Fundable.org - looking to raise money for a good cause? Fundable.org allows you to get pledges from contributors.  No money is exchanged until the goal is reached so it's an easy alternative to fun runs and other fundraisers. Fundable lets groups of people pool money to make purchases or raise money. Share a subscription, collect money for a wedding, support Paranormal research, pay for your dog's broken leg - if nothing else it's interesting reading what others are collecting for. If you are a 401(c) non-profit, we'll even sponsor you to get your new website.

Not sure whether to upgrade to Windows Vista or not?  Thinking of getting it pre-installed on a new machine? This is a fun and long video enumerating the pros and cons by Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome. - His advice? Wait.   Apparently Hewlett Packard, nVidia, Quickbooks and others have not jumped on the bandwagon yet, making it difficult to get many peripherals and programs working.  Our advice? Wait if possible or buy it preinstalled with all the software and hardware you need (let your computer builder deal with the headaches!).  

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Avast Virus Scanner - just what it says - a great free scanner.

Yahoo Widgets!   I have several on my desktop including the Acura RDX Traffic maps (tells you where construction is going on, accidents, and just slow traffic), the Motown Web cam (watch traffic in real-time on local freeways - SEE the weather conditions and traffic backups), GasWatch (tells me the lowest station prices for gas in my area), and Yahoo Stock Ticker (keeps tracks of the ups & downs in the market as well as specific stocks you enter).  There are hundreds of widgets in the widget gallery - some practical, some fun, and some just plain silly.  They sit on your desktop and when you are online give you constant feedback. 

I love them - sure you will too - and they are FREE! You just download the program then choose from hundreds of widgets to use with the main program. 

There are many search engine items you can do yourself if you have at least a few hours each month to devote to improving your rankings. 
1. Choose a niche for marketing your business online.  It's better to be specific than too general.
2. Choose targeted keywords or phrases. "avian veterinary medicine" is better than just "veterinarian".
3. Read up on the different kinds of meta tags and how they are used.
4. Use a Google XML sitemap.
5. Have headlines that say something - not just "Welcome".
6. Keep your headlines and keywords at the top of the page whenever possible.
7. Avoid tables - Style sheets are better because they don't obscure information.
8. Give away information to get clients. No one will visit your site unless you have something worth reading.  Nobody wants to be greeted with a sales pitch.
9. Use HTML links - Flash & Javascript menus are fine - but have some plain 'ole links somewhere on the page.
10. No frames! I repeat - NO FRAMES! Frames hide your relevant information from search engines so there's nothing to see. Many "do-it-yourself" site builders enclose your site in a frame making it impossible for Search Engines to index.
11. Static is better than dynamic for information pages..
12. Exchange links with others in your industry.

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Clean up your PC!  Sometimes the cause of slowness and crashes can be the leftover files lying around on your hard drive.  But that's easy to fix.  Just do a Search for Files & Folders and put this in the search field:  *.chk *.tmp  

This removes old temporary files and files that were leftover when windows didn't start properly. Once they are found, delete them and your PC will run better and faster. 

Take the time once a month to clean out old files you no longer need  from your computer.  It will run faster and better.  Old temporary files can even cause crashes and lockups so get rid of them!  Always run a system restore point before deleting any files - just in case.  An excellent program for taking out the trash is Webroot's Window Washer. For only $29.95 it finds and removes all kinds of accumulated trash - I use it on all of my computers.

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