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Mobile travel guide: tripwolf for the iPhone
Avoid roaming charges when you travel: tripwolf.com starts a free world travel guide for the iPhone
Vienna, June 9, 2009: The online social travel guide tripwolf [http://www.tripwolf.com] launches the first iPhone application for travelers enabling them to search and download professional, up-to-date travel information before and during their travels.
The tripwolf iPhone application [http://www.tripwolf.com/en/page/iphone] allows users to search and download over 400,000 destinations worldwide and combines travel information from professional travel guides such as “Marco Polo” and “Footprint” with the cumulative knowledge of over 18,000 tripwolf members. The tripwolf iPhone application is available for free and can be used by anyone. Users can search the globe, download city guides to use online or offline, flip through thousands of sights, restaurants, hotels and much more. tripwolf members however receive additional benefits such as automatic synchronization of their scrapbook, easy access to their favorite places, uploading pictures and a quick add to favorites feature. The application is currently available in five languages – English, German, Spanish, French and Italian – in any part of the world.
With the tripwolf iPhone application, users can gather all the professional travel information currently available on the iPhone without the need to be constantly connected to the Internet. Travelers can research all their travel information on tripwolf.com, add it to their scrapbook and automatically synchronize it with their iPhone by simply logging onto their tripwolf account. Users can now simply search relevant travel information on their iPhone or use the easy “Locate Me” feature – by shaking the iPhone, the application offers recommendations close by.
The tripwolf iPhone application also allows users to choose how much information they want to use offline and also takes different network connection speeds into consideration. Users have the choice of downloading either text only or the whole package that includes pictures. All the functions within the application can also be performed offline and seamlessly synchronize with the tripwolf platform once an Internet connection is found.
“The possibility of using the tripwolf iPhone application offline was extremely important to us. We wanted travelers not to worry about paying high roaming costs”, Sebastian Heinzel (http://www.tripwolf.com/en/traveler/user/10/sebastian), CEO of tripwolf explains, “while still being able to access their personalized tripwolf guides and benefit from location based interactivity.” Collaborating for several months with Salzburg Research, an Austrian research organization focused on innovative mobile solutions, the entire team is excited to finally offer the innovative iPhone tripwolf application.
Alexander Trieb (http://www.tripwolf.com/en/traveler/user/78/alex), the tripwolf co-founder responsible for the implementation of the iPhone application, says: “Thanks to Nicolas Göll and his research team in Salzburg we really pushed the boundaries of the iPhone platform. By offering the tripwolf iPhone application we are taking the logical next step in the evolution of travel guides: Beyond the book.”
The tripwolf iPhone application is the seamless connection between tripwolf.com and the iPhone – so if it’s shopping in Berlin (http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/3204/Germany/Berlin), vodka-sipping in Moscow (http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/12500/Russia/Moscow), a visit to Montevideo (http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/13177/Uruguay/Montevideo) or crazy night-life in New York (http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/5026/USA/New-York-State-NY/New-York-City), tripwolf users can always find their way around.
About tripwolf.com
tripwolf.com is a social online travel guide available in five languages – English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. What makes it special is the content mix: professional editorial from print travel guides like “Marco Polo” and “Footprint” paired with user generated content by users from all over the world. Users can add personal blog posts, ratings and photos to about 400.000 different destinations worldwide. Users can use the entire data available of www.tripwolf.com on the iPhone application and have the choice between on- and offline access.
About Salzburg Research
Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft is the non-profit research organisation of the State of Salzburg. It conducts applied research and development in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the fields of Digital Media, eCulture, eTourism and EduMedia. The department for “mobile and web-based information systems (MOWI)” under supervision of Nicolas Göll is in charge of the technical development of the application.
Media Contact
Adena Harford
a.harford@tripwolf.com
+1 207 332 7338
Larissa lives in Tula, a small town near Moscow. She is 25 and has already been married once to a fellow studentfrom the University of Tula, where she graduated in Economics a few years ago. In her last year in the university, they had a baby girl who lives with her now that she is divorced from her husband who never found a job, but continued to drink and party long after the student days were over.
Now Larissa has registered in several websites to look for a foreign husband. She met Marc from Canada who lives in Nova Scotia and works in a hospital. He is ordinary guy-wants a home and a family, maybe a bit shy with women. He went to Moscow; they fell in love and married there. However, when Marc decided to sponsor his wife to Canada, friends and family started saying that she was probably using him to get a better life for herself in Canada. They showed him newspaper articles and blogs of Canadian citizens being tricked into marrying foreigners and regretting it.
In the past several decades, many Canadians have become victims of marriage fraud – foreigners marry them just to gain access to Canada – the country of their dreams. Canadian citizens feel not only their feelings have been hurt, but also their bank accounts- may have carried this burden for years. This has happened repeatedly and victims of marriage fraud have gone public about it. No wonder people are bewaring of foreign marriages and presume that every foreigner who marries a Canadian must be a fraud. In some cases, however, foreigners do fall in love and remain in long lasting and happy marriages with Canadian citizens – and both sides are happy.
There are many reasons why and international match makes sense in many respects. Most Canadian men want a beautiful, family oriented woman who will look after the home and the children and will appreciate their efforts to provide financial stability and some entertainment. Fair enough, as far as they are open about what they want and what they can offer in exchange.
Women from Russia tend to look for a safe social and financial environment in which to form families and raise children, and, from evolutional viewpoint, they have every right to do so. In Russia just there just are not, enough single men aged 25 to 55 who do not drink on daily basis. It is not unusual for a woman to go to work, pay for all the bills, do the housework, raise her children and support her husband – on her own. No wonder Russian women want to marry abroad. Who can blame them?
Let us face it, men and women actually look for the same thing in a marriage – and that is love and respect. Larissa and Mark may live happily ever after but they might also separate – this is true for every other couple. If you want to marry abroad and sponsor your spouse to Canada, my best advice is – give it a chance. Do not be frightened by the sponsorship process – you can get the application kit and do it yourself, or if you are busy and do not like filling forms you could hire experts to do it for you: www.immigroup.com . Remember that you need to be over 18 and financially able to provide your spouse a home and a living. Then it is all up to both of you.
There is a new benchmark in the niche market of luxury cell phones and the name is GoldVish. Never before have gold and diamonds been combined with such refinement with state of the art mobile phone technology, high-end design and handmade quality.
Crafted in the heart of Switzerland, where the watchmakers tradition guarantees utmost precision andattention to detail.The GoldVish cell phone is designed by Emmanuel Gueit, who manages not only the design department of GoldVish, but also the stringent quality control. Gueit has numerous very successful watch and jewelry designs to his name and is regarded as one of the most talented designers in the industry.And with a choice of 16 models, there is always the perfect GoldVish for every man and woman.
The elegant lines and beautiful presence of this unique cell phone are underlined by the tasteful use of numerous diamonds and top grain croco or stingray leathers for the backside.And it doesn’t matter if you prefer rose, yellow or white 18 crt gold. Platinum is of course an option. And the GoldVish is a true golden phone, because of the solid golden casing.No less than 140 gram of solid gold is used to assemble each GoldVish.The buttons and other details of this remarkable phone are finished with VVS1 top-quality diamonds, of course all with official certificates.With the introduction of this remarkable cell phone, the Geneva based GoldVish company firmly establishes its position as leading in the exclusive segment of luxury personal communication.
The Most Expensive Cell Phone in the World is produced by The Swiss company, Goldvish. Named “Goldvish Le Million“, it is a perfectly ordinary phone which happens to be encrusted with 120 carats worth of diamonds in an 18k gold white gold casing. “Le Million” has at best a peculiar design, and the case needs to be taken apart in order to charge it. The phone does come with Bluetooth, and it is capable of playing back MP3’s. An FM radio and a digital camera are, of course, included in the price of $1.2 million. Keep in mind, this is on sale! The original price was $100,000 higher.
One might think that the world’s most expensive cell phone would have a full-color touch screen with advanced internet capabilities and a battery that lasts forever. One might also think that the world’s most expensive cell phone would have 8 gigabytes of storage (like my iPhone), but no.
The Guinness Book of World Records has rated the Goldvish “Le Million” as the world’s most expensive cell phone, outranking the hideously designed Nokia Vertu Cobra, which sports a gold case surrounded by a ruby and diamond cobra. This is priced at a mere $310,000. Only eight of these have ever been produced, so you’d better pick one up quick. You can save yourself a cool $10,000 by buying the significantly less ostentatious Jason Goh-designed “Black Diamond”. This stunningly simple phone was originally made for Sony Ericcson’s luxury phone division and is priced at only $300,000. The Black Diamond is even harder to find than the Cobra, with only five of them in existence, worldwide.
Goldvish phone gives away 18 carat golden phone with diamonds at Millionaire Fair in Amsterdam.Looking back to successful launches in both Cannes and Moscow, GoldVish is now about to enter the Dutch Market.As from the 7th till the 11th of December next, Goldvish Revolution will exhibit its exclusive cell phone collection in Amsterdam to an elite audience at the Millionaire Fair. Gregor Snip, co-founder of GoldVish: ?I am enormously proud to present the GoldVish Collection into the Netherlands, as it is the cradle of our roots and on which ground we developed our business plan for GoldVish. This makes the Dutch Launch very special to me.`
After the immense success of the price draw at the Millionaire Fair in Moscow, GoldVish will once more, give away a golden diamond-encrusted cell phone at the VIP Night of the Millionaire Fair in Amsterdam on the 7th of December. The total value of the phone is 30.000 dollars. Visitors to the fair are given the opportunity to collect a special ticket at the entrance. After depositing it in a luxury box at the GoldVish booth nr. 103 in the Deltahal, the prize draw will be announced at midnight and hosted by a special guest. After the prize draw, the lucky winner of the GoldVish cell phone receives a certificate and will be invited to collect the stunning cell phone after the Fair.
The Millionaire Fair is famous for exhibiting the absolute top in luxury goods. Famous celebrities and elite customers visit the booths for the crème de la crème in jewellery, yachting, property and much more. It is the fifth time that the Millionaire Fair will be held in Amsterdam. Last year, special guest British actress Liz Hurley was specially flown in to Amsterdam and opened the VIP-night in a spectacular way. More than 39.000 people visited the Fair in 2005. This year the organisation expects even more visitors. Dutch Passion is the theme of Millionaire fair this year which will be held at the Holland-complex RAI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
http://www.luxcellphone.com
http://www.luxcellphone.com/blog/?p=289
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Many people say that search engines are the future of the business. If your company is not present on search engine ranking pages, most probably this will have a major influence on the profits, awareness and competitiveness. We search for business partners, suppliers and services in different ways and languages all over the world. These who are interested in the Eastern Europe market should have necessary pieces of information how to effectively reach through Internet their potential customers e.g. in Russia.
This article presents a summary of how the Russian (the fastest growing population of internauts all over the world according to comScore World Metrix, Jan 2007) look for information. It also explains the advantages of a good exposure in search engine listings in the Russian search engines.
Searching activity in the Russian Internet (known also as Runet) is concentrated in 4 major search engines. These are:
Yandex.ru – with 48,4% of market share;Google – 28,6%;Rambler.ru – 15,9%;Mail.ru – 4,7%;
The other players (Yahoo, MSN, Aport, Meta Bot, Alta Vista and others) take the rest of the market, according to SpyLOG Feb / Mar 2007 stats – http://gs.spylog.ru/r/?reportId=7&categoryId=1.
Business promotes itself in Russia
As a result of intense development of Runet, not only the local SMBs spend money on PPC campaigns but also both international companies of the same size as well as big multinational businesses like General Motors, Nissan, Peugeot, Honda and Sony. In case of these companies, yearly advertising budget is between $1.5 mln – $3.5 mln with up to 50% of it being spent on search engine advertising in Yandex.ru.
Search Engine Marketing on the top
Due to the great interest among advertisers, 2006 expenses on search engine promotion in the Russian Internet grew by 150% comparing to year 2005 and reached $110 million. Thus, search engine advertising has beaten banner advertising (with $100 million spendings) first time ever. This should be a very important signal for all the companies which promote themselves online, that SEM activity (a mix of technology and words which allows to reach now more than 90% of internet users) is an optimum way of the promotion (Lenta.ru – http://lenta.ru/news/2007/02/12/advert/).
Optimum costs of promotion
The minimum price for a single click (CPC) in Yandex.ru varies from (depending on the industry) $0.50 (“stickers”) to $5.00 (“refridgerators”). In Begun.ru one can pay $4.00 (“cash terminals”), $5.70 (“sight correction”), $5.90 (“companies registration”) and even $6.20 for “company closure”. The highest prices ($9.99) are paid for targeted campaigns which take into account very precise parameters, geolocation and time restrictions. You can compare this to $1550 – $5000 prices of one week banner campaign on popular Russian portals (according to http://www.context.1ps.ru).
Investing money in paid listings should be then cheaper and undoubtedly more efficient. When talking about banners, one pays for impressions, not users’ interest measured by clicks and actions taken on the advertiser’s website. The opposite payment model is assigned to sponsored links – payment is made only for users interested in products and services who click and visit the website.
Competition among advertisers
The highest prices in Yandex.Direct (http://www.direct.yandex.ru) are related to B2B activity, where just one transaction (no matter if it is selling a drilling rig or Boeing) per year make a single click with CPC of $48.00 affordable. Apart from above-mentioned B2B examples, the most competitive areas of interest are flats’ sale in the modern block of flats, airplane rentals, Forex stock exchange and building industry services.
Why Yandex?
Coming back to the most important search engine in Russia… Yandex – not very well organized in late ‘90s, now is the leader of search engines in Runet. The company put an emphasis on contextual advertising and doubled its revenues last year, becoming even stronger player at the market. The management estimates that this year’ income from search-related advertising should be close to $100 million. At present, 25 million people use Yandex with 5 million of unique users every day. On the contrary, tens of thousands of companies conduct their promotional activity through this search engine. The constantly growing audience of Yandex makes more advertisers interested in both search engine optimization (being well exposed in organic listings) and PPC marketing (paid listings). They seem to make the right decision as the results come very quickly because of modern character of Yandex. Since 2005 it has had two advertising systems, comparable to Google AdWords and AdSense (according to Yandex official blog – http://company.yandex.ru/blog/).
Cheap listing better than expensive banner impression
Lew Glejzer, the director of AdWatsh advertising agency predicts that expenses on search engine marketing in 2007 will go over $200 million in total. All innovative companies that think about future take seriously into account paid listings – adds Dmitrij Wasiljew, Link.ru director. The banners are becoming more expensive and will probably be exclusively used by large companies while search engine marketing is affordable for SMBs as well.
“Key” keywords
In order to be completely successful one need to use precisely defined keywords – the ones which are both relevant to company business profile and are frequently used by people in queries made in search engines. The most popular queries between Dec 2006 and Feb 2007 were: papers (proceedings), desktop wallpapers, horoscope, postcards, weather, games, news, mp3, proverbs, dates, mobile phones, recipes, friendships, music, anecdotes, jobs, cars, predictions, sex, erotics, map of Moscow, chat, samsung d500, kamasutra, flats, photos, nokia, football, russian radio, lyrics, motorization, porno, pregnancy, Aeroflot (according to SpyLOG stats – http://gs.spylog.ru/r/?reportId=8&categoryId=1). Maybe this will be an inspiration for somebody when planning a PPC campaign on, let’s say, Yandex…
Who can see the advertisement?
Most of them are the Russian people – 44.4%, but the advertisement can be also presented to the Americans (14.5%), Ukrainians (4.7%) and Germans (3.5%) not to mention others. That is why search engine marketing in Russia gives the opportunities to reach people from different parts of the world. When talking about the Russian cities, there is one strong leader – the capital (Moscow) with 44% and other cities like Sankt-Petersburg (10.1%) or Jekaterynburg (2.6%), according to SpyLOG stats (http://gs.spylog.ru/rsu/?categoryId=1).
What are the benefits of search engine marketing?
Search engines are responsible for a significant traffic share on Russian websites. This is the result of good exposure in organic listings as well as paid listings activity conducted by Russian companies. The examples below present some traffic statistics on different sectors in the Runet in Nov 2006 (SpyLog stats http://gs.spylog.ru/tcu/5/preView/274.html).
Finance
Users monthly: 1 200 000Traffic share:57% – direct visits32% – search engines11% – other sourcesThe most commonly used keyphrases in this sector:credits, banks, mortgage, consumer credits, car credits, credit calculator, credit card
Computers
Users monthly: 1 801 000Traffic share:64% – direct visits29% – search engines7% – other sourcesThe most commonly used keyphrases in this sector:notebooks, computers, driver, computer sale, notebook sale, notebook review, Asus, laptop installment, Dell inspiron 1300, Dell inspiron 6400
Mobile phones
Users monthly: 1 115 500Traffic share:47% – search engines46% – direct visits7% – other sourcesThe most commonly used keyphrases in this sector:mobile phones, cellphones, nokia, mobile phones catalogue, sony ericsson, nokia 8800, mobile phones online sellers, mobile phone sale, nokia n72
Cars
Users monthly: 1 923 000Traffic share:44% – search engines38% – direct visits18%- other sourcesThe most commonly used keyphrases in this sector:Mazda, Ford, Nissan, Citroen, Honda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Renault, Ford Focus
Travel
Users monthly: 2 484 900Traffic share:58% – direct visits33% – search engines9% – other sourcesThe most commonly used keyphrases in this sector:Turkey, warm countries trips, hotels in Turkey, Egypt, holidays in Turkey, holidays in Egypt, hotels in Egypt, New Year trips, Greece, Tunis, Creta.
Runet + SEM = SUCCESS
By spending money on search engine marketing in Runet one can create new opportunities, particularly in the commerce area. The advertising activity in Russian search engines gives the possibility for all companies focused on the international trade (both exporters and importers) to be present on this big market in order to make new business contacts, agreements and increase the revenues. As usually, the first ones will be the winners – that is why we strongly recommend taking into consideration SEM activity in Russia as it may bring significant profits for almost every company.
Tuesday sees the latest games in the group stage of the Champions League and there is a betting feast in store. At fast-growing sports betting community, bet republic you can find out where the betting value lies and where the UK’s top tipsters are putting their money.
Sports betting expert James Eastham has picked out the best bets from Tuesday’s fixtures and he has a fantastic record of hunting out the right bet from the 100 or so markets that online bookmakers like to price up, be ready to tune into bet republic television (BRTV) for watching champions league matches on Tuesday.
Out of 143.5 points that Eastham has staked in his popular blog, written under the nom de plume “papinade”, he is showing an impressive profit of +31.71 points. That represents a return on investment of just over 22% which you would never get in a bank in this low interest rate environment.
This is where James believes the value lies in Tuesday’s games. Out of the 8 Champions League matches that are taking place he has selected 3 bets that he feels will give sports bettors an excellent run for their money.
Champions League matches on Tuesday, 3 November 2009
AC Milan v Real Madrid, Gp C, 19:45
Apoel Nicosia v FC Porto, Gp D, 19:45
Atletico Madrid v Chelsea, Gp D, 19:45
Bayern Munich v Bordeaux, Gp A, 19:45
Besiktas v Wolfsburg, Gp B, 19:45
Maccabi Haifa v Juventus, Gp A, 19:45
Man Utd v CSKA Moscow, Gp B, 19:45
Marseille v FC Zurich, Gp C, 19:45
Manchester United v CSKA Moscow, 7.45pm, Tuesday
Manchester United made surprisingly light work of CSKA Moscow on the Luzhniki Stadium’s plastic pitch a fortnight ago, and the chaos that has engulfed the Russian club since United’s 1-0 win in that first meeting suggests the English champions will have an even easier time of it at Old Trafford when the sides come face-to-face again on Tuesday night.
CSKA’s Spanish coach Juande Ramos was sacked just six weeks into the job on October 26 after failing to get CSKA into contention for the Russian League title, plunging the club into a short period of doubt in the week leading up to the game. Ramos’ successor, Leonid Slutski, has very few credentials outside his Russian homeland, and has never prepared a team for a game as important as the one that awaits CSKA at Old Trafford this week.
Thirty-eight-year-old former goalkeeper Slutski has had only one full season in management, leading Krylya Sovetov Samara to sixth place in the Russian League last season. He has no pedigree at all at this level, as Krylya were knocked out of the third qualifying round of the Europa League by Republic of Ireland side Saint Patrick’s Athletic this season.
All of which makes conditions favourable for a comfortable United win. The hosts are unbeaten in 22 home Champions League games, a run that stretches back more than four-and-a-half years.
Betting Recommendation: Man Utd -1.25 Asian handicap v CSKA at 1.98 (39/40)
Bayern Munich v Bordeaux, 7.45pm, Tuesday
Bordeaux’s 2-1 win over Bayern Munich in the first meeting between these sides a fortnight ago has put Laurent Blanc’s French champions in pole position in the group. They lead with seven points, followed by Juventus on five points and Bayern Munich on four points. As things stand it looks as though the Italian and German giants – ante-post favourites to make it through to the knock-out stages – might well be left battling it out for second place in the group.
Bayern, a side with a long tradition of playing attacking football in both domestic and European competition, will try to outscore Bayern as the Germans revealed their defensive frailties in the first game. Bordeaux normally play an attack-minded 4-4-2 in the French League but will switch to a more defensive 4-5-1 system here, but even with that extra man in midfield it’s difficult to see them earning a clean sheet as coach Blanc encourages his players to play attacking football home and away.
That said, however, Bordeaux have plenty of attacking strength of their own. Centre-halves Marc Planus and Michael Ciani were the goalscorers in Bordeaux’s 2-1 win over Bayern a fortnight ago, while Yoann Gourcuff, Marouane Chamakh and Yoann Gouffran are all talented finishers at this level. Bordeaux have failed to score in just two of 14 games this season, averaging 1.71 goals a match. They are particularly proficient from set-pieces: nine of their last 11 goals have come via that route.
A 1-1 draw or narrow Bayern win look the most likely results, but the stand-out wager is both teams to score at 1.83 (5/6). That price looks far too big on a match between two teams with so much attacking potential.
Betting recommendation: Back both teams to score at 1.83 (5/6)
Atletico Madrid v Chelsea, 7.45, Tuesday
Chelsea will be looking to continue their domination of Group D when they travel to the Vicente Calderon to face under-fire Atletico Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti’s side have won all 3 of their Champions League engagements to date and are just 1/9 to top their group, while their hosts are 5/1 even to qualify after a disastrous opening to their campaign.
And the Blues have done all this without the suspended Didier Drogba – the Ivorian returns for this fixture and is a best-priced 15/8 to score anytime.
Chelsea’s comprehensive 4-0 win at Bolton over the weekend, plus winning to nil in every European match, means that there is sure to be support for the visitors at 10/11 but Atletico have a new coach at the helm and this could provide better backing opportunities elsewhere.
Quique Sanchez Flores will have to tighten up the worst defence in La Liga (19 goals shipped in 9 games) while Los colchoneros have not managed a single goal in the Champions League to date.
With star forwards Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero mustering just 5 goals between them all season, it appears as if Flores will have his work cut out at both ends of the pitch.
But the former Real Madrid right-back has a reputation of being an excellent defensive coach which was more than borne out by his spells at Getafe (2004-05) and Valencia (2005-07); particularly at Los Che where his side conceded just 75 league goals in 76 games in his 2 seasons in charge.
And Chelsea tend to be fairly conservative in away group stage games too as they’ve kept 4 clean sheets in their last 7 on the road, including a 1-0 win at APOEL Nicosia at the end of September.
Flores’ first La Liga game in charge last weekend was a 1-0 defeat at Atletic Bilbao but this was actually their best defensive performance on the road all season (having conceded 13 goals in 4 away games before that) so perhaps he is already having an impact on the organisation of the side. As a result, a price of 9/10 on under 2.5 goals can be recommended.
Betting Recommendation: Back under 2.5 goals at 1.90 (9/10)
Over the World Wide Web, there is a continual influx of information over the internet highway, including, most recently, a trend in fashion blogging. Currently, there are hundreds of new fashion blogs being created everyday, and over millions of already created websites. With these massive amounts of people posting their opinions on style, how can you stop wasting your time reading useless fashion blogs? Is there anyway to separate the quality blogs from the irrelevant ones? This review of five top rated fashion blogs gives insight into what standards should be used in deciding which blogs are worth your time.
Fashion blogs are ranked on a 10 point scale in four areas: (1) clarity of thought, (2) timeliness, (3) relevance, and (4) degree of opinion.
Style File blog:
Total Score: 28
Style.com is a primary source and destination for where people receive their fashion news, trends, and photos of seasonal runway shows. In addition, the renown website has a chief blog site, Style File, where writers can post opinions on various aspects of fashion in a more informal setting and approach. Even though there are several writers for Style File, the writing style of this blog site is distinct and individual to Style.com’s website.
1.) Clarity of thought: 6.5. It is decent. You are able to read through it, although some postings may be a bit long-winded. Also, some entries may be difficult to understand if you don’t have a lot of knowledge of people in the fashion industry, such as Sophia Hesketh and Byrdie Bell.
2.) Timeliness: 8.5. This blog seems to lack consistency. It will have 5-6 entries in one day, and then skip three days entirely without any new posts and then continue on with 5-6 entries. This is probably because people are not working on the weekends. On the upside, it does post slightly more than the average blog, but for a blog that is on a website of considerable size and prominence, you would expect that it would.
3.) Relevance: 7. I don’t think this blog really provides any new information that is of importance or is really interesting. It attempts to draw on styles outside of the US, which can be informative, but it doesn’t focus enough fashion in the homeland. Focus of articles tends to stray away from American fashion, and stick more with foreign matters. In the past several days, there have been over five postings purely on Moscow fashion alone. This is completely unnecessary. Information can also be quite dry at times.
4.) Degree of Opinion: 6. While it does provide news, writers do not write to form their own opinions really, but just blog to create a place for viewers to post their own insights and opinions. The writers tend to say something that they feel is true, such as the “Prep School Blazer style is very trendy,” yet it still opens the discussion for debate, by asking viewers whether they agree or what their thoughts are. This makes the writer’s opinions seems inconsistent and weak. The blog would be better if the writers had a stronger point of view in their critique. It is unnecessary to ask the reader whether they agree with them or not, because the reader will post his or her opinions anyway.
Hint Magazine blog:
Hint Magazine is an online fashion magazine, where you can read fashion columns and story features with a wide ranging selection of topics including music, art, dance and, of course, fashion. It has a separate blog to informally discuss various areas of interests that cater to more independent styles and are usually humorous and entertaining to read.
Total Score: 30
1.) Clarity of thought: 8. The blog is clear to read and understand. It is written in a contemporary manner that appeals to a younger audience. There are not copious amounts of text in each entry compared to the Style File blog, and instead they include many photos and videos that go along with the postings. This makes it look less daunting to get through, which is important in today’s fast paced world of Twittering.
2.) Timeliness: 6. In an era where bloggers are uploading new entries a dozen times per day, this blog only has, on average, 1-2 posts per day. In order to maintain a blog with readers constantly tuning in, it is imperative that there are multiple entries in a short span for readers to regularly come back to.
3.) Relevance: 7. Where Style File’s subject content was entirely about the New York fashion world, this blog seems to veer slightly to the left of that direction. The information posted seems to target a more indie audience by showcasing unheard of designers, writers and artists. I found also that it seems to post a lot on Brazilian artists and designers. I am not sure if there is a correlation between the writers and Brazil for them to do so, but either way, it is a little inconsistent with balancing foreign matters. Some posts are completely irrelevant and hold no interest for me, but for those that enjoy reading about marble urinals in art exhibits and gay porn awards, this is your destination. And if you are one of those readers who enjoy this blog, good luck with letting them know your thoughts, since they have disabled the commenting feature on this blog.
4.) Degree of Opinion: 9. Writers on this blog seem to enjoy writing about what they write about. While news information can be lackluster and tedious at times, this blog tries to send out their messages in a humorous and enjoyable way. While not all of the content on this blog is PG, I did enjoy reading it, even if I wasn’t too interested in what they were actually saying.
Fashion Tribes:
Fashion Tribes tends to appeal to the average fashionista who is well versed in various areas of fashion, such as new trends, beauty and accessories. The reader is usually familiar with popular styles and substantial fashion news occurring on in the fashion world. Taking elements from various aspects of fashion, such as advertisements, magazines and events, this website is pretty solid and well rounded.
Total Score: 30
1.) Clarity of thought: 9. The blog is portioned into smaller paragraphs, which makes it really reader friendly. Also, if you find yourself done with the reading, but are still interested in the topic, it allows you to read more after the jump, which gets rid of extra writing clutter, and opens up space for more easy on the eyes photos and videos. A lot of good pictures and examples, which make the posts look lively and not overwhelming to read.
2.) Timeliness: 6. For a website that is well known across the nation as one of the top rated fashion blogs, you would think that there would be much more blog entries, but instead I was disappointed to find that it only updates only 3-4 days per week. Even though there are a good amount of entries per day, the blog does not allow readers to view older posts, since there is no backlog feature. This makes it really disappointing for those that want to continue reading the rest of the blog, but are unable to.
3.) Relevance: 9. I really enjoyed the content on this blog and thought that it had a lot of good, useful information. It draws in various news about upcoming websites in fashion, as well as information about fresh spring beauty regimes and free giveaways, which everyone loves. Considering the wide-range of topics featured on this blog, I think that it is very good for an everyday shopaholic.
4.) Degree of Opinion: 6. There is hardly, if any, critique in any of the entries posted. However, when creating a blog site, you usually write about what you like, so with that in mind, you definitely know what the writers for this blog like to write about, which explains why I gave it a more generous score, since it posts things assuming that you know that these are things that they enjoy or find pleasing, without really having an opinion about them.
Go Fug Yourself:
Combine Hollywood celebrity style with a Perez Hilton sense of humor, and you have the love child of Go Fug Yourself. Known for its uncanny humor, it leaves no celebrity unharmed or unnoticed. This blog is probably one of the most hilarious fashion criticism blogs out there in a sea of fashion blogs on the internet, but then again, I am being completely biased, since these writers’ humor is right up my alley. Warning, this blog is not for everyone.
Total Score: 38
1.) Clarity of thought: 9. This blog uses the adverb, “A picture speaks a thousand words” and makes it its central point. Uploading a photo of a celebrity in a ridiculous outfit pretty much speaks for itself, since that is mainly how it shows the reader the ridiculousness of the celebrity’s outfit choices. Using the photo as the butt of its jokes, the writers then unapologetically bash the outfit.
2.) Timeliness: 10. Finally! A blog with a little consistency! It updates well over the course of the day. You can expect around 5 entries in a day, expect on weekends, which is understandable.
3.) Relevance: 9. Depending on your sense of humor, this site may or may not be right for you. For those who enjoy reading about bashing celebrities based on their clothing choices, then you have pretty much found gold, but for the fainthearted, you may cringe a bit more when you realize how harsh some of the critiques may be. No worries though, this website is all in good fun! Luckily, for this website, I fall in the former category, and enjoyed this blog thoroughly.
4.) Degree of Opinion: 10. Go Fug Yourself has made a career by casting its opinion on what others are wearing, so if it would be difficult for me to give it anything but a full score rating.
Fashionista
Fashionista is the product of two staff writers from Nylon and Elle Magazine, and joining to give you news in the fashion world faster than most other blogs. With a combo of gossip, rumors, sale tip-offs, internship suggestions, free giveaways, editorial photos and every other relevant news in the fashion world, Fashionista is a comprehensive and delightful read. Perhaps I am just being completely subjective, because this is one of the few blogs that I actually read everyday, alongside Perez Hilton, but Fashionista combines all the New York style straight out of the city’s oven.
Total Score: 38.5
1.) Clarity of thought: 10. The blog is written in small paragraphs, making it easier for the reader to get through it, without feeling overwhelmed. If the reader is still interested in a certain blog entry, she can click on a separate link taking them to “read after the jump.” It uses a combination of lively photos, videos and own photo-shopped writing, making the blog more personal and distinct to Fashionista. Also, as a helpful measure, if you don’t understand some fashion terminology, they have a dictionary specifically just for that!
2.) Timeliness: 10. Fashionista updates several times a day, throughout the day, to give you the most recent and important news. This blog is an archetype to how other fashion blogs should operate.
3.) Relevance: 10. The news featured on this blog involves news occurring in the New York fashion scene. While this may not include everyone, it does deal with high fashion in a very real way, something that can be understood no matter where you are. It also includes subjects from other fashion websites to give you the most relevant information, such as its “Mid-Day Snack” section. This blog also includes various areas of fashion, such as models, beauty, and editorial spreads, so the viewer can be well read in all aspects of fashion.
4.) Degree of Opinion: 8.5. While some blog entries are created just to provide readers non-biased information, other entries are made to showcase models or photo shoots that the writers really like. Either way, you will read this blog learning what is important to the creators of Fashionista. In most news, however, the writers write the entries in a critical way, with a strong point of view.
Ettore Messina is an italian professional basketball coach that currently coaches at CSKA Moscow of the Russia League. He has won 4 Euroleague championships as a head coach. Ettore Messina is regarded as one of the best basketball coaches in all of Europe and in the Euroleague, having been named in 2008 as one of the 50 Greatest contributors in the history of the Euroleague and it’s predecessor, the European Champions Cup.
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Coach Messina believes that “No Complacency” is how he has won so much. Most people call his teams “unstoppable”. He tends to focus on their weaknesses and not strengths. It’s what he believes makes a good team into a great team. He is always looking for the right angle, right timing, right form. It’s the little things that matter to him. After detail then comes focus, He isn’t afraid of long practices, but tries to keep them about two hours. ”We play like we practice” is his motto. His team is always even and not too high or too low. ”It’s all about the NEXT GAME” is what they focus on. Never too far down the path.
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There are various of handbags in different leather materials and styles all over the fashion industry. While, have you ever seen bag with fabulous Paris-Moscow detail? Here Chanel Paris-Moscow 2009 Collection will be one remembered line that Chanel brought to luxury.
It is elegant, resplendent, Tsarina style that can be exactly describe the release. Karl Lagerfeld, the German-born fashion designer, artist based in Paris and the creative director of Chanel expressed that three Russian styles including Russian palace, Russian structuralism and Russian folk-custom are of his favor. The collection is just the elaborate celebration of culture, art and fashion of them. Glittering jewels, exaggerated pearl/beaded belts, embellished leather motorcycle jackets, embroidered cashmere coats, ornate dresses, handpainted and laser cut leather bags, matryoshka doll minaudieres – everything is a collector’s dream. At the same time, in the life of lady Chanel, the years she lived in Russia is a period of unforgettable time.
Now, let’s share a few gorgeous and functional bags together. All of them features incredible details that combine the best of Chanel and Russian artistry.
Like them or not? If you have the opportunity to view this collection, you must go!
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Recently in YouTube there was a strange video of extraordinary cloud that was referred as a halo cloud over Moscow. This kind of cloud formation never happened before as well as caught on tape. Some say that the footage was doctored in anyway but could not possibly be explained as a weather pattern. The video that was posted on YouTube was viewed by more than 100,000 times.
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When the cloud was primarily formed, some of the UFO enthusiasts said that it was a true mystery that cannot be explained concretely. Some of the spectators compared it to a giant spaceship suspended over the Earth in the movie Independence Day. Some predicted that it could be an alien invasion. There was also an article from Daily Mail that explained that the luminous ring shape cloud was simply a visual effect.
The official spokesperson of Moscow weather department informed that the halo cloud formation because there were several cloud streaks passing through Moscow recently. Aside from that, there was also an intrusion of the Artic air, as well as the sun shining from the west. This was the kind of explanation that the weather department of Moscow released.
The speculation regarding the halo cloud in Moscow is high at the Internet. The event was being discussed in forums, blogs and emails all over the world. The assumptions ranging from being an alien mothership, proof of Russian weather modification technology – a weather weapon, and even a sign of the end of the world. Whatever the reason of the cloud formation, one thing is for sure – anything can happen.
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