Review: Homepages Friends
A few people have asked me about this after seeing the banner on the right --> , so I've decided to make a post. I originally thought it would be a good idea to wait until I've gotten paid, but I guess I can update you guys again later.
To be eligible for payments, you basically have to search with their search engine. Now, you may be wondering... eww, what if this search engine sucks... but let me write that Homepaages Friends uses the Yahoo Search Engine. I'll compare it with Google a bit later. Anyway, this service offers to share revenue from any "linkage revenue" they generate. This amounts to approximately £0.01 per search, or about ( $0.0126 USD ) and requires a minimum balance of £20 ( $25.20 USD ) to cash out (paypal).
Comparing to Google, the Yahoo Search Engine is a bit slower. I'd say fractions of a second, but I have to admit it is still noticible. As far as the search results, I have to say for some topics I would rather go with Yahoo - movie showtimes and business lookups are just to name a few.
Its up to you if you want to give it a try and make a few extra bucks a month ;). I'm currently at £9.23
Friday, February 27, 2009
Greet or Delete Week 2: Fire Gestures
Greet or Delete Extension Review: Fire Gestures
Welcome back! I can't believe another week has gone by already, and its almost March! It just felt like a couple of weeks ago when we were celebrating New Years.
Anyway, back to business. I had the chance to test out the extension Fire Gestures last week, and its usefulness was VERY UNEXPECTED. My first thoughts before I installed was that it was one of those "visually appealing" add-ons that in no way could help speed up ChaCha. But seeing that a few other guides have it installed, I decided to try it out.
Fire Gestures is an extension that allows you to do common browsing actions just by making a quick gesture of your mouse (and holding down the right mouse button). For example, with a quick stroke of the mouse, I could easily go back/forward, go to the next/previous tab, reload, etc.
I have to first admit that it takes a bit getting used to. Its very hard to switch from pushing the backspace button on the top left to just right click and drag your mouse to the left. I still haven't haven't gotten used to everything, but I'm progressing.
A good thing is that this is fully customizable. The most useful feature so far I would have to say is being able to bind a mouse gesture to closing all other tabs. After finishing a query, I can now make an upside down U and viola, all the other tabs would be gone. I also have my Universe tab locked (thanks to Tab Mix Plus), so its not affected by any accidental closing.
Final Verdict: GREET
Score: 7/10
Next week: ImgLikeOpera
Welcome back! I can't believe another week has gone by already, and its almost March! It just felt like a couple of weeks ago when we were celebrating New Years.
Anyway, back to business. I had the chance to test out the extension Fire Gestures last week, and its usefulness was VERY UNEXPECTED. My first thoughts before I installed was that it was one of those "visually appealing" add-ons that in no way could help speed up ChaCha. But seeing that a few other guides have it installed, I decided to try it out.
Fire Gestures is an extension that allows you to do common browsing actions just by making a quick gesture of your mouse (and holding down the right mouse button). For example, with a quick stroke of the mouse, I could easily go back/forward, go to the next/previous tab, reload, etc.
I have to first admit that it takes a bit getting used to. Its very hard to switch from pushing the backspace button on the top left to just right click and drag your mouse to the left. I still haven't haven't gotten used to everything, but I'm progressing.
A good thing is that this is fully customizable. The most useful feature so far I would have to say is being able to bind a mouse gesture to closing all other tabs. After finishing a query, I can now make an upside down U and viola, all the other tabs would be gone. I also have my Universe tab locked (thanks to Tab Mix Plus), so its not affected by any accidental closing.
Final Verdict: GREET
Score: 7/10
Next week: ImgLikeOpera
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Pay Experiment - rnhung version
Hello. Its late, so I won't be typing much.
But I made a few advances on my Earnings Exporter spreadsheet and was able to chart some data (see below). These are made up of over 1800 queries, and from early January. These are the average earnings per qhour (qhour is query hour. It only counts the time answering and neglects the time waiting for questions. This value is higher than earnings per real hour), and earnings per question that I received over the last 6 weeks or so.
Things to note:
Category Pay commenced at about Feb 18, and my earnings per question as well as earnings per hour plunged dramatically.
Before category pay, some of my earnings dipped below $0.10 and $0.20 due to aborted questions, etc.
And yes, I do expect this functionality to be available in the next Earnings Exporter. I just have to tweak it so everything automates. Plus, I might add some analysis to our categories, so we know exactly which categories we are banking on.
Enjoy.
But I made a few advances on my Earnings Exporter spreadsheet and was able to chart some data (see below). These are made up of over 1800 queries, and from early January. These are the average earnings per qhour (qhour is query hour. It only counts the time answering and neglects the time waiting for questions. This value is higher than earnings per real hour), and earnings per question that I received over the last 6 weeks or so.
Earnings per qhour
Average earnings per question
I removed dates that had 10 or less queries.
Things to note:
Category Pay commenced at about Feb 18, and my earnings per question as well as earnings per hour plunged dramatically.
Before category pay, some of my earnings dipped below $0.10 and $0.20 due to aborted questions, etc.
And yes, I do expect this functionality to be available in the next Earnings Exporter. I just have to tweak it so everything automates. Plus, I might add some analysis to our categories, so we know exactly which categories we are banking on.
Enjoy.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Open up Firefox search box results in new tab
Just a quick walkthrough of how to set up the Firefox search (top right) to open up in a new tab.
1) Type about:config in the URL bar
2) Click the "I'll be careful" button
3) Find browser.search.openintab
4) Right click and set it to true
Enjoy!
1) Type about:config in the URL bar
2) Click the "I'll be careful" button
3) Find browser.search.openintab
4) Right click and set it to true
Enjoy!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Firefox Awesome Keywords
Awesome Keyword feature
I'm sure you've been into this situation before:
The IS asks you, "define: heaven"
You KNOW where to look for this. Your process is most likely to load up definr.com or another dictionary. Then you would probably type or paste the word "heaven" into their search box.
That's a lot of work.
With Awesome keywords, you can instead type "[keyword] heaven" into the URL box of your Firefox window.
... and that's it. You're already at the definition page.
This feature is useful if you KNOW where you're going to look. Recipes, definitions, synonyms, etc.
Try this:
Bookmark this page: http://definr.com/%s
Add a keyword to it: I set mine to def
After you're done, go to your url bar. Type in your keyword and your search term:
"def heaven"
Click send. :) Voila!
The "%s" in the url field is replaced by the string of your search. In the above example, the url was http://definr/%s
If you typed "def happy", it would instead bring you to page http://definr/happy.
Add these bookmarks (you will need to add your own keywords). Just drag and drop to your Bookmarks Toolbar / Folder
Definr
Urban Dictionary
Google Maps
imdb
Daily Plate (nutrition facts)
You may also ask, what if the website asks for more than one input? White pages asks for the "first name," "last name," "city," and "state." How can you accomplish something like that?
Instructions on how to set up multi-parameter search
And you may wonder if you can search multiple searches at the same time
Instructions on how to search more than one page
That should be all!
Enjoy!
I'm sure you've been into this situation before:
The IS asks you, "define: heaven"
You KNOW where to look for this. Your process is most likely to load up definr.com or another dictionary. Then you would probably type or paste the word "heaven" into their search box.
That's a lot of work.
With Awesome keywords, you can instead type "[keyword] heaven" into the URL box of your Firefox window.
... and that's it. You're already at the definition page.
This feature is useful if you KNOW where you're going to look. Recipes, definitions, synonyms, etc.
Try this:
Bookmark this page: http://definr.com/%s
Add a keyword to it: I set mine to def
After you're done, go to your url bar. Type in your keyword and your search term:
"def heaven"
Click send. :) Voila!
The "%s" in the url field is replaced by the string of your search. In the above example, the url was http://definr/%s
If you typed "def happy", it would instead bring you to page http://definr/happy.
Add these bookmarks (you will need to add your own keywords). Just drag and drop to your Bookmarks Toolbar / Folder
Definr
Urban Dictionary
Google Maps
imdb
Daily Plate (nutrition facts)
You may also ask, what if the website asks for more than one input? White pages asks for the "first name," "last name," "city," and "state." How can you accomplish something like that?
Instructions on how to set up multi-parameter search
And you may wonder if you can search multiple searches at the same time
Instructions on how to search more than one page
That should be all!
Enjoy!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Greet or Delete Week 1: Define Word
Greet or Delete Extension Review: Define Word
This extension can potentially be a great add-on for a ChaCha guide. Highlight a word, right click, and select which website you want to look up the word. It'll do the rest for you. Simple? Yeah, I agree.
However, I feel that Define Words too LIMITED. Out of the whole drop down, which ones do we use? Maybe 3 or 4? If this were made specifically for ChaCha guides that includes MORE RELEVANT links, then MAYBE.
Out of the couple days I had this add-on installed, I found it VERY HARD to get myself to use it. Its just NOT MY STYLE to highlight and search with a drop down menu.
This extension also CROWDS UP my right click menu (which led me to find the Menu Editor addon that can remove items)
I personally prefer using Firefox Awesome Keywords. Its definitely more customizable, and will suit anybody who types faster than 20 wpm.
This extension can potentially be a great add-on for a ChaCha guide. Highlight a word, right click, and select which website you want to look up the word. It'll do the rest for you. Simple? Yeah, I agree.
However, I feel that Define Words too LIMITED. Out of the whole drop down, which ones do we use? Maybe 3 or 4? If this were made specifically for ChaCha guides that includes MORE RELEVANT links, then MAYBE.
Out of the couple days I had this add-on installed, I found it VERY HARD to get myself to use it. Its just NOT MY STYLE to highlight and search with a drop down menu.
This extension also CROWDS UP my right click menu (which led me to find the Menu Editor addon that can remove items)
I personally prefer using Firefox Awesome Keywords. Its definitely more customizable, and will suit anybody who types faster than 20 wpm.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Earnings Exporter v1_02d Released
Yup.
Fixed so that it works correctly for the Category Pay changes made earlier today.
Earnings Exporter v1_02d
Enjoy!
Fixed so that it works correctly for the Category Pay changes made earlier today.
Earnings Exporter v1_02d
Enjoy!
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