tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48729187718556603962024-03-05T01:02:58.861-08:00Reviews & GuidesReviews and guides to electronic gadgets, software, applications and other online servicesAnishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-81895002267437886042014-01-04T10:09:00.001-08:002014-01-05T01:07:27.924-08:00Great Free Glamour and Gossip News apps <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">busy playing around with my new Samsung Note 510. The one reason I bought a 8" tablet rather than a much more handy smart phone is because I wanted it to double up as a reader. In particular I wanted to use it for keeping me up to date with e-versions of newspapers and magazines. Here are few gossip and glamour apps which I enjoyed the most and the best part is they are free. What's more they are all associated with very reputed magazines like Film fare, Vogue and Maxim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Free Filmfare App</b><br />
Filmfare has been the definitive magazine for all things bollywood for many years and my favorite magazine in the genre. So I was delighted to find that they have such a great free app with lots of content. Content is not just limited to text either. In addition to articles and interviews video feeds are also available and there quite a few topics that choose from at any given time. All in all a great free alternative to the actual hardcopy.</span></div>
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This is another one of my favorite free apps and predictably gives free access to the archives of the famous men's magazine Maxim. At first viewing this app may seem messy and unprofessional but after tinkering with it for a while you will realize its full potential and the amount of access it is providing you into the glamorous world of Maxim. One complaint is that the organization isn't great despite the clearly labelled Girls, Vices and tabs at the bottom of your screen and you will probably find more things by sheer chance. The ads can also get a bit annoying times as they kind of stick out like a sore thumb. But another great plus is behind the scenes and photo shoot videos that are available.</span></div>
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The final app I am going to discuss is the free app of the iconic fashion magazine Vogue. This is not as good as the others and mostly contains tidbits. Also the number of articles available are very limited. But looks like this is the best you are going to get out Vogue for free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this article I have discussed some of the best dedicated free apps of famous glamour and Gossip magazines. In subsequent <u>articles</u> I plan to discuss apps which combines feeds from a number of sources for your reading and viewing pleasure. So check back for more suggestions.</span></div>
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Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-76954983492179295482012-12-21T23:30:00.003-08:002014-01-05T01:09:54.873-08:00Beginners Guide to Third Party Ad Networks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are looking to earn a small residual income from your blog then the easiest way to do so is by displaying third party ads on your pages. But, what exactly do I mean by a third party ad? Though huge organizations like Yahoo!, Youtube, FaceBook etc. can lure in advertisers on their own as a small time blogger you will be best advised to rely on an agency like Google Adsense which has 1000s of network ads from 100s of different advertisers which it will rotate amongst all the various sites and pages in their system. Such third party ad servers are mainly of 3 types and here's a quick look.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cost Per Click ( CPC )</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As the name suggests, CPC ad providers will pay you a share of the revenue they generate when a valid click is registered on one of their adblocks on your site. The keyword here is <i>click</i>. CPC ad networks are possibly the most popular and often the only alternative available to small publishers and bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some popular CPC ad networks available to site with almost no requirement include: </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Bidvertiser</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Taggify</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Chitika (<i>before signing up be sure to read about the</i> <a href="http://reviews-and-guides.blogspot.in/2011/01/online-publishers-beware-of-chitika.html" target="_blank">Chitika Revenue Audit</a>)</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cost Per Mile ( CPM )</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here the name is somewhat of a misnomer. What CPM or cost per mile basically means is the amount money paid to you for a specific number of page views (typically 1000). CPM ad providers usually restrict their service to large (over 100,000 views a month) and those who do serve ads to small publishers and bloggers usually offer very poor rates (around $1/1000 views) and will not be worth your while. Another issue with CPM ad providers is that sometimes they don't monetize traffic from all the countries. But the great benefit of CPM ads is they convert traffic directly into revenue without any worries about poor click through rates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many sites also offer both CPC and CPM ads. This is how the system usually works: you get to fix a CPM rate for your site. One or more advertisers may bid for that space in your website. But until anyone agrees to pay your minimum CPM rate you will be served (usually low paying) CPC ads called "network ads".</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Adbrite</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Ad networks which monetize outgoing links (Taggify, Link Bucks)</span></li>
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Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-34725028484180801712012-12-16T03:42:00.003-08:002012-12-16T03:42:34.749-08:00How to Use Dropbox for File Synchronization?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">The first question is of course <i>what is Dropbox</i>?Dropbox is one of the most popular file synchronization applications whereby you can both synchronize your documents (virtually anything) across several platforms and hardware as well as share it with anyone you wish through the internet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To get started simply visit the<a href="http://db.tt/BsIfitRA" target="_blank"> Dropbox website</a> and sign up for a free account. Also download their software and install on any hardware you wish to use it on. It will create a Dropbox folder on a location of your choice on your computer. Dropbox also has dedicated apps for Blackberry, iPhone, iPad and android.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once, you have synced your Dropbox account with your Dropbox folder(s) you can simply put anything (text, photos, folders etc) in your Dropbox folder and it will show up on all your synced Dropbox folders and also your online Dropbox account. (But for this to work an internet connection is obviously necessary.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further, you can share all (or some) of the files in your Dropbox folder with friends and colleagues either by e-mail or by sharing an auto-generated link. Or invite Dropbox users to a "shared folder" which will be synced the Dropbox accounts of all the concerned members and anyone can modify it and automatically share it with team mates. This is very useful for team projects that everyone encounters at school or work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using Dropbox you can also offer downloadable documents to people with a specified link but I am not entirely convinced just how safe it is to share this link with the public.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dropbox Storage Space and Plans</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You start with a free account at dropbox.com with 2GB space but can increase your space by an additional 875+MB by doing some very basic and also useful stuff such as taking a beginners' tour and syncing your dropbox account with Facebook and Twitter or by simply providing feedback.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another way to expand your free storage space (upto a maximum of 18GB total) is by referring friends to dropbox. You get 500MB for every successful referal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dropbox also offers paid storage staring from 100GB at $9.99/month. Visit <a href="http://db.tt/BsIfitRA">dropbox.com</a> to find out more about this really great service.</span><br />
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Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-17940421058205411832012-12-14T22:16:00.000-08:002012-12-14T22:23:37.051-08:00Free Keyword Search Tools List<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I<span style="font-size: large;">t is common knowledge that to get a good ranking in Google and generate decent traffic you must use the proper keywords on your posts. Easier said than done!And that is where keyword search tools come in handy. Though, most keyword suggestion tools charge at least $50 per month for the service there are a few keyword search tools which can help you perform some basic but still vital keyword research for your website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a list of a few keyword search tools which are definitely worth checking out, especially for the entry level blogger.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. <a href="http://reviews-and-guides.blogspot.in/2012/12/ubersuggest-free-keyword-suggestion-tool.html">Ubersuggest.org </a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a very simple and basic keyword suggestion tool and quite hassle-free to use with no registration or even captcha requirement. Ubersuggest provides results in various languages and across several search verticals such as web, news, images etc. It also come with very handy cut paste options for "exporting" your keywords.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wordtracker is one of the most used keyword research tools and many other paid keyword research packages also uses some of its variations. The free version of this keyword tool not only suggests a HUGE amount of related keywords but also provides an estimate of the number of searches performed for each for a better insight. Also there is a filter for adult keyword which may be particularly useful in some niches. However, to regularly use the Wordtracker tool you must sign up for a free account and there is a cap on the maximum keyword searches you can perform in a day.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3.SEOBook Keyword Suggestion Tool</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SEOBook is one of the most complete keyword research packages that is still available for free. Not only do they provide you with a list of keywords with some Google insights to help you make better decisions but SEOBook also provides free courses for more effective keyword research, several other SEO tools and Firefox extensions and also some exclusive free trials for other keyword search tools. All you need to do is <a href="http://www.seobook.com/">signup for a free account</a>!</span><br />
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Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-55095196038980060462012-12-07T08:45:00.000-08:002012-12-08T09:33:22.505-08:00Mind Mapping with Bubbl.us<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bubbl.us is a popular web based mind mapping application offering both free as well as paid plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can use this very easy to use application to create clean and coherent mind maps such as the one shown along side (click image to enlarge).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Getting Started with Bubbl.us</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The best thing about creating mind maps with Bubbl.us is the speed and simplicity with which you can go about it. Signing up is super easy with the only requirements being a username, e-mail and password. And you don't even need to confirm your ID!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Creating a Mind Map with Bubbl.us</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You start with a tab. From this tab you can create any number of child tabs and from each child yet more child tabs to create a tree. You can also create more independent tabs and connect them through arrows. You can choose the color as well as the text size. You may also include links in the bubbles (tabs). A simple drag facility helps you to align the bubbles any which way you wish. You may also add labels to the lines joining the bubbles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once your mind map is ready Bubbl.us allows you to export it either as an HTML embed code or a simple link to your mind map. You can also download the mind map as a .jpg file as I have done in the mind map above. Or else you can simply save the mind map in your bubbl.us account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Free account holders can save up to 3 mind maps but can create an unlimited number of mind maps. Premium accounts are priced at $6 per month or $59 a year.</span></div>
Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-87010090125330348942012-12-07T07:31:00.004-08:002012-12-07T07:31:56.493-08:00Ubersuggest : Free Keyword Suggestion Tool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Admittedly, to draw Google's attention towards your blog first and foremost you need plenty of decent and niche content but to really go anywhere with your blog it is of utmost necessity that you pay due attention to SEO and optimize your content for at least the most popular search engines like Google Yahoo and Bing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the easiest way to get noticed is by choosing the proper keywords for your post. Alternately, after you decide upon the broad general topic you can do some quick keyword research and phrase your article accordingly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another reason why you should definitely do some keyword research before writing your article is because the CPC rates for Google Adsense (along with most other ad servers) depend heavily on the keywords associated with your content and since on an average less than 3% of the visitors to your blog actually click on a contextual </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But effective keyword research is quite a difficult and laborious process to master and it is more than likely that unless you are a hardcore pro blogger you will neither find the time nor the enthusiasm for extensive keyword research. In that case it is best to take the help of a simple keyword suggestion tool. While there are plenty of paid options it is perhaps best with a free alternative such as <a href="http://ubersuggest.org/">Ubersuggest</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a very simple keyword suggestion tool where you simply need to type in a query and then select a language as well as a search field (such as images, news, recipe or web) and it will generate a list of relevant and related keywords. You can choose as many of the suggested keywords as you want and Ubersuggest will create a list of the keywords which you can easily copy and paste in the "tags" field of your post. It's that simple and of course free!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, its simplicity unavoidably leads to lack of features. Most notably Ubersuggest gives no hint as to the competition for each keyword as well as its CPC value. Another thing you must remember is that many blogging platforms (including Blogger) requires you to separate keywords by commas. Ubersuggest's listbuilder doesnot do that. So you must remember to enter the commas manually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Overall Ubersuggest is a simple and fast way for newbie bloggers generate a handful of relevant keywords without having to wrack your brains. Nothing more nothing less.</span></div>
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Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-59270048147431026592012-12-05T11:38:00.000-08:002012-12-05T11:39:19.022-08:00Free and Easy Folder Encryption Software<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Just thought I'd tell you about a free, easy and portable folder encryption software that I have been using for quite a few years now and am pretty satisfied with. It is called <a href="http://www.dvdcopyrip.com/1-second-folder-encrypt.html">1 Second Folder Encryption</a> and it really does not take much more than just a single second. And the best part is it is absolutely free!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It simply encrypts any folder on your system so that they cannot be viewed unless they are decrypted by the user. It is as simple as downloading and installing the set up files and spending a couple of minutes getting familiar with the minimal and intuitive user interface.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being a freeware however, it does have plenty of limitations:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">It only allows a single user, that is, there is only one master password to encrypt or decrypt all the folders on your system.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The encrypted folders are neither hidden nor shredded, they are simply "locked" so that if someone tries to open he will simply get a system error message</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The interface though intuitive could have been made somewhat more efficient and user friendly.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Last and most importantly the distributor refuses to take any responsibility in case of failure.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Overall, 1 Second Folder Encryption is ideally suited for those photos and videos and documents you'd rather other members of your family or friends not see, but trusting it with anything more sensitive may not be such a good idea. </span></div>
Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-7053540917908471362012-09-14T11:09:00.001-07:002012-12-07T20:40:37.191-08:00MathType : Software Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">MathType is a specialized software which enables typing out of complex mathematical formulae and expressions which cannot easily written on popular text editors like MS Words or even MS Excel.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Some Useful Features of MathType</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The most remarkable feature of MathType is its intuitive and user friendly yet immensely powerful simplistic user interface. There are several modes such as derivatives, matrices, statistics, algebra etc with each mode having a series of one-click expression entry options for commonly used expressions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are also a series of tabs for easily entering all sorts of symbols and commonly used Greek letters. In this regard it may be worth noting that though MS Word definitely boasts of a much more exhaustive set of foreign characters and symbols (though many of them find NO use in writing mathematical expressions), it is far easier to find and properly use them on MathType.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another impressive feature of MathType is the highly efficient way in which they have dealt with superscripts and subscripts and even sub-subscripts. This feature is far superior than any other word editor I have used either online or otherwise. In fact, in many ways the ability of MathType to seamlessly handle scripts of different sizes and at different realtive positions simultaneously is the corner stone of its success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The matrix/vectors of any dimension can also be suitably represented with MathType.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Expressions involving summation and various types of integration (surface,volume,line etc) can also be easily written using MathType.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r0SvDgkdL-zj65RSJDLjFjtVmMZl1__oZlhEG9kU9CY7YF64jIzb1NBquhSfgsqERTO_wEUx36eUKe2d3HhRaPmz3wkwJt7iwuOQh_aqBv74AN9-AAAlLzrMSsbqudKhGWWrS9kkCsw/s1600/mathtype2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r0SvDgkdL-zj65RSJDLjFjtVmMZl1__oZlhEG9kU9CY7YF64jIzb1NBquhSfgsqERTO_wEUx36eUKe2d3HhRaPmz3wkwJt7iwuOQh_aqBv74AN9-AAAlLzrMSsbqudKhGWWrS9kkCsw/s320/mathtype2.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few experimental equations to showcase Mathtype's ability to handle complex mathematical equations</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Disadvantages of MathType </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Though MathType is a highly efficient software and fits its product description perfectly, yet its nearly $100 price tag is quite exorbitant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, personally I felt its integration with MS Words could have been considerably better as it is quite a hassle to rectify the typos once you have pasted to Words. Further, alignment of the MathType symbols with the Words documents is also not always perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last but definitely not the least not all online publishing platforms support Math Type, and I am talking major sites such as <a href="http://anish92.hubpages.com/_2t2s411nk71ej/">Hubpages</a>, and to the best of my knowledge even Blogger!</span></div>
Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-35021197735375803532012-07-01T12:47:00.001-07:002012-07-02T01:59:12.712-07:00Free Flash Games at Stick Sports : Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of all the hundreds if not thousands of free online gaming websites <a href="http://www.sticksports.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Sticksports.com</a> is probably my favorite. As of present it offers the following five games and several variations/dervatives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In order of preference (preference is of course subjective) they are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.<strong><em> Stick Tennis</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my absolute favorite online game. It has probably got the best graphics of all the games in the <em>Stick</em>franchise and as far as the game play is concerned it is in league with any of those EA sports games that you spent good money to buy. With all five grand slam scenarios (Wimbledon, US Open, Oz Open and Roland Garros) along with separate graphics (grass, clay or synthetic) for each of them and accurate players’ skill levels (Federer moves faster than Rodick but Rodick’s surf is faster than Roger’s) ensures that <strong><em>Stick Tennis</em></strong> stays head and shoulders above the competition, at least for the time being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further the game is sufficiently challenging so that you have to work for your wins and that makes <strong><em>Stick Tennis </em></strong>an even better game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.<strong><em>Stick Cricket</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up next is <strong><em>Stick Cricket</em></strong>–the very first game in the <strong><em>Sticksports</em></strong> family. With a descent game play and tolerable graphics this is also a damn good freebie. Like <strong><em>Stick Tennis</em></strong> this is also a very fast game and usually each match lasts no more than 10 minutes. However, if you’re very busy and can’t possibly spare 10 mins. there’s no need to despair–try the <strong><em>T2 </em></strong>mode, it hardly takes a couple of mins to complete a <strong><em>T2</em></strong> match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.<strong><em>Stick Football</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry football lovers but this game is know where near as good as the two mentioned above. For one thing the graphic is absolutely pathetic (I can’t remember the last time I played a game where the characters <em>glided</em>instead of walked)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On top of that this game is so easy that you get tired of scoring goals even before the first half is over! A real disappointed!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">4.</span><em>Stick Baseball</em></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The gameplay is very similar to<b><i> Stick Cricke</i></b>t but can't really say much more as baseball is really not my sport</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5.<b><i>Stick Racing</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The latest addition to the Stick Sports family is <b><i>Stick Racing</i></b>. However, this game is also very disapointing and rather boring with stupid graphics and a pathetic gameplay.</span></div>
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</div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-14319328889587774442012-06-30T08:34:00.000-07:002012-06-30T08:34:35.638-07:00How to Choose a Free Website Hosting Service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">For first timers and casual webmasters (like myself) free services are particularly appealing even if they are restricted and lacking in features. These days there are hundreds of companies who offer free web hosting but most them of them have some sort of a catch in order to force you into opting for one of their paid plans to gain greater freedom on the net.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following is a beginners guide to web hosting mentioning a list of features that are available for free and are particularly helpful to webmasters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. <strong>MySQL and PHP support.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MySQL and PHP are very important and you can run a very limited number of applications without them. For example even a basic WordPress blog requires a MySQL database and PHP support. Apart from this a lot of popular applications such as Movable Type require Perl for proper functioning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. <strong>FTP Access</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">FTP access is very important to maintain a website because every time you need to upload something you will be needing it. Even if you have browser upload facilities it is not always very reliable, specially when dealing with relatively large files, in which case FTP is the best and easiest method to achieve your end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. <strong>Bandwidth</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bandwidth is basically a measure of the maximum amount of traffic that your website can receive within a given frame of time (usually one month). Assuming that you are hoping to get at least a few visitors to your website apart from yourself and family you should look for a web host which provides bandwidth in excess of 200MB/month at least. For a very realistic estimate a text-based website which has received around 200 page views will <i>expend</i> 90MB bandwidth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are considering photo blogs or Vblogs (video blogs) you should only consider web hosts providing over 500MB data transfer per month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. <strong>Advertisement</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of free web hosts monetize their service by forcibly placing banner or pop-up ads on your website. Some include a footer text like “Click here for free web hosting”. If it is a purely personal blog these advertisements hardly pose a problem. But otherwise it somehow seems to undermine the credibility and authority of your website, not to mention become tiresome to your readers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. <strong>Diskspace</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Depending up on the nature of your site this may be either your most important or your least important concern. For most purposes a disk space of above 500MB should be quite sufficient and a lot of web hosting companies provide more than that. However, if you are planning on creating your portfolio and get your high resolution photos or HD videos online you might be a touch hard put to find a free host with sufficient amount of disk space. (the maximum I’ve ever heard of is 50 GB and that’s a bit rare).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. <strong>PHP cURL</strong> and <strong>fsockopen enabled</strong> are two other important features for a web host but these are <em>very</em> rare in case free web host provider. I’m not sure exactly what purpose these two features serve, but I can guarantee you one thing: If you are looking to use any auto blogging applications chances are they won’t work without cURL and fsockopen enabled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is basically all you need to know in order to find yourself a descent web host. In case you get stuck, never mind, I’m planning to do another article discussing my experiences with some of the larger web hosting companies that provide free hosting.</span></div>
</div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-32682853949062951862012-05-10T22:33:00.000-07:002012-05-11T02:46:18.761-07:00Zurker : Own a Social Networking Site for Free !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Have you heard of Zurker yet? It is a new Social Networking sites which claims to be more fun than Facebook and is making no bones about the fact that toppling Facebook as the number social networking site is their main ambition--and that should tell you something about what its creators think about the potential for Zurker. However, it has one major difference from Facebook, Myspace and just about any other social networking sites--it is owned by its members and you get paid for <a href="http://www.zurker.in/i-123003-ajdsilrbdk">Zurker's</a> success.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How does the payment structure at Zurker work?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Zurker assigns its member vShares for every new successful referral. And I am very happy to say that Vshare isn't another one of those abstract revenue sharing rating points. Instead Vshare is simply a virtual share and will become a real share once <a href="http://www.zurker.in/i-123003-ajdsilrbdk">Zurke</a>r get 1 million members. The value of one Vshare is one-millionth of the evaluation of Zurker. So here's the catch: only the people who refer the first 1 million people will be awarded Vshares. So it is best to join Zurker as soon as possible to maximize your chances of referring new members.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is actually a great earning opportunity considering that Social Networking sites are some of the greatest money makers in the cyber world and even if Zurker falls way short of Facebook's $50 billion evaluation and is evaluated at just $50million (and that is quite a conservative estimnate considering Myspace fetched close to $600million and Bebo $800million), each vShare (which you are getting for free) will still earn you $50! Now that's not to shabby.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Other features of Zurker</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Apart from this radical new development,<a href="http://www.zurker.in/i-123003-ajdsilrbdk"> Zurker </a>has all the features you would expect in a social networking site. However, for obvious reasons Zuker doesn't allow multiple accounts and they are also planning to go open source sometime in the future. Another point to note about Zurker is that it has already introduced country specific TLDs (like in Blogger) and this shows that they are more than willing to adapt to the present scenario, which has now become almost a prerequisite for success on the internet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The future of Zurker is still quite uncertain, but it has been building up members at an impressive rate and is already of PR4 site with an Alexa rank of around 58000. So I will definitely reccomend you to check out <a href="http://www.zurker.in/i-123003-ajdsilrbdk">Zurker</a> specially as it is completely free and easy to use. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</u>At present Zurker is in beta testing and you cannot sign up without an invitation. So ince you don't have one feel free to use mine (or click on any of the links to Zurker in the article above):</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">If you are looking to create computer based video tutorials or demos to promote your products and applications then the easiest way to go about it is by using a screencast software which captures all the actions going on on your computer screen and directly renders it to popular video formats which can be used in just about any which way you want. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">Though there are a large number of free online and offline screencasting options available on the internet, it is quite likely that if you are trying to produce a video with any degree of professionalism then you would want to use a paid screencast software, and sooner rather than later. Here is a look at one of the more popular paid screencasting software, Catasia Studio.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">Features I Like About Camtasia Studio 6</span></b><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;"><i>Intuitive User Interface</i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">Camtasia Studio uses a very user friendly interface which is so intuitive that you hardly ever need to consult the help files, which themselves are are pretty comprehensive albeit compact. But to help you master the software better you can also download or stream short tutorial videos from their website.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">The Zoom-n-pan feature gives you great control over the camera angles (such zooming in to a particular section of your screen) and is very handy in just about any tutorial as it allows you to focus in on the relevant part of your screen in every single shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Caption is a very basic feature and present in most screencast software. It basically allows you to add subtitles to your video and is a very handy feature as it will almost invariably increase your audience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Call Out feature allows you to add various kinds of "boxes" inside your video during post processing and maybe used for a variety of purposes such as highlighting text, drawing special attention to a part of the screen or to simply blur out sensitive information from the screencast.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">Drawback of Camtasia Studio 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">I had just two issues with my Camtasia Studio 6 software:<o:p></o:p></span></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">It is slightly difficult to get the aspect ratio right in order to get the maximum possible screen area for your video. Further, if you are using captions they too tend to eat up quite a bit of screen space.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;">The Youtube version of the rendered videos often turn out to be of a slightly lower quality than expected as per the preview.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Pricing of Camtasia Studio 7</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">The latest version of Camtasia Studio available is Camtasia Studio 7 and it is priced at a marginally expensive $50 for the individual license and also offer a host of different licensing options. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-7042034037652186052012-02-15T23:03:00.000-08:002012-02-15T23:03:02.700-08:00Make Money from Product and Movie Reviews<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Out of the several ways you can make money on the Internet, one of the easiest and most popular is by writing product reviews. Most review sites are free to join and offer either upfront or residual payment for reviews you write for them. The following is a list of the most popular websites that pay you for your reviews:</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) <b>Review Stream: </b>Review Stream is one of the few websites on the Internet that accept international members as well as pays upfront. Set up with an aim to pay for every review published with them, it is one of the best places to earn substantial money on the net. They accept reviews of almost everything and anything under the sun, ranging from books to softwares to local restaurants.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">The amount they pay for reach review varies between $1.25 to $2.5. Apart from that they buy slightly inferior reviews at a bulk rate, which is the normal rate divided by five.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">2) <b>Epinion: </b>Epinion is another major player in this industry but unlike Review Stream they only offer a passive revenue sharing for your reviews. They encourage you to write reviews on products available on their store and a percentage of the sales made by them is distributed amongst the authors. This does not mean that you cannot write a negative review on Epinion as they pay you even for negative reviews.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">3) <b>Ciao</b>!<b>: </b>Ciao! (Not to be confused with Ciao.com) is another major website dealing with reviews and is probably powered by Bing!. However they do not accept international members. Ciao has specific websites for different countries such as Ciao.co.uk for the United Kingdom, and Ciao.it for Italy. If you live in any of these countries then I can assure you that Ciao has one of the finest revenue-sharing policies out there.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">4) <b>Softwarejudge: </b>Softwarejudge accepts reviews of only softwares. For every review published on their site that pay you a minimum of one dollar but it might go up to as much as $50. However the cash redemption process of Softwarejudge is slightly troublesome and you’ll probably have to write quite large number of reviews before reaching their payment threshold of $100.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">5) <b>Squidflix: </b>It is a subsidiary of Squidoo and is dedicated solely to movie reviews. You simply need to choose a movie, decide whether you love it or hate it, write hundred words about it and Squidflix will do the rest. It will display Google Adsense and Infolinks(optional) advertisements on your Web page (or lens as they are called). Apart from that you can also easily integrate Amazon and eBay modules and earn through referrals by displaying related products available on Amazon or eBay.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">6) <b>Shvoong: </b>Shvoong accepts reviews of all most all forms of published text ( such as books, news etc.) as well as websites and movies and the site pays 10 per cent of the revenue generated from your reviews.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">7) <b>Gomolo: </b>It is probably a subsidiary of Shvoong and specialises in Indian and especially Hindi films. Its revenue-sharing policies are same as Shoovng.</span></div></div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-81715909288131058012012-01-21T00:09:00.000-08:002012-01-21T00:09:53.129-08:00Leading Microstock Sites<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wouldn't it be nice if you could somehow rake in a cool passive income from your holiday photos? Well actually you can do just that by signing up for a microstock site! Microstock sites essentially connects small time or amateur photographers willing to sell their photos to publishing houses willing to buy them.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the seller's perspective, the biggest advantage of using a microstock agency is that they seldom claim exclusive rights to your photos meaning the same photo can be sold over and over again. From the buyer's perspective also, microstock is often preferred over regular stock photos because they are a lot cheaper (often costing less than $1 per photo).</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Following is a list of some of the most popular microstock sites available to international citizens.</span></div><h3 class="dynamic" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">iStockphoto</span></h3><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">A subsidiary of Getty Images, iStockphoto is the oldest and probably the largest (profit wise) microstock agency. A very stringent quality control policy ensures that only the best photos get approved and it is very difficult to become a contributing photographer for them. However, they also provide industry leading contributor compensation schemes making sure their photographers can enjoy a steady and substantial income.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Apart from photos iStockphoto also accepts vectors and video clips.</span></div><h3 class="dynamic" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shutterstock</span></h3><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another major player in the microstock industry is Shutterstock. Unlike most other microstock agencies Shutterstock operates on a subscription basis, which means instead of single photos, large publishing houses buys hundreds of photos from them at a bulk rate. This in turn ensures their photographers have a greater chance of selling a large number of photos in a short period of time, generating a sizable income. Reportedly,some contributing photographers are earning as much as $10,000 a month from Shutterstock alone.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another great feature of Shutterstock is their support forum which contains lots of interesting discussions and tips and tricks from some of the industry leaders and is a treasure trove of information for any budding photographer.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shutterstock is always on the look out for editorial photos and can even provide you backstage passes if you are willing to cover any newsworthy event in your locality.</span></div><h3 class="dynamic" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dreamstime</span></h3><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dreamstime is a much smaller microstock site, but still a lot of people are making hundreds of dollars with them every month. An unique feature of Dreamstime is that they offer critical reviews of the photos they have rejected, giving the photographer a chance to either plead his case or make the necessary adjustments and resubmit the photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dreamstime also allows the selling of exclusive rights at a recommended price of $350 (negotiable).</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong></strong>A subsidiary of Shutterstock, Bigstockphotos have well over 3 million photos on their database. Their editorial team is a lot more lenient making it a good place to start for beginners. Unfortunately, however, at present it is rather difficult to generate any sort of revenue with Bigstockphotos.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few other well known and reliable microstock sites include Fotolia, Crestock and Canstock Photo.</span></div></div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-25212465047186647812012-01-15T10:26:00.000-08:002012-01-16T10:27:37.650-08:00C++ Tips and Tricks for Beginners<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">I am learning a bit of C++ as part of my Engineering curriculum and I am picking up a few interesting tricks along the way and I thought I'd share them with other new learners of C++ hear today. This article is not meant for the pros but you are welcome to read through anyone and I hope you will be kind enough to point out any mistakes I have committed. So here goes:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tip 1: <i><u>Use Parenthesis and Logical Operators Whenever in Doubt</u></i></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is a rather common mistake to think that the computer is your maths teacher because it can interpret your mathematical expression in an entirely different manner. For example, suppose you want to accept a value and find out if it's between 500 and 1000 (ie. 500<x<1000). But you use a if loop like</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The computer will always evaluate it as TRUE. Why? Because it evaluates the function from left to right and because < is a binary operator the evaluation is in fact (500<x)<1000.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now, 500<x is either 0 (false) or 1 (true) but in either case it is <1000. So the if loop always evaluates as TRUE.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tip 2:<i><u> Use Do-While Loop to Your Advantage</u></i></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The main difference between the do-while loop and other common loops like the for loop or the while loop is that the checking is done at the end of the loop rather than at the beginning. Which means, no matter what the loop will evaluate AT LEAST ONCE. You can use this to your advantage in more ways than you may think and make your program more convenient to write and also create a few nice tricks. Here is a very easy trick you can perform with the while loop:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">cout<<"Enter 1 to try again"<<endl;</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tip 3: <i><u>Evaluate Functional Value While Using Non Linear Equation Solving Algorithm</u></i></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are using computer programs for <a href="http://anish92.hubpages.com/_2t2s411nk71ej/hub/Equation-Solving-by-Regula-Falsi-and-Bisection-Methods">non linear equations solving by methods such as Regula Falsi, Bisection</a> and Newton Ralphston, then keep in mind that the programs have a tendency of returning false roots, ie, values at which the functional value is not sufficiently close zero. So, it is best to CHECK if your functional value is actually zero before returning the answer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just about anyone and everyone requires a portfolio to showcase his works and either lure in new clients or prove his proficiency in his chosen niche. A stock photographer is no different. Actually a good portfolio is a great resource for any photographer in general and a free lance photographer in particular.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are an up and coming freelance photographer looking for new clients or to market your stock photos then the answer is definitely "Yes". An online portfolio not only allows you to attract international clients, but provided it gains sufficient search engine visibility, it will also make attract many potential clients who has by chance stumbled on to your site.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In addition, you can use it to sell stock photos directly from your portfolio on a royalty free basis</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The mantra for a successful portfolio is to showcase your success not your failures! Spend sufficient amount of time to choose just a handful of your very best photos and those which are representative of your interests and passions. Remember, in a portfolio your intention is to wet a potential clients appetite to see more of your works and quality and quantity should always be given priority.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Designing a website which matches your style of photography is vitally important as in this age of competition the slightest of margins can make all the difference between getting and not getting the commission.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Many web masters use flash animation and ready made gallery extensions to showcase their images. Undoubtedly, Flash animation is great for attracting real visitors but many web browsers along with I Pad, I Phone etc. do not support Flash. So it is always wise to have an HTML page just for back up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are a hardcore pro then get a pro designer to do the job for you. Otherwise you can also design it yourself by using ready made templates and most conveniently by using the popular WordPress platform.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are unsure of how to go about designing your website, remember a simple or neutral design where the focus is firmly on your photos is often the way to go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And last but not the least you need to market your website in order to gain greater visibility in the internet. A great way to catch the attention of search engines and your audience is by integrating a regularly updated blog with your portfolio where you can publish both tips and tricks as well as personal experiences and observations. If you have a large following then using a discussion forum may also be a pretty good idea.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Regular social bookmarking and maintaining a twitter and Facebook page are other ploys you may want to try.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But above all have patience, Rome was not built in a day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of course, the most professional approach to creating a website yourself is by using a powerful piece of software like Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage. However, these software are often intimidating and rather difficult handle for the amateur developer. A great alternative to this, that will save you considerable effort (not to mention money) and allow you more time to concentrate on important things (like taking great photos) is to use ready made WordPress themes. Many of them are free and those which aren't are almost always priced below $50. Here is a look at some of the themes you might want to try out:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Gallery is a premium WordPress theme which can be used for many purposes, including a Photoblog, Portfolio, Personal Blog, Product Reviews, and more. Some of its interesting features include:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Comes in 2 styles, 3 color styles each allowing easy makeovers to make your site look fresh every time.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Widgetized Sidebar and Footer where you can display relevant text, add cool plugins or even your Adsense code</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Custom Fields for Images are optional</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Featured Posts (or in your case images) on Homepage</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unlike the above two, Photoshot from Theme Forest is uniquely designed to serve as a photographer's portfolio theme. It includes a range of features to allow you to easily create the perfect portfolio website.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Infinity is a free professional WordPress-theme. The theme has 3 fixed columns, thumbnails integration, Flickr, Delicious and Twitter integration as well as an attractive visual design. The theme was designed by Zhang Yichi. It includes:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">3 fixed columns design</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Thumbnail covers style</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Flickr, Twitter and delicious integration</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">However, a major drawback of the Infinity Theme is that it is NOT widget ready.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">nother way of using WordPress to showcase your photos is by using a <a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/best-wordpress-gallery-plugins-a259390">WordPress Gallery Plugins</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">instead of a dedicated WordPress photography portfolio theme. Some of the most popular WordPress Gallery plugins include:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. Nextgen Gallery</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. WP Photo album 2. Picasna 3. Superslider-show 4. Lightbox Gallery 5. Page Flip Image gallery 6. Cleaner Gallery.</span></div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-75746583126462093532011-09-30T09:59:00.000-07:002012-12-16T04:16:56.324-08:00Proven Methods to Get Free Easy Targeted Web Traffic <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As I have already mentioned in my previous post <a href="http://reviews-and-guides.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-not-to-get-traffic-to-your-blog.html">How NOT to Get Traffic to your Blog</a> what you are looking for as a website/blog owner is not just any kind of traffic but TARGETED traffic.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of course the most pro way to get free targeted web traffic will be to build plenty of high quality backlinks and do extensive keyword research. For this purpose you can always check out my post covering some great <a href="http://reviews-and-guides.blogspot.in/2012/12/free-keyword-search-tools-list.html" target="_blank">free keyword search tools</a>. But there are much easier ways to get decent amount of targeted traffic to your website and here are 3 very easy and of course free methods which have worked for me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.yousaytoo.com/?ref=k8i">YouSayToo</a> is one of those community blogging sites that seem to be growing in popularity every day but it also has some great potential for generating traffic for your blog. You can link your blog with YouSayToo so that people can view your post on YouSayToo as well as your own blog. You can further increase your PVs by participating in other programs. But at this time I cannot tell you more about them because YouSayToo undergoing a complete makeover and many of their services are being discontinued with the promise of being replaced by newer more improved features in the near future.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The one major drawback about YouSayToo is that the intregation with your blog is not seamless in the sense that the comments your posts receive from YouSayToo users will not show up under your original post and viceversa. Also, to participate in the YouSayToo programs you must display their banner on your site, but they are sufficiently inconspicuous and even cool so that it shouldn't be major issue for most site owners.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Link Referral is essentially a cross between a traffic exchange site and a search engine. After signing up and registering your sites you can perfrom a number of activities such as visiting member sites using their search engine, rating and reviewing them or simply creating forum posts. For each activity you earn some amount of points and more the points you have more the priority the search engine will give to your sites when someone searches the relevant keywords (similar to the concept of Google PageRank). As the person is SEARCHING to find your site it has a greater possibility of being targeted. Further, you can also free quotes and ratings from others users which you can republish on your site.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SocialAdr is an automated bookmarking services whereby you can easily get your articles bookmarked in some of the leading bookmarking sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Delicious etc. After signing up you have to fill in your usernames and passwords of a number of social bookmarking sites and there is no obligations the more you fill the better. Then you can bookmark posts by other members either individually or using the Quick Share option and earn credits for each share. Once you have 8 or more credits you can use them to get your own articles Dugg/voted up etc. by the other members. Though this really boost your traffic and have a really lasting impact, the only downside of SocialAdr is that at least for free members, the service is very slow and you must prioritize which few URLs you want to submit to their network because realistically you can't promote all your links through SocialAdr. </span></div>
Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-51576699644733725402011-09-27T09:50:00.000-07:002012-12-16T04:07:25.454-08:00How NOT to Get Traffic to your Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are a new blogger and have a couple of posts online then there is a pretty good chance that your pageviews are not quite you expected them to be before undertaking the trouble of writing those great posts. Desperate for some free and easy traffic for your blog you decide to take advantage of that ever faithful monster called Google and in time your screen is littered with millions and millions of services and affiliates of services all of which promise to deliver tons of hits to your blog and the more you read the more you get convinced that they are too good to be true. Know why? Because they really are.!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Before you start misinterpreting me I must clarify that almost all the FREE services are 100% legit and will work just like their respective pitch pages promise. But what they tacitly skip mentioning is that you will only receive tons of traffic but hardly any TARGETED TRAFFIC (you can hardly hope to interest beyond a few seconds a person looking for gardening tips with your blog on automobiles!) and further you might lose some vital brownie points with Google.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So here are some of the very common types of traffic generating schemes that every blogger should avoid:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Automatic traffic exchange sites works on the simple principle that for every site you view using their system another member of their system will visit your site a specific (usually .5 or .75) number of times. They are free (though premiere membership is also available) and require minimum effort on your part as all you need to do is keep a window open and the sites will rotate automatically, changing every 30 seconds or so. And the really big traffic exchange sites (like <a href="http://www.autosurfpro.com/">autosurfpro</a>) can easily generate 400+ PVs for your site on a daily basis.</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Since it is fully automatic there is no guarantee that your page is actually getting viewed. Someone may just keep the window open and minimized and be watching a movie for all you know.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Your onsite time is typically very small (10-30 seconds) and often your page won't load properly in that time.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Since your page will automatically rotate it will register an incredibly high bounce rate (most likely 100%) and this will prompt Google into thinking that your site is of very poor quality and that is why all your visitor are clicking out in such a hurry.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Additionally, Google positively HATES automatic traffic exchangers and while you cannot use it with Blogger, you might even run into trouble if you try to use it on pages with Adsense ad units.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As the name suggests, viral traffic sites helps your traffic grow virally. Basically everytime a person in your downline refers a new person to the viral traffic site he has to view your page before being allowed to sign up. Sounds easy? Here's why you still shouldn't waste you time on viral traffic sites:</span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It is a lot more difficult than it sounds to actually build yourself a sufficiently large downline to actually generate sufficient amount of traffic on a regular basis.If you are not getting any traffic where will you find the people to persuade to sign up under you and join your downline?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The persons who are actually viewing your sites are being FORCED to do so and in their eagerness to get a part of the action are hardly likely to show much enthusiasm in your site.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though not as direct <b> </b>as the above two methods, backlink exchange directories list your site on their high pagerank pages and provide you with dofollow backlinks which is supposed to boost your search engine visibility and help you to get more visitors from Google. So why not to use it? Here are just some of the answers:</span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Backlink directories have a habit of cheating on you and there is a very good chance that the link to your site will disappear within a week and possibly before Google has even had time to spider it.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now that you know how not to get traffic to your blog put your fingers to your keyboard and keep churning out some more great articles (which is the key to success in the long run) and check out my <a href="http://reviews-and-guides.blogspot.com/2011/09/proven-methods-to-get-free-easy.html">next post </a>where I tell how yo can get easy, free and targeted traffic to your page.</span><br />
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Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-33922110781004652242011-09-11T09:45:00.000-07:002011-09-11T10:00:26.473-07:00Suite101 Introduces Subdomains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is just a short post to inform my readers that Suite101 has followed <a href="http://reviews-and-guides.blogspot.com/2011/07/hubpages-introduces-subdomains.html">Hubpages' lead </a>and introduced author specific subdomains.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It has been well documented over the past few months how Suite101 was one of the worst hit content sites following Google's calamitous Project Panda and that their pageviews went down by around 40% withing two to three months in early 2011.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Since then Suite101.com has undergone a sea change and chopped and changes things around with limited success. Their latest modification in order to win back Google's lost love (though it is still PR7 domain) is to introduce individual subdomains for every contributor like <a href="http://anish-d.suite101.com/">anish-d.suite101.com</a> where you can choose the name from a limited list of options created by various permutations of your name.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All pages will be shifted to their respective subdomains by 15th Sept. automatically by Suite101 so you might as well hurry over and exercise your choice.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">However, unlike Hubpages, almost each and every one of my Suite101 pages was PR2 or more and the change in URL means that I will at least temporarily loose it. Hopefully I'll recover them soon enough.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Another thought that struck me regarding this content sites issuing subdomains to authors is that soon all these sites will effectively become blogging platforms (like Blogger, WordPress) and every community will behave like blogger tribes (group of people commenting and linking to each other's blogs) with backlinks flying everywhere. I am sure that will be a really interesting development because then all these sites persecuted by Project Panda will become identical to Google's very own Blogger.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They require absolutely perfect English and the bar is almost ridiculously high.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They tell you which topics to write on and this might really cramp your style, especially if you are not a pro but just keen to have a good time and make a few bucks on the side. </span></li>
</ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, Looking For Clues is the only site I could find where you will face neither of the aforementioned issues. They only require you to be passionate about your topic and your English to be coherrent, which of course is the very essence of blogging (I mean no one's expecting your blog to read like PG Wodehouse!) So here is a quick review of this real life saver for <i>struggling</i> small timers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As I have already mentioned LFC publishes articles on just about any topic but generally pays more for reviews than for general info articles. The only issue with their submission guideline is that each article must be at least 800 words, which significantly longer than the average 300-500 word articles you write for other content directories. Articles must be unique and exclusive to LFC.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The submission process at LFC is very low key but highly personalized and efficient nonetheless. You just have to e-mail your article to their editor who will get back to you in around 2 weeks time and inform you if they are willing to buy it and how much they will pay for it. If you accept their terms then your articles will be edited (just grammatical and spelling errors) and once you approve the edits you will be paid and then your article will go on online.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though there is no passive income scheme, LFC expects every author to promote their articles and this you ability to generate traffic for LFC may have a bearing on your future transactions with them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Usually LFC will pay you something between $10-$20 for each article and it gradually increases as you publish more and more articles there. However, payment is only made to business or premiere paypal accounts which means around $1 will be deducted for transaction.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In addition LFC also allows you a 2-3 sentence long author box and 1-2 dofollow backlinks to your personal blogs etc.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Despite its seedy looks LFC is a 100% genuine site and they have paid me a total of $42 for 3 articles. You can check out my articles at my <a href="http://www.bkserv.net/LFC/articlesbywriter.aspx?Author=Anish%20Dasgupta">LFC profile page</a>.</span></div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-68475708347843197082011-07-24T08:39:00.000-07:002011-07-25T09:03:29.880-07:00Hubpages Introduces Subdomains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is just a short post to inform the reader that Hubpages has launched a most innovative post-panda survival strategy to help check the slide in pageviews and search engine trust--they have introduced the .hubpages.com domain name and here is how they hope it will solve their traffic woes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It is no secret that ALL the <a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/setting-up-a-user-generated-revenue-sharing-wordpress-site-from-s-a324697">user generated content sharing sites</a> have taken a major hit since Google introduced their new content quality based algorithm commonly referred to as Panda. But, while most other major players (most noticeably Suite101.com) are trying to upgrade their editorial process and weed out spammy <i>looking</i> content, Hubpages are trying to shift from an online content magazine to a Blogger style push-button publishing platform by offering each user a separate domain name like username.hubpages.com</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At this point each user (or rather Hubpages account) can either shift to your reserved subdomain or continue to publish hubs as before. So should you transfer your Hubpages profile to .hubpages.com?</span><br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The main advantage of shifting to .hubpages.com subdomain is to slightly alienate yourself from the standard hubpages.com/hub/ URL and there by establish a separate existence in the eyes of Google. The major reason why Hubpages has taken such a hit is because some people are writing low quality article which is prompting Google to devalue the entire hubpages.com/hub <i>domain</i>. So, everyone's articles are feeling the crunch. Which means, if you are confident that you write above average hubs then this should help you get more search engine trust whereas if you are spamming only your subdomain gets blacklisted. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are using Hubapges to gain leverage or as a portfolio for bagging freelance writing gigs then a subdomain of your own should definitely give more gravity to your bid compared to just a profile URL</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Apart from your profile and hub addresses everything else remains exactly the same with your homepage doubling up as your profile page. So you don't have to make sacrifices on the cool Hubpages user interface.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You will be automatically shifted to your subdomain within the next month. So might as well take a head start.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In other words, now that you have gained quantity, it is time to measure the actually quality of your site traffic. And are you managing to hold on to your visitors and make sure that they read through the post and click your ads and affiliate links? A person leaving your site within just a few seconds will usually mean one of four things:</span><br />
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You are targeting the wrong keywords and your domain name is irrelevant to your site content.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is something inherently wrong with your landing page (design, content etc) that is repulsive to your visitor.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Your page is so clear cut that the visitor has found what he was looking for very quickly and has left.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The visitor found something interesting in the top half of your article and has gone off to Google it.</span></li>
</ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While, the only way to solve the first 2 issues is to put more thought into your site, situation 3 may be a good thing and there is a high possibility the reader will keep visiting your site in the future or even start spreading the word about how good the site is. However, situation 4 was, until recently, the most difficult to solve.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But now that a program named Apture has solved the problem you just have to marvel at the simplicity of the solution.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Apture is a service that allows visitors to read stuff relevant to your content without ever leaving your site. All your reader has to do is highlight a piece of text on your article and then Apture will search through trusted sites like Wikipedia, search engines like Bing and even your own domain to pull out relevant excerpts, photos and videos, thus providing a ready reference for your readers so that he never has to leave your site to fill in the gaps of your content.</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can use Apture to show Amazon ads and earn commissions through your Amazon Associate account when a purchase is completed.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can specify domain names (in addition to Wikipedia, Amazon etc.) from Apture draws relevant content.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can see Apture at work right here on this page. Simply select a piece of text and then click the Apture logo!</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: ARIAL, arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif;">The main purpose of writing this series of articles is to empower the reader to think beyond the established sites like</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: ARIAL, arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://factoidz.com/earn-revenue-now/3A20662" style="color: #337799; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Factoidz</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: ARIAL, arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif;">, AC, Suite101, Helium etc which has a tendency of developing strategies and installing rules that can create issues for your work ethics, work flow and most of all creativity.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: ARIAL, arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, without further ado lets dive straight into the list:<br />
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<b>Wizzley</b><br />
<a href="http://wizzley.com/?pr=663" style="color: #337799; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wizzley</a> is a really impressive content sharing site developed by some of the Squidoo big boys (and girls). It has adopted the standard module based writer interface similar to Hubpages and Squidoo. Though it does not have as many module types as Squidoo (which quite possibly has several thousand modules), Wizzley does feature some very innovative modules like the Wikipedia module.<br />
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However, my favorite module there is the Download module which allows the writer to upload a file to the Wizzley server which the reader can then download. An absolute godsend people looking to offer freebies to their readers.<br />
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Minimum article length is 400 words. Editorial system is fairly strict but that might prove to be a good thing in the Post-Panda Cyber world. Wizzley allows you to place one promotional link per 50 words (approx.)<br />
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You earn through your adsense publisher ID and you get 50% of the ad impressions. You can also earn through Amazon Associates, AllPosters and Ebay.<br />
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<b>DailyWiki</b><br />
<a href="http://dailywiki.org/" style="color: #337799; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyWiki </a>is another India based content sharing site that user the standard and super easy WordPress platform which means that if are familiar with this platform (ever owned a WordPress blog or written for Snipsly amongst other sites) then you can start churning out those articles in no time at all.<br />
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The minimum wordcount per article is a standard 300 words but you earn more points for writing longer articles. And 400 words articles have a better chance of getting search engine traffic. Articles must be unique. 2 Dofollow promotional links are allowed per article.<br />
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You earn points for various activities and win cash prizes of upto $100 every month in addition to adsense revenue!<br />
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<b>RitePad</b><br />
RitePad is a VERY new and slightly unprofessional (nothing bad, just amateurish) looking WordPress based content sharing website which offers 80% adsense ad impressions on your articles. </span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vital Statistics of Seekyt</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Home Page Google Page Rank : 3</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Alexa Rank : 69,072</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Overview of Seekyt</span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4yTNenuC9Y6Jed7VS6PG3ziJzj2RDfZ6dgiklhjQDWBObhLazJ-71akMZ638A-4wRi60n-gKDNh9PPdNXoR_D_YJ8kxXREguFMCxwqmjS_U5Wuh1XK3t-q1YTS1W1Kqpdu6zlYS2xgOg/+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4yTNenuC9Y6Jed7VS6PG3ziJzj2RDfZ6dgiklhjQDWBObhLazJ-71akMZ638A-4wRi60n-gKDNh9PPdNXoR_D_YJ8kxXREguFMCxwqmjS_U5Wuh1XK3t-q1YTS1W1Kqpdu6zlYS2xgOg/+2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seekyt only accepts unique content of length 2000 characters or more. Your 3 articles will be moderated before they are published to ensure that it is not spam. But, provided your article is unique and doesn't have too many spelling errors (don't forget to use the Seekyt spell checker tool) your articles should have no issues whatsoever with their editorial system.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You earn revenue through Google Adsense ads placed around your article, but you must have a verified Adsense account to earn from this site. Seekyt offers 70% Adsense ad impression to the author and is significantly higher than most of its more established competitors like Xomba (60%), Hubpages (60%), Triond(50%) and Bukisa (60%). In addition, you can also earn through your Amazon Associates account.In additon to this, Seekyt offers a whopping 25% referral bonus!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seekyt also allows you to place a limited number of dofollow backlinks to your articles and so may be a good place to market your blog or website or even try and sell your products.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My Thoughts on Seekyt</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The first thing that struck me about Seekyt is how active their network is. Your article is sure generate some nice comments and get tweeted, f-liked and shared within just hours of going online and that is a big advantage Seekyt has over many more established content sharing sites.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seekyt is also one of the very few content sharing sites that actually allows you to chose your page layout (placement of adblocks etc.) and this makes the site very flexible for content writers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">However, on the downside Seekyt is a pretty new and site and so it might take a while before you actually start receiving tons of targeted search engine traffic or get a high page rank. But, the decent Alexa rank (for a rather new site) does prove that Seekyt has quite a bit of potential and it might be a good idea to get in the ground level of so promising a venture. <a href="http://seekyt.com/register/referrerId/2437/">Join Seekyt now</a>!</span>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872918771855660396.post-74204625808429604232011-06-30T05:56:00.000-07:002011-07-10T07:39:11.584-07:00Vocaboly : Vocabulary Building Software for SAT GRE GMAT TOEFL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In case you aspire to study abroad, especially in the US and Australia, and English is not your first language then it might be quite a good idea to polish up your English vocabulary before taking the tests. While there are a large number of books and online resources which contain large 'word lists' for the various different exams, the number of interactive vocabulary building software for exams like SAT, GRE, GMAT and TOEFL are a bit harder to find. However, Vocaboly is one such software which facilitates vocabulary building for all the above mentioned international entrance/scholarship exams.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vocaboly supports multiple users and stores each user's personal settings. It also has five dedicated 'books' (which are basically word lists along with definitions, pronunciations and sample sentences), one for each of SAT, GRE, GMAT and TOEFL and one for total beginners. But, this much can be found in any online or offline support tool for these exams. So what makes Vocaboly special? Well, quite a lot of things actually, and here's an in-exhaustive list:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Difficulty Levels and Filters: </b>As you come across the different words (which are arranged alphabetically in the form of a list) you can assign a difficulty level, ranging from 0 to 5, to each word. Words of each difficulty level will be highlighted in a particular color for easy scanning. Further, Vocaboly also offers a filter facility by which you can search for words within a particular difficulty range as assigned by you</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Memory Cards: </b>Vocaboly offers 8 memory cards for each book (SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL and VOA). A memory card basically allows you to create your custom word lists or rather word arrays. For example you can create a memory card for homophones for easy revision.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Pronunciation</b>: Vocaboly has a pronunciation guide where a human American voice will read aloud any word/page you select. It also has a audio test where a word is read aloud and the meaning is provided and you have to spell it.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Interactive Learning: </b>Personally, I believe that it is important to make learning interactive in order to make learning interesting and Vocaboly does just that with the help of some basic but interesting games. My favorite is the classic memory game where you have to match every word to its meaning in order to complete the game. With timer, click counter and a hall-of-fame, the games definitely make learning a lot more fun.</span></li>
</ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vocaboly is probably slightly over priced at $80 but there is no doubt that it is a quality software and delivers on all its promises. Also don't be disheartened by Vocaboly's modest and spartan website or the sample word lists (which consists mostly of very easy words), trust me when I say Vocaboly is the real deal and the perfect tool for boosting your vocabulary.</span></div>Anishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366253491181152428noreply@blogger.com1