Tag Archives: Web

Make Calls from PC to Phone for FREE

Posted by on October 5, 2011 No comments

I just stumbled on a site that is able to make free calls from PC to phone. Perhaps there are other better site or method to make calls from PC to phone, but this is something I just happen to know when checking out some forums and thought of sharing it with all of you.

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A Quality and Free SEO Software to take your website in top Search Results

Posted by on October 4, 2011 2 comments

Website  optimization(SEO) is the most critical step needed first to take its information to various search engine results & its  really becomes important when a lot of tasks to be done starting from keyword research, link building , submission of urls to various search engines & other important tasks. What if , a software do it for you in a more easy & efficient way.

Web CEO, is the most popular softwares for SEO, keeps you free from all the tasks for SEO of your websites & handles all the critical side of  SEO like site submission, linkink analysis, keyword research & lots more in a more easy way. Web Ceo is availabe free of charge but comes with more enhanced features in its paid editions.

Some Web CEO features:

  • Submit websites to various search engines
  • Analyze a website’s position in search engines for any keyword
  • Keyword Mining from competitor’s pages
  • Advice for General Search Engine Compliance
  • Analyzing Link Popularity (Number of Links to Your Website)
  • Analyzing Backward Links vs. Competition
  • Advanced Position History report
  • Partner Finder tool
  • Blog Communities  Submission tool.

Google Web Elements all together accessible at the same place

Posted by on October 3, 2011 No comments

Google Web Widgets are really useful open source elements easy to use on. Bloggers find them very helpful & use on their blogs to add different effects & functionality.

Now all the google web widgets can be accessed at one place. All google web elements is now available at its fresh website, Google Web Elements where allow you to easily add your favorite Google widgets onto your own website.

One can see  8 widgets in the Google Web Elements webpage :

  • Calendar (for sharing your Google Calendar with your readers)
  • Conversation (a comment replacement where users can have a conversation)
  • Custom Search (custom Google search engine)
  • Maps (easier Google Maps integration)
  • News (latest Google News articles)
  • Presentations (for sharing Google Docs presentations)
  • Spreadsheets (for sharing Google Docs spreadsheets)
  • Youtube News (Youtube news videos from a selected list of publishers)

Deep Secrets of 30 Expert Bloggers for Successful Blogging

Posted by on September 27, 2011 6 comments

Chitika Blog have come up with a great event called BlogBash – 30 days 30 experts! & it was one of the most successful events ever done on the Chitika Blog. Dreamed up by Chitika’s CTO Alden DoRosario and inspired by an interesting series from the Month of Apple Bugs, Chitika’s goal for this event was to “empower the blogger.”


I found this Chitika E-book very useful for bloggers & its really a great read. Thanks to Chitika for providing this Blog Bash e-book for free download.

The experts wrote about an array of wide-ranging topics, from “Dare to be Odd” and “Shopping and Blogging: How to make the marriage work”, to “Help me! My mom is my blogs only reader!” and many more.

Go ahead; explore the deep secrets of these 30 expert bloggers, learn from their mistakes and their success as we celebrate YOU the blogger!

Get Free BLOG Bash eBook!

Thanks to Chitika & All 30 experts!

Tell me: What is Chitika?

Any questions, suggestions, views, Share them through your comments below.

Google says – Site Page Speed – May Become A Search Ranking Factor in 2010

Posted by on September 25, 2011 13 comments

How fast your page loads may have a direct effect on how your site ranks in Google? Don’t worry, it hasn’t had an impact…yet. But it could be in 2010. Google’s Matt Cutts discussed key ingredients in an interview with WebProNews out in Vegas – Says that Algorithm Change Would Make Slow Sites Rank Lower

We have seen Google’s New Code Project “Let’s make the web faster” few days before, it also shows that Google is very much concerned about the site speed.

Slowpokes to get penalized in Google search rankings 2010

Google pulls in a few hundred different factors in search rankings and pushes changes to the underlying algorithm at least once a day on average.

Matt Cutts said:

We’re starting to think more and more about — should speed be a factor in Google’s rankings? I mean, in AdWords, if your site is slow, that can be a factor in how much you have to pay in AdWords.

Historically we haven’t used it in our search rankings, but a lot of people within Google think the web should be fast.

It should be a good experience, so it’s sort of fair to say if you’re a fast site, maybe you should get a bit of a bonus. Or if you’re a really awfully slow site, maybe users don’t want that as much.

I think a lot of people in 2010 are going to be thinking more about ‘how do I have my site be fast,’ how do I have it be rich without writing a bunch of custom javascript?’

From the sound of it, speed is going to be a huge factor in SEO moving in to 2010. Making your site faster is going to benefit you in better serach rankings after an year if this is going to be true. So, Webmasters have to start optimizing it for speed anyway.

So, techniques like using WordPress cache plugins to staticize, speedup & increase responsiveness of webpages can be very effective.

What do you think about this? Share with us techniques, plugins in wordpress that would be very helpful making websites faster?

New Streamlined version of Orkut is on Facebook Footprints

Posted by on September 24, 2011 1 comment

The spanking new version of Orkut is the latest buzz among Orkut lovers. And why not, because of redesigned version that not only looks awesome but this time Orkut developers have concentrated on performance as fewer pages, faster browsing are implemented in this new design.

New Streamlined version of Orkut is on Facebook Footprints

Recently Google Waves came with web buzz & Yahoo came with Yahoo Meme overstepping Twitter.

Orkut has had strongest markets of India and Brazil. So, The race among major social networks like Facebook & FriendFeed is getting more close. In September, Orkut attracted 51 million unique visitors across the world, down from 54.5 million in July, according to comScore.

Facebook is about six times larger than Orkut worldwide, and even Twitter recently surpassed it with 58.4 million global visitors just to Twitter.com

Major Improvements & Changes new Orkut are:

  • Simpler and faster

    Lesser page clicking & faster access of pages.

  • One-stop notifications

    Larger pictures, easier to access notifications, targeted friend suggestions, and key updates closer to the top of your homepage.

  • Fast photo uploads and photo sharing

Select multiple photos and upload them 3x faster.

  • Personalization power

State your status! &  customize your profile and homepage with your    choice of 5 colors.

  • Video chat

    Face-to-face just got a lot easier,  new video chat feature rolls in.

  • Friends’ updates on your homepage

Inline comments for status messages, photos and videos, plus easy to   use inline video play.

So, what do you think this redesign on orkut can put more challenges to major social networking sites like Facebook & Friendfeed? Would this new streamlined Orkut will attract a larger social network now?

Comment & share with us your views.

If you are a Blogger, You have to Tweet – Says Technorati Analysis

Posted by on September 24, 2011 2 comments

Yes if you are a blogger, you blog, then you have to Tweet. Why? Lets see.

Bloggers use Twitter much more than does the general population. Yes it is true. Bloggers say they use Twitter to promote their blogs, bring interesting links to light, and to get a feel for what people are talking about.

In year 2009, the trends set by Twitter, the most eminent microblogging service today have made a huge impact on bloggers & have came as the leading blogosphere trends for this year. This is what State of the Blogosphere 2009 report from the blog search engine, Technorati analysed while leading blogosphere trends for 2009.

About 73 percent of bloggers use Twitter, compared to about 14 percent of the general population. About 52 percent of Twittering bloggers are syndicating their blog posts to Twitter.

Technorati found that blogs with more than 100 page views a day received just 0.83 percent of their page views from Twitter referrals.

In fact, some bloggers (26 percent) spend so much time on Twitter that it has eaten into the time that they spend updating their blogs.

Now look at the bloggers are not using Twitter. Among the bloggers who don’t use it, 35 percent say they simply don’t understand the point of it. Another 54 percent say they feel no need to blog the details of their personal lives, in spite of the popularity of personal musings.

Technorati’s report also focused on the growing political influence of bloggers. The blogosphere’s impact on elections, from local politics to national elections, is growing. (Image Credits: Technorati)

Do you agree with the report from Technorati? Is Twitter is impacting the global nature & future of blogging? If yes, How?

Comment & Share your views with us. Follow Inforids on Twitter.

Win Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s Latest Book “2 States” | Giveaway from Inforids

Posted by on September 23, 2011 52 comments

Inforids.com is glad to announce Win Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s Latest Book “2 states (The story of my marriage)” contest here.

Rather than giving a cash prize, we have planned to launch a joint contest with Techravings.info with a prize which is worthy for our blog readers in India. So, here is a chance to win your own copy of Chetan Bhagat’s latest book ’2 States’.

We are thankful to Aditya fromTechravings.info (a tech blog updated on a regular basis to give away tech related tips & guides)  for sponsoring & managing the fantastic book to our readers.

If you have read Chaten Bhaget’s Best Sellers Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, you would definitely like to win “2 States” in this contest.

Prizes

3 Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s “2 States – The Story Of My Marriage” Book Three Winners will be chosen. Infroids will send each of the three winners their very own copy of Chetan Bhagat latest book ’2 States’.

About the Book

Chetan Bhagat latest book ’2 States’ is about a boy and girl from two different states of India, who fall in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don’t agree. What happens next is what the book is about.

From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale – 2 states – about inter-community marriages in modern India.

About the Author

Chetan Bhagat is the author of three blockbuster novels, Five Point SomeoneOne Night at the Call Center (2005) and The Three Mistakes of My life (2008). All the three books have remained bestsellers since their release and have inspired major Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the ‘the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history.’ Seen more as a youth icon than just an author, this IIT D/ IIMA graduate is making India read like never before.

So ready to win in this contest? Read on for the simple rules of this contest.

Rules for this contest

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Contest Deadline

  1. This contest will end on 7th November, 2009 at 5 PM IST.
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Using .htaccess to Prevent Images Hotlinking & Saving your Web Hosting Bandwidth

Posted by on September 21, 2011 2 comments

Did you ever noticed that your images are being hotlinked on someone else’s server and consuming your server bandwidth? This is actually is direct linking to a web site’s files (images, video, etc.).without your permission.

It is bad, as it not only stealing our images, it also take advantage of our bandwidths. Since web hosts charge based on the amount of data transferred, bandwidth is an issue.

Hotlinking should be stopped because others undesirable consequences like switcheroo can often occur.

Using control over.htaccess is one of the most efficient way to prevent image hotlinking. Go through the following steps:

Creating & Placing .htaccess in Root (main) directory

Simply open a notepad & save it as .htaccess without any extension behind. If already have the .htaccess uploaded to your server, simply edit it like in step 2.

Editing .htaccess File

Paste the following code in the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yoursite.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yoursite2.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ http://yoursite.com/other_image.jpe[NC,R,L]

Note: In Last line of the above code the image other_image.jpg is not hotlink protected or your server can go into an endless loop.

In the above code yoursite2.com can used be stop hotlinking from specific outside domains only, such as myspace.com, blogger.com and livejournal.com

If you want to display 403 Forbidden error on hotlinking simply paste the following code instead of the code shown above.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yoursite.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yoursite2.com [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

Remember, Hotlinked images can only be replaced by other images, not with an HTML page.

Using .htaccess to prevent hotlinking helps you block some legitimate traffic using these techniques.

What do you think about other ways to prevent images hotlinking on your blogs? Do you like this technique? Share with us your views.

Portable Google Chrome 3.0 for Windows Now Available for Download

Posted by on September 21, 2011 No comments

PortableApps.com started to offer a portable version 3.0 of Google Chrome for Windows. So, now you can take the Chrome browsing experience with you.

The site offers a small application that downloads Google Chrome’s installer(Due to the licensing terms of Google Chrome), extract its files and installs a portable launcher. Then you can Copy the resulting folder to a USB drive and you can launch Chrome on multiple computers without leaving traces. That’s  really good part of this, using same portable version on multiple computers once downloaded & stored in USB devices.

Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. It’s designed to be simple and stylish.

When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your Chrome browser just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.

Google Chrome’s features include:

  • Quick to start up
  • Loads web pages in a snap
  • Runs web applications faster than ever
  • Designed for efficiency and ease of use
  • Search and navigate to web pages from the same box
  • Arrange and organize tabs however you wish — quickly and easily
  • Get to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most visited sites in the New Tab page
  • Themes to add delight to your browser

A much better idea would be to run Chrome using “roaming” profiles and save your settings and data online.

Download & More Information

What do you think about the portable applications? Do you know more useful portable applications? Comment & share your views.

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