More Activities sites

Posted October 28, 2009 by hilapaz
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Hey friends,

Last time I mentioned the benefits of an activity site, especially in days that we spend most of our free time in front of a screen. Activitytv.com is a great site for fun activities, and although the site is targeted for kids, adults can also enjoy the content they are offering.

To find similar websites, I used the list Similar Sites to ActivityTv. You can find there several more interesting sites that I Didn’t write about in this Blog.

www.printables4kids.com is a site that is also dedicated for kids. you can use the category “coloring pages”. There you can find printable versions of different cartoons. The site also includes suggestion for group meetings and holidays, studding worksheets (in math and general knowledge) ect.

If you are interested in out-door activities, the site www.baseballrox.com would probably wake your urge to play. The site contains many suggestions and tips for playing baseball, including live videos for more effective learning.

The best site out of the list is defiantly familyfun.go.com . The site gathers around special recopies (now, when Halloween is coming, you can find plenty creative cooking ideas), printable draw-templates, how-to videos and a lot more cool stuff. I especially enjoyed the craft ideas, that can be divided by ages or themes. The site is owned by Disney, and if you enjoyed it you can subscribe their newsletter (that will be send to your Email for free) or their monthly magazine. I highly recommend it.

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Activity sites

Posted October 20, 2009 by Simi
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Since we are spending so much time at home in front of a screens (whether a TV or a computer), I figured out that it would be nice to have a site that encourages you to do different activities. After a quick search on the web I discovered a site called ActivityTV.

Activity TV is a site that basically targeted for kids and teenagers. However, it has many contents that fits all ages. The site includes short videos about activities that you can have at home that are separated to themes. You can learn how to dance jazz, ballet and even mambo cha-cha, learn how to cook simple recipes, perform different magics, draw cartoons, make origami, and much more fun activities. If you are a great fans of home-made activities you can subscribe their news letter and receive news about the sites to your E-mail. Until next time, I will examine different activity sites that are similar to Activity TV, announce which one is the best one and recommend you on several more.

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More about Q&A Communities

Posted October 13, 2009 by Simi
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Hey friends!

Last week I promised you to have a little research on the web in Q&A communities. To find the different sites I entered to the list similar sites to Wiki answers (which is, to my opinion, is one of the best Q&A sites, especially thanks to the fact that each question has only one answer who is edited by many different users).

The first result in the list is AnswerBag-one of the biggest sites of Q&A. A good advantage is that you can ask or answer as ammoniums (if you wish that your real personality will not be exposed).

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On the site you can get multiple answers to your questions and vote for the ones you find useful. You will start at level 1 (beginner), and rise to higher levels according to your points (that you will get on useful answers). The site has 4 main themes- Social, Expert, Local and shopping. Each theme holds different community discussions. If you wish to ask a question, you can first search for similar questions on the site and find out if the site holds already an answer to your question. If not, you can ask it, and the question will appear chronological in its topic.

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Upload you photos and win a free iPod touch!

Posted October 8, 2009 by Simi
Categories: Similar Web

Hey guys,

As you probably noticed, I recommend here a great site that I know- SimilarSites.com. When I work on the web, I use their add-on, which you can find at www.similarweb.com. Along giving you a list of similar sites, it can also find similar articles in the web and recent buzz.

When I entered their Blog today I saw that they are now organizing photos competitions. The best picture with their Banner will win a FREE iPod touch! I already sent mine, and I recommend you to also join this competition! You should take the picture with the following Banner:

Banner

And send it to the E-mail.

You can see more details about the competition at similar web blog .

Good luck!

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Advantages of Q&A Communities

Posted October 6, 2009 by Simi
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Where can I get major discounts? Should I breakup with my girlfriend? How can I install the new version of windows?

A few years ago, we had to spend hours and even days to answer ourselves. Sometimes we even needed experiences’ advices. But now- all of the knowledge is just one click away.

A site that I really like is Wikipedia (I even quote it frequently to explain to you about some sites that I wrote about). However, sometimes you have to be a really good seeker to find what you are looking for. And of course- if your question is social, you will never find the answer you are looking for.

Fortunately, when the amount of people that looked for different solutions grew, several sites of community’s Q&A were born. “Wiki Answers” provides that services well. The content is edit in similar way to Wikipedia, except for the questions that replace the values. You get to choose a category, subjects est. Then users can answer the question or edit it. Along Wiki Answers you can find Askvill (by Amazon) that provides similar service.

Wiki Answers

Wiki Answers

Until next time, I will have a wide search on the web in order to find the best Q&A communities. If you have tips for me! I would love to hear them.

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More about Photofunia

Posted October 4, 2009 by Simi
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To your request, today I would like to tell you a little bit more about photofunia.com instead of writing about new sites.

As I mentioned two posts ago, photofunia.com is a site that allows you to animate your photo into some cool patterns. On their site, there are over 100 alternatives of effects to your photos. Most of them are just pictures, and several are animated. Photofunia is now the biggest site on that field, and offers many alternatives comparing to his competitors. However, there are more sites on the web who give other similar services. Here is a list I made of the best sites that DOESN’T give the same services, but similar applications. If you like Photofunia, you should defnatly try those ( All of the sites are from the list I gave you last time).

www.picnik.com allows you to edit your photo. It doesn’t offer special effects like photofunia, but you can make your picture as good as after a photo-shop work.

www.slide.com also allows you to edit your photo. You can also add stickers, texts and animation.

Through www.bighugelabs.com you can make a puzzle from your photo and create your own magazine cover.

www.loonapix.com has face applications , frames, trims and ect.

If you have more suggestions, or you would like to hear more about some sites, I would love to hear your offers!

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The Sims Are Here!

Posted September 21, 2009 by Simi
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Well, actually, there are here for almost a decade already.

When “The Sims” launched the first version 9 years ago, it was the first game that was goal-less. The players at The Sims create characters (which are called “Sims”), and manage their lives according to their will.

Wiki writes: “The Sims is the first game in the series. Developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, it was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2000. The game uses isometric projection and features open-ended simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons (“Sims”) in a suburban neighborhood near SimCity. Seven expansion packs and two bonafide deluxe editions with exclusive content have been released this game. It was repackaged in several different formats and different versions of it were released on several different platforms”.

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For The Sims fans, here are some cool tips:

www.xmsims.com provides you free downloads for The Sims, like hair, pets’ clothes and etc.
www.lianasims2.net dresses your Sims like it just walked out from a designers shop.

To find out more for your Sims, you can check out the list “Like Sims”, there you can find related sites, other games like Sims, and another cool features.

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Photofunia and Similar Sites

Posted September 16, 2009 by Simi
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Photofunia is a cool website, where you can upload your own photos and edit them into cool styles. You can be the Mona Lisa, a top-model on a magazines covers or even run a huge campaign. The site doesn’t require editorial knowledge! All you have to do is to upload your photos. I have discovered the site several months ago, and found it very useful. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t include too many options. However, a quick search on SimilarSites.com gave me a really long list of similar sites to Photofunia

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One of the most interesting sites is dumpr.net. On that site you can take your own paparazzi pictures or draw your photo.

similar sites to photofunia
similar sites to photofunia

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World of Warcraft and Similar Sites

Posted September 15, 2009 by Simi
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Marketing experts will often tell you that the next step in online selling will be selling experience instead of actual product. Today, one of the biggest sites that do it is WOW, World of Warcraft.

Wikipedia tells us about WOW: “World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard’s previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.”
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft

WOW brought a major success. Not only that it holds over 60% of the massively multiplayer online role-playing games, WOW has more than 10 million monthly subscribes.
Although WOW has no close competitor, here is a list for several Similar Sites to WOW
The list also include more pages of Blizzard Entertainment and several features for WOW.

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Firefox Addon

Posted September 9, 2009 by Simi
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Here at SimilarBlog we often give you similarities to common and useful sites. Similarities on the web are very important in many ways. Usually, users use similarsites.com to find competitor sites as a SEO tool (finding similar sites to yours and comparing the websites) and for academic studies (it is very important to find similarities to confirm your information and check out other aspects). Today we will offer you a Firefox addon that does that search automatically, and offers other features along with finding similar sites.
What is a Firefox addon?

Wikipedia writes: “Add-ons are installable enhancements to the Mozilla foundation’s projects (and compatible variants such as Portable Firefox). Add-ons allow the user to add or augment application features, use themes to his or her liking, and handle new types of content.”
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_add-on

SimilarWeb.com is a Firefox addon. It appears as a side-bar, and gives you a list of alternative sites to the ones you are surfing in. You can rate the sites and make your own suggestions. In the new version that is about to release, you can enjoy new features like “Similar Articles” .
That addon is now recommended at Mozilla. It is very beneficial and I hope you will enjoy using it.

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