Web Presence Assignment

Setup Your Web Presence:

• Use the online version of this assignment with all the links
• No need to create accounts if you already have them
• GMail
  Send email to dahl at unr.edu from your new account
• Google AdSense
  Signup for a free account - You'll need this for Blogger (see below)
  
• LinkedIn
  Signup for a free account and invite Michael Dahl to be a connection
  Do not post more info than you're comfortable sharing
• Twitter
  Sign up for a free account and follow MichaelDahl
• Blogger Create a free blog
  Create your first post - you're taking SysAdmin and link to it the class website
  Monitize using your AdSense account - may need history to monitize
• Delicious
  Sign up for a free account - bookmark the class website
• bitly.com
  Sign up for a free account - URL shortener
• DropBox
  2GB of free on-line storage + 250MB bonus
• 000webhost Create a free website
  Sites may be deleted after 14 days of no web traffic so make sure you frequently access your site and don't store anything important here unless you have it backed up
  

Part 2

• Setup your homepage (if you have not already done so)
  Create your own or use a sample template: http://www.000webhost.com/templates/
• Add the bitly.com bookmarklet and side bar to Firefox (or your favorite browser)
• Bring up your blog post and use the bitly side bar to post it to your twitter account.
• Add the Delicious bookmarklets to your browser. Use it to bookmark a website.
  You can also install the add-on for Firefox. (optional)
  I use the classic interface which does not sync bookmarks.
• mywot.com Install Web of Trust
  Protect your browser - No need to signup