Here’s an interesting website for people looking to more to or from new York. It’s a website called City Move that aims to put people planning to make a move in touch with New York Movers and helps them get the best deal possible for their move. It’s all based around a reverse-auction process which is really quite interesting. Here’s how it works:

Let’s say you’re planning to move to New York and are looking for the cheapest moving company to help you out. You sign up to the website and fill in the details of the company you’re looking for. It’s a pretty simple process where you specify details of your move including:

• Your source and destination address
• The number, size and shapes of boxes and large items like furniture you want moving
• You have the option of specifying what kind of vehicle and how many people you want, if you wish; or you can just let the mover decide.
• Whether you want a total cost or an hourly cost

Once you’ve given all your details, the system works its magic and gets in touch with a number of movers who can help. These will provide quotes for their services which you can use, together with reviews other customers have left, to choose the company you would like to help you out.

Compare this to the traditional process you would follow; opening the yellow pages, get a list of likely companies, phone each one and explain your requirements and wait for a price from each one. Instead here, you type in your requirements once, and the companies bid against each other to provide you with the best price. I know which one I would choose if I needed this sort of service.

If you want to learn more, check out the video below:

CityMove.com – Intro Video from Philip Liu on Vimeo.

• Inmotion
• BlueHost
• WebHostingPad
• HostMonster
• JustHost

I do know a couple of them, but I was surprised with the rest as I don’t recognise the names. Looking through these reviews is always a good opportunity to catch up on which companies are making a name for themselves in the industry and to find out what new companies are making a play for a position.

The website also has another couple of interesting sections including a number of articles that explain the ins and outs of web hosting, the different options that are available and what to look for when you come to choosing the right host. The main thing to keep in mind is that particular web hosts tend to focus on certain features at the expense of others (usually cost vs features vs support) and it’s important to know what features you’re after and what sort of cost you’re ready to pay for. For example, BlueHost is particuarly cheap; however there tends to be resource constraints if you try to put too many busy sites on it.

Check it out. Pretty interesting.

I’ve only come across Gadget Advisor recently but it seems to have a growing collection of reviews and news about hardware, software and all sorts of gadgetry. So if you’re after that perfect universal remote or looking for some way to backup online; then pop down and have a look. You’ll be sure to find what you’re looking for.

If you have a plugin and want a review, you can just drop them a link and get it review too. I love getting positive reviews

One place you can find reviews is called Test Freaks. There are reviews for every product out there, whether you’re after cell phone reviews, Camcorders or TVs you can find a review about the item you’re looking for. The website is still in production but there’s already loads and loads of reviews. Check them out!

I tend to apply this yearly principle to mortgage rates in particular. There are a huge variety of rates around, from fixed rates to variable rates, from interest repayment mortgages to fixed capital repayment mortgages and new products are being developed every day. There’s also a pretty competitive market out there with a number of institutions vying for your custom.

Morale of the story, don’t just sit on a mortgage. If you’ve had it for longer than a year, then re-evaluate your position and make sure you have the best deal on the market.

There’s some touches to the site that stand out as being particulaly cool. I like the random quote that appears at the top of every page and the really cool “Share This” button which switches to a page where you can select a whole bunch of social networks you can share the link with. And the live Search is a really cool plugin too.

Good work, my friend, it’s look great. Oh .. and I love that you’ve implemented DoFollow