ifood.tv is a rapidly growing online video food community that will have you licking your lips.  The site, made for self confessed foodies, provides a wide variety of tasty features that puts both the novice user as well as the professional chef at complete ease. 

ifood.tv (http://www.ifood.tv) was started by a group of foodies who got tired of wasting time on the internet trying to find the right recipe. Other popular food websites provide content for the mass market, which, by its very nature, cannot cater to special interest groups and niche market segments. In addition, such sites do not provide video-based instructions, focussed community or interactive features. With a vision to alleviate this pain, the founders created ifood.tv.  

ifood.tv is well stocked with more than 75,000 recipes and videos, making it the #1 cooking video website.  The platform empowers you to connect, collaborate, share, and consume food related information in a variety of media formats.  Whether you are an aspiring chef trying to build your brand or a home cook looking for a healthy chocolate-chip cake recipe (http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/vegan_banana_chocolate_chip_cake), ifood.tv is the one stop shop for food haven...Read more here or see the site now

ShrinkTheWeb's powerful platform allows large media sites, like Technorati, to enhance their user experience by displaying previews of the sites they feature. This type of visual cue encourages visitor interaction by creating a sense of trust and familiarity with the websites being referenced.  Technorati was one of the early adopters of website screenshot technology, first integrating Alexa's Site Thumbnail service early on and then moving to Snap.com's SnapShots in July of 2007.

Since using previews proved beneficial, Technorati began a search for a more robust service that could provide guaranteed response times at high volumes. ShrinkTheWeb's reputation in the website preview niche speaks for itself as the company has been gaining significant popularity among webmasters and application developers. With this most recent partnership, Technorati also recognizes ShrinkTheWeb's PagePix service as a valuable component for their audience's enjoyment.

Tweet.Me.It (http://tweet.me.it), an innovative URL shortener service catering to Twitter users, recently finalized a partnership with ShrinkTheWeb...Read more here or see the site now

ZoomInto, the leader in browser add-on image zooming and editing software, announces the official opening of ZoomInto.com. ZoomInto.com offers a free software download which enables users to zoom, pan, crop, save, print and email virtually any .jpg image on the internet. It is initially compatible with Internet Explorer and Firefox for PC with Safari for Mac and Chrome for PC coming soon. 

“A unique feature of our All-in-One image zooming software is that it follows you to any web page or .jpg image because even though it has advanced capabilities it’s a normal browser add-on or plug-in. For example, when users select an image and open their ZoomInto viewer the editing capabilities used to manipulate the image are at their fingertips and are easily maintained and shared when they save, print or email.” says Bill Bouchard, CEO. “We anticipate ZoomInto will become the global leader in browser add-on software for interacting and managing .jpg images on the internet”, he concludes. 

ZoomInto also offers an innovative free Affiliate Program. Simply join and post the ZoomInto logo next to your images or on a webpage. If a visitor then clicks on the ZoomInto logo they can download the free ZoomInto software to interact with the images. This is bound to increase the “stickiness” of websites where images play an important...Read more here or see the site now

InsuranceAgents.com uses the best technology to enhance the consumers’ all around experience. “We are excited to use this innovative technology to enhance our website and take the opportunity to reach out to the consumers so that they can get the quality insurance information they need to make informed decisions about their future,” Turowski said.

About InsuranceAgents.com
Established in 2004, InsuranceAgents.com employs over 30 people with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio and is the number one fastest growing insurance company in Ohio. Specializing in auto, life, health, renters, and homeowners insurance quotes, InsuranceAgents.com provides expert articles, consumer information, and quotes from up to five local agents. The site also provides insurance agents with resources to grow their business such as an online community, agent directory and live transfer phone leads.

TopFiveComputers.com is a user friendly computer product review and comparison site for computers and related items.   The site was created by Lorenzo Loero, a CompTIA  A+ certified IT technician based out of Orlando, FL.  The main focus is to give novice computer shoppers the information they need to make purchasing decisions.

Loero said about the site...“I got the idea for my site based on my own personal experiences shopping for a computer online, as well as the experiences of several of my friends and relatives who came to me for advice on what to buy after being confused by the different choices available.   Many of the computer related review sites I saw in my own research were heavy on technical jargon and often didn’t provide an easy way to make a purchase.  The comparison shopping sites on the other hand didn’t provide enough information or make specific recommendations.  I set out to create a site that would combine the best features of both.   I think of my site as the equivalent of having a computer savvy friend who you could go to for advice.  My goal is to give consumers who may not be familiar with all the computer lingo a short list of items to pick from to make choosing and buying easy".

The 5 choices from each category are based on Loero's knowledge and research.  Loero looked at the bestselling laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, and scanners...Read more here or see the site now

OnlinePokies.com.au is fast-becoming the best place on the Internet for all gambling news relating to online slot machines and 'pokies'. The term 'pokies' is what Australians call slot machines, and the website is usually first to break slot machine and pokie-related news.

An example of this would be the most-recent winner of the huge progressive jackpot that OnlinePokies.com.au is partnered with. Radoslaw Maculewicz from Poland scooped the $1.2 million jackpot with a mere 25 cent bet, which comes in the same year that the slot machine Jackpot created the largest online win to date, with a win of over €6.37m in May 2009, notably paid out in one single cash payout.

OnlinePokies.com.au has also received praise for their slot machine and pokie tips. The advice is free and the website has a huge gambling audience already. In addition to news and free slot machine tips, the website also...Read more here or see the site now

Weplay.com, the ultimate online destination for the youth sports community, has launched its free Basketball Skills and Drills library featuring content from the LeBron James King James Academy summer basketball camp in San Diego.

Weplay.com was granted access to film drills at LeBron’s camp where kids learned and practiced the fundamentals of basketball, team play, good sportsmanship and healthy habits. Weplay.com’s library of hundreds of free basketball drill videos, animations and basketball plays also includes footage of the NBA’s biggest stars including Tony Parker, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 

“Millions of players and coaches are playing basketball this winter and Weplay is dedicated to providing them with the information and tools they need to stay organized and make the most of their season. Our partnership with basketball’s best such as LeBron James gives us a compelling and helpful offering,” said Steve Hansen, CEO, Weplay.com.

The basketball drill library is organized by skill, including ball control drills, defensive drills and plays, offensive drills and plays, passing drills, rebounding drills and shooting drills. The comprehensive library is also organized by skill level so that parents, coaches and kids can find the right basketball drills based on the age of their teams and leagues.

There are 40 million seniors in the U.S. alone and 16 million of them are single.  What’s more, those numbers are set to double in the next 30 years.  That’s a lot of lonely people looking for companionship and more. Senior Dating is a new website that aims to demystify the whole subject and offer practical advice and tips on the subject of dating in later life.

It was founded by Kathy Damer, whose experience as the Marketing Director of a large retirement community near Toronto, Canada, gave her a wide knowledge and understanding of the personal challenges facing seniors today. “Many people in later life find themselves single again, either through bereavement or divorce, and have no idea how to go about finding a partner,” explains Kathy Damer, “It’s a natural human instinct to want to connect and share your life with someone at any age but it can be hugely intimidating to start again in your senior years.” “I found that an increasing number of people were asking me for advice about senior dating and how to meet people online and I wanted to guide them towards a trusted source of information.  The trouble was that I couldn’t find one!” So Kathy set out to create that trusted source to meet the growing needs of an increasingly web-savvy senior population.  40% of seniors now have a computer at home and in the U.S., there are over 50,000 seniors enrolled in college courses.

Senior-dating.org features a weekly blog about all aspects of dating and relationships in later life, with a particular focus on helping seniors meet people online.  It also features a regularly updated review of the best senior dating services and will also cover other related issues such as health and well-being...Read more here or see the site now

Patients and their families are invited to visit the Asbestos.net site (http://www.asbestos.net/) where individual videos are displayed throughout the content of the site and accessible by clicking 'Watch This Article' on many of the most important articles, or find the complete collection in one place directly on the YouTube.com website (http://www.youtube.com/asbestosnet).

According to Bill Mulligan, Director of Client Advocacy at Asbestos.net, "Being medical in nature, we recognized early on that the subject material covered on Asbestos.net can be overwhelming for the average person who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma to read and comprehend. One of the main focuses of this site and project is to distill the information into a form that makes it accessible to those that have been diagnosed - something that we have tried to accomplish in all aspects of the site. The videos were just a natural extension of this concept: Because both the topic and the terminology can be unfamiliar and confusing, it's often easier to listen to a person presenting the material rather than try to digest it in written form."

Having taken over a year to produce, this collection of videos represents the most important and relevant topics to those who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another form of asbestos cancer, and cover just a portion of the thousands of pages of content, many of which have been reviewed by a licensed oncologist, published on the Asbestos.net site. Asbestos.net is confident that those affected by this deadly condition will truly benefit from the information contained within this collection of videos, allowing them some comfort in the knowledge...Read more here or see the site now

To succeed on the Web, it is extremely important that you choose the right keywords when optimizing your website. Choose the wrong keywords and you can waste time and money, and a number one listing on Google for the wrong keyword won't help your business. For that reason, it is very important to choose your keywords wisely before you start your search engine optimization work.

There are many factors that distinguish good keywords from average keywords. If you invest some time in finding the right keywords, you will have an edge on your competitors right from the start.

In addition to the free online keyword tool,KeywordIndex offers a free white paper that deals with the following topics:

* How to avoid common mistakes.
* How to judge the financial value of keywords.
* Which keywords will cost you money with absolutely no return on investment.
* How to increase your sales with less traffic.
* How to get more targeted traffic without working more.

KeywordIndex.com provides you with 114 million unique English keywords, and 50 million unique German keywords...read more

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Shelby Marquardt, the creator of blue sky scrubs, LLC, was an anesthesiology resident at Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas when she introduced the scrub hats that were blue sky's first product. As a medical student spending much of her time in the operating room, she was dismayed at the prospect of wearing unattractive, ill-fitting scrub hats for long hours every day. Worse, her long hair didn't fit under the regular scrub hats, and she couldn't bring herself to don the "bouffant," the hairnet-style hat that reigned supreme. 

Using scraps of extra material, Shelby created the first (now called) Pony hat in her living room. After cutting, sewing and altering the hat numerous times, she finally perfected the pattern—a sleek, slim-fitting cap with a ribbon-tied pouch that neatly ties back a short or a long ponytail. Once she started wearing the hat to work, her co-workers clamored for their own Pony scrub hats, and she began spending her weekends sewing. Shelby was unable to keep up with all of the requests, so she looked for someone to help sew the hats. Her husband, David Marquardt, who is an entrepreneur and the President of a successful business in Austin, saw the potential with the scrub hats and began the process of securing Patents, creating a website, and marketing the product.

Before selling the hats online, Shelby "abused" the hats to make sure they would hold up and so that she could improve upon any imperfections she found while washing, drying, stretching, bending, and folding the hats. Once she felt that they were perfect, she let David know and the "official" production began. In 2005, the website at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com went live. David and the one employee that he had hired watched as the first order came through for a $24.00 hat. A good day was selling at least one hat. Now, only 4 years later, blue sky scrubs can barely keep their products in stock, and fulfill roughly 100 orders per day...read more

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Sundar Kadayam, Cincinnati-based search expert and entrepreneur, has created Zakta.com, a personal and social Web search engine that allows users to edit their search results and build on the results of others.

"One of my biggest frustrations has been that after spending hours searching on the Web, I had nothing to show, reuse or benefit anyone else, including myself in the future," Kadayam says.

"Zakta helps the process of searching for information by letting you edit, save and share your results and then invite your community for feedback and insights." says Founder and CEO Kadayam, who specialized in search technologies, text-mining, social media analysis and networking at former companies that have included Intelliseek Inc. and The Nielsen Company.

Along with the traditional features expected in a web search engine, Zakta provides the following:

1). Fully editable search results. Zakta’s search results are completely editable and under the user's control. A user can delete results that aren’t relevant. Drag-and-drop results to rearrange them, or add tags and annotations to any result.
2). Automatically saved searches. Zakta automatically saves all changes into a user's Zakta account so users benefit from their changes whenever they search again.
3). Tools to gather and save information from everywhere.  Zakta provides tools like the Zakta ClipPad, the Zakta Plugin, and Zakta SearchPacks, to find information anywhere on the web and include it in the user's search process.
4). Easy knowledge sharing. Zakta enables users to share their results in the form of Zakta Guides.
5). Trusted collaboration. Users can invite other people they trust – such as colleagues, friends, or family members – to find information together and use a Zakta Guide as a living, collaborative document.

"Zakta.com is the closest thing to the next big thing in search I’ve seen," says Jason Falls, a top blogger and author of the popular blog at SocialMediaExplorer.com. "There's a ton of relevance and power behind the Zakta idea. My friend's search...

This is much more than a web cam - it is an Educational Reality Show. Whale Watching TV is produced by an award winning wildlife filmmaker, "Capt. Dave" Anderson, of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari, in Dana Point, California.

Capt. Dave even built an underwater viewing pod on his boat, (the first of its kind anywhere in the world), for passengers to get eye to eye with dolphins and whales. He also placed seven cameras onboard, including an underwater camera, and an underwater hydrophone, so you can see and hear the dolphins and whales underwater. They also have microphones on the captain and crew, so you can learn about the ocean, and the many marine mammals in this area, from them. There are even fact sheets you can download, clips from recent trips, and excerpts from Capt. Dave's films and more on the site.

The site is already Live 24/7 from the boat so check it out now! And on October 3, 2009, dolphin and whale defenders; Actress Hayden Panettiere star of “Heroes” TV show and Isabel Lucas star of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", will be joining them live on their boat, Manute'a, for Whale Watching TV's official grand opening to raise money for the Whaleman Foundation and the Save The Whales Again Campaign. You will also learn what it is like to work on a commercial whale watching boat...

Using Makeover Studio women can upload their photo and virtually try-on different cosmetic brands and their full suite of products, accessories, hairstyles and colors. The ability to try-on new looks and styles is critical before committing to a purchase or taking the risk of a major style change. Two-thirds of women purchase beauty products without having the benefit of trying them beforehand. Yet, according to a recent online survey, 90 percent of women prefer to try-on new looks and hairstyles before they buy or walk into a salon and change their look. Makeover Studio empowers women to do just that. Whether they want to try-on their favorite celebrity’s hairstyle with accessories or test a radically different hair color, Makeover Studio has the ability to help them tweak their look until it is just right. The enhanced technology behind Makeover Studio enables women to see the true properties specific cosmetics create when applied. A woman can see how different types of colors and finishes such as satin, matte, metallic, shimmer and glossy appear on her face. As a woman goes through the makeover process, she will be able to select from all the leading cosmetic brands and their full suite of products to try-on. She will also have the option to read customer reviews on these products and purchase her selections through DailyMakeover.com. Unlike other virtual makeover applications, Makeover Studio will be integrating online videos and editorial content with instructional guidance and beauty tips by its team of beauty experts to help women recreate their virtual looks offline...read more

"We don't know what we don't know!" That's the feeling many homeowners have who are trying to negotiate a mortgage while caught in the midst of the current mortgage meltdown. Not knowing who they should be calling and what questions they should be asking. Not understanding the options brought about by decisions made using too optimistic forecasts, too little education and now, too many financial setbacks.

His current website, located at www.marchantplasticsurgery.com introduces the “virtual consultation” for breast augmentation, tummy tuck, liposuction, and rhinoplasty. While the site's most popular pages continue to be the before and after photographs of cosmetic procedures, the virtual consultation has enhanced the consultation process.

4:30 pm, on the web at 430pm.com is a unique online specialty store that unveils an exciting, hand-selected merchandise every business day at 4:30 pm Eastern time. Now office workers across America can stay productive all day, and bosses can reward them with a little bit shopping time at the end of each workday. To find the daily Sweet Spot, simply visit 430pm.com. Get ready for a chance encounter with a unique item available nowhere else. Or, find a familiar product, but at a phenomenal price.

4:30 pm features a limited selection of constantly changing and updated merchandise including purses, home electronics, laptops, and the occasional optical mouse encrusted with Swarovski crystals designed in Switzerland. Shoppers can expect to be surprised. Best of all, the shopping experience at 4:30 pm is worry-free. All of the payments are processed using PayPal. Shoppers may return anything that they purchase from 4:30 pm within the first 2 weeks of receipt. Detailed return instructions are included in each order on the packing slip.

So who's behind the e-commerce wizardry? 4:30 pm is the small and scrappy subsidiary of the much larger and powerful Sitoa Corporation that provides the merchandising and logistics for large on-line e-tailers like Home Depot, Target, Sears and Amazon...read more

With the maturing of the web, the proliferation of school data has been both a blessing and a curse for parents. Parents now have a new tool for evaluating the quality of their child’s education.

SchoolDigger.com has introduced a new school ranking service that gives parents an intuitive way to compare a particular school’s performance to other schools in its district, city or state. This free service is a result of 3 years of feedback from site users and is the only one of its kind on the web. SchoolDigger.com already ranks public schools based on average state-administered standardized reading and math test scores, but this unique tool also allows parents to create customized listings based on other criteria such as school grade, test and year. For example, a parent might want to see how well his child’s 5th-grade class performed state-wide in science, or how well New York high school students performed on the NY Regents French test, or how many of the top ten schools in Florida are magnet schools. The flexibility of this tool allows parents to identify and compare schools based on what is important to them. Also new with this release is the ability to compare school rankings from year to year. With this data, a parent can see which schools in the area are most improved, and see how a particular school’s ranking has changed over the years. SchoolDigger.com’s new tool is exceptionally powerful, useful and intuitive, and gives parents extraordinary access to...read more

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