Online Casino Gambling

casino and gambling is always related. in eastern country casino is legal but in western country casino or gambling is illegal. most of western country is moslem country which prohibit people to do some gambling.

in this era you can gambling without go to the casinos. you can gambling at online casino or online gambling. with casino online or gambling online you don't bother to go to Las Vegas or macau to play some gambling. you just sit in front of your computer and play some gambling. this time so many online casinos offering online casino gambling and online casino games.

maybe some of you have a question about this casino online security, don't worry every legal casino online have good security, all information that is transferred between you, the player, and the casino server is encrypted using complex mathematical algorithms.

about gambling is legal or illegal is depend on your faith.

Trade Show Displays as a Promotion Media

Promotion, that what every company will do to promote their product selling.there is many ways to make promotion. you can use electronic media such as TV and Radio, billboard, trade show displays and many more.

in this content i'll talk about something usefull when some company promote their product on an exhibition or some expo. on this event we don't need huge billboard to promote. there is many kind of trade show displays such as truss, logo floor mats and exhibit booths. you can one of them or all of them.

there is many brand of trade show displays, you can search on the internet about it. or you can read about trade show displays detail here.

Email as a Marketing Strategy

Marketing is very important for someone who running some business. for most all company marketing is everything. even if you are an one man staff you need to sell your product to make some profit.

in couple years ago, when internet not popular as now. people selling their product depend on marketer. to make such a big progress on product selling need so many marketer or many relation. But at this time when people, almost all people now and do their activity on internet. we can see it as a market to sell our product. there is so many company offering services to do marketer jobs like marketing via email marketing service. they even offering email marketing tool, email marketing software and email marketing solution.

with email marketing tool or email marketing software you can offer new products, new prices or other marketing program. the company i mean is iContact, you can try their services for 15 days free trial.

for more information about iContact at www.icontact.com

Studying Math Online

Holiday is over and ready to get back to work or school. get back to boring routine, wake up earlier, do some home work etc. Sometimes it bothering, But we have to face it. you know what i hate the most when i was at school? i hate everything about math, algebra and anything like that :D.

At my time i have to learn anything by my self, sometime i have to discuss it with my friend. we used to do some home work after school and discuss everything that we don't know at school. As you all know Math, algebra, equation, simplify, fractions and calculus is not simple you have to study carefully. At this time there so many people offering help for teaching Math, algebra 1, equation, simplify, fractions and calculus and they also offering for Homework Help, Math answers to solve math problem, Solving Equation, Linear equations, Math Help for Math problem solver, Calculus Help, and Algebra solver for Algebra help or event Physics help for physics problem. There is many ways they offering us, they come to our house, they have places like school but with a couple of students, or even with online using internet. so which one that you choose? i prefer online using internet because it simple and you can learn anywhere and anytime you like. they have so many program for all grade from K-12 to collage, from simple math to College algebra, even they can help you for Homework help and Free Algebra help or you can access Square root calculator at their site.

Tips - Leather Furniture Care

Furniture, all of you must be have some furniture in every room in your house. Like chairs, leather chairs, loft leather chairs, landing accent chairs, black leather chairs, tables, cupboard, wardrobe, case, and many more.

Leather furniture is an elegant to any room. sometimes we just leave leather furniture abandon like that. we assume that lather furniture is strong so we leave it just like that. it is wrong, if we just leave it like that the furniture wont last long. Leather is absorbent, and therefore easily stained by oils, inks and liquids. so we have to careful with our leather furniture.

you don't have to clean it every day, just clean it weekly so your leather furniture looking beautiful. Wipe your leather furniture using dry cloth to prevent dirt and oil from building up on your leather furniture. if you have any pets, vacuum your leather furniture using a soft brush extention.

Leather stains easily, if you spilled your drink on your leather furniture. Quickly absorb the liquid with a dry cloth to clean up. for oil or ink absorb the liquid with a dry cloth and press into the stain to absorb as much of the oil as possible.

for prevention to your leather furniture, do not place leather furniture directly in the sun, as the leather will fade and can become brittle and cracked. Apply a leather conditioning cream twice a year to maintain the soft and supple texture of your furniture. and do not clean your leather furniture using oil or furniture polishes.

Level Up Faster in Mafia Wars

1. You level up by gaining experience points. To maximize experience earned, you must choose either fearless (more stamina to fight) or maniac (more energy to do jobs).
2. Try to set a time every day to play the game. That way you will be consistent with your energy and stamina bars filled up to the maximum.
3. Get a buddy. Get a friend that also plays the game. Be sure that both of you connect at different times, and send energy packs to each other on a daily basis. This way you will maximize your energy.
4. Schedule your time so you will be able to deplete your energy bar, level up, and use your daily energy pack. If you time it right, you might be able to enhance your character by 3 levels or more in one day.
5. Don't be afraid to fight. Add stamina points and pick fights often. Fights are a great source of experience. Your stamina (to fight) and your energy (to do jobs) recharge in parallel, so it is always a good idea to deplete both every time you can.
6. Get buddies to put you as 'Mastermind' on their mafias. Also do the same for them and you will gain more experience from jobs and level up faster.
7. Recruit to your mafia, so you can pick fights with larger mafias and get more experience.

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Get Your Mafia Wars Energy Faster

1. Start out by choosing the Maniac class when you create your Mafia Wars character. This class has a faster energy refresh time in Mafia Wars. Choosing this class in Mafia Wars will help you level up your character faster because you will be able to complete more missions per day because your energy will refill faster.
2. Use reward points to fill up your energy in Mafia Wars. Each time you complete a job tier or level up your character in Mafia Wars you will earn reward points. You can go to the godfather and use your reward points in Mafia Wars to refill your energy. This will allow you to complete more missions by filling up your energy faster in Mafia Wars. You can also purchase reward points in Mafia Wars with your credit card or you can complete offers to gain more reward points so that you can use your Mafia Wars reward points more often.
3. Master all of the jobs 3 times in the Boss tier in Mafia Wars. When you master all of the jobs in the Boss tier in Mafia Wars you will be rewarded with a golden throne. The Golden Throne in Mafia Wars will give your character 2x energy regeneration every time it refreshes in Mafia Wars. This will double the amount of energy that you get each time it refreshes in Mafia Wars.

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How to Master Mafia Wars

1. Jobs/Investments
You’ll want to do some jobs to get some money. But pretty soon, you won’t have to do any jobs, because with the right investments, you can make more money letting your investments do the work for you. At that point, you’ll just be doing jobs to level up. Stick to doing jobs that give you the highest payoff/energy used ratio or the highest experienced gained/energy used ratio. This will let you gain money faster or level up faster, or both.

Once you have some money, you’ll want to invest it. Stick to getting the most out of your money. Mafia Mike’s is the best investment you can make, so get as many as you can. After that, only buy properties with the highest return to investment ratio. Don’t forget to include the land cost into this figure; once you build on land you lose the return the land gives you.

It’s better to stick the money in the bank until you can put it to use later. The bank will charge you a 10% laundering fee, but that’s much better than losing it all in a fight.

Once you have a stable income, you can move on to outfitting your mafia with weapons, armor, and vehicles.

Note: As you complete jobs, you will level up, and you will gain experience and Godfather points. Do not spend them without reading the section about leveling (below).

2. Winning Fights
To win more attacks, outfit everyone in your mafia with the weapons, armor, and vehicles with the highest attack ratings. The higher your average attack rating per mafia member is, the better your chances are of winning the fight. Usually the best weapons are awarded from the Godfather.

To win more when you are attacked, you should also have the weapons, armor, and vehicles with the highest defense ratings. When you are being attacked, your mafia will use those items to defend instead of the attack weapons. Again, the higher your average defense rating per mafia member, the better your chances are of winning the fight.

3. People that want to take you out
Instead of spending endless amounts of stamina trying to kill your attackers, spend 1 stamina point to have them killed on the hit list. There is always someone out there willing to kill your opponent for a tiny $10,000. You get to keep your stamina, and they learn you are ruthless and will not tolerate being attacked.

The benefit of this is twofold. Not only can you get even with your attacker, but you can also focus the entire game around defense. Since you won’t ever be attacking anyone, you can spend those experience points on defense, and increase your chances of winning more when you are attacked. This will keep your statistics higher throughout the game.

Also, you can check out a website I found where you can put their ID up on hit list without using stamina. It's http://www.mafiawarshits.com

4. Leveling
When you advance your level, you are awarded experience points and godfather points. Early in the game, focus on increasing your energy. You should do this until you can have enough energy to do most of the jobs (I recommend about 40-50 energy points). After that, focus on defense and stamina. Later in the game, you can adjust the strategy a bit to fit your needs.

Normally, you should not spend Godfather points on anything except weapons. If you wish, you can earn godfather points by completing offers or purchasing them. In the event you earn some extra godfather points, use them to boost your skill points or to get specialty weapons. The other options (like giving you cash or a full energy refill) will come in time with no interaction required by you anyway, so why spend precious godfather points on them?5. Mafia Size
You don’t need a large mafia to be successful at Mafia Wars. In fact, the larger your mafia is, the harder it is to play the game, especially early in the game. When you have a large mafia, you have to outfit each member with the best weapons, armor, and vehicles you can get your hands on. This costs a large amount of money, and unless you have a very large income, it’s better to just build your investments so you can afford to grow your mafia later. Once you have a large income (at least $1 million per hour), then you can start to grow your mafia. As you grow your mafia, remember to get both attack and defense items for them to use.

Tips & Warnings

• When you are not logged in, money that you have earned from investments since you logged out cannot be lost in a fight. However, money you have not invested or deposited in the bank can still be lost.
• If you have health below the fight threshold, you won't see when someone attacks you (and if you attack someone, they won't see it on their updates...an easy way to tell if they are too weak is to try to add them to the hitlist. If the game asks you how much money you want to spend, they are not too weak; otherwise, you will get a message telling you that you can't add them to the hitlist).
• Do not build your mafia size until you have enough money or Godfather points to outfit your entire mafia with the best items for fights.

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Shoe Polish & Polishing Leather Shoes

As I was looking for certain shoe polish products, I was surprised to find warnings that shoe polish contained toxic chemicals and could actually be considered very dangerous.

While I know most of us have had shoe polish around the house for years, probably without any problems, the warnings I found were of enough concern to me that I wanted to share the information with all of you. Below is more information about the toxicity of certain shoe polishes, as well as alternative and traditional polishing instructions.

Toxicity of Shoe Polish

Certain shoe polishes contain toxic chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin and or inhaled (read more at the epa web site).

It is essential that if you use shoe polish, you wear gloves when doing so, do not drink alcohol while polishing shoes (it can increase the effects of certain chemicals), and keep all shoe polish out of reach of children and animal companions.

If used, shoe polish should be used in a well-ventilated area, and all of the product shoud be used, with any residual being discarded or given to someone who will use it.

When disposed, shoe polish needs to be handled as a hazardous househould substance. Rags or clothes used that come in contact with the shoe polish should also be immediately discarded.

While some shoe polished claim to be non-toxic, most do not list their ingredients, so it is impossible to know that they are truly free of dangerous chemicals. While it is better to avoid shoe polish if possible, if this is not practical for you, and you do feel the need to buy commercial shoe polish - please use the necessary precautions.

Alternatives to Using Traditional Shoe Polish

Take your shoes to a shoe repair shop to have them cleaned and polished for you.

Rub your smooth leather shoes (not suede or nubuck) with the inside of a banana peel (test this method first on a small spot of the shoe), then buff and shine with a soft cloth or rag.

Olive oil or walnut oil works for smooth leather as well. Work a small amount into shoe, and polish with a soft cotton cloth. Again, try this method in an inconspicous spot before using the oil on the entire shoe.

Polishing Your Leather Shoes with Traditional Shoe Polish

Shoe polishes are available in liquid, cream or paste. Liquid shoe polish dries quickly, but is not readily available in a lot of colors and does not last as long as the other options. Shoe polish paste is the longest lasting, but is very messy and slow to work with. Shoe polish cream is a great compromise, and is available in lots of colors.

Of course you'll need to get the appropriate color of polish for you shoes. You can find a variety of shoe polishes at shoe stores, shoe repair shops and general stores, although you won't find a large variety of colors at the latter. There are also several places on the web where you can find shoe polish. For example, George's Shoes sells several different colors and types of shoe polishes.

Apply the polish to a small, less conspicous area of the shoe to test and be sure the color is right.

Rub the polish into the shoe with a soft cloth, and allow it to dry thoroughly.

After the shoe polish is dry, shine your shoes by buffing them with a soft cloth or brush made specifically for shining shoes.

Cleaning and Conditioning Leather Shoes

Cleaning Smooth Leather Shoes

Remove dirt by cleaning with a leather cleaner made specifically for smooth leathers. You can use saddle soap or a smooth leather shoe cleaner.

Shoe cleaners come in gels, foams, sprays, liquids and creams. Many leather cleaners come with an applicator top, or you can use a soft shoe brush to aid in removing dirt from the surface of the shoe. This will also help to remove dirt from any cracks in the shoes.

After cleaning, let the shoes dry for a few minutes and begin shining the shoes with a soft cotton cloth - either a shoe shine cloth, or even an old t-shirt, as long as it's soft and made of cotton.

Conditioning Leather Shoes

Conditioning your leather shoes will help soften and moisturize the leather, and protect it from drying out and cracking. Certain types of leather, and shoes worn in dryer climates might need to be conditioned more often.

Some shoe cleaning products will clean and condition your shoes, but if you want your shoes to get the full treatment, or used a product specifically for cleaning, the next step is to condition your smooth leather shoes.

Of course, you'll want a conditioner made for the specific type of shoe you're working on. Also, look for a natural conditioner that is absorbed into the material of the shoe, as opposed to a synthetic conditioner that sits on top of the surface.

Rub small amounts of conditioner into the shoe, until the entire shoe has been covered with conditioner. After a couple of minutes, wipe any remaining conditioner off of the shoes, as the leather will only absorb what it can.

Gold Investment

At this time there is so many ways to invest our wealth/money. you can try forex, share/stock or Gold. But until now gold still one of the most precious thing. so many people investing their money on gold, because it simple, easy to get and also low risk. Not like others, for example Forex it easy to get some fortune but it also high risk.

I've review a site that offering various of gold. there's a lot of various type of gold such as $2.5 Liberty Quarter Eagle, $ 20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle, Gold American Eagle, Gold South African Krugerrand, and many more. But the #1 gold bullion coin choice among investors across the world is Gold American Eagle.

As i've told you, gold is one of most precious thing on earth. Gold prices not affected by the economic crisis, from time to time gold prices rising up. Not like forex or share/stock which is sensitive with what happen on the market or even on the world. So why don't you try this investment.

Algebra Problem Solution

Algebra, what we thinking about that word? some people maybe think its nothing, but some people may think its complicated think (Like i do). for many reason people hate algebra, calculus and other math thing. but we can avoid them, we have to face it because in any aspect of our life math is important. can we imagine if there is no math in this world?

there is so many way for us to learn math especially algebra, you can call a teacher for private lesson. as we know that internet technology growing so fast and we can learn algebra online.we just need a computer to learn algebra and learn it like you browsin on the internet.

we can find many solution for algebra on the internet for Algebra Help and Online Algebra Tutor, like algebra help, algebra 2 help, or algebra word problem. beside algebra you can find so many math answer for math problem and math word problem.

i hope this content help you to solve your problem.

Choosing Video Game For Your Children

as we all know, children love all about game specialy for Video Game, their so excited for it. right now so many Video Game we can choose, but we have to careful before we choose. here some tips for you to choose the game :

1. you can choose video game that your children has play in the past. so they can play
easily. and we know what kind of that game.

2. select game for your children age only. at this time so many game for different age so we have to read the back of the game box.

3. price can be important for selecting video game. it is make sense or not between game quality and the price.

4. allow your children choosing their game but we have to monitor them. if the game not for our children, we have to explain to them.

5. guide your children how to play the game. make some rule of playing time and don't let them playing all the time.

Direct TV Guidance : Remember Before You Choose

hi there, how you all doin?
i have new experience, lately i have new Cable TV installation at my home. and i have little tips for you maybe it help you to prepare or aware before you decide to select cable TV package, for an example i choose Direct TV (that i've install at my home) :

1. make sure that you have think carefully before you decide to choose package.
2. sign up only package that you realy need.
3. is there any Direct TV in your coverage area (you can choose Direct TV or Direct Satellite TV)
4. while the installer not finished their job don't let them sign any document.
5. always test and check the installation before you sign document and don't forget to check is the package same as with the package that you've choose.

For other information or you want to Order Direct TV you can go to http://www.directsattv.com

Increase your self confidence

Skin and beauty care indeed is extremely important as it enhances self confidence, boosts personality and furthers career prospects. Especially for someone who working depend on it

Feel nice, feel beautiful and that's what everyone will see and everyone wish to. Try to appear as good as possible. There are several ways to live beautifully without making it into an obsession.

There are some helpful tips for the beauty conscious.

1. Need to dress quickly after-work for that lovely dinner date or party? Well you can have on your makeup in a jiffy. Prepare some clothes maybe or you can wear clothes that match with any situation.
2. Your hair will appear glossier after a final, color-wash!
3. Choose Lipstick that will make your teeth appear whiter.
4. Use mascara that's waterproof on lower eyelashes and one that's not waterproof on upper eyelashes.
5. Go for Manicure and Pedicure or you can do by yourself.
6. Highlight hair for instant appeal.
7. Try facial once a week.
8. Purchase only foundation that has sun block.
9. Always try to use organic product for your Health and Beauty Product.

Having Problem with Room Decorating?

have you ever decorating your house, your living room, or your bad room by you self?
do you having problem with it?, what should you put on your room?
for example lamp, maybe you having problem with it. what kind of lamp that mix with your decoration.

maybe you can go to the furniture store. But there is a problem with going to the Furniture store, for example is model, how many model that the store can supply, i think not much. if you couldn't find any model you can go to other store. it take times just to find a product.

other way you can googling, or searching on internet. but it will be the same, you go to a website you don't find anything you looking for, you serching agin. because it a tradisonal ways, a single store offering their product. there is another site that can give us everything what we looking for, in this site we can find more products in many stores. Their not just offering to us their product but their give us a guide what suitable for us. for example Indoor Light Fixtures like Ceiling Fixtures, Wall Fixtures, Pendant Fixtures, Hanging Lamps, Chandeliers, Vanity Lighting, Track Lighting, Recessed Lighting, or Under-Cabinet Lighting. you can find many model and type in this site.

Having Problem With Skin Aging?

as you get older and older, symtomps of aging starts showing from your facial skin. Problem like wrinkles, lack of firmness, rough skin texture, and adult break out is bothering for you, especially for a women who rely on they looks. likes actress, actor, model, etc.

to aovoid the problems we should rearrange daily regiment, diet, food, and your lifestyle. we should control what we should consume for our body. that things maybe took effect on a long term. we can feel the change on a long time. and for how long we can control our daily regiment.

maybe you want to solve that problem in short term. you want your skin looking younger, about 10 year younger?. there is so many product at the market right now, one of the product is Resurgence®. this product is developed by Dr. Howard Murad (Pharmacist, Dermatologist. Holder of 17 dermatology-related patents). this product Clinically proven to help hormonally aging skin look younger in 3 simple steps, which is Renewing Cleansing Cream, Age Diffusing Serum, and Age Balancing Night Cream. with this 3 steps you can restore balance, hydration, firmness, and radiance and its GUARANTEED. Find out how Murad.|Resurgence® helped these women (Joan Lunden, Josie Bissett, Collette, and Lorri) with hormonal aging on resurgence infomercial. interested ? you can order now on Murad.|Resurgence®

5 Essential Performance Monitoring Gadgets for windows vista

The new sidebar in Windows Vista provides many opportunities to present the user with information. For those of you that like to monitor your system performance, the sidebar is the perfect place to run various performance monitoring gadgets. Windows Vista ships with a simple CPU and Memory usage gadget, however, there are many more gadgets out there that are much more useful and help you monitor almost every aspect of Windows.

1. Wireless Signal and IP Address Gadget

This gadget displays your wireless network information such as it's status, signal strength and security. This gadget also displays your internal IP and gives you a direct link to your router's / wireless gateway's web based control panel.

2. Battery Meter Gadget

Monitor the battery level of your laptop with this gadget. This gadget provides a much more accurate level reading than the tiny system tray icon.

3. Multi-Meter Gadget

Info shown: - Cpu usage % ( 2 cores ) - Ram Usage % - Ram info ( Total, used, left size) - Status bars animated above 90% - 100 Skins + background selection

4. Uptime Gadget

This gadget allows you to see how much time has passed since you last restarted your computer.

5. Free Space Gadget

This gadget monitors your PC's drives and shows you the available space for those you've selected

21 tips for your iPhone

You can do a lot with the iPhone—make a phone call, surf the Web, watch a movie—just with the touch of a virtual button. But dig a little deeper, and you can do a lot more. After three weeks of putting the iPhone through its paces, here are 21 tips for getting the most out of the iPhone’s advertised features… or finding a couple of features you might not know were part of the phone’s repertoire.

1. Use your iPhone as a storage device

One of side benefits to the iPod beyond its music-playing capabilities is the fact that you can use it to store files. You can’t do this with an out-of-the-box iPhone. But with the help of a $10 program—and a Mac—you can. The app is iPhoneDrive, a small utility from Ecamm Network that displays the free storage area of an iPhone in the manner of a Finder window in Column view. To add files to the iPhone, either click the Copy to iPhone button or drag a file or folder to the iPhoneDrive Window; dragging from the iPhone or clicking on Copy From iPhone puts iPhone files on your Mac. Note that music and photo files for use on your iPhone are off limits.—CHRISTOPHER BREEN

2. Get a bigger keyboard for Web browsing

Like any other iPhone function requiring data entry, tapping Safari’s address bar summons an on-screen keyboard. However, if you rotate the iPhone horizontally before tapping the address bar, the Safari window will switch to horizontal mode; then, when you then tap the address bar, the onscreen keyboard also appears horizontally. More important, it will also be much larger than the standard vertical keyboard, making data entry a little easier. By the way, Safari is currently the only iPhone application in which this horizontal keyboard appears. (Also worth noting: If you summon the keyboard before rotating your iPhone, then Safari won’t rotate.)

Rotating your iPhone horizontally before summoning the onscreen keyboard produces this horizontal—and much easier to use—keyboard.

3. Create a home page in Safari

With the regular version of Safari that runs on your Mac (and now your Windows-based PC), setting a particular site as your home page is as simple as going to the General tab in Preferences and typing in a URL. You can’t do that on the iPhone, however. But you can use this work-around: Add your would-be home page to your bookmarks list and then move it to the top of your bookmarks list. Yes it’s an extra tap—first the Bookmarks button and then the bookmark itself—but it will get you to your favorite Web page with a minimum of fuss.

4. Share your URLs

If you want to send the URL of a Web page you’re viewing to a friend, tap the Address Bar, then tap Share. A new e-mail message, containing the URL, will open in Mail; just choose a recipient(s), add any comments you want to include, and tap Send.

5. Scroll through separate boxes on a Web page

If you encounter a scrolling box or list when surfing Safari on your iPhone—say you’re responding to a post at the Macworld.com forums —and try to scroll using your finger, you’ll find that the entire page scrolls, instead of just the box. The trick is to zoom in and scroll such areas with two fingers.

6. Make a call from Safari

If you find a phone number in Safari that you’d like to call—say the phone number at a restaurant you’d like to make reservations at—there’s no need to jump to the phone component. Just tap the number; iPhone will dial it for you. (This is also the case with phone numbers and URL embedded in e-mails and SMS chats; tapping either one will place a call or open a Web page, respectively.)

7. Find out where those links go

When in Safari, holding your fingertip down on a link instead of tapping it produces an information balloon that displays the underlying URL. The same thing happens in Mail when you hold a link, which makes this tip much more useful. Now when those “account update” e-mails appear, you can press and hold on the link to find out if you’re really going to be taken to the site the e-mail claims.

8. Avoid Mail confusion

Don’t name two of your e-mail accounts with the same name, as Mail will get confused and copy the settings from one account to the other. And you can’t fix the situation by simply renaming one account; you’ll need to delete one of the accounts and then recreate it.

9. Mark previously-read messages as unread

There doesn’t appear to be a way to the mark a read message as unread on the iPhone, but it’s in there. While viewing a message, tap Details, which reveals a Mark As Unread option; tap it, and the next time you view your Inbox, the message will display the Unread indicator.

10. Recover ‘lost’ e-mails

Say you try to send an e-mail, but the iPhone can’t get network access. You might think your message has disappeared completely, but don’t worry—it’s still on your phone. A temporary Outgoing folder is created, and the message winds up in there. You can access this temporary folder from the main screen of the sending account; the folder will disappear once network access is available and the message is sent.

11. Create e-mail folders

Well, actually, you can’t create e-mail folders on the iPhone. What you can do, however, with an IMAP e-mail account is create folders on the IMAP server—for example, if you have a .Mac account, using the .Mac Web Mail interface. Those folders will then appear on the iPhone, and their contents will—eventually—be synced between the iPhone and the server.

12. Save e-mail messages as drafts

If you want to save a message you’re working on so you can come back to it later, tap Cancel. Instead of deleting the message immediately, Mail pops up a dialog asking you to Save, Don’t Save, or Cancel. Tap Save and the message is placed in your Drafts folder. If your account doesn’t currently have a Drafts folder, Mail will create one. However, don’t be alarmed if the message doesn’t appear in Drafts immediately; in my testing, it takes a while to show up.

13. Pick where you listen to voicemail

If you’ve got a Bluetooth headset, incoming calls get routed there automatically—not so when you call up Visual Voicemail. However, an Audio button on the Visual Voicemail screen lets you set where you listen to your message: the handset, the built-in speaker, or a Bluetooth headset.

14. Find another way to scroll through Contacts

Everyone knows that you can scroll through the Contacts list on your iPhone two different ways—either flick your finger on the list to scroll up or down, or tap on one of the letters on the alphabet running down the right side of the screen to jump to contacts beginning with that letter. But there is a third way: hold your finger on the alphabetical list and then slide up and down—you’ll be able to scroll through your Contacts in a more controlled manner than by flicking your finger.

15. Use the Favorites and Recents list for more than just phone calls

Favorites and Recents are part of the main Phone screen; the former is iPhone’s version of frequently called numbers while the latter is a list of people who you’ve called and whose calls you missed. But this is not just a phone feature—assuming the numbers in Favorites and Recents belong to a mobile phone, you can send them an SMS message. Just tap the > button next to the contact name or number and then tap the Text Message button at the bottom of the contact listing.

16. Save time in driving directions

One of the primary uses for the iPhone’s Map application is to get driving directions. Both the starting point and destination fields offer the Bookmarks button, so you can quickly use a bookmark, recent location, or contact when searching for directions. The first thing you should do in Maps is find your own address and then bookmark it—this will make finding directions to and from locations as easy as tapping your home bookmark.

As with the iPod, the iPhone lets you set the speed of audiobook playback.

17. Recreate some of the iPod’s audio controls

If you listen to an audiobook on an iPod, you probably know that, ever since the fourth-generation iPod’s release, you can alter the playback speed to make it go faster or slower as your preferences dictate. That feature makes its way over to the iPhone as well. Just tap Settings and then the iPod option; tap the Audiobook Speed entry and in the resulting screen, tap to choose among Slower, Normal, or Faster.

In fact, that’s just one iPod feature that also appears on the iPhone. You can also use the Settings screen to turn on Sound Check (the feature that makes volume more consistent from one track to another) and change the EQ with 22 included equalization presets.

18. Change your iPod icons

By default, the icons on the bottom of the iPod screen are Playlists, Artists, Songs, Videos, and More. You can change those first four, just as you would the commands that appear on an iPod’s main screen. Simply tap the More icon and, in the More screen, tap the Edit button at the top-left of the screen. A Configure screen will wipe up from the bottom and display icons for Albums, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Genres, Composers, Compilations, Playlists, Artists, Songs, and Videos. To substitute one of these icons for one that appears at the bottom of the screen, just tap and hold on an icon and drag it over the icon you want to replace. Tap Done when you’re done.

19. Say goodbye to already-viewed videos

Even owners of the largest-capacity iPhone might feel constrained by the 8GB limit when it comes to storing videos. A full-length motion picture takes up around 1GB of storage, which is a significant chunk of space for just one piece of media. To help ease the storage crunch however, the iPhone offers to delete videos after you’ve finished watching them; just tap a button and Pirates of the Caribbean will disappear off your iPhone, freeing up more space.

After you finish watching a movie, the iPhone will ask if you want to free up space by deleting it.

20. Syncing notes with the iPhone

One of the major limitations to the iPhone’s Notes app is that you can’t sync it with data from any application on your Mac. There’s a work-around, however—each contact has a notes field. So create a fake contact and paste any info you’d like to keep with you in the notes field for that contact in Address Book. One sync later, and all that info will be at your fingertips.

21. Rebooting your iPhone

Pretend for a moment that your iPhone suddenly becomes unresponsive. Pushing the Home button does nothing. Hitting the On/Off button produces the same discouraging result. What do you do? Apple’s first reset tip is to press and hold the Home button for about six seconds to quit any application that might have locked up your iPhone. If that doesn’t work, trying pressing and holding both Home and On/Off; after about 10 seconds the Apple logo will appear. (This reboot trick takes a little big longer than the iPod equivalent—holding down Select and Menu usually restarts your music player after four seconds.)

17 Google Tips for Web Businesses (Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Google AdWords)

Whether you're a first-time blogger or you've owned a Web site for many years, chances are you're not doing it just for fun. Mostly everyone wants to make money with their online venture, or at least gain lots of exposure. If this is the case, then you may want to opt for some Google tools to track your success.

If one of your objectives is to have a lot of eyeballs on your site, you may want to set up an account with Google Analytics, so that you can track your Web site's referrals and run traffic reports. Next, you'll likely want to choose which advertisements are relevant to your site's content by using Google AdSense. This way, you can earn money every time a visitor clicks on these ads. (Yes, real money!) Finally, Google AdWords will help you customize your ads and choose the right keywords to make your site search-friendly.

The idea of using these tools may seem a bit overwhelming at first. That's why we asked the Google experts to provide PC Magazine with a list of tips for using Analytics, AdSense, and Adwords. Study them, because they may just help your Web site grow and profit.

Google Analytics Tips

Google Analytics lets you track your Web site's referrals, ads, and e-mail promotions.

1. Get the basics out of the way. Defining basic terms will help Web site owners and Webmasters with using the Web analytics tools.

• "Visits" is the number of sessions on a Web site, the number of times someone interacted with a site.
• "Bounce Rate" is the percentage of single-page visits or number of visitors who left instantly from the entrance page.
• "Page View" is the instance that a page is loaded by a browser.
• "Average Time on Site" is how long visitors stay on a site.
• "% New Visits" is how many sessions or interactions were from first-time visitors.

2. Understand traffic sources. Once you get the basics, find out where people are coming from.

• "Direct Traffic" is composed of visitors coming to a Web site by typing in the URL of that Web site or from a bookmark. Some people also call this "default traffic" or "ambient traffic."
• "Referring URLs" are other Web sites sending traffic to a Web site. These can be from banner ads or campaigns, and they can include blogs or affiliates that link to a site.
• "Search Engines" are—you know—Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and others. This subset includes both organic and paid (PPC/SEM) traffic.
• "Other" means campaigns that have run: e-mail, direct marketing, and so on.

3. Determine what reports mean the most. Learn how to read data and make use of reports.

• Look for trends and see where growth is coming from in the last three to six months. Is it from free traffic? Paid traffic? Have efforts to get people through other channels succeeded?
• Drill down to specific Web sites that send traffic and, of course, keywords and key phrases that are sending traffic. Both of those help make sense of customer intent.
• Improve pages that need attention. Pages with a high "Bounce Rate" are not delivering on the promise that drives customers to a site.
• Make sure an ad campaign's keywords are not leading to high bounce rates and are delivering on an intended action or conversion.
• Search for surprises in your data, such as unexpected or unusual patterns.
• Identify and label goal pages in order to calculate return on investment.

4. Walk in their shoes. Experience a Web site as a visitor.

• Look for clusters of heavy clicks, links that ultimately drive high conversions and items that connect with people. Do more people convert on a site if they click on product comparison on the homepage, or do they go directly to a product page?
• Follow the heavy clicks and see what people do next.
• Check out referrers to each page. It may explain bounce and exit rates.

5. Focus on outcomes. Measure and evangelize your data, and take action.

• Identify needed improvements to your pages.
• Consider merchandising, cross-sell and up-sell opportunities.
• Answer the question, why does a Web site exist? Then go through the four steps mentioned above to identify the two or three key metrics that help measure those outcomes.

Google AdSense Tips

With Google AdSense, choose which ads are relevant to your site's content, and you can earn money every time a visitor clicks on them.

1. First off, you must have launched a Web site with acceptable content and a valid URL. If you don't have a Web site, you can use Google's free programs: Page Creator or Blogger (page.google.com, blogger.com). Then, sign up for an AdSense account and you are on your way.

2. Make sure your site is attractive by customizing the ads to your site. For instance, sites with white backgrounds should use ads with a gray background, as well as use colors in ads that already exist on the page.

3. Place ads on the best location on the page. One of the best locations is in line with your content.

4. Create a lot of content and add fresh unique content regularly. Sites with the most pages and content have more opportunities for ads and clicks. A site with 10 pages won't make nearly as much money as a site with 50 or 500 pages of relevant content.

5. Promote your Web site by emailing friends for word-of-mouth, and submit your site to all search engines so content will be indexed.

Google AdWords Tips

Create your own ads and choose powerful keywords for your site using Google AdWords.

1. Know your audience. Precision is the key to search advertising with programs like Google AdWords. You want to reach the right users at the right time. Take a good look at the products and services you're selling and the customers who are buying.

2. Identify your goals. Once you have a clear sense of your business, stay focused on how to reach your customers. You'll need to know your ultimate goal so you can measure success. Structure each campaign based on a simple, overarching goal such as a category, product line (coffee, tea, or machines), or theme (seasonal or promotional).

3. Choose powerful keywords. Choosing keywords is both an art and a science. Start brainstorming by expanding your list as broadly as possible, and then narrow your focus. Try to think like your users do. Understand which keywords work best for you and increase your bid on those words to maximize your return.

4. Write "gotta-click" ads. It's time to write the ads that users will see when they search on your keywords—the ads that will make them feel they must click on your ad to learn more. Typically, you'll have three short lines of text with which to grab your potential customers' attention. To get your ad right, try these tips:

• Include your keywords in your title and description.
• Convey key product benefits.
• Get to the point quickly.
• Write copy that includes a strong call to action, such as "buy now" or "sign up today."
• Direct users to the landing page that most relates to your ad.

5. Hit the right users with the right ads. Once you know your potential customer, you can target individual campaigns to reach your audience. Write and target ads in a variety of languages if you have a global business. You can also target a particular geographic area, such as a region that your business serves.

6. Track down to the last customer. After your campaign goes live, measure its results regularly. Keep a close watch on your account statistics, review your own Web logs, and use conversion tracking software (available for free through some advertising programs).

7. Test. Adapt. Thrive. Continually review what you've set up, keeping in mind that there's always room for improvement, and that the online advertising environment is dynamic. Don't be afraid to make changes and try new things.