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A gripe A e a evolução da possibilidade de contágio, levou o Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes Terrestres (IMTT) a recomendar aos utentes, esta quarta-feira, o recurso aos serviços on-line, evitando as concentrações de pessoas em espaços públicos fechados.

Através do site na Internet, o IMTT relembra os utilizadores que podem aceder aos vários serviços, disponibilizados on-line, constituindo uma alternativa ao atendimento personalizado.

Entre os vários serviços disponíveis, os condutores podem efectuar o pedido, pela internet, de licenciamento de veículos, de revalidação da carta de condução, de alteração de morada, entre outros disponíveis no site do IMTT.

«O recurso aos Serviços on-line, além de permitir maior comodidade e rapidez, pode constituir uma forma de protecção contra a gripe, na medida em que contribui para evitar a concentração de pessoas em espaços públicos fechados», explica o IMTT.

É apresentada ainda uma outra vantagem na utilização dos serviços on-line, que consiste na redução das taxas aplicadas em dez por cento, relativamente àquelas que são cobradas num balcão de atendimento presencial.

Todavia, os serviços do IMTT estão disponíveis igualmente em Lojas do Cidadão e Postos de Atendimento ao Cidadão. Os utilizadores contam ainda com um serviço de atendimento telefónico, através da linha 808 50 20 20, disponível entre as 9:00 e as 19:30, de segunda a sexta-feira, facultando esclarecimentos relacionados com condutores, veículos ou actividades de transporte.

Fonte :  http://diario.iol.pt/tecnologia/imtt-utentes-internet-gripe-a-servicos-tvi24/1080215-4069.html

Over the last few months, YouTube has made it clear that it’s keen on helping its premium content partners monetize as effectively as possible — and it’s obviously having some success doing it, with the number of monetized views increasing rapidly. Today the site is launching a new feature that will give those monetization rates another boost: YouTube Promoted Video campaigns will now be able to appear on a video’s ‘watch’ page, turning the product into what’s effectively an ‘AdSense for YouTube’.

For those that aren’t famililar with the terminology YouTube uses to identify its pages and advertising products, here’s what that means. Up until now Promoted Video campaigns have been primarily shown on search result pages — I might run a campaign with “guitar” as a keyword, and when someone did a search for that term, my video would show up as a promoted result. In this sense, the program was quite similar to Google’s AdWords feature. Today, though, YouTube is going to begin showing Promoted Videos on the ‘Watch’ pages, where videos are actually shown alongside comments and related other content. Promoted videos that appear here will be matched with the content that’s already on the page, hence the AdSense comparison. Anyone running a promoted video campaign will be able to choose if they’d like to stick with the old product (displaying their video in search results) or on the Watch page.

Premium content partners will also benefit from the product — whenever a Promoted Video is matched against a piece of content they own (or that they’ve identified using Content ID), they’ll get a cut of the revenue as well.

I spoke with YouTube Product Manager Matthew Liu, who says that the addition is part of YouTube’s overarching goal of increasing the amount of money its partners can generate (the more money they make, the more content they put up — and YouTube makes more money in turn). Before now, the site has done this in a few ways: it makes it easier for partners to monetize more videos with Content ID, which lets them monetize UGC, and it allows partners to run Featured Video campaigns, which drive more traffic by heavily promoting the videos to YouTube users. And, obviously, today’s release will let them earn revenue through yet another channel as users begin running Promoted Video campaigns against their premium content.

Well, Twitter didn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize for its role in getting the word out about the Iran election protests earlier this summer, but it did gain about 7 million new visitors in the month of June. Twitter’s website attracted a total of 44.5 million unique visitors worldwide in June, 2009, according to comScore.

Twitter’s worldwide audience grew a healthy 19 percent from May, 2009 (and an even healthier 1,460 percent from June, 2008, when its worldwide audience was just 2.9 million).

With 20 million of its visitors coming from the U.S., Twitter’s audience is now 55 percent international. ComScore now counts it as the No. 52 largest site in the world (bigger than ESPN, just shy of the BBC and Craigslist).

These estimates only count traffic to Twitter.com. Since more than half of Twitter users don’t even go to the Website, and instead use Twitter apps to consume and publish Tweets, Twitter’s total audience is even larger. But comScore provides a consistent measure of its growth.

The global rise of Facebook is nothing less than astounding. In the month of June alone it gained 24 million unique visitors worldwide, compared to the month before, for a total of 340 million unique visitors worldwide.  It is now the fourth largest site in the world, trailing only Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo sites, according to comScore (see table below). Facebook itself only officially acknowledges 250 million active registered users (but you don’t have to be a registered user to visit some Facebook pages).

In the past year, it has grown 157 percent, gaining 208 million visitors.  It long ago passed its rival MySpace on a global basis, way back in April, 2008. Since then, it has passing even bigger sites on its way up. In the chart above, the blue line is Facebook. It passed Amazon back in August, 2008. eBay fell by the wayside in January, 2009. It surged past AOL sometime in February, 2009, and just last month it finally passed the Wikimedia Foundation sites (which includes Wikipedia).

So there it stands at No. 4. It will be a while, if ever, before it catches up to the three world leaders: Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. They each have between 240 million and 500 million more monthly global unique visitors than Facebook (see chart below). But it’s always good for a company to have stretch goals.

Worldwide unique visitors (June, 2009).  Source: comScore

1. Google Sites: 844 million
2. Microsoft Sites: 691 million
3. Yahoo! Sites: 581 million
4. Facebook: 340 million
5. Wikimedia Foundation sites: 303 million
6. AOL: 280 million
7. eBay: 233 million
8. CBS Interactive: 186 million
9. Amazon: 183 million
10. Ask Network: 174 million

In the U.S., Facebook had 77 million unique visitors in the month of June, making it the sixth largest site in the U.S. (after Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL and all Fox Interactive Media sites combined).

Coworking is a growing global trend that gives professionals who work from home an opportunity to work in a group setting. According to Wikipedia, while each individual is still working independently, members of a coworking group typically share values and are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.

Coworking spaces are usually informal, and they are frequently described as an office in a café, although they shouldn’t be confused with office space you can rent. The main difference is the setup – office rentals have separate offices and isolated work spaces, while coworking locations focus on community and togetherness.

Some of the more established coworking spaces have started expanding to meet the needs of their workers. Take Cubes and Crayons, for example. They have successfully combined coworking with childcare facilities and have two locations in California.

At its core, coworking can be an excellent way to get away from distractions at home, while getting work done in a social, collaborative and informal environment, alongside other local professionals.

The Benefits of Coworking

One of the primary benefits of coworking is being able to leave the walls of your home office and get out into the community. If you face work-at-home isolation, as many of us do, coworking can be a terrific way to break the monotony.

But there are a number of other benefits of coworking. Here are a few:

• It creates accountability, which can help prevent procrastination.
• Coworking inspires creativity by giving you an opportunity to work in proximity to other like-minded professionals.
• It provides social benefits that are typically absent when working from home.
• It gives you the opportunity for professional networking while you work.
• Coworking can help you learn from others, collaborate and grow.
• It develops a community-like atmosphere where you can find support and encouragement.
• It fulfills the basic human need of working side-by-side with others, and can help you enjoy your work more.

Where to Find Coworking

There are coworking facilities all over the world, and the quickest way to find one in your area is to reach out to other local professionals or through a Google search. You may also be able to learn about local coworking establishments through social media, business networks and local organizations.

Here are some links to other coworking recources that may help you in your search for a coworking group to join:

• Coworking Community Blog: An informational site about coworking with some coworking locations listed.
• Coworking Google Group: A support and discussion network for people interested in coworking.
• Coworking Office Directory: A new directory with a small collection of international coworking groups.
• Coworking Wiki: A collection of coworking resources and local links.
• Wurkspaces: A coworking facilities directory.

Do you cowork or have you considered coworking? What has been your experience?

Image credit: Eddie Codel. Photo of Workspace, a coworking space in Vancouver’s Gastown district.

Source : http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/07/31/is-coworking-right-for-you/

O escritor português José Saramago lança seu mais novo livro, com textos retirados de posts em seu blog. O interessante é ver a relação entre o escritor e a internet, uma mídia que os mais conservadores têm uma certa resistência em utilizar. Ele cita na entrevista que utiliza a internet mais como fonte de pesquisa, acessando o Google com frequencia, nada mais. Ele conta que a utilização da internet não influenciou de forma alguma seu modo de escrever, ainda com frases longas, que dão espaço e tempo para observações e análises.

Mas o interessante foi seu ponto de vista em relação ao Twitter. Ao ser feita uma pergunta sobre o que ele achava do mais novo fenômeno da internet, o escritor afirma:

- … Os tais 140 caracteres refletem algo que já conhecíamos: a tendência para o minossílabo como forma de comunicação. De degrau em degrau, vamos descendo até o grunhido.

Many of us actively use sites like Twitter and Facebook to promote our businesses. And those of us looking to connect with more business-related contacts may turn to sites like LinkedIn to develop relationships with people we have worked with or may want to work with.

With the growing use of social networking by business professionals, there is a growing number of social networking sites focused on business users and meeting their needs. Here is a list of 20 social networking sites for entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals that are worth a look.

Biznik – A community of entrepreneurs and small businesses dedicated to helping each other succeed.

cmypitch.com – A business website for UK entrepreneurs to get quotes, advice and more.

Cofoundr – A community for entrepreneurs, programmers, designers, investors, and other individuals involved with starting new ventures.

E.Factor – An online community and virtual marketplace designed for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.

Ecademy –A business network for creating contacts and sharing knowledge.

Entrepreneur Connect – A community by Entrepreneur.com where professionals can network, communicate, and collaborate with others.

Fast Pitch – A business network where professionals can market their business and make connections.

Focus – A community focused on helping business decision makers and IT professionals make decisions.

JASEzone – A professional community where you can find potential clients and business partners.

LinkedIn – A professional network that allows you to be introduced to and collaborate with other professionals.

Networking for Professionals – A business network that combines online business networking and real-life events.

PartnerUp – A community connecting small business owners and entrepreneurs.

PerfectBusiness – A network of entrepreneurs, investors and business experts that encourages entrepreneurship and mutual success.

Plaxo – An enhanced address book tool for networking and staying in contact.

Ryze – A business networking community that allows users to organize themselves by interests, location, and current and past employers.

StartupNation – A community focused on the exchange of ideas between entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners.

Upspring - A social networking site for promotion and social networking.

XING – A European business network with more than 7 million members.

Young Entrepreneur – A forum-based site for entrepreneurs and small business owners who are passionate about promoting business for themselves and others.

Ziggs – A professional connection portal founded on the principles of professionalism and respect.

Do you have any other social networking sites for business that you use? Which one has worked the best for your business?

Source : http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/07/28/social-networking-sites-for-business/

Anyone who is taking part in Google AdSense program is asking this question – how much lovely bucks will it give to me?

Surely don’t expect that Google will tell you how much money was paid by AdWords advertisers for each click that was made on your site. Why? Because Google decided that this way it will be better. We can love it, we can hate it – but this is how Google decided to do that

Those who do not like – can simply not put AdSense codes on their pages and hit the big Google into the very heart No really, if about 30% of the sites in the net take AdSense ads away, this will be a serious jab to Google, but as they keep using the lovely ads – this is the best proof that everybody is happy.

When you are going to estimate your future profits with Google AdSense program you need to take 2 factors into account:

- your traffic volume
- your traffic source

Volume is the amount of people who come to your site or blog, come on a regular basis.

Source is from where these people come. It is proven by real case experience that people who come from search engines are very good clickers on the AdSense ads.

Then it all comes down to how you position the ads on your pages and what click through rate (CTR) you will have. 5% CTR is considered to be very good. Over 10% CTR – something you can boast about.

And the last thing to consider – your niche. Surely advertiser in investments, loans, mortgages, health insurances, real estate are paying more per click than cheaper niches. But you can compensate it with getting plugged into less competitive niche.

Now, let’s do the calculations.

You have 1,000 unique visitors per day to your blog about mortgage (tough niche, by the way). Out of them you know by your traffic stats that 500 come from search engines. You also know that for the traffic which comes from search engines you have 5% CTR. And you know that averagely and advertiser in this niche is paying $1.00

Then it means your average profits for the part of traffic which comes from search engines should be:

500 people X $1.00 X 0.05 = $25.00 (daily)

Surely these are averages, life is more flexible and unexpected. But now you can think in terms of some figures.

SOURCE : http://www.ryaneven.com/success-on-adsense-%E2%80%93-5-quick-tips/

As you employ Google’s AdSense for more and more time you begin to study from the mistakes of the past, and you slowly begin to realize which of your actions kept your site from reaching its complete potential.

But the crucial part to making a mistake is telling individuals about it and teaching them how to avoid making the same mistake. So this is a list of the top five mistakes persons using AdSense make.

You should read them well, and see if any of them is applicable to your contents. If it is, you must stop and make an effort to fix such errors as fast as possible.

The first most important no-no that everyone seems to be hitting at one point or another has to do with breaking the rules. Google’s AdSense is a great program but it relies on you respecting only some set rules.

The essential thing is not to make “artificial clicks” through any means possible. Never click your own links, never ask your friends or close ones to click the links and never, by any means have your content encouraging the visitors to click the links. You run the risk of being permanently disqualified, and that will definitely damage your income.

Failing to comply with Google’s terms could have your AdSense account suspended. And this is why this rule is of course the most important one of all. It’s since this is the difference between life or death.

The second point users get wrong a lot of time is having a bad color palette for ads. Many times this happens as the publishers aren’t knowledgeable sufficient to change default color palettes.

Others just can’t seem to spend sufficient time in changing those defaults. Having bad ads that stand out is absolutely to push persons away from clicking; whilst having something which is clearly visible yet distinctive will.

Third, sure, the position of the ads is probably the key factor you should get right if you want to increase your profits with AdSense. This is noted in a lot of places on the web and Google talks about this as well. Google can provide you with statistics which illustrate what positions work particularly well on your website.

Fourthly, banner ads are as well an incredibly bad idea if you’re using AdSense. 480×60 type ads are a sure way to drive many individuals away as most Internet surfers have developed a natural resistance to such means of advertising.

And last, but clearly not least, is not taking care of the site running the ads. For the reason that ultimately it doesn’t matter how cool the site is itself. If it doesn’t have modernized contents and lots of daily visitors it will possibly never make you any serious AdSense revenues.

So these are the principal five things persons get wrong while using the AdSense program. But naturally if you don’t like this means of expressing the issues, here are the top five things you should do to make sure your AdSense ads are constantly bringing in that profits.

Never break Google’s policy. Don’t make visitors make “artificial clicks” on your website regardless of the individual doing so or the reason. Ensure your ads have the right colors that blend in with your site, and make sure they’re positioned in the right places to attract as many customers as possible. Always try to prevent using banner-like (480×60) adds unless you really know what you’re doing and constantly keep your site fresh and up to date.

So with that in mind you should be raising your AdSense revenues in no time.

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