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What is the Average Digg User Like?

So far this site has received 39,797 visitors from Digg. This sample is large enough that it has enabled me to find some commonalities among these visitors and profile the average Digg users. I’ve used Google Analytics as my tool of choice for getting the data.

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How to Delete Your Facebook Account (without Actually deleting it)

Removing your Facebook account using the official Facebook procedure (requesting removal and then waiting 14 days, and in case you log-in again you have to do the whole thing all over again) requires a great deal of self-control, especially if you’re frequent on Facebook like me.

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5 Amazing Google Chrome Extensions to Make Your Life Easier

Scheduling, spelling, security, screen repeats and super fast PDF loads. These super Chrome Extensions can simplify your life and give you more time to play. With all the time I saved using these great Google browser extensions I was able to warp Chrome’s icon to it’s present psychedelic condition. Now for our countdown…

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What is the Average StumbleUpon User Like?

So far this site has received 89,309 visitors from Stumbleupon. This is a pretty big sample that enables me to find some commonalities among users and broadly profile the average StumbleUpon user. I’ve used Google Analytics as my tool of choice for getting the data.

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5 Types of People You Can Find on Chatroulette

Some of these people are very common and some of them are extremely rare and on the brink of extinction.. First, let’s start with the most common ones. 1. A horny dude

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How to Find Beautiful Wallpapers Online within Seconds

Do you want to find beautiful wallpapers for your screen resolution in seconds? That’s very possible online. My resolution is 1280×1024 and I love nature pictures. Here’s what I came up with: Curious on how I found these beautiful pictures? Find out below.

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6 Things I Bet You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Google

Some of the tips below are effortless to implement and save you a lot of time and energy when dealing with these issues. Let’s start with the first proof of the awesomeness of Google… 1. Create unlimited disposable email addresses with Gmail If you add dots (.) between the letters of your Gmail username, sending [...]

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Facebook Users: Lazy, Dumb and Jealous?

A lot of people have been gaining attention lately by publishing studies on Facebook (not surprisingly, most of them are negative.) Are the conclusions of these studies true? Do Facebook users have lower grades?

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Who REALLY Owns The 100 Most Popular Sites on Digg?

There’s one great tool called Di66 that sorts sites by the number of times they went on the Digg front page. If you’ve seen this post, you’ll know that usually the most popular sites in the world are owned by some huge corporations. Is it the same for the 100 most popular sites on Digg? [...]

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Some of the World’s Largest Sites Are Owned by a Few Big Companies

I did a bit of research on the top 500 most visited websites according to Alexa and came with some very interesting results below. Did you know that… is owned by: which is a company that also owns: eHow.com (145th most popular website) LiveStrong.com (2730th most popular website)

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