A fellow Digital Point forum member recently offered me the opportunity of testing out the traffic boosting services he offers at Megatraffix, and I am so impressed by the service that I have to share this with you. Essentially, the service promises you worldwide or targeted unique, real traffic to your website.

There are several plans which you can choose, which differ in the number of visits delivered to your website as well as the source of the traffic. Naturally, the higher the amount of visits and the uniqueness of the location, the higher the plan is going to cost. That said, its worth mentioning that the plans are affordably priced, starting with only $7 for 5000 unique visitors.

What is even more interesting is that you are provided with a control panel from which you can track the number of visitors which have been sent to your website. Also, you can ‘throttle’ the maximum number of visitors the service sends to your site on any given day. This allows you to maximise the traffic you buy over a longer period of time.

So if you want to boost your web traffic, Google PR rating or Alexa ranking, head over to Megatraffix and you can literraly sit back and watch your visitor counter grow.

 Screenshots Archive is an innovative service website maintained by Jan Polzer. Essentially, it is a repository of screenshots of various softwares running on various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Haiku and other OSes.

At the time of writing there are over 1500 screenshots of various screens in an entire range of applications, from utilities to productivity applications to blogging software. A distinguishing factor is the strict quality standards set on the website to maintain the quality of the screenshots offered. Anyone can upload screenshots of a particular software, as long as they are saved in the lossless PNG format, which is quickly becoming the standard for the web and print.

To assist users in locating a particular screenshot of an application, the images are presented in easy to navigate categories based on the operating systems on which the applications run. Once you click on any of these categories, you are presented with a list of application categories for which screenshots are available. Next to each category is a number representing the total number of screenshots in that category, along with the last update date.

Users are free to use any of these screenshots in their websites and applications, which makes Screenshots Archive a great resource for webmasters and application developers alike. Another interesting use of these screenshots is that they can serve the purpose of a quick evaluation as to the functionality and overall look and feel of an application before the user downloads or buys it. This in itself is a good reason to bookmark and return to this site often.

There is also an interesting category called Fun which lists various funny and amusing application screenshots. For example, there is one screenshot which shows an error message informing the user of a successful removal of an application. There is also a random image feature which is excellent for discovering long-forgotten applications.

So the next time you need application screenshots for your website application or video tutorial, just head over to Screenshots Archive.

Do you come across websites and forums which require you to register before you can view the content on them? Certain forums require you to register and login before you can view posts.

In their registration form, they usually require you to key in your email address to which a verification email is sent before you can login. This is a surefire method to increase the amount of junk email you receive in your inbox everyday. One solution is to use a throwaway email address (such as mailinator.com), but if you are in a hurry and need to access the site quickly (or to quickly download something) but do not have the time nor patience to register, all you have to do is visit www.bugmenot.com.

BugMeNot is essentially a database of pre-registered username and passwords for many websites on the Internet. Since it is driven by the users themselves, there is a very high chance that the login you require is already available on the website. Better still, there is a voting system which automatically promotes logins which work so that you spend less time trying out logins which have either expired or have been banned. Naturally, if a login works (or does not work) for you, its best to go back to BugMeNot and vote for that particular login. After all, the content on this website is by the users for the users.

BugMeNot has also released a throw-away email service which allows you to quickly check any email address @bugmenot.com. This is very similar to mailinator.com and other throw-away email addresses work, and makes it easy to obtain all of these features from one site.

So the next time you are faced with a registration page which is holding you back from the content you need to access, head over to www.bugmenot.com for the solution.