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SOPA Blackout – A List of Major Websites Taking Actions

2012-01-20T09:26:44Z

Many of the Worlds top websites went dark on Wednesday (18 January 2012) to protest web piracy bills that are being debated in the United States House & Senate aimed at shutting down sites that share pirated movies and other content. Internet major players such as Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, and thousands other websites are taking part in the blackout. Their main concern fro them is Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) under consideration in the Senate, if passed, could be used to target legitimate sites where users share content. SOPA bill is widely criticized as threatening the freedom of speech and movement of information across the Internet. I visited a number of prominent websites taking part in the protest and took screenshots of their various messages. Here are the details of the protest in pictures.

Wikipedia.org – SOPA Blackout

Wikipedia - SOPA Blackout

Greenpeace.org – SOPA Blackout

Greenpeace.org - SOPA Blackout

WordPress.org – SOPA Blackout

WordPress.org - SOPA Blackout

Wired.com – SOPA Blackout

Wired.com - SOPA Blackout

Boingboing.net – SOPA Blackout

Boingboing.net - SOPA Blackout

Nedroid.com – SOPA Blackout

Nedroid.com - SOPA Blackout

Reddit.com – SOPA Blackout

Reddit.com - SOPA Blackout

Digitfreak.com – SOPA Blackout

Digitfreak.com - SOPA Blackout

Torproject.org – SOPA Blackout

Torproject.org - SOPA Blackout

Theoatmeal.com - SOPA Blackout

Theoatmeal.com- SOPA Blackout

Explom.net - SOPA Blackout

Google.com – SOPA Protest

Google.com - SOPA Protest

How to Earn Money Using PPC-Affiliate Programs

2012-01-18T09:05:16Z

What is pay per click?

Pay per click is a form of e-marketing that has helped businesses captures much bigger markets in recent years for way cheaper rates. The pay per click marketing system allows businesses to advertise their products or WebPages on search engines, but they are only charged when a visitor clicks on their advertised pages. Pay per click is a healthy way to make money. You just need to get detailed info about this mode and then apply the steps appropriately.

How it works?

While managing pay per click marketing, companies offers you cheaper rates and better services. The PPC affiliate companies believe success can not come to them until it does not come to their clients. Therefore, with the team of extremely dedicated and talented workers, the ppc mode of earning aim to guide in the best and the most useful internet traffic into the WebPages, which would not only increase the number of visitors per day, but also help you earn the clients.

Advantages of Pay per Click

Pay per click not only increases traffic into the websites, but it also helps to maintain a brand name for the company without actually getting into the hassle of producing expensive advertising campaigns. With the advent in technology, the traffic on the internet is greatly increasing everyday from all over the world. E-Marketing therefore allows businesses to promote their businesses to a much wider audience in the fastest possible way. Moreover, ppc program helps you refine the internet traffic and get to you the most useful traffic by allowing you to bid on relevant keywords that might help you get the best set of your target market.

PPC vs. SEO: which is better for you?

Pay per click and Search Engine Optimization are the two best options of e-marketing open to businesses all over the world. However while stepping into the folds of e-marketing, it is important to decide whether to let their companies get on the search pages through their own through (SEO) or whether to buy sponsors and advertise their companies through (PPC). SEO have their own advantages when it comes to attracting visitors. SEO is seen to be more respected sources for visitors and are likely to go for the SEO results.

Comparison from earning point of view

While SEO results may not provide long term results for the businesses. PPC on the other hand aim to provide long term results for their companies, and are likely to pay for the advertising costs through filtering the relevant traffic into their sites. Moreover, PPC aims to provide quick results for the businesses; however SEO might take a few days or even weeks to come up with the best results. Furthermore, the average costs of investing for SEO are calculated to be much higher compared to the average costs of PPC. Therefore, if you are a budding company, looking for customers on the internet, PPC is likely to be the best possible option for you.

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Tips to Protect Your Laptop From Physical Damage

2012-01-18T09:09:57Z

Almost all of us have laptops at home. We use them in our daily life specifically for business and studies. The desktops have now been replaced by laptops, as they allow quick functioning for work. On the other hand most of us, who have become so much addicted to laptops, do not know how to handle them carefully. Laptops have excellent functions but they are very sensitive. No matter how expensive and durable your laptop is, you definitely have to protect it from the physical damage. Here are some tips that will help you to handle your laptops in the best possible way.

Use laptop bags for protection

Since laptops have become so common nowadays, one can easily find a variety of laptop bags. You might have seen guys carrying laptops in handy bags. These bags have two small handles and one big strap. You can either hold them in your hand or can hang on your shoulders. These bags have separate portions for laptop chargers and for other accessories. You can keep your USB, mouse and other stuff in the small pockets and the laptop charger in one big pocket. You can even buy the bags that have the label of the manufacturer of your laptop.

Choose colorful covers

For young girls and guys, several colorful laptop covers are available in the market. These covers are like a thin pillow and made from a very soft material. You can either buy green, blue or pink, as you like. These covers have foam in them, which protects the laptops from scratches and any physical damage. You can simply carry your laptop like a register in this way, instead of carrying in a bag.

Never put laptops on the corner of your tables and desks

We normally put laptops on tables and desks but we should avoid putting them on the corner. A single push and move will make laptop fell from the table or desk. Make sure that you place your laptop on the centre of your table, desk or bed. Try to lay a mat on the table. The direct contact of your laptop and table will put scratches and marks on the body of the laptop.

Keep laptops away from the reach of your kids

Kids do not know how to handle and hold stuff like laptops. They might not understand how careful the handling is. Try to keep laptops away from the reach of your kids so as to avoid any physical damage.

Specify a place for your laptop

Try to specify a place for your laptop. In this way you will get habitual of using your laptop at its specific place. In this way you will not use it here and there.

Use a thin cloth for cleaning your laptop screen and body

Laptop has a very sensitive screen and body. Use a thin cloth or a tissue paper to clean the screen, instead of using your finger. Never use your nails to remove any particle from your laptop.

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Nokia Lumia 900 Full Specifications, Review

2012-01-11T19:53:11Z

For many fans around the World the release of Nokia Lumia 900 is a welcome news. With the vast amount of amazing smartphones hitting the market recently, it really is hard to make an informed decision – especially if you are not very technical. Once again, you are faced with the big decision – Apple or Window’s? So, before you go rushing to the store and drop all your hard earned dollars on the phone that all your friends are getting – take some time to read this review, and find a smartphone that is more suited to your needs and personality.

Externals of Nokia Lumia 900

The Nokia Lumia 900 offers a slick, simplistic design that makes it great to carry around, but with a big enough screen to allow easy access to information, such as emails and documents, making the Nokia Lumia 900 a great phone for those on the go. The Nokia Lumia measures at just over 5 inches in length, 2.7 inches wide, and has an ultimate sleek size of 0.45 inches thickness, and weighs in at just 5.6 ounces. Like other Nokia Lumia models, the phone is available in two stylish colours – black or turquoise.

Display

The high resolution touchscreen that is implemented in all of the Nokia Lumia models makes this the perfect phone for taking and storing all of your favourite photos and videos. The Nokia for windows phone has a 4.3 inch AMOLED screen and support for the new mobile broadband standard LTE. As a further special feature has an explicitly a “long-lasting battery”. The display of new Nokia for windows and the Nokia Lumia 900 Ace offers 900 to 800 x 480 pixels. Under the hood, tinkers and “updated” Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8055 ARM processor, the single core is clocked at 1.4 gigahertz. Both the Nokia for windows phones – the lumia 900 and Nokia lumia 900 Ace, boast a long-lasting battery life of up to 7 hours talk time, and up to 300 hours standby time.

Technical Details

The 4.3 inches (10.9 centimeters) wide AMOLED display is slightly curved. The resolution is 480×800 pixels. The interior provides a 1.4-gigahertz processor. In addition to a front camera for video calls like the Lumia 800 has an eight-megapixel camera with a 28-millimeter wide-angle lens from Zeiss fitted. With a 720p video capacity, and a generous 14.5 gigabytes of disk space, available to the user. An extra slot for a microSD card is also available, and the main memory is 512 megabytes.

The Nokia Lumia Ace is equipped with Edge, GPRS and UMTS as standard – but also equipped with an LTE radio module. The successor to UMTS is expected to reach a much higher Internet speed, with theoretical download speeds of 100 megabits per second. For local connections. The Lumia 900 also includes Wi-Fi, Micro USB and Bluetooth.

Extra Features

The Nokia Lumia Ace includes a navigation system, with 3D view, and simplified operation. Many extra features and apps for the Nokia Lumia 900 include, Xbox Live, and also the classic apps for Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin which come already installed on the phone.

Best Google Analytics Alternatives

2012-01-08T18:36:28Z

Google Analytics is one of the most popular and helpful tool many webmasters use on daily basis to gather critical information about their website visitors and what links on the site are getting the most traffics. Lately I have received few questions from some of my followers asking what are the best alternatives to Google Analytics. At first I thought this can not be true. I asked myself why would someone want an alternative tool. For me this is the best implement out there. It provides a lot more information no other device provides. I often use the data collected from it in my marketing plans. I particularly like the way traffic stats are provided. And from what I have seen this is the view majority of webmasters share. I have not met a single successful webmaster who is not a fan of this amazing contrivance. I did an extensive research to find out the possible reasons as detailed below.

Why would you need a substitute?

Google recently did some changes to the way in which they show keyword data. With the change it no longer supplies keyword data that originates from queries formed by logged-in users. This is a very worrying news for webmasters using this tool for their keyword researches. As an advertiser myself I use AdWords for my keyword researches. Google AdWords provides extensive keyword data to their advertisers who rely heavily on Google to bring customers to their websites through their ad network. Unlike Advertisers, many webmasters rely on organic traffic that comes naturally from major Search Engines.

One other major reason why many webmasters distance themselves from using Analytics is simply because they fear Google collects too many data about them. Information about your products, customers and earnings are important information that webmasters do not want Google to know. It is a free tool to use but, by using it, you are providing vital information about you.

The choices available

There are many substitutes that provides same kind of data. My first recommendation is Yahoo Alalytics. For me it is the second best tool out there currently. It also provides much needed information about visitors to your site, their demographics, etc. One of the thing I like most about Yahoo web analytics is the segmentation tools.

The next one I would like to recommend is the StatCouter. Similar to Yahoo web analytics, StaCounter is a totally free too that provides visitor breakdown for your website.

After experimenting various alternatives by myself, I still could not find any better alternative. However, for a person who is dire need of a substitute, I would recommend to stick to either of the above two. As always “the best” is a tough call and I would leave you to decide which fits best to your personal requirements.

Social Media Marketing Checklist for 2012

2012-01-04T03:30:27Z

Now is the perfect time to plan your social media marketing plan for 2012. Creating an outline and schedule will ensure that your marketing goals are met. Follow the checklist below and you’ll have a clear roadmap, strategy, and measurement to track your social media marketing in the year to come.

Get Organized

The first step in planning your social media marketing strategy for 2012 is to assess your resources. Who will be involved with social media? Who is doing it now? Who are your assets and liabilities? You’ll also want to spend some time listening to current conversations. What kinds of questions are prospects asking? Monitor competitors for comparison and opportunity.

In assessing your resources, consider what software you will use. Do you need a customer relationship management program to monitor social media? How will you track publishing, promotions, analytics, and engagement? Do you need an outside social media marketer to help you get started? Consider a freelance marketing consultant at least in the early stages, if you haven’t yet done social media marketing or if you want help developing a clear plan for the New Year.

Social media may be run by primarily one person or a small team, but it effects the entire organization. Decide who will manage the listening and the engagement. Decide how customer services issues, sales opportunities, media opportunities, etc. are forwarded to the appropriate departments.

Set Goals

What doesn’t get measured can’t improve. Define clear objectives and tie them to the overall marketing/business plan. Goals should include benchmarks for customer engagement. Email marketing firms and social networks stress engagement. Ask how you will know if your social media efforts are effective. Determine measurements for uncovering sales opportunities. Consider the number of prospecting conversations and set a goal for conversions. Customer service can also be improved by social media. How will you set goals for problem solving?

It may take time to set goals, especially if you’re just getting started in social media marketing. Goals can be set by mentions, links, traffic, likes, pluses, tweets, check-ins, and similar measures. Exact numbers are less important than overall trends. You’ll need to find a reporting means that will show value to those in upper management.

Targeting

Knowing who you’re trying to reach is the most important consideration in any marketing. Your listening and engagement should tell you much about what your audience expects. Don’t be afraid to let your company’s “personality” shine through. Remember people like doing business with businesses they like. You’ll also get a feel for which medias they prefer, the type of communication to use, and how frequently you should post tweets, statuses, and updates. You’ll want to try tips and hints, questions, polls, videos, and links. Then track response. Does your audience behave differently on different networks? Do they create or share content or just lurk?

Your Custom Strategy

2012 will demand a strategy that considers the needs of your audience and how social media marketing goals will be met. Consider for the year what content will be created, shared, and leveraged. What engagement will be expected? Will you be largely a leader or reactive? Develop and present your vision for the year. What does the company or brand stand for? What will it look like in a social context? How will you communicate that message? Set clear guidelines. Determine networks that will be used. Make it easy for content to be shared across them.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help in content creation. There are plenty of qualified freelancers willing to create fresh, relevant, and unique content for you. Hire or train a social media manager. Determine reports that will be used and the frequency they should be reviewed. If you follow this advice, your social media marketing efforts will succeed in 2012 and beyond.

Technorati Rules – How to Claim Your Blog

2012-01-07T11:14:27Z

It is every bloggers dream to get their blog included in in Technorati’s top 100 blogs. It is for various various. It gives a wide range of publicity Worldwide. Getting into top 100 requires a lot of hard work and efforts. Getting featured on Technorati can get you many visitors to your website.

Everyone blogger can register with them for free. Once a registration is complete you can update the profile details including any blogs you have. Once a blog is added to Technorati, a verification code will be sent to you to claim your blog. If you have a sample code you received, please share with me.

As a blogger myself, I would recommend everyone to use Technorati. It will not take much time before you start understanding the benefits of Technorati. It can do wonders to your blog.

iPhone 4S – The Most Amazing iPhone Yet

2012-01-07T11:11:27Z

Perhaps everybody today is aware of the line of apple phones called the iPhones. These phones have been ruling the hearts of many phone lovers since the release of the first ever iPhone in 2007. Since then, these phones have come a long way which brings us to today where apple recently launched the most latest iPhone called the iPhone 4S, which the company is claiming to be the most amazing iPhone yet.

IPhone 4S – what it has to offer:
Launched in start of October 2011, this iPhone was not as openly welcomed as perhaps the company expected. However this had nothing to do with the phone itself. It was an assumption that a simple ‘s’ added to the name meant that only a few updates had been made in the previous model and no other changes. However, when people got to know what the iPhone 4S smartphone had to offer, it indeed did sell in vast numbers. To start with, the body of the phone has not been remodeled. Maybe that’s why only an ‘S’ was added to the name rather than changing the entire number. However there are significant changes in other things of the phone.

To begin with, the iPhone 4S has a better processor. In fact, it has a dual core processor which means that it has 2 processors rather than one. This means that the phone is even faster than what the iPhone 4 is. In fact it could be said that it is twice as fast as the previous version. A dual core processor means that the workload of the phone is divided between the two; hence even if you are trying to work on a very heavy application that would have previous lagged in the iPhone 4, you don’t have to worry about that in this phone.

Another change in the phone is that the iPhone 4S has a better camera than its predecessor, having an 8 Megapixel camera that has an even improved lens. Also it comes with several amazing features such as automatic face detection and the video camera having the ability to record videos in 1080p. This certainly is a treat for film makers and photographers.

Introduction of new features to iPhone 4s

Then of course is the introduction of two new features. One of those features is known as the iCloud. This feature is useful when it comes to backing up your data. Once connected to your stationery device whenever you make changes on your phone or download new applications, it will automatically be backed up to your device at home.

The second new feature is the amazing voice command known as Siri. The Siri recognizes three languages including English and is truly an amazing feature having the ability to comprehend almost every command whether it be making a call or changing an event. Amongst these amazing updates, the only thing that the makers have compromised on is the battery which has a little less life than the iPhone 4 due to the dual processor and other new features.

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iPhone 4s -The Smartphone Experience Intensified

2012-01-07T11:11:35Z

The most renounced company Apple which is basically famous for its software and hardware introduced one of the most extremist devices, the iPhone. Apple is continuously working to improve the iPhone and for this purpose many developments and changes are brought in this device. Now another version of iPhone is introduced in the market with the name iPhone 4s.

Technical features of iPhone 4s

The technologies that are introduced in the iPhone 4s is that it has dual core A5 chip which is used to step up its performance amazingly. The speed and graphics quality of the other models are much slower than iPhone 4s; it is almost 2 to 7 times better. Due to this one can play games, enjoy unlimited videos, search webs with an amazingly speed and quality.

The eight megapixels camera is just said to be providing you an out class quality. That type of camera is never ever present in any other mobile phone. Another facility which is provided by the iPhone 4s is that one can easily make 1080p HD video through it, which is also a remarkable feature of this set.

iPhone 4s operating system

The iPhone operating system in short iOS is now associated with iOS5. This characteristic configures the functions of iPhone 4s. The iOS is a desktop application which is installed in the mobile phone. The iPhone’s full implementation is made by the Apple. Its hardware and software perfectly facilitates each other and there is nothing wrong in it. Let for instance we talk about the video conference of the iPhone 4s. It has a built in Wi-Fi connection, camera and a microphone in the cell phone. A very remarkable operating system is made for iPhone 4s that is OSX which makes the applications present on the phone more reliable and appreciable. The life of the battery is also very large because the iOS and A5 chip is also used to decrease the requirement of the battery.

All one must have to know about is that Apple’s multi touch is very effective as compared to any others, therefore, the iPhone 4s multi touch is also really very effective. For children’s aspects, it is also very safe. Parents can easily restrict the unwanted applications which they don’t want to allow for their child. Those applications in which users have to mention their location is not necessary but it always first ask the user’s permission. The saved data is allowed only to the authenticated user or application. If too many wrong passwords are entered then it automatically resets the data.

Conclusion

iOS is also going to use icloud in the near future which will be going to consider its biggest achievements. It will allow user to save all of their important documents, images, movies, songs etc. Also it will save it on other devices without any trouble. It will also allow file sharing, transferring, simple mailing, or mailing with attachments to other devices can be done easily. It will also be able to save memos and other instructions.

Note: This is a guest post by Sarah. She writes for Gamesht which has different Technology Reviews & has lot of Software training material which will help student in their studies.

Review of LG Nitro HD

2012-01-07T11:11:48Z

LG also keyed into the spate of innovations in the mobile phone world. The world is now being compressed more and more into simple electronic devices; these devices are made to contain features that can comfortably carry out all your information and communication needs comfortably. Most of these devices come with applications even more than what you can get with your computer set. Sophisticated phones with blackberry, Android or Apple applications are the most recent compression of many features in to one little device. LG as one of

The leading providers of mobile technology to the world came out with the classical LG NITRO HD. This is a rebranded version of the former optimus LTE.

Features

The LG HITRO HD is endowed with many features that are so breath taking in essence. It is android enabled and can comfortably connect and share with all the other Android brands. The screen is touch and gives wonderful resolution pictures. It has a storage that is to be desired by all, ranging from an external storage of 16 GB micro SD; this is internally complemented by 4GB memory for internal storage. The SIM card is specifically built to be accessible even without removing the battery. It has a whooping 8 mega pixels camera mode that produces crisp clear pictures and videos. This master piece is endowed with 1830m Ah battery. It also has a network speed that tops up to13. 81Mbps down. This is very massive and can comfortably operate well on low network areas. It has an inbuilt easy user customization built to connect with all the PC connectivity settings. It has the AT % T 4G network, 4.5 inch touch screen, 1.5 gigahertz dual core processor. And I gig ram.

High Points

One of the high points of the LI NITRO ND that we have not mentioned above is the case strength; it is built with a sort of casing that resists scratch even when purposely done. The casing is so built with scratch resistant materials. The 8 mega pixel camera makes the output of pictures and videos extraordinary; the fact that all this great outputs can be android shared is also a turning point. Again, that you do not need to remove the battery when you want to remove the SIM saves you some documents also. The network strength is such that has never been seen in any LG and AT%T phone before. It is up to13. 81Mbps down. You can comfortably enjoy your android apps even in low network areas. The texture of the casing which has been proved as scratch resistant is also great. The screen resolution makes it stand out also.

Down Points

The most outstanding of this is the battery life of 183om Ah which has been tested and confirmed as not being suitable to carry all its applications for a considerable length of time. After this, comes the volume which is so low that it does not fit a phone of such standard and use.

Crystal J. Briscoe is from Self Test Engine Provider of IT Certification material and has been blogging since 2005 & contributing in many websites since its initial career. He is Professional Writer and also technical guru, overloaded with a wealth of experience, and even more degrees, at present doing P_SD_64 Certification. He get pleasure from Blogging.