I think it is not a secret that CraigsList.org is a great place to search for a home work, part time job (for designers, coders, Internet marketers, data entry jobs, etc).

From my experience, it is the busiest place for telecommute job opportunities. Job boards (including Hot Jobs, Dice, etc) do not list many openings of this kind.

Some freelance boards can compete with CraigsList:

eLance,

Guru,

Freelance Work Exchange,

Rentacoder,

Talent Market

but when I see the level of competition for each posted project I feel helpless. I realize that job posts on Craigslist.org are likely to get even more applications – but I do not see that (oh, human nature!).

The only thing I dislike about browsing Craigslist.org for remote jobs – it is necessity to browse each city separately – it takes much extra time. So, I was happy one day to discover at some forum a free online tool that made my life much easier:

This page is a quick and dirty form that scans all Craigslist cities for telecommuter (work at home) jobs. To browse all of Craigslist, just type “craigslist”. Results limited to 250 posts. The newest jobs first.

Just try and enjoy it. Thank you, the Unknown Webmaster, for this simple and useful tool.

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I have started a free link popularity service that should facilitate webmaster’s search for permanent one way links.

Links are harder to obtain that it used to be. Websites need one way links from relevant websites to improve their search engine rankings, permanent links are preferable. Our free service offers webmasters and all those who do business online to get FREE RELEVANT & PERMANENT ONE WAY LINKS.

The basic idea of the service is that most webmasters and seo’s run more than one website. So, they can give a link from one website and get a link to another website of their own. As a result, both webmasters get relevant one way links.

FOR EXAMPLE:

I have a website on online business. At the moment I work at my new project and need relevant and permanent one way links to my website on education.

So, I offer a link on my online business website in exchange for a relevant link to my education website.

I place a post in the forums after selecting an industry for my online business website:

SUBJECT: site on online business, PR4 (I state PR of the page I will place my partner’s link on), 15 mo (website age), Alexa: 650,000, .com (website extension), 10 OBL (number of outbound links on this page), single page (link placed on a single page: opposed to a site wide link)

BODY: would like to get a permanent link from auto, cooking, humor websites.
Min PR…
Min age…
Min Alexa…
Single page/ site wide

So, a final version of this post will look like this:

SUBJECT:

online business, PR4, 15 mo, Alexa: 650,000, .com, 10 OBL, single page

BODY:

I would like to get a permanent link from education, also (as I have websites in these niches): auto, cooking, humor websites.

Min: PR4

Min age: 1 year

Min Alexa: 700,000 or higher

Single page/ site wide: single page

Please, pm me if you have something to offer

URL’s are not listed in the posts (for confidentiality reasons) and disclosed to interested parties only in the process of message board negotiations.

The members browse the listings by industries, scan post subjects and open those posts they are interested in.

If a person is interested to obtain this kind of a link and he has a website to offer, he contacts the poster via private message board and discusses the details of the link deal. If he does not have websites in the industries the poster is interested in he can search for a third party among other posts and arrange a three party deal.

E-mail addresses in the messages are not allowed – all negotiations are held via private message boards.

ALL links obtained through the service should be permanent.

After the deal is closed it is recommended that the members rate each other (Feedback system): black listed or white listed members and reason why.

Use our new service and contact me with your feedback and feature requests.

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So, you run or are about to start your own blog and devour the information (that is abundant online) how to make your blog successful. One of the ideas that you will come across in every article on blog success is that:

You need to generate original content of super quality.

Partly, I agree with this statement, but it is not always the case.

If you think that you can succeed in blogging with high quality unique content only I will prove you that you are wrong. Below are just a few samples of the blogs that are super popular on the Internet, but they do not generate much unique content, they just link to different kind of information that they find themselves or get from their readers.

I do not say that it is a simple way to succeed, but it proves that you can find an angle or niche, think of the ways how to present your information and succeed with the blog that just links to other website information.

BoingBoing The most successful blog of this kind I am aware of. They have about 50,000 feed subscribers (including me). Home page rank 9 (!). A Directory of Wonderful Things – this is the way they position themselves that gives a pretty wide area for post links – they cover any topics that fit their idea of Wonderful Things.

Lifehacker Home page rank 7. About 1,000 feed readers. Unique Selling Proposition (USP) - Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don’t live to geek; geek to live. Yes, a great motto.

The Hype Machine This one is about music. They have a lower number of feed subscribers – just above 200, home PR 6. But it is very popular with those who search and listen to music online. The idea of the blog: Discover, listen and buy music discussed on the best mp3 blogs.

I have no idea how much online property of this kind generates monthly in cash, but I am sure that it is sufficient for doing things you enjoy in life. Any of the above websites is a brand name.

Summary: I repeat that the purpose of my post is not to state that the above blogs make easy money – the people behind the websites are smart guys (and ladies?), no doubt. I just would like to show that it is possible to succeed in blogging with some other things besides unique content: with an IDEA or with design or with content presentation, etc.

And there is a chance to succeed in any industry. It should not be a blog on some web related topic - it can be cars, humor, video, travel, business, career – any topic is a good fit.

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