Recently I was registering on a lot of social bookmarking web sites. Yes, it has something to do with me working on web site promotion and SEO/SEM. No, I am not disclosing any secrets here - yet.

What struck me as I was filling out form by form is how all those social web sites treat your information. Some of them post in large print that your information will NOT be shared. Another one (namely Blinklist) pushed some ads, some “Get Free Something” bait and switch offers and after declining - some more in-between advertising pages. Another one (Simpy) sent me three confirmation e-mails. The whole point of all three was: 1) to promote Simpy Firefox Add-on (first e-mail), 2) to welcome new user (that’s the one I expected) and 3) to promote Simpy blog widget. Why would I have to get all this junk in my mail box - beats me.

If anyone from those web sites can hear me, here’s my statement: if you want me back on those sites - get rid of these techniques. Now.

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My girlfriend and I finally had a chance to make couple of little photo shoots. I am no pro, but there were couple of images definitely worth sharing. Generally, I don’t post my girlfriends’ photos online, but who can resist passionate and thorough persuasion of this beauty?

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