Tips and Tricks

All the Texts, Without All the Costs

2011-11-03T19:02:00.002+07:00

All the Texts, Without All the Costs - Frank Radice, the former president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and now a media consultant, is a compulsive texter. But after racking up more than $1,000 in texting charges on a monthly mobile phone bill two years ago, he began searching for a less expensive way to communicate.He found apps that allowed him to text free. “Once you

Gaddafi Shows Why Google is Failing Its Mission in Search

2011-10-21T18:02:00.003+07:00

Gaddafi Shows Why Google is Failing Its Mission in Search - Don't expect Twitter-based realtime search anytime soon As you may recall, Google used to have a realtime search feature. When some topic was hot at any given time, and you did just a plain Google search on that topic, Google would show realtime results mixed right in with the regular results, and you can actually see them rolling

What are the biggest obstacles you’ve encountered in blogging success?

2011-10-17T18:46:00.003+07:00

What are the biggest obstacles you’ve encountered in blogging success? - WebProNews recently interviewed reality television blogger Reality Steve (Steve Carbone). The interview wasn’t entirely about how to launch a successful blog, but as he shared his story with us, there were plenty of nuggets of wisdom that naturally came out of the conversation, which if you’re trying to become a successful

The No. 1 Danger of Using Facebook

2011-09-26T19:07:00.001+07:00

The No. 1 Danger of Using Facebook - Spending too much time on it and neglecting other stuff? Your boss finding embarrassing photos? Nope, and nope. People have been getting obsessed with stuff long before Facebook, and "Facebook addictions" making the news now mostly because it's so new. Meanwhile, not everyone finds themselves turned down from a job because of embarrassing pictures, but every

10 Top Smart Web Design Tips

2011-08-19T15:27:00.002+07:00

10 Top Smart Web Design Tips - When in the thoughts of producing a website, think hard on the some important key points you must deploy. To give you a few hints and tip I have set out below some useful sources of information that can help you to develop a good looking and profitable website. 1. Time is money, save both by managing and processing work carefully and logically. They say that

Top 12 Search Engine

2011-07-07T15:16:00.003+07:00

Top 12 Search Engine - There are many misconceptions about search engine marketing (SEM), and some have actually become established myths. The most popular myths are those about in-house optimization, submission software, traffic quality, and lead superiority -- not to mention the myth of guaranteed top-positioning. Below are the top 12 myths that can lead marketers astray if left

SEO Predictions That Came True

2011-07-05T18:34:00.002+07:00

SEO Predictions That Came True - Each time a year ends, we encounter countless bloggers and writers who share their thoughts about the incoming year. Some predictions are theoretically supported and some are just plain wild guesses. Predicting what's in store for the next year is almost a tradition for writers, even those not involved in SEO and Internet marketing. Sports writers, business

8 Reasons SEO Audits are Needed Before Sites are Built

2011-07-05T18:27:00.002+07:00

8 Reasons SEO Audits are Needed Before Sites are Built - If you’ve worked in the SEO industry for any significant length of time, you’ve inevitably had a situation arise where a brand new site was being planned or an existing site was being overhauled and you were brought in to ensure the new (or new version) site would get SEO.And unless you have magic fairy dust at your beck and call, you have

Understanding Business Cycles and How They Relate to SEO

2011-07-05T18:19:00.001+07:00

Understanding Business Cycles and How They Relate to SEO - As the song by The Byrds goes "To everything - turn, turn, turn/ There is a season - turn, turn, turn/And a time for every purpose under heaven." The same principle applies to Internet marketing - different aspects of Internet marketing campaigns run on different cycles. These business cycles have to be understood and accounted for when

Ten Ways to Make Money from your Blog

2011-06-23T17:44:00.001+07:00

1. The most common ways is through Contextual Advertising such as Google™ Adsense™, you simply sign up for an account if you don't already have one, and place the Adsense code on your site. Google then takes care of putting relative ads on your site for you, and when people click on the ads, you make money. It's that simple.And you're not limited to just Google Adsense. There is also Yahoo™

Monetizing Your Website With Adsense Is Profitable !!!

2011-06-23T17:24:00.002+07:00

Monetizing Your Website With Adsense Is Profitable !!! - Google Adsense is a quick & easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant & text-based Google ads on their website’s content pages & earn funds in the technique. The ads displayed are related to what your users are looking for on your site. This is the main reason why you both can monetize & enhance your content pages

Top 10 AdSense Tricks To Boost Your Commission

2011-06-23T16:28:00.003+07:00

Top 10 AdSense Tricks To Boost Your Commission - Google AdSense - http://www.google.com/adsense - is fast becoming the preferred way for people to earn an income online. Forget eBay and multiple affiliate programs. Whether you are a work-at-home mom trying to make a little extra cash or an Internet entrepreneur with hundreds of monetized websites, AdSense is truly the easiest way to earn

How Does the Heat Index Work?

2011-06-15T21:07:00.002+07:00

How Does the Heat Index Work? - A national heat wave is expected to reach its peak today, as temperatures along the East Coast rise into the 90s and 100s. To make things worse, the high humidity has produced heat indexes of between 110 and 120. What's the "heat index," and how does it work?The heat index tells you how hot it feels at a given humidity. Moist air feels hotter than dry air because

The Art of Staying Focused

2011-06-06T21:56:00.002+07:00

The Art of Staying Focused - Many new and even seasoned internet marketers find it hard to stay focused on their tasks.When you work online it can be nearly impossible to get anything accomplished when you run across new opportunities, are tempted to visit websites, watch videos, check email, browse forums, check your stats, listen to tele-seminars, browse Google and do other distracting online

Five Ways to Use Twitter for Marketing That You Might Not Know About

2011-05-27T19:47:00.003+07:00

Five Ways to Use Twitter for Marketing That You Might Not Know About - I like to think of Twitter as a live networking event where you can jump into a conversation at any time. It's a great tool for communicating information to followers but also for engaging with them.However, I've learned that many people, even those who are on Twitter frequently, use it only for sharing information -- not for

Why and How to Rank in Image Searches

2011-05-23T18:54:00.004+07:00

Why and How to Rank in Image Searches - One aspect of search that doesn't get discussed often enough is image search. It's such a huge part of search and the daily habits of web surfers all over the world, it's amazing how little a ttention is actually paid to it when it comes to marketing andoptimization.Some Image Search Stats to Chew OnGoogle Director of Product Management R.J. Pittman dropped

Seven Tips to Maintain Your Website Reputation

2011-05-18T22:38:00.002+07:00

Seven Tips to Maintain Your Website Reputation - In order to succeed and combat the competitive online world, you need to maintain a good reputation online. A good reputation does not only require a good website design but a lot more to build confidence, to grow sales and ultimately leads to better revenues and higher profitability.In today's Internet buzz nasty rumors, wrong opinions and

Facebook vs Google

2011-05-09T21:09:00.001+07:00

Facebook vs Google - Facebook and Google are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions said.Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has taken part in internal discussions about buying Skype, according to one of the sources. Another source said Facebook had reached

On - Page Optimization Tactics - You Don't Hear About Backlinking

2011-05-04T21:04:00.000+07:00

On - Page Optimization Tactics - You Don't Hear About Backlinking - backlinking, backlinking - it seems to be the only part of SEO anyone ever talks about these days! Let's get our noses out of everybody else's sites and back into ours. On-page optimization is often overlooked and neglected, but your on-page SEO builds the foundation for all of your off-page optimization efforts. We're

What Is CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization)?

2011-04-20T21:41:00.002+07:00

What Is CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization)? - Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is a methodology designed to help website owners turn visitors into paying customers. There are two main approaches to CRO: one is researching before launching a website, and the other is launching the website first, and then testing different strategies to see which is most successful. Both strategies have their

Nine Tips For Effective Website Content - Giving Visitors What They Want

2011-04-19T20:55:00.003+07:00

Nine Tips For Effective Website Content - Web readers may be a difficult bunch, they may take a while to digest information and they may need convincing of every single point you deliver but they are essential. They can become long term, loyal customers, as long as you give them what they want.Writing for the Internet is a different skill to writing for paper print or paper publications. Website

Ten Ways to Turn Online Reviews into More Loyal Customers

2011-04-18T19:37:00.002+07:00

Ten Ways to Turn Online Reviews into More Loyal Customers - Companies like Google, Yelp, UrbanSpoon, CitySearch and many others have made it easy and convenient for customers to share their thoughts with the world. And they're not just talking about what they had for breakfast.They're telling the world what they think of Your Business.Smart companies are using these online reviews to attract and

To A Great SEO Campaign

2011-04-16T00:02:00.003+07:00

To A Great SEO Campaign - The first real step to anything is research, and lots of it. The most important step to any SEO campaign is keyword research.The first step to consider is the niche you are in, and the products or services that you are promoting. You should come up with a list of potential keywords that your customers would use to find you on the web.After that you could use the Google

Corporate Branding is Key to a Successful Business

2011-04-13T18:42:00.002+07:00

Corporate Branding is Key to a Successful Business - Corporate branding is the process of establishing a name and image for your business. It is something, which should be done by every organization, and establishes a name for your product or service.While you can have a successful business without the use of corporate branding, it is much harder to remain in the minds of customers when you do

Will Twitter — and tweets about traffic — change the way we drive?

2011-04-04T21:38:00.003+07:00

Will Twitter — and tweets about traffic — change the way we drive? - On an early Friday morning rush hour last month, a Seattle-area web designer named Michael Micheletti was driving his BMW, "check engine" light blazing, to his dealer to be serviced. In some kind of disharmonic convergence, the car gave out a few miles from the dealership—dead in the middle of I-5, one of the nation's

Google's answer to the Facebook 'like' button: +1

2011-04-01T17:08:00.000+07:00

Google's answer to the Facebook 'like' button: +1 – The tech powerhouse unveils a new tool that allows users to recommend search results to their friends On Wednesday, Google announced a new feature called the +1 button, which will appear next to search results, and allow users to easily recommend search results to their Google contacts, giving certain sites prominence over others based on

Ten Reasons You Aren't Rich

2011-03-31T19:25:00.004+07:00

Ten Reasons You Aren't Rich - The reason why you aren't a millionaire (or on your way to becoming one) is really quite simple. You probably assume it's because you aren't earning enough money, but the truth is that for most people, whether or not you become a millionaire has very little to do with the amount of money you make. It's the way that you treat money in your daily life.Here are 10

Do you see value in social media or do you have serious concerns about it?

2011-03-28T17:51:00.002+07:00

Do you see value in social media or do you have serious concerns about it? - Social media has become a common communication tool in the U.S., driven by the fact that Americans' time on social networking sites has increased by 73 percent in the past year, according to a new survey from Minneapolis-based Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law. When it comes to using social media in a corporate

'Anti-Facebook' From Google

2011-03-17T19:22:00.002+07:00

Google to Launch the 'Anti-Facebook' - You can be my friend on Facebook, dear reader, but if and when Google launches its new social network, I probably will not accept friend requests from people I do not intimately know. That is because I, like most Google users, do not want my Google account to be more social. I am perfectly happy being social on Twitter and Facebook but when it comes to

No Site Considers Itself a Content Farm, But Some of the Victims Really Aren't

2011-03-03T18:23:00.004+07:00

No Site Considers Itself a Content Farm, But Some of the Victims Really Aren't - Last week, Google launched a major update to its algorithm, which was positioned as one that would go after content farms. While some sites that are often attached to that label were in fact hurt by the update, some other sites that aren’t generally considered content farms became casualties as well.Was your

Seven Ways to Make Extra Money in 2011

2011-02-25T18:44:00.002+07:00

Seven Ways to Make Extra Money in 2011 - Job security might be out, but freelance, contract, and temporary work is in, which makes it easier than ever to moonlight as a graphic designer while you spend your days as a public relations rep. Slimmer staffs mean companies often need the extra help, and new websites offer free tools that match potential employers with workers. And earning extra

Why Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Matters

2011-02-23T21:01:00.003+07:00

Why Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Matters - If you aren't yet aware of its meaning, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Simple enough, but just what is SEO and what is it for? This is a more complex matter.Search engine optimization refers to a number of different techniques used for building websites and the content on these sites to improve their placident in the search engine results

10 Valuable SEO Link Building Tips

2011-02-18T15:43:00.003+07:00

10 Valuable SEO Link Building Tips - SEO link building is one of the most crucial methods you can use for website promotion. While on-page optimization is important, it doesn't take you really far. Once your website is up and running, the next thing to do is build quality inbound website links, which can help your site appear higher in the search engine results pages (SERPs).Here are valuable

How simply upper-casing your password can frustrate a hacker's attempts at breaking into your account

2011-02-11T18:29:00.002+07:00

How simply upper-casing your password can frustrate a hacker's attempts at breaking into your account - Passwords? Pin numbers? There was a time before Internet shopping when they were barely needed.But their prevalence has, in turn, led to a growth in online accounts being hacked and the need to memorise increasingly unwieldy passwords.Now, researchers have found that simply by upper-casing

Tips to Improve Your Search Ranking with Good Content

2011-02-09T21:01:00.003+07:00

Tips to Improve Your Search Ranking with Good Content - One of the most important on-page SEO factors is often forgotten by many website owners – content. I like the old saying, “content is king” because it still plays a huge part in determining how websites rank in search engines. Generally, the more relevant content you can provide the better.Other factors do play a part, such as quality,

How to Become an SEO Expert

2011-02-02T15:43:00.004+07:00

How to Become an SEO Expert - Search engine optimization (SEO) is more difficult than rocket science. Becoming a Jedi-level SEO master requires years of practice for most mere mortals, and like a Jedi, if one falls out of practice, one's skills quickly wane.This is not a static science. Search algorithms change constantly, and as they are carefully protected secrets, one can never know what those

The Importance of Keywords and Keyword Placement For Your Website

2011-01-26T18:41:00.002+07:00

The Importance of Keywords and Keyword Placement For Your Website - You've made the decision. It's now time to either build a website for your business or do a redesign on your current website that just isn't bringing in the business you would like.One of the first steps in the process is identifying keywords or keyword phrases that potential customers would use to find out about your business

Website Duplicate Content - A Search Engine's View

2011-01-12T12:47:00.003+07:00

Website Duplicate Content - A Search Engine's View - Duplicate Content Detection, the process of detecting and scoring the correlation between two or more documents on the Web, is one of the more complex problems that Search Engines solve.Webmasters tend to overlook this issue because of its complex nature. In this article, I will briefly discuss how a Search Engine views Duplicate Content, and

Let's Talk ABCs of SEO

2011-01-10T22:19:00.001+07:00

Let's Talk ABCs of SEO - I get this question all the time from clients and people I work with. "Derek, what exactly is SEO, why do I need it and how does it work. More importantly, what specifically do I need to do about SEO?"Well, let me explain it in very simple and easy to understand language so you can incorporate the right SEO strategy online for your business that will help you

How to hack your Facebook profile picture: a step-by-step guide to 'refacing' your profile

2011-01-10T01:38:00.000+07:00

How to hack your Facebook profile picture: a step-by-step guide to 'refacing' your profile - Thousands of people are hacking the new-look Facebook profiles to jazz them up. Here's how to do it yourself.A French artist has kicked off a new trend by ‘refacing’ his Facebook profile. Alexandre Oudin tweaked the photos on his Facebook page to make them look like pieces of one large photo. Since then,

What's in Store for Websites in 2011

2011-01-07T18:32:00.002+07:00

What's in Store for Websites in 2011 - From mobility to scalabilty, here's a look at the top trends in ecommerce for the coming year.What’s in store for online businesses in 2011? There are several changes on the horizon, but one common thread through them all is the need for flexibility. Your customers are accessing information in more ways than ever, and their expectations are high. To meet

Here are 10 ways to royally mess up your SEO

2011-01-05T19:51:00.002+07:00

Ten Ways to Mess Up Your SEO - I see it and hear it all the time. I speak with potential clients that claim everything was going great and then all of a sudden everything hit the fan. Rankings gone, traffic gone and business down. Here are 10 ways to royally mess up your SEO: 1. Not asking enough questionsWhen you hire a search engine optimization company make sure to ask questions on process.

Top 10 Social Media Trends for 2011

2010-12-29T21:07:00.003+07:00

Top 10 Social Media Trends for 2011 - How to leverage the latest trends, from location-based marketing to new video platforms and text campaigns.Just when you thought you had Twitter down, a basic understanding of LinkedIn and you finally know how to upload a video to YouTube, I present my take on social trends that are on the horizon next year. From plug-ins to location-based marketing

How Effective is Your Online Marketing?

2010-12-22T10:49:00.001+07:00

How Effective is Your Online Marketing? - Many people struggle with their day to day routine. From the time they sit down in their home office with a fresh cup of joe, and are plagued with the anxiety created by the day's marketing events.One of the best ways to avoid "paralysis of analysis" is to write out the next days activities before you go to sleep. This will help you to avoid the morning

Top 10 Tips for Local Search Engine Optimisation

2010-12-13T21:07:00.002+07:00

Top 10 Tips for Local Search Engine Optimisation - Punch Above your Weight Online - Localised search results have recently experienced a major overhaul within the Google SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) which has resulted in a fantastic opportunity for small and medium-sized businesses.Local search results were previously relegated to a small map, which would appear within the first

SEO Trends - What 2011

2010-12-08T23:32:00.002+07:00

SEO Trends - What 2011 - With 2010 nearing an end, we are all looking ahead optimistically towards 2011. In the world of web technology, we have not witnessed any major upheaval this year. Being an ardent web surfer and a webmaster it's all but natural for me to become curious about what holds for us in 2011. The most interesting area to look forward to is Search Engine Optimization (SEO),

Expand Your Business With Blogging

2010-11-25T18:58:00.001+07:00

Expand Your Business With Blogging - Statistically speaking, you're likely reading this outside of normal business hours. Am I right, or am I right?Why? Because if you have a life (okay... admittedly many people don't) the majority of your time is spent away from the office and outside of normal business hours. Usually, when the sun goes down you are already out the door. Frazier has left the

Facebook Launches "One-Stop Conversation Shop"

2010-11-16T21:03:00.004+07:00

Facebook Launches "One-Stop Conversation Shop" - Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Facebook's "modern messaging system" in San Francisco Monday, but it wasn't quite the Google-gobbling monster some analysts had predicted. Zuckerberg himself said Facebook mail won't replace e-mail (yet).But he made it clear that he doesn't think the future of communication lies with Gmail, because it's just

A Guide For Start-Up CEOs

2010-11-16T20:11:00.002+07:00

A Guide For Start-Up CEOs - How to survive LeWeb 2010: a guide for start-up CEOs - Who to see, what to do, and how to avoid getting overwhelmed by Europe's largest tech conferenceEurope's largest - and most daunting - gathering of geeks is almost upon us. LeWeb's 2010 incarnation promises to be bigger and even more extravagant than ever before. But before I get into telling you how to prepare for

How To Switch To Gmail

2010-11-14T23:45:00.002+07:00

How To Switch To Gmail - It's time to clean up your e-mail in-box, shave hours off of your work week, and start living life again. Like the man in the infomercial says, it worked for me -- and it can work for you!I'm talking about Google's Gmail service, of course, but if you're like millions of Americans you're probably still holding onto that old Hotmail or AOL account for dear life. It's time

Is Facebook about to offer email?

2010-11-14T16:20:00.003+07:00

Is Facebook about to offer email? Reports say it plans a 'Gmail killer' - Facebook may be on the verge of offering e-mail to the 500 million members of its social-networking site, making it the largest e-mail service on the planet.More significantly, the offering could lead to a fundamental transformation of e-mail. Yahoo, Google and Microsoft are already scrambling to retool their e-mail

The web has changed a lot since Marc Andreessen revolutionised the internet with the introduction of his Netscape browser in the mid-1990s

2010-11-11T17:02:00.002+07:00

The web has changed a lot since Marc Andreessen revolutionised the internet with the introduction of his Netscape browser in the mid-1990s. That's why he's betting people are ready to try a different web-surfing technique on a new browser called RockMelt.The browser, available for the first time Monday, is built on the premise that most online activity today revolves around socialising on

Facebook ranks first in display ads

2010-11-11T13:49:00.001+07:00

Facebook ranks first in display ads - Facebook has become an online advertising magnet, capturing the greatest number of display ads of any Internet publishing site in the third quarter, according to ComScore. In the third quarter, Facebook grabbed 23 percent of all Internet display ads, or 297 billion ad impressions, which was more than the total display ads on Yahoo, Microsoft, Fox and

Is Bing More of a Threat to Google Than Facebook or Apple?

2010-11-05T16:41:00.003+07:00

Is Bing More of a Threat to Google Than Facebook or Apple? - According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Bing is its main competitor - not Facebook or Apple. He sat down with Alan Murray of the Wall Street Journal, who was kind enough to post an embeddable video of the conversation. "What's interesting is we think of neither [Facebook or Apple] as a competitive threat...our competitor is Bing. And

Google Extends Security Reward Program

2010-11-02T14:49:00.002+07:00

Google Extends Security Reward Program - Earlier this year I wrote a story about the enigmatic world of cybersecurity, where ”white hat” hackers work with corporations to find flaws in computer systems, in the hope of fending off “black hat” hackers who try to take advantage of these vulnerabilities.At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas in JulyIn the article I discussed how some

A New Search Engine, Where Less Is More

2010-11-02T10:11:00.003+07:00

A New Search Engine, Where Less Is More - Start-ups and big companies alike have tried to take on Google by building a better search engine. That they have failed has not stopped brave new entrants.The latest is Blekko, a search engine that will open to the public on Monday.Rich Skrenta, Blekko’s co-founder and chief executive, says that since Google started, the Web has been overrun by unhelpful

Insider Secrets On Why Go For An Internet Marketing Class

2010-10-29T21:28:00.001+07:00

Insider Secrets On Why Go For An Internet Marketing Class - For you to become successful in doing businesses online, you should be able to constantly enhance your knowledge and skills particularly with regards to search engine optimization and Internet marketing.It is because the world of web or the Internet itself and its corresponding aspects such as the search engines and the like

The 20 most useful dating websites

2010-10-28T13:29:00.002+07:00

The 20 most useful dating websites - As the internet plays an ever greater part in our social lives, with sites such as Facebook helping us to keep in touch with our friends, it's inevitable that we also use it to help us run our love lives as well. Here is the pick of the best dating sitesInternet dating has shed its geeky image and now there are a host of sites offering free online dating, some

Facebook's Filters Fall Short in Blocking Pedophiles

2010-10-22T12:13:00.002+07:00

Facebook's Filters Fall Short in Blocking Pedophiles - Facebook is failing to prevent child predators from posting suggestive and potentially illegal photographs of children on its website, a weeks-long investigation by FoxNews.com reveals, despite its claim that it's doing all it can to keep pedophile materials from being displayed. The world's largest social network employs content

Ten Tips to Maintaining Car Air Conditioner

2010-10-20T16:29:00.001+07:00

Ten Tips to Maintaining Car Air Conditioner - Driving The car will sense comfortable, if the air conditioner turns perfectly. It's get a necessity particularly in the big city if air conditioning breaks down or not cold, considerations were so completely wrong to open the car window, security problems, dust and fumes will enter your car, but if it is closed the room will feel hot and stuffy.

Are social signals more relevant than links?

2010-10-15T12:46:00.002+07:00

Are social signals more relevant than links? - Microsoft partners with Facebook to bring social relevance to its Bing search engine. This is a huge announcement with deep implications for the future of search and whether Bing can make gains on Google. Microsoft is leveraging it's ownership stake in Facebook to strike an exclusive relationship that can't be matched by Google. In essence, Bing is

Do you think Windows Phone 7 will be a hit with consumers?

2010-10-13T18:50:00.005+07:00

Do you think Windows Phone 7 will be a hit with consumers? - Search Implications of Windows Phone 7's Success or FailureMicrosoft showed off its new Windows Phone 7 devices this week. There are a lot of questions about how Microsoft will perform in the smartphone space, though they're clearly up to the challenge. Microsoft's success in this space also has big implications for the company's

How Effective is Your Online Marketing?

2010-10-11T22:16:00.002+07:00

What Bing, Twitter, and Facebook Mean for SEO

2010-10-08T18:25:00.002+07:00

What Bing, Twitter, and Facebook Mean for SEO - Google is traditionally the main area of focus when it comes to search engine optimization. With the search engine giant so far ahead of the game in terms of search market share, it's not hard to understand why. Search is changing though, and there are always new elements coming into play. Since social media has come into its own, more

How to find travel deals on Facebook and Twitter

2010-10-07T21:56:00.001+07:00

How to find travel deals on Facebook and Twitter - They sound too good to be true: $10 flights. $93/night hotels in Miami (including a free night's stay). $9.99/day weekend car rentals. Half-off trips to Australia. Believe it or not, these were all recently available—but only if you knew where to look.If you haven't yet gotten involved with social media, now's the time to start. Savvy travelers

Making Money Off The Rich

2010-10-07T21:47:00.001+07:00

Making Money Off The Rich - From the canyons of Manhattan to Beverly Hills, Calif., debate is again raging over the rich. Should we soak them by raising their taxes? Coddle them by extending their tax cuts? And who really is rich, anyway?The debate is likely to continue beyond the midterm elections. Rather than get all worked up over it, I have a simple proposition: Why not sidestep the

The Dangers Of USB Drives

2010-10-06T19:59:00.003+07:00

The Dangers Of USB Drives - Talking to a computer security researcher about Stuxnet is like asking an art critic to describe the finer points of the Mona Lisa. The world's top cybersecurity minds are absolutely in awe. Stuxnet, which was discovered in June and has since spread to millions of machines around the world, is the most sophisticated computer attack we've ever seen. Though its true

Travel tips that can save your life - Ex-Secret Service agent offers advice to stay safe on the road

2010-10-05T18:13:00.003+07:00

Travel tips that can save your life - Ex-Secret Service agent offers advice to stay safe on the road - During the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, a woman named Geraldine Larkin was browsing a bookstore near the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower when she heard what she thought were fireworks. Instead of immediately seeking shelter, she wandered back to the hotel. Some alert hotel patrons grabbed her

They promise to give you cash for free, but more than a third of cashback websites fail to stump up the money you are due

2010-10-05T15:12:00.001+07:00

They promise to give you cash for free, but more than a third of cashback websites fail to stump up the money you are due - Cashback websites are hugely popular with penny-pinching, savvy consumers (there's an estimated 2.3 million). The sites list product providers and retailers that pay commission when shoppers click on their links. In turn, the cashback website rebates some of this commission

How To Find A Good Web Host?

2010-10-02T01:14:00.002+07:00

How To Find A Good Web Host? - Usually when someone contacts me online, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is this: "How do I find a good web host?" or "Which web host do you use?"This is one of those essential things you will need in order to earn that online income. You will need a web site and you will need a web host - somewhere to place that web site.Sure there are countless

Share Button !! : Blogger New Feature

2010-07-23T12:20:00.003+07:00

Share buttons is an essential tool to promote and after a long time Blogger has launched share buttons for blogger in draft. It seems Blogger is slowly implementing some essential features to help bloggers to blog better and its good for many who are not good at coding. So no more coding needed and lets welcome a world of simplicity.Now, here is a sample way to showing the Share Button into your

Paul Ceglia. Web designer files lawsuit claiming he owns 84% of Facebook

2010-07-14T18:49:00.003+07:00

Paul Ceglia has filed a lawsuit against FacebookPaul Ceglia. Web designer files lawsuit claiming he owns 84% of Facebook. A web designer is taking Facebook to court claiming he owns 84 per cent of the social networking site.Paul Ceglia has filed a civil lawsuit in the Supreme Court in New York claiming he signed a contract with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2003 to develop and design

'Google Me' site may be in the works

2010-07-13T19:31:00.005+07:00

'Google Me' site may be in the works. If online reports are to be believed, Google could be cooking up a rival for Facebook -- and bringing the maker of popular social games like "FarmVille" with them.Google Games, built around some sort of partnership with casual-gaming company Zynga, is in the works and would be part of a larger social network called Google Me, according to technology blog Tech

Google says China licence renewed by government

2010-07-12T00:37:00.004+07:00

Google says China licence renewed by government - The Chinese government has renewed Google's licence to operate in China, the internet giant has said, ending a long-running stand-off between the two.Google gave no details of the licence renewal.There had been speculation China would revoke the licence after Google began redirecting Chinese users to its unfiltered search site in Hong Kong.The

Government to use Facebook for ideas on cuts

2010-07-09T22:07:00.002+07:00

Government to use Facebook for ideas on cuts.David Cameron aims to use social network Facebook to harness ‘civic spirit in this country where people want to take control’Government ministers will use social network Facebook to ask British citizens for ideas on spending cuts, the Prime Minster has announced. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has praised the UK Government's attitude to social

Google, Bing search engines turn to music

2010-07-06T17:13:00.000+07:00

Google, Bing search engines turn to music – Internet search engines pride themselves as being neutral providers of information.But as competition mounts to own the connection between fans and online content, tech behemoths like Microsoft and Google increasingly are turning to their search engines to help drive their entertainment content strategies.In June, Microsoft launched a new entertainment

How to Build a Complete Web Business on a Shoe String Budget with Article Marketing

2010-07-04T00:19:00.003+07:00

How to Build a Complete Web Business on a Shoe String Budget with Article Marketing. One of the greatest benefits of being a web business owner is that you don't need to have deep pockets to drive your businesses to success. I can show you how to build a complete web business from the ground up with a shoe string budget.Step 1: Build a revenue generating website.The first step to take is to build

'Net bosses set to approve .xxx for porn sites

2010-06-25T22:18:00.003+07:00

'Net bosses set to approve .xxx for porn sites - The company that oversees Web addresses is expected to give the go-ahead on Friday for the creation of a .xxx suffix for websites with pornographic content, company officials indicated on Thursday.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the Internet on behalf of the U.S. government, has in the past resisted

Google dumps Windows; Is Microsoft's OS headed down a troubled path?

2010-06-01T17:18:00.005+07:00

Google dumps Windows; Is Microsoft's OS headed down a troubled path?.Google pulls the plug on Windows PCs for security reasons but, in an increasingly competitive environment, is this another attack on the future of Windows OS? It comes as no surprise that Google would want its employees to use its products, including the forthcoming Chrome OS. But months before the

Facebook bows to user pressure with privacy control shake-up... BUT falls short of EU demands

2010-05-27T17:59:00.003+07:00

Facebook bows to user pressure with privacy control shake-up... BUT falls short of EU demands. Facebook has completely redesigned its privacy settings, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced today. The overhaul was in response to a massive backlash against how the social network had handled the personal information of its 400million users.However, the 26-year-old CEO has stopped short of

Facebook: privacy changes ‘as soon as possible’

2010-05-25T20:10:00.001+07:00

Facebook: privacy changes ‘as soon as possible’, says Zuckerberg. Founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said that Facebook sometimes moves ‘too fast’ but is working to fix mistakes made on privacyFacebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that users find the social network’s controversial privacy controls “too complex”, but has said that the website will move to

Quitting Facebook: What Happens When You Deactivate?

2010-05-23T06:24:00.000+07:00

Quitting Facebook: What Happens When You Deactivate?. What Happens to Photos, Wall Messages, Games If You Deactivate Facebook Account?For most of us, it will likely never be more than an idle threat. But what happens if you actually do decide to sign off from Facebook -- for good?Frustrated by privacy changes or perhaps simply overwhelmed by the non-stop online chatter, Facebook users sometimes

Do 6-Year-Olds Need a Social Network?

2010-05-22T18:16:00.003+07:00

'Facebook' for Kids Keeps Parents in the Loop. Do 6-Year-Olds Need a Social Network? Father of 3 Thinks Yes, Launches TogethervilleKids under 13 aren't allowed on Facebook, but that hasn't stopped many of them from joining.Togetherville, a social network for kids ages 6 to 10, hopes to lure them into a more age-appropriate setting. The site, whose founder has three children under 10, launches

Is your dirty keyboard attracting mice?

2010-05-12T12:34:00.005+07:00

Is your dirty keyboard attracting mice?. Is your computer keyboard a health hazard?. Dirty consoles now attracting rodents. Office workers choosing to eat at their desks is leaving crumbs on keyboards which attract rodents For many, the tiny morsel of food buried beneath the keyboard is an innocuous, albeit unpleasant, hazard of a working lunch.But the seemingly harmless crumb is now being

Facebook’s Dr Evil wants to be your closest friend

2010-05-06T17:46:00.002+07:00

Facebook’s Dr Evil wants to be your closest friend. Opposition to the social networking site is growing as it seeks to milk users for ever more personal information.Mark Zuckerberg will be 26 on May 14 but he looks younger. He is worth $4 billion and he runs a website with 400m users and rising. This website could be worth £15 billion. Or next to nothing. Everybody used to love this website

Yahoo predicts problem for Google

2010-04-30T10:30:00.001+07:00

Carol Bartz took over the company from its founder Jerry Yang in 2009 Yahoo predicts problem for Google. Google will have "a problem" if it does not diversify its business, the head of Yahoo has told BBC News. Carol Bartz said that Google would have to "do a lot more than search" and suggested that it would have to "

Simple things you can do today that will show results almost immediately

2010-04-29T16:50:00.003+07:00

Simple things you can do today that will show results almost immediately. You started a business blog, created a Twitter profile and developed a Facebook page--now what?Sure, you can start publishing updates and sending friend and follow requests, but those communications are just the preliminary steps to social media marketing success.Here are five tips that anyone can apply to their

Six Ways How to Make Money Online From Home

2010-02-25T20:50:00.001+07:00

Six Ways How to Make Money Online From Home . When you set yourself a question about how to make money online, the answer sounds, what do you want? The challenge is to select and to develop your own area of expertise, because it is not wise to try a little bit this and that.1. Is Social Networking Your Way To Make Money Online?To participate social networking sites is a time consuming way how to

10 Simple Ways To Expand Your Subscriber List

2010-02-24T19:05:00.002+07:00

10 Simple Ways To Expand Your Subscriber List. Here are 10 ways to expand your subscriber list:1. Keep your subscription form easy to find on every web page.Preferably, add it on your navigational bar. If the form is to large for the bar or page, add a hyperlink and send them to a popup or a separate page so that the previous page on your site doesn't disappear. It is easy for them to return to

How To Get 50 High PR One Way Links Each Month

2010-02-24T18:57:00.001+07:00

How To Get 50 High PR One Way Links Each Month. It's easy. So easy it's almost criminal. But I can get one-way high PR links whenever I want.How?Come closer. Let me whisper in your ear.It involves articles, the google toolbar and a tracking sheet.That's it's. Because there's really nothing to getting high PR one way links.====> Two Must FindsAll you do is find sites to post your articles on that

We’re All Google Buzz Virgins

2010-02-10T15:53:00.003+07:00

We’re All Google Buzz Virgins (Now) Since Google is rolling out its new social service to everyone pretty much at once, that's a lot of newbies for Buzz. What's the most common first tweet that Twitter newbies make? That's easy: "Trying out Twitter" and variants thereof. Nearly everybody who joins the service starts out in a mode that's experimental, confused, and -- for the rest of us -- tedious

Access Your Home PC Even When You're Not Home

2010-02-10T15:46:00.001+07:00

Access Your Home PC Even When You're Not Home. I routinely use my local coffee shop as a temporary office--and judging by the number of other laptop users I see there, I'm not alone. Invariably I end up needing something on my home PC--a file, an e-mail stored in Outlook, a Web link I bookmarked, or whatever. If only I could access that system from afar! I can. In fact, there are many

Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page

2010-02-05T15:37:00.002+07:00

Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page – Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night "hackathon" to craft new software for the social networking website.Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the online community is hitting another milestone with membership climbing to 400 million this week.

Google complaint highlights China

2010-02-04T10:50:00.003+07:00

Google complaint highlights China-based hacking – Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks. The hacking that angered Google Inc. and hit dozens of other businesses adds to growing concern that China is a center

Facebook Is a Cybercrime Danger Zone

2010-02-03T12:59:00.002+07:00

Facebook Is a Cybercrime Danger Zone. Facebook and Twitter were all the rage in 2009, and not just for social networkers. The sites were also extremely popular among hackers and thieves, IT security firm Sophos revealed Monday in its Security Threat 2010 report. The firm's survey found that spamming on social networks has skyrocketed more than 70 percent. Fifty-seven percent of

How Important is the Speed of Your Site?

2010-02-03T11:50:00.003+07:00

How Important is the Speed of Your Site?. Late last year, in a conversation about the Caffeine update, Google's Matt Cutts told WebProNews that page speed could become a factor Google looks at for ranking search results. His comments received a lot of attention, because Google has never taken this into consideration for ranking websites in the past. The notion that they would do so riled a lot of

Are SEOs the 'Bad Guys' ?

2010-01-31T01:05:00.001+07:00

Are SEOs the 'Bad Guys'? "Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie." There have been a couple of pretty interesting articles written this week that ask a legitimate (if not somewhat sensationalized) question: Does Google consider SEOs to be criminals?SEOs being SEOs are, by definition, people who make a living trying to manipulate the results of search engines. Now, before you eat me alive

SEO Checklist

2010-01-30T01:58:00.000+07:00

SEO Checklist. When you are evaluating your website from an SEO/Indexing/Crawlability perspective there are a few things to keep in mind and some important questions you may not be asking yourself. What questions are you asking yourself? Important point number 1:A traffic problem is not always a ranking problem. Many of us are too quick to assume that a drop in traffic is an indicator of some

Mixing Business and Pleasure Can Sometimes Go Too Far

2010-01-29T01:45:00.000+07:00

Do You Keep Your Social Media Profiles Separate?. Mixing Business and Pleasure Can Sometimes Go Too Far. In some cases it may be wise to keep social network profiles separate from each other. What I mean by this is that business shouldn't always be mixed with pleasure. I don't mean this in the same way that the Wall Street Journal meant itall business should be mixed with all pleasure. Do you

Searchers Now Have More Ways to Find Your Content

2010-01-28T01:36:00.000+07:00

How Do Google's New Search Options Affect SEO?. Searchers Now Have More Ways to Find Your Content. Google's search options were designed to allow users to refine their searches. That means users will use these to weed out irrelevant results and better find what they're looking for. It also means that there is a whole new set of guidelines that search engine marketers will need to think about...or