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How to Promote a New Blog/Website Via Guest Blogging?

Raju — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:22:06 +0000

This is a Guest post by BinaryDay

If you are like most new bloggers, you have number of great ideas waiting to be converted into blog posts, you have written a few good articles and now you are waiting for deluge of traffic. You are confident that anyone who reads your blog post will definitely like them and your blog will go viral. But for all that to happen you need the initial set of users and you have no clue how to get them.

I was struggling with the same problem while working on my website about second hand bikes in India . There are a lot of used bikes websites already in place and I wanted to get to the top fast. What made my task even more challenging was the fact that it is impossible to write a link-bait in the second hand bikes domain. That is when I got this idea of using guest blogging to get the initial set of targeted users.

Advantages of guest blogging

You get the initial set of users who will hopefully like your blog and will take your site viral.
You get the important organic backlinks from authority website which will help it to get out of Google sandbox.

Guest blogging is not panacea

Keep that in mind. There are no free lunches in the world. While guest blogging gets you traffic and links, it takes some of the best articles of yours and puts them on someone else’s blog. Basically in guest blogging you are trading good posts for traffic and link. So trade carefully.

How to get maximum value out of guest blogging

Target blogs that are frequented by your target user base. So in my case, I should focus on blogs about automobiles in general and bikes in particular.
Keep your website ready to go viral.
Make sure to keep 6-7 really good articles ready on your blog. When the users from your guest articles come to your website, they must fall in love with the blog.
Keep your expectations realistic. Guest blogging, contrary to what most blogging gurus will tell you, will not bring in hordes of traffic. You will have to fight for your traffic. Guest blogging is just one of the many weapons that you can use for that fight.

This post itself is an example of the concept that I am trying to explain. How smart is that?

This guest article was written by BinaryDay, an avid blogger and writer specializing in blogging tips, SEO and SEM. You can also share your tips by writing a guest article on TechPP.

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GPS, WiFi, YouTube Fix After Blackra1n Jailbreak for iPhone 3.1.2

Raju — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:03:57 +0000

Its been 2 weeks since the teen whiz-kid GeoHot released blacksn0w to unlock iPhone 3.1.2. Blackra1n RC3 was released along with it for those who wanted to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2.

Most of the people who jailbroke/unlocked their iPhones using blackra1n/blacksn0w had zero problems, while the unfortunate few were left with minor hitches like, unable to access wi-fi, GPS and push notifications failure. Since many of you have been asking for the tutorial, here it is:

WiFi fix

1. On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the “Settings” icon.

2. In the Settings menu, tap on “General“. Scroll to the bottom of the General menu.

3. In the General menu, tap on “Reset“. Then tap “Reset Network Settings“.

4. Reboot your iPhone by holding down the sleep/wake button and sliding to turn off.

Resetting your network setting will fix your WiFi problem temporarily. The problem will come back once you have rebooted your iPhone again. You will have to reset your network settings pretty much every time you reboot your iPhone.

Push Notification Fix (GPS, Youtube)

1. Open Cydia.

2. If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.

3. In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom of the screen.

4. Tap on the “Sources” button.

5. Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.

6. Type in http://cydia.iphoneil.net and then tap “Add Source“.

7. Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.

8. Tap on the “Search” tab on the bottom of the screen and type in “pushfix & youtube“.

9. Select “pushfix & youtube” from the list of search results and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.

10. Restart your iPhone. Now go to Settings and enable WiFi again.

11. Reboot you iPhone again. You should now be able to connect to Youtube again without any problems!

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How to Install a Google Wave Gadget Extension?

Raju — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:21:20 +0000

When I wrote about all those super cool Google Wave gadgets, I plainly assumed that everyone reading the article will know how to install a Google wave gadget. It was a bad assumption from my part. So, here is a simple easy-to-use guide on how to install a Google wave gadget extension.

Google Wave Extensions come in two varieties: gadgets and robots. Gadgets are the most similar to the Facebook apps, you install them and they run as part of a wave (thread). Robots are more similar to the bots you see on Twitter, but far more sophisticated because they behave as kind of artificially intelligent participant in a wave.

Suggested Read before reading further:

How to Add a Robot to Google Wave?

Step 1: Google Wave Robots (bots) will have their own wave email address. For example, the Wikify bot has an email address: wikifier@appspot.com, which is what you use to install the bot. Click the cross icon at the bottom of your contacts list in the left sidebar. Add the bot’s mail ID and click Submit.

Step 2: Create a New Wave by clicking on the New Wave button on the top

Step 3: At the top of the input box, you’ll notice your avatar photo with a cross to the left. Click the cross and a list of your contacts will appear, select Wikify (or any bot), then close the box.

Step 4: Type your message, follow the instructions you get on the screen and you are done!

How to Add a Gadget to Google Wave?

Adding a gadget to the Wave is as simple as adding a bot, but the procedure is slightly different.

Step 1: Create a new wave as shown in Step 2 above.

Step 2: In the top right corner of the input box you will see three little dots, click this icon [1]. A dropdown menu will appear, from this select the gadget icon [2]. Another box will appear, paste the url for your chosen gadget into it, and click Add [3].

Step 3: That’s it, your gadget is now a part of your wave, and you can share it with your contacts in the same way as any other wave.

How to Uninstall a Google Wave extension?

If you decide you no longer want an extension cluttering up your edit toolbar,

Step 1: Click the Settings link in the Navigation panel. A wave called Extension Settings appears.

Step 2: You will see all the extensions you have installed till date. Now you can uninstall any extension with the click of the Uninstall button. If you’re sure you’ll never want to install a particular extension again, click the Remove button to entirely remove the extension puzzle piece from your Extension Settings.

Hope you found this tutorial guide helpful. Happy Waving!

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Watch Movies Online for Free Without Downloading

Raju — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:08:40 +0000

This is surely not something huge or ground-breaking discovery. Buy I have just unearthed yet another website which offers free movies online which you can watch without downloading.

FreeMoviesTheatre is a service which allows its users to watch the latest major Hollywood releases online! Downloading the movies you like is an option and not mandatory. You can watch most of the movies in DVD quality

FreeMoviesTheatre.com provides access to live streaming links for the latest major global film releases, from Action and Adventure through to Sci-Fi and Bollywood. Currently, FreeMoviesTheatre has over 4500 movies online and they are growing fast. For my money, the website looks completely illegal, so better make use of it before it is taken down.

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Download Free Amazon Kindle eBooks To Your PC

Raju — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:55 +0000

Kindle for PC was released a few days back and many of you might have already installed it on your Windows PC. Now, if you are wondering what to do next, here is a simple guide on how to download, install and start reading eBooks on Kindle for PC. Ofcourse, you can pay for the books and download them directly via Kindle for PC, but we love freebies, don’t we?

As mentioned in the previous post, in case you don’t have an account with Amazon, you would need to register for a new account, where you will be asked to share your eMail ID and credit card details. You don’t need to pay or use the credit card, but it is required.

Once you register, you will see “Shop in Kindle Store” button on top right corner.

Click on that button which will take you to the Kindle eBook store on Amazon. From here you can buy or download free books. The ones on the home page are their best sellers and obviously they cost money! So how to find the free ebooks? Look for the search bar on top.

Click on Go. This will return all the available Kindle eBooks. Then sort the results by price : Low to High

You will see hundreds of Free eBooks listed down. Choose the ones you like the most and click on Buy now with 1-click button.

It will deliver to your PC version of the Kindle by default. If you have other devices select the appropriate one. Then you will see a thank you screen. Next go back to your Kindle screen and hit the sync and check for new items (F5) button. You are all set to read your favorite eBooks on Kindle for Free!

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What’s the “Difference Between”?

Raju — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:28 +0000

Sorry for that odd looking title. But then, how many times we ask this question to ourselves or to people around us?

Difference between Analogy and Metaphor
Difference between Yacht and a Boat
Difference between Antivirus and Internet security
Difference between a Laptop and a Notebook

Gosh! I can already think of 50 such doubts. I found out a cool website to answer all my stupid doubts.

DifferenceBetween is a knowledge hub on the Internet. Here, people from all over the world can find the difference between two related things, and a lot of ground is covered. The website is neatly designed and the topics are finely categorized under Technology, Science, Business, Language, Objects and Miscellaneous.

Additionally, you can see the top differences that have been submitted so far by glancing at the corresponding section, and realize what people have been thinking about the most as of late. And if you happen to really like the site, it is always possible to sign up for the provided newsletter and receive the latest differences in your inbox.

I really liked the concept behind this website. Currently, the users can just browse through the available differences. I would prefer to make this community based where in people can register and submit their own differences. Actually, I do not find a way to even reach out to the people behind this project. (Update: There is a small FAQ section which mentions a way to write your own articles)

Also, I would like to see a few more categories which would make it even easier for people to read articles of their interests.

Check out DifferenceBetween.net! Let us know if you found this useful.

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[How to] Improve Windows Vista and Windows 7 Boot Speed

Raju — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:53:00 +0000

Continuing the series of posts on Windows 7 tips, here is a small tutorial on speeding up the booting of Windows 7 and Windows Vista. This is very important and helpful especially since both Windows Vista and 7 are accused to be pathetic when it comes to booting time.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista have an option to select the number of processors that can use for the booting process. It will be one by default. So if you are using a dual, quad processors (most of the recent PCs have dual processors atleast), you can increase the booting speed by using more processors. To set this, follow the simple steps given below

1. Open Run windows (Win+R)

2. Type MSConfig and Press Enter

3. Go to Boot Tab

4. Click on Advanced options button

5. Check the Number of Processors checkbox and select the maximum value from the drop down

6. Click OK and then Apply and then Click OK again.

7. Reboot to save the changes made.

Update: I just slapped myself on my face for falling for this trick. This doesn’t work. Click here to know why.

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Open CD/DVD Drive Tray When Drive Button is Stuck

Raju — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:27:51 +0000

How many times have you found that the CD/DVD drive’s button of your PC has stopped working suddenly? What do you do then? Oh yeah, you must be thinking about using a pin to manually open the tray but it may not be convenient and user friendly, isn’t it? To help those users having broken cd/dvd tray button, here is OCTray 1.0.

OCTray is a small application which is designed for your broken CD/DVD Drive Button issues. In order to open tray you just need to press Keyboard O and to close press Keyboard C.

No more fiddling with pins and worrying about your favorite movie disc getting stuck inside the CD drive.

Download OCTray to open/close CD/DVD drive

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Listen to Twilight New Moon SoundTrack on MySpace

Raju — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:59:14 +0000

Here is a quick heads up for Twilight fans. If you were desperately waiting for the latest chapter in the highly successful Twilight saga, here is a good news for you. You can now listen to the tunes of Twilight New Moon right now on Myspace. You would need to wait for little over a month for the movie though.

Head on over to the official Twilight MySpace page, scroll down past the humongous images of the movie’s vampire/human/werewolf trio, and you’ll find them all in the standard MySpace music player.

The songs include Death Cabe for Cutie’s “Meet Me on the Equinox”, Thom Yorke’s “Hearing Damage”, The Killers’ “A White Demon Love Song”, Muse’s “I Belong to You”, and Bon Iver and St. Vincent’s “Roslyn”. All in all, a solid collection of tunes that’ll be of interest even to music fans who don’t care about the movie.

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[How to] Appear Invisible in Facebook Chat

Raju — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:52:44 +0000

Facebook is undoubtedly the most popular social networking website currently. It has become a first preference to keep in touch with friends and family. In case you have a huge list of friends on Facebook, then you are bound to get bombarded with chat messages every time you login. I personally find it annoying especially when I am busy or in no mood to chit chat. Facebook by default lets you to go invisible by going to Options and clicking ‘Go Offline‘

But then, if you like to know who is online on Facebook without logging to Facebook Chat, then here is a small tip go into hiding and get invisible on Facebook chat and still see who all are online currently.

Also Read: How to Hide Notifications From Annoying Facebook Apps?

Here is a simple Facebook app – Online Now – to see which of your friends are online without turning on Facebook Chat. Online Now does not affect your Facebook Chat online status. If you want to appear “invisible,” turn off Facebook Chat and use Online Now to see who’s online. But then, you can chat with your friends only if you turn on Facebook Chat and appear online.

Note: Go Offline app has similar functionality.

[via]TechMynd

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