a person who does not have a website or has not any connection with it. Not of less importance are the value, image, and reputation of the site. This time eBizValuations, featured in KillerStartups, gives a helping hand and launches online valuation service at ebizvaluations.com.

The valuation tool aims to present to business owners, webmasters, "site-flippers", analysts, advertisers to put an accurate value to websites. According to the PRWEB valuation is done on the basis of the database of past website sales and a smart engine. It performs various analyses on the target site, also extracts DNA and key signals specific to the site, through match of those signals against other sites in its database the owner can receive an accurate valuation report based on how much similar sites have sold for.

A growing appreciation among investors drives to the fact that profit making websites are ideal investments in a balanced portfolio. Nowadays there is no need to be the webmaster, time by time technical side is least thing one should worry about.

According to the PRWEB, "From CNN to the BBC, everyone seems to be talking about this trend of people investing in profit making websites for capital gain or income," said CEO Clinton Lee. "But there's never been an easy way for amateur or professional investors to arrive at a fair value for a site they're looking to buy, sell or hold. This new tool should save investors huge sums of money in valuation and due diligence checks, and should open up the holding of websites to an even broader base of investors."

The tool provides complete valuation/appraisal report that is prepared for each target site and each report includes the results of extensive due diligence checks and suggestions on markers that could influence the business's value up or down, as it is announced on the PRWEB.

Among the information the tool provides or links to is the site's
- valuation
- traffic rankings/volume and traffic trends
- popularity reports; incoming link reports and link analyses
- top pages with Google Page Rank (and the rank for those pages)
- indexed pages and other metrics related to its performance in search engines
- position of authority in its niche
- server technology and uptime- availability and speed when accessed from different continents
- safety and reputation for being virus and malware free

References:
http://eBizValuations.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/website/valuation/prweb1212674.htm

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Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 3:17 PM | 0 comments  
Labels: business, Internet

Every day we witness thousands of innovations in the technology world. These innovations comprise nearly each field factually developed. But the one, University of Arizona Professor Jerzy Rozenblit has received a $2.2 million grant to design computer software that will analyze volatile political and military situations for, is absolutely unique.

The software will predict the actions of paramilitary groups, ethnic factions, terrorists and criminal groups, while aiding commanders in devising strategies for stabilizing areas before, during and after conflicts. That is not limit of its capabilities It will have many civilian applications in finance, law enforcement, epidemiology and the aftermath of natural disasters, such as hurricane Katrina, too.

Rozenblit, who holds the Raymond J. Oglethorpe Endowed Chair in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the UA admits that ATRAP - The Asymmetric Threat Response and Analysis Project is a massively complex set of computer algorithms (mathematical procedures) that sift through millions of pieces of data, considering many factors including social, political, cultural, military and media influences.

For accomplishment the work ATRAP will use sophisticated computational methods based on: game theory
co-evolution
genetic development models

Genetic algorithms analyze situations in an evolutionary context, where actions with the highest “fitness factor” gravitate toward one another, produce offspring and eventually rise to the top.

The algorithms will recognize links and patterns within the data and to find connections.“The computer can look at very, very complex data sets that as an individual or even as a group of individuals, you could never analyze,” said Brian Ten Eyck, ATRAP project manager and associate director for research support in ECE. “The computer can bring the patterns and connections to the surface and can predict scenarios that might never occur to human analysts.”

According to the “Inside Arizona Business” Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion, is not exact but a good example of how ATRAP can respond to changing factors, Ten Eyck explained. “Every time its opponent made a move, Deep Blue recalculated all the possibilities and likely courses of action, eventually settling on the fittest move that would achieve its goal of winning the game.”

Rozenblit said: In unstable areas, winning often means establishing an environment in which the factions co-exist in a win-win situation or at least in an equilibrium in which there are no rewards, and some penalties, for disturbing the status quo. Ultimately, the software program will be designed to display data in graphical, 3-D and other forms that can be quickly grasped, allowing decision makers to rapidly respond to changing situations, Rozenblit said.

The goal is to handle conflict areas in a manner that leads to stability and support so war is not necessary,” Rozenblit said. “That’s the philosophy behind much of the ATRAP effort.” Conflicts like Kosovo and Somalia that need quick response emphasizes the need for the high quality harnessing in order to react very rapidly. Parallel computing is the best way to response to the situation timely.

The benefit of the software relates to the Students and Local Contractors, too. As Rozenblit said “There is a dire need for engineers with expertise in this area and our graduate students and undergraduates are in great demand.” The evidence to this statement is that one student who recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree after doing research related to ATRAP was hired at an annual starting salary of $90,000.

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Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 12:15 AM | 1 comments  
Labels: Internet, mass media, software

To be straight Blog celebrates 10 years from the day it was first launched. According to Wikipedia the term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. As for the "blog," it was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May of 1999.

There are several types of blogs. According to Wikipedia Media type blogs are: vlog, linklog, sketchblog, photoblog, tumblelogs, Phlog, moblog

According to the genres: political blogs, travel blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, niche blogs, dreamlogs, Splog, Slog

Technorati, estimates that there are 120,000 new blogs being created every day. Posts are being added to blogs at a rate of 17 per second - a total of 1.5 million per day, says the firm.

The importance of Blog increases day by day. Blogs carry different purposes. Some blogs are of personal character, others are a kind of tools that organize the communities of the same interests that many people have and share among them.

In 2004 Gov. Howard Dean was the first presidential candidate who made very effective political use of a blog. The campaign was the unique one as the result of all the efforts done by the blog was the raise over 50 million dollars and Howard Dean became the Democratic front runner until the primary elections.

According to the results of Technorati, it tracks more than 112 million blogs. While in 1998 there were about 23. So how many times greater is the number of blogs today in comparison with the result of 1998? It is about 486956,...well, sorry but I am lazy to write other numbers. One can see that the superiority level is huge. :-)

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Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 12:08 AM | 0 comments  
Labels: Internet, IT

People interested in modern trends always seek news and try to be absolutely involved in the world of changes. But there are thousands of professional sites that serve the publics right to know. But different spheres are of different importance according to the interests of the users.

Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 10:27 PM | 0 comments  
Labels: Internet, IT

Our life passes in search of something more or less ideal for us. The main objects of search are people, materials on global issues, news and jobs. One cannot cover all the things a man searches especially on the Internet. There are millions of web pages, 71 million blogs. Internet is overloaded with the information satisfying the most differentiated segments of society.

As far as each day should bring the new experience and knowledge into the life of an individual, one can open one of the sites and find more or less suitable information for him/her. Several days ago the object of my online investigation was Quotes about… Who knows about everything: life, love, friendship, and anger… I came across the World of Quotes where is the answer to many questions: What is written about…? Who wrote the quote or proverb? What does the wisdom of different countries say about…?

Any question? One gets all the answers.

Does anybody want to try to be absorbed with the wisdom of the world? Then one should visit Worldof Quotes.com WorldofQuotes.com searches proverbs and quotes according to the topics, authors. It has quite free choice of topics. One can hardly move onto the other site. The most interesting information provided by the WorldofQuotes.com is the “Today in History.”

One can be lost in the past wisdom of the World. Visit WorldofQuotes.com and find the quotation in accordance to your interests, mood, and life experiences.

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Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 10:19 PM | 0 comments  
Labels: Internet, Literature

In the era of connectivity Nokia takes the leading position. Among Nokia Products are: Mobile phones, Multimedia computers, Mobile gaming devices, Enterprise Architecture, Networks, Wireless systems, Wireless data devices, Wireless voice devices, Wireless switching equipment, and now it launches a mobile newspaper in the palm. It will give users opportunity to view news updates in the native language.

Manorama Online’s chief operating officer, Miss Mariam Mammen Mathew says: "Currently Internet penetration is very low, especially in smaller cities & rural areas. Services such as the 'Mobile Newspaper' will ride on the larger penetration of mobile phones, and bring the Internet Revolution to the masses."

Nokia announces that is has partnered with different media houses and islaunching not only “vernacular news portal” but value added services in ten languages. The only thing the users need to do is to download vernacular news portal icon on their phones, send ‘MM’ as SMS to 5555.

Users of Nokia GPRS will be able to get news in different categories, such as: sports, travel, music, movies.

(Nokia 2626, 6233, 6300, 6131, N72, N80, and N95 are able to download the vernacular news portal icon).

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Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 1:03 PM | 0 comments  
Labels: Internet, IT, Media

It is hardly imaginable to be a parent and have no concerns about the influences that an environment has over youngster. In a highly competitive world of highly developed technology, is it difficult to control the information that one can get through the communication channels today. As everybody knows the variety of types of channels increased. In old times we only had “mouth” to send a massage as one of the sources of an advertisement, but later on print media continued accomplishment of the job done by “Mouth,” radio, television followed the path of development and took society to the world of Internet as its final stage. The term “Final stage” is used conventionally. Nobody knows what is going to happen with nowadays' reality after stating that “Sex and marriage with robots can soon be possible.”

World is full of extraordinary events and technical, scientific developments. Nobody could imagine that one day a child could click the remote controller, turn on the PC, play games and even watch inadvertently the advertisements spread over the communication channels.

Though it is said that children in early years have abilities to absorb the amount of information that elderly people can only do in 15 years, the question is how much positive and productive information is. It is easy to guess that children of all ages are heavy media consumers. According to Kaiser Family Foundation, Kids and Media at the New Millennium a child spends 6 hours a day sitting at the TV (or PC).

High attention and control over the effects of advertisements on the children at the age of 8 and older is caused by children’s inherent vulnerability. One of the most spread effects the advertisements have resulted in children is childhood obesity. It is a logical result because in majority cases the advertisements directed to the children at the age of 8 and older are more food oriented.

One of the most successful ways of attracting child’s attention is the use of cartoon or game characters, the heroes they want to be resembled with.

The issue of advertisement influence is of great importance and it does not come necessarily from the last years but in 1974, the National Advertising Review Council (NARC) established the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) as a self-regulatory program. The main purpose of which was to promote responsible children’s advertising.

Controlling the ads placement on the TV is much easier than in the Internet. On the TV the advertisement should be corresponding to the program, whether the advertisement appears after or before the program children watch, is of great importance too. Advertisements’ target audience, in case it is youth, has different features and ads are of different forms and content. It should be educative and relevant to the understanding of a child. Deceptive and unfair ads draw false image on the product and damage consciousness of a child.

To underline effects of the TV ads we can apply to oboulo.com. There are 4 effects of the TV advertisement that influence children:
The appealing effect of advertising,
The 'parent-child' conflict,
Advertising that creates materialistic values,
The impact on children's health.

As for the Internet advertisements, they are harder to control. When the 11 years old child teaches you how to make a free web site, the possibility of watching internet ads is high.

Similar to the TV, the Internet has also appealing effects, it also creates materialistic values, and has the impact on child's health, but the conflict between child and parents is doubled because parents are not less affected by internet because of its indispensable and ubiquitous nature. Anyway the media that aims to the gain profit from audience should try to work on the basis of mutual benefit and be directed to minimization of harm.


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Posted by Julie Andghuladze at 9:10 PM | 0 comments  
Labels: Advertisement, CARU, Internet, TV