Aiseesoft DVD to iPod Converter 3.1.10

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The value of an RSS subscriber at 30 dollars

Have you ever wondered how much each subscriber to your RSS feed is worth. Well according to Mark over at 45n5 that magic number is currently $30. Mark arrived at this figure by dividing the price blogs have recently sold for by the number of subscribers to the blog.

I have previously made predictions about RSS playing a more important role back in October 2006. It looks like RSS is now an important metric to measure the success of a site and it is also starting to play a larger role in deciding the monetary value of a blog.

RSS subscribers and their value

Although Mark's use of RSS as a measurement of value was just a bit of fun it does show that RSS is a valued metric. A year ago most webmasters and readers would not have placed much if any value in the number of subscribers you have.

As RSS becomes a more valued metric the value of the RSS feed itself will grow. There are going to be more advertisers willing to buy advertising in an RSS feed and the value of RSS will grow. This is because many RSS subscribers do not click through to the website itself but use the feed to consume the content.

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Shiver Me Timbers!

Shiver Me Timbers!
For the fans of Captain Jack!...

A SpringWidgets Pirates of the Caribbean countdown clock to put on your profile or blog!

Those of you who have seen my MySpace profile and noticed the skull and crossbones that I use as my profile picture, you have probably figured out that I'm a big fan of pirates.

So much so that I figured that we just had to create a countdown to what will probably be, in my opinion, the biggest movie of the year . . . Pirates of the Caribbean!

Being somewhat piratical ourselves, the team can really relate to the need for blue ocean waters, treasure and wearing silly three cornered pointy hats.

By the way . . . take a look at the bottom of the widget...

Fans of our widgets will notice that the "pop" button has moved from the upper right to the lower left of the widget and it now has a couple of friends, an "options" button and a SpringWidgets logo.

Don't worry, the Pop button will still give you one click downloading of the widget to your desktop if you have the SpringWidgets application installed . . . we just moved it so that it would look better on some of the odd shaped widgets that we are seeing in the gallery.

If you take a moment and click on the options button, you can see that we have added in a few, well... "Options" to the widget. You can now copy the code directly in the widget, download the widget from the menu, jump to the customize/share it page and learn more about the widget you are looking at.

I hope that you like the changes and find that the added functionality enhances your widget experience. If you like the widget and have a moment, stop by our community page and send a note to the team letting them know.

I'm going to go dress up like a pirate now and try and find some buried treasure.

-Don

Functions 3D 1.3

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John Chow vs Shoemoney RSS competition

RSS is now one of the most valuable metrics on the net. Increasing your RSS subscriber count is a measurable way to show the popularity of your site. As RSS is an opt in way for readers to view your site contents, they can easily stop being a subscriber at any time.

It shows how far RSS has come when John Chow and Shoemoney start a competition to see who can get the most new subscribers in a month. Notice how it wasn't a competition to get the most traffic or the most subscribers to an email list but who can get the most RSS subscribers.

Why RSS subscribers

John and Shoe are both canny marketers and know the value of RSS. RSS is a transparent metric that shows a loyal readership. If a site starts to slide in it's content then readers will no longer subscribe. They would rather gain an RSS subscriber than an extra visitor.

Whilst the challenge is a bit of fun there is also a serious reason John and Shoe have gotten together to run this little competition. At the end of the competition they will both have a larger loyal subscriber base. This competition has gained them a large number of new subscribers which generally means more revenue for them.

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Awesome Photo Gallery/Google Maps Mashup

I recently was contacted by James Sanders who created a really cool Photo Gallery and Google Maps Mashup. They installed and customized the Photo Gallery Plugin such that a little thumb tack is displayed on a map of the world... Read More

MyProxy 9.0

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Ad-Filter, Pop-Up Killer, HTTP/HTTPS/SMTP/POP3-Proxy, Port Mapper, i-Dialer Ad-Filter, Pop-Up Killer, HTTP/HTTPS/SMTP/POP3-Proxy, Port Mapper, i-Dialer (read more)

St. Stephen’s Podcast Widget 1.3

A great expansion on the St. Stephen’s podcast page.

About St. Stephen’s Podcast Widget The St. Stephen’s Podcast Widget is designed to work with the St. Stephen’s Podcast page by providing up to date streams of the services and sermons at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church in Burke, Virginia.

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We’ve got some really exciting news!

AddThis is now part of Clearspring!   In case you’ve missed the widget phenomenon, Clearspring is the leading platform in the category.  In fact, they created the widget category.  The company helps end users move embeddable content from one website to another, with just a few mouse clicks.  Our two companies have a lot in common [...]

AddThis is now part of Clearspring!   In case you’ve missed the widget phenomenon, Clearspring is the leading platform in the category.  In fact, they created the widget category.  The company helps end users move embeddable content from one website to another, with just a few mouse clicks.  Our two companies have a lot in common and everybody is very pleased about this merger. Both AddThis and Clearspring enable the sharing of content, which is becoming one of the fastest growing and most popular forms of communication on the Web.

The AddThis service will continue to enable simplified sharing.  Nothing will change on your website, nor will you need to take any action either.  I am confident that Clearspring is 100% committed to providing sharing tools that retain the look, feel and integrity of your website.  As we move forward, we do have plans for integrating some of Clearspring’s analytics tools, to help you better track how your content is being spread. Of course, we’ll get you more information on those improvements as they become available.

A little history on this news: We’ve been working with Clearspring for a while. The relationship started as a proposed partnership however, after working closely together, we realized that the relationship was even more complementary then either side had originally anticipated. So, the leadership from both companies determined that together we could provide publishers with much more value as a single, unified entity. We saw that we could create a universal sharing platform for the Web. So, there you have it.

I want to thank everyone who has ever used the AddThis service and tell you that this is just the beginning.  By uniting the two companies, we’ve become the No.1 content sharing service on the Internet.

There’s more to this story. Click here to read the full press release.

-Dom

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G-Lock EasyMail Professional 6.0 Build 750

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Earth Alerts 2008.4.128

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Brudeli's Three-Wheeled Leanster: Menage a Trois Redefined [Motorcycles]

The term "third wheel" used to identify something extraneous, but in the case of Brudeli's Leanster motorbike-three-wheeler off-road hybrid, it means 50% more fun. If the Leanster looks familiar, you... Read More

First Picture of Jules Verne Spacecraft Re-Entry Destruction [Space]

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This is the first picture of the spectacular re-entry of Jules Verne, the Automated Transport Vehicle that fell from orbit today at 9:31AM Eastern time. Taken from a DC-8, it shows the moment in...

New Paris Building Casts No Shadows, Generates Electricity [Architecture]

Le Project Triangle is one of those buildings that make us think that we may actually drive flying cars one day. To be completed by 2014 in the Porte de Versailles area in Paris, its most impressive... Read More

SpringWidgets Blog is Here!!!!!

We're using the tools available to speed up our communication process. We'll be using this as our What's Up?, New and Cool, Future "stuff" blog so you don't have to crawl through the Forums if you don't want to (of course, feel free, if you like . . . either's cool).

The "wizards" (as I like to call them), aka our development team will add info here as well . . . so keep checking back. Read More