Links

Take a look at sites that can be considered to be the Dad’s Favorites. Some of these sites you have heard of, some you may never have heard of. I don’t necessarily endorse the content of any of the links on this page.

Bharatbeat – NRI’s with attitude

BharatBeat – This is your community home for  the Global Non-Resident Indian (NRI).  Bharatbeat is on Facebook! Read our Blog!

Facebook Group Site – This is our fan page.

Linked in Group – Professional Networking with Bharatbeat

Data Data and More Data

APP NJ Data Universe     Consumer Data Gathering

Real Estate: For Sale by Owner           Owners

Search Engines

Google – Allows you to set up your own iGoogle start page    or Bing – Microsoft Search Engine

Ask or Answers

Mahalo – Human Powered Search

Blinkx – Video

My Yahoo on Yahoo

AOL

Social and Professional Networking:

Twitter – 140 Character Tweets   or FaceBook

Linked In –  for Professional Networking. If you want to develop a global network of contacts, regardless of what profession you are in, you must create an account here.

Google Orkut (In India)

Ning

Hi5 – User Avatars. This one is new to me.

Streaming Television/DVD/MoviesVideo:

Netflix – I can’t live without my Netflix, with all the originals, movies, this is the best $8 I spend every months.

LocateTV – Find your favorite TV Shows, movies, people on TV, DVD. Above all it’s free. You can even get emails

YouTube – Mother of all video uploads  or Metacafe uStream

Hulu and Fancast

Crackle – Watch TV and movies that you can’t find on Hulu

Images and Photography:

Yahoo Fickr

Photobucket or Google Images

Yahoo Images or Bebo

Blogging

WordPress and/or Blogger

Catalog of Blogs

19 Blogs you should bookmark – From Inc. Magazine

News and Headlines:

Digg or Find Articles or Technorati

Squiddo

Wall Street Journal Online – Selected FREE articles from Wall Street Journal.

Reviews and Opinions:

Epinions or Yelp – As opinionated as I am, I’m becoming more of an yelper than an e-pinionated person!

Shopping/Steals and Deals:

Deals Hunt  She finds (Deals for Women)

Discount Code

eCouponcodes

Keep Cash

Gotta Deal – Why Pay Retail? On-line and retail steals/deals

Shopping Bizrate

PriceGrabber

SlickDeals

Woot

My Bargain Buddy – This site has been featured on TV Shows and you can be a fan on Facebook. New to me and worth a look see. I went to the Deal Blog and I found it to be an amazing source for deals and it’s neatly categorized. This site has been publicized many of the media sources that I frequent.  I’m adding it to my side bar for Steals and Deals.

Coupons!

Retail Me Not  – This is one site that I use as well on my iPhone to find the best deals

Coupon Mom – I’m sure you have seen Coupon Mom on TV. Her money savings ideas are worth the trip to her site..

Wow-Coupons – This is my first stop when I’m in a hurry looking for a coupon (Staples especially). This site has matured to be an excellent site for brick and mortar couponing as well as on-line deals

Job and Career Related:

Monster Careerbuilder Dice

Indeed – Search by Zip Code

Simply Hired SnagAJob

Sologig – Independent Contracting

Employment Digest – News, tips and help for those that are looking for a job or need career guidance

Work Related Blogs – From Forbes list of work related blogs.  If you are looking for a job this is the place to start

Summer Jobs – If you have a teenager in your house who’s looking for a job this summer, the winter time is the best time to start looking for a job.  At this site learn the best job search strategies, developing resumes.

Links for South Asian

South Asian (Indian) Sites

Uncategorized:

Forbes Best of the Web – Start here and you can waste soo much time

Local – Local Businesses

Domain Tools

Doteasy – Domain Hosting

GoDaddy – Domain Registration

Stumble Upon – Find the best of the Web

Mozilla – Firefox, Thunderbird

Free Greeting Cards: Very Amusing/Funny  and  FREE eGreeting Cards

Easier Internet Searching

• iCyte and Evernote are browser add-ins for your IE or Firefox that allow to capture clips from a web page and archivve the information for further research. Both are free. Just create a free account.

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