Mau menambahkan Tag pada photo anda? Gunakan software gratisan yang sangat simpel dan mudah untuk digunakan ini. Ga ada ruginya untuk dicoba :)

Overview: FotoTagger is a free tool for annotating JPEG images. Add easy-to-hide searchable notes pointing to individual elements on the image. Upload individual images, whole folders or selected photos to Flickr and download them back to FotoTagger. Publish to blogs. Create Web slide shows from folders with annotated images or manually selected images. Edit images in external editors without losing annotations. Organize images directly from FotoTagger. FotoTagger 2.8 lets you add comments to multiple images at once.

Format: Software | Size: 2,443KB | Date: Jan 2008 | Version: 2.8 | System Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista | License: Free

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Hehehe... Hebat juga ni ilmuwan. Dia sedang merancang suatu software untuk mempermudah majikan mengetahui emosi anjing peliharaannya, sehingga antara majikan dengan anjing peliharaannya nantinya dapat berkomunikasi lebih baik. Software yang masih pada tahap pengujian dan belum dilemparkan ke pasaran ini merupakan karya dari beberapa orang ilmuwan Hungaria.

Informasi dalam bahasa inggrisnya seperti berikut:

Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analyzing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs' basic emotions, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar said.

Molnar and his colleagues at Budapest's ELTE University have tested software which distinguishes the emotional reaction of 14 dogs of the Hungarian Mudi herding breed to six situations: When the dog is alone, when it sees a ball, it fights, it plays, it encounters a stranger, or it goes for a walk.

"A possible commercial application could be a device for dog-human communication," the scientist told Reuters.

The computer correctly recognized the emotional reaction of the dogs based on their barks and yelps in 43 percent of the cases. People had judged correctly in 40 percent of cases.

Scientists said the software could be improved.

Molnar said the Hungarian scientists' research provided further proof that different types of dog barks convey messages humans can understand even if they had no experience with dogs.

Lengkapnya untuk melihat webpage aslinya, klik link ini

Wah... Idenya yahuud banget yaa...

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Guys... Baru-baru ini om Bill Gates melalui Microsoftnya mengeluarkan sebuah program untuk Accounting dengan nama Microsoft Accounting Express. Katanya program ini berguna untuk orang-orang atau korporasi yang terbiasa menggunakan software accounting. Tapi sayangnya program ini hanya bisa didownload dengan registrasi terlebih dahulu dan untuk saat ini masih hanya boleh didownload di USA aja. Kapan ya microsoft melepasnya keseluruh dunia???

Buat kamu-kamu yang perlu menggunakan software accounting dan kebetulan sekarang tinggal di USA, kayaknya ga ada salahnya mencoba program ini. Gratis... Yup gratis... Tumben ya Microsoft mau ngasih yang gratisan untuk software semacam ini. Hehehehe :)

Untuk lebih jelasnya, baca keterangan dalam bahasa inggris berikut ini:

Overview:

Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008 is an essential tool for managing your business finances. Whether you're a small or home-based business, you can use this accounting program to make pen and paper-based tasks a thing of the past.

With the familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office, Office Accounting Express 2008 helps you get organized, save time and sell online. You only need to enter data once so you can save time managing everyday financial tasks. All of your customer and financial information is stored in one place so that you can have a complete view of your business.

Office Accounting Express 2008 also gives you the tools you need to reach out to millions of potential customers by taking your business online from simplifying sales using eBay to helping making sure that you get paid faster. Third party service required and fees apply for online sales component.

Note: The above version is designed for US small businesses only, and does not support local requirements of countries outside the US.

Format: Software | Size: 230,415KB | Date: Jan 2008 | Version: 2008 | System Requirements: Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista | License: Free |

Kalau mau mengetahui lebih detail, silahkan kunjungi link ini. Anda harus mendaftar terlebih dahulu untuk dapat mendownload software gratisan ini

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Guys... Da tau kan fenomena terbaru Antivirus di Indonesia? Yup PC Media Antivirus yang biasa disingkat PCMAV. Ampuh banget menghalau segala serangan virus terbaru yang beredar di Indonesia. Kalau di sandingkan dengan AVG Antivirus Free Editon menurut saya sudah cukup lengkap untuk memproteksi komputer kita dari segala serangan virus.

Buat kamu yang belum punya antivirus ini, sebaiknya cepat-cepat pasang di komputer kamu. Keunggulan antivirus lokal ini salah satunya yang paling nyata menurut saya adalah kemampuannya untuk membersihkan file kita yang kena virus tanpa harus mendeletenya. Berbeda dengan antivirus buatan asing yang selalu mendelet file kita yang terinfeksi virus.

Tadi aku iseng browsing and dapet link yang paling tepat untuk mendownload antivirus ini. Semua file sudah disatukan dan dikompres dalam format .rar.

File yang termasuk dalam downloadan ini adalah:

* PCMAV-CLN.exe

* PCMAV-RTP.exe

* daily.cvd

* main.cvd

* libpclamav.dll

* RC23.VDB

Lengkaplah. Ga usah nyambangin situsnya clamAV untuk mendownload daily.cvd dan main.cvd lagi. Semua file yang ada di dalamnya merupakan updatean terbaru Januari 2008. Trimakasihlah buat orang yang mengupload dan menshare Antivirus ini.

Kalo mau mendownload silahkan klik disini

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Busby Seo Test

I'm so happy. My blog now has a Page Rank 4. I really surprise about it. It's cause My oldest blog that I build in 2005 until now stil have a Page Rank 2. And for your information, I just build this blog on Oktober 2007. Now is January 2008. Just take less than 4 months for this simple blog to make a Page Rank 4. Thanks for all people who visit this blog regularly. One of this blog regular visitor is Petradear. Thanks for you petra and I have check your Page Rank also at digpagerank. You have a Page Rank 3.

Exactly I'm not sure about what method to increase our Page rank. I only post, post and post. I don't try any blog optimization tips regularly. I only use one simple trick to increase my Page Rank. I want to share for everyone who want to comments on this post. If more than 10 people make a comment on this post, I'll make a post about my simply and no cost at all method to make my blog have a Page Rank 4 for less than 4 months. So please make a comment on this post.

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INNER BEAUTY

This last set of tips will help you to really bring out your inner beauty.

1. Cut the Stress
Find ways to cut stress out of your life. You’d be surprised at how stress affects your appearance. If you sit down, and cut out one or two things causing stress in your life, it can really make a difference.

2. Saunas
Treat yourself to a sauna every once in a while. Not only is it great for your skin, but it can really be relaxing. It’s also great for tense, stressed out muscles.

3. Build Your Self Esteem
Take steps to improve your self esteem. Here are some things that you can do:
 Read self help books
 Go out with friends
 Join a support group
 Volunteer

4. Massage
Treat yourself to a massage. It can really do wonders for you physically and mentally. If money’s tight, call your local massage school. They’ll usually offer you a massage for a fraction of what massage parlors cost.

5. Haircut
A new haircut and style can do wonders for your spirits. Consult a hairstyle magazine, or your favorite stylist for some ideas.

6. Relaxation Exercises
Relaxation can really help to bring out your inner beauty. Sign up for a yoga or pilates class, or rent how to DVD’s at the library.

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SHOES

The right shoes are very important, not only for looking good, but feeling good as well. This next set of tips will help you pick out that perfect pair of shoes.

1. Look Tall
A nice pair of high heels can make you look taller and slimmer. Make sure you’re comfortable in them, though. If you need to, spend some time practicing walking in your new pumps.

2. Bag Match
Have you found that perfect pair of shoes, but have nothing to go with them? Head over to the handbag department and pick out a matching bag. Then where any solid color, sporting your new shoes and bag.

3. Sandals
A dainty sandal can really class up that summer outfit. You can wear them with shorts, jeans, or skirts. A great way to save money is to buy them at the end of summer when they’re half off, and save them for the next summer.

4. Thin is In
The days of bulky, heavy shoes are long gone. A thinner shoe is flattering and slimming. They even have athletic shoes now that are thin and dainty.

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APPAREL

This next set of tips will focus on having the right apparel to bring out your beauty.

1. Magazines
When you’re looking for the latest fashion, head to the magazine rack. Keep an eye on what the people in a popular magazine are wearing.

2. Shop Smart
When you go out to buy new clothes, shop smart. Look for sales, and get creative. Don’t be afraid to ask advice from sales associate; that’s what they’re there for.

3. Creativity
Sometimes when looking for sales, a creative imagination is all you need to put together a killer outfit. If you find a sassy skirt at half off, head to the clearance rack and find an even sassier blouse to go with it.

4. Black
Every woman’s wardrobe needs a pair of black pants and a black skirt. Not only does black go with everything, but black is very slimming.

5. White Blouse
Your wardrobe should also include a simple white blouse. Ironed up nice, a white blouse can dress up a pair of pants, a pair of shorts, or even a skirt.

6. Accessories
Remember that accessories make the outfit. When putting together that perfect ensemble, don’t forget to add a great pair of shoes, necklace, or earrings.

7. Bras
The right bra can really make a difference in your appearance. If you’ve never been fitted for a bra, most department stores employ professional fitters. Make sure that you get your right size and one that flatters your figure.

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LEGS AND FEET

This next set of tips will help you get those legs and feet looking great!

1. Hair Removal
Hair removal has come a long way in the last few years. No longer do we need to rely on our husband’s razors and shaving creams. Here are some other options:
 Waxing
 Hair removal creams (like Nair and Veet)
 Laser

2. Home Pedicure
It’s easy to give yourself a home pedicure. Here are some tips to show off those pretty feet:
 Soak your feet in warm water.
 Gently use a pumice stone to get rid of dead skin.
 Apply lotion or cream generously to your feet.
 Clip your toenails straight across as opposed to rounding them off.
 When applying polish, separate your toes using cotton balls.

3. Dry Feet
Cracked, dry feet need extra care. Soak them daily in warm water, then before bed, apply a thick layer of Vaseline or olive oil to your feet. Cover them with baggie, then a pair of socks. Leave the plastic on overnight, or at least an hour or two.

4. Shapely Legs
You can shape your legs by doing simple toning exercises every day. Here are some ideas:
 Do squats standing against a wall
 Do leg lifts while laying on your back or side
 Sit in a chair, and lift your knees one at a time, up toward your head

5. Foot Care
Wash your feet daily, and use powder if you need to. Always wear clean socks, made out of natural fibers if possible.

6. Corns
Corns can be very painful. The best way to get rid of them is to soak your feet daily in warm water for 10 minutes. Then gently soap up your feet, and rub the corns. Do this every night until the corns go away. Never use a razor on corns.

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BODY

This next set of tips will focus on your body, and how to make it beautiful.

1. Fat Smarts
Body fat percentage is merely the percentage of fat your body contains. If you weigh 150 lbs and your body fat percentage is 10%, it means that you have 15 lbs of fat. An optimum body fat percentage for women is anywhere between 19% and 22%.

2. Posture
Practicing good posture can be important in looking your best. It not only can make you look taller, but thinner as well. Every chance you get, throw those shoulders back and suck that belly in.

3. Eat Right
Make a goal to eat smarter. It’s hard to start a strict diet if you’re not used to eating healthy, so start small. Begin by just cutting back on those unhealthy foods. Don’t just starve yourself. Introduce plenty of new healthier snacks to start replacing your old ones.

4. Exercise
To have that perfect body, exercise is a must. Try to get up and move a little each day. Even if you’re just taking fluffy for a walk around the block, you’re one step closer to a healthier body.

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HANDS AND NAILS

This next set of tips will show you how to make your hands and nails look great!

1. Self Manicure
It’s quite easy to give yourself a manicure. Here are some pointers:
 Never use metal instruments.
 Always move old polish and gloss.
 Soak your fingers in a mild soapy solution before beginning.
 Use cuticle cream to maintain healthy cuticles
 Apply the color of your choice, letting your nails dry completely.
 Use a good hand cream often to add luster to your nails.

2. Going Fake
Fake nails can look just as good as real ones. Here are some pointers:
 Remember that fake nails don’t last as long in water, so wear rubber gloves when washing dishes.
 Carry nail glue with you for sudden brakes
 To remove fake nails, soak them in warm water for about 10 minutes first.

3. Biotin
To make your nails extra strong, take 300 micrograms of the B vitamin biotin four to six times a day. According to a U.S. study, 63 percent of people taking biotin for brittle nails experienced a big improvement.

4. Zinc
Zinc has been proven great for your nails. Milk and hard boiled eggs are great sources of zinc, so add these to your daily diet. A sign of zinc deficiency is if your nails are spotted with white.

5. Protect Those Hands
Between dishes, weather, and work, your hands can take quite a beating. Here are some ways to protect them:
 Wear rubber gloves when cleaning
 Apply lotion several times a day
 Use sun block
 Squeeze lemon juice on your hands once a day

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FACE AND SKIN

This next set of tips will focus on making your face and skin beautiful.

1. Skin Type
It’s important to know what skin type you are. Simply use a tissue and hold it to several areas of your skin on by one. Hold the tissue to your face for 30 seconds. You’ll want the tissue to be just a tiny bit soiled. Anything more or less means dry or oily patches.

2. Lovely Lips
Here are some things that you can do to make those lips lovely:
 Apply lip balm several times a day
 Use a lip liner to outline your lips
 Apply lip gloss after you apply lipstick

3. Go Bananas
Bananas make great skin softener. Simply mash a banana and apply it to your face. Leave it on for about ten minutes. It will make your face feel smooth as satin.

4. Freeze It!
For an instant freshen up, spritz your face with cold water or stand with your head in the freezer for a few moments. This will reduce any redness, and give you the rejuvenation your face needs.

5. Protection
If you’re going out into the sun, make sure and wear protection. You’ll want sun block at least an SPF 15 or above. Apply it everywhere the sun will hit you; and don’t forget your lips and earlobes.

6. Go Glow
Need an instant glow for your night out after a long day? Mix equal amounts of lemon and honey in a bowl and apply it to your face. Leave it on for ten minutes, and then wash it off. Your skin will be glowing, and you’ll look fantastic!

7. Fight Wrinkles
Here are some things that you can do to fight wrinkles:
 Apply moisturizer daily
 Be gentle when removing eye makeup
 Wear sunglasses when you’re out
 Quit smoking

8. Tomatoes
If you want to give your face a treat, squash up a tomato and slather it on your face. Tomatoes are rich in antioxidants, and fight ageing effects on the face.

9. Water
Drink plenty of water. You not only need to stay hydrated from the outside, but from the inside as well. You can never drink too much water. Water cools you off, and reduces dehydration. Drink at least ten glasses of water aday.

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EYES

This next set of tips will give you some pointers on how to make those eyes shine!

1. Glasses
If you wear glasses, here are some pointers for picking the right frames:
 The bridge of the frames should be light in color and set high on the nose.
 If you have a short or small face, choose a shallow frame.
 If you have a square face, choose a frame with heavy corners.
 The sides of your frame shouldn’t block your side view.

2. Dark Circles
Here are some ideas to help get rid of those dark circles under your eyes:
 Quit smoking
 Apply vitamin E cream
 Take cod liver supplements
 Apply used tea bags

3. Eyebrow Plucking
Many women don’t even consider plucking their eyebrows. The truth is that this can make a big difference. Done the right way, plucked brows open up the eyes, and make them look bigger.

4. Go Dramatic
Here are some tips to give your eyes that dramatic touch:
 Get colored contact lenses
 Outline your eyes with black eye shadow
 Use an eyelash curler
 Apply at least two coats of mascara

5. Puffy Eyes
Here are some things that you can do to avoid and get rid of those puffy eyes:
 Tap eyes before applying eye cream
 Keep eye cream in the fridge
 Place sliced potato, cucumber, or strawberries over your eyes
 Get enough sleep

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HAIR

This first set of tips will give you some ideas about how to make your hare look wonderful.

1. Baby Shampoo
Baby shampoo is great for people who need to wash their hair often. Baby shampoos are very mild, and are gentle on your hair. Plus, baby shampoos clean very well, and get rid of residue.

2. Coloring
There are so many options when it comes to coloring. Keep in mind that coloring your hair dries it out. Make sure your coloring kit comes with moisturizer. Buy a great conditioner to use in the months after you color.

3. Help With Curls
Here are some tips to help tame those curls:
 Always use a wide tooth comb
 Use leave in conditioner
 Use a diffuser when blow drying
 Tie your hair in a silk scarf at night

4. Shine
Here are some ideas that will make your hair shine:
 Rinse your hair with lemon and vinegar
 Condition with raw eggs
 Rinse with mayonnaise

5. Fall Out
Here are some tips to help with hair fall out:
 Reduce stress in your life
 Shampoo regularly
 Eat a high protein diet
 Take iron and zinc supplements

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FeedBurner

FeedBurner is a great way to add additional options to your site, not limited to subscription boxes, portable feed results, reposting of your information (for example, syndicating your articles is possible just by giving people your FeedBurner code. Their site updates automatically, and you control where they are clicking through to if they are interested in what you are saying in your articles. Its win – win).

FeedBurner was recently bought out by Google, giving you several amazing new options – including opening up their Pro services.

Most people use a lot of the FeedBurner functions, so its highly recommended that you grab your own account and explore.

Advanced techniques with FeedBurner also include the ability to 'fix' feeds so that they are readable, and track your feed stats. Once you've set up your feed in FeedBurner keep the URL handy.

Aweber

If you've fed your Blogger atom feed through FeedBurner this will also work, but Wordpress has feeds that work well with one of the most amazing things that Aweber offers for bloggers, and one of the main reasons I recommend Aweber to bloggers. For your regular e-zines, e-courses and autoresponders, though, I still recommend you use the system that comes with your blog hosting at Hosting4Marketers.com.

Aweber has a facility that allows you to attach your blog feed to your email list, giving you the opportunity to email your list the instant you update your blog. This is a great way to automate some of your posting process. And all it takes is filling in a form in Aweber, and putting a subscription form on your site. Not so advanced really.

You'll also be able to set up a template for your posts at the same time – you can choose one of dozens of templates that can compliment your site. There is in fact, only one caveat to all of this.

If you post multiple times a day, you run the risk of annoying people – and if you don't post enough, your 'newsletters' may not be issued often enough. So you've got to set it up to post at regular intervals, which is where this gets slightly complicated.

Optimal posting is once a week – BUT...if you've got time critical information, this might not work out well for you.

So, you need to work out how to get Aweber to send out an email once a week – if your average posting schedule is three posts a week, set it up to post your information every four posts – add one to your week's post UNLESS you only post once a week – in which case, set it to send once per week.

You'll also still be able to send 'broadcasts' announcing any time critical information – and you'll STILL be able to set up your auto responses to your list – effectively offering you 'triple duty' on your autoresponders. Other autoresponders may not offer this service so you'll need to check with them.

If your business is more list driven than blog driven, you can also take your list and post it to your blog. You'll need to find a plugin that works with your program – and this does not (as far as I'm aware) work with Blogger.

Trackbacks

There are more ways than one to pay regard to a good blogger – if you're linking to – or someone is linking to you, MOST blogs will track this. Its called 'tracking back' – or backlinking in blogger – or, sometimes even pinging.

It is the art of linking back to a blog that you've read, and referenced – but more than that, its a way to get an effortless link BACK from a blog that YOU read, as long as they accept trackbacks.

Its an advanced technique, because you can't just 'trackback' to from any post – its important to choose only one, two or at a maximum, three blog posts to link back to.

When linking back, you have to use a special link, in the case of WordPress, its simply got 'trackback' on the end.

You use the 'regular' link in the post – this 'regular' link would be exactly the same one as you use to access the single post – you then put /trackback/ on the end of this, and place it in the box designated trackbacks.

As far as I'm aware, Blogger has no option to do this, but might automatically post them.

No matter what you do with your blog, you'll always find that you can get more traffic, more interest, and more eyeballs to your site with a blog.

And no matter how you work on your blog, if you follow this pattern, you'll find that in a month you can make a huge impact on your website.

Good Luck With Your Blogs!

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So far, we've touched on the basics of commenting, blog marketing and MyBlogLog – now we're going to go into slightly more advanced techniques for garnering readers.

Social networking and bookmarking has grown in popularity alongside blogging and though not all of them are designed to be used with blogging, most of them are. There are four main ones that I always suggest people focus on

http://digg.com
http://stumbledupon.com
http://del.ico.us
http://technorati.com

Being fair, the last one isn't actually bookmarking, but is still, nevertheless, one of the mother lodes when it comes to promoting your blog.

Technorati.com

Technorati is quite literally, an index of all the blogs in the entire world, that it can see. It tracks every blog post, removes the splogs, and then spits out a result based on the tags that people are using. The more people using the tag, the more traffic it gets from Technorati, because in addition to tracking what people are doing, they share what their users are doing.

Technorati is one of the best 'non community' communities out there – you can't really hang out there and talk blogs, not least, you can't talk YOUR blog, like you can on MyBlogLog, but you can see what other people are using similar tags to yours for, and work out how, if any way, you can use that to your advantage. At the very least, its yet another way to find other people's blogs.

Technorati, though not a community where you can talk YOUR blog, is still also a valuable place to get blogging tips as a whole – and find out where the hot trends are – tie them into your niche, and you'll generate more traffic.

Del.icio.us

Del.ico.us was one of the first bookmarking systems I ever used, and its great. It was designed for people, originally, to store the stuff that interested them, and share it with others, and access it 'on the go'. People soon discovered that like most social networking sites, delicious had a huge traffic effect for the sites that were being bookmarked regularly This effect, further exploited by Digg (designed specifically around sharing the 'best of the community) has meant that blog bookmarking sites are gaining in both popularity and spamming. And though del.ico.us is a less effective means of bookmarking than Digg, it shouldn't be overlooked.

Another great use for delicious is to use it to categorise information and links that you want, either from a research perspective, and to offer your readers links that show you are actually involved in your community. Its amazing what a little relevant linking will do – and there's even some commentary that it works in tandem with your Google rank, because though Google looks for the votes to your page, in the form of links, it also looks for the pages you're linking to – possibly as a measure of how much you are involved in the community or niche you've chosen.

With its clean, clutter free interface, Delicious is also a great site in general to use, and was one of the first 'web 2.0' true sites.

Digg.com

Digg is, quite honestly, the mother ship when it comes to generating traffic from social networking – you can be pretty much certain that if anyone makes it on Digg, they'll soon be complaining.

NO server is designed to stream the loads that people see, after becoming a top Digg – its quite likely that though most people hope and dream of seeing traffic like that, you'll experience it once and think twice about ever attempting it again!

Digg is a great place to gain readers from certain niches – its a 'geeky' site, a lot like Slashdot, and is designed to draw attention to the sites that are in those niches, with worthwhile things to say. They do, however, have a business category, which means Internet Marketers, with the right slant, can use Digg for bookmarking.

Digging someone is sort of like saying 'I recommend this' – its a global word of mouth script, and is very, very good. Every time someone 'recommends' or diggs you, you rise back up to the top of the front page, giving you a brief chance in the limelight. If you attract more attention there, you'll be dugg again, and again, and again, or you'll sink til someone else diggs you.

There is no time limit on Diggs – no statute of expiry. So its also a great way to get traffic to older posts – and probably most importantly, you can Digg yourself. You shouldn't use your Digg account only for that, but its perfectly acceptable to submit your own site to Digg, occasionally.

The community can't – really – be gamed all that well, because its so vast, but there are ways to cheat at every social bookmarking site – Digg is SO huge though that many people find they just get...buried.

Like every community, it is, in part about friendships – the gaming effect would be really easy if everyone voted for everyone else, but, to be quite honest, most people vote for the stuff that really interests them. So once you hook them as a reader they WILL vote.

There's also no harm (whatsoever) in encouraging your readership, as it grows, to digg you, to bookmark you on delicious, or to add you to other sites – there are plugins and widgets designed specifically for that purpose – just make sure your traffic is voting for the best of your material, and you'll garner even more readers.

The main thing about Digg is its like a snowball. Gain enough momentum and people will continue to vote for you and you'll keep popping right back up to the top.

StumbledUpon.com

If by its nature, Digg is deliberate and chaotic, stumbledupon.com is just plain chaotic. Its a site designed around the 'random' browsing of most traffic exchanges and the voting of Digg. Stumbled upon though brings a surprisingly steady stream of traffic to most people – you place your site in categories and you are stumbled (randomly visited) from there.

Combine all four (and any others you personally enjoy) with MyBlogLog and there's no reason why you can't gain a couple of hundred readers a month within a few weeks.

Social bookmarking itself is one of the things that is still – pretty much – an unknown factor in traffic generation. Its important to remember that NOTHING is guaranteed, so if you do undertake any work on social bookmarking sites, track your results carefully. If you get a good result, then continue, but remember that if you've only got a finite amount of time to promote your blog, and you have to produce content first, and then drive traffic second, then you should consider cutting 'loose' anything that's hard work.

You CAN take short cuts. Bookmarking demon is one of several pieces of software that allows you to bookmark your blog without logging in, and out of each site and can speed up your time with bookmarking considerably.

The only caveat to this is like every other 'auto' posting program, they can get you banned for spamming and should, generally, only be used in moderation.

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Your blog should, quite literally, mesmerise people and draw them in – interest them in reading about your opinions and information, and most of all, be completely on point for what they were expecting. Your blog should contain as much unique information as you can possibly manage, whether you've rewritten it from PLR or written your content from scratch – it should ALWAYS be unique. You'll avoid Google’s duplicate content filter, and better than that, you'll get a reputation for not following the herd.

In the case of internet marketing, this does include ads about launches, but one of the biggest mistakes most bloggers (and mailing list owners!) are making is that they think that they HAVE to share the mailing information they've been given, as an affiliate.

This is a mistake because like seeing the same image over and over again, people will start to block out affiliate based ads – so instead of sharing what you've been given, verbatim, how about writing your own ads?

Its unique content and will interest people far more than flashy music or templates, but having said that, you do need to consider making your blog at least a little memorable. Choose a template that speaks to you on a professional level, but is uncluttered, unfussy, and most of all, interesting and easy to use. There's no point in using a flash template or a FLASHY template if you've got little to no clue how to make it work.

Making your customers aware your blog exists is a bit harder, but not impossible.

Most internet marketers have access to forums, mailing lists and more – so use them to tell people about your blog. If you're lucky, a 'big dog' marketer will see what you're talking about, and link to you – hint, talk about them, though don't say anything untrue! - and you'll probably get some spill over. These 'big dogs' might also consider running a solo ad for you, but you may have to pay for it, and unless you're in exactly same niche as them, or at least one that overlaps considerably, this may not be all that worthwhile for you.

More ways to let people know you exist.

Blogging is an emerging technology – So you have to keep this in mind that because its also an evolving technology, so are the tools and methods you will use to promote your blog.

You can promote blogs via link exchanges designed specifically for blogs.

There's several of them including:
http://blogcatalog.com
http://poweredbywp.com

(in this case it only accepts blogs on the Wordpress platform)
Blog catalogues are probably a very good way to get a very small, but very targeted amount of traffic – usually around a similar level to submitting to places like http://dmoz.org (a directory for everything online, edited by humans).

Blog link exchanges are less common, despite the fact that there's technology in place, on most every blog, to allow people to share important links, but so far, there's been very little in the way of 'automatic blogrolling' possibly because its so open to abuse.

There are sites though, that run link exchanges specifically for blogs. One of the less typical and highly popular versions of this traffic exchange for blogs is a site called MyBlogLog.

MyBlogLog is an internet marketing hotspot.

MyBlogLog isn't JUST a traffic exchange – it provides 'a return on attention' – it is, in essence the bloggers’ blog tool. And for an internet marketer, its quite simply a community with leverage.

And as communities go, built around blogging, MyBlogLog is really quite cool. Owned by Yahoo, it does a great job of providing traffic, and growth to blogs. And therein lies the rub. You have to be very careful when using traffic exchanges to promote your blogs.

Most PPC based networks (unless you're lucky enough to run your own) frown on it – and some people have reported that they've been banned from PPC using them.

Having said that, if your primary interest is traffic, you don't need to worry. MyBlogLog gives traffic until you're swamped. And its fairly targeted, as long as you categorise yourself properly.

MyBlogLog's community is also a rather interesting place to hang out – you can pick up tips, tricks and find other blogs that are in your niche – again, you need to know where these people are, if only to know what your competitors and colleagues are doing.

Blogging is, when it comes down to it, a community 'thing' – you need a community around your blog for it to be a success, and on the whole, MyBlogLog provides the community aspect that most people need – at least to begin with.

OPB – other people's blogs

I've mentioned, while explaining a lot of this, that you should also know where your competitors are in relation to your blog.

Other people's blogs are also a great way to attract traffic – after all, they’ve already got people from your niche coming into their blog – the leg work is done – and the really big ones in your niche also have a nice secondary effect.

MOST blogs, when you comment on them, or comment about them and trackback (see the advanced strategies for more information on this!) will provide a link back to your blog, with your comment.

Sometimes its 'no follow' (a protocol introduced by Google et al. to combat spam) which means you don't get 'credit' in the search engines for your link back, but people can still click through to your blog. Its always of vital importance that if you're making a comment that you WANT associated with you that you include a link to your site. Each link has the potential for traffic, either coming to your blog to blast you for your view point (this is still good traffic, believe it or not – if the person cares enough to come over and challenge you, they may stay to read more) or to agree with you, which most times is where you'll pick up new readers from other people's blogs.

The people that agree with you, especially on controversial topics are automatically more likely to comment on your blog – and once someone opens a dialogue, they usually continue it.

That's not to say you should troll blogs to disagree with others. You shouldn't deliberately look for a reason to pick a fight on another blog – in fact, its usually good practice not to argue at all on blogs. If you truly believe the person blogging is presenting a 'fake' point of view, by all means
call them on it. Lots of Big Dogs meet people doing that all the time, because its human nature to take a pop at something further up the food chain – but its important that you're doing it for all of the right reasons.

Though controversial conversations are the basis of strong blogging conversations, its also essential that you come away from them looking like a reasonable person, with understandable and approachable way. And as with everything else in blogging the keys to this are reasonable and approachable.

Passion is important, but tempered passion, and reasoned argument are usually the best way to attract people from controversial topics – after all, would YOU feel comfortable talking to someone that screams everyone else down?

Responding to Other Blogs

Controversy aside, there are some important etiquette points to pay attention to when responding to any blog post – or to comments on your own blog:

Make sure you understand, fully, what the person is saying. You shouldn't respond to a comment in anger- it’ll only lead to escalated tensions, and if something was said in a joking way, however unclear, you'll probably come off looking like the bad guy, even if that's not how YOU meant it. People perceive comments the way they expect the tone to be – so if its out of character for you, it will, generally look far worse.

Once you're ready to respond, you should stay on topic – or at least, start on topic, if you're responding on your blog. If you're responding in the comments area, remember that its a small area and doesn't allow anywhere near as many words as you can fit in a blog post, so if its a LONG response, you should consider taking it, instead to your blog. You should then always link back – Blogger and Wordpress both track these – bloggers calls them 'backlinks' and Wordpress calls them trackbacks (more about effective use of them in the 'advanced' section at the end of the book).

Ultimately, the person that owns the blog gets to decide whether to run your comment. You can't force someone to post your comment and harassing them, again and again, will only lead to you being banned, and possibly named and shamed. Unless this blogger is an unreasonable person themselves, this will only lead to damage.

The bottom line to this is that the more readers you have, the more traffic you have – the more customers you should generate.

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You'll want to make sure that once your blog is developed and in place that its positioned perfectly to capture your market – in doing so you'll find that your blog markets itself.

To start with though, you've got to find your niche – the USP you want to target. Your USP is your Unique Selling Proposition – what makes your site/offer different from all the others. Defining your blog's USP is easy – what sort of reader do you want to attract, and what are they interested in?

Does your blog cover it? That's IT!

Once you've worked out your blog's USP, you can then plan where you want to advertise and approach readers – you'll also be able to track down competitors and colleagues in the arena that your blog. You'll need to know about them to know where best to comment!

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Just putting your blog online is not enough. Once your content is off to that flying start (and its perfectly acceptable to found a blog and then backdate a couple (though, not too many!) posts to give your readers something to read. So over days 1 to four, you should have decided what to blog about, created and installed your blog, made sure you've got enough content to last you at least a month and posted it. Now what?

Well, the long and short of it is, NOW comes the hard work – NOW you have to promote your blog. Promoting your blog will put it in front of people. Fortunately, there's a myriad of ways to do it, but, unfortunately, they all take time.

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Ultimately, you have to remember that though some blogs are founded for personal gain, if you're working on it to make any sort of income at all; you need to consider that your blog is a marketing project. You're either marketing the content, your company, or in some cases, yourself.

Once you've gotten your head round that, you'll also understand why you can't use slang, or make spelling or grammar mistakes, but more importantly, you'll realise that blogging might be the one 'voice' or face you present to people, so you'll need to offer a consistent, interesting brand.

There are specific, specialised types of post that work well with blogs from an internet marketer’s point of view – like information about your company.

Go beyond FAQ's and contact information – and share the nitty gritty about your operation. Make your blog readers feel like they are getting in on asecret of some description – or share something that wouldn't ordinarily be online – such as your motivation for going into business.

You can also recommend other marketers that you like, without appearing too fawning, if you're honest. Talking about experience is a sure fire way to improve on both your customer image, and your professional image.

You can also....

Use your blog to archive articles and other freebies for your company. More importantly than that though, always ensure that you've got somewhere in your blog for people to sign up to your mailing list. Giving them the option to do that will also mean that you've got multiple traffic streaming to and from you blog, and though it seems odd to set up like this at first, people ARE more likely to sign up for your newsletter (with and without incentives!) if they like what you're saying on your blog.

As an extra bonus, you can 'tie' your blog feed to your auto responder, giving people the option of signing up to receive your posts by email – thus negating the need to come to your site until you post.

It has been suggested that there's a definite link between people that sign up for your newsletter, and people that comment on blogs attached to newsletters – and these people are the ones that are interested, interactive readers. They have a vested interest in commenting on your blog.

Style AND substance

Blogging isn't just about providing search engine content, and though its a great way to make connections with your customer base, the most important thing to remember is that shallow content breeds shallow contacts.

What this means is that if you're posting trivial stuff, people that are interested in little more than the trivial stuff will read your blog, and no one else.

Post about the 'meaty' stuff – and you're more likely to not only getting responses, but to gain responses that will help you further shape your content to fit your readers.

Though you will start out with a strong plan, and should try to stick to that as much as possible for the first few months (so as not to confuse yourself or waste the research you did in founding the blog) you should also consider the needs, wants and interests of your readers. Do THEY comment on more of one type of content? Can you write to fit the things they are raising?

Purely from a stylistic point of view, blogging works far better when you're using the active tense (Our newest division opened – we're putting the finishing touches to a launch) rather than the passive (our new division was opened – we've been working on a launch) – passive tense is both flat and doesn't contain energy. Its motionless, and doesn't give the impression of dynamism, which, when keeping a blog is very important.

Speaking of dynamic – ALWAYS be enthusiastic! Blogging should never be a chore, and if it begins to feel that way, you really need to stop and question WHY. Blogging is about sharing your passion, your enthusiasm, and your experience with others, and to do that, you've got to believe in what you're writing. If you don't, then how can you expect your readers to enjoy and comment?

If you love what you blog you'll never ‘work’ a day on your blog! ;)

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Blogging has fallen into several styles, like articles in newspapers and magazines. You can write and choose to use several different formula, but ultimately, you have to find a way, and a style of writing that is comfortable for you.

The most common and most responsive way of blogging is 'problem – solution'. You take one common problem or current trend, or newsworthy topic and you 'solve' it.

Solving it can be as simple as providing your opinion, showing where you stand on any given issue, or it could be offering an actual solution to a problem many of us encounter.

Problem – solution or 'action – reaction' blogs are very popular with a vast majority of readers, but aren't without their inherent problems.

For a start, if you're 'solving' a current newsworthy item, although you are giving people a view of the fact that you are, in fact human, you'll also find that unless you are being very careful about expressing your views, you're going to upset someone, somewhere along the lines.

This can be a good thing – being of conviction in what you're saying not only gives you the authenticity that most blogs lack, for fear of stirring up trouble, but will also promote conversation – but not all of the conversation you promote will be positive.

You have to take the good with the bad and accept that no matter what you do, you'll always ruffle some feathers – just like in real life.

Another type of highly popular blog post is the review.

It’s fairly straight forward to write a review post, but you've got to be careful. If it doesn't fit with the theme of your blog, you'll find that it actually damages your overall traffic. Your blog should always be laser focussed on the niche you want to talk about, and related areas to the niche. You can't go off topic!

Another type of post is 'a list' – lists of the ten most popular (x)'s.

(x) reasons why (y) is the only option/ a very bad idea
(x) reasons why you should/should not do (y)
(x) life saving hacks.

The highly popular blog, http://lifehacker.com is full of these tips and tricks – an article centred on solving a problem. The problem may not be implicitly stated, but instead touched on in general terms, but the solutions are always bang on the money, and that makes this blog a must read.

Its style is easy to emulate too. What problems does your niche have – are there several solutions (that you know of?) and can you express them in simple terms?

The final type of post that is very popular and easy to write is the feature – features can be one article, or several long articles, with links to each other. They should cover something important and be packed full of information. Keyword rich, you want your readers to come away feeling like they've really learned something, and search engines to come away with a whole new platter of wonderful content to add to their indexes.

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Writing for the web is an art form.

You need to use short sentences, with subheadings, usually one per paragraph – those sub headings should be bolded, to stand out, because studies have proven, without a shadow of a doubt that the majority of internet users, especially those with a lower technical savvy than usual, skim read.

They skim read because we've been conditioned to believe two things about the internet: there's a lot of good information out there – but it can be incredibly hard to find, even on 'trusted' sites. Google's quality, page rank and duplicate content algorithms go a long way to helping to sift the dross from the perfect, but we're still left with people gaming the system, or worse, not being able to clearly state what we, ourselves are looking for.

Back to Average Joe for a minute. He doesn't know how to use boolean operators, in fact, it sounds too complex maths like to be of any interest to him, and many internet users don't search for things as much as ask Google questions.

Keyword searching is a really good technique to learn, but for most people typing in short phrases, or whole questions, is the way to go, complete with punctuation.

Depending on the sophistication of the software in question, they might get exactly what they are looking for, but the same studies that suggest people skim read, also tell us that people really don't understand how to get the most from the internet.

It was best summed up in the X-files – the truth is out there – but where?

Skim reading users do have their advantages – internet writing doesn't need to be tight – just on one (tiny) topic. Blog posts can cover one tiny minutiae of a subject and then head back, stating it differently, another day.

There is one exception to this rule – when the situation or post doesn't warrant that style, don't use it. It’s easy for someone to suggest that you blog using subheadings, but if you're blogging about yourself and your family, you might find it very hard.

Blogging is ultimately about YOUR BRAND and YOUR STYLE, so use it well, and you can't go wrong.

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Blog content

Putting the cart before the horse?

Writing for the web isn't a case of collecting your ideas and then putting them online – and blog posting especially is a hidden and deceptively simple looking 'art form' all of its own.

Before you actually write one word of content though you need to think about what you're going to say. You should have your keywords organised into some sort of coherent list – and you should be weeding out the ones you're not interested in using. Once you've done that, you need to sit down and plan down your blog. You need to plan at least 20 posts and choose some sort of posting schedule.

Once you've planned your content, you can start writing your posts. In the case of WordPress, you can queue your posts as you are writing them, giving you the additional advantage of being able to post series and have them ready to go, without losing your flow. If you're using blogger, you should still write your posts as you can then simply copy and paste them into your blog on the day you want them to go live.

We always recommend that you stay at least three posts ahead of your posting schedule – that way, if you hit a dry spot, or find yourself too busy to post; you've still got 'emergency' content on tap, till you can re-evaluate.

What should a blog post BE?

Blog posts should follow one of a few formulae, but before you look at them – you should probably consider what they can and can't contain – there are a couple of 'no no’s' in blogging.

First and foremost – your blog should be advertising light, if it contains any advertising at all. People don't want to talk about your latest and greatest advert – they want to read about your opinions and thoughts in your niche – they want to know that you DO actually know what you're talking about, and most importantly, they want to discuss, not be sold to.

This means that though your blog will do the job of promoting your product, you have to do it without being blatantly, obviously advertorial. You CAN write about products – talk about why you're so passionate about them – their features, the things that make you want to use them – or the services, or problems they solve.

You also don't need to just WRITE – you can upload pictures, podcasts (audio), video, multimedia – in fact, the more interactive your blog is, without intruding on the experience of the average visitor, the more traffic and return visitors you'll get and the more comments your blog will garner.

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Most people that found blogs have great plans – they want to write interesting content (that makes them money for their effort) and they want to be THE site that people come to for their information.

Most people don't consider what they want their site to look like though. Whether this is a deliberate oversight or if they just don't know what to do with their theme, it’s probably one of the biggest 'beginner' mistakes that anyone can make.

Blogger comes with lots of pre-installed themes – or you can add your own CSS to it, to give it your 'unique' look. Its important to at least personalise any theme you choose be it on Wordpress(self hosted) or Blogger – its not possible on hosted versions of Wordpress, or at least, not as easily. There are customisable options on Wordpress.com but they cost money and they
are still aren't as flexible as you can have on your own site, so aren't as customisable as you really need to present a professional image for yourself and your blog.

There are many themes that you can choose from – and it can kind of be like decorating your first house – lots of fun, but very wearing!

Wordpress:
http://themes.wordpress.com
http://www.wpthemesfree.com/
http://www.wpthemespot.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/09/83-beautiful-wordpressthemes-you-probably-havent-seen/ (this might take a while to load, but its
well worth it)

All of the above sites allow you to use their themes for free, though its well worth checking the licences – some are completely open – others are restricted simply to personal use.

You can also buy templates from professional designers – or look around and see who other people are using. It’s a fair bet that your colleagues or favourite blogs will have designers to recommend highly.

Blogger

Unsurprisingly most Blogger template sites are actually hosted ON Blogger, so you've got a vast array of free blog themes.

http://www.isnaini.com/2005/09/04/blogger-templates-no-60-profesionalthemes/
http://blogger-themes.blogspot.com/
http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/ - the final site also contains a lot of wonderful tips outside the scope of this guide, about how to add more features, such as web albums (including Picasa) and forms.

Themes are easiest described as the thing that 'skins' your site to look different – more than that though, your theme controls ALL of the appearance of your blog – it’s not just the wall paper on the walls, but the walls themselves in some cases.

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Choosing your platform

There are several major platforms to blog on, but for simplicity's sake, we're only going to focus on three options: Wordpress (self hosted), Wordpress (hosted) and Blogger. All three give you strong, steady options to blog from, and all three are easy to configure – and best of all, all three should integrate with any structure you've already created or are planning to create within your business.

You may find, however, that you can't integrate the self hosted Wordpress with your site, but you should find that you can find a complimentary template on most good self hosted Wordpress blogs.

Wordpress – self hosted

By far and away, one of the most popular options for anyone that is serious about their blogging, the self hosted Wordpress option. You can install your blog anywhere on your site, and its completely within your control, which means YOU can choose what you'd like to have running – an important feature if you're looking to add the ability to do things like email the information to people, or polls. Or your own advertising in some cases.

By far and away, the easiest way to install Wordpress is via Fantastico – most cPanel hosts offer both Fantastico and the ability to install up to date Wordpress. I’ve prepared a quick video of How To Install WordPress Blogs In 5 Minutes – be sure to watch it if you haven’t set up your first blog yet.

You can get great hosting for your blog with a number of other important tools and resources from Hosting4Marketers.com.

Wordpress (hosted)

Hosted Wordpress is a secondary option for anyone whose hosting won't support the Wordpress self install options. You can grab blogs from lots of places, but places like http://wordpress.com won't allow you to run a commercial blog – while places like http://thejv-press.com do, in exchange for joining their email list.

Hosted Wordpress blogs will only ever offer the very basics of WordPress blogging – you can't control the themes on offer, which means you can't choose a specific theme – unless it’s already installed on the site. The same applies to plugins. For best results, I recommend hosting your blogs at Hosting4Marketers.com, which is the host I was using in the 5-minute installation video above.

Blogger

Blogger is a Google owned blogging system, and is highly popular with non tech savvy people. It gives you a basic frame to build on – and is less flexible than either version of Wordpress hosted blogs.

However, Blogger is a great option if you really don't want to modify anything to do with your blog, other than the theme and possibly add some surface widgets.

Blogger also lets you archive your blog on your own site, giving you many of the benefits of self hosting with none of the update headaches.

Ultimately, there are more software options for your blog – such as Moveable Type (perl based) and Typepad (hosted, by the same company that offers Moveable Type and Livejournal). Moveable type is not free for commercial purposes – another one that isn't free, but is a really solid blogging package is Expression Engine – again, you'll have to make sure that you get a valid licence for it, for the purposes you want to use it for.

What about CMS’s?

I'm not recommending any of the CMS based systems, despite the fact that you can use them to build really nice, really strong blogs; you can't use some of the nicer features of blogging that you really need to take full advantage of, to get the most out of your efforts.

Most CMS systems don't have tagging protocols, track backs and pinging - though they have ways to leave comments per article or post, you'll find that they are lacking for full featured blogs.

All of the options will give you a blog that you can build a solid base from, but of course ultimately, where you want to build your blog, be it on your own website or via Blogger (to archive on your site) or hosted with another site, you'll have to stick with what you choose – purely for the fact that you're going to be promoting it – and the last thing you want is to move on after a couple of weeks cause you've played with the others and discover you prefer one over the other.

There is NO HARM in testing them all out first and getting comfortable, if you've never blogged – or haven't explored for a while. Wordpress (self hosted) is easy to install 'vanilla' (no plugins or themes) via Fantastico – just follow the instructions presented in the video above.

Once you've gotten comfortable you'll need to decide on your theme – you'll also want to pick plugins for Wordpress, play with certain features in Blogger, and add widgets in other programs. We'll cover the plugins and other features for Blogger at the end of the book – for the moment, all you need do, now, is to find a theme you're comfortable with.

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Studies suggest that there's up to a quarter of the internet reads blogs – that's a lot of eyeballs. And on top of that, another study suggests that there's two blogs founded every minute. Two blogs a minute is 120 blogs an hour – and nearly 3000 a day. Take that to its logical conclusions and that's a lot of blogs competing for a less rapidly increasing source of traffic.

More than that though, blogs are competing for a specific NICHE of readers – though its true that some blogs will pull in readers from search engines, blogs still don't have the impact of static sites – and the average internet user may not know HOW to search blogs – let alone that http://blogsearch.google.com even exists, so you can't rely on them finding you UNLESS you are not only good – but one of the best in your niche.

Once you've got the absolute best information in your niche, you can be sure that you'll attract the right kinds of traffic, and that they'll attract MORE traffic by referencing you on their sites – bookmarking you, and more.

Blogging is all about the reader – ultimately, its not about how well you position yourself, or how strongly you optimise your site – though you can bookmark yourself, and generate a certain amount of traffic that way – the best sites have faithful readers that bookmark and discuss the site independently of ANY input from the site owner (you).

The best blogs are one or a mix of tips and advice, hobby or interest discussion, technique and connection. When blogging, if you can make a connection with your reader, then you've won most of the battle.

'Connecting' with your readers is as simple as being personable, and approachable, and giving people a chance to empathise with you.

Who is your reader? Thinking about what your reader wants to see lets you work out WHO your reader is. Which you'll need later too, to advertise your blog effectively.

So who IS your ideal reader? Do they have a specific interest, within your niche?

ULTIMATELY, when you know who your reader is, you can plan the creation of a blog that will fully appeal to any readers you attract. If you've planned on whom you're targeting, you'll find it far easier to write content that will continue to satisfy your readers, whilst giving you room to evolve and plan more content as you grow.

Got all of that sorted out?

Now you can move onto the technical stuff!

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Look at what you're ABOUT to do from a reader's perspective

One of the more important actions anyone creating or 'cleaning up' a blog can do is look at what you're doing or about to do from the perspective of average Joe reader.

Average Joe doesn't care about profitability. He doesn't care that you're optimising to make the most out of PPC clicks. He REALLY doesn't care that you've worked hard in getting your information into the search engine – and in front of them.

ALL he cares about is what they are looking for – and they are hoping that YOUR site is the site that will provide it.

Average Joe will remain on your site and read ONE POST in for anywhere up to 30 seconds. They might then click on your PPC advertising – they might sign up for your newsletter – they might read more of your posts (yes!) or, if your site doesn't live up to what they were expecting – what they were looking for, they'll click away, either back to the search engine, or to their next option from the search engine.

Blogging isn't just about eyeballs on your page – it’s about eyeballs on your page, and comments in your inbox. People have to have a reason to come back, and the simplest way to ensure that is to ensure you've got a reason for them to WANT to visit your site again.

This stickivity is what makes blogging so tantalising- if you can get it right, your blog will attract Average Joe, Average Jane and all of their friends, because the best blogs get commented on in other places – and shared with others.

So, from a reader's perspective is your blog going to fulfil a) your niche and b) give your readers quality, quantitative content that will either strike a controversial or empathic chord with them, giving them something to comment on.

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Choosing your keywords

Keyword Research

Keyword research is relatively simple – you can undertake basic research at

http://www.technobloggie.com/keyword-tool/index.php

You can use this to research your general keywords – and check on their general profitability, if you're using CPM advertising. You might not be – but most blogs make a residual income from Adsense or similar, and it’s not something you should overlook, for your long term stratagem. Niche blogs can earn well.

Once you've found a profitable overall keyword, you'll need to check our your competition -

http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

Though considered less effective now – it’s still a good tool for finding your competition levels. You'll be able to assess your competition – basically, you're looking for a niche that's either tiny, if it’s narrow, or large, if it’s broader. Your narrower niches can only support a tiny amount of blogs – whereas the broader your definition, the more your niche will support – but the flip side to that, is that you've got more competition.

Once you've worked out your profitability, and competition, you can also use the keyword search at Overture to evaluate your other keywords (and get an idea on where to start blogging from).

You can place that information in a spreadsheet for reference – or use programs like article architect to extend on your research (affiliate link for article architect)

Once you've made a list of your keywords – and paced them into a spread sheet, you can take your research a step further. Article architect does it for you, but if you've not got that piece of software, or a similar one that researches keywords, you can do it manually.

Open up both Google and Yahoo, and start plugging your keywords into it – at the top you'll see a listing 1 of (a number) – you can then divide your 'competition' number by the total of your searches (a number) – that will give you a rating for that keyword – and the keyword with the 'best' ratings are the ones you'll probably want to focus on.

Article architect does this automatically – highlighting the 'optimum' keywords – and there are other pieces of software will do the same. The reason you're doing this is to see where your keywords will have the best chance of ranking – you'll be able to find the best place to 'position yourself' this way.

Keep those keywords handy – you'll need them when you start writing content.

Got your keywords? What do you want to blog about?

Once you've got your keywords, you'll have an idea, at least, of the profitable areas of your niche that you can take advantage of. You'll be able to choose an interesting niche – for both you to write in, and your prospective readers.

You'll find that you can narrow it down pretty easily based on what you've got on your keyword lists – and what YOU feel like you want to write.

While its important to work out what you want to do with your blog, based on your view of profitability, it’s also important to remember that working based on keywords alone is a sure fire way to build an impersonal, and possibly unmotivated blog for your readers.

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Starting a blog is as simple as finding a space online to write – and the time to write.

To start though, you'll need to work through a brief list of steps to create your space.

Before you even consider your blog though, you have to think about WHAT you're going to blog about. It’s important to stop and think about your blog, before starting it because, to be quite honest, without purpose, blogs are pointless. And this pointlessness will dilute your message considerably.

So, you need to think about what you're writing and why. Consider your theme – and then build some keywords around it, because for the first little while, you should try to include at least some of them in every post. You'll get archived in all of the right places that way, which will lead valuable NON COMMENT generated traffic to your blog. You'll also be commenting on blogs similar to yours and hopefully, generating more traffic based on the links you leave.

You can choose your topic, keyword, and theme simply by considering what, in connection to your business you're an expert in. Once you've looked at that, you can decide whether it’s profitable, or viable to pursue it. If not, look at a related area that you can cover – your blog should always relate to your business choices, and give you interested traffic. Having said that, your blog isn't a free advertising system and nothing more – you've got to remember that people will be turned off by blatant advertising.

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A blog is sometimes called web log or weblog. At first, they were used as a personal place, for collecting links, sharing commentary – but now; they are a valid and VALUED form of communication for business people of all types. From the basics of blogging, to the intermediate areas – such as social bookmarking, and article marketing, to the advanced techniques using auto responders and more, there's something for every affiliate marketer to put into motion.

The great thing about blogs is that people read them for fun and for information – in fact, blogging is one of the few areas of the internet that covers business, pleasure, networking and play.

They do for your company what face to face marketing could only do in the past – they provide you with a real, interesting connection to your readers – personalised contact, and information about your company that will allow them to empathise, and discuss your most important points, and anything that ties in with hot button topics and your business.

Blogs give your readers and consumers a chance, not only to read and connect with you, but a chance to comment and discuss with you, and your team, the information that you're sharing – allowing them to further relate to your message. And a consumer that relates to you is a customer in waiting!

Our guide covers the very basics of blogging – it skims into areas that you'll possibly never have heard of – and cover them so that you can employ them in seven days – or less.

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The key to the reasonableness of puzzles is to make their circumstances fit the world you have created. You wouldn’t have malfunctioning nuclear plants in a sword-and-sorcery fantasy game. Nor would you try to summon a magical wizard in a hard science fiction game. Good puzzle design involves looking around the world you have created, and using obstacles, objects, and characters that would naturally occur in that environment. Bad puzzles violate not only this, but potentially several other rules:

“Restore” puzzles

It is unfair to kill off a player for not solving a puzzle, and only then provide him the information he needed to solve it. For example, lets say a player innocently opens an unmarked door and walks into a room. The door swings shut and the room fills with poisonous gas. As he chokes and dies, he sees someone else entering the room wearing a gas mask.

It may be reasonable enough to have a gas-filled room at that point. And it certainly is easy enough for the player to restore (or “undo”) to the point before he entered the room and to find a gas mask. But it is not fair. You gave him no reason to think that opening the door was dangerous ahead of time. Ideally, a player should be able to complete a game without ever having to restore. In this case, you could put a warning sign outside the door, or show tendrils of smoke escaping from under the door, or any of a thousand other ways to avoid putting the player in a position where you say without warning, “Bang! You’re Dead.”

Arbitrary puzzles

Effects should always be linked to causes. Events shouldn’t happen because the designer decides it’s time for them to happen. This happens most frequently when the designer doesn’t want to let the player leave an area until he has solved all of the puzzles there. So he simply waits until the last of these puzzles has been solved, and then magically allows the player to proceed, without explaining how solving that set of puzzles logically led to his new capability.

“Designer” puzzles

Avoid, too, those puzzles that make sense only to the designer. Just because the connections are clear in your head does not mean they will make sense to the player. The best defense against designing these kinds of puzzles is a good testing corps. Bounce your ideas off people. If you have to explain how the puzzle works (or why) more than twice, you should either simplify or abandon it.

Problems also arise when the designer sets out to prove that he is smarter than the player. Perhaps you know some arcane bit of information, or are aware of a little-known relationship between two people or events. It is tempting to make this the core of a puzzle, and when the player fails to solve it, only then reveal the information. Resist this temptation. You are as much the player’s partner as his adversary. He is relying on you to give him the information he needs to play the game. He will admire you more for playing fair than for parading your storehouse of unusual knowledge.

Binary puzzles

Avoid binary puzzles. These are puzzles with “yes” or “no” answers that yield instant success or failure. If you open door #1, you die; if you open door #2, you win. It becomes but the work of a moment to try door #1, fail, restore, and open door #2. This is one of the most common errors that inexperienced designers make. They create “Lady or the Tiger” puzzles that gamers will blow right by without expending more than two seconds of creative thought. In cases where you give the player choices, give him lots of choices, and make it difficult to simply choose, fail, and restore.

“Hunt the pixel” puzzles

With the advent of graphical interfaces, another trap has been created for designers who don’t work closely enough with their artists - the “hunt the pixel” problem. Sometimes an important object on the screen is so small that it is easy to overlook. This is usually created by problems of scale. If the room is large and the object is small, the player may overlook it. Solutions to this problem are to a) Make the object stand out against the background through contrasting color or animation, b) Move the object into the foreground, or as a last resort, c) Make the “hot spot” for the object larger than the object itself. Thus, when the player is “scanning” the screen (running the mouse back and forth across the picture to see what object names light up), he has a better chance of stumbling across the item. This will also help reduce player paranoia, which I discuss elsewhere. It is very unsettling for a player to worry that the reason he can’t solve a particular puzzle is because there is some tiny area of the screen he has overlooked. If he finds out that this is the case, he will get mad at you.

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Samsung cellular phone, a basic phone


Cellular phones are now getting to be a necessity in this modern society. This is not how they foresee the cellular phone future some years back. Luckily, manufacturers are quick to recognize the booming cellular phone industry. Thus, they are able to answer the growing demands for this functional toy. Additionally, the introduction of various functional features for cellular phones by huge cellular phone companies makes cellular phones more a need to perform specialized tasks. Because of this, the use of a cellular phone is getting to be a requirement for business executives in going about their various tasks as they go about their business. However, not everybody needs these special functions, some only needs cellular phones for basic use like sending and receiving calls. If you do not require these high technology functions, buying a cellular phone for basic use may only be what is necessary. Some cellular phones are for basic use including Samsung cellular phones. It is more reasonable to buy basic cellular phone models if you do not need to play with your cellular phone and Samsung cellular phone may be what is the best for your.

Samsung cellular phones are generally of good design. They have wide and clear display, which is beneficial especially for sending and receiving text messages. Samsung cellular phones have good battery life compared to other cellular phone units. As already mentioned, these cellular phones are good cellular phones for basic use. Samsung cellular phones have beautiful designs; you may be pleased to choose one among the various models that will fit your need. You will not despair buying a cellular phone from Samsung if you only require the basic features; beauty of the product is thus a bonus. However, if you are looking for functional cellular phones more than the basic sending and receiving calls and text messages, Samsung cellular phone is not the one for you. People who want to play and require so many functions and features will not enjoy a the cellular phone from Samsung.

Some basic complaints encountered with Samsung cellular phone, which happens only to very few users, are choppy calls and scratchy and distorted volume generation. This only happens to very few users, and to ensure you will not experience this in a Samsung cellular phone, you may ask the recommendation of the friendly Samsung staff.

Some who endeavor to find functionality in a Samsung cellular phone give it a nickname “very good yet slightly bad phone. It is very good because the designs are superb and the battery life is good. Slightly bad because some high-tech features fail in Samsung cellular phone, precisely it is a cellular phone for basic use.

Do not expect Samsung cellular phone for other features rather than the basic ones, no picture transfer, no internet communication and some phone do not support blue tooth usage. Not a techy’s choice indeed. Some people who buy this phone feel that with the superb design, it should include additional feature and functionalities. The company is on its way to developing the phone you require, researches and product development are now on the drawing board.

For some who could not wait, buying Samsung cellular phone is still a neat choice because the designs are upbeat and beautiful. The added bonus is that the battery life is longer than other cellular phones. Enjoy the basic functions and beautiful designs with Samsung cellular phones.

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Nokia cellular phones, most wanted cellular phones


Nokia being a finish firm is surprisingly gaining 20% cellular phone penetration in the United States. This success is due to the two major business concentration of the company. The two business concentrations are Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone network infrastructure. Those two make up 90% of Nokia’s revenue. The company gains this success because of their commitment to quality, and their quest to provide consumers with innovative design Nokia cellular phones.

Nokia is narrowly focusing on Nokia cellular phone and cellular phone infrastructure because the company sees significant growth potential in the mobile telephone industry. Nokia is poised on giving landline telephony greater challenge in the coming years. It has started and is fast becoming a threat. Although admittedly, among the three major players in the United States mobile phone industry, Nokia, with its Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone infrastructure’s, can fulfill this goal because of their strong commitment to revolutionize the bile phone industry. Bigger may be the other players but Nokia’s focus on cutting edge technology to help developing countries do without land-base communications and gain speedy communication the mobile phone usage, may be possible. However, Nokia cellular phones and its exceptional technological design are facing greater challenge with respect to the fast-paced developments in the cellular phone industry. Nokia is also facing pricing challenge, more specifically, because of the downward global economic condition.

These challenges, however, the company continues to focus on superior technology for its Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone infrastructure. These business areas brought their company to the stock market map and Nokia is committed to continue providing innovative technology for as long as possible. Although, they believe the economic assessments that the economic condition may not require the superior technology of their Nokia cellular phone to help them secure profitable business in the coming years, they continue to refine the technological advantages of their products because it is a commitment they stand for. This assurance will surely please consumers who love the functional features of Nokia cellular phones.

This endeavor of the company to ensure technological advancement for their Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone infrastructure ensures the consumers that even with the proliferation of cellular phone in the market; one will always find the most functional and technologically advanced products in Nokia. One may actually get all the benefits of effective and speedy communication with Nokia cellular phones and its cellular phone infrastructure.

Choose the best and most efficient when you need mobile cellular phones, if you know Nokia’s promise of great technological developments, you will get all the benefits and more. This is because aside from the functional features, beautiful designs are coming out of Nokia plants to suit everybody’s needs for Nokia cellular phones.

Finally, Nokia cellular phones recommend users to follow telephone etiquette. This will help ensure the even while using cellular phone, keeping in mind telephone etiquette keeps you respectable. You will not bother churchgoers by turning off your phone in a place of worship. Avoid talking aloud in public in order to avoid creating nuisance and annoying people around. This is a good recommendation for cellular phone users. You do not need to flaunt your cellular phone, because Nokia cellular phones have their own personality, high-tech and functional, no need for you to brag about it.

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Life’s good with LG cellular phones


The cellular phone industry is already able to stand as a functional gadget and not merely luxurious toy. Because of this, manufacturer quickly jump into the cellular phone bandwagon, this includes the electronics companies and telephone companies. On the electronics side, LG Electronics is getting to be a figure to watch out for in the future.

LG Electronics is now focusing all its effort in making LG cellular phone an excellent and premium brand. This is a commitment made by the LG Electronics CEO during his speech at the 2004 International Consumer Electronic Show. To show how committed LG Electronics is to their promise, the company is poised on investing three hundred million dollars for the marketing activities of LG Cellular phone. LG Electronics likewise set-up a brand management team that will uphold the new LG slogan that “Life’s Good” for all its marketing efforts that will promote the premium LG cellular phone brand in the North American market.

Because of this strong commitment to develop cellular phone units as a premium and superb brand of cellular phones, consumers are sure that the company will soon introduce to the market cellular phone units that will give some major manufacturers a run for their money. This endeavor will surely benefit consumers who will find more premium brand cellular phones including LG cellular phones available in the market. The endeavor will further alleviate the company’s vision of sitting as one of the top three global firms by the year 2010. This may prove to be an easy task for the company coming from its success in achieving top brand image in India, Middle East and Africa. This endeavor of making premium brand LG cellular phones is not only a mission for it North American market but the plan includes Europe as well. I hope that in the future, for the world, this is a vision that LG Electronics is focusing on.

The campaign following the theme “life’s good” offers superior lifestyle for LG cellular phone users. The company keeps this promise by putting together a product development team that will focus on making premium LG cellular phones that will compete in the marketplace, functionality and beauty is a huge consideration.

The company is seeking to achieve an ambitious sales growth of 20% by boosting its marketing efforts for the globally competitive and premium LG cellular phone brand. To achieve all these, product development for the cellular phones units is the most important step. Organizational restructuring and improved distribution for LG cellular phone might also be a neat strategy for the company if they are serious in wanting to achieve a hefty 20% growth from its cellular phone business.

An increasing number of satisfied LG cellular phone users recognize the development as an effective way to get superior benefits from the increasing number of premium quality cellular phones with the introduction of the newly developed and innovatively designed cellular phones from LG Electronics. They foresee this development and the company’s endeavor to be beneficial and thus may work well to the mutual benefit of the company and its consumers.

LG cellular phones are poised on competing in the functional and beautifully designed cellular phone industry, their experience in the electronics industry give them the edge against competition. Await the development and the new LG cellular phone models to get the benefit from the company’s commitment to quality.

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Ericsson cellular phones, top choice for those who require high performance gadgets


One of the top three market leaders in the United States cellular phone industry is the Swedish firm, Ericsson. Their entry to the top slot is due to the growing number of people requiring high performance and technologically advanced cellular phones. Although, Ericsson is in a broad-based spectrum of business units, and on the communications sector, they focus their business son the fixed-line operation and not much on the cellular phone unit developments, this notion change very recently. Of late, Ericsson is slowly realizing the greater need for technological advancement of Ericsson cellular phones because of the growing demand for this advanced design cellular phone. They are also doing this move because they can foresee the potential of profitable business in the cellular phone unit industry. Because of the wonderful and functional designs of the Ericsson cellular phones, the requirement for them is booming like a speed rocket.

Ericsson cellular phones support various cellular phone plans; in fact, they are the most suited for the various functional offers of big network companies. However, if you want a pre-paid cellular phone plan, very few Ericsson cellular phone units support pre-paid cellular phones plans. It is not advisable to purchase a cellular phone from Ericsson if you do not want a traditional cellular phone plan. Ericsson cellular phone is a popular choice of people who want high performance and functional cellular phones. This is because almost all cellular phone models include features like VGA camera with video capabilities and it support high-speed edge data networking. Receiving and sending internet messages are thus possible in a cellular phone from Ericsson. Ericsson cellular phones also include color LCD and superb imaging, which includes picture editor, if you want to play along with your pictures, cellular phones from Ericsson, has the capacity for this. Additionally, almost all models of cellular phone in Ericsson support blue tooth usage, thus easy navigation.

Ericsson cellular phones also support multimedia messaging and e-mail services. Technologically advanced Ericsson cellular phones are the best choice especially for corporate executives because of its functional features. This has accounted for the success of the cellular phone business of Ericsson. This is also the culprit for the high demand for cellular phones from Ericsson, thus the company endeavor to develop more advanced cellular phone units.

This ensures the public that other superb and high technology features development may continue to add to the strong benefits of Ericsson cellular phones. For this reason, it is worthy for consumers to await every development and new cellular phone models coming out of Ericsson manufacturing plants.

The information you get from this article may help you understand the best features of Ericsson cellular phones. This information will also help you analyze if Ericsson cellular phone is what you need. Ericsson cellular phones are getting to be the top choice because of its beauty and wonderful functional features.

With or without these functional features, buying a cellular phone need intelligent assessment, knowing what you need and how you need your cellular phone will help you buy the most suited cellular phone.

It may also help in the proper usage of your cellular phone if you can follow telephone etiquette. Because Ericsson cellular phones are popular to business executives, exhibiting telephone etiquette account for the respectable user. This will show how effective this modern day gadget can help in an executive’s life.

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Cheap cellular phone, only an alternative

The old concept that cellular phones are merely luxurious toys is now dismissed by the growing need for it. Cellular phones now became a very essential tool for everyone including parents who want to know where their kids are on a real time basis. Business executives do business more effectively with a multi-functional cellular phone. Eve teenagers need cellular phones. Gone are the days when cellular phones are toys to show off, now cellular phones evolve to be a necessity. Thus, cellular phones of various models and designs now flood the market. There are those cellular phones that can perform many different functions but there are also those basic telephones that come in cheap.

Because of this great need and want for cellular phones, manufacturers flood the market from cheap cellular phones to high-tech cellular phones. If you are one of those who are lucky and that you can afford high-tech cellular phones, then that is good for you, however, if you want or need a cellular phone but cannot afford high-tech cellular phones, then you may acquire a cheap cellular phone. Knowing what you need and how you need it may help you find a cellular phone with reasonable and useful features. If you are to buy a cheap cellular phone, you should never expect it to perform tasks a high tech cellular phone can give. Merely being able to send and receive calls may be enough for you to expect from your cheap cellular phone. Because you cannot afford the high definition performance of high tech cellular phone, having reasonable expectation may help you avoid throwing your cellular phone out of your window. Cellular phones especially cheap cellular phones may only give you basic communication capabilities. Having to send and receive call which is the basic function of a cellular phone may be the only functions if can offer. Thus, you need to check the reception of your cheap cellular phone, since this is the only thing it is good for, it has to perform well enough for this basic function. Sending and receiving text messages may be available for cheap cellular phone however, only on a limited basis. If your can find a cheap cellular phone that has text messaging capacity, it will be better for you. Sending and receiving internet communication may not be available for cheap cellular phone; you do not need it as much anyway. However, if you do need to be able to send and receive message in your cellular phone from internet sites, cheap cellular phone is not going to be any good.

Cheap cellular phones notwithstanding, if you can afford cellular phone plan that provide free cellular phones, you may choose a cellular phone plan that will provide free cellular phone with reasonable and advanced features. Not the high-tech cellular phone but definitely not very limited features like what you will find in cheap cellular phones. Various network companies offer this wonderful promotion and thus you may take advantage of owning a good quality cellular phone. If you can find a neat deal from a cellular phone plan, you may not need to content yourself with cheap cellular phones.

Even a simple as buying a cellular phone, one need to research a bit in order to get enough and reasonable benefit even form a meager budget, thus you may not need to settle for a cheap cellular phone.

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Cellular phone wallpapers, give your phone personality


In the modern society we live in, cellular phone is already a necessity; no longer valid is the notion that this is merely a luxurious toy. For minors, however, cellular phone usage is very popular as a dress up gadget. Although, the parents think of it is a necessary communication for them to be able to check their children wherever there are. Although they never foresee this boom some years back, manufacturers are quick to flood the marketplace with functional and high-tech cellular phones. Various beneficial features of cellular phones are not available in a landline telephone; this is what can make cellular phones outpace landline telephony. For those who want to dress up their cellular phones, you may also find cellular phone useful. Manufacturers and computer experts introduce the possibility of giving your phone personality by introducing cellular phone wallpapers.

If you want cellular phone wallpapers, getting one from the internet is very easy. You may also transfer images as cellular phone wallpaper from Cellular phone to another cellular phone. Even the pictures shot from your own cellular phone can be your cellular phone wallpaper. Additionally, this modern technology also allows a picture taken from a digital camera to function as your cellular wallpaper you may just need to upload the image to your phone. You may even add texts to the pictures to add distinctness to your cellular phone wallpaper. Cellular phone wallpapers are merely to add beauty and personality to your cellular phone. However, if your cellular phone does not support uploading cellular phone wallpapers, do not despair, this does not mean you will not get the benefits of owning a cellular phone. Additionally, cellular phones even without cellular phone wallpapers may have its own personality; personalized ring tones may do the job of giving your phone personality as well. Having no cellular phone wallpaper does not say you have an inferior cellular phone. Anyway, the basic features of cellular phone like sending and receiving calls do not require personality or cellular phone wallpapers. Even sending and receiving text messages do not require cellular phone wallpapers. Functionality does not necessitate cellular phone wallpapers; their use is only to dress up your phone and for the purpose of flaunting your cellular phones high technology features, nothing more.

Finally, keep in mind that intelligent cellular phone usage include keeping in mind cellular phone etiquette. Cellular phone etiquette do not just give your cellular phone personality, cellular phone etiquette exhibits your personality, the users personality is more important that your phone having personality. Even if your phone do not include such high technology and innovative features, if you can turn off your phone during meetings and avoid having to annoy the other person in front of you, you are exhibiting a personally that is intrinsic in you.

If you exhibit cellular phone etiquette, even without cellular phone wallpapers, you will get all the benefits of this modern day gadget. You may even get the respect from other users, if you respect them they will not use their phone unethically that may annoy you. It is a two-way traffic, if you exhibit telephone etiquette, the people around you will do the same. Moreover, you do not need cellular phone wallpapers to gain respect from exhibiting telephone etiquette.

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To sustain the profitable state of your business in this fastpaced cellular phone industry, creating useful and functional cellular phone may be necessary. Various accessories for your cellular phone may also add to your chances of being ahead of the competition. The competition does not stop from designing functional cellular phones and accessories, they also create the need for ring tones and wallpapers. Cellular phone ring tones and cellular phone wallpapers add to the growing number of dress up paraphernalia for your cellular phone. Ring tones and wallpapers give personality to your cellular phone, thus you can flaunt his high-tech gadget to the world.

Because of the entertaining effect and beauty of cellular phone ring tones and cellular phone wallpapers, computer experts and cellular phone manufacturers are quick to design software and gadgets that will help in the easy installation of ring tones and wallpapers. This gave birth to a ring tone converter. The cellular phone ring tone converter will help to transfer ring tones from one cellular phone to another. This ring tone converters also help in downloading ring tones from computers and internet sites. These are also cellular phones, which supports manual input of cellular phone ring tones. Ring tones transfer via SMS is also possible. A cellular phone ring tone converter may also function when transferring a ring tone from other cellular phone brands. Although there are cellular phone models that does not support ring tone converters, it is however possible that the cellular phone has a built in cellular phone ring tone which will help create a dignified personality for your cellular phone.

Availability of ring tone converters, which does not require cables and infrared connections, proves to be easy to use if you need to download cellular phone ring tones. If you are serious in personalizing your cellular phone ring tone, you may try to find a cellular phone with fully functional ring tone composer. Then you may now create and edit cellular phone ring tones when you have this composer in your cellular phone. Editing ring tones and converting your favorite song into a cellular phone ring tone is easy with the modern ring tone converter. The ring tone composer of your cellular phone may also do this job as well as your converter.

Additionally there are available websites where you can acquire cellular phone ring tones. There are those websites that use SMS format from where you can download ring tones using a converter, but there are those that merely require the downloading capacity of your phone and nothing more. You will now have a cellular phone ring tones that may provide the personality you want.

Knowing that there are cellular phone ring tone converter and built-in composers, it may further enhance your cellular phone ring tone if you know the software that is best used with your converter. This information will now help you create that personality you want for your high-tech gadget.

Having all these information, you may go to various internet sites and look for the best monophonic or polyphonic ring tone, which you may feel is a suited ring tone for your cellular phone. Having a cellular phone ring tone and cellular phone wallpaper is good; however, you may first check your phone before you even think of ring tones, because editing and downloading ring tones may require a support from your own cellular phone model. Do not despair however if your phone do not support editing and downloading cellular phone ring tones because manufacturers have built-in ring tones, although it may not be the music you want but just the same you have the ring tone.

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Cell phone plans, choose the best deal.


Cell phone has evolved to be one of the most important part of life. Most businesses require their officers to have a cell phone. Even individuals need cell phones in going about their daily lives. This is why acquiring this important gadget require intelligence to avoid inappropriate expense. Finding the most reasonable cell phone plan is one requirement in choosing cell phones intelligently. Because of the very large number of network services in this country, it may help you to research and assess their offers before deciding on a cell phone plan.

Before you decide to buy a cell phone, you may want to decide first whether you want a prepaid cell phone service or a traditional cell phone plan. If you decide on a prepaid cell phone service, then no problem, no credit check, you just need to pay outright and immediately you have your phone. Some cell phone companies even offer free cellular phone unit when you acquire a prepaid cell phone service from them. However, when you want a cell phone plan, you may need to choose from a by minute charging or by the second charging. Both charging process have positive and negative points. You need to assess your usage frequency and requirements before you decide on a cell phone plan. You may research on the performance like if they have enough towers to reach you wherever you are. There are different cell phone plans for family and national use. There are also cell phone plans for regional use. All of these have their own benefits although there are also their disadvantages. For prepaid cell phone plans, there are cell phone units that may not have the capability for this connection.

Other cell phone plans like family plans, this is advantageous for family use and small businesses. There is free access for emergencies. In addition, for family plans, it is cheaper to call the other cell phones included in one billing. There are also discounts for the airtime usage of family members using this cell phone plan. For national plans, this cell phone plan includes free long-distance charges. There are no roaming charges for this cell phone plan and it is another advantage. For regional use, this cell phone plan may require you to pay long-distance charges but the airtime rates may be cheaper.

Cell phone plans may be beneficial is you can acquire the once that have the benefits you need. The manner of usage is an essential requirement, if you do not need it as much and just for emergencies, prepaid cell phone plan could suit you well than traditional plans where you need to sign a contract with the service provider.

Prepaid cell phone plans are often preferred; however, for travelers the traditional plan with no roaming charges and no long-distance charges might be best.

All of this notwithstanding, in order to make full and effective use of your cell phone, you may want to set some guidelines in your usage. If you want your cell phone for your business, you may need to make sure you turn it off when you need privacy. Being available every time may not do well for you. Reserve sometime for yourself and never allow people to disturb you during this time. If your business partners know they could reach you even late at night and on weekends, they will be annoyed if you suddenly change this behavior. Having a cell phone and being available all the time may not be healthy, thus, you have to be wary not to allow people disturb you when you need to be alone with or without your cell phone.

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Do you really want to be available for anyone and everyone on a 24/7 basis? What do I mean? A famous person once said that the more available you make yourself; the more available everyone will expect you to be. People will actually be annoyed if you are not instantly and constantly available rather than being pleased when you do call. People expecting you to be available all the time may be annoying. Cell phone calls follow you everywhere you are including your bathroom. Even during nighttime when you want to rest, cell phones continue to ring and annoy you. If it is important, no problem but if it is very menial, why you need to be bothered so late.

Today in this modern society, we live in and the proliferation of cell phones we see people talking anywhere and everywhere. If used for business, this may prove to be very effective and worthy. However, for very menial issues being bothered in your sleep and even during your bathroom time may be quite annoying if not outright disgusting. However, if you make yourself available all the time, you created your own nightmare.

Cell phone etiquette is getting to be a forgotten concept. You will see people talking on the phone loudly and disturbs people nearby in restaurants and even in offices. I am sure by now, once or twice in a meeting you will notice that when a cell phone rings, almost everyone around will immediately look for their cell phones. If you were the one talking, and then the person in front of you talks on his phone, how would you feel? I am sure you will feel belittled and ignored. Rude practice, and should be changed.

It may help people who use cell phones to follow certain degree of etiquette with respect to the use of cell phones specially in places where you may seem rude if you use or even when your cell phone rings.

When you are in a place of worship, it may be necessary to leave your cell phone in the house or at least turn it off if you do not want to be away with it. This is because ringing cell phone will not just disturb you while you pray it will also disturb others. You do not need to show off your expensive gadget in a place of worship.

During meetings, please turn off your cell phone; it is rude to have your phone ringing while somebody speaks. Disruption may cause problems especially when the meeting tackles extremely important issues. However, if you are waiting for terribly important call, you may use the vibrate mode of your cell phone to alert you when a call is in-coming and leave the meeting if you need to answer the call. You may also inform the possible caller that you are in a meeting and that you cannot be disturbed.

When traveling and if you are on-board an aircraft, you will be required to turn off your phone. This is because electronics devices may interfere with the aircraft’s avionics. Thus, it is a requirement to turn of your phone for safety reasons. However, for extremely long flights, airline companies allow cell phone usage at a certain time, if you really need to make a phone call, use this time allotted if necessary.

Cell phone have become to be a necessity nowadays, that is why most people use it and cell phone manufacturers have continuously develop different usage and functions for this very small gadget. Be globally competitive, but you should understand that being rude is not part of modernity. Follow certain degree of etiquette; this will be very helpful to you and your business.

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Audiovox cellular phone accessory, for the most functional accessory


Cellular phones have become one of the most functional modern day gadgets. It has evolved from being a luxurious toy for young professional into a necessity for the multi dimensional life of these young professionals. However, cellular phones have different use for different people. Now, minors sport a cellular phone as a functional display, they consider it part of their wardrobe and flaunt having this modern day gadget in there complete get up. However, this is not the function of cellular phone to the business world. They are necessities and not for dressing up. Because of the varied usefulness of cellular phones and the increasing need and want for easy communication, manufacturers are quick to take advantage of this booming industry. Cellular phones and cellular phone accessories now flood the marketplace with different designs and different functionalities. Various cellular phone models and accessories including Audiovox cellular phone accessory comes in beautiful and functional designs.

Audiovox cellular phones and Audiovox cellular phone accessory can be such functional and comes with models that are lightweight and of beautiful designs. Audiovox cellular phone accessory such as premium power cord is a versatile power cord comes with cellular phone conditioning capacity. Audiovox cellular phone accessory also include a hip clip holder that can be functional even when your cellular phone is not Audiovox. In addition, Audiovox cellular phone accessory such as headsets and ear glove produce a hands-free cellular phone function that will help you keep your hands on the wheels. This will avoid accidents due to one hand driving and decreased attention on the road. Additionally, the over ear portable hands-free kit from the wide array of Audiovox cellular phone accessory line also functions to provide hands free telephony and had a built in feature that reduces background noise. You will hear clearly the person on the other line, even while driving or doing other stuff. There is also that Jabra model of Audiovox cellular phone accessory, which is a headset that provides hands-free telephoning. Jabra is small, lighter that other headsets and stylish; it also functions as a speakerphone and thus is a more functional gadget for your cellular phone.

All these prove that Audivox cellular phone and Audiovox cellular phone accessory line are functional and technologically advance. Audiovox cellular phone accessory is a multi-functional accessory, it can function well with Audiovox cellular phone but it can also perform its functionality with other cellular phone brands.

There is also that Audiovox cellular phone accessory like the multi-functional antennae, this is attached to your car while you travel, and it functions well when you talk to another person on the other line while the car is in motion. There are other antennas that limits their functions when you are mobile, not the antennae from the Audiovox cellular phone accessory line. This Audiovox cellular phone accessory design of antennae is very useful for travelers and corporate executives. If you are looking for functionality in your cellular phone, try to find an Audiovox cellular phone and the matching Audiovox cellular earphone accessory for your communication requirements. They are very good for young professional who endeavor doing many things are the same time. Your Audiovox cellular phone and Audiovox cellular phone accessory line can compliment your highly active lifestyle.

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Aku dapat email tentang Dunia Internet dan perkembangannya selama tahun 2007. Ada yang terbaik, paling berpengaruh, terburuk, dll. Baca aja sendiri. Tapi bahasa inggris :)

Yes, another year-end retrospective

2007 was a frenzied year for all things digital, and could be marked as when the revolution really began to take hold. Social media took center stage, impacting everything from politics to major corporate maneuvers to raising awareness of social causes.

There were lawsuits, mysteries, legal abuses, policy shifts, embarrassments, scandals, oppressions, miscalculations, bubble discussions, and significant innovations. All and all, 2007 was a big year for anybody with a stake on the Net.

So, without further ado, we present the Most, the Biggest, the Best, and the Worst of 2007.

Biggest Winner: Apple and the Jesus Phone

You know your product's hit a nerve when people pair it up with the savior of the world. Apple CEO Steve Jobs induced a Web-and-media-wide paroxysm by introducing the iPhone last January, which lasted until the mob turned on him over steep price cuts in advance of the holiday season. Pair that with a wildly successful ad campaign, surging stock prices, and increasing comparisons to Microsoft (gasp!), and you've got an all around winner.

Biggest Losers: Apple TV, Kevin Martin, Second Life, and the RIAA

Launch of Apple TV, which promised to link Web content to television sets, was overshadowed by the aforementioned Jesus phone. Not that it mattered much; once bloggers got around to it, they were less than enthused.

Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin proved himself to be such a telco-industry flunkie in regard to Net Neutrality, cable regulation, 700 MHz auction rules, and spectrum use that his year ends with threats of a Congressional investigation for abuse of power. Well done, Kevin. Or at least you will be when the grilling's finished.

Even though Second Life lit up 2006 with the possibilities and issues virtual worlds presented to marketers and lawyers, and even influenced philosophies regarding virtual goods and currencies in 2007, those accumulated Linden dollars may soon be doing as poorly as the real dollar, or worse. Recent reports show Second Life has become a bit of a ghost town.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) bullied, fought, and sued its way to infamous villainy in both 2006 and 2007 by targeting not just file-sharing networks but also file-sharers themselves. But 2007 marked the year the recording industry began to walk away from DRM (digital rights management). EMI, Universal, and Warner Music Group all opened their hearts to DRM-free digital format, leaving only Sony BMG to fight the losing battle.

Most Influential: Google

No company has shaken things up or put fear into the hearts of the established industry players than Google. Viacom slapped the company with a billion-dollar lawsuit in March for fear of losses to Google-owned YouTube. Microsoft ironically cried antitrust when Google bought online ad company DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. And Google's presence in the federal 700 MHz spectrum auction pushed behemoths like AT&T and Verizon to reevaluate their strategies and open up their networks. As Google stock continues to scrape the ceiling, every parallel industry is scared of Google, and knows that Google is leading the dance.

Biggest Hypocrites: Viacom, Microsoft, and Maybe Google

Though Viacom is claiming a billion dollars in losses due to YouTube, the company acts as though there is no money to be made online when negotiating with striking writers looking for a piece of the Internet pie.

It's hard not to laugh when Microsoft complains to the government that another company will have an unfair advantage in the marketplace. It's even harder to keep that laughter in when very soon after Microsoft complains about Google's purchase of DoubleClick and lack of competition in the online ad space, Microsoft turns around and buys aQuantive for $6 billion, twice what Google will pay for DoubleClick. Microsoft's complaint appears to be more strategic than legitimate.

Google rocked the webmaster world by dropping webpages with paid links from its index. There has been a debate about whether or not that is justified, especially in regard to online directories. Many feel Google is not only dictating to webmasters what they can and cannot do with their websites, but also is being hypocritical considering Google's entire business model is based on selling links.

Least Graceful Exits: Blognation and Terry Semel

What many thought was a concept to rival Reuters or the Associated Press – a worldwide network of tech bloggers called Blognation – became one scandalized mess. Blognation Founder and CEO Sam Sethi admitted to lying to bloggers about funding and impending payment, but also accused TechCrunch's Michael Arrington of sabotaging Blognation's efforts with investors. As Blognation spiraled toward non-existence, Arrington shot back by implying Sethi's dishonesty contributed to the sudden death of a Blognation editor.

Dissatisfied with the company's growth, Yahoo shareholders booted CEO Terry Semel at the beginning of the year and put Jerry Yang and Susan Decker at the helm. Either new policies are slow to take hold or that was a bad decision, as the company continues to lose market share to Google.

Biggest Scandals: Facebook Beacon, Yahoo and China, Comcast and p2p

Though some would argue Facebook had the best year ever – crazy valuations, Microsoft investment, substantial growth as a result of an open platform, and constant media attention – it wasn't without its share of major problems. In addition to the yonker CEO Mark Zuckerberg having to face old classmates over accusations of stealing their idea, he was also forced to apologize for and revamp Facebook's marketing service, Beacon, which broadcasted what Facebook users were buying at partner sites. Privacy advocates, led by MoveOn.org, went ballistic.

Yahoo found itself in a mess when it was revealed that an executive had not been truthful when a Congressional committee grilled him about Yahoo's knowledge of Chinese authority's reason for requesting information about a Yahoo Mail user. Yahoo assistance to the Chinese government resulted in the jailing of two journalistic dissidents.

Comcast raised Network Neutrality alarms and, in effect, provided a proof of concept, when the company was discovered to be interfering with peer-to-peer traffic in order to prioritize traffic. The incident provided nice fodder for Net Neutrality advocates.

Best Snooping Device: WikiScanner

A 24-year-old hacker developed a way to peek in on whom was editing Wikipedia articles based on IP address tracking. The results were stunning, with questionable edits coming from government agencies, major corporations, and media entities all looking to control their messages.

Most Abused: the DMCA

Don't like what someone's saying about you online? Lawyer up and send out a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice in order to bully their comments offline. This practice become more and more common in 2007, and at the pinnacle of abuse was one lawyer copyrighting the notice itself in order to sue when a blogger posted it on his blog.

Best Marketing Move: Radiohead

Popular rock group Radiohead dropped a bomb of an experiment online this year. Instead of letting record labels dictate the distribution of their music, Radiohead made their entire album "In Rainbows" available online free of charge for a limited time, and accepted donations from fans based on what they thought the album was worth. In addition, the band sold box sets, concert tickets, and t-shirts, proving that giving away their music could generate interest and sales.

Biggest Social Media Breakthrough: YouTube/CNN Debates

Another step toward a more populist democracy, YouTube broke new ground for Web 2.0 as the public was given unprecedented access to Presidential candidates. Both Democrat and Republican candidates were subjected to questions from everyday people, rather than just the media elite.

Best Online Mystery: Fake Steve Jobs

LonelyGirl is so 2006. This year, the favorite mystery to be solved was the unmasking of Fake Steve Jobs. They tried to trick him and to track him. They accused the wrong people. Finally, the New York Times discovered Fake Steve Jobs was actually Forbes editor Daniel Lyons.

Startup Having the Best Year Ever: Twitter

Expanding from micro-blogging curiosity, Twitter has become a social media must, being used in times of emergency like earthquakes and collapsed bridges, and for starting up charitable causes like the Frozen Pea Fund. Expect Twitter to be acquired in 2008.

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