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How Many Google Services That you Know?
2007-03-17 18:18:00
Google is getting bigger and bigger nowadays. It’s loved by many people; Academician, Private investigator, Hackers, student, journalist, bloggers, advertisers, publishers, bored person, pdf file grabber and the list goes on… But I bet that not many people know all their services. Most of us only accustomed to it’s search engine and blog platform. Admit it, not many people like to click the “more >>” link. So, here I list down some of Google services that I found interesting: Google Base Google Code Google Labs Google Maps Google Moon Google News Google Talk Google Books Search Google Page Creator Google Local Google Video Google Earth Google Groups Google Mobile Google Personalized Home Google Answers Google Scholar Google Desktop Google Toolbar Google Finance Google SMS Google Calendar Google Web API Google Mars Google Catalogs Google Analytics Google Directory Google Reader Google Movies Goog...
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Wasuppppp!! I’ve Got Link Love!
2007-03-17 10:25:00
A friend of mine, Mike Scott came out with this idea. It’s very much like the A-list and Z-list but there is no specific requirements to be listed. You can add any blog in the list. Be it your friends’ blog, blog that you read a lot, blog that you love or mayble your grandma’s blog (don’t laugh! In some ways, they know a lot more than the youngster ). So, this is how you do it: 1) Copy and paste the list below into your blog post. Make sure that all the links work. 2) Add any blogs you want to the list, including the blog that listed you (this blog). The List: - Making Money on the Web - Steve Wilson Marketing - The Thinking Blog - Affiliate Marketing Wave - Alaeddin’s Blog - John Hok Dot Com - Current World News - Personal Learning Area - Life Rocks! - Simple Informations - I Found It On The Internet - Sabahan Dot Com - The Bit Bucket There you go! Simple right? Go on, spread the Link of Love ! And don’t just link them, Read them! Techn...

Web CEO - SEO Supported by Angels
2007-03-11 19:35:00
First of all, I would like to disappoint you all. NO, there are no angels with shining rings on their heads supporting this software called Web CEO. So, those with a wicked personality, don’t be afraid. They won’t tell your momma what you are doing on the internet. You are safe doing your thing. Whatever it is. Anyway, for your information they actually do have a customer care team famously named as “Support Angel s “. If you have a lot of free times, give them a call and say hi. They might have a soothing voice to relieve your tension after recklessly doing your thing. Okay, enough with that silly introduction. Let’s get into business. Why should you know Web CEO? Well, I’ve used it to submit my blog to about 200 search engines and directory just with a click! Now, who doesn’t want that? That was the first thing that I did 2 months ago before doing some other SEO routine that I’ve mentioned in my previous post entitled; my blog has been indexed in ...
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Will The Real Spam Shady Please Stand Up?
2007-03-03 22:51:00
My blog was visited by a spam bot last night. The bot was a funny and kind creature. It gave my blog some compliments and also some links that it has found along the way. Anyway, the bot should be taught a lesson about linguistic programming. If it can’t handle that, at least teach that thing to say something that is more readable and logical like this: Hi, I have a nice time reading your blog (make this part random, use a compliments phrase library…). I’ve also found some good links that might interest you. Check them out! link1 link2 bla… bla.. bla… (even better put only 1/2 links, then go to next post please…) There you go… Keep up rocking the net. Here’s a screenshot for your spam last night. Use it as your reference. Click picture to enlarge Technorati Tags: your blogging guide, spam message, spam bot, stupid bot, artificial intelligence, AI, swarm intelligence, linguistic programming Miscellaneous, NewsS...
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WORDPRESS 2.1.1 HAS SECURITY EXPLOIT
2007-03-03 03:30:00
If you have installed or upgraded to Word Press 2.1.1 within 3-4 days ago, then you should upgrade them NOW! It seems that a cracker has gained a user-level access to one of the servers at wordpress.org and modified the download file for WordPress 2.1.1. If you are using WordPress 2.0, then you MAY not be subjected BUT why take the risk? Do your backup and run your upgrade script. Read the whole story at WordPress Blog. Technorati Tags: wordpress hacked, malicious script, wordpress security exploit, wordpress 2.1.1, wordpress 2.1.2 NewsShare This
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Would you kill your student?
2007-03-03 01:29:00
I was once worked as a lab demonstrator for basic C programming in my university. My job was to conduct the lab session and of course helping my lecturer to do marking for exam papers. I love the job and I love my lab’s students. In fact they were my close friends at that time. I’m grateful because I myself has learnt a lot while teaching them. Believe me, the more you teach, the more you will learn. So, what’s up with “Would you kill your student?”. Well, I’ve seen weird answers for exam questions but I’ve never seen something like what you can see from the pictures below. Believe me, they are some of the “killing” answers that a teacher could have. I don’t care if the pictures were edited or hoaxes. They just kill me! Enjoy! (thanks to padandpanty for the pics) Click picture to enlarge. Now… Would you kill your student? Nah… I think they kill you first. Technorati Tags: your blogging gu...
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Background Image For Your Adsense Ads
2007-02-25 23:06:00
Last night, I was playing around with my blog’s template when an Idea came out of my sleepy brain. Lucky for me. It might be the sleepy condition that made me think of it. The idea was to give a background image to my adsense code which is by now already up and running. You have been greeted by it when my blog loads up in your internet browser. It looks like a teared up notepad with Google ads on it. At first, I thought that this customization might not comply to Google TOS. So, I surfed the internet and found out that this idea is actually not new. ( No big deal… It’s a big world after all. ) There are some sites that use it and also providing the background such as adsensebackgroundimages.com. They also confirmed that its usage is not breaking Google TOS. Good news. So, this is how to make it: First, you need to know the dimension of the ads that you are going to use. In my case I use a 336×280 text ads. You also have to know the background color v...
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You Need To Read This If You Blog At blogger.com
2007-02-23 16:59:00
If you host your blog at blogger.com, then this information is crucial for you to know. here’s the news; By default, the following meta tag is inserted into your blog: <meta name=”ROBOTS” content=”NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW” /> which is bad because the meta tag directly tell any search engine bots to not indexing your blog. That is INDEED a bad news unless, for some reasons you want your blog to stay invisible!?? Well, this condition only applies if you are using the default templates. If you have rigorously change your template then your blog may not be subjected to this problem. How to make sure of that? Just view your blog’s page source and search for NOINDEX or NOFOLLOW. To view your page source, right click on any blank section on your blog and from the pop-up menu, clik “view page source” if you are using Firefox, or “view source” if you are using Internet Explorer. If you don’t see any of those two words, good ne...
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Google Buys Adscape for $23 Million
2007-02-19 23:29:00
After acquiring YouTube, it seems that Googl e won’t stop spreading its wings. Now, it is confirmed that Google has reached an agreement to acquire in-game ads firm; Adscape Media for $23 million! Well, the deal has not been closed yet but most certainly it will. It has been speculated that even if Adscape hasn’t have a firm position in the in-game advertising market, Google is willing to acquire the company for its interesting technology patents; AdverPlayâ„¢. For sure, with Google’s vast resource they could use this technology as a backbone to move on in its new venture in this in-game ad business. I wonder how Google ads would be displayed in video games. Would it be something like the famous text ads? Imagine playing FIFA 2007 with Google text ads along the side of the field? Anyway, I don’t think that the Google guys would be that dull. Surely they will come out with some cool ideas, right? Technorati Tags: your blogging guide, Google ads, Ad...
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WPGlass Theme by Maryndor
2007-02-16 16:41:00
I’ve changed my blog theme to WPGlass by Mary ndor. Great theme; slick design with a 3D look. I’m a 3D movie freak, that’s why it looks great for me! It’s currently in version 1. Version 2 is under development and might support 2 column. Looking forward for it! Technorati Tags: your blogging guide, wordpress theme, maryndor, WPGlass theme Them e sShare This

Useful Links For Google Users
2007-02-14 14:10:06
If you use any produt from google such as its search engine, Adsene, Adwords, Google Map etc, These are some links and e-mail address that I think might be important for you to know: report a spam result report a Google security issue email Google Press with a question email to ask to be included as Google News source email feedback on ...
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Quest for The Truth?
2007-02-14 14:10:06
Last night, I checked my domain name on Google and get shocked to find that my domain is not in the index anymore. Backlinks are still in the index but my domain name has gone. I had a scary feeling that my blog might have been banned. Gosh! That is a nightmare for any webmaster. ...
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The Quest for The Truth Has Ended ;-)
2007-02-14 14:10:06
Phew…. At last it is confirmed that my site is not banned! Anyway, I hope that my previous post provides some usefull information for you. These are some more ways to check if your site has been indexed by Google: Type any of these into Google SearchBox site:your.domain.name link:your.domain.name cache:your.domain.name info:your.domain.name related:your.domain.name Make sure that you replace your.domain.name with your ...
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Solve The Rubik?s Cube - Rookie Style ;-)
2007-02-13 02:09:01
abWritePlayer(813, 400, 400, "http://vid.adbrite.com/video/abplayer?") ; This is a video of me solving the Rubik ’s cube. Nothing special, employing beginner technique by solving it layer by layer. The only difference is I start with an X, not cross. It’s pretty pathetic compared to the pros like Tyson Mao. Anyway, enjoy! Need a background music? Technorati Tags: rubik’s ...
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Preach Out Your Blog With Share This Plug-In
2007-02-11 14:07:02
I’ve been looking for this kind of plugin for some time and found it at hannesjohnson.com. Thanks hannes! This is a short description for the plugin by him: The plug-in adds a link to all my posts that enables my readers to add the post to all kinds of social sites (like del.icio.us, digg, furl, reddit?) ...
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AdBrite Has Upgraded Their Publisher System
2007-02-10 02:06:03
I have checked my AdBrite publisher account recently. They have upgraded the system! Nice work guys! From the main publisher section, I can see 2 new links; Dashboards and Videos. The Dashboards is very much like the Google Adsense report overview where you can view current income for today, yesterday, last 7 days, this month, ...
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Adsense Arbitrage - Still Alive And Well?
2007-02-10 02:06:03
Are you using Google Adsense to monetize your website or blog? If you are, maybe you have heard about Adsense Arbitrage right? The technique that uses Google Adwords to drive traffic to your website and gain income from Google Adsense. It’s basically about maximizing income from Adsense while in the same time minimizing money usage ...
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AGLOCO? Money by surfing?
2007-02-10 02:06:03
Have you heard about it? It is actually an abbreviation of “A Global Community” and pronounced as A-GLO-CO. Sounds funny eh? But the news that they are selling to the internet users is not. They said YOU are valuable. Are we? YouTube has made $1.65 billion from Google in October 2006. How much have we ...
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Feedblitz - Blog and RSS to Email Service
2007-02-10 02:06:03
Do you like the idea that you can automatically send your blog or website new contents directly to your loyal readers’ e-mail? Instead of your readers going to your website to manually checking for new updates, They get them in their mailbox! That’s cool! If you do want to have that kind of service, then try feedblitz.com. ...
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Sunrise WordPress Theme
2007-02-10 02:06:03
I always love theme that is simple, not cluttered with images, good color usage and most importantly the contents are clearly visible. This Sunrise theme does meet my taste. It is one of the themes from themeporter.com. Check out this site. There are many other nice themes posted there. For this Sunrise theme, you may get ...
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AdBrite 2.0 Launch Video
2007-02-10 02:06:03
Cool video from the AdBrite guys. They rock! I’m sure that most of the bloggers out there already know them. For those who don’t, AdBrite is another alternative for online advertising much like Google Adsense, Bidvertiser etc… Check their website at www.adbrite.com Technorati Tags: AdBrite, Monetizing, Advertisement, adsense, Bidvertiser AdBrite, adsense, Advertisement, ...
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Problem login WordPress 2.1 (installed locally)
2007-02-10 02:06:03
I have installed XAMPP and Word Press locally in my system recently. The installation went just fine. The problem showed up when I tried to login into the WordPress administration. No error was reported though, just that I couldn’t login. I went to WordPress Support Site and found that there is actually a conflict between locally ...
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Scared of Google indexing your site?
2007-02-10 02:06:03
Does the fact that Google can index anything on your website and show it in their search result scare you off? I hope not, but in case that you want to make sure that some part of you website or blog stay invisible, then you really have to know something about robots.txt. Technorati Tags: Google, ...
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Something about favicon?
2007-02-10 02:06:03
Favicon? Well, it is just a simple thumbnail icon shows up in the browser address box or on the browser tab when you visit a website (as shown in the picture above). Not all websites use this feature though. But, I think it is a good idea to implement it to give a unique impression ...
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My Blog Has Been Indexed by Google In Less than 2 Weeks
2007-02-10 02:06:03
I’ve checked my blog title in Google recently and found out that it has been listed! Click here for the latest rank. Thanks to webloghits.com for their tips on How to Get Index ed by Google in 6 Days (It took longer for me because I did not implement all of them. lazy… ...
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