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ULR Rewriting in asp.net
2007-06-07 10:19:00
Since Monday, I have been really digging into the asp codes. ASP is pretty new to me. But I must say, I am cool with LAMP (Linux, Apace, MYSQL, PHP). I had to scan several websites for the information. But good to see some really well explained articles on the same. So just thought of forming ...
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Search Engine?s Combat
2007-06-06 09:45:00
Experience the fight of a lifetime. See the exclusive video coverage of the much-anticipated Rock Em Sock Em Fight from the SES conference. In the first match up, MSN?s Kelly Thomas took down Yahoo?s Jim Lampley. For the championship match, MSN had to take on reigning champion Vanessa Fox of Google. Did Vanessa Fox remain the champion ...
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Ask.Com ? A complete Makeover
2007-06-05 08:52:00
Have you seen the latest look of Ask.com? The new version of Ask.com implements a three-paneled design and a search technology that retrieves and ranks results across multiple categories, including videos, music, photos, news and locations, and places them on the right side of the page. The iconic presentation reminds me about the Apple phone :) - this ...
More About: Online Marketing , Web 2 , Makeover , Complete

Microsoft Surface Launched
2007-06-04 10:45:00
Have you seen Microsoft Surface ? If not then for sure you are missing something really big. I got this video showing off the new Microsoft Surface Computer. It?s all wild. A Surface computer is able to recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, ...
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Upgraded to WordPress 2.2
2007-06-02 14:17:00
Finally, I have upgraded my blog. I was hardly getting any time to upgrade it. This version includes a number of new features, most notably Widgets integration, and over two hundred bug fixes. Few of the Goodies about this upgrade: Widgets Integration Full Atom Support A new blogger Importer Infinite comment stream And many more.. This is how I upgrade As usual, I took ...
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Is this the time for banks to cash online?
2007-06-01 16:30:00
Looks like, some real money has started rolling in virtual world of finance. Many financial institutions large or small are rushing to open virtual branches, offering higher savings yields and lower interest rates to entice consumers to switch or stay. As per reports, it is estimated that nearly 80 million US adult Internet users will conduct at ...
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Women, dominating the Online Presence
2007-05-31 19:26:00
After US, it?s UK now. Yes. Women are gradually making their mark online. In April, 2007 emarketer estimated 51.7% of the total online population in US are women and now today it has reported that in UK, women has started to outnumber men in terms of online presence. According to Nielsen//NetRatings data released this ...
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Google Gears ? Makes Google Reader feeds offline
2007-05-31 09:30:00
Google has taken one step ahead and now have started offering the things offline as well. This can be possible with the new plugin “Google Gears”. I can see a link at the top right corner of my Google Reader ? which says “Offline (New)” This feature enables you to read your 2000 most recent items even ...
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Don?t Bank Only On Google
2007-05-28 18:52:00
Are you trying to rank well in Googl e ? Or you are optimizing websites specifically for Google, trying to get ranked on Google more than any other search engine, and above all, advertising exclusively on Google. If your answer is yes, then you should look at some useful data. Hitwise has released a stat in the month ...
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Technorati - New Look Again
2007-05-26 09:28:00
After the historic acquisition of YouTub, FedBurner [it?s open now that it?s going to Google] Technorati , a blog search engine of its own has really decided to attract big buyers. They are really up now. We have already seen a release of some cool widgets for which they did conducted a review [which I think ...
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Symmetry in Maths Game
2007-05-25 13:15:00
Few interesting and helpful symmetries for fellow Mathematician. 1 x 8 + 1 = 9 12 x 8 + 2 = 98 123 x 8 + 3 = 987 1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876 12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765 123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654 1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543 12345678 x 8 + 8 = ...
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WordPress.com has now 1 Million Blogs
2007-05-24 16:09:00
WordPress.com, the blogging platform has recently passed 1 million blogs few days ago. Take a bow from me atleast. This is something really exceptional. I think people who are not using WordPress are seriously missing something special. On WordPress.com, you can get your own hosted blog up and running in less than 2 minutes with no technical ...
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New upgrade on Gmail
2007-05-24 08:20:00
Hey, Look at this. Google has Increased attachment limit to 20 MB! Now we can start sharing more of those home videos, large presentations and files. With 20 mb of allowence for attachment - what else we can ask for. Instead, I copy the whole story here - why don’t you check it out yourself. What’s new on Gmail

My Blog is up again
2007-05-24 08:12:00
The DB got crashed. So wired. But I was lucky enough as I had the backup which I took few days ago - actually it was my bro who took the backup….sweet of him:) Anyways, I am happy now as my blog was down since last Monday….so let rool the ball again… Enjoy…:) 
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Google launches major upgrade, integrates Vertical Search
2007-05-18 13:50:00
Google is undertaking the most radical change to its search results ever, introducing a “Universal Search ” system that will blend listings from its news, video, images, local and book search engines among those it gathers from crawling web pages. The new system officially rolls out today for anyone using Google.com and searching in English. Not everyone ...
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The Return of Grey PageRank for Google Toolbar
2007-05-16 11:41:00
Yes that?s right ? Grey is back. But this time it has a different meaning. I have not seen the Grey bar that is usually white or green in 3 years. I found it in the morning. Infact there is a discussion going on in Google groups about the same as well. Some people said that Grey ...
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Yahoo Joins the Mailbox Race!
2007-05-15 13:06:00
If you think Yahoo is down and out then this is something for you. Yahoo too has added the unlimited storage space tag on their Yahoo Mail. First they completely redesigned the Yahoo! Mail interface to make it look fresh and appealing. Next is the offer queue is unlimited storage space. John Kremer of Yahoo! Mail has ...
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Great Going GA!
2007-05-11 15:31:00
I am impressed with the New GA Update. It?s really awesome to me. Finally, Google has shown his real class to its competitors.  I have been reading too many things about it. People also went too far by writing off GA completely in the web analytics service. But to me after this release, Google has ...
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What is Google Web History?
2007-05-08 12:14:00
I was reading an article where I got a glimplse of this phrase. Its Google Web Hist ory . I think its a fantastic tool. These are some of its outstanding features which can really lure you to go for it. Allows you to View and manage your web activity. Gives more ...
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Upto 80% of the blog contains offensive content
2007-05-07 14:28:00
This may look surprising, but it is true. According to Scansafe’s Monthly Global Threat Report for March 2007, a surprisingly high percentage of the Internet’s blog sites– up to 80 percent– contain “offensive” content, with six percent hosting active malware. The Internet’s blog sites have become overgrown with a variety of unpleasant content, including porn, offensive language, ...
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Widgets from Technorati
2007-04-26 10:16:00
Soon we will see Technorati coming with some really interesting widgets. They are into the planning phase now. If you are a member of Technoirati, then soon you will recieve one survey - which they are conduction now. I think its a great move. They want to collect as much data as they can. Remind me ...
More About: Online Marketing , Widgets , Gets , Nora

Study shows weak participation on Web 2.0 sites
2007-04-23 19:06:00
Web 2.0, a catchphrase for the latest generation of Web sites where users contribute their own text, pictures and video content, is far less participatory than commonly assumed, a study showed. A tiny 0.16 percent of visits to Google’s top video-sharing site, YouTube, are by users seeking to upload video for others to watch, according to ...
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Google?s ?Claim Your Content??
2007-04-23 11:56:00
End of last week did Googl e acquire a large amount of domains around the phrases: “Claim Your Content ”, “Claim My Content” and “Claim Our Content” CLAIMYOURCONTENT CLAIM-YOUR-CONTENT CLAIMMYCONTENT CLAIM-MY-CONTENT CLAIMOURCONTENT CLAIM-OUR-CONTENT Registered TLDs: .COM, .NET, .ORG Country specific TLDs: .FR, .DE, .CH, .CO.UK etc. WWWCLAIMYOURCONTENT WWWCLAIM-YOUR-CONTENT Registered TLDs: .COM, .ORG, .NET Garrett Rogers from Googling Google Blog speculates that the domains could be used to offer webmasters ...
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Inbound Links Saga Continues ? but the point is how to get credit for all I
2007-04-17 16:35:00
How do you define your website? Strangely enough, the following addresses are considered separate websites by the search engines: http://www.yourdomain.com   (the “www” version) http://yourdomain.com  (the “non-www” version) Though visitors see the same content, in the search engine world this situation poses a serious issue relating to link popularity. Say, if the ...
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Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion
2007-04-16 14:38:00
For months, Google has been trying to expand its foothold in online advertising into display ads, the area where Double Clic k is strongest. The sale offers Google access to DoubleClick?s advertisement software and, more importantly, its relationships with Web publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies. Google reached an agreement to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two ...
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Web 3.0: This time it?s personal
2007-04-12 14:15:00
Beyond the media mash-ups of 2.0 is the collaborative media experience of 3.0. At Lycos Cinema and the upcoming Joost, social networking meets video as groups of people simultaneously watch and chat about media while online. Eighteen-year-old New Yorker Sophie is not trying to catch up to the accelerating pace of Web change. The Web is ...
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Web 2.0?s impact on search marketing
2007-04-11 14:37:00
Before we?ve even reached agreement on what Web 2 .0 actually means, many are already trying to define future generations of the Web. A Google search for Web 2.0 nets 468 million results. Web 3.0 produces 211 million results. And Web 4.0 shows 154 million results. I don?t even know what Web 3.0 and Web 4.0 ...
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Travel 2.0: Social networking takes a useful turn
2007-04-02 15:28:00
Travel 2.0 is all about “empowering” users, encouraging travelers to create content online to be shared with other readers, intertwined with the official content offered by an established travel vendor. If you visit Sheraton.com, you will see something completely different from other major hotel websites. Instead of the usual advertisements for exotic locations and special offers ...
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Web Analytics + PPC = More Profits
2007-03-13 14:00:00
When you?ve stopped worrying about Click Fraud there are many different places in an online campaign that you can concentrate on. Like the performance of your landing pages. Are they engaging your visitors? Are your visitors converting? Are they clicking through to the rest of your website? A recent MediaPost article revealed that only 0.02% traffic ...
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Why you should use Yahoo! Search Marketing
2007-03-13 13:56:00
Advertisers can significantly increase reach if they include Yahoo ! in their marketing mix. Here’s why. Search ers tend to use more than one search engine when seeking products, services, and information. Search marketing began with Overture, later acquired by Yahoo!. But then Google AdWords came along with some strong improvements and became the dominant search marketing platform. ...
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