250 MB
Dropbox outlines a few easy steps as an introduction to dropbox. Just complete those 5 basic steps and you’ll receive a bonus 250 MB. dropbox.com/gs

3 GB
Go and get the latest beta version of the desktop client or android app. There is a new feature that automatically uploads photos from your android device or when you insert a camera into your computer. You’ll earn a bonus 500 MB for every 500 MB you upload. So go take some long videos dropbox.com/help/287

625 MB
Go to dropbox.com/free, there you will see various steps you can complete, each one giving you an additional 128 MB. Connect dropbox with Twitter, Facebook, give a review, than share that review on twitter. dropbox.com/free

16 GB
You will get 500 MB free for every person you refer, up to a limit of 16 GB. This one could be a little tough unless you have lots of friends that are just waiting by their computer to install dropbox. dropbox.com/referrals

That’s it! You should be able to get at least 6 GB without referring anybody using these steps. Thanks dropbox for the free space in the cloud. And if you can max out your referral bonus on dropbox you should be well over 20 GBs of space, that is 15 GB more than Google Drive (or most any other online storage service) gives you on a free tier.

Update: You can get 1 GB more for completing Dropquest 2012. You can search for most of the answers on Google so it won’t take you too long. Dropquest 2012

Maybe what we got was something that makes them harder to scratch or something, but not easier to clean. However, we were given the impression we were getting easy to keep clean lenses. That is why we thought we were paying for the more expensive lenses. What ever the real issue is, the associate should have been more clear as to what we were actually getting in our lenses, and explained that the ones we were getting were not the easy to keep clean lenses. I love the frames, but wish I had the super cheap lenses out of my $9 eyebuydirect.com glasses.

(and if the lenses we received really are the “easy to clean” lenses, my suggestion is to shop elsewhere.

It is a bit humorous that Microsoft is having to start a campaign telling people to Stop using one of there products.

Advanced Web Ranking is another great piece of software made by the same people that make Advanced Installer. Advanced Web Ranking is a keyword research tool to help businesses and individuals use search data to improve their online marketing campaigns and web sites. As well as delivering critical information such as keyword analysis, keyword suggestions, search engine ranking, and results of your SEO efforts (such as google site ranking), Advanced Web Ranking allows marketers to determine what keywords attract the most visitors to their site.

Advanced Web Ranking provides a useful and inexpensive toolset for analysing search results for your web site, and it’s interface is complete with all of the features needed to make thorough assessments of your target keywords, although it is geared a little more towards the professional web developer than the average Internet user. There is almost no setup to get the software working on your web site, you simply install the software and begin telling it what keywords to watch for your website on a variety of search engines.

The software runs as a background process on your computer and will generate reports for you at whatever frequency you prescribe. It does require your computer remain on with an active Internet connection. I recommend installing it on a desktop computer that you can leave running. The software can be used to monitor unlimited sites and unlimited keywords, but the one limitation you could run into is bandwidth limitations with your ISP or API limits with the major search engines. But for all of these issues Advanced Web Ranking provides ways to split your bandwidth across multiple proxies and multiple API keys with the Search Engines. You can also run the software through proxies if you have access to external proxy servers. This can even enable you to get search results localized to another part of the world.

Advanced Web Ranking can help you enhance most aspects of online marketing — from selecting great keywords to optimising web site design. By acting on the information provided by the software, businesses of all sizes can attract more visitors, convert more prospects to customers, and improve the overall return on their marketing investment. Advanced Web Ranking is simple enough for businesses new to seo software to get started quickly, and sophisticated enough for the most advanced online marketers. All reports, charts and graphs are viewable directly through The installed software, and you can also generate reports in various formats and they can be personalized with the most important data for your particular needs — perfect for firing off important data to your marketing director or boss. Of course, you can also email reports. Advanced Web Ranking supports all of the major online search engines and hundreds of other smaller search sites.

For Pay Per Click advertisers, Advanced Web Ranking can also track and report your sure position in the ad results. Advanced Web Ranking runs on your same computers or servers, so it can support the traffic demands of any site, from those with a few visitors a week to many millions. Much as they have done with installers and link monitoring, Advanced Web Ranking has made SEO effectiveness tracking very easy. Free online support and updates are available for a term included in your purchase price (usually 12 months). You can’t really go wrong.
Link: Advanced Web Ranking

All-in-One SEO Pack (does take some configuration to be effective)
Contextual Related Posts
SEO Smart Links
WP-DB-Backup (for those that don’t trust their shared hosting provider)
Google XML Sitemaps

This whole world of free social sites and services could change in coming few years.  Facebook has recently started to say that they are a profitable company, and youtube hopes to be profitable by the end of the year, but twitter still isn’t making a net profit.

But one thing is for sure, the internet is a place where you can come up with very creative ways to make money.  Think about it, there are millions, even billions of dollars that are being made by companies and people simply by you using the internet.  You don’t even have to use your credit card, or even spend a penny.  Just by using the internet you are bound to be generating revenue for somebody.   You are supporting all of these online companies, whether you click on a sponsored search result, happen to view a sponsored tweet, see a short ad at the beginning of a youtube video, or even just update you facebook status.