Link via “Web Video Downloader and Converter” by gHacks.net.

Right click on the Start button, click on Properties, click on “Customize…”, and uncheck “Sort All Programs menu by name”, and then click on OK.

A lot of people who attempt to rearrange the program shortcuts in their start menu are often confused when things do not automatically arrange themselves alphabetically. This quick tip solves that problem.

What are some things you can do with this? One great example is taking an FLV video (such as one from YouTube), and turning it into a standard MP3 music track.

Pazera Audio Extractor is freeware, and requires no installation — simply unzip and run the .exe file.

Link via Cybernet News. ]]> http://www.techlinksdaily.com/2008/09/30/extract-audio-from-a-video-file-with-pazera/feed/ http://www.techlinksdaily.com/2008/09/29/the-proper-way-to-construct-hyperlinks-in-a-blog/ http://www.techlinksdaily.com/2008/09/29/the-proper-way-to-construct-hyperlinks-in-a-blog/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:49:25 +0000 Technology Links Daily http://www.techlinksdaily.com/?p=230 “Webmasters. Listen. Please!” by tech tips blog gHacks.net requests that bloggers using the site as a resource construct search engine-friendly hyperlinks in their citations.

Search engines such as Google currently use inbound links as a factor in measuring a site’s relevance and authority. The exact formula is of course a trade secret, but it is widely believed that a link’s anchor text has a significant amount of weight — linking to a site using specific keywords such as “how to construct links in a blog post” is much more beneficial than using generic phrases such as “via” or “click here”.

I usually put my own spin on the structure of a blog post (of which this post is an example). I find it easy to construct my posts in the same way that I learned to write essays in school — I will lead with ‘“[Title of Source Web Page]” by [author]…’ and then dive into rest of the post. This approach has the dual benefit of being a properly structured piece of writing that is search engine-friendly.

I suppose what this all comes down to is writing blog posts in a manner that is easily understood by your readers. Linking meaningless phrases such as “click here’ is a waste of space, but using relevant keywords in your anchor text is always sure to let the visitor know exactly what is waiting on the other end of that link. And as the search engines tell us, they strive to reward sites that put their visitors first.

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Bandwidth caps are limitations placed on your Internet usage by your Internet Service Provider. Comcast currently limits customers to 250 GB of usage per month, and Time Warner Cable is experimenting with a similar pilot program in Beaumont, TX.

The next time you see an unexpected pop-up window with a strange warning message, stop and think before you click on it. Instead of hitting “Yes”, “No”, or “OK”, just close the window. Here’s a tip: pressing CMD-W on a Mac or CTRL-W on Windows will usually close whatever window is in focus (which in this case would most likely be the advertisement).