0 7 Websites to download free Music for Commercial Use

You have created a cool video with some nice photographs which were personally shot by you and also added some of your favorite music tracks as a background. You have uploaded it in Youtube and are getting good views, you planned for monetizing it with Youtube Partner program but they simply rejected saying copy protected music used.

You might have also created a video with few of your tour images or your wedding pictures. Are also planning to add some background music? Then wait don’t be in a hurry you might end up in copyright claims over the music. People simply take their favorite movie song or a private album song and add them as background score to their videos. It is ok as far as you use it in your home or in your personal computer but if you want to share it online then you have to wait.

To upload a video with some copy protected song online is not so dangerous until the copyright holder reports or complains against your usage. But most of the times you are safe but when you upload the song to YouTube and want to monetize it then you are in problem. You have to be far from the YouTube partner program which many really hate.

So now do you want to get some background song which is not copy protected and even can be used for commercial purpose then you can get them in the following sites.

Audionautix: 

All the audio clips found on Audionautix are released under Creative Commons license 3.0. You can use these audio clips for commercial purposes but the only requirement is that you have to give credit to Audionautix website. You have variety of categories or genre to choose from; you can preview the clip by clicking it and if you like it, right click the clip and select ‘save as’ to save it to your desktop. You are free to add this music to your video but don’t forget giving credits to Audionautix.

Dig ccmixter: 

This site has some free music for commercial use. As soon as you click for the license it says you already have the permission but the requirement is simple the work of the artist has to be given proper credits for using. This site doesn’t have 10 or 20 tracks but it has more than 3000 music tracks to choose from. So you can be rest assured to get your favorite music track to give your video a feel good experience.

Sampleswap: 

This website offers many music tracks which are all free to use even for your commercial use. This site has also got songs or music tracks which are not fit for commercial use. User has the option to easily demarcate the commercial and non commercial music with the Creative Commons licenses logos posted for each and every song. So keep an eye on a music track before you download see that you choose a song which can be used for commercial purpose. You can contact the artist for any doubts regarding the usage, but no specific mention of giving credits but it will be better if we link back so that Youtube knows we are using a free music fit for commercial use.

Purple-planet: 

This site too offers some of the finest music along with some horror genre in particular and you can use them all for free. If you don't give a link back to the site Youtube will disable your video so give a credit before you use any of their songs. You can also request remix version or slightly modified versions of the music provided by them. But why to waste time just browse through their site which has got many genre to choose from.

Danosongs: 

This website is created by Dan-O who posts his original music work. He has provided them royalty free and you can use them for free by giving some credits. You also have a option to donate 10 dollars and to use the music without any credits. He mentioned that all his music can be used for both personal or commercial use. So listen to some of his works before you add music to your videos you might end up in some cool tracks.

Pacdv: 

Are you looking for some royalty free sound effects then your search ends here. Pacdv has got some really awesome sound effects which can be used in your videos or multimedia productions. They only restricted not to sell or re-license the sounds. You are not supposed to give a download link of the sound files hosted in their server apart from that you can use them in your videos.

Sonnyboo: 

Sonnyboo has nearly 40 music tracks which can be used all for free. Only condition to use these songs is you have to credit to the owner and writer of the songs, Peter John Ross. As these songs are royalty free you need not send any mails to the owner asking for the permission after you give credits to his work.

Aren't these sites cool you have the music and also rights to make some bucks so next time when you are creating a video for monetizing it in YouTube don't forget to use the above sites.

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0 Adsense introduces another new Ad unit 970x90

Adsense has been rapidly growing strong and strong, previously it had launched 300x600 Ad unit which has already been implemented by many webmasters. Now they have announced a new ad format to their range mainly to attract new brands. This new ad unit has the specs of 970x90 which is said to be as a brand friendly unit. Adsense team also said that this ad unit now shows only text ads which are organized in 4 columns which later can accommodated full length banner ads.

They have asked their publishers to implement this unit properly for the benefit of both publishers and advertisers. If you want to give any feedback on the new ad format you can do so in their AdSense +page. They have also mentioned that the limit for the ad units will remain 3 as per their TOS. So if you are planing to implement this unit then you need to drop one of your poor performing ad unit. See the below image to get an idea of how the ad unit looks like which is posted in the Adsense Blog.

Suggestions for placement of this Ad Unit:

Since this is a very large unit you have very few options to implement the unit. I believe the first place for better performance of the ad unit will be above the header which can draw attention of the users immediately as they open the webpage. Second suggested place would be just below the header after the navigation bar as it too gets enough attention. Third probable placement would be just above the footer area which might just perform on an average basis.See the below image to get a clear idea on suggestions for the placement of 970x90 Ad Unit.

So do you feel any other place is best for this ad unit then just comment below with your thoughts. Happy earnings.

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0 20 Facts you need to know about Google

Google the search engine giant has grown enormously over the years. This search engine is the worlds top visited website and it ranks one leaving Facebook on the second place. Though many use Google to check whether their net connection is working or not still it has something to brag about. Google not only  has created employment opportunities but it also helps many people around the world through their Adsense program. I just collected some interesting facts which really are fun to know about.

1. Off to a bad start

Though Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google, they did not get off to the best start. When Page was considering joining Stanford, Brin was assigned to give him a tour and some say they disagreed about almost everything the first they met.

2. As a research project:

Google was started as a research project created by the then Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. Page and Brin were 24 years old and 23 years old respectively.

3. Started as BackRub

It may be hard for some to think of a search engine other than Google, but the search behemoth did not begin with that name. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both with computer science degrees from Stanford, started their search engine, it was called BackRub. This search engine was operated from the servers of Stanford only, but soon took up more bandwidth than anticipated.

4. Initial funding from Sun Co-Founder:

As a start-up, Google needed money and Andy Bechtolsheim, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, understood the potential of their venture. He wrote a cheque of $100,000 for Google Inc, a company that had not yet been formed. Soon, Larry Page and Sergey Brin got their company registered as Google Inc.

5. First employee:

In 1998, Craig Silverstein, another computer science graduate from Stanford, became the first employee of Google. A year later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin recruited their first non-engineering employee - Omid Kordestani for sales.

6. Name was by accident:

Larry Page and Sergey Brin showed their geeky side while renaming the search engine they had incepted. They chose a pun on the numerical entity googol, which means 1 followed by 100 zeros. This figure represents the duo's aim to organise a huge amount of data on the internet.

7. Poor HTML knowledge:

The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.

8. I am feeling Lucky:

The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.

9. Gives 20% time for their employees on their own project:

Employees are encouraged to use 20% of their time working on their own projects. Google News, Orkut are both examples of projects that grew from this working model.

10. First Ever Company Snack :

Back in February, 1999, the chewy candy known as "Swedish Fish" became the first ever company snack (not counting beverages) that was ordered into the Google office. Now a days there are many snacks offered.

11. Google Logo Was Not Centered Until 2001:

Google's famously sparse homepage is considered a classic design in the online world. The Google logo, however, wasn't actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001.

12. Google's First Ever Tweet:

Google's first ever Twitter post was as satisfyingly geeky as you could hope for. The message, sent in February 2009, reads "I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010."

For anyone not fluent in binary, here's a hint — it's a well known phrase from the company's homepage. Got it? Yep, it reads: "I'

13. No Submit button:

At first, there was not even a "submit" button. Users had to hit the "return" key to generate a Google search.

14. Page Rank:

Google's search technology is called PageRank (tm). It assigns an "importance" value to each page on the Web and gives it a rank. But that is not why the technnology is called PageRank. In fact, it is named after Google co-founder Larry page.

15. Did you mean:

One of the biggest leap in search usage came about when they introduced their much improved spell checker giving birth to the “Did you mean…” feature. This instantly doubled their traffic, but they had some interesting discussions on how best to place that information, as most people simply tuned that out. But they discovered the placement at the bottom of the results was the most effective area.

16. Translators:

Google has the largest network of translators in the world

17. Advance Preference:

They use the 20% / 5% rules. If at least 20% of people use a feature, then it will be included. At least 5% of people need to use a particular search preference before it will make it into the ‘Advanced Preferences’.

18. Gmail actual birth:

Gmail was used internally for nearly 2years prior to launch to the public. They discovered there was approximately 6 types of email users, and Gmail has been designed to accommodate these 6.

19. Google Is Dog-Friendly but not cat:

Google is a super dog-friendly company. It proudly names "company dogs," like Yoshka (described as a "free-range Leonberger") pictured below. Yoshka accompanies Urs Holzle, senior VP operations and Google Fellow to the Googleplex. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring their dogs to the office.

According to Google's "Dog Policy", one indiscretion too many on the Google carpets, or aggressive behavior, means Lassie will have to stay at home in the future. Strong bladdered and friendly canines are more than welcome across the campus.

20. First-ever doodle

Google marks special occasions with a redesigned iteration of its logo on its search home page called doodle. Over the years, they have acquired a following of their own and are widely lauded for their creativity. However, not many know how that first doodle was not a result of an innovation. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had gone to attend the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada and left a drawing in honour of the event to let users know of their absence in case of a server breakdown.

Aren't the facts interesting do you know any of such facts then share your views as comments below.

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0 Amazon to expand its Appstore in 200 countries

Amazon has launched its appstore containing various apps for Google Android operating system on March 22nd 2011. It has launched with 3800 apps both free and paid versions in countries like US, UK, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. Now Amazon is planning to expand its store for 200 more countries including India, Australia, Brazil Canada etc. 

Amazon apps web store is famous for its free app a day feature where it gives off its users a free app each day. Most of the free apps include mostly games and it also gave Ad free version of Angry birds on its launch. App developers can submit their apps after the launch in all these countries. For developers who want to monetize their apps means earn money from their apps have to go through a lengthy process submitting Tax identification number etc to get approved. Only available options to price your apps is in Canadian dollars or Brazil Reels.

Amazon is also ready with its virtual currency called Amazon coins which will be used to buy apps. Should wait and see how this app store expansion going to hit the market.

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4 YouTube Crosses billion user mark

YouTube which is world's largest video sharing website created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim and later acquired by Google now crosses 1 Billion active user mark. Last year Mark Zukerberg too posted that Facebook got 1 billion active users. You can read the news article below which I have got it from AFP. YouTube has over 4 billion videos viewed a day. 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US

In a blog post, the YouTube team noted that nearly one out of every two people on the Internet visits the website, which has grown into a global hit since launching in 2005.

"If YouTube were a country, we'd be the third largest in the world after China and India," the team said.

"PSY and Madonna would have to repeat their Madison Square Garden performance in front of a packed house 200,000 more times. That's a lot of Gangnam Style," it added referring to the South Korean rapper and American pop singer.

Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion and has yet to disclose whether the service has turned a profit.

YouTube has gradually added professional content, such as full-length television shows and movies to its vast trove of amateur video offerings in a bid to attract advertisers.

YouTube confirmed early this year that its evolution as an Internet stage for video may include subscriptions to content that creators expect people would pay to watch.

"We have long maintained that different content requires different types of payment models," a YouTube spokesman told.

"There are a lot of our content creators that think they would benefit from subscriptions, so we're looking at that."

YouTube's layout showcasing television-style channels sets the stage for film or television studios to create pay channels on the service.

The video-sharing service says it is trying to "marry the best of TV and the best of online."

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0 Amit Bhawani does a new experiment again

Amit Bhawani a Hyderabad blogger who is famous for his tech blog amitbhawani.com has modified his home page with a question and answer script. Amit Bhawani is not a new name in the blogosphere, he is in lime light from quite a long time for his six figure income and he is followed by many people. He currently runs 3 firms offering various services like Web hosting, SEO based services etc.

He got great authority in the online world as his recommendations turn out be some of the best sellers. He also posted that 1st month his Amazon affiliates account got 581 products ordered through his links. Of course he doesn't use a single blog to promote his affiliate links. He promotes them through his network of blogs which are over 50 running on different niche.

Amit is famous for doing some bold experiments, long back he renamed his blog to techadvices and had suffered a serious drop in his traffic and had to switch back to his original domain. Now he has modified his home page with a question and answer script but is not active though. We should wait and see what Amit is set to do with the new make over. The signup and sign in links point to his tech blog which runs in a different folder of his domain. Only information which we get from his home page is about the template which is being designed by templatic.

New and Modified look of amitbhawani(dot)com

Previous look of amitbhawani(dot)com

Recently he also posted a list of gadgets to be sold which were bought by him and sent as a gift by various companies for writing review in his blog. Though that post helped him with few sales, he removed the post after few days.

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0 Digg to build a reader to replace Google reader

The news about Google shutting down its reader created much fuzz over the net. I have read many articles indicating alternatives for Google reader. There has also been some petitions about saving Google reader by few sites. One site that got its attention is change.org which already crossed 100,000 signature mark within 48 hours of  its submission. Their is also a site being created for saving Google reader called keepgooglereader.com which has been started on 13th march 2013. They said if Google is not interested in keeping the reader alive then at least make the script open source so that they could run their own readers. Mean while one of the famous social bookmarking site Digg which had a make over few months back has announced that they are going to build an alternative for Google reader. Digg has officially announced this news in their blog that they are building a reader. They also got a heavy response and there have been 700 plus comments already posted.

They said they already had a project on building a reader but now this project became their top priority as soon as Google announced its news on shutting down reader. Below are few lines posted in their blog

We’ve heard people say that RSS is a thing of the past, and perhaps in its current incarnation it is, but as daily (hourly) users of Google Reader, we’re convinced that it’s a product worth saving. So we’re going to give it our best shot. We’ve been planning to build a reader in the second half of 2013, one that, like Digg, makes the Internet a more approachable and digestible place. After Google’s announcement, we’re moving the project to the top of our priority list. We’re going to build a reader, starting today.

There are already plenty of Google reader alternatives like Netvibes, Newsblur, Feedly, FeedReader, and Bloglines. We have to wait and see whether Digg could reach the expectations of its fans. Will it be able to create a good and most comprehensive reader?

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