Strange rock village in Iran

Facing picture may look like a living room of a modern house with different architecture approach or a classic interior design, but it is a view from a house situated at a village in Iran.

In the north west of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, The villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock. The age of some houses is more than 700 years. It's about 60 Kilometers south of Tabriz, in the East Azarbaijan Province of Iran (Persia).

In this unique village, the homes are built on the mountain; they are carved into it. The architecture of these houses is thought to date back to the thirteenth century A.D. Some of the houses are at least 700 years old and are still being inhabited. Built out of volcanic rock and ash, they are extremely energy efficient. Despite the village's isolated nature, tourists from around the world can be found wandering the narrow streets.

* For more strange news: Strange Asia News

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Make money online watching videos

You can make money online using different techniques. Online surfers are well aware about 'YouTube' videos but do you know that you can now make money viewing videos. The process is really simple and you can earn easy bucks.
The viewing video is the same process which many 'get paid to view ads', get paid to surf ads' sites has adopted.

How they make money?
They explain it:
Paid2YouTube.com makes money via advertising, other advertising sources throughout the website as well as earning through direct sponsorship of other Paid2YouTube.com members, just like a regular member does.

How you make money?
You view videos via the "Surf Videos" page, Comment or subscribe.
When you view a video you earn $0.01,
When you comment on a video you earn $0.10,
When you subscribe you earn $0.35
You'll also get paid $0.001 for each video your referrals view, $0.01 for each comment your referrals leave, and $0.10 for each subscription your referrals make.

The best thing about earning is that payment requests can be made every day. The minimum payout is $10.00 through PayPal.

They have total 56046 members up to now and as I have also registered there to see if system is legitimate, I could surf for only one video. That means there is a good number of people who are making easy and fast money through this site.

Join now and receive a $0.05 Sign-up Bonus via following link:

* paid2youtube

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A review site for the help of consumers - 'Site Jabbar'

Among million web sites it is really difficult to judge if the sites or services you are dealing with are reliable or not. More over many review sites don't offer the reliable sources or information in the favor of consumers, but 'SiteJabbar' is an online source with reliable information.

Site Jabbar is another review site with a different approach. It helps people avoid fraudulent web sites and find the reliable sites around the net.

The home page shows the selection of favorite or hated web site reviews. It is a portal where you can submit your reviews as well.

Mission: 'To make the internet a better place for consumers. We envision a day when consumers no longer have to deal with online scams or fraud and have all the information they need to make informed decisions about the online businesses and websites they use.'

It helps you by :
- Providing reviews of web sites or online services
- Giving you an opportunity to submit review for your good or worse web sites.
- Offering tips on evaluating sites and news about online scams, and frauds.
You can rely on the reviews provided by 'Site Jabbar' team as they do not accept money from any businesses or web sites.

For updated news check their 'blog'

Mozilla 'firefox' praises the site in these words: 'SiteJabber is a consumer protection community which lets people research and review online businesses and websites'
You can get SiteJabber Fire Fox plugin at: 'Get firefox addon'

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Learn the alternative use of everyday products

There are many tips and ideas which can be used to recycle or alternative use of everyday products. For example lemon is used in cooking, making cold drink etc, but it is also used in detergents and for cleaning purposes. Potato is a very common and popular vegetable but it is a very soothing thing which I usually use to apply on burnt place and it is better than expensive medicines.

Alternative uses make it possible to extend the utility of everyday products helping us save money plus benefits of our environment.

'Altuse' helps consumers save money, minimize waste and maximize product value.

'Altuse' says: 'Save money and heal the earth by extending the life of everything you already own.'

Mission: (In their own words)

'We believe that less can truly be more. That's why we set out to create a worldwide repository of alternative uses to extend the utility of everyday products. In an age of financial hardship, perilous climate change, and overflowing landfills, we offer a smart, comprehensive system to tap into the collective intellectual capital of the planet in order to discover and share valuable recycle and reuse strategies. We enable site visitors to save money, and to help save the environment, by putting their stuff to work in new ways.'

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How to upload Alternative Use Content at the site?

First register at AltUse.com to upload content. After you've registered and signed in, click on Submit an AltUse, displayed on most pages. Select a use from the drop down menu. If you do not see the appropriate use for your submission, click on the plus sign (+) to create a new use.

Briefly describe the AltUse in the Summary Field. Enter instructions on how to create the AltUse within the Description Field. Be as specific as possible to provide guidance and direction to viewers of your submission.

Select the product(s) for your AltUse from the drop down menu. If you do not see your product(s), then click on the plus sign (+) to add new products. You may upload an image file, as well as links to images and videos. Then hit Submit to send your Alternative Use for review and publication.

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Select best web hosting plan for your web site or blog

When you make plan to make your own web site as an individual or for your business/services you need to search for a suitable web hosting service (internet hosting service) to meet your requirements. Web hosts help you get space on a server they own or lease for use.

For individual or personal use, you can choose free web hosting plan which is usually provided with some conditions like with advertisements and etc. But if your planning is for longer time and you want to make your web site professionally set up then you are advised to buy hosting plan for your site.

How to select best web hosting plan for your web site or blog?

Well there are many online review sites which can help you make your choice for
web hosting plan. One of those review site is 'web hosting rating' offering reviews from customers, promotional/discount coupon offers, tips, news, tutorials at one place. You can select the web hosting service provider by going through top 10 web hosting providers or best web hosting award winners list.

If you are a blogger then you might be looking for WordPress web hosting or 'drupal web hosting' plan because most of the successful blogs are created through these two web hosting systems. But my advice is to check the best and budget web hosting plan while learning and searching more about different hosting plans.

Free tutorials provided by the site are very helpful to learn about web hosting and related topics.

Few tutorial titles are:

- Breaking Down the Cost of Web Hosting
- The Fly-by-Night Aspect of Cheap Web Hosting
- How to Publish a Website With Ease
- Parking Your Domain for Profit
- A Web Hosting Plan with Room to Grow

I hope that these titles attract your attention, as there is a lot to learn from these posts.

I found useful information relating web hosting topics which could not get from my own blog hosting servers. The best part of their tutorial based articles is that these posts are written in very easy to understand language and a person like me (who is not a tech savoy) can get it.

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What skills you need to learn to get online blogging jobs?

Are you a blogger who is comfortable with blogging career and earning enough money doing online blogging jobs?

There are many part time or full time bloggers who are earning from their own blogs or they are just engaged in blogging for others. These blogging jobs can be searched easy starting from 'Craiglist' to many sites with 'blogging jobs' section.

Do you know what are the basic skills you need to develop to get blogging jobs?

Naturally you should have some basic qualities to get blogging job. Good writing, passion for your work, and seriousness for your job are the basic qualities or skills which can grasp online blogging jobs.

There is a very useful article which was published at 'Blog Herald' in July 2008.

Blog owners look for these qualities for hiring bloggers:

- Quality Writing Abilities
- Self-Motivation, Discipline, and Organization
- Productive Production Line
- Able to Take Direction
- Passion and Vested Interest
- Community Building Expertise
- Community Management Expertise
- SEO, Public Relations and Marketing Skills
- WordPress Experience
There are many more qualities which 'Lorelle VanFossen'(Author) has described but I chose only few.

For full post: Blogger Jobs: What Are They Looking For?

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Save and share the best parts of web pages

'Twitter' has brought revolution in world wide web history. It is a mixture of messaging, social networking, and “microblogging” and people find it very convenient media to share information either it is in text, pictures, photos or video form.

There is another form of saving and sharing data which is called 'Clipmarks'. You can save clips of text, images or video about all sorts of topics that people find while surfing the web. In short it helps us share the best parts of webpages.

What the 'clipmarks' does?

Clipmarks lets you clip specific pieces of web pages, then share what you clip with your friends on Facebook, MySpace or anywhere else. Unlike bookmarks that let you share a link to an entire page, our free clip button lets you capture and share the highlights from the page. Clips can also be saved privately, emailed or printed.

The idea is that through each other, we can learn, understand and enjoy more than we could alone. As you find people who post clips that interest you, make them a Guide.

How you can get Clipmarks?
To add Clipmarks to your browser, install our extension for Firefox, Internet Explorer or Flock. Clipping is an easy process like copy and paste. After installing this addon you just need to highlight the area and click it to save.

- It currently supports Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, LiveJournal, Movable Type and Vox. We also provide an embed code so you can embed any clip onto MySpace or any other site.

- There is a 1,000 character limit on all clips.

For details go to 'Frequently asked question' page.

To install 'Clipmarks' as an add-on for your Firefox browser:

- 'addons.mozilla'

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Watch consumer reviews online

Information Technology is making our lives more faster and gradually we are leaving the world of words and moving towards audio/visual systems. There are many review sites where you can check the expert or common person opinion about products or services. But now 'Expotv' is bringing revolution in review industry. You can watch review videos about products or services.

Expotv is the place where consumers can watch video opinion reviews. You can watch videos of reviews about products and services and these reviews are submitted by consumers like you so you can feel a touch of authenticity behind the reviews.

Who creates video reviews for you?

Consumers like you create these video reviews and they earn cash for their product reviews.

You are also invited to join the team of reviewers. EXPO is eager to hear and watch your opinion about the products you use. You earn points for sharing your opinion and then you can later redeem them for gift cards etc.

- Members are encouraged to doing surveys or refer friends to get chance of winning Amazon gift cards on monthly basis.
- You can get chance to be qualified for trying new products.

To know more about the whole process you should check the frequently asked question section:

- 'FAQS'

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