04 Apr 09 Skipping Vista, When to stop XP and onto Windows 7

Some IT shops stopped upgrading vista, in order to wait for Windows 7 releases.  Basically, everyone wants to skip Vista.

We can clearly say that Vista was a bust. In US, only 6% of all organization are installed Vista, meaning, they are very hesitant to use Vista as their main operating system and will wait until Windows 7.

Skipping vista could be a timing as well as cost concerns. Most importantly, for those who just upgraded hardware actually work great with windows XP versions as it is pretty fast and effective. Windows XP will support until 2014, meaning you will have plenty of time to adjust and adapt when windows 7 commercial version is out and settled as well. But around 2012, most of the XP software third-party vendors will no longer support, therefore, we will need to get used to with windows 7 by 2012 if we decide to skip vista. Some companies will also upgrade the hardware and operating system when windows 7 hits the market, because currently hardware are mostly working fine with windows XP.

Basically, windows 7 is integrated version of vista with faster performance and lesser issues. There are some major tweaks of course. As for me, I am still using windows XP for windows OS, but mainly for work. At home, I use OSX and ubuntu 8.10 desktop edition. So, are you already using Vista or will you skip IT? Any thoughts?

Tags: install, support, upgrade, vista, windows 7, xp

31 Mar 09 How to decide a Good Web Hosting in 7 ways

I was helping out a member on Digital Point forum and I got this idea, why not just blog it since it became a little bit too long. I am working in IT field with software/hardware integrations, so I know information has a huge value in IT world. This time, I will share how to decide whether you have a good web hosting or not.

I do not want to be stereo-type person to comment, but if it is a good web hosting, following things are generally good reliable hosting you can consider as;

1. They have live support, so before you sign up, you talk to live support and see how knowledgeable they are. Live support is not easy for the provider because you need constant availability and most of the live support people are of course good and knowledgeable. At least, they must answers your questions in a professional way.

2. Google for coupons, for example, if your webhosting name is “supercool”, google “supercool hosting coupons”, good hosting always have coupons for new sign ups.. small ones? very unlikely.

3. Always use 1 month money back guarantee opportunity, if u face unhappy performance or service, always get the money back within 3 weeks.. Never wait until 1 month. Make sure you sign up to the hosting that offer 1 month money back.

4. Check whether they give you minimum 1 free domain name when you sign up, reliable hosting usually have affiliation with domain registrar and they would give you ONE free when you sign up.

5. Always use the word once you decide to sign up, “I am currently a customer of xyz hosting and want to move“, and most hosting would even help you with data migration and maybe also give you further discount.

6. Always look for forums from hosting company, good ones usually install vbulletin (costs 150 bucks for license), if you don’t see vbulletin forum from hosting company, it isprobably, they might be gone in a while.. and remember, if you are member in forum, it’s very good that you can get lengthy questions answered, also, you can have your signature indexed at your hosting forum. Most importantly, hang out 1 week and ask any questions you want before you sign up and look at the response time, normally, if they help you in 12 hours, it is considered good.

7. check the PR of hosting company, sometimes, they do pretty good SEO work and partnership programs, that means they value their hosting address and they want to keep it that way, consequently meaning stability of the company.

Well, there you go..  life is a research, so use your research to get it all better in each and everyway of your life. One hour/One week research will save you one year of trouble.

Tags: coupon, digital point, domain, migration, SEO, support, web hosting, webhost, webhosting

29 Jan 09 Basics For Search Engine Optimization

I would have to admit basics are sometimes very important for long run. I never really believe quick fix can definitely help you out especially when you have no basics to cover with. That applies to everything in the world and I would definitely support the fact it also applies to SEO Search Engine Optimization world.

I have come across to this fabulous e-book last week and I would love to share with you all because these basics are very important to start for your website, blog, e-commerce or even personal web page.

Many people would try to find the easy way to get traffic that are not unique and targeted, but if you can truly persuade search engine bots to index your site effectively, you will be getting the traffic from free organic search. All you need is to understand the foundations of SEO and if you keep building the same way, in a couple of months, you will see noticeable improvement on your website traffic.

This e-book explains and tells in many useful categories such as

• why us SEO
• what is the basic link structure within a site
• effective use of keywords for SEO
• how to determine keywords selection for your site
• what is search engine friendly content
• back-links help with SEO

All these mentioned above are pretty much simple you may think, but actually it’s actually very important factors for your SEO work. If you haven’t done any of these methods and kept doing what unnecessary, it will just be time wasting for you. So, get started today and get indexed your website or blog immediately.

Thanks for reading.

Tags: blog, content, e-book, e-commerce, ebook, fabulous e-book, how to, improve, keywords, pdf, search, search engine, SEO, support, traffic, unique, Website

08 Jan 09 New HP netbook with 8 hours on single battery charge

HP, the giant computer company, announced that they will release new netbook that can be used for full office hours on a single battery charge. That is very cool news for 9-5 people like me because it will enable them to work not only longer hours without charging the battery, it will also help frequently travellers to use the netbook longer than ever.

Mainly targeted for business users, HP 2140 is another type of netbook, which won many fans because of its operatability, low cost and extreme portability. 

 

I think this series will challenge the likes of Acer Aspire ONE and those other netbook models. This will improve the heat releasing system from previous version 2133 with 10 inches displa.  LCD widescreen display that can be set for a resolution of either 1024-by-576 or 1366-by-768. The 2.6-lb. machine also includes a built-in Wi-Fi connection, and customers can choose between a 160GB disk drive or an 80GB solid-state drive.

 

The finish is fantastic and the processor is 1.2 Ghz Via C7M processor and it looks fantastic. This HP beauty can offer several operating systems including Novell Inc.’s SUSE Linux, the Home and Professional versions of Windows XP, and Windows Vista Home Basic or Business.

So, What do you think? Do you want to get one for yourself? or probaby a present for someone?

Tags: 1.2 Ghz, Blog-HowTo, bookmark, comments tracking, free account, Google Analytics, hp, infomm, it news, Making Money, netbook, support, technology

15 Oct 08 Learn How Not to Get Banned from Google AdSense

Well, this is probably not very new topic for you. However, I still would like to discuss from my point of view and a few solutions that you can prevent from getting banned from Google AdSense Online Advertising and Publishing Program.

Okay, I am a member at Digital Point Forums, the place is like a gateway to the Webmaster A-to-Z knowledge, I have seen brilliant guys and ladies helping each other over there. I learned a lot of things I have never ever known of. And to the irony, I notice something everyday, It’s like “My site got banned from Google” or “My site is no longer indexed in Google”, It is like having a breakfast every morning for me, Because when I login to digital point, that’s what i see every morning.

I know we loving reading, but not really what it comes to reading things like terms & conditions and TOS and disclaimers and copyright and oh, the list goes on and on. Absolutely, you don’t need to read all those boring things but all you need is just follow these proper procedures & you will never need to read boring stuff.

1. Use Unique content (I have mentioned of this several times already LOL)
2. Must have at least 20 unique content pages of your site (This is more about getting approval instead of ban, but unique content pages are always a plus)
3. Don’t use Hidden Texts or change the codes given (Using small display texts and load with rich keywords)
4. Do not use bots or click frauds (Do not cheat, because all the potential fraud clicks and counts will be refunded back to original Advertiser, Think of yourself as an advertiser, you will love to have targeted audience with true human visitors, so As a publisher, treat the same as how you would like to be treated)
5. Use the AdSense approved formats only (You have several formats to display, more than enough, but don’t be super-smart, you will be banned)
6. Don’t click on your own ads (everyone needs to know, that’s very important and tempting sometimes when you see the ads, of course you can click other ads when you really are surfing, but keep in mind, no clicking on your ads, not even ONCE, period), It has been well documented one person was banned having click twice his ads within 24 hours, so keep your hands away from your own ADS.
7. Don’t do overkill Ads placement on a single page, 3 Ad Links or 3 Ad Units. Besides, it will decrease your conversion rate and 90% of visitors hate full of ads page. (Simply follow Goggle’s rules)
8. Don’t display similar Ads as Google (Keep in mind that you have to satisfy the big guy Google, don’t mess up with similar ads such as Adbrite text ads on the left and Adsense on the right)
9. Never tell/write in your contents anyone to encourage, persuade, push or trick to click your ads, you will get banned. (Google use several variations and conditions to check your page content and relevancy, check out my article about Google and its technology, you will be amazed how smart their search engines and hypertext analysis methods are)
10. Use single Google account to maintain several websites/AdSense Channels. It is a must, if you have 100 websites, you can still use your singleaccount@gmail.com, don’t do multiple accounts for multiple sites. (This is also help you to protect identify theft and will save a lot of time for Google to make a quick payment, meaning, we all get money faster)
11. If you want to label them, use “sponsored links” or “advertisements”, other keywords are not allowed. (Don’t make labels like NGO supported, donation welcome or me love you long time, in this case, you will be banned and your arse will be burned)
12. Never launch a new page in new windows if you are linking inbound links. (That is multiple pages pressuring visitors to click your ads, and that is wrong, all inbound links, do not open in a new window)
13. Use Ads on content pages (don’t create blank page with ads, you will be banned, don’t create copy/paste materials all the time, you will be banned, don’t use terrible design & layout, you won’t be banned, but many people hate them )
14. Do not try to cover ads elements, you see like “google ads” >> << things like that, don’t try to hide them under something and don’t try to trick Google. (You will be banned. Google nicely allows you to use different background color to fit in with your content pages. Yes, use Blend, it will fit in nicely most of the times)
15. Check your contents all the time. Don’t just throw cheap contents just to make your site stuff. Always aware of your contents. That’s very important. (Of course, your contents should be free of pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content)
16. Don’t over advertise your ads. (Google allows you to enter relevant keywords, but don’t over do with rich keywords again)
17. Do not trick with images and texts of ads. (Trying to portray like images and texts are related in order to make visitors to click, you will be banned)
18. My Site PR7 PageRank for sale (Don’t try to sell pagerank, it is not a right, it’s a privilege, so don’t screw yourself, since your site has good PageRank, it’s even better for Google to trace your activities, oops, you have done a lot of great SEO works and everything you write, Google will find out faster than the potential buyers)
19. Don’t do link farms with Adsense. (Search engine crawlers hate link farms, so make sure who you are connected to, be relevant with your discussion as well, experts said if you have more than 100 links in a page, that is very likely your site creditability will be low and maybe exclude or discount you from page ranking system, heard the stories of PR5 to PR2 in 2 days?)
20. Make sure there is NO pop-up ads or pop-under ads on your site (that’s another “How to Get banned from Google AdSense in a 24 hours guide book”, just kidding)
21. Provide a good environment for advertisers (They are paying money to you, so be nice, be informative when you give out facts, be true to visitors, so Google can assign related ads to your sites, don’t worry about the keywords rate, once you are true to your visitors, you always get rewarded).
22. Be Alerted and Active (Always update your current emails if Google sent u important emails, some people got banned because they don’t response on time and not follow the Google guidelines within given period)
23. Don’t use black hat SEO and Pay-To-Click services around your site. Be square and Be Fair to honest people who uses SEO methods honestly and advertisers who want to get their products or services known.

Well, I don’t so smartly come up with all these great suggestions all by myself even though I read whatever it is necessary to create this post.

So, Thanks to these people, not in order, but equally grateful to have read your articles in the past. All the credits go to these fabulous people who also inspired me to write about this article.

QuickOnlineTips

Valeriya at Digital Point

Google Adsense Support

Jai on blogohblog

Any comments and suggestions are welcome, Thanks for reading my longest post on my site. And Happy Earning Google AdSense in the future.

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