Archive for July, 2010

“People who use Facebook own their information and have the right to share only what they want, with whom they want, and when they want,”

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100 Million Facebook Users’ Data Published

Imagine it: you’ve been given the chance to look into the future and bring back one tool that will help you be the Best. Freelancer.

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Having Fun: Imagine the Perfect Freelancer’s Tool

One of the benefits that many freelancers with families cite is the ability to stay home with the kids: you can save a fortune on daycare if you have kids just by working from home and not sending the kids elsewhere.

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Child Care Options for Freelancers

“Here’s a short list of tricks I’ve been using to help canonicalize my dynamic site better to undo all the damage scraper sites cause by mucking up URLs with parameters.”(-subscription required)

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Keeping Dynamic Sites Clean in the Search Index

When asked if Google’s service might resemble Facebook’s, Mr.

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Google Looking At Social Networking For Games

“They guys behind it said it was more successful than they had intended to be,”

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Mariposa Virus Botnet Hacker Arrested

“The report looked for the first time at how mobile networks are holding up in the face of greater demand for data on the move.”

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Report: Global Internet Speed Comparisons Published

Here at Envato we’re pretty famous for building a lot of successful blogs, like this one! We’ve done quite a few now, so last year I decided other people might find our techniques and systems useful. Today I’m really happy to announce my new book How to Build a Successful Blog Business which is a step by step guide to doing what we do, and it comes packed with case studies for our blogs including FreelanceSwitch! The book covers everything from picking a niche to hiring staff, monetizing to building traffic.

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Behind the Scenes of FreelanceSwitch with Collis!

Trolling the archives of FreelanceSwitch is a great thing to do if you’re trying to avoid doing actual work.  So because you’re a super busy freelancer, I’ve taken the time – hours and hours, just for you –  to grab a few of the more, shall we say “interesting” posts and gems from the crypts. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Guide to Freelancing 10 awesome steps to reframe how you look at your freelancing career.  Also very useful if you think your head might explode if you are forced to watch anything else Twilight related. The Six People You Meet In Freelance Internet Writing Hell Any post with a reference to a Commodore Vic 20 is going to get my vote.  Unless it’s up against a TRS-80…

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Gems of the FreelanceSwitch Archives

“Unicorn combines a number of popular tools in a single, easy interface, including the Markup validator, CSS validator, mobileOk checker, and Feed validator,…”

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New W3C “All-In-One” Validator: Unicorn