Rent Your Home!

It’s about time someone is doing something to let people stay in their homes. And this change is because they have no idea what to do with the homes. Here’s what going to happen, Freddie Mac is going to let the people who fail to pay their mortgages rent the home. If you ask me that’s only going to benefit Freddie Mac. That’s because if someone lives there the home won’t fall into disrepair. Plus their getting something for the home. If you ask me the only people that should benefit from this new policy is renters of the property. Because what’s happening is renters are paying their rent on time but the landlord isn’t paying the mortgage. This new policy is well overdue, but now that it’s in place renters can feel a lot better now. As for the owners, they should be kicked to the curb, whether that’s right or wrong, that’s how it needs to be.

Fourth Quarter Loss!

One of my favorite companies to blog about is Yahoo Inc. I think I think to blog about Yahoo is because there’s always so much drama with them. If it’s not their former CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang in the news it’s about something else. It seems that Yahoo can’t stay out of the news. It’s been well over a year and it seems where still talking about Yahoo selling to Microsoft. I really don’t think this deal is ever going to happen. Microsoft really did try to get Yahoo for a steal. And if Yang didn’t chase them away like he did Yahoo would be gone right now. Microsoft would have taken over Yahoo’s search technology and companies other services with their own. Anyway, Yahoo lost a lot of money in the 4th quarter, but they did much better than analysts had expected, which is a good sign. Anytime a company that survives a recession like we’re in right now will become a stronger business down the road. And I’m sure Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz will make the changes to make Yahoo stronger. She has said she’s not going to sell the company to Microsoft, but would consider selling their search business to them. But I get the feeling that she might not even want to do that. Hopefully she will keep the business together and become what they once where.

New Affiliate Partner!

I came across an affiliate program that I would like to share with all of you tonight. If your into joining affiliate programs you need to check out this Hotel Affiliate Program. They claim on their site that their the “world’s leading hotel price comparison search engine.” I was reading about this search engine on their site, and I have to say I’m pretty impressed by what I read about it. Their hotel search engine searches over 200,000 hotels in 20,000 destinations across 195 countries. Which means this search tool will bring you only the best prices and best hotels all in one place. Which makes me think they just might be right about having the best search tool for finding the best deals.

Ok – Now your wondering how much will you make by using their program. Well I checked that part out for you as well. It looks like you will make 70% commission on all collected revenue. And their also going to pay you on any revenue you generate on their ads. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of any affiliate partner paying on ad revenue. And they also have a huge selection of payout methods. And the tools you can use to market their affiliate program are huge. You can use standard links, static pages or animated banners. They also have more advanced methods like interactive search boxes, private branding (white label), XML data feeds, CSV data feeds and a XML search API. So go ahead and check them out if your looking for new ways to cash in on affiliate programs.

New Stimulus Bill!

It seems that President Barack Obama has decided to put a ban on earmarks for the next stimulus package. He’s trying to get $825 billion dollars passed without adding in one earmark. This economic stimulus bill will be straight forward, no special projects or should I say pet projects will be allowed. Senator John McCain ran his campaign on how he’s never added one earmark his whole time in Congress. What President Obama is doing is a great choice, and I hope it works. Our last stimulus package started out only 5 pages long, until earmarks where added to make Senators and Congressmen get their vote. This is no way to get a bill passed, and anyone that got an earmark should be a shame of themselves. They where taking advantage of a bad situation. So I say great decision Barack, just stick to it.