Web-based and Business Websites

ABOUT.COM

The website about.com gives the internet users a web-based consumer services. It gives service to the user through the free access to information of what they are looking for. Basically, it is the same as Google Search because it allows the users to type in keywords that will lead them to what they want to know. On the side of the sponsors, the website gives service to them through the specific interests of the customers or what the customers are searching for. It makes money through the ads that they flash in the site. The diagram of the exchange of goods and services in about,com is shown below:

The user pays for the service through the views that they make to the website and the interest data that they are searching. This will give the site a higher position in search engines. About.com will then forward the interest data to the advertisers. This will give about.com money. It will then return to the users the search results of what they are looking for.

In the screen shot of about.com below, you can see that big portions of it are devoted for the information that user needs and up selling for users as well. You can also see advertisements in the website. These ads are ones sponsoring the site.

PRICEGRABBER.COM

The website pricegrabber.com is under the e-commerce business website because it sells things without the help of humans. It can operate all by itself. You can also sell your own belongings to the site. The site is easy to use because the items they are selling are categorized with their respective types. It is easily seen in pricegrabber.com that it is an e-commerce website because you can see immediately see the price of each item once you visit the site. Reviews from different people are also seen in this site for the assurance of the possible buyer.

The site is a simple site with not much color in it. It basically gives customers immediately what the purpose of their site, which is to sell. You can see on the screen shot below that the majority space was for the users, which includes the prices of the specific item he/she is searching. You can also see some advertisements, which sponsor the website. It also provides users some reviews about the products they are searching for. These reviews are posted by different people around the world who bought the item in the site or in the other sellers.

Schedules fixed and so with work

Our class just started last June 16 and it was just now that I finalized my schedule..I so love my schedule because of so many breaks and mind you, I will just go to school four times a week..I don't have class during wednesdays, saturdays and of course, Sunday..My schedule during Mondays and Thursdays are quite hectic cause I have 5 subjects during those times.. The start of my class is 7:30am and it ends on 6pm..Quite hectic but i still love it because I enjoy schedules like that..While on tuesday and fridays, I only have 2 subjects and it starts on (am and ends on 12pm..After that no class!!

This schedule only means that I will have a lot of time for my work..My work online..I am writing articles for an outsourcing company..So far, I still like my work becuase it is not a burden in my studies..If ever it will be, I will immediately resign from it..:))

Ok thanks for now..I know no one's reading my article but it's fine with me coz I get to have the privacy that i want.. Adios!

Since I am an Information Technology student, I need to know how to edit photos in photoshop and I need to know how to design a website..Those were the two things which I want to know now to fulfill my self satisfaction..
I've never imagine myself doing some web sites long ago but now that I am quite interested in it, the feeling that I really want to know how is seriously bugging in my mind. I really want to learn that but I don't how or where or start..Can somebody please give me some tips on how am I going to start web designing? I really want to learn that..infact, I am planning to take a crash course in web designing when my sembreak comes..
The next thing that I feel and i want to learn is about photoshop..I wanted to learn how to edit images..The second thing why I want to study(Can I really study it or it comes with skills?) photoshop is that it will be one of my subjects on the next school year.. If I ill learn this, It will just be very easy for me to pass the subject becuase I already know so things about it..If I will be able to learn it all by myself..
These things really drive me crazy for now because I really really really want to learn it..Is there somebody there to help me?? I would be very thankful if you will help me..It would be a pleasure.. :)

Long time no Blog

It was sooo years ago since I last wrote something in this blog..While pondering on things today, I remembered this blog. So, I decided to write down some these in this blog today. First, the start of this year (2010), all I thought, was so good..but i was wrong. Many things happened. To start of, my family had to go to another place because our house(which we rented to my aunt for almost 8 years) will undergo renovation. It was just ok for me at first because all i thought, i would enjoy living in another place. But now, as i live to our current house, i can't wait to transfer to another house! the problem is our house now will be our house forever! I mean, it was ok for me to live in a house like this but I hope that in the near future we would be able to fix the things that need to be fixed in it. I wish we could have more space for our belongings..
It was during those times that I was very depressed. Why? because of our dogs. Some might not feel what i was feeling during those times..the feeling of loneliness and pity for the dogs..Imagine, I was with them during my childhood days. They were part of those good times and bad times in my life. i was with them for about 8 years..They were like my sisters..I would try to tell to you what really happened to them..It was May 1 in the afternoon when we got them from our old house. While we were in our new house, they were in the old house because we can't find a place for them. They were in the old house for almost 2 weeks. We soo love them that we gave them their meals even if they were in that house. We cant leave them just like that..Then, my mom so love the dog just like how much i love them so on May 1, we got them from there. They were so dirty so we decided to clean them..I was so happy at that time..holding their bodies and all that..May2 came and I went out to MOA and watch the mall show of my favorite artist, Johan Santos..I already got home at 9pm..When i got home, I curious why I haven't seen the two dogs so i asked my mother.. She told me that they're gone..I was shocked..It was like there, yesterday, i saw them and I was very happy yesterday but, After I heard it, I started to cry..
That night, I wasn't able to fall asleep..Whenever I tried to sleep, my thoughts about where are our dogs, are they ok things always got into my mind..I would never forget them and i swear i won't attempt to get a dog again..Becuase I know that if again, I would have a dog and that situation comes again, I would blame myself for not having enough courage to save them..
So there, I just wish that the following months would bring me good luck..I should now finish writing these things..I will try again to write a blog maybe tomorrow or if I'm not busy in school or work(part-time)..K, see you again bloggy!!