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youtube proxy sites

I had created a list of gmail proxy sites and gmail proxies. The response to those 2 posts has been phenomenal with the first post getting more than 2300 views. So here is aother list of proxy sites for youtube

Most of these are geeral purpose proxy sites that work for other sites as well. However you can use all of them as youtube proxy sites
youtube proxy
http://rcx1.com
http://polysolve.com: My favorite youtube proxy site.
http://www.greatproxiesonline.info
http://www.browseprox.com
www.facebookfirewall.com: This works as a proxy for youtube
http://btunnel.com
http://defusefilters.com
http://www.oneinoneout.com
http://www.filtersneak.com
http://browseschool.com
www.proxysite007.info
http://www.secretlysurf.com
www.jacoto.com
http://magictunnel.info

Please let me know any good proxy sites you know. The idea is to create a comprehensive list.

Convert pdf to excel

We need to convert pdf to excel frequently to avoid data entry.3 pdf to excel coversion tools that I am evaluatig right now. I shall be posting my views on this post after using the tools for some more time. Please share your views if you have used any of these or other free pdf to excel product that you know.

http://www.freepdfconvert.com/convert_pdf_to_source.asp

http://www.zamzar.com/

http://www.investintech.com/prod_a2e.htm

Leadership Lessons from Great Past Presidents

A really inspirig article

screen capture with SnagIt

Why do I need a screen capture software while I have Print Screen key?I can always paste the resulting image somewhere, edit it and use it. Efficiency. I was skeptical before I started using it myself. The fact is Screen capture softwares allow you to do all these faster and enable you to do a lot more.

SnagIt is one of the best screen capture softwares available. TechSmith first published SnagIt in 1990 and over the years they built up various features while keepig the interface simple and intuitive. You can either purchase it or You can Download SnagIt Trial Version

You can use SnagIt to

  • Grab any portion of the screen: single objects, entire screens, even windows that scroll off screen.
  • Get Screenshot Images from YouTube video
  • Get images from any Website: You can simultaneously capture all the .png, .jpg and .gif images from a Web site. All you need to do is type in the Web site address. You can then choose the Web page link depth, to capture
  • convert any webpage and files to PDF: To convert a Microsoft Word Document to PDF, capture it in SnagIt AutoScroll mode and save it as PDF from SnagIt editor
  • Add Visible Watermarks to your Images: no one can steal your images
  • As an Image Editor:With SnagIt’s powerful editor, you’ll rarely need to open another editor for post-processing screen shots. You can edit your capture in any number of ways. For example, Crop allows you to select a region to save while trimming away the rest of the image.

    • You can Download SnagIt Guide to start using SnagIt.

    10 gmail proxies

    Followig is a list of gmail proxies that work.

    http://backdoorsurfer.com

    http://www.summersurf.net

    http://www.jacoto.com

    http://aksurf.info

    http://pleep.info

    http://www.proxysite007.info/

    http://www.proxy911.net

    http://www.allnaturalproxy.info/

    http://www.tunnelmyspace.com

    http://www.allnaturalproxy.inf

    How to create a good proxy site with open source and earn money from it using google adsense

    Most of the useful sites like gmail,yahoo,orkut are banned in my office. That is what prompted me to search for a proxy site. The first proxy site that I started to use was blogged at a good proxy for gmail. However the IT department was uncharecteristically fast to shut down this proxy site as well. So I continued my search and prepared a list of gmail proxy sites.

    During this reseach I realized that one can create a proxy of his own, put in some advertisement with adsense and make good amount of money. In this post I list some open source code that can e used to create a good proxy site.

    HTTP/FTP Proxy in a CGI Script
    A Simple Http Proxy Server
    Java FTP Proxy Server

    SMSGupShup.com Review

    SMSGupShup is a free group messaging service. This is very similar to twitter without the downtime. The user creates a free account on SMSGupShup and add up to 100 friends into the group. If you send a message to group, it is delivered to all members of that group.

    Creating a Group on SMSGupShup
    To create a group you can either create an account online at www.smsgupshup.com or just send a sms with text CREATE to 567673434

    Joining a Group on SMSGupShup
    send a sms with text JOIN to 567673434

    Invite friends to your group
    send a sms with text INVITE Example: INVITE 9876543210 9200000000 to 567673434

    Post a message to your group
    send a sms with text Your SMS message…. Example: The sun is shining, lovely day! to 567673434

    simply superb. Just try it.

    download FLV Player at http://applian.com/flvplayer/

    FLV Player is required to play downloaded youtube videos. You can download FLV Player at http://applian.com/flvplayer/

    7 online resources to download youtube videos

    Here is a list of olie resources that you may use to download youtube videos

    http://www.youtubecatcher.com/

    http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/

    http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie/

    http://keepvid.com/

    http://www.savevideodownload.com/download.php

    http://www.vidgrab.com/

    http://vixy.net/

    I like http://vixy.net/ the most as it allows download in other formats as well

    Busby SEO Challenge: I am at the 54th place

    I participated in Busby SEO Challenge. After 3 days the page has reached the 54th place on google. Proves that a good website helps to rank for any term.

    My Favorite blog taglines

    making money online has never been easier…one small fish, in a shark infested ocean

    This page is about me and why everything I like is great. If you disagree with anything you find on this page, you are wrong.

    Life is short. Make fun of it.

    News for nerds. Stuff that matters.

    Because everyone is entitled to my opinion

    1/6th of the World Can’t Access it, 5/6th of the World Doesn’t Want To

    Your daily dose of evil

    Taking life with a grain of salt, a dash of pepper, and a shot of tequila

    Busby SEO Challenge : I am participating

    I seem to be a bit late for Busby SEO Challenge but anyways this will be a nice check of how much of SEO, I have learned in the last 3 months.

    download mozilla firefox 3 : Let us set a world record

    Today (June 17th 2008) is the day for downloading the much anticipated Firefox 3. Mozilla is targgeting to set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours. I will be downloading my copy. What about you?

    More details here and here

    Summary of Matt Cutts Interview by Eric Enge

    Eric did an interview with Matt Cutts. The interview was rather longish. Here is my key takeaways from the interview.

    Links that will stand the test of time are links that are typically given voluntarily by someone that’s informed

    link baits can stand the test of time as well i.e google does not frown upon link-baits.

    original research is a good way to get lots of relevant white-hat backlinks

    try to develop relevant link-bait.

    Getting links by doing SEM like getting your stories to the homepage of digg is also OK with Google.

    Getting links through article syndication is acceptable

    reciprocal links are ok, excessive reciprocal links are NOT OK

    SEO snake oil : pagerankquick.com

    pagerankquick.com, a website that guarantees a pagerank of 4 within 2 months has a pagerank of 0. I am simply amused.

    Mukesh Ambani compared to mahatma gandhi: A greatly inspiring read

    This newyork times article compares mukesh ambani to mahtma gandhi. The comparison may be a little far fetched. However I recommend this article as it gives a really detailed view into the life of mr ambani and had a highly inspiring effect on me.

    ArcelorMittal to hold shareholder meeting on Second Life

    ArcelorMittal will be the first listed company to hold an interactive retail shareholders’ meeting on Second Life. This is an attempt by the company to tap a younger generation of investors to broaden its existing base of about 80,000 retail shareholders. Additionally it will also help the company reduce costs associated with holding shareholder meetings in Madrid, Paris, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam, the four places in Europe where its stock is listed.

    It is one of the most innovative uses of secondlife. If the move succeeds then we may see more companies move to a similar model.

    Absolutely nonsense Adsense Ads

    nonsense Adsense Ads

    7 power tips to get lots of useful backlinks and traffic

    Submit your pages to sites like Digg, Reddit, Sphinn. For content relevant to Indian readers only submit them to Indianpad.com, newscola.com, humsurfer.com.

    Bookmark your site on social bookmarkig sites. Some of the most popular ones are here ). These sites are great for getting direct traffic to your blog. However may of them use no-follow tags. Hece they do not help you in improving your pagerank. Here is a great list of Social Bookmarking Sites that provide do follow links

    Advertise your site on classified sites like Craigslist, kijiji, click.in.

    Submit your site to DMOZ.Submit to other relevant directories as well. A list can be found here.

    Sign up to StumbleUpon and get your friends to Stumble your site. Here are some tips to use StumbleUpon more efficiently.

    Find quality and relevant blogs and leave a comment. Importantly it alows you to start the networking with other bloggers as well.

    Participate on related forums. Add a link to your site in the signature of any forums you post on. Here is a list of large number of forums.

    The era of windows xp comes to an end

    As of June 30, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs. Retailers will also have only until their current supply is exhausted. This is a move by microsoft to migrate the reluctant users to Vista. The commercial users can go for vista and then get it dowgraded to xp. Retail customers shall have no such luxury. It will be interestig to see if users will migrate to vista or this will lead to higher piracy.

    Microsoft is not ending support for Windows XP though. Extended support is not due to end until April 2014.