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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Read-Only Logins To Websites

Problem

Sometimes you want to give someone credentials for accessing your account. For example, you might want to give your financial adviser the username and password to access your financial sites so he can see how you have your money invested. However, you would prefer not to give out this secure information because the person could then make changes in your account or steal your money.

Solution

Sites should offer "read-only" logins. These would be separate passwords (with either the same or different usernames) that allow your contacts to log in and view information on the site, but not make any changes or withdrawals. You could feel more comfortable giving out these credentials, because you know that there is not any damage that could be done. Another option could be to set a time limit so that one of these logins can only be used for a limited period.

Great Estate

Great Estate is a website that allows you to buy and sell virtual real estate from anywhere in the USA!

What is Great Estate?

Great Estate is an Open Street Tile Map running on a server. It is broken up into 1 acre squares - 2.4 billion of them. You can purchase any available acre for only 1 cent per acre! You can also purchase any acre that is owned by paying 1 cent more than it's last sales price. 90% of the sale goes to you and 10% goes to Great Estate. Visitors to the Great Estate map will see your space on the map and anything you post to that space.

What Can You Do With Your Great Estate Real Estate?

1. You get bragging rights as owner of that acre. Buy a famous place, your friend's house, or a local park. You are only limited by your imagination.

2. You can make money by buying places that will sell for a premium price in the future.

3. You can decorate your place any way you like on the map! Advertise your business. Post a link to your video that you want to go viral. Or even draw something cool that can be seen from the highest level views of the map.

4. Each acre has it's own link to a page where you can post content (up to 1 MB). Write a story about what you did in that place. Or write about some neat things that people can do when they visit that place. If someone buys the acre, the historical information that you post will still be retained on that space.

5. Set your phone to send you a notification when you travel into a space with a Great Estate page. Click the link to read what people have posted about that place.

Those are just a few examples of what you can do with Great Estate.

How Do I Get Started?

The best time to sign up for Great Estate is right now. The pioneers of Great Estate will have the best opportunity to do a land grab and purchase the most notable places. People are buying places right now all over the US. Remember that anything you post as an owner will always be retained on your space in the History tab, even if the ownership may change in the future. Sign up today and start claiming your space on Great Estate.