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Ultimate fact file channels on YouTube

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Social media: A peak into future

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Sticky Notes Application for Android

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Saturday, 18 May 2013

Download twitter profile background image

Shubhashish Shukla | Saturday, May 18, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Twitter allows you to upload a background image to make your profile look more customized and give it a personal touch. A lot of users try to create their own custom backgrounds and in the process they use a lot of images editing tools to get the perfect one. Or may be close to perfect.

Sometimes you loose your edited image. And you want to edit the uploaded one but how you don't have a copy. Or in some cases you want to retouch the default images or wallpapers.

download twitter profile's background image
Background image's URL
Though it is all clear from the image presented above but still,

How to download twitter background image?

  1. Open your twitter profile in your browser.
  2. Right click on the page (any where on page except links).
  3. Select 'View Page Source' in Google Chrome and 'View Source' in Internet Explorer.
  4. This will launch a new tab or window (as in Internet Explorer), containing HTML codes.
  5. Use Ctrl + F, to find body.user, there will be a single occurrence of the specified code.
  6. Just next to these you will find background-image: url (IMAGE LINKING URL).
  7. Select the URL  now it is your choice how to download the image using 'Save As' or 'down-loader'.
Now, you can make any necessary edits or re-touch the image and upload again.

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Publish post with past dates in Blogger

Shubhashish Shukla | Thursday, May 16, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

These are some rare cases, but sometime these too arise when you want to post something that displays past date. For example, if you just caught something on news and want to post it but unfortunately you are a day late. Maximum publishers either mention date in their post content or many times don't publish it.

But there is a simple solution to it. While publishing you need to set the proper date you can also set time. It is kind of faking but still it is a better option as compared to not publishing a post at all.

Also, this feature also stands great for personal life bloggers. Who just want to place a past experience.  

How to do it?

  1. While creating any article use 'Schedule' option from 'Post settings' menu.
  2. Select 'set date and time'.
  3. Select appropriate past date from calender or enter directly and time too.
  4. Click 'Done'.
  5. Hit 'Publish' button now you have a post published in the past date and time.
publish article with past dates and time

So with Scheduling post option which is properly saying is meant to schedule a post to get published in the future can also be use to do the opposite and publish post with past dates and time.

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Search Google Images for 'Atari Breakout' and see surprise

Shubhashish Shukla | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Google is celebrating 37 years of 'Atari Breakout'. When Google Image is searched for keyword 'Atari breakout' image result for 'Atari breakout' opens which after few seconds turns into 'Atari' game.

The tile of game are composed of image result. After searching for 'Atari breakout', once the game is initiated you can search for almost any thing with image result. The appropriate search will be done and results will again get modified into the Atari game's tile.

The game concept has infinite number of stages formed by random search results once you have cleared all the tiles of a stage.

play Atari breakout with Google Images

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Growing Your Small Business? How to Choose the Right VoIP Service for Your needs?

Guest Author | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 | | Be first to comment!


If you run a small business, you should know how important it is to cut costs and increase revenues. Most traditional businesses use their own phone line for their business activities. However, if you want to cut costs on your phone bills, maybe switching to a hosted Business VoIP system is a good choice. Instead of using an on-premise phone system and having to pay a huge monthly fee for the service, plus the initial cost of the equipment, you could use a business VoIP service and save a ton of cash on your monthly phone bills. 
Toshiba Voice over IP service for businesses
VoIP services for your business
When you use a hosted phone system, you don't have to pay anything for new equipment, You will be able to keep your phone numbers and switch from your current service provider without any hassle. A hosted phone service will replace your traditional analog phone system with a hosted phone system and all your calls will be forwarded across the Internet through Voice over IP (VoIP) technology. You will be able to receive your calls on IP phones that are plugged into your broadband connection. With this new technology, business owners could save as much as 50% on their phone bills. You will also get much cheaper international and national call rates. 

You could manage the whole system through an online portal. You will not have to pay for any maintenance charges, since your service provider will make sure the whole system stays healthy all the time. Most of the Fortune 500 companies are using this new VoIP technology to lower their costs and boost their proficiency. Some value-added features for this type of service include 3-way calling, music-on-hold, personalized voicemail, auto-responder corporate directory and auto attendant. 

Another very attractive benefit of using a VoIP phone system is the mobility of the service. You could be anywhere and still be able to make and receive calls provided you have an Internet connection. If you want to cut costs and manage your business in an efficient way, switching to a VoIP phone system is very much recommended. Contact us today if you haven't try this new advanced technology. 
Author's Bio: Stella is a blogger and shares interesting articles about advantages of digital telephones and  ip phone system for small business.

Monday, 6 May 2013

Track your visitor flow with Analytics

Shubhashish Shukla | Monday, May 06, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Tracking your visitors activities on your site/blog helps in learning what user wants, what they like and what they dislike. 

Knowing things like where your visitors came from and where they left your site. Maximum analytic tools help you know the bounce rate, that is, how many visitors consists of only a single page view.

Having a graphical traffic flow, makes a lot of sense and makes study of your traffic flow a lot more easier.


traffic flow in google analytics
Click to enlarge

How to track Visitor Flow?

  1. Log-in into your Google Analytics account.
  2. Select your site data from the list that opens up.
  3. Navigate to 'Traffic Source' > 'Source' > 'Visitors Flow'.
Visitor flow chart will appear, showing incoming and leaving traffic. Select the appropriate date range. By default it will show only the chart till 1st interaction.

Select the filter. First column will show the filter based category, second column will show the first page that a user landed on after getting redirected. The third column shows the first interaction, this is when a visitor opens some other page after the landing page. After first interaction use '+Step' to see more interactions, more page accessed one after the other.

Highlighting a specific flow

After selecting the filter, if you want to track traffic flow or activity you need to track how visitor flow from one page to next that started from a specific source. Here, highlighting comes in just click on any source or any interaction and then select 'Highlight traffic through here'. Doesn't matter, in which interaction you selected to highlight, the entire path from beginning till end will get highlighted.

Exploring a specific traffic flow

Another great option, especially for high traffic sites. Lets say that you have more than 500 visitors per day then there starts a need to explore the flow in depth. Causes of sudden drops, what visitors like the most. To deal with this right click on any column entry or any interaction and select 'Explore traffic through here'.

An other way to do so is using the magnifier '+' button. But this will only widen up the chart, still lesser insight and details.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Social Network share stats and SEO

Shubhashish Shukla | Thursday, May 02, 2013 | | 2 Comments so far

In an update in Google's search algorithm, Google started to count or take social stats into consideration for ranking any domain name.

Users or publishers can create pages on Facebook as well as Google Plus. But the SEO functionality or benefits achieved with having pages on these two top platforms differ greatly.
share on twitter, facebook, stumbleupon. google plus
Share on social networks

What likes or +1's are considered?

A simple answer to a simple question. People do know that they are considered but maximum of them still have no idea of how these are counted. Google does not take into consideration all the likes or +1's when it comes to ranking your site/blog.

On both sites, the like or +1's given to your homepage url counts. 

Page Like VS URL Like : Google Plus

A page on Google plus can be connected to your sites URL. After doing this step +1's for URL's and +1's for Page become one. From now on if a user give your page or your link a +1 then it is counted on both platforms.

A single Google Plus page plugin or widget performs both tasks, that too simultaneously. Furthermore, Google Plus page can be connected to your site by using a rel="publisher" tag this will help user see your page on search engine result when they search with exact query. Try searching "Google" on Google you will see the country specific G+ page. There is a rel="author" tag too, to connect your personal profile with your content. (Non of the tags are explained in details here).

Page Like VS URL Like : Facebook

In Facebook you cannot connect your sites URL to your page, though your can mention it on your Facebook Page. Both your page like and URL like walks different paths. Now as mentioned above your URL like counts therefore, Facebook page like have no SEO result for Google's organic search.

Why should I have a Facebook page as it brings no SEO?

Well, having likes on page do brings a fan base and an option that helps you deliver your content or message directly on the wall of your fans. And the higher the number of fans the higher are the chances of getting conversions (user clicking wall links and getting redirected to your site).

Now you are required to put a Like button on your site the helps your user generate URL likes. For this visit Facebook Developers - Like Button, place your URL with http:// and then generate code by using 'Get Code' button.

Similarly, Facebook comments, shares, twitter, etc. work on your domain name. These are something that are achieved over time. You can ask your friends or family member to increase your social stat. It is always to get some extra with your in-house resources.

Give Real gifts via Facebook Gifts

Shubhashish Shukla | Thursday, May 02, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Typing on somebody's wall wishing him/her Happy Birthday is not always enough. Facebook adds more to it by enabling a new feature that lets users order real gifts online. These gifts will get delivered to the address that the recipient provides after accepting the gift.

give real gifts via facebook gifts
Give real gifts to your friends via Facebook Gifts

How to send Facebook gifts?

There are three ways to send gifts-
  • Birthday reminder shows 'Give him/her a gift'.
  • Visit their timeline (Gifts Tab).
  • Visit Facebook Gifts. You can access a list of events on that day.

Gifts sending privacy

While gifting you will be asked whether you want a status to be posted telling your friends that you gave a gift to someone. Useful feature especially in case your gift is being sent to your 

Let your friends select their gifts

Sometimes you give your friends the option to select from a list what they want. Facebook gifts have a privilege for that too. You are required to select the gift and choose to pay later. If your friend accepts the gift then you are required to make payment other wise choose something else.

preview facebook gift before making it final
Preview Facebook Gifts
You also have the option to send notification at that very instance or set a future date to do so.

Sunday, 28 April 2013

What upgrade Blogger Needs? Part 2

Shubhashish Shukla | Sunday, April 28, 2013 | | 1 Comment so far

Microdata

An option in search preferences to toggle on and off advance features like adding microdata to the blog as whole and to each blog post. Google itself uses microdata to collect higher details about each website, blogs, and individual articles.

Microdata helps in telling higher amount of details, than just description meta tags. 

Select some text and click the appropriate icon and from a drop-down list select the specific microdata required to be added and fill in the value.

Adsense On/Off for Mobile templates

Many Adsense publisher's use custom Adsense codes rather than Blogger's widgets. So if a publisher decides to place all ad via codes he/she has to toggle off the 'Show Ads' option as it will insert ads at unnecessary and unwanted spots.

But once turned off. The ads serving also stops on mobile template causing a loss in revenue. Now, publisher requires a responsive template with proper JavaScript to display correct ad units in accordance to the screen size.

Multi-author with Google+

Every blogger user has a Google+ profile connected to his/her Blogger account. Every blog owner can enter somebody else's Google+ profile URL to the author's entry and it will get appended as rel="author" attribute. On doing so the author will receive a confirmatory email to prevent misuse of somebody else's authority rank.

Otherwise blog owners connected Google+ profile's URL will be the default value to append as rel="author" tag.

Friday, 26 April 2013

Use Google Chrome browser as Windows 8 app

Shubhashish Shukla | Friday, April 26, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Chrome browser is the world's most popular browser. Used by millions on desktop and was made available on Android based mobile devices. After the launch of Microsoft's Windows 8 and it's app based interface.

Google made chrome browser available for Windows 8. And no need to go in windows store for app, to download this app version of chrome browser.

How to use Chrome as app?

  1. Open Menu.
  2. Select 'Relaunch Chrome in Windows 8 mode'.
  3. Repeat the same to launch chrome in regular desktop version.
Doing so will also relaunch every opened tab again. So, it is a very easy switch. Once switched, the switched preferences will be saved. SO the next time you will try to open you chrome browser, it will open in the mode you last selected.

switch chrome into windows 8 app
Switch Chrome in Windows 8 mode
Now, enjoy Chrome as application. Executing as application, Chrome will work as if full-screen, the only difference is you will be able to see all the open tabs. Now you can place it in your split screen. Use it simultaneously with other applications like mail, twitter, Facebook  calender, messaging, etc.

NOTE- When chrome runs in Windows 8 mode, users are not able to use GTalk. This is a plugin problem and it is clearly specified by Google. So, if you are using any Google service that uses GTalk then you might consider relaunching Chrome in desktop mode.

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Try WordPress (self-hosted) for free

Shubhashish Shukla | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

WordPress is the world's most used CMS and blogging platform. Which is professional as well as free and open-source. Every beginner WordPress blogger who is either creating a new blog or is migrating from blogger to WordPress, feels worried because of no idea  how exactly a WordPress self hosted website/blog actually works.
use wordpress.org for free on localhost server
Wordpress.org self hosted


The best way to learn is to use a self-hosted WordPress on a server. So, let's to do it but for free. We'll require two things-
  • A server
  • A copy of latest WordPress release

How to set-up server on your localhost?

  1. First know if you are using 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.
  2. To know that, just right click 'My Computer' icon and select 'Properties' or alternatively press & hold 'Alt' key and double click 'My Computer' icon.
  3. Go to WAMP's website and download 32-bit or 64-bit server for your 32-bit or 64-bit Windows respectively.
  4. Install it. On launching the installed server application look for the WAMP server icon in your taskbar's tray. It must be green. It is green when it is functional otherwise red or orange.

Final test

Open your browser and type 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' localhost's IP address. You will see WAMP SERVER homepage. You are now good to go.

How to install WordPress?

  1. From WordPress.org download a copy of WordPress.
  2. Extract it on your drive.
  3. Open extracted folder and in that folder you will find another folder named 'WordPress' copy that.
  4. Now, open the directory where WAMP is installed and then go to 'www' folder. Generally directory address is 'C:\wamp\www'.
  5. Paste 'WordPress' folder copied in Step 3.

Creating WordPress Database

  1. Go to phpMyAdmin by typing 'localhost/phpmyadmin' in the address bar of your browser.
  2. Select 'Database' tab.
  3. Under 'create database' enter name of your database. It can be anything but make it simple like db, wp, wpdb, etc.
  4. Click 'Create' button. Success message will show up.

Creating WordPress Configuration file

  1. Go to your local WordPress site by entering 'localhost/wordpress' in the address bar of your browser.
  2. Click 'Create a Configuration File' button, then on the next page click 'Let's go!' button.
  3. Enter the name of database you just created via phpMyAdmin, 'root' as username, leave blank the password, 'localhost' as Database Host and 'wp_' as Table Prefix.
  4. Click 'Submit' and then click 'Run the install' on the next page.
  5. Now enter your sites details like your Site Title, a username and password. Remember these are your WordPress username and password, that you will use to login into your blog/website.
  6. A success notification will appear, with your credentials.
  7. Accessing Your blog
  8. With WAMP server running, enter localhost/wordpress in the address bar and your site will open up.
  9. To Log In use the 'Log in' option from meta menu or access 'http://localhost/wordpress/wp-login.php'.
Using the above steps you can install many copies of the world's most popular CMS. Just rename the wordpress folder to anything else, say 'st',1,2,etc. And while trying to access use the appropriate url like, localhost/st, localhost/1, localhost/3, etc.

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Upcoming Microsoft Surface With 7 Inch Display - Rumors Round Up

Guest Author | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Surface tablets that were launched by Microsoft last year with latest version of Windows operating system were very popular. So now Microsoft is planning to add few more Surface tablets to the lineup this year.

The most expected device is the Surface with 7 inch display. People who don’t like having a bigger display gadget prefer the 7 inch tablets so Microsoft is manufacturing a 7 inch Surface for them.

Google Nexus 7 and iPad mini (7.9 inch) are already very popular and Microsoft is pretty much aware of their sales and popularity graph. No doubt, Surface 7 will definitely be the most popular Surface tablet running Windows 8 OS.

According to The Verge news, Surface 7 will be the gaming tablet i.e. the Xbox Surface 7 but I don’t think Microsoft will dedicate the tablet completely to the gaming experience.

The Surface 7 will be having ARM chipset with at least 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. The processor will be having at least dual cores with clock speed of 1.5GHz or higher.

There are lots of rumors going on which says that Microsoft is not into manufacturing the Surface 7 right now but I think these rumors are not so true because Microsoft knows about the sales sheet of 7 inch tablets.

The Surface 7 will definitely have the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and off course the NFC to compete with other available and upcoming tablets having NFC features in them.

Microsoft will definitely provide a unique and impressive look to the tablet so that the device looks like very costlier. The earlier Surface tablet was having very impressive design which is one of the major reasons behind its success and popularity.

Now coming to whether the Surface 7 will have cellular network support or not. I think Microsoft should provide cellular network support because iPad mini is compatible with the cellular network and it will be better for the success of Surface 7 if it has support for LTE cellular network.

Microsoft will not provide the storage expansion option but provide internal storage up to 64GB. Surface 7 will also have the free cloud storage offered at the SkyDrive.

The Operating system will be definitely the Windows 8 and Microsoft has already developing the next version of the Windows 8 so the Surface 7 will have that latest upcoming version of the Windows 8 OS.

Till now, nothing is official yet but Microsoft seems to have started the production of this device. If rumors are correct then Surface 7 will arrive and join the line up by the end of Q3 this year.

This year, the tablet market will be flooded by lots of tablets and this time Microsoft is not going to be just sitting and watching on the back seat. Rather it will try to drive the market with its upcoming Surface 7 and new Surface (with 10 inch display) tablets.

As a windows 8 fan, I’m waiting for this tablet and hope it works for the Microsoft.
Author's Bio: Stephanie Johnson Work for Robustbuy which is largest China Wholesaler web store where you can find everything from Cheap Android Cellphones to Windows smart phones and wide range of  accessories for digital cameras, iPod, iPad,  Android devices and for PC.

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Exact things to do to migrate to a WordPress blog (self hosted)

Shubhashish Shukla | Saturday, April 20, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Migrating from Blogger to WordPress or establishing a new WordPress self hosted blog. Both process seems to be hard and easy at the same time. They may be very typical to perform until you have no idea how to do, and becomes very easy after you know what to do. 

Below is a list that will guide you what to do step-wise while migrating from Blogger to WordPress. In case you want to set up a fresh WordPress blog then you need to skip step 8, 9, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20
  1. Hosting Space- You require a good hosting service to host your WordPress blog a chart is given here discussing about the estimated minimum to maximum cost. If you need to know what hosting is or about the types of hosting refer to this article.
  2. Install WordPress- You need to install WordPress on server. But don't worry about that maximum hosting service providers have one-click install options. Therefore, making install as simple as installing a software on your desktop.
  3. Set custom permalink- Every post/article published on any blog has an address or URL, but that URL maybe in different formats. Bloggers till now has no option to change the structure of URL but WordPress has it.
  4. WordPress Theme- You can get it custom designed but that is expensive option. The cheaper way is to use the free one or buy it from themeforest. There are many more sites but themeforest is a good market place. You will get a good template in $35 to $60.
  5. Set Logo and Favicon- After installing your theme, you need to set your Logo and favicon. Maximum themes have a toolbar which will get installed with your theme installation and you can change your Logo and Favicon just like uploading picture on Facebook.
  6. Create Standalone pages- The pages tlike about, contact, etc. are know as standalone pages.
  7. Check for permalinks, again- According to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques permalink structure plays important role in search results. If you have chosen custom permalinks then it's good to check if permalinks are working as expected, by checking the standalone page URL.
  8. Import from blogger- Importing your posts and comments from Blogger is done by using the built in option. In your WordPress dashboard go to Tools > Import.
  9. Check the permalinks, again- just a check to ensure that permalinks are as selected.
  10. Plugin Wp-Insert- This is the best available plugin that lets you insert ad units almost anywhere inside your blog. You can put ad on high CTR places like just below the heading after the post, etc.
  11. LinkWithin- Related post widget has high importance, if your template doesn't have in-built related post widget then this is a great plugin.
  12. Set Categories and tags using the document- For better management you must create a chart in Word document that points to your exact categories and tags that you will use.
  13. Set featured images- These images are displayed in the excerpts so if you have imported your blog posts then you need to set them of every post (not necessary) but it places a better expression to the readers who land on your home page. Well WordPress has a direct option that is there in the blog post editor.
  14. Setting redirect from blogger to wp- You are required to set a 301 (permanent redirection) from blogger to WordPress. A 301 redirect tells search engines that you website or blog has permanently moved to a new domain name. The best part is that you won't loose your search engine rankings just the existing links are updated, and they start reflecting your new domain name or specific URL.
  15. Set feedsburner redirect- If you have migrated from Blogger to WordPress, then you need to redirect your feeds so that you don't loose any of the reader that you have collected while blogging on Blogger.
  16. Feedburner subscribe via email form- Maximum templates comes with a subscribe via email form but in case you don't have or you want to set it manually.
  17. WordPress SEO by Yoast- A set of additional SEO options to use and rank better in search results.
  18. Migrate disqus threads- All the existing comments threads are required to be migrated so that they become available at your new domain name.
  19. Share the new links on digg, stumbleupon only- To kick start you blog on new address you need good amount of traffic. You will get some traffic from the redirects but to have a better result it is good to resubmit your articles with new link to these sites.
  20. Email to guest authors- If you have guest bloggers to your blog then it is good to treat them with a message telling them that their blog posts or submission are now on a premium platform.
  21. Install W3 Total Cache- WordPress sites are slow to access. To overcome this maximum publishers use a plugin to accelerate the page loading.

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Create offers on Facebook Fan page

Shubhashish Shukla | Thursday, April 18, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Facebook fan pages are a great way to create online presence by medium of collecting more fans. When somebody redeems the offer or just likes your page then the actual impact on getting more online coverage is way too much greater. Check Advantage of creating a Facebook fan page.

Condition to be able to create an offer

You Facebook fan page must have a minimum of 100 likes. If your page has likes lower than 100, you will receive a notification telling you so.

How to create offer on Facebook's fan page?

  1. Login into you account and open fan page.
  2. Click 'Offers, Events'.
  3. A drop down will open up select 'Offer' from there.
  4. Next, you are required to select whether your offer is available, In Store, Online, or both.
  5. For In Store offers, upload a square photo of 300px minimum, create head line (a maximum of 90 characters are allowed for headline), enter terms and conditions for offer, enter bar-code, when the offer expires  number of claims.
  6. For online, you are required to enter URL and a promo code to redeem offer.
  7. Preview your offer. Select package and make payment.
Facebook Fan Page Offer
Creating an offer on Facebook Fan Page
According to research, Facebook offers will get you 3 times ROI (Return on Investment). And ever offer redeemed will get new customers and fans to your page.

Payments will be done on the basis of impressions. 3k to 5k impressions for just $5. Rates may vary. But still the service is worth giving a try. After all, it is just an innovation to business investment and advertising at the same time. Step into online marketing via Facebook.

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Top 5 Facebook Apps And Tabs Used For Building Custom Pages

Guest Author | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

When it comes to creating attractive custom pages and tabs on Facebook it is of the utmost importance to measure in detail all available options at hand. Differentiation is a key to succeed in the social media world. Extra functionality can be found in the form of content with fans-only access, this tactic is known as fan-gating and it is a proven way to acquire, retain and engage an audience. It is important to remember that the aforementioned content is not text only; it can come in the form of images, videos, documents or software. To answer the question about how to increase Facebook fans it is necessary to provide extra value and all the major brands do this to great success. The Top 5 Facebook Apps and Tabs Used for Building Custom Pages create the possibility for a business or an individual to stand out from the crowd on Facebook. The list of these tabs and apps will be shown next: 

1. Wildfire.

This Company offers many Facebook applications; it is well-known for its sweepstakes and contests apps. Savvy marketers from all walks of life are always searching for an extra advantage and it is no wonder that engaging a social media audience through added value campaigns is always successful. Example campaigns are the ones made possible by wildfire and they are a sure business bet.

2. Involver.

This Company has a wide range of Facebook applications, custom pages and tabs can be built with their Static HTML, which is the name of their app. One of the strong points of this service is that an individual or business can easily add an extra tab or an application with a few clicks. They provide some of the most sought after solutions when it comes to functionality.

3. TabPress.

This free iFrame application is developed by HyperArts and it is specially suited for adding content only. Although there are some limitations it is also true that much of its popularity can be traced to its free price tag. this solution is unrivaled for uses such as having a pixel perfect layout for showing content inside Facebook.

4. TabSite.

Sometimes a Facebook tab or app needs to include a vast amount of content. As an example, what if somebody would like to have tabs inside tabs, much like a website? Then TabSite would be a perfect choice to segment and arrange this content in a logical way. Two tabs can be had for free, which is perfect when getting started.

5. iwipa.

Hand coding HTML and CSS may not be an option for many, this is where iwipa comes into play. Adding pictures, videos, slideshows and banners is easily done with this popular easy to use option.

Adding custom functionality to a business page or app can make a big difference in a social media strategy along with the decision to buy Facebook likes. it is always a good idea to engage an audience with great content and custom functionality. This is made easier by the available technology, some of which is free to get started. Choosing among these Top 5 Facebook Apps and Tabs Used for Building Custom Pages is a sure step towards engaging an audience on Facebook, therefore achieving results in a faster and more efficient way.
Author's Bio: Social media marketing is a sphere where Frozzo is an outstanding and trusted organization. The services we offer, those being Facebook likes and other social media metrics, play an important role in the further expansion of the acquired campaign. Roman Sahakov is the founder of Frozzo agency.

Monday, 15 April 2013

Forward your Facebook chat conversations

Shubhashish Shukla | Monday, April 15, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Facebook allows forwarding chat conversations between two users to multi-user chat messages to any friend in your friend list. This can be considered as a better way to chat by pulling somebody else's conversation into limelight. At the same time privacy killer too, as anybody with whom you chatted can share your messages with his/her friends.

How to forwards chat messages?

  1. Open messages.
  2. Click 'See All'.
  3. Select any conversation from the list of present to past conversations.
  4. Open 'Actions' drop-down menu and select 'Forward Messages..' from there.
  5. Now the conversations messages will start appearing with a check box select all that you want to share.
  6. You can also add additional message while forwarding.
  7. Click 'Forward' button.
  8. Now, start typing in the name or email address of the recipient, all users will be suggested instantly.
  9. Select more than one user. Message can be forwarded to multiple users simultaneously.
forward chat messages fb
Forwarding Option in Action menu
Forwarded messages won't get displayed in chat window. Instead a link will show up saying 'x forwarded messages' which when clicked will redirect you to Facebook messages.
Facebook chat messages forwarded
Forwarded Facebook chat messages
Forwarded messages will have a small clearly noticeable amount of indent or a hierarchy, which makes forwarded messages distinct from the rest.

A great number of users especially teens usually chat to users they don't know n real life. For them, better be safe cause your messages can be forwarded to anyone. Think before you type.

Manage your Facebook message with these keyboard shortcuts

Shubhashish Shukla | Monday, April 15, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Maximum web portals or applications have a series of keyboard shortcuts to make tasks easy. Like Gmail, etc. Facebook also has a series of keyboard shortcuts to perform different operations on your Facebook messages.

Facebook messages keyboard shortcuts
Facebook messages keyboard shortcuts

How to get to these shortcut list?


  1. Open Messages.
  2. Click 'See All'.
  3. From 'Actions' drop-down menu select 'Keyboard Shortcuts'.
No, need to learn and any changes like addition of new shortcuts will become available here, in case if changes happen. These shortcuts are meant for Facebook messages it won't work anywhere else.

Search and Help
Command Action
Alt + g Search Conversations
Alt + q Show/hide keyboard shortcuts
Getting Around
Command Action
Alt + c Start a new Conversations
Alt + i Go to inbox
Alt + u Go to Other
Conversations
Command Action
Alt + Delete Archive/unarchive conversation
Alt + r Mark message as read/unread
Alt + j Mark as spam

Mashable has MASHABLE in its source code

Shubhashish Shukla | Monday, April 15, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Ever seen a logo in the source code. Not exact official logo as it may be pretty hard to create using keys on your keyboard.

Mashable's logo in its front-end codes
Mashable in source code
This is nothing new. But still a great innovation. Maximum programmer's use comments to put details about the author or the company that made an application.

In IDE's like Netbeans when you create a new CSS file, the file contains the name of author and other such details in the codes commented using multiple line comment system.

So, mesh your companies name into your codes too. If possible.

Sunday, 14 April 2013

How to know if the website is running on Blogger or WordPress?

Shubhashish Shukla | Sunday, April 14, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

There are a number of blogging platforms. From Blogger to WordPress. While trying to decide to move from blogger to WordPress or any other blogging platform. Maximum publisher first try to have a look at active blogs running on WordPress.

But as said, there are a number of platforms available. The blog in-front you, on your screen can be running using blogger, WordPress, tumblr, Joomla.

There is a simple catch to know if the blog is running on WordPress or Blogger.

How to know if blog is running on WordPress?

Entire catch lies in source code of the blog that can be viewed by any one on the web. Maximum WordPress users use a caching plugin to fasten up their blog, so that it loads as fast as possible. But not all.

optimize load time of blog with cache plugin
Codes that show optimization using cache plugin
  1. Open the blog in your browser.
  2. Right click on the page (not on links or images or flash content).
  3. Select 'View Page Source' as in Google Chrome.
  4. The next page will show you the front-end generated codes for that specific page.
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the page. 
  6. A html comment will show that the site has been optimized using w3 total cache plugin or any other plugin.

How to know if the blog is running on Blogger?

Blogger has a predefined structure that cannot be changed. The first in the list is URL structure of blogger. Blogger till now, has no privileges that allow user to change URL structure. And many more like widgets, default css by blogger, etc.

detect blog running on Blogger
Default CSS bundle URL in blogger
Look for the pages like 'About', 'Contact Us', etc. the url structure for pages in blogger is www.domain.com/p/page.html. Rest of the confirmatory tests are give below.
  1. Open the blog in your browser.
  2. Right click on the page.
  3. Select 'View Page Source' as in Chrome browser.
  4. Use ctrl + f shortcut, and search for 'blogger' look for the links the point to www.blogger.com.

Friday, 12 April 2013

Internal linking - Best Practices for SEO

Guest Author | Friday, April 12, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Many people do not take internal linking serious enough because they do not understand how it affects their SEO. Sure, linking up your website internally is not going to shoot you to the number one spot on Google, but being improperly internally linked may result in you never reaching the top spot. Internal linking is an on-page SEO matter that affects the usability of your website if it is not done correctly. Poor website usability is one of the big things that Google hates, and will subsequently punish your website for.

Every page should have at least three internal links

This is just good practice. Every page needs at least three internal links. If your external links outnumber your internal links on too many pages, then Google is going to look upon you with suspicion. Keep it under your hat, but part of the Panda update was to “red flag” websites with excessive links pointing out of the site. One of the factors that determines an excessive factor is when the links outnumber the internal links. Plus, you want your website to have good internal linking, which means you need to give your viewers at least three links to get them to other pages.

You should run an internal link checker to find broken links

This is common sense, and should be done after you have done a few updates. You do not have to do this on a regular occasion. Imagine that it is a little bit like a good dusting. You may dust your house now and again, but you only need to give it a good dust cleaning when you move the furniture around. The same goes for checking broken internal links on your website. You only need to check for broken links on occasion, and when you move things around on your website.

Do not duplicate your anchor text on your website

You can get away with doing this a little more than Google is letting on, but as a good rule of thumb you should try not to duplicate your anchor text. Try to mix it up a little bit every now and again. Instead of “Back to the Cheese Page,” you could try, “Return to the Cheese Page.” Or, upon occasion you could just have “Cheese Page,” or “Navigate to the Cheese Page.”

Make sure you can find the cart on every page

The internal link that leads to the cart and the checkout needs to appear on every page. That is why it is a good idea to use a widget for the job. People use a widget because the image of a cart is easy to see and understand, plus it means that they do not have to find alternate text for the words “Cart” or “Buy Now.” Many people use a JavaScript link to go to their cart because JavaScript is not indexed by Google, and there is no need for Google to index the shopping cart links or checkout links.

Consider putting a sitemap at the bottom each page

This is a relatively new trick, so you will have to research into how the websites in question are avoiding any penalties for having the same sitemap anchor text on every page. Suffice it to say that it does actually help the SEO of the website. It also makes the whole website a little easier.

Internally link your website as if it is a family tree

This may sound silly, but he premise is very simple. Your family tree starts with one and then splits and splits again, etc. Your website needs to do something similar. All the pages should link to the home page, but the home page should just link to your main categories. The main categories should link to the sub categories, etc. Doing it this way is a very uniform and organized way of making sure your website is internally linked.
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Redirect blogger blog from non-www to www domain

Shubhashish Shukla | Friday, April 12, 2013 | | Be first to comment!

Blogger does not allow you to publish your Blogger blog at naked domain name, i.e. domain name without www. But you can set up a redirect from naked domain to www-domain name.

A number of visitors who like your content generally try to access your blog by directly typing your blog's url into their address, direct traffic for short. But with no redirection set up your direct traffic will instead get a 404 (page not found) error.

How to create redirect?

  1. Login into your blogger account.
  2. Select your blog from the list.
  3. Navigate to 'Settings' > 'Basic'.
  4. Check the box that says "Redirect yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com".
naked domain redirection blogger

  1. Login into your domain provider account. (here, Godaddy).
  2. Go to 'My Account'.
  3. From 'My Account' launch your domains.
  4. A list of all the domains you own will open up.
  5. Check the one associated with your Blogger blog.
  6. From the menu tab located just above the list. Select 'Forward' > 'Forward Domain'.
  7. Select 'http://' from the drop-down menu. And enter your domain with www in the next field.
  8. Leave the 'Update my DNS settings to support this change' box checked. If not checked already do check it. Or else your DNS won't get updated automatically.
  9. 'Advance Options' are also available but no need to deal with them. They are set to permanent forwarding.
  10. Click 'OK'.
Changes will become effective in a time range of 30 minutes to 48 hours. Generally it takes less than 30 minutes.


domain forwarding
Refresh or reload your blog with naked or non-www domain. It will now get automatically redirected to your blog's url.