For those of you who don’t know what was it about, read the followings:

The purpose of favSHARE.net is to gather the best articles around the web, mostly related to web/graphics/blogging. All the articles are hand-approved by us to ensure the highest quality.

You can read more favSHARE.net – Share Your Favorite Articles.

My initial target was 10 articles/day; thanks to all of you who submitted articles on the website, the result was an average of 15 new articles/day!

But, it was time for a change, a big one. So, I’ve decided to delete all the database and start it again, but this time not using Wordpress, but Pligg. For a sharing website, Pligg has more options that Wordpress.

So this is the day, when I announce you that the new favSHARE.net is online and I wait for you to register & submit your articles!

A few important things that I want to add:

• all articles are twitted via @favSHARE;
• all articles are shared on favSHARE Facebook Page;
• you can earn money, just by submitting articles, via our Google Adsense Sharing Revenue System;
• you can add the SHARE button on your blog/website – Check out our Tools.

You can read more on favSHARE.net Blog.

For any bugs/suggestions leave a comment here or send an e-mail using the Contact Page.

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favSHARE.net Relaunched

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For over 25 years, UPrinting has been a trusted leader in online printing, featuring its signature easy-to-use website and the famous Free File Review, a complimentary proofing service which requires no upfront payment. UPrinting offers convenient marketing support services such as design, lists, and direct mailing to help grow small and medium-size businesses nationwide.

Giveaway Prize

500 Business Cards for One (1) Lucky Winner*

Sizes: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (slim card)
Paper: 14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock
Specifications: Full Color Both Sides; Offset Press; 3 Business Day Printing
Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping on U.S. territory

*Eligibility: Limited to U.S. Residents only

Giveaway Participants

There is one chance / participant.

Via Comments:

Via Twitter:

• SAME AS COMMENT #9 @sumrthyme – Twitter Status
• SAME AS COMMENT #8 @DemitraMroncz – Twitter Status
• #10 @DesignerTJ – Twitter Status
• #11 @warstwydotcom – Twitter Status
• #12 @DreamshiftMedia – Twitter Status
• #13 @cookandgee – Twitter Status
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• #14 @FromPicturestoP – Twitter Status
• #15 @cjrock – Twitter Status
• #16 @DashTechnical – Twitter Status
• #17 @chamagalong – Twitter Status
• #18 @lisanoel03 – Twitter Status
• #19 @SimplexStudios – Twitter Status
• SAME AS COMMENT #1 @srpsco – Twitter Status
• #20 @wesleykhall – Twitter Status
• #21 @ConstructPhotog – Twitter Status

GIVEAWAY WINNER!

And our winner is: #20 @wesleykhall – Twitter Status!

Thanks again UPrinting for this giveaway and remember that you can read more about business cards their page on UPrinting.com and keep an eye on the Promotional Printing Page for special offers!

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UPrinting.com Giveaway Winner

Who Is UPrinting.com?

UPrinting.com is a leading online printing company that provides high quality printing at the most affordable prices.

For over 25 years, UPrinting has been a trusted leader in online printing, featuring its signature easy-to-use website and the famous Free File Review, a complimentary proofing service which requires no upfront payment. UPrinting offers convenient marketing support services such as design, lists, and direct mailing to help grow small and medium-size businesses nationwide.

Giveaway Prize

500 Business Cards for One (1) Lucky Winner*

Sizes: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (slim card)
Paper: 14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock
Specifications: Full Color Both Sides; Offset Press; 3 Business Day Printing
Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping on U.S. territory

*Eligibility: Limited to U.S. Residents only

You can read more about business cards their page on UPrinting.com. Oh, I’ve almost forgot … remember to keep an eye on the Promotional Printing Page for special offers!

How To Enter?

1. Leave a comment on this post about what you’d like to see more on AREA1.info; Don’t forget to leave a valid e-mail address (winner will be contacted via e-mail)!




2. Retweet this post ONLY using the #area1ga hashtag and post a comment with a link to your Twitter status;

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   TWEET THIS to enter in the competition!

When Does The Contest End?

The contest ends on Wednesday, March 24 2010 and the winner will be announced on Thursday, March 25 2010.

Good Luck to Everyone & Thanks Uprinting.com!

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GIVEAWAY: 500 Business Cards from UPrinting.com

What could I offer to you now is only expossure. Here’s what that means exactly:

• Author box at bottom of post with links to website and bio. Promote your own blog, get readers;
• Exposure to a constantly growing traffic.

I realize that this isn’t much, but unfortunately this is the best I can do at this moment.

And now, I can offer you:

1 MONTH OF FREE ADVERTISING (125×125 – Sidebar) for each guest post.

If you write a guest post, I will put your 125×125px banner in the sidebar, for one month!

If you are interested all you need to do is leave a comment on this post or contact me and I’ll respond as soon as possible.

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Write A Guest Post And GET 1 Month Of Advertising

I’m really sorry for not posting anything since last month, but I had some problems with work and within my family. Those were more important than anything, I wasn’t in a good mood and I didn’t have enough time for this.

Now, that’s enough with apologies, let’s speak about the future. I’ll try from now on to post at least 1 article per week. Contests are on their way too. You’ll find out more about this at the right time.

I would like to say thanks to our guest bloggers:

Cristian Vasile for WordPress SEO – 6 basic tips for better SEO, he was the 1st who wrote a guest post on this blog.

You can follow @cristianvasile on Twitter.

Razvan Sava for How to have success with a niche blog, article which was declared Best post at Carnival of Social Media – The Stars & Stripes Edition, and 12 Methods to Obtain Backlinks.

Here’s a list of the most important articles/tutorials on AREA 1:

• 

  Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes

  It’s time for another massive roundup! Brushes, an essential thing for any designer. Having a good collection of Photoshop brushes is vital for your work. Below you’ll find a compilation of 5000 Free Photoshop Brushes that should come handy when you’ve got to work.

  Read Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes

• 

  Over 500 Layout Design Tutorials

  Designers create website designs using Adobe Photoshop and then slice & convert it into a CSS/HTML template. In this article I have selected over 500 Layout Design Tutorials in Adobe Photoshop, all of them being easy to follow step by step. Follow a tutorial, put your creativity to work & you might get one cool and unique layout.

  Read Over 500 Layout Design Tutorials

• 

  60 Websites To Promote Your Articles On

  Writing a good article is not enough. Sometimes, it needs a little help to spread around the Internet. Submiting your article to different websites brings you new visitors and backlinks too, which is good for SEO.

  Read 60 Websites To Promote Your Articles On

• 

  12 Methods to Obtain Backlinks

  A good positioning in Google and Yahoo also, means that you need to go through 2 big steps. First, on-page optimizing and the second, the link-building campaign or off-page optimization.

  Read 12 Methods to Obtain Backlinks

• 

  Hello Super Summer – New tutorial on AREA 1

  A tutorial on how to make a nice landscape related to summer.

  Read Hello Super Summer – New tutorial on AREA 1

• 

  How To Have Success With A Niche Blog

  Today, I will talk about how to have success with a niche blog. I will tell you a few things about what is a niche blog, how to choose the right niche, a few basic things that you need to know about niche blogs and what you need to do to have succes with your niche blog.

  Read How To Have Success With A Niche Blog

• 

  WordPress SEO – 6 basic tips for better SEO

  I will talk to you about Search Engine Optimization for Wordpress. What most people don’t realize is that, WordPress is Google friendly, the problem is that some WordPress Themes actually interface with search engines … not WordPress itself. Here is the list of 6 tips that will help you rank better in Google. This tips won’t guarantee you first page rankings.

  Read WordPress SEO – 6 basic tips for better SEO

• 

  60 Great Wordpress Themes

  Anybody who has a blog is searching for new themes to suit to their style or just to have a great looking blog. Most of the great themes cost money, some of them are expensive and some of them aren’t. Here is a selection of 60 Wordpress Themes which you can get for free.

  Read 60 Great Wordpress Themes

• 

  City Life

  A tutorial presenting how can you make an urban photo collage in Adobe Photoshop.

  Read City Life

• 

  60 Layout Design Tutorials

  In this post I gathered 60 layout design tutorials, from which you can learn how to make your own website design.

  Read 60 Layout Design Tutorials

• 

  Abstract Coloring

  In this tutorial, I will show you how can you achieve a nice image following some simple steps.

  Read Abstract Coloring

• 

  Valentine’s Day Tutorials & Resources

  Since Valentine’s Day is coming closer and closer I thought to gather some of the tutorials & resources around the internet.

  Read Valentine’s Day Tutorials & Resources

• 

  Hulk – New Style

  A tutorial showing you how to make a retro poster with Hulk in Adobe Photoshop. (can be adapted for other images)

  Read Hulk – New Style

• 

  Creating & Decorating A 3D Text

  In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a nice 3D text and how to decorate it – Video Tutorial

  Read Creating & Decorating A 3D Text

• 

  218 Fonts Pack

  There are 218 fonts in this pack, available for download.

  Read 218 Fonts Pack

• 

  Creating Some Nice Effects

  Creating a nice background & some nice lighting effects around an object. (ex: a girl) – Video Tutorial

  Read Creating Some Nice Effects

• 

  Making Some Special Lights

  I’m explaining how to make a decorative effect that makes a lovely background. – Video Tutorial

  Read Making Some Special Lights

• 

  How To Create A Doomed World

  I’m explaining how to create a nice image presenting a doomed world. – Video Tutorial

  Read How To Create A Doomed World

I would like to say thanks to all visitors and subscribers and KEEP VISITING US, new things are on their way.

Don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS feed if you want to be the first who receives the latest posts on AREA 1, follow us on Twitter if you want to receive great links everyday or become a fan on Facebook! Remember that YOU can also write a guest post on AREA 1 and get 1 MONTH OF ADVERTISING!

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1 Year of AREA 1

• 60 Layout design tutorials, article with 31653 views;
• 60 Great Free Wordpress Themes, article with 24614 views;
• City Life, tutorial with 24102 views;
• Abstract Coloring, tutorial with 21948 views;
• Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes, article with 19880 views.

Latest Posts on AREA 1:

• Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes
• Bookmarks of August
• Go Online with WebHostingSearch.com
• Over 500 Layout Design Tutorials
• 62 Wallpapers from Space

Don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS feed if you want to be the first who receives the latest posts on AREA 1, follow us on Twitter if you want to receive great links everyday or become a fan on Facebook! Remember that YOU can also write a guest post on AREA 1 and get 1 MONTH OF ADVERTISING!

Popular Posts on favSHARE:

• Extremely Simple Way To Display Delicious Counts For Wordpress Users;
• Inspiration Dose – Issue 1;
• One Year PRO ACCOUNT Giveaway from Upload Robots;
• Good Advice to Increase your Site’s Speed;
• Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes.

Latest Posts on favSHARE:

• 40+ Creative Business Card Designs that will Inspire You
• A Discovery Into 30 Beautiful And Inspirational Korean Websites Design
• Create Your Own Vintage Photoshop Brushes
• 210+ Fresh and Free Seamless Patterns
• 33 Wordpress Plugins To Power Up Your Comment Section

There are 483 more shared articles on this website. Go and take a look, I’m pretty sure that you’ll find many interesting links!

If you don’t know what favSHARE.net is about, you can read about here:

• favSHARE.net – 2 weeks since it’s online;
• favSHARE.net – Share your favorite articles.

Go and subscribe to favSHARE.net or follow @favSHARE on Twitter if you want to be the first who receives the shared articles.

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Bookmarks of September

• 60 Layout design tutorials, article with 25130 views;
• City Life, tutorial with 22497 views;
• 60 Great Free Wordpress Themes, article with 20949 views;
• Abstract Coloring, tutorial with 20302 views;
• Hulk – New Style, tutorial with 12475 views.

Latest Posts on AREA 1:

• Go Online with WebHostingSearch.com
• Over 500 Layout Design Tutorials
• 62 Wallpapers from Space
• 60 Websites to promote your articles on
• 12 Methods to Obtain Backlinks

Don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS feed if you want to be the first who receives the latest posts on AREA 1, follow us on Twitter if you want to receive great links everyday or become a fan on Facebook! Remember that YOU can also write a guest post on AREA 1 and get 1 MONTH OF ADVERTISING!

Popular Posts on favSHARE:

• Do you need a invoicing software?;
• 9 Tips to Promote your Web Development Business;
• The (almost) ultimate members page in WordPress;
• Designing and Developing for the Target Audience;
• Things to Consider When Choosing Font for your Website.

Latest Posts on favSHARE:

• Simple Tips to Improve your Web Accessibility
• 30+ Beautiful Menus Examples
• Good Advice to Increase your Site’s Speed
• 30+ Remarkable Adobe Illustrator Tutorials
• Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In August

There are 280 more shared articles on this website. Go and take a look, I’m pretty sure that you’ll find many interesting links!

If you don’t know what favSHARE.net is about, you can read about here:

• favSHARE.net – 2 weeks since it’s online;
• favSHARE.net – Share your favorite articles.

Go and subscribe to favSHARE.net or follow @favSHARE on Twitter if you want to be the first who receives the shared articles.

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Bookmarks of August

If you didn’t read that post, here’s another chance to find out what is favSHARE.net about.

The purpose of favSHARE.net is to gather the best articles around the web, mostly related to web/graphics/blogging. All the articles are hand-picked by us to ensure the highest quality.

favSHARE.net can be used to submit your favorite articles and share them with the whole internet. All the articles will be shared on Twitter too. Sharing you articles on favSHARE.net is a good method for you to obtain links & visitors. All what you have to do is enter the website and favSHARE your article.

favSHARE.net in just 2 weeks since it’s online gathered 101 posts! 8 days ago, when I’ve published the article where I told you that I’ve launched favSHARE.net, favSHARE.net had only 38 post.

Here’s a list with some of the posts that I like most:

• How to have success with a niche blog
• 60 Great Free Wordpress Themes
• 30 Essential Tools for Web Designers
• 30 WordPress Development Tutorials
• 80+ Must-Read Design Blogs to Enhance your Creativity and your Career
• 10 JavaScript Quick Tips and Best Practices
• 50 Free Social Twitter Resources and Icon Sets: Huge List
• 20+ High-Quality Free Fonts for Retro and Vintage Design
• Display Tweets With PHP/Ajax: Ptwix
• MyInkTrail: Best of the Design Community June 2009
• 35 Unbelievable Smoke-Themed Designs and Tutorials
• Creative Bookmarks: Best of June 2009
• 250+ RSS Feeds For Every Graphic, Web Designers & Bloggers To Subscribe At
• 9 Must-do Wordpress SEO Tips that you might have missed
• 10 Principles Of Navigation Design And Why Quality Navigation Is So Critical
• 10 Useful CSS/JS-Coding Solutions For Web-Developers
• 200+ Paper Brushes for Photoshop
• 12 Essential Wordpress Plugins And Why They’re Useful
• 45 Mega Free Social Icon Sets
• 247 Web Usability Guidelines By Userfocus
• 300+ Excellent Photoshop Brushes for Creating Painted Effects
• 23 Indispensible Ajax and Javascript Cheat Sheets
• 30 Essential Twitter Tutorials for Newbies and Experts
• 30 Beautiful Wood Inspired Websites and 200+ “Woody” Resources
• 60+ Free Fonts for Big, Bold and Beautiful Headlines
• Ultimate Collection of 40+ jQuery Tutorials and Resources
• 13 Steps to a Successful Website Launch
• 33 Promising Web Development And Social Network Firefox 3.5 Plugins
• 3 Simple Ways To Increase Your Visitors, 40 Places to Spread Your Articles
• Design Your Own Icons – 25 Tutorials and Articles Designers MUST Have
• 40 Extravagant Surreal and Fantasy Scenes Photoshop Tutorials
• Perform Better With AdSense: The Ultimate Round-Up
• StumbleUpon FAQ, Guides, Tools, Addons And Scripts
• Animate Curtains Opening with jQuery
• All About Floats
• Create A Wordpress Theme: setting the working environment
• 15 Websites for jQuery Enthusiast and Addicts
• The Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials of all Time
• The Roadmap To Becoming A Professional Freelance Web Designer
• The Snazzy Web: Four Trends in Innovative Web Design
• 10 Tips for Promoting Your Blog Offline
• Essential Wordpress Hacks to BOOST your Blog
• 36 Color Gradient Sets For Photoshop and Resource Sites: Part 1
• How to Create A Facebook Fan Page for Your Website/Blog/Brand
• Hello Super Summer – New tutorial on AREA 1
• Beautiful Gradient Effects On Web design – Research: Part 2
• Top 20 Earning Web Design Websites
• Textures Toolbox: 80+ Texture Resources for Designers
• CSS 3 Cheat Sheet (PDF)

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favSHARE.net – 2 Weeks Since It’s Online

Here’s a small quote from the article:

Sava Razvan over at Area 1 who writes an excellent post outlining the steps for creating a successful niche blog. With the web being saturated with new content daily, Sava’s advice here is not only timely, but a well drawn blue-print for building a successful local niche blog.
Congratulations Sava!

Website: http://www.area1.info
Article: How to have success with a niche blog

You can go and read more about the Carnival of Social Media – The Stars & Stripes Edition.

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Best Post At Carnival of Social Media – The Stars & Stripes Edition

The purpose of favSHARE.net is to gather the best articles around the web, mostly related to web/graphics/blogging. All the articles are hand-picked by us to ensure the highest quality.

favSHARE.net can be used to submit your favorite articles and share them with the whole internet. All the articles will be shared on Twitter too. Sharing you articles on favSHARE.net is a good method for you to obtain links & visitors. All what you have to do is enter the website and favSHARE your article.

At this moment there are 38 submitted articles, but the number is in continue growing. Our target is to publish at least 10 new posts everyday.

If you want to be the first who receives the articles posted on favSHARE.net, go and subscribe to favSHARE.net or follow @favSHARE on Twitter.

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