Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 Dear Friends,
 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you and your families, friends, and business partners! May the upcoming year bring you millions of opportunities to make your lives and lives of your families, colleagues, friends, and neighbors better, happier and more enjoyable. We wish you the best of health, wealth, good luck and prosperity for the year to come.

It has been lots of fun working with all of you over the last year. We hope to continue working with you on existing and new projects that you will undoubtedly start in the coming 2013.

Yours very sincerely,
WorksForWeb team members

Winter Holiday Sale 2012

This year, we are hosting a traditional Christmas and New Year sale. The discount campaign will start on 20 December and will finish on the New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2012.  For details, please visit our Winter Holiday Sale page.

Release of v.6.1.2 WorksForWeb Classifieds Software

WorksForWeb team announces a new release of all its classifieds software products - http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/. The version 6.1.2 includes new features and addons, as well as some minor enhancements and bugfixes.

Please check out the most significant improvements and additions:

• A new PDF Export Module;
• An enhanced Banner Management Addon;
• An ability to edit the design.css file via the admin panel;
• A new sort field value option for all levels of tree-type fields; and
• A number of minor enhancements and improvements.

To learn more about the new release, improvements and additions, please read our official release publication. Try the v.6.1.2 on one of the online demos:

• Real Estate Script
• Auto Classified Script 
• General Classified Script 
• Bike Software 
• Pet Script 

Do you want to try the software in action on your server? Feel free to install a fully-functional free trial copy on your own website.

Ideas? Questions? Suggestions? Please contact our Sales Team for additional information or your project requirements, and we will be more than happy to help.

We're 7 Years Old!

December 5, 2012 WorksForWeb Celebrates the 7th Anniversary of its Foundation

Dear customers and colleagues! Having turned seven, we have covered a long journey together with our loyal friends and colleagues. It has been fun, and we really appreciate your being with us. We thank you for your support, feedback, and contribution to making our products better every day!


With best regards,
The WorksForWeb Team

Gmail Users Can Send Up To 10GB

Today Google announced that Gmail users can attach and send up to 10GB of files hosted on Google Drive directly from the Gmail client. It is 400 times larger than a traditional attachment.

The mechanics of email attachments was not actually changed. Gmail client saves the file in the user's Google Drive storage space. So when the user sends the attached file, he or she ends up sending a pointer to where the file resides in Google's cloud, a URL. Message recipients can then access the file, using the emailed URL to download it from Google Drive or simply to view it in a browser.

This feature will only be available in the new compose page.

Facebook May Create Classified Ads

It is said that Facebook is considering a new classified ad service for jobs, apartments and item sales. This service will differ from Facebook Marketplace. Creating new classifieds listings could put Facebook in direct competition with Craigslist.

User’s advertisements will be shown up in friends' news feeds but would only target users who meet specific criteria (e.g., those who live in Jacksonville where there's a house for sale). Users could also add photos and links to these ads. The same sorts of things offer Craigslist.

The new classified ad service could drive user interaction and page loads, and might even lead people to share more information about themselves in order to improve the quality of ads that reach them.

Arabic Language File Is Updated For iLister Classified Software

The Arabic lang file for iLister classifieds software - http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/iLister/ was updated and modified.

Feel free to request this language file from the Support Department by opening a ticket and providing your installation URL. Please visit the Language page to learn more about languages available for iLister classifieds script.

EBay Updates Website to Be More Personal

eBay, the biggest classified portal, which now has 350 million product listing, has redesigned its home and product pages, search functionality and payments. The idea is to make the eBay experience more personalized for consumers.

The biggest change is a news feed driven home page that displays big product pictures that are selected for a user based on their interests and past shopping behavior. Users can edit their interests for the news feed and look for particular products, which will be reflected in their home page.

The product pages now feature bigger product images, less clutter and more information up top. Users can easily link their PayPal account to their eBay account to enable one-click purchases, instead of the four-step check-out process in place now. EBay’s search experience has also been updated to provide better relevancy and more rankings and more consistent navigation from page to page.

New SMSCoin Payment Gateway Addon

WorksForWeb introduces a new module that enables website owners to accept payments for all classifieds website services via SMS. The SMSCoin Payment Gateway Addon is available for all Worksforweb Classifieds software packages v.6.0 and above. SMSCoin supports hundreds of mobile phone operators from 98 countries worldwide. Payments via SMS are an easy, quick, and secure way to pay for classifieds services. More information on this module can be found on the SMSCoin Payment Gateway Addon page.

Our Sales team is always ready to answer any questions you have and respond to any feedback regarding this or other features.

WebMoney Payment Gateway Addon Is Now Available

The WebMoney Payment Gateway Addon is now available for all Classified Software products from WorksForWeb.

This solution is developed specifically for the Russian and CIS customers. This module is for website owners willing to accept payments from customers in Roubles, USD, EURO and other currencies. Learn more about the WebMoney Payment Gateway Addon.

Please contact our Sales Team for additional information.

Hiding Credit System, Now Free!

WorksForWeb Customization Department has developed a custom patch to be applied towards the default version of all our classifieds software products, which “hides” the credit system on your website. Once this patch is applied, the system of credits is no longer visible on your website.

Your users will have to make separate payments for listing activation, and for every paid feature of your website directly through one of the available payment gateways. Auto-extension of subscription and listings(automatic renewals) will not work once the patch is applied. Find out more about the patch.

If you have any questions, please contact our Sales Department for more information.

Customizations and Custom Solutions for WorksForWeb Classified Software

Classified software by WorksForWeb is not only a platform for your business ads but also other feature scripts that are easy to maintain and adjust depends on your customer targets and business types. WorksForWeb team can create an absolutely unique website based entirely on your needs, thoughts and ideas.

Custom Solutions for WorksForWeb classified software allows each web owner to modify his or her classified website to match the business type. The customizations include easy modifications for payment methods for customers, specific features to spice up the website, single database platform to contain more than one websites and many more. Plus, to cater the needs of customers in countries with specific writing forms such as in Hebrew, Japanese and Arabic, the customizations can include special characters and reading templates (from right to left). Lean more about custom solutions for WorksForWeb classified software.

Release of v.6.1.1 WorksForWeb Classifieds Software

WorksForWeb presents a new version of all classifieds software products - http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/. The new version 6.1.1 includes the following changes and enhancements:

• A brand new website sitemap module; 
• A new module for newsletters and mass email distribution; 
• The ability to delete multiple list-, and tree-type values;
• And a number of other minor enhancements and bugfixes.

Please read our official release publication to learn more about the new release, features, and enhancements. Try the v.6.1.1 on one of the online demos:

• Real Estate Script
• Auto Classified Script 
• General Classified Script 
• Bike Software 
• Pet Script 

Do you want to try the software in action on your server? Feel free to install a fully-functional free trial copy on your own website.

Ideas? Questions? Suggestions? Please contact our Sales Team for additional information or your project requirements, and we will be more than happy to help.

Facebook Is Going To Build Its Own Search Engine

Facebook is planning on trying to destroy Google with its own search engine. Mark Zuckerberg mentioned it in his candid speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt. He was talking about the company's search efforts. Zuckerberg said that Facebook has one billion queries on a daily basis. Facebook has a team of engineers working on improving the search engine.

Google Struggles with Online Copyright Infringement

Google has expanded its blacklist of censored search phrases. Popular keywords from the blacklist will not appear in Google’s Instant and Autocomplete search services, while the pages themselves remain indexed.

There are certain words Google doesn’t want you to see. Google users who search for terms like “utorrent”, “BitTorrent” or “RapidShare” will notice that no suggestions or search results will be shown before they finish typing the full word.

By this action Google is sending out a strong signal that they are committed to combating online copyright infringement.

Mozilla Launched Firefox 15

Mozilla launched Firefox 15 with significant improvements. There is a variety of new features and updates in Firefox 15.

After upgrading to Firefox 15, all future upgrades to the Firefox browser will be conducted automatically without the need for any user action. The new updating feature allows Firefox to automatically download updates to the software, apply the update while the browser is currently in use and load the updated version after the user eventually restarts Firefox.

Support for game creators working with WebGL was improved in Firefox 15.

Mozilla has added a feature that allows a user to switch between a mobile version and Web version of a site more easily.

For users that have installed a large amount of add-ons Mozilla has also optimized Firefox 15. Prior to this update, memory leaks from add-ons would dramatically slow down the browser for users.

Webinar: How Classified Sites Can Rank for Big Keywords

How Classified Sites Can Rank for Big Keywords Webinar will take place on September 5 at 10.00 EST/16.00 Amsterdam Time.

The following topics will be discussed throughout this webinar:

• Finding the right keywords to target;
• Getting those big links;
• Ensuring your site is optimised;
• Common mistakes made by classified sites and how to overcome them.

You may register here.

Yandex.Money Payment Gateway Module Available

WorksForWeb introduces a new module that integrates a famous Yandex.Money service API with all classified software products, including iAuto, iRealty, and iLister. It is a payment processing solution designed specifically for the Russian and CIS customers. This module is mostly requested by and is helpful for the residents of the Russian Federation as all payments are denominated in Russian Rubles (RUR).

Learn more about this addon by reading the Yandex.Money Payment Gateway page. In case you have any questions, please contact our Sales Team.

Real-Money Gambling App On Facebook

A real-cash gambling app has been launched on Facebook. The Bingo Friendzy application was developed by London-based online gambling operator Gamesys. The app allows users aged 18 and over to play games for cash prizes. Only facebook’s members from UK would be able to view the app.

Users will have access to self-help tools to reduce the risk of gambling addiction, including the ability to set spending limits.

Facebook intends to use age-gating technology to ensure under-18s and "vulnerable people" are unable to access the app.

Italian iAuto Lang File Available

An Italian language file for iAuto vehicle classified software has been released  by WorksForWeb.

All lang files are provided as-is absolutely free of charge. For additional info, please visit the iAuto Classifieds Software Language Page.

New Version 6.1.0 of Worksforweb Classified Software

WorksForWeb team presents a new version of its classifieds software - http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/. The new version 6.1.0 is a summer release of all products, with quite a few changes including new features, enhancements and bugfixes.

Here are the most notable modifications:

• Added new Grey themes for iAuto, iRealty and iLister.
• Created a free Image Carousel module to enhance the look and feel of new and old themes.
• Introduced a Recent Tweets module allowing visitors to read your Twitter post without leaving your website.
• Added a Cookie Notice balloon module to comply with the new EU Cookie Law.
• And several other enhancements, improvements and bugfixes, as always...

Please read our official release publication to learn more about the new release, features, and enhancements.

Try the v.6.1.0 on one of the online demos:

• Real Estate Script
• Auto Classified Script 
• General Classified Script 
• Bike Software 
• Pet Script 

Do you want to try the software in action on your server? Feel free to install a fully-functional free trial copy on your own website.

Ideas? Questions? Suggestions? Please contact our Sales Team for additional information or your project requirements, and we will be more than happy to help.

The New LinkedIn Homepage

LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, was redesigned recently. Now the website offers users a cleaner and simpler interface. The new homepage layout includes more social features like Google+ or Facebook. LinkedIn users will be provided with more relevant news and information based on their industry and connections.

The sidebar displays statistical information on your network and other related info like jobs you may be interested in and other people you may know.

There is also a possibility to comment and like posts on LinkedIn Today. A new section “Trending” in Your Network shows news that is currently trending in users' individual networks.

How to Choose and Buy the Best Classified Script

These days, classified scripts are on the wanted lists of many Web entrepreneurs. Thousands and thousands of people all over the world enter search phrases like “the best classified script” and visit dozens of websites hoping to find the script of their dreams. But what exactly should they be looking for?

The best classified website would have a combination of the following: smart architecture, the ability to modify code, high speed of data processing, integration with 3rd party services, carefully designed interface and so on. Read more

Marketing Your Classified Website

By purchasing a classified script you have made your first step towards owning your very own classified website. But what happens next? Website owners usually do not realize what they should do after classified software purchase. This article describes the most important steps that are to be taken in the very beginning.

Promotional Tools of the WorksForWeb Classified Software

Dealers, agents and sellers are always in search of efficient promotional tools to attract potential customers to goods of services they offer. WorksForWeb Classified Software includes some powerful tools to make listings more attractive and this time we will talk about two of them. This article describes two wonderful promotional tools of WorksForWeb Classified Software, Featured Ads and Sponsored Listings.

Can't You Just Fix My Server?

This is a question we come across much too often. Customers are asking for our help in bringing their server to compliance with our server requirements. These requests are all valid, but let us take a closer look at this issue from several standpoints. The article describes various server-related issues classified ad script users face during the installation and provides guidance on how to address and resolve such server environment incompatibilities.

Twitter Represented Its New Hashtag Page

Twitter represented its new hashtag page this weekend.

The first hashtag page is dedicated to Twitter Nascar site. People who are not Twitter users can also view the #NASCAR hashtag page. It looks like Twitter’s version of Facebook Fan Pages. The hashtag landing pages will surface “the most interesting Tweets” using “a combination of algorithms and curation.”

The new hashtag pages are a bit more tailored and nuanced than normal hashtags, presenting more relevant information built from a core group of Twitter users.

This is the next step in Twitter’s attempts to take the website to the next level while riding the line between happy users and happy advertisers.

Upcoming Google Events

BlogWorld in New York, NY June 5-7
BlogWorld is a must-attend social media event (3 days), hosting thousands of attendees from 50+ countries, with more than 200 speakers.

Google Analytics User Conference in Seville, Spain June 14
The event will bring together Marketing and Digital Analytics professionals employing Google Analytics for the optimization of their online business.

Google IO in San Francisco, CA June 27-29
This event is recommended for web, mobile, and enterprise developers building applications with Google. Products and technologies to be featured at I/O include App Engine, Android, Google+, Google Chrome, HTML5, AJAX, Maps and Data APIs, Google TV, and more.

SoLoMo Classified Conference

"Social, Local, Mobile (SoLoMo): Classified Media Strategies" conference will take place in Istanbul, Turkey 7-10 November 2012 for senior executives, sales managers and technology managers, business leaders, operation-level managers, and sales managers.

The Istanbul Conference will deliver three days of dedicated plenary sessions, panels and debates, breakout “Sharing Best Practice” sessions, dedicated workshops and single-disciplinary meetings along with the best networking and local cultural entertainment available. Read more

Google Adds Google+ Features Into Gmail

Google continues to integrate more Google+ features within various products.

Google's developers have modified the web version of gmail client and included more Google+ information within the user interface. It helps to get quick access to contact details. When a user searches for a specific email address in Gmail, the Google+ account associated with the email address will now appear at the top of the search results. It will also include contact details in addition to that person's profile photo and the emails sent from and to them, text or video chat and a phone number.

The development team has also improved circle integration and circle search. When a user selects a circle, profile photos of people in that circle will be displayed at the top right of the page.

The New Bing Is Available

The new Bing is available now on www.Bing.com or at bing.com/new, if you are in the US or can fool your browser into thinking you are.

Bing has united both a “Snapshot” sidebar and a social sidebar into its new look. However now you can only get the social sidebar, as the Snapshot feature is not yet live. It is currently being tested on a small subset of users and should be available soon.

Classified Software V.6.0 Released

WorksForWeb announces a new version release of all WorksForWeb classified software products - http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/.

You can enjoy newly added features and enhancements, including:

• Modular structure of the entire application
• Dramatic improvement of application response times
• Third party feed import module
• Sponsored listings
• Recent listings display
• New listing search options
• Search by listing rating
• Removal of ghost listings
• Import of list-type field values
• Administrator password recovery
• And 100+ other enhancements and minor improvements in code and templates. 

Feel free to test this version of the classified scripts by checking out our online demos:

• Real Estate Script
• Auto Classified Script 
• General Classified Script 
• Bike Software 
• Pet Script 

Also you can easily download a fully-functional free trial copy of our software.

Please, address to the Sales Team to get more information or suggest your ideas.

Green Driving Website Launched By eBay

Online auction giant eBay launches Green Driving website for alternative energy enthusiasts to help promote environmentally friendly cars.

The website dedicated to green car enthusiasts or potential shoppers. Cars are divided into various categories: electric, hybrid, diesel, high mileage gas guzzlers and compressed natural gas with links for cars found on the eBay Motors website.

eBay has partnered with the Department of Energy, using data from fueleconomy.gov to ensure accurate side-by-side comparisons of fuel-economy and information on driving range, estimated vehicle cost, estimated annual costs, and ecological impact.

The Benefits of Using Classifieds Scripts on Real Estate Websites

There are considerable benefits from choosing to use iRealty real estate scripts in the design of real estate websites. The reason that they are relied on in the real estate business on a day-to-day basis is the convenience they offer. Professionals working in the real estate business know how important it is to get regular traffic to the company website. Read more

Website Promotion

We offer you to get general tips of the initial website promotion. Learn:

• How to promote a classified ads website
• What are the first steps and what should you know at the very beginning
• How to register your classified website in search engines and find useful resources to place.

The article is a wonderful store of useful resources for a new-born website promotion initial activity.

Error 404 Day

Today is April 4th which means that it’s 4.04 day. April 4th is the Webmaster's Day!

In the Web Error 404 is a way for web server to return “Page Not Found” when a browser requests a web page that the web server doesn’t have.

We congratulate every web developer, geek and SEO expert!

Google Changed Autocomplete Function

Google has been disabled some of its autocomplete function in Japan after complaints it violates privacy.

Autocomplete is a function on many of Google's search service which uses a mixture of algorithms and stored user data to predict what a person is searching for.

A Japanese man searched for his own name in google. Typing his name google linked him with crimes he hasn’t committed. It was not just a couple of pages. It was at least 10,000 individual results. A search associated him wrongly with crimes committed by a man with the same name.

After the case was arbitrated on 19 March, a Japanese court has ordered Google to suspend its autocomplete search feature as it directed users to potentially false or misleading information.

Pipe: Transfer Up to 1GB of Data on Facebook

Large file transfer will come to Facebook soon. A new app "Pipe" makes it so you can transfer up to 1GB of data on the social network.

Pipe will allow to be transferred from peer-to-peer on the social network. Berlin-based Pipe uses Adobe’s Real Time Media Protocol Flow to slip the file into the recepient’s cache on Facebook or Pipe server space gets occupied. The Adobe tech was designed for Flash or AIR apps to communicate with each other.

Almost 1 billion users of Facebook will get a chance to transfer music selections, games, news and other big pieces of data from friend-to-friend.

'Holy Grail' Microsoft Patch

Microsoft will ship a Patch next week. The Patch is called 'Holy Grail' by one researcher. It contains security updates, only one critical, to patch seven vulnerabilities in Windows and a pair of for-developers-only programs.

One of the important updates will patch bugs that Microsoft confirmed could be exploited by attackers to compromise PCs and plant malware on victimized machines.

Upcoming Google Analytics Events

March 8-9 GAUGE San Francisco, CA, United States
March 21-22 Google Analytics User Conference Amsterdam, Netherlands
March 21-25 SES New York, NY, United States

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Released

RIM has released its Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update. PlayBook OS 2.0 includes a number of features demanded by users ever since the 7-inch tablet made its debut in April 2011. These include:

• built-in email,
• calendar and contacts;
• a variety of new apps;
• social-networking integration with calendar and contacts.

As expected, Research In Motion began pushing out its long-awaited PlayBook software upgrade Feb. 21. Now, a BlackBerry can act as a wireless keyboard and mouse for the PlayBook.

Atlanta 2012 Global Summit

The Atlanta Global Summit will take place in Atlanta, USA 18-21 April 2012. Here you will learn how to monetize the newest technologies on the marketplace from the experts in Innovation, Data Driven Businesses, Mobile, SEO and Social Media.

ICMA members and delegates benefit from the sharing of invaluable information with the worldwide community of classified media professionals.

Country Package for Classifieds Scripts Available

Country Package is now available for the main WorksForWeb classified products (Car Classified Software, Real Estate Script or iLister Classified Script) of 5.4 or 5.5 versions.

This awesome business solution is developed especially for creation of websites for countries others than USA as in default WorksForWeb patterns. Using this service you can orient your website to Australian, Canadian or UK customers.

Please, get detailed information on the Country Package page.

Feel free to contact our Sales Team if you have some questions or comments.