by Heather Simpson

Have you tried to express your mood or feelings online? Sometimes it is easier using a smiley or emoticon. With these small icons you can convey new meaning to your forum posts, emails and website content.

Adding a smiley to your message is a great way to make the person you are sending it to feel happy. Smiles are infectious, even computer generated ones.

Do you know someone special you just dont know how to tell them how you feel? Send your crush a message with hearts or a kissing emoticon, and they will get your message loud and clear.

Another great thing about communicating with emoticons is that you do not risk face to face embarrassment. In the rare case that your crush does not return your feelings (how could she not?), you can save face. If all else fails, you can pretend you hit the wrong button!

There are too many places on the internet that offer the same emoticons and graphics. SmileyCentral is a great place to find unique and new graphics for you to use. They have over 100,000 for you to choose from for free.

SmileyCentral also allows you to choose emoticons that you can use on your specific communication software. Unlike other sites that offer only a few graphics for specific users, SmileyCentral has a great selection of emoticons for use on AIM, MSN IM, Yahoo! IM, ICQ, and Outlook Express.

The way it works is that you download a small download. This installs a smiley center on your computer, so you have them available at all times. New graphics are automatically added as they become available. You are also given a convenient search bar which makes hunting on the Internet so much easier!

If you have not tried using a smiley or emoticon, starting is easy and fun. Everyday thousands of new graphics are added at SmileyCentral. Why not begin jazzing up your online communication today; let people know how you feel.

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