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Are you like me? I always wanted to work at home on my computer. But the question always was how to succeed and make money. Was there some success secrets I needed to know? Where would I find the answers I would need, to have a successful work at home business?

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Joe Kennedy
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Youtube Videos Pull in Real Money

YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money

Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Michael Buckley, YouTube host, at home in Connecticut.

By BRIAN STELTER

Published: December 10, 2008

Making videos for YouTube — for three years a pastime for millions of Web surfers — is now a way to make a living.

Michael Buckley quit his day job in September. He says his online show is “silly,” but it helped pay off credit-card debt.

One year after YouTube, the online video powerhouse, invited members to become “partners” and added advertising to their videos, the most successful users are earning six-figure incomes from the Web site. For some, like Michael Buckley, the self-taught host of a celebrity chatter show, filming funny videos is now a full-time job.

Mr. Buckley quit his day job in September after his online profits had greatly surpassed his salary as an administrative assistant for a music promotion company. His thrice-a-week online show “is silly,” he said, but it has helped him escape his credit-card debt.

Mr. Buckley, 33, was the part-time host of a weekly show on a Connecticut public access channel in the summer of 2006 when his cousin started posting snippets of the show on YouTube. The comical rants about celebrities attracted online viewers, and before long Mr. Buckley was tailoring his segments, called “What the Buck?” for the Web. Mr. Buckley knew that the show was “only going to go so far on public access.”

“But on YouTube,” he said, “I’ve had 100 million views. It’s crazy.”

All he needed was a $2,000 Canon camera, a $6 piece of fabric for a backdrop and a pair of work lights from Home Depot. Mr. Buckley is an example of the Internet’s democratizing effect on publishing. Sites like YouTube allow anyone with a high-speed connection to find a fan following, simply by posting material and promoting it online.

Granted, building an audience online takes time. “I was spending 40 hours a week on YouTube for over a year before I made a dime,” Mr. Buckley said — but, at least in some cases, it is paying off.

Mr. Buckley is one of the original members of YouTube’s partner program, which now includes thousands of participants, from basement video makers to big media companies. YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, places advertisements within and around the partner videos and splits the revenues with the creators. “We wanted to turn these hobbies into businesses,” said Hunter Walk, a director of product management for the site, who called popular users like Mr. Buckley “unintentional media companies.”

YouTube declined to comment on how much money partners earned on average, partly because advertiser demand varies for different kinds of videos. But a spokesman, Aaron Zamost, said “hundreds of YouTube partners are making thousands of dollars a month.” At least a few are making a full-time living: Mr. Buckley said he was earning over $100,000 from YouTube advertisements.

The program is a partial solution to a nagging problem for YouTube. The site records 10 times the video views as any other video-sharing Web site in the United States, yet it has proven to be hard for Google to profit from, because a vast majority of the videos are posted by anonymous users who may or may not own the copyrights to the content they upload. While YouTube has halted much of the illegal video sharing on the site, it remains wary of placing advertisements against content without explicit permission from the owners. As a result, only about 3 percent of the videos on the site are supported by advertising.

But the company has high hopes for the partner program. Executives liken it to Google AdSense, the technology that revolutionized advertising and made it possible for publishers to place text advertisements next to their content.

“Some of these people are making videos in their spare time,” said Chad Hurley, a co-founder of YouTube. “We felt that if we were able to provide them a true revenue source, they’d be able to hone their skills and create better content.”

In a time of media industry layoffs, the revenue source — and the prospect of a one-person media company — may be especially appealing to users. But video producers like Lisa Donovan, who posts sketch comedy onto YouTube and attracted attention in the fall for parodies of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, do not make it sound easy. “For new users, it’s a lot of work,” Ms. Donovan said. “Everybody’s fighting to be seen online; you have to strategize and market yourself.”

Mr. Buckley, who majored in psychology in college and lives with his husband and four dogs in Connecticut, films his show from home. Each episode of “What the Buck?” is viewed an average of 200,000 times, and the more popular ones have reached up to three million people. He said that writing and recording five minutes’ worth of jokes about Britney Spears’s comeback tour and Miley Cyrus’s dancing abilities is not as easy as it looks. “I’ve really worked hard on honing my presentation and writing skills,” he said.

As his traffic and revenues grew, Mr. Buckley had “so many opportunities online that I couldn’t work anymore.” He quit his job at Live Nation, the music promoter, to focus full-time on the Web show.

There is a symmetry to Mr. Buckley’s story. Some so-called Internet celebrities view YouTube as a stepping stone to television. But Mr. Buckley started on TV and found fame on YouTube. Three months ago, he signed a development deal with HBO, an opportunity that many media aspirants dream about. Still, “I feel YouTube is my home,” he said. “I think the biggest mistake that any of us Internet personalities can make is establish ourselves on the Internet and then abandon it.”

Cory Williams, 27, a YouTube producer in California, agrees. Mr. Williams, known as smpfilms on YouTube, has been dreaming up online videos since 2005, and he said his big break came in September 2007 with a music video parody called “The Mean Kitty Song.” The video, which introduces Mr. Williams’ evil feline companion, has been viewed more than 15 million times. On a recent day, the video included an advertisement from Coca-Cola.

Mr. Williams, who counts about 180,000 subscribers to his videos, said he was earning $17,000 to $20,000 a month via YouTube. Half of the profits come from YouTube’s advertisements, and the other half come from sponsorships and product placements within his videos, a model that he has borrowed from traditional media.

On YouTube, it is evident that established media entities and the up-and-coming users are learning from each other. The amateur users are creating narrative arcs and once-a-week videos, enticing viewers to visit regularly. Some, like Mr. Williams, are also adding product-placement spots to their videos. Meanwhile, brand-name companies are embedding their videos on other sites, taking cues from users about online promotion. Mr. Walk calls it a subtle “cross-pollination” of ideas.

Some of the partners are major media companies; the ones with the most video views include Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, CBS and Warner Brothers. But individual users are now able to compete alongside them. Mr. Buckley, who did not even have high-speed Internet access two years ago, said his YouTube hobby had changed his financial life.

“I didn’t start it to make money,” he said, “but what a lovely surprise.”

Posted by Brad Christopher at 8:47 PM

Brad Christopher
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Eye Diagnostics – a New Way to Capture Color Retinal Images

Monitoring and treatment of eye diseases with a potential to cause blindness can be challenging. However, with new advances in research, scientists may have just developed an effective means of taking high quality color photographs of eye inflammation with the help of diagnostic equipment

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Recently, scientists made a headway by taking high quality color photographs of the clinical stages of ocular inflammation in mice, using what they call “Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging (TEFI).” And it seems that mice are just the beginning, soon humans could replace the mice, and for the better.

How TEFI would help?

Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging or (TEFI), makes use of an endoscope (the good old diagnostic equipment) along with parallel illumination and observation channels connected to a digital camera to capture images eye images. The development of this technique is attributed to Michel Paques, et al.

In the new study a team researchers from the University of Bristol’s Academic Unit of Ophthalmology tracked the changes in the mice retina, and the best part was that it didn’t cause distress to the animals or was there a need administer anesthesia to the patients (mice, in this case). Quite a painkiller find!

The paper was published in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science in the Research Paper titled “The Clinical Time-Course of Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis Using Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging with Histologic and Cellular Infiltrate Correlation.”

According to experts, TEFI would enable monitoring of clinical disease quickly and in a non-invasive fashion. And based on the clinical observations, the investigators will be able to design experimental protocols. In addition, this new technique also paves the way to detect changes in the eye that were previously undetectable.

At the same time, while TEFI along with other histological methods does enable observation of clinical features and severity of disease, in order to gather information about the dynamics, phenotype, function, etc – a detailed analysis of cell populations during different stages of disease as it progresses might be needed.

Fredclay
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/eye-diagnostics-a-new-way-to-capture-color-retinal-images-670634.html

Top-ten Most Common Business Writing Errors

Newark, DE, April 12, 2007 – Findings from recent research on the most common English grammar errors might surprise educators and researchers. WhiteSmoke software just released its list of top-ten error types among users of its online writing software.

Five of the top ten are categories of spelling errors, accounting for over half of the top-ten errors (53.2%). The remaining non-spelling categories are: prepositions (16.2%), double negatives (15.3%), slang / non-standard usage (9%), word choice (3.6%) and verb form (2.7%).

WhiteSmoke’s sophisticated technology allows for unique research using large amounts of data on grammar errors made by a wide range of “real world” writers. The software company corrects over a million sentences a month.

With online delivery, it is able to analyze the types of errors that users make, and at what frequencies. Using its large fount of data, the company developed its top-ten list of error types.

General spelling errors, including typos, are the number one type of error. Specific types of spelling errors make up four other categories in the top ten: aural errors (e.g., “could of” instead of “could’ve”) at fourth, compound words at sixth, and contractions and their / there confusion tied at seventh.

This data interests teachers and researchers.

Some of the findings, such as prepositions as the second most common error types, might well suggest linguistic shifts. Double negatives, ranked third, also raise questions about linguistic shifts among English speakers.

The fifth-ranked error category certainly arises from linguistic shifts: slang and non-standard usage. Examples include using “cuz” for “because” or “gonna” for “going to.”

These, in fact, might be signs of email and text message writing styles spilling into more formal occasions.

More information online.

David Brown
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/topten-most-common-business-writing-errors-133309.html

How To Clean Malware Off Your Windows XP, Windows Vista & Windows 7 Computer – Malware Help

If you want to know how to clean malware off your Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 computer, then keep reading…

Malware removers found online can repair your infected computer quite fast. If you fall into the unfortunate trap where your computer is running really slow, freezing up, receiving endless pop-ups or lots of error messages there is a pretty good chance that you have been infected by malware. Malware is “Malicious software” which gets into your computer’s hard drive without you knowing it and starts doing its damage.

Also referred to as simply a computer virus these software programs can do large amounts of damage and can ruin your computer losing all your important information. Generally entered into your system through a Trojan horse or a worm these viruses can make certain programs run incorrectly and in some cases crash your computer completely. Less severe cases put cookies on your web browser which attracts all those pop-up ads that are so very annoying. If you keep personal information or records on your computer the individuals who created the virus will be able to get to that information. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in North America and largely due to malware infection.

You shouldn’t be afraid to use your computer and there are steps you can take to protect your computer and your personal information from these “malicious software” programs.

1. Be sure that all the computers you use are protected.

2. Be sure you have an internet security program installed and that it is running correctly. If you don’t have one of these programs you can download many of them from internet websites online.

3. Be sure you do not click on any pop-ups, no matter what they are or who they appear to be from. Also don’t open any emails you receive from person’s unknown.

4. If your computer starts to show signs of infection, run an antivirus scan. Back up all important files onto a disc so you don’t accidentally lose them.

5. Download and install a pop-up blocker and firewall protection.

6. If you notice your computer acting strangely use the system restore option to restore it to an earlier date.

7. Always remember that computer hackers are also extremely computer smart and they know what they are doing so never underestimate the damage they can cause.

Dean Olmstead

How to Clean Your Computer Registry – RegistryFix Cleaner and Optimizer Review

As an avid computer user and former PC tech I can not stress the importance of keeping a clean registry. A clean registry literally is the difference between life and death of your computer. Having a clean registry means your computer will run faster and smoother. This will also keep those dreaded error messages and computer crashes from happening. The best way to keep your computer up and running is to clean your registry on a regular basis. I clean mine every couple months, doing this will prevent problems from occurring.

The problem with cleaning your computer registry is it’s often very complicated and can be a risky process to undertake. One takes the risk of damaging files which are vital to the proper functioning of the pc.

While I prefer to manually clean mine I do realize the average lay person may not know how so, I sat out to find a good registry cleaner. I looked at some from Norton and other big name companies but I found the best one to date is called RegistryFix cleaner and optimizer.. When looking for a good registry cleaner I searched for a program with an easy to use interface, inexpensive and prompt technical support.

RegistryFix Cleaner and Optimizer provides a simple to use interface while quickly cleaning the registry. What I liked even more is they provided a free registry scan before I purchased the product. This feature is especially good because if your registry does not need cleaning then your money will not be wasted. What I also liked about Registryfix is the professionalism and promptness in their technical support department. One should always investigate this before committing to buy a product. I contacted them with a rather complex question and they had my question answered within 24 hours via email. The solution they game me was in very easy to understand terms and was very in-depth. They also followed prompty to follow up questions and I was even able to reach support via telephone. I will be honest the person I spoke with on the phone was a little hard to understand but did succeed in answering my inquiries. I prefer their email support option due to the fact the answer is in writing which I can refer back to at any time..

RegistryFix cleaner and optimizer’s price was also much more affordable than anything else currently on the market and equally important the great customer support and money back guarantee. Registryfix cleaner and optimizer’s support staff goes the extra mile to make sure their customers are 100% satisfied. They are genuinely interested in any type of product feeder back consumers have regarding their product.

Ease of use, inexpensive price and high performance lends way to RegisteryFix Cleaner and Optimizer getting a solid 9 out of 10. The only reason I did not rate this product higher is because as a PC tech I hoped for some more advanced features, but for the price it’s a great bargain.

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Pamela Arsena

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