Founded in April 1996, Alexa Internet grew out of a vision of Web navigation that is intelligent and constantly improving with the participation of its users. Along the way Alexa has developed an installed based of millions of toolbars, one of the largest Web crawls and an infrastructure to process and serve massive amounts of data. For users of Alexa’s Toolbar and web site this has resulted in products that have revolutionized Web navigation and intelligence. For developers this has resulted in a set of tools unprecedented in scope allowing whole new services to be created on the Alexa data and platform.

Browse the most popular sites on the web based on Alexa.com

1. Orkut

Social networking and discussion site operated by Google.

orkut.com
Site info for orkut.com

2. Google

Brazilian version of Google

google.com.br
Site info for google.com.br

3. Windows Live

Search engine from Microsoft.

live.com
Site info for live.com

4. Universo Online

ISP and other services

uol.com.br
Site info for uol.com.br

5. Google

Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company’s focus is developing search technology.

google.com
Site info for google.com

6. YouTube

YouTube is a way to get your videos to the people who matter to you. Upload, tag and share your videos worldwide!

youtube.com
Site info for youtube.com

7. Globo.com

ISP and other services

globo.com
Site info for globo.com

8. Yahoo!

Personalized content and search options. Chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.

yahoo.com
Site info for yahoo.com

9. Terra

ISP and other services

terra.com.br
Site info for terra.com.br

10. Blogger.com

Free, automated weblog publishing tool that sends updates to a site via FTP.

blogger.com
Site info for blogger.com

To check the rest of the list visit Alexa.com

This post was guest blogged by Andre Matias Landar, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter and instructor.

Fight Poll Results:

Matt Serra Vs. Georges St-Pierre
	Name: Matt Serra Height: 5′ 6″ (168 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 16-4-0	“The Terror “		Name: Georges St-Pierre Height: 5′ 10″ (178 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 15-2-0	“Rush”
Georges St-Pierre Wins by Technical Knock Out at 4:45 in the 2nd round .

Travis Lutter Vs. Rich Franklin
	Name: Travis Lutter Height: 5′ 11″ (180 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 12-4-0	“The Serial Killer”		Name: Rich Franklin Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 24-3-0	“Ace”
Rich Franklin Wins by Technical Knock Out at 3:01 in the 2nd round .

Nate Quarry Vs. Kalib Starnes
	Name: Nate Quarry Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 14-2-0	“Rock”		Name: Kalib Starnes Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 10-3-1
Nate Quarry Wins by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round .

Charles McCarthy Vs. Michael Bisping
	Name: Charles McCarthy Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 7-2-0	“Chainsaw”		Name: Michael Bisping Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 15-1-0	“The Count”
Michael Bisping Wins by TKO Stoppage (Referee) at 5:00 in the 1st round .

Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig
	Name: Mark Bocek Height: 5′ 8″ (173 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 5-1-0			Name: Mac Danzig Height: 5′ 8″ (173 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 18-4-1
Mac Danzig Wins by Submission (Choke) at 3:48 in the 3rd round by rear naked.

Joe Doerksen Vs. Jason MacDonald
	Name: Joe Doerksen Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 39-10-0	“El Dirte”		Name: Jason MacDonald Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 20-9-0	“The Athlete”
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Jason MacDonald Wins by Technical Knock Out at 0:56 in the 2nd round .

Jason Day Vs. Alan Belcher
	Name: Jason Day Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 16-5-0	“Dooms”		Name: Alan Belcher Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 11-3-0	“The Talent”
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Jason Day Wins by Technical Knock Out at 3:58 in the 1st round .

Ed Herman Vs. Demian Maia
	Name: Ed Herman Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 15-4-0	“Short Fuse”		Name: Demian Maia Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 7-0-0
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Demian Maia Wins by Submission (Choke) at 2:27 in the 2nd round by triangle.

Rich Clementi Vs. Sam Stout
	Name: Rich Clementi Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 38-12-1	“No Love”		Name: Sam Stout Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 14-3-1	“Hands of Stone”
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Rich Clementi Wins by Split Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round .

Brad Morris Vs. Cain Velasquez
	Name: Brad Morris Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 230 (104 kg) Record: 10-2-0			Name: Cain Velasquez Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 240 (109 kg) Record: 2-0-0
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Cain Velasquez Wins by Technical Knock Out at 2:10 in the 1st round .

Kuniyoshi Hironaka Vs. Jonathan Goulet
	Name: Kuniyoshi Hironaka Height: 5′ 10″ (178 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 11-3-0			Name: Jonathan Goulet Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 21-9-1	“The Road Warrior”
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Jonathan Goulet Wins by Technical Knock Out at 2:07 in the 2nd round .

The results came from UFC.com.

On October 2nd 2007 I posted an article at SSP Forum SlideShowPro for Flash: Show and Tell about Scrollbar v1.0, this project was about a scrollbar for SSP, it was very acceptable and many people sent me emails with the intention to buy the code, that was my first plan but I thought it through and I decided to give away the code of Scrollbar v1.0 and v2.0 for future improvements.

This project was created after analyzed and combined the code of some examples SSP team post on the website. My intention wasn’t to plagiarize but to improve the code for a better user experience.

I’m very busy now developing many projects at the same time and unfortunately I won’t be able to answer emails about this project anymore, that’s why I’m giving it away. I hope someone can improve it and share with the SSP community.

I hope this time Todd Dominey put me on the news.

I still working in some other projects for SSP, maybe before June this year I’ll release my project called search SSP v1.0 where it searches for specific pictures and return in a new SSP instance.

I’m using lightbox to open up the examples, sometimes it goes crazy and open the .swf file in another page, but don’t worry that’s ok (I can’t explain why computer goes crazy sometimes). If the close button don’t appear click outside the image to close it. (I’m using Windows XP w/ resolution 1280×1024).

Examples of scrollbar for SSP in action:

1. Scrollbar w/ 3 columns - (This example uses arrows to move the scrollbar) - This was my first attempt to get something friendlier for user experience with SSP scrollbar, it also has combo box on top and 3 columns.
Software used » SSP 1.5.2 and Director 1.0.9.9

In the examples below when it reaches the last picture it comes back up. And it shows the title and the caption of the picture.

2. Scrollbar v 1.0 -
» Control with mouse | Control with arrows «
Software used » SSP 1.5.3 and Director 1.0.9.9

3. Scrollbar 2.0 - (This example uses arrow to move the scrollbar) - Also in this example I was able to use the best feature of Director in my opinion, Smart cropping, for the first time. After I sent so many emails to Todd he listened to my request.
Software used » SSP 1.6.0c1 and Director 1.1.4

After you download the .FLA remember to change the XML File Path to make it work.
The code isn’t clean because I didn’t have time to clean the unnecessary comments. I’m sorry about that I hope who else get it with the intention to improve it does better then me.

Download Links:

1. scrollbar3Col.zip - To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbar3Col.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 508
height = 362
x = 6
y = 33
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.5.2 and Director 1.0.9.9

2. scrollbarv1.0Arrow.zip- To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbarv1.0Arrow.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 500
height = 493
x = 5.8
y = 34
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.5.3 and Director 1.0.9.9

3. scrollbarv1.0Mouse.zip- To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbarv1.0Mouse.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 500
height = 493
x = 5.8
y = 34
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.5.3 and Director 1.0.9.9

4. scrollbarv2.0.zip - To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbarv2.0.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 500
height = 493
x = -24.2
y = 34
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.6.0c1 and Director 1.1.4

My first intention was to develop this project and sell it, but I preferred to share with the SSP community for free. If anyone is interested in make a donation just click in the link below and give your contribution. The value is not stipulated, so you can donate as much as you want to.

THANKS EVERYBODY!

Natália Anderle was elected Miss Brazil 2008 on April 13rd in a ceremony presented by Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil 97, at Citibank Hall, in São Paulo. The ceremony was broadcasted by Band Television Channel.

She received the ribbon and the crown from the hands of Natália Guimarães, Miss Brazil 2007 and second place in the Miss Universe contest.

“Only those who are here know the emotion of winning. Now is towards the Miss Universe,” said Natália.

The new miss is 1.75 cm and is graduated in Cosmetology and aesthetics. She represented Encantado in Miss Rio Grande do Sul

Natália Anderle took home R$200,000 in cash, a jewel, a clock, a car of R$80,000, a trip to participate in the Brazilian Carnival Ball, the crown and the ribbon. And she will dispute the Miss Universe, on July 15, in Vietnam.

The deaf candidate of Ceará, Vanessa Vidal, was second place. She is the first person with hear impairing to participate in the contest. The third and fourth places were to Cyntia Oliveira, Goias, and Janaina Barcelos, of Sao Paulo. The Miss Minas Gerais Marina Marques was the fifth placed.

It seems that Brazilian politics are always having problem with people posting stuff about sex on the internet. This time one person that embedded one YouTube video on his blog hosted at Wordpress.com is being responsible to make the whole Wordpress community be banned in Brazil.

The last time stuff like that happen was when someone published a video of Daniela Ciccareli having sex on the beach on YouTube, at that time the repercussion was really bad for Daniela’s career at MTV, many users got together to boycott her TV show.

That’s not the first time Wordpress was about to be banned. Wordpress is also banned in Turkey and China.

Even though I’m a Brazilian I think that’s a very stupid idea to ban the website because of one user. Wordpress should have the rights to be notified and then ban the user that is misusing the service. I hope this process doesn’t goes through and all the Brazilians are able to post whatever they want, of course respecting the rules.

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