Archive for 2006

December 19, 2006

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Follow these Tips to Avoid getting Locked Out of AdSense

Google closes AdSense accounts of publishers who are found clicking on their own Ads. Some Publishers do not have a clue as to why their accounts were closed. Even though they had never clicked on their own Ads, how did Google claim that they clicked on their own Ad? How does Google determine clicks from a Publisher on their own Ads? Remember, once upon a time you had signed up for Google AdSense? Google then knew the IP address, its

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Posted in: Google AdSense | Internet

December 15, 2006

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Google AdSense: How did I increase my AdSense Revenue with SAME CTR?

Sometime ago I was looking at my AdSense report and was disappointed looking at my CTR and the CPC values. I was totally clueless as to why would Ad clicks generate as low as $0.01 most of the time for weeks altogether. Searching on Google did not produce any definitive answer to my growing cause of concern. Some articles suggested that it happens most often during this time of the year while other suggested that it was due to lack

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December 13, 2006

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Quick Tips to Custom Searching with Google

These are some syntaxes and examples of using Google’s advanced search. To search for a keyword, without typing it in Google Search box, type the following http://www.google.com/search?as_q=searchterm In case of multiple strings, use + operator in the URL. http://www.google.com/search?as_q=web+2.0 To see results from pages updated in last 3 months only, add &as_qdr=m3 at the end of the URL. http://www.google.com/search?as_q=web+2.0&as_qdr=m3 Valid options are 3 months [&as_qdr=m3], 6 months [&as_qdr=m6] and last one year [&as_qdr=y]. To search and return results from English

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Posted in: Internet

December 13, 2006

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6 Things that Every Blogger Must Know and Do for Success

When I was new to blogging, I didn’t knew much about anything related to blogging, tools required, how to publicize my blog site etc etc.. Each day was a great learning experience and with every passing week there was tons of information that I had to grind to derive some actionable items from. I then started doing a weekly revision of different things that I was doing and, I observed that the practices I was following started to add value

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Posted in: Google AdSense | Internet | WordPress

December 10, 2006

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Google Logo in AdSense Ads?

While doing a routine check on my posts, I noticed a small Google logo next to ‘Ads by Google’ on one of my pages. [The screen shot is below.] I wonder what purpose would it serve if the logo starts appearing in the Ads. Might be that if a web site owner by any chance blends the ‘Ads by Google’ header into the background, making it invisible, the logo might [still] show up! But then it’s just my guess

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Posted in: Google AdSense | WordPress

December 9, 2006

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Open-Source Disk Encryption Software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux

Disk encryption softwares have been available since quite long, but their usage has increased since last few years. Using an open-source software such as [TrueCrypt] saves a lot on your pocket and even does an on-the-fly encryption of your disk volumes. The main features of this software are: On-the-fly encryption [data is automatically encrypted and decrypted] Entire filesystem/disk is encrypted including all its files and folders Create a standard or a hidden TrueCrypt volume Encryption Algorithm TrueCrypt volumes can be

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Posted in: Software/Apps | Tools/Utils | Unix/Linux | Windows

December 9, 2006

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UniveRSS: A Stunning 3D RSS Reader for Vista

UniveRSS is a RSS reader for Vista, leveraging the “WPF” [Windows Presentation Foundation], visualizes the RSS feeds and their contents. It introduces a full-screen 3D universe where galaxies represent the folders of your RSS feed directory, and the stars are represented by the spinning cubes that hold the feed information. Size and position of the feed cubes indicate how many unread items they contain. You navigate through the feed galaxies in a game-like environment, freely moving in all three dimensions.

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Posted in: Internet | Microsoft Vista | Windows






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