The Busiest & Most Popular Forums on the Net

The Internet has become packed with many many many different Forums. Their subject matter is varied and covers virtually everything you can ever think of. Computer Games, Roleplaying, Health, TV & Film, Sports and beyond...

But, which ones are the most popular? Which ones see the most visitors and inspire the most web-surfers to join and become a part of?

There is a site called Big Boards which attempts to keep track of them all. It's address is,

http://rankings.big-boards.com/?p=all

The current leader is Gaia Online, an Anime roleplaying community. So far, it has attracted 13,127,069 members... that is quite a few!

Do you have an up and coming board? Maybe you should register it in the Big Board directories and watch it speed up the ranks! :o)

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The Busiest Sites on the Web - Top 10

Millions upon millions of people use the Internet each day. Where does all this traffic go? Below is the current Top 10 of most visited global Websites.

1. Yahoo.com
2. Google.com
3. Youtube.com
4. Live.com (Windows Live)
5. MSN.com
6. Myspace.com
7. Wikipedia.com
8. Facebook.com
9. Blogger.com
10. Yahoo.jp (Japan)

Source: www.alexa.com

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eBay: 5p Listing Day 12th June

It seems as if special listing days are coming thick and fast on eBay.co.uk at the moment.

On Thursday June 12th 2008, Insertion Fees are just 5p for any listing using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now and Buy It Now only (fixed price) formats in an eligible category on eBay.co.uk.

If you have something expensive to list, put it on ebay on the 12th. If it doesn't sell, then you've only lost 5p. Seems like a good deal to me. If your item does sell though, don't forget to send it by trackable means so you are fully covered through PayPal.

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New Blog Logo !

It's another hot day and as I struggle to find the energy to do what I'm supposed to be doing, for some reason, I find it easy to do stuff that I'm not supposed to be doing. (Phew, that was one long sentence!)

Anyway... as per usual, I'm rambling again. I have just made a logo for the blog! Here it is, below and above. It was made using an old version of Paint Shop.

There we go, I feel so much more professional now with my own sparkly logo. Well maybe.

Have a Good day and get on with what you're supposed to be doing !!! :o)

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Euro 2008 - Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic

The opening game of the Football Euro 2008 Championships has seen a defeat for the host nation.

A Sverkos goal in the 70th minute from the 24 year old Substitute was enough to get the Czech Republic off to the best possible start. This was the first ever goal that Sverkos has scored Internationally and he couldn't have picked a better time.

Switzerland tried to hit back, hitting the crossbar in the 80th. The loss of their Captain, Alexander Frei just before half time was a major set-back and now they are really up against it in the competition.

The entertaining opener ended Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic.

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eBay: PayPal Compulsory on all Listings

There have been many changes of late on eBay. Most not very popular, as the company try to bring back buyers in this World of current economic gloom.

As from 3rd June 2008, all listings on eBay now have to offer PayPal as a form of payment. PayPal is a company also owned by eBay and charge a fee on each payment made using their service. In essence then, a Seller is charged once to List their item, then a Final Valuation Fee when it sells, and then another Fee when the Buyer pays. With this new compulsory PayPal payment ruling, profits at eBay can only rise even further. eBay hold such a stranglehold on the Market with such a high level of Web-Traffic attracted to the site , it is extremely unlikely that there will ever emerge a serious competitor to threaten this dominance.

To be clear... PayPal only has to be offered in the list of acceptable payments by a Seller. A Buyer can still pay by Cheque or Postal Order if they wish and the particular Seller states they will accept them.

eBay's reasoning for this is that they want to enhance the safety of the eBay marketplace to ensure buyers and sellers are increasingly protected and confident transacting on the site. PayPal now also have the right to hold back funds on, what they consider to be, high risk items and will only release funds to the Seller after the Buyer is satisfied.

All this is GREAT news for the Buyer. If these new measures are strictly followed then eBay should become a much safer Marketplace to buy from. Fraud should theoretically reduce. Gone will be the days, that a Fraudulent Seller can Sell thousands of high end items like Plasma Televisions at £1000 a go and then suddenly vanished with all the honest buyer's money.

Undoubtedly however, it is very likely that more Fraudulent buyers will start using the site and many small and hobby Sellers may find this difficult to live with. Sadly, the days when finding a unique item could suddenly be gone and the marketplace transformed into one of those faceless identical major chain store High Streets.

It certainly looks as if eBay are evolving into something else as a Market platform and only the long-term will play out what that could be...

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Annoying Song on the Brain !!!

I'm sure everyone has experienced this annoying phenomenon at some time or another. You hear some catchy tune from somewhere, it photocopies itself deep into your brain, and you then find yourself singing or humming it for weeks. Rarely do you know all the words, most often just a snippet of the song. Try as you may, you just can't shake it.

Eventually it will wear off... you hope.

Well... I've currently got, of all things, France's entry to this years Eurovision Song Contest stuck in my head !!!

What should I do? Shoot myself?

Best to go with the flow I think. The song is Divine by Sebastian Tellier and scored 47 points. This was 33 more than the UK! The French entry to me sounds a bit like something Pulp would have put on a B-side.

There you go. How many times have you played this song so far in this blog? Careful, you could get yourself into trouble.

** Presses play again.

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