An Announcement
By Arpit On Monday, December 25, 2006 At 1:34 PM
I've been Tagged....
I have been tagged by Ashok.
Now for the people who do not understand what tag means, let me explain. The tag game is on in blogsphere and bloggers are enjoying it. The rule of tag game is that if you are tagged you have to write five things about yourself and tag five other bloggers. Read about it here.
And now i have been tagged by Ashok. So here are five things i love to do...
1) Movies: They are are my passion. Am a great fan of apna bollywood. My fav are Zakhm and DCH. Also The Shawshank Redemption has been all time hollywood favo.
2) Books: I like reading in my free time. I am totally convinced that Ayn Rand ruined my life :P . And yes Potter rocks.
3) Eating: Its fun. I like to experiment with new dishes
4) Sleeping: They say "Early bird catches the worm" and I say "Early worms are caught".... I like sleeping late till morning.
5) Games: Am a big AOE freak. My record stick to my computer is something less that 22 hrs.
So now when i have got my neck out of the tag, its time to tag other 5 ppl..
So i have tagged Sarang, Mani, Rishi, Swagat and Nithya
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Now for the people who do not understand what tag means, let me explain. The tag game is on in blogsphere and bloggers are enjoying it. The rule of tag game is that if you are tagged you have to write five things about yourself and tag five other bloggers. Read about it here.
And now i have been tagged by Ashok. So here are five things i love to do...
1) Movies: They are are my passion. Am a great fan of apna bollywood. My fav are Zakhm and DCH. Also The Shawshank Redemption has been all time hollywood favo.
2) Books: I like reading in my free time. I am totally convinced that Ayn Rand ruined my life :P . And yes Potter rocks.
3) Eating: Its fun. I like to experiment with new dishes
4) Sleeping: They say "Early bird catches the worm" and I say "Early worms are caught".... I like sleeping late till morning.
5) Games: Am a big AOE freak. My record stick to my computer is something less that 22 hrs.
So now when i have got my neck out of the tag, its time to tag other 5 ppl..
So i have tagged Sarang, Mani, Rishi, Swagat and Nithya
Labels: Others
By Arpit On Saturday, December 23, 2006 At 9:36 PM
Harry Potter: The Magic Strikes Again.
I have just got some news for the net about Harry Potter book 7. The title of the book is realesed and J.K. Rowling has given a small game to play on her site. Its something like treasure hunt. Am trying it to continue, so am cutting this post short. Will provide you details later.
Click here to play the game on oficial web site of J. K. Rowling.
To start with the game, enter the site and click the eraser on the desk..
Ohh God am so excited.
By Arpit On At 4:32 PM
PayPerPost: Full disclosure policy
PayPerPost has today announced its second phase of full disclouser model in which it is mandatory for participating consumer content creators to disclose their sponsored status. It is expected that this step will more transparency to the web advertising industry.
From PayPerPost Press release:
"Since creating the concept of sponsored posting, PayPerPost has allowed and encouraged transparency, enabling marketers and bloggers to disclose word-of-mouth (WOM) or buzz marketing relationships. The company provides bloggers with tools to empower disclosure and has popularized the concept of adopting a Disclosure Policy for all bloggers through DisclosurePolicy.org. Consistent with WOM industry guidelines, PayPerPost also prohibits marketers who use the PayPerPost marketplace from requesting no disclosure. Today’s announcement builds upon that foundation.
“The mission of PayPerPost has always been to be the top marketplace connecting bloggers and marketers,” said Ted Murphy, chief executive officer of PayPerPost. "We have always believed that the marketplace will naturally evolve based upon needs of the marketers and bloggers participating in the market. Proper transparency for WOM marketing has been an ongoing balance for our members and an issue with little legal precedent. Although the FTC was petitioned and recently declined any formal action against buzz marketing practices (e.g. Proctor & Gamble Tremor, BzzAgents), we believe the marketers and bloggers in our marketplace will benefit from today’s Terms of Service updates. We will undoubtedly lose some marketers and bloggers in the process, however we believe this measure serves our marketplace participants long term."
As part of this announcement, we invite a competing and even larger part of the WOM marketing industry, affiliate marketers, to join PayPerPost in mandating full disclosure. Mary Engle, FTC director of advertising practices, recently stated "the FTC examines a number of criteria in deciding whether to bring a case against a marketer but usually looks more closely at actions that lead consumers to make purchase decisions. Some word-of-mouth marketing is focused on getting consumers to visit websites rather than to make immediate purchases." Given that affiliate programs, regardless of FTC disclosure adherence, specifically reward bloggers for driving immediate purchases, affiliate marketers are encouraged to mandate disclosure, or embrace WOM marketplaces like PayPerPost that deliver the highest online marketing ROI with less risk of future FTC scrutiny.
PayPerPost’s new Terms of Service require participating content creators to fully disclose site wide with a prominent Disclosure Policy or on a per post basis. To cover the increased blogger and marketplace costs of the company’s new policy, PayPerPost is raising the minimum price per post by one dollar to five dollars per post. The company's marketplace remains the lowest cost, highest value provider of online WOM or buzz marketing. “PayPerPost believes that its marketing partners will support this new pricing structure. Although our operating costs will increase slightly due to today’s move, the net result is a stronger communications environment for all. We encourage online WOM networks of all kinds, whether blog-based, affiliate or other models, to follow suit.”
To read the press release on PatPerPost site click here.
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From PayPerPost Press release:
"Since creating the concept of sponsored posting, PayPerPost has allowed and encouraged transparency, enabling marketers and bloggers to disclose word-of-mouth (WOM) or buzz marketing relationships. The company provides bloggers with tools to empower disclosure and has popularized the concept of adopting a Disclosure Policy for all bloggers through DisclosurePolicy.org. Consistent with WOM industry guidelines, PayPerPost also prohibits marketers who use the PayPerPost marketplace from requesting no disclosure. Today’s announcement builds upon that foundation.
“The mission of PayPerPost has always been to be the top marketplace connecting bloggers and marketers,” said Ted Murphy, chief executive officer of PayPerPost. "We have always believed that the marketplace will naturally evolve based upon needs of the marketers and bloggers participating in the market. Proper transparency for WOM marketing has been an ongoing balance for our members and an issue with little legal precedent. Although the FTC was petitioned and recently declined any formal action against buzz marketing practices (e.g. Proctor & Gamble Tremor, BzzAgents), we believe the marketers and bloggers in our marketplace will benefit from today’s Terms of Service updates. We will undoubtedly lose some marketers and bloggers in the process, however we believe this measure serves our marketplace participants long term."
As part of this announcement, we invite a competing and even larger part of the WOM marketing industry, affiliate marketers, to join PayPerPost in mandating full disclosure. Mary Engle, FTC director of advertising practices, recently stated "the FTC examines a number of criteria in deciding whether to bring a case against a marketer but usually looks more closely at actions that lead consumers to make purchase decisions. Some word-of-mouth marketing is focused on getting consumers to visit websites rather than to make immediate purchases." Given that affiliate programs, regardless of FTC disclosure adherence, specifically reward bloggers for driving immediate purchases, affiliate marketers are encouraged to mandate disclosure, or embrace WOM marketplaces like PayPerPost that deliver the highest online marketing ROI with less risk of future FTC scrutiny.
PayPerPost’s new Terms of Service require participating content creators to fully disclose site wide with a prominent Disclosure Policy or on a per post basis. To cover the increased blogger and marketplace costs of the company’s new policy, PayPerPost is raising the minimum price per post by one dollar to five dollars per post. The company's marketplace remains the lowest cost, highest value provider of online WOM or buzz marketing. “PayPerPost believes that its marketing partners will support this new pricing structure. Although our operating costs will increase slightly due to today’s move, the net result is a stronger communications environment for all. We encourage online WOM networks of all kinds, whether blog-based, affiliate or other models, to follow suit.”
To read the press release on PatPerPost site click here.
Labels: News and announcements
By Arpit On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 At 2:17 AM
How to create system restore point and restore back your operating system in Microsoft's Windows XP
If you want to make any change in windows XP program files or system files like registry, it is advisable to create a system restore point before doing any such task.
Note: This Utility is only for Microsoft Window's XP
To create a system restore point for your windows XP operating system follow these steps..
Step 1. First check out whether system restore option in turn on or not in your computer. To check this, right click on My Computer icon and click properties option. This will open the System Properties box. Now click System Restore tab and make sure that ‘Turn off system restore on all drives’ option is unchecked. Now click ok and close this box.
Step 2. Now open start menu and go to
All Programs > Accessories > System tools > System restore.
This opens the system restore tool.
Now check the box Create a restore point and then click next.
Step 3. Now type the name of system restore point (whatever you want), and click create.
This creates your system restore point.
Now close this box.
To restore back your operating system to any restore point follow these steps.
Step 1. Open start menu and go to
All Programs > Accessories > System tools > System restore.
This opens the system restore tool.
Now check the box Restore my computer to an earlier time and click next
Step 2. In the next open screen of System Restore tool, you will see the calendar in which certain dates are shown in bold letter. These bold letter dates are the dates when a system restore point is available. It means you can restore your Operating System back to those dates. Click the date to which you want to restore the system.
Step 3. When you click on the date you can see in the right hand box (box next to calendar) that list of some system points is shown. Choose the system point to which you want to restore your operating system and then click next .
Step 4. Now you are asked for the confirmation. Click Next.
Your system will now get restored to the time and date you have chosen. This will restart you computer.
Some points regarding System Restore.
1. For System restore process, you should be logged into an administrator account.
2. Restoring your computer does not affect or change your personal data files.
3. An automatic system restore point is created on your computer everyday by Windows XP. (If system restore feature is turned on)
What Microsoft’s Windows XP Help and Support says about System restore
“System Restore is a component of Windows XP Professional that you can use to restore your computer to a previous state, if a problem occurs, without losing your personal data files (such as Microsoft Word documents, browsing history, drawings, favorites, or e-mail). System Restore monitors changes to the system and some application files, and it automatically creates easily identified restore points. These restore points allow you to revert the system to a previous time. They are created daily and at the time of significant system events (such as when an application or driver is installed). You can also create and name your own restore points at any time. “
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Note: This Utility is only for Microsoft Window's XP
To create a system restore point for your windows XP operating system follow these steps..
Step 1. First check out whether system restore option in turn on or not in your computer. To check this, right click on My Computer icon and click properties option. This will open the System Properties box. Now click System Restore tab and make sure that ‘Turn off system restore on all drives’ option is unchecked. Now click ok and close this box.
Step 2. Now open start menu and go to
All Programs > Accessories > System tools > System restore.
This opens the system restore tool.
Now check the box Create a restore point and then click next.
Step 3. Now type the name of system restore point (whatever you want), and click create.
This creates your system restore point.
Now close this box.
To restore back your operating system to any restore point follow these steps.
Step 1. Open start menu and go to
All Programs > Accessories > System tools > System restore.
This opens the system restore tool.
Now check the box Restore my computer to an earlier time and click next
Step 2. In the next open screen of System Restore tool, you will see the calendar in which certain dates are shown in bold letter. These bold letter dates are the dates when a system restore point is available. It means you can restore your Operating System back to those dates. Click the date to which you want to restore the system.
Step 3. When you click on the date you can see in the right hand box (box next to calendar) that list of some system points is shown. Choose the system point to which you want to restore your operating system and then click next .
Step 4. Now you are asked for the confirmation. Click Next.
Your system will now get restored to the time and date you have chosen. This will restart you computer.
Some points regarding System Restore.
1. For System restore process, you should be logged into an administrator account.
2. Restoring your computer does not affect or change your personal data files.
3. An automatic system restore point is created on your computer everyday by Windows XP. (If system restore feature is turned on)
What Microsoft’s Windows XP Help and Support says about System restore
“System Restore is a component of Windows XP Professional that you can use to restore your computer to a previous state, if a problem occurs, without losing your personal data files (such as Microsoft Word documents, browsing history, drawings, favorites, or e-mail). System Restore monitors changes to the system and some application files, and it automatically creates easily identified restore points. These restore points allow you to revert the system to a previous time. They are created daily and at the time of significant system events (such as when an application or driver is installed). You can also create and name your own restore points at any time. “
Labels: Windows
By Arpit On Monday, December 18, 2006 At 12:15 AM
What does your signature say??
# SINGLE UNDERLINE BELOW THE SIGN!!
These persons are very confident and are good personalities. They are a
little bit selfish but believe in "Happiness of human life"
# TWO DOTS BELOW THE SIGN!!
These persons are considered to be Romantic, can easily change their
fiancées as if they change their clothes. They prefer beauty in other
persons & they themselves try to look beautiful. They easily attract
others.
# SINGLE DOT BELOW THE SIGN!
These persons are more inclined towards classical arts, simple & are
very
cool. If you loose faith with them, then these persons will never look
back
at you. Hence its always better to be careful with these people.
# NO UNDERLINES OR DOTS BELOW THE SIGN!!
These persons enjoy their life in their own way, never pay attention to
others views. These are considered to be good natured but are selfish
too.
# RANDOM SIGN, NO SIMILARITY BETWEEN NAME & SIGN!!
These persons try to be very smart, hide each & every matter, never say
anything in straight forward manner, never pay attention to the other
person of what he is talking of.
# RANDOM SIGN, SIMILARITY BETWEEN NAME & SIGN!!
These persons are considered to be intelligent but never think. These
people change their ideas & views as fast as the wind changes its
direction
of flow. They never think whether that particular thing is right or
wrong.
You can win them just by flattering them.
# SIGN IN PRINTED LETTERS!!
These persons are very kind to us, have a good heart, selfless, are
ready
to sacrifice their life for the sake of their near & dear. But these
seem
to think a lot and may get angry very soon.
# WRITING COMPLETE NAME AS THEIR SIGN!!
These persons are very kind hearted, can adjust themselves to any
environment & to the person they are talking.These persons are very
firm on their views & posses a lot of will power.
This came to me through a mail. Ashita forwarded me this mail. Thanks Ashita
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These persons are very confident and are good personalities. They are a
little bit selfish but believe in "Happiness of human life"
# TWO DOTS BELOW THE SIGN!!
These persons are considered to be Romantic, can easily change their
fiancées as if they change their clothes. They prefer beauty in other
persons & they themselves try to look beautiful. They easily attract
others.
# SINGLE DOT BELOW THE SIGN!
These persons are more inclined towards classical arts, simple & are
very
cool. If you loose faith with them, then these persons will never look
back
at you. Hence its always better to be careful with these people.
# NO UNDERLINES OR DOTS BELOW THE SIGN!!
These persons enjoy their life in their own way, never pay attention to
others views. These are considered to be good natured but are selfish
too.
# RANDOM SIGN, NO SIMILARITY BETWEEN NAME & SIGN!!
These persons try to be very smart, hide each & every matter, never say
anything in straight forward manner, never pay attention to the other
person of what he is talking of.
# RANDOM SIGN, SIMILARITY BETWEEN NAME & SIGN!!
These persons are considered to be intelligent but never think. These
people change their ideas & views as fast as the wind changes its
direction
of flow. They never think whether that particular thing is right or
wrong.
You can win them just by flattering them.
# SIGN IN PRINTED LETTERS!!
These persons are very kind to us, have a good heart, selfless, are
ready
to sacrifice their life for the sake of their near & dear. But these
seem
to think a lot and may get angry very soon.
# WRITING COMPLETE NAME AS THEIR SIGN!!
These persons are very kind hearted, can adjust themselves to any
environment & to the person they are talking.These persons are very
firm on their views & posses a lot of will power.
This came to me through a mail. Ashita forwarded me this mail. Thanks Ashita
Labels: Cool Utilities
By Arpit On Saturday, December 16, 2006 At 9:33 PM
Wordpress vs Blogger...
Today while surfing net, I foung a good article my Mr. Gobala Krishnan. Am posting this article here... have a look of it....
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There's a war going on in the blogosphere, and it has nothing to do with bloggers dissing each other on their respective websites. The war is about control of the blogosphere by several great, many good, and tons of terrible blogging platforms. The average newbie now has "too many" options to choose from, and the battle for blogging supremacy is hotter than ever.
At my website and blogs, I'm always asked the question "Is Wordpress better than Blogger?". The answer, of course, is "Yes". But to really understand why, it's important to look at both blogging platforms side-by-side and see which one you really need.
You also need to understand that there are different versions of Wordpress, the earliest now termed as "Wordpress" at http://www.wordpress.org, and the hosted version similar to Blogger now termed "Wordpress.com" which is of course available at WordPress.com
For Part 1 of this article, we look only at the self-hosted version of Wordpress. Here's the comparison scale:
1) Ease of Set-up And Use
Yes, it’s much easier to set-up a blog with Blogspot.com and get your own Bloggger account. You can be done in 10 minutes flat. Once you're set-up you can start posting immediately. If you want to add a designer's touch to your blog, there are also tons of blogger templates available for free.
Installing Wordpress however can be a major headache if you don't know what you're doing. Since you're going to host it on your own account, you'll need to download the installation files, upload them to your server, set-up a database, and run the configuration script.
However, if you know which hosting account to get, you can choose one with Cpanel included. With Cpanel, you can do a one-click installation, upgrade and removal of your Wordpress platform. There are tons of different hosting plans to choose from, so get one that fits your needs.
2) Customization & Advanced Use
Blogger doesn’t allow categories. You can’t sort your articles into different focuses, unless you know how to hack the platform. With Wordpress, not only can you add categories, you can also display each category differently on your main page. In fact with the correct plugins you can even turn your Wordpress into a magazine-like portal.
Publishing with Blogger can be a pain in the ass. It can take forever to post articles, especially if you’re making changes to the entire website. With Wordpress, publishing is much faster, although if you load your system with all kinds of bells and whistles it can be just as frustrating.
With a Blogger account, you can get additional features like "Shout Boxes" that improve interaction on your site. You can also get pretty themes and nifty little tools that you can add to the core template files. However, that's as far as you can go with Blogger.
With Wordpress however, the sky is the limit. As cliche as that may sound, not only can you get themes, additional "plugins" and advanced tools, you can also extend Wordpress to far beyond just a blogging platform.
The talk today is about using Wordpress as a complete, user-friendly Content Management System or CMS. Unlike complicated predecessors like PHPPostNuke, B2, Mambo or even Joomla, Wordpress is user friendly. Plus, the availability of source codes in this open-source system coupled with a strong community makes it possible to use Wordpress as an article management system, classifieds system, direct-selling site and even a paid membership site.
4) Copyrights and Ownership of Content
I started with Blogger and I won’t say that it’s bad. But after a while I started to get frustrated with Blogger, and here’s why: Google Owns Your Content
Google has the authority to shut down your account without warning if they don’t like what you’re blogging about. You don't have absolute control over your own blog. With Wordpress, you own the domain name and the blog is hosted on your own account. You have full control over your content.
With the self-hosted version of Wordpress (not Wordpress.com), you're free to write about anything you want, and use the software in any way you want. Yes, Blogger allows you to publish to your own domain, but they still own the database that holds your content! Don't forget that!
5) Search Engine Optimization and Traffic
There's this propaganda that since Google owns Blogger, they tend to favor Blogger accounts. I won't say that this is illogical, but from my experience, there's no such favoritism.
I've heard as many stories of getting indexed fast and ranking high in search engines from both Wordpress and Blogger users. As long as the content is good, the spiders will come.
When you post in Blogger, you can only “ping” a limited amount of sites, whereas with Wordpress on your own domain you can ping as many blog directories as you want, and start getting more traffic.
As a conclusion, I would say that Wordpress is only slightly ahead in terms of optimization for search engines, and building large amounts of traffic.
6) Money-Making Potential
There's no doubt that it's easier to get started with Google Adsense if you have a Blogger account. In fact you can now apply for Adsense from within a Blogger account. Not entirely surprising considering the fact that both are owned by the same company.
With Wordpress, it can get tricky. The default installation is not enough. You'll need a couple of plugins and even a better theme to really maximize the Adsense potential. However, this seems to be getting easier and there's even "Adsense revenue sharing" plugins around that allow you to share ad revenue with other contributors and writers for your blog.
When you start using Wordpress to build your Adsense websites, you’ll soon discover what I mean. It’s something you need to experience for yourself. I can tell you one thing though – when you go Wordpress, you don’t go back.
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About This Author
Gobala Krishnan helps beginners and experienced marketers master Wordpress and blogging for creating micro-niche websites that produce massive profits. Get started now by reading his free reports as Easy Word Press
This article appeared on Site Reference.
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***************************************************
There's a war going on in the blogosphere, and it has nothing to do with bloggers dissing each other on their respective websites. The war is about control of the blogosphere by several great, many good, and tons of terrible blogging platforms. The average newbie now has "too many" options to choose from, and the battle for blogging supremacy is hotter than ever.
At my website and blogs, I'm always asked the question "Is Wordpress better than Blogger?". The answer, of course, is "Yes". But to really understand why, it's important to look at both blogging platforms side-by-side and see which one you really need.
You also need to understand that there are different versions of Wordpress, the earliest now termed as "Wordpress" at http://www.wordpress.org, and the hosted version similar to Blogger now termed "Wordpress.com" which is of course available at WordPress.com
For Part 1 of this article, we look only at the self-hosted version of Wordpress. Here's the comparison scale:
1) Ease of Set-up And Use
Yes, it’s much easier to set-up a blog with Blogspot.com and get your own Bloggger account. You can be done in 10 minutes flat. Once you're set-up you can start posting immediately. If you want to add a designer's touch to your blog, there are also tons of blogger templates available for free.
Installing Wordpress however can be a major headache if you don't know what you're doing. Since you're going to host it on your own account, you'll need to download the installation files, upload them to your server, set-up a database, and run the configuration script.
However, if you know which hosting account to get, you can choose one with Cpanel included. With Cpanel, you can do a one-click installation, upgrade and removal of your Wordpress platform. There are tons of different hosting plans to choose from, so get one that fits your needs.
2) Customization & Advanced Use
Blogger doesn’t allow categories. You can’t sort your articles into different focuses, unless you know how to hack the platform. With Wordpress, not only can you add categories, you can also display each category differently on your main page. In fact with the correct plugins you can even turn your Wordpress into a magazine-like portal.
Publishing with Blogger can be a pain in the ass. It can take forever to post articles, especially if you’re making changes to the entire website. With Wordpress, publishing is much faster, although if you load your system with all kinds of bells and whistles it can be just as frustrating.
With a Blogger account, you can get additional features like "Shout Boxes" that improve interaction on your site. You can also get pretty themes and nifty little tools that you can add to the core template files. However, that's as far as you can go with Blogger.
With Wordpress however, the sky is the limit. As cliche as that may sound, not only can you get themes, additional "plugins" and advanced tools, you can also extend Wordpress to far beyond just a blogging platform.
The talk today is about using Wordpress as a complete, user-friendly Content Management System or CMS. Unlike complicated predecessors like PHPPostNuke, B2, Mambo or even Joomla, Wordpress is user friendly. Plus, the availability of source codes in this open-source system coupled with a strong community makes it possible to use Wordpress as an article management system, classifieds system, direct-selling site and even a paid membership site.
4) Copyrights and Ownership of Content
I started with Blogger and I won’t say that it’s bad. But after a while I started to get frustrated with Blogger, and here’s why: Google Owns Your Content
Google has the authority to shut down your account without warning if they don’t like what you’re blogging about. You don't have absolute control over your own blog. With Wordpress, you own the domain name and the blog is hosted on your own account. You have full control over your content.
With the self-hosted version of Wordpress (not Wordpress.com), you're free to write about anything you want, and use the software in any way you want. Yes, Blogger allows you to publish to your own domain, but they still own the database that holds your content! Don't forget that!
5) Search Engine Optimization and Traffic
There's this propaganda that since Google owns Blogger, they tend to favor Blogger accounts. I won't say that this is illogical, but from my experience, there's no such favoritism.
I've heard as many stories of getting indexed fast and ranking high in search engines from both Wordpress and Blogger users. As long as the content is good, the spiders will come.
When you post in Blogger, you can only “ping” a limited amount of sites, whereas with Wordpress on your own domain you can ping as many blog directories as you want, and start getting more traffic.
As a conclusion, I would say that Wordpress is only slightly ahead in terms of optimization for search engines, and building large amounts of traffic.
6) Money-Making Potential
There's no doubt that it's easier to get started with Google Adsense if you have a Blogger account. In fact you can now apply for Adsense from within a Blogger account. Not entirely surprising considering the fact that both are owned by the same company.
With Wordpress, it can get tricky. The default installation is not enough. You'll need a couple of plugins and even a better theme to really maximize the Adsense potential. However, this seems to be getting easier and there's even "Adsense revenue sharing" plugins around that allow you to share ad revenue with other contributors and writers for your blog.
When you start using Wordpress to build your Adsense websites, you’ll soon discover what I mean. It’s something you need to experience for yourself. I can tell you one thing though – when you go Wordpress, you don’t go back.
***************************************************
About This Author
Gobala Krishnan helps beginners and experienced marketers master Wordpress and blogging for creating micro-niche websites that produce massive profits. Get started now by reading his free reports as Easy Word Press
This article appeared on Site Reference.
Labels: Blogger tricks
By Arpit On At 6:09 PM
Vizu Polls: Monetize your site traffic through polls
Vizu Answers is a web poll service which conducts online poll on the websites and blogs. Unlike other poll services vizu pays the site owner to host the polls on their site. I think its a great idea to monetize your site. Also the best part of vizu polls is that it do not take the visitors away from you site. You can design the colours and layout of the poll acording to you site. So check out vizu here.Labels: Money
By Arpit On Friday, December 15, 2006 At 3:44 AM
Drop down menu for blogger beta..
In my last post i have given a javascript code to create a drop down menu in blog/sites. The same code i've implemented in my blogroll.( See right side bar of this blog for working example of it)
But the problem with the code is that it can't be implemented in blogger beta, as blogger beta does not give the complette freedom to modify the template code.
So here is small code to create a drop down menu in blogger beta.
Step 1. Copy the code below in a note pad and replace link1.com, link2.com etc. with the destination page, and link1 and link2 with the name of the respective destination. If you want to insert more links just copy and paste
<option value="http://link1.com"/>link1<option value="http://link2.com"/>link2
before </select> tag.
after doing this your code is ready.
start copying the code below this line
<br/><select onchange="javascript:window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);"><option value=""/>My Blogroll<option value="http://technicalbliss.blogspot.com"/>Technical Bliss<option value="http://link1.com"/>link1<option value="http://link2.com"/>link2</select>
code copy ends above this line.
Step 2. Log on to your blogger beta account and in blog settings go to template tab and then click "Page element" tab
Now click "Add a page element" and then choose HTML/Javascript page element
Now enter the title what ever you like. (i've entered Blogs i read) and in palce of content add the code which you have copied and modified in the notepad in step 1.
Now click "save changes"
Now you can see a new element is added in your layout.( see the image below)
Now drag and drop the element ( i.e Blogs i read) where ever you want it to be. ( Like i've put it below my blog archive)
Click "save" button and work is done.
your drop down menu will look like this.
If you want to see the working example of the visit my other blog at beta blogger here.
If you think that this method has been helpful to you then plz link my blog on your blog. (Or place my link in you blogroll).
If you have any problem, feel free to ask me...
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Create drop down menu in you blog/website
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But the problem with the code is that it can't be implemented in blogger beta, as blogger beta does not give the complette freedom to modify the template code.
So here is small code to create a drop down menu in blogger beta.
Step 1. Copy the code below in a note pad and replace link1.com, link2.com etc. with the destination page, and link1 and link2 with the name of the respective destination. If you want to insert more links just copy and paste
<option value="http://link1.com"/>link1<option value="http://link2.com"/>link2
before </select> tag.
after doing this your code is ready.
start copying the code below this line
<br/><select onchange="javascript:window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);"><option value=""/>My Blogroll<option value="http://technicalbliss.blogspot.com"/>Technical Bliss<option value="http://link1.com"/>link1<option value="http://link2.com"/>link2</select>
code copy ends above this line.
Step 2. Log on to your blogger beta account and in blog settings go to template tab and then click "Page element" tab
(Click images to enlarge them)
Now click "Add a page element" and then choose HTML/Javascript page element
Now enter the title what ever you like. (i've entered Blogs i read) and in palce of content add the code which you have copied and modified in the notepad in step 1.
Now click "save changes"Now you can see a new element is added in your layout.( see the image below)
Now drag and drop the element ( i.e Blogs i read) where ever you want it to be. ( Like i've put it below my blog archive)
Click "save" button and work is done.
your drop down menu will look like this.
If you want to see the working example of the visit my other blog at beta blogger here.
If you think that this method has been helpful to you then plz link my blog on your blog. (Or place my link in you blogroll).
If you have any problem, feel free to ask me...
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Create drop down menu in you blog/website
Labels: Blogger tricks
By Arpit On Thursday, December 14, 2006 At 8:51 PM
Create a drop down menu in you blog or webpage
If you want to create a drop down menu in your blog or site, here is a small javascript code. (Check out my blogroll section for a working example of this code)
While placing this code on your blog/site you have to follow two steps.
Step 1: Copy the following code in the section where you want to create the drop down menu
<!--code 1 copy start here-->
<form name="form2">
<select name="select2" size="1" style="background-color:#FFFFFF" onChange="displaydesc(document.form2.select2, thetext2, 'textcontainer2')">
<option selected value="http://link1.com/" target="newwin">link1</option>
<option selected value="http://link2.com/" target="newwin">link2</option>
<option selected value="http://link3.com" target="newwin">link3</option>
<option selected value="">My Blogroll</option>
</select>
<br>
</br>
<input type="button" value="Go"
onClick="jumptolink(document.form2.select2)"><br>
<span id="textcontainer2" align="left" style="font:italic 13px Arial">
</span>
</form>
<!--code 1 copy ends here-->
In the above code you can customize the links by palcing your link URL in place of link1.com link2.com and link3.com
also if you dont want to open your link in new window you can simply remove target="newwin"
i.e instead of line
<option selected value="http://link1.com/" target="newwin">link1just write
<option selected value="http://link1.com/">link1
The lable dispayed is My Blogroll. Change that in code if you want something else there.
Step 2:
Place the following part of code at the end of your blog/site template just before the <html> tag.
<!--code 2 copy starts here-->
<script type="text/javascript">
//1) CUSTOMIZE TEXT DESCRIPTIONS FOR LINKS ABOVE
/// You may define additional text arrays if you have multiple drop downs:
var thetext2=new Array()
thetext2[0]="description of site 1"
thetext2[1]="description of site 2"
thetext2[2]="description of site 3"
thetext2[3]=""
// Now, see 2) below for final customization step
function displaydesc(which, descriptionarray, container){
if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById(container).innerHTML=descriptionarray[which.selectedIndex]
}
function jumptolink(what){
var selectedopt=what.options[what.selectedIndex]
if (document.getElementById && selectedopt.getAttribute("target")=="newwin")
window.open(selectedopt.value)
else
window.location=selectedopt.value
}
displaydesc(document.form2.select2, thetext2, 'textcontainer2')
<script>
<!--code 2 copy ends here-->
In the above code look for the text
thetext2[0]="description of site 1"
you can enter a brief discription of site here.
To add more sites in drop down menu
1) Add line
<option selected value="http://link.com/" target="newwin">link</option>
in code 1
2) Add line
thetext2[?]="description of site 3"
in code 2 and replace ? by next no.
If you have any problem regarding this code feel free to comment here.. i will try my best to solve your problem
P.S. As my blog visitors have pointed out, the above code will not work with blogger beta. To implement a drop down menu in blogger beta, see the related post here
this code is taken from dynamicdrive
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Labels: Blogger tricks
By Arpit On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 At 4:00 PM
Add This!!! All bookmarking services together.
Addthis is a service to integrate all the social bookmarking services together. With the AddThis Web Buttons, web publishers make it easier for their visitors to collect content from their websites or blogs, and send it to their favorite destinations, including social media services.
Now you can help you page visitors to bookmark their page in following 26 bookmarking services.
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This button looks like
(click it)
(click it)
Now you can help you page visitors to bookmark their page in following 26 bookmarking services.
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Labels: Blogger tricks
By Arpit On Tuesday, December 12, 2006 At 10:06 PM
'Failure' for Google
Just type the word failure in the google search box and instead of hitting " Google Search" button hit "I'm feeling Lucky" button.
(click to enlarge image)
And see what is the result.
Check it out by youself... Its really intersting.
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(click to enlarge image)And see what is the result.
Check it out by youself... Its really intersting.
Labels: Cool Utilities
By Arpit On Monday, December 11, 2006 At 9:52 PM
Image Chef.. a cool online utility
Today while surfing on net i found a cool site Image Chef which can be used as a great tool to create images with custom text messages. And its really easy to use. Check it out here.
If you want to create an image and want to save it in your hard disk then follow following steps.
1. Choose the image you want to customize from the main gallary , and type the text in the box. Now click the preview button.
2. The image will come out to be like this.
3. Now right click on the image and choose the option ' save image as'
Some other examples.
Labels: Cool Utilities
By Arpit On Friday, December 01, 2006 At 2:15 AM
