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It’s been quite a while since ANY website or Internet entrepreneurial spirit that had my eyebrows raised; yet ShopWiKi.com certainly surprises me with its novel idea, clean design and miraculous shopping search engine.

It all starts with a big dream

Unlike those online shopping websites that ONLY features stores that had paid a price to be listed, ShopWiki.com displays each and every store on the Internet! It was done using a revolutionary shopping search engine that functions in a similar way that Google finds every worthy webpage by crawling the cyberspace.

What does it have to do with you?

For a regular online shopper like you and I, ShopWiKi.com unfolds a world of new sale choices and bargaining opportunities. See it for yourself �http://www.shopwiki.com/wiki/women’s+suits (if you are looking for women�s suits)

Clean & functional design

The design of ShopWiki.com is quite clean with the search box at the top and the categories/sales information nicely listed on each page. E.g. for a product search result page like the MacBook Pro search results page, all the sales information are organised in a way that the consumer can easily narrows down his/her search by moving the �Price scroll bar� � functional and stylish indeed!

It works!

Truth be told, I�ve got my MacBook Pro from one of the stores listed on the results page I mentioned above. Of cause, one has to do more research to make a wise, informed decision of which store to trust, but ShopWiKi.com certainly is a good place to start.

23Blogs.com - FREE Blog Roll TEXT Link Exchange.(1:10)

If you have ever written a blog, you will know how important it is to increase the visibility of your blog in the World Wide Web, because clearly you don’t want to write something that will never be read and appreciated, even criticised, by others.

Consequently, �link trading� becomes an interesting yet laborious action taken by bloggers who believe in the value of their content.

Based on my own observations, link trading could be done in roughly two ways. On the one hand, the blogs that link to each other do know each other well and are therefore connected on a �friendship� basis; on the other hand, a number of tactics could be employed by some bloggers to negotiate, even purchase, a link on a more well-known blog.

Yet what 23Blogs.com does is something innovative, it was established by a blogger who has had gruelling experience of link trading and knows the true value of link trading. By becoming a member at 23Blogs.com, bloggers automatically cross-promote each other and member blogs display a box containing text links in order to earn impressions.

Interested? Why not try it out yourself at 23Blogs.com - FREE Blog Roll TEXT Link Exchange.(1:10).

Having got my Bachelor’s Degree through distance learning, I can attest to the effectiveness of this relatively new learning mode and the extraordinary state of satisfaction the students could get when they successfully accomplish the courses. Studying through distance learning will help people kick-start or enhance their career.

In the American context, Although the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) has only been in existence since 1987, it has been classified as a pioneering national organization for two reasons. First, on the national level, it has successfully involved U.S. senators and representatives in its regular conferences and in national policy forums (in 1991, 1997, 1999 and 2001), to develop and publish national policy recommendations for legislative and administrative proposals. Second, with its 3,000 members, USDLA has stimulated broad participation across the United States by beginning in 1993 to establish local chapters in many states and one for the employees of the federal government. Pescatore (2000) provided a good description of one of the largest chapters of USDLA, the Oklahoma Distance Learning Association, which includes embers in all the sectors that use distance learning, including schools, telemedicine, business, and the military. McAuliffe (2000) and Flores (2000) described how the Federal Government Distance Learning Association works on the integration of existing infrastructure with emerging technologies that can reach the populations of military and civilians directly at their job sites. USDLA also holds annual meetings with leaders of distance learning programs in Europe and Asia (USDLA, 2001).

http://www.kaplanopenlearning.org.uk/distance-learning.html

Kaplan Open Learning is one that fit in the context described above. Students can achieve an online business degree from a leading UK university through this programme of distance learning. On successful completion, students will be invited to attend a graduation ceremony with their guests. I highly recommend that you check out the testimonial section of Kaplan Open Learning, where you might find real life stories that are both encouraging and inspiring!

If you are looking for a business degree from a leading UK university as well as a flexible learning mode, consider Kaplan Distance Learning.

Reference

• Flores, J. (2000). Distance learning booms in government market. Government Video, 11(9), 86.
• McAuliffe, T. (2000). Education connection. Government Video, 11(9), 6.
• Pescatore, M. J. (2000). Oklahoma professionals convey importance of distance learning. Government Video, 11(9), 68–69.
• United States Distance Learning Association [Online]. (2001). Available: http://www.usdla.org