BlogExplosion has been sold again
BlogExplosion has found a new owner. According to the email I’ve received today, the new owners are a large group that has extensive blogging backgrounds. This sale is not because they are slowing down but they wish of the owner wanted to find a company that can take BlogExplosion to the next level. Here are some quick facts about Blog Explosion:
- BE is approaching 50,000 members
- They have served 22 million visits via surfing blogs and millions of others across the site
- BE signs up on average 100-150 new members per day
- BlogExplosion has over 1 million listings in Google
- They are ranked #4714 on Alexa and trending in the right direction
- They are listed 1st in Yahoo and 4th in Google for the search term blog traffic.
BlogExplosion’s auction was held at SitePoint (auction website) with the starting price $50,000. I’m pretty interested about the history of BlogExplosion. BlogExplosion was started in October 2004 as a simple traffic exchange and blog directory. Today, it is the largest blog communities on the internet. I’ve learnt a lesson. If you have a new idea, don’t hesitate to make it into reality. Don’t wait for the others. The easiest way to success is coming up with great and interesting idea. Maybe your idea is not really accepted today, but who knows what might happen for the next five years. Another great example is Yahoo. Yahoo was started in February 1994 as a collection of hyperlinks containing from favourite links to doctoral dissertations to be used by Stanford University’s students. Click here to learn more about the history of Yahoo.
Related links:
BlogExplosion is up for Sale
BlogExplosion Sold … Again!
Blog Explosion Sells to Highest Bidder at SitePoint.
Footballers’ girls – Part I
Girls are really spice up FIFA 2006 World Cup. For every single match, the cameramen will never miss to take a glance of girl fans, which are very hot due to the high temperature in Germany. They really turn up the heat in Germany.
A part of the supporters, there wives and girlfriends of give the much needed support from the players. I remember a saying, behind a great man, there must be a great woman. The common similarity of these women is that, they are hot and most of them are ex-models.
Let’s look at some of these hot soccer wives and girlfriends.
Abigail Clancy
Pretty Abigail Clancy has been dating the beanpole striker, Peter Crouch for several months. Maybe the long legs of Peter are the main attraction of him. By the way, she has great boobs.
Adriana Karembeu
Former Czech model Adriana Karembeu is sizzling still as she escorts her now retired husband, Christian Karembeu at an awards gala. Maybe this a proof that love is blind.
Adriana Lavat
Mexican actress Adriana Lavat got the wedding she always dreamed of when she tied the knot with Mexico and FC Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez.
Alena Seredova
Alena Seredova, girld friend of Gianluigi Buffon, goalkeeper of Italy’s soccer team Juventus Turin poses during a soccer fashion show in Munich, southern Germany, on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
Alex Curran
Alex Curran of Steven Gerrard
Beatrice Trezeguet
Young France and Juventus striker David Trezeguet shows up with his gorgeous wife Beatrice.
Becky Ellison
Rio Ferdinand and his lovely Becky Ellison.
Bianca Kajlich
United States star Landon Donovan had a tough decision to make when he decided to return to Germany – leaving behind the beautiful actress Bianca Kajlich.
Rosaria
Italian international striker Antonio Cassano holds his girlfriend Rosaria at the Madrid airport after signing a lucrative deal with Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Cheryl Tweedy
Ashley Cole’s partner, Cheryl Tweedy, is a pop star in her own rights, and the second sexiest woman on the planet according to FHM. No surprises then that Cole has proposed her with a 50,000 pounds ring, and is all set to marry her.
Veronique
The wives of French footballers Christophe Dugarry (left) and Zinedine Zidane, Veronique take in a match while their men play the game.
Daniela Aumeier
Bayern Munich youngster Bastian Schweinsteiger looks forward to meeting up with his girlfriend Daniela after his matches.
Elen Rives
The Chelsea midfielder, Frank Lampard and model Elen Rives opted for a Caesarean for their first child.
Elizabeth
Cameroon and Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o’s girlfriend Elizabeth soaks up the Israel sunshine
Related link:
Soccer wives and girlfriends – FOX Sports Photo Gallery
Balls and Girls – Aggregating girls and wives of famous footballers (soccer players)
Joga.com companion – World Cup Extension for your Firefox
The Joga.com Companion will make you able to show your team colors and stay up to date with the latest World Cup action. Joga.com Companion is available for Mozilla Firefox on the Macintosh, Windows, and Linux operating systems. English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese languages are supported.
With this companion, you will be alerted with latest scores and can see videos of the best goals. Besides, you also can have a discussion about World Cup 2006 in Joga.com community. But you must have a Joga.com account first. If you don’t have a Joga.com account you’ll still be able to access themes and match updates. If you’ve used Gmail, Google Groups, Google Alerts or Froogle Shopping List, you can use that account to login to Joga.com.
The Joga.com Companion sidebar gives you game summaries at a glance. Besides you will also be provided with World Cup Google News and videos from joga.com. You also can have a quick access to the discussions in your community at Joga.com.
The status bar displays the scores of games that are currently in progress and alerts you when a goal is scored. You can get a list of everything that’s happened in a game so far by clicking an arrow in the alert box.
The team themes are not supported with other theme. In order to make the themes appear, use the Firefox default theme.
Related links:
World Cup Extension for Firefox – Go Get It!
Don’t Miss a Single Goal
Joga.com Companion Announcemet
