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London Sightseeing Pass

Travel, ,

If you are looking for an all in one London sightseeing pass to see a lot of the top attractions in London, then look no further than the London Pass.

For a one off payment you can see many attractions (I will list some of the most popular London attractions included below) either over the space of 1 day, 2 days, 3 days or you can get a 6 day pass.

So, some attractions that are included are:

  • Tower of London
  • London Zoo
  • Windsor Castle
  • Westminster Abbey
  • Hampton Court
  • Tate Modern
  • Thames Riverboat Cruise
  • St Paul’s Cathedral
This is just a selection of the top attractions included, there are many more besides, check out details of the London Pass, which can be ordered up to a year in advance.

 

 

YouTube Ad Program

Internet, Money, , ,

The YouTube Ad Program enables users of YouTube who upload their videos, to earn money from ads that show when people view their videos. It can be a good stream of income if you have original videos that are likely to get a lot of views.

There are two ways of getting into the YouTube Ad Program – the first is to get invited by YouTube and the second is to apply for your account to be included. However, don;t hold your breath for too long if you apply as it can and probably will take months for your application to be processed.

The most obvious criteria that YouTube set for becoming part of the program is to have a video that is completely your own content and that attracts a large number of views in a shortish period of time. However, we have heard of people who got invited with just one video of a few thousand views and others who got turned down with a number of videos of tens of thousands of views – so acceptance to the YouTube Ad Program is not in any way guaranteed.

Once accepted to the program, you can select which of your videos you monetise – so if you only have some that are individual to you then you can just select those. As YouTube is part of Google you will need to have a valid Adsense account as that is how the money is earned.

Is Music Magpie Worthwhile?

Entertainment, ,

If you have seen the adverts in the UK for Music Magpie, who buy your old CDs and DVDs (and also video games), then you might wonder if Music Magpie is worthwhile.

The question may well be what are you expecting to get out of it? If you want to clear some space and get rid of what you might consider junk, then you can do this quickly and easily with Music Magpie. However, if you are looking to make the most money as possible from selling old CDs and DVDs then this may not be the best method to achieve this.

If you wonder what Music Magpie is all about (you can check out their website here) then this is what they do- you enter the details of your CD or DVD and they offer to buy it from you at a fixed price. There are a few that Music Magpie will not accept, but the majority are saleable.

So the good thing is that they will buy the majority from you in a job lot, and if you sell more than 50 items then they will send a courier to collect them. Even for less than 50 items you can send them to them by freepost.

The bad thing is that you may not get much from them for your old CDs and DVDs, for example,most CDs are only worth 30p. So you have to ask yourself is it worth selling them for 30p? If you don’t really listen to them and you have a lot to sell then it can be worth it, after all what else will you do with them? If you think you can get more for them then maybe you can take them to a car boot sale where you may sell a few, but this can be time consuming and you may end up not selling many.

So, if you want to just clear them out and get what you can for them, then Music Magpie is a good bet. After all, is anyone going to be using CDs in a few years time or will it be like trying to sell vinyl?

Discounted Web Hosting

Internet, ,

If you are looking for discounted web hosting then there are a fair few option available.  However, you should not only look for good value in the price that you pay for your web hosting but also other features such as up-time, reliability, service and limits on what you can host.

For example you can get discounted web hosting from the company that is known as the best in the industry – Hostgator – and it is top quality hosting. You can get packages that offer you unlimited domain name and web site hosting for a fixed fee each month – all you need to pay for is the domain name fees.

Hostgator is the best in the industry and if you sign up with them then you can get a 25% discount off their hosting fees using the coupon code AZURE25OFF. Make sure to put that code in at the checkout to get the discount.

You can host as many websites as you like for less than $10 a month which is great if you are running a few websites. And if you are trying to earn money by running websites then the more sites you have, the more you are saving money.

Web Traffic From Portland Oregon

Computers & Electronics, Internet

As website developers we have a number of websites on the go right now and it seems that something strange is happening in the Google Analytics stats. Quite a few websites have been showing increased views so I did a bit of investigating on why this might be and found something strange.

A number of websites have a bunch of direct traffic from Portland, Oregon, US. This traffic is direct (i.e. not coming through a search engine) and it has a 100% bounce rate and zero time spent on the site. This leads me to believe that this Portland Oregon web traffic is being sent by some kind of automated system. By why would anyone bother doing this? What would be the point and what would they achieve by doing it? Maybe it is some kind of testing.

Also is it only a small number of websites that this is happening to or are there other people that are affected? Maybe if you have got to this page then you are experiencing the same weird direct traffic from Portland, Oregon. If you are then please let me know by leaving a comment and if you have any idea why this might be happening we would be interested to hear from you.