tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28320648603287165002024-03-05T21:06:07.077-08:00DormGeeks™NXG TechnologyManish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-72379574748416982872011-06-17T11:17:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:39:33.022-07:00test<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.quotexite.com/images/thumbnailitems/Quote-Wallpapers/quote-wallpaper84.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://www.quotexite.com/images/thumbnailitems/Quote-Wallpapers/quote-wallpaper84.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
</div>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-5351858547271786142010-06-03T10:02:00.000-07:002010-06-19T22:46:52.078-07:00Yahoo - a new Secure StepsHow many of you are using Yahoo? I’m not talking about the search engine, which I rarely use for anything. I’m talking about Yahoo mail, which I do use, and YahooGroups, which is an invaluable tool for me these days. I run, and participate in, over 30 YahooGroups. <br />
<a name='more'></a> It’s an easy, web-based listserv system that most users of all levels can understand and use easily. I also still use Yahoo Instant Messenger on a daily basis. Groups and Messenger are the main reasons I want do not wnat Yahoo to die.<br />
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Anyway, did you know that they are getting ready to change their privacy details to start allowing a measure of “sharing” that they have not done in the past? Following the lead of Digg, Facebook, and others, they are allowing automatic “sharing” of statuses and activities unless you turn it off. The only thing different about how they are doing it and how Facebook did it is that they are doing their best to inform users ahead of time of the change, and making it easy to turn off the automatic sharing. I have seen several announcements about it, and now a glut of news articles trying to get the word out about the Yahoo privacy functions to its users so there is no “I’ve been violated” pushback from users when the sharing change happens in a few days.<br />
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If you have a Yahoo account, you can turn off the sharing function easily using any ONE of the following steps:<br />
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From Mail.Yahoo.com: log into your mail account, click on Options, Mail Options (upper right corner). Deselect the check in the “Enable Updates” checkbox, save changes, and you’re good to go. <br />
From the Yahoo.com Home Page: log into your account. Click on profile, then the update tab, then the manage my updates sub-tab. Deselect the “Enable Updates” checkbox, save changes, and you’re good to go. <br />
From My.Yahoo.com: log into your account. Click on your name in the upper right-hand corner, which will bring up your profile. Choose the update tab, then the manage my updates sub-tab. Deselect the “enable Updates” checkbox, save changes, and you’re good to go. <br />
From Groups.Yahoo.com: log into your account. Click on your name in the upper right-hand corner, which will bring up your profile. Choose the update tab, then manage my updates sub-tab. Deselect “enable Updates” checkbox, save changes, and you’re good to go. <br />
From your Yahoo Instant Messenger Window: log in, then choose Messenger, Privacy Options. Near the bottom of the window, click on Manage the Updates I Broadcast, which will load the updates/manage my updates sub-tab in your browser window. Deselect the Enable Updates” checkbox, save changes, and you’re good to go.VIVEK JAK TVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898723018640945634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-25297376760609014272010-06-03T10:01:00.000-07:002010-06-03T10:02:21.798-07:00Kingston Technology Adds ‘blu’ to HyperX LineupKingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, announced the release of an entry-level line of HyperX memory modules for overclockers and gamers. The HyperX ‘blu’ memory modules have a new look, run at standard JEDEC speeds and timings, and have headroom for enthusiasts to push the performance envelope.<br /><br />“The enthusiast community knows the HyperX name is synonymous with high speed, high quality and stylish design. HyperX blu enables us to bring these features to market at a lower price point,” said Ann Bai, DRAM Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston. “HyperX blu is the latest addition to the HyperX family in our ongoing strategy to match HyperX products with the various enthusiast market segments.”<br /><br />HyperX blu is available in DDR3, 1600- and 1333MHz 4- and 2GB kits of two. This series is also available in DDR2 800MHz, single modules and kits of two. Kingston HyperX memory is backed by a lifetime warranty and free technical support.<br /><br />Kingston HyperX blu DDR3 & DDR2 Specifications<br />- KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX : 4GB 1600MHz (CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.65v) kit of 2 optimized for XMP<br />- KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4G : 4GB 1600MHz (CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.7v) kit of 2 <br />- KHX1600C9D3B1K2/2G : 2GB 1600MHz (CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.7v) kit of 2<br />- KHX1333C7D3B1K2/4GX : 4GB 1333MHz (CL7-7-7-20 @ 1.65v) kit of 2 optimized for XMP<br />- KHX1333C7D3B1K2/4G :4GB 1333MHz (CL7-7-7-20 @ 1.7v) kit of 2<br />- KHX1333C7D3B1K2/2G :2GB 1333MHz (CL7-7-7-20 @ 1.7v) kit of 2<br />- KHX6400D2B1K2/4G : 4GB 800MHz (CL5-5-5-15 @ 1.8v) kit of 2<br />- KHX6400D2B1K2/4G : 4GB 800MHz (CL5-5-5-15 @ 1.8v) kit of 2<br />- KHX6400D2B1/2G : 2GB 800MHz (CL5-5-5-15 @ 1.8v) module<br />- KHX6400D2B1/1G : 1GB 800MHz (CL5-5-5-15 @ 1.8v) moduleVIVEK JAK TVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898723018640945634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-85285969614669875752010-04-21T17:52:00.000-07:002010-06-18T22:20:57.727-07:00C# .NET<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These days, the dependence of mankind on technology is crucial. It is also an indication that the future too, will not survive without the aid of technology. Technology today, is far evolved and is in a great form when compared to the past decades. Sensing the importance of it, a lot of efforts are made in order to bring out the maximum potential of it. </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consider the new<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework"><span style="color: blue;">.NET</span></a> Framework from Microsoft. This product from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft"><span style="color: blue;">Microsoft</span></a> ensures the stability of the company and also is a proof of the creative and technical capacity of Microsoft. .Net can be considered as a terrific improvement of conventional programming. The .Net is a package which gives the programmers a great pool of inbuilt objects and classes from which applications can be made easily. The most important benefit to the programmers is that the time taken to build apps using .NET framework is very less when compared to other programming languages such as C,C++ and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PERL"><span style="color: blue;">PERL.</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why wait? Get started with C# right away. If you are a student, you have a lot of free tools given by Microsoft including the Visual Studio 2010 Professional IDE,SQL server, Windows Server, XNA game studio and lots of other developer tools. Have a look at the <a href="http://www.dreamspark.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Dreamspark</span></a> website. Verify that you are a student, and Microsoft opens a whole new world of tools for developers.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">©2010 DormGeeks™.Join the <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=93015070"><span style="color: blue;">DormGeeks™</span></a> community for updates and discussions. </span></div>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-8376228147456621062010-01-21T07:33:00.000-08:002010-01-22T02:10:25.994-08:00Wave-A review of the next big tool in communication<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZ3UDlO4kS1UCIoTCKHd1NRsEzcydelXA-DmAjmMkX8sa_talpqDTb6NmLZ8VZtwtFHZr36D-L8GqMmRntjCHP3WuQyUuiApGtqRZGYsx5UqXu7N5vpL9cfnDAbr7CZowCYGrzuCL6kU/s1600-h/google_wave_logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZ3UDlO4kS1UCIoTCKHd1NRsEzcydelXA-DmAjmMkX8sa_talpqDTb6NmLZ8VZtwtFHZr36D-L8GqMmRntjCHP3WuQyUuiApGtqRZGYsx5UqXu7N5vpL9cfnDAbr7CZowCYGrzuCL6kU/s200/google_wave_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429504447930176050" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:48.0pt;">W</span>ave-The new product from the Internet giant Google. There had already been an umpteen number of articles on Wave. But Wave is in the development stage and still is not open to the public. For now Wave is only on an invitation basis. Since I had registered long before it was released, I am one of the early birds who got the opportunity to check it out. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Let’s get a glimpse of Wave in this article. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ">Click here</a> for a complete video on Google wave.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>Technically, Wave is defined as a real time communication platform which combines the aspects of wikis, instant messaging, social networking and lots more. So what can Wave actually do? For now, we got to believe that Wave has a large potential (as claimed by a large number of users), and many of the capabilities of Wave found till now are said to be a small part of it’s full functionality. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>For example, if you are want a Love letter to be edited to a perfect form, prepare the rough draft and then “wave” it .Include the people whom you think are capable of helping you to edit the letter with their romantic verses. The people whom you choose can edit the letter any way they like. And the good thing is that you can actually see them typing word by word. Therefore a group of people can work together on the letter at the same time. So a letter of high quality is produced by the combined efforts of a team. (But the result of the letter depends on the people who choose!). </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>This is just one of the infinite applications of Wave. Some business guys previewed the wave and found it to be an efficient tool in brainstorming and other events which involve a lot of people together, contributing and suggesting. Even documents, videos and other type or files can be shared in Wave, just by drag and drop method. This makes it a wonderful tool for discussions.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Next, Wave has an excellent user interface. But it is also accused of too much complexity. Anyway, the user interface makes waving fun. But when compared to chats, Waves are a bit slower.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>The next good thing about Wave is that, it is Open Source. Google seeks developers to innovate and build Wave. And it can be embedded in blogs or websites too .A number of applications and gadgets have already been built for Wave by the open source community. Not just the word “Wave”, there are other terminologies related to this next gen communication tool.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"> </span></span><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> Wavelet</span></strong></i></span>- It is a small part of the Wave, and can be managed separately like Wave.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;"><span><span style="'font:7.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Symbol;"> </span> </span></span></span><b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></i></span></b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> Blip</span></strong></i></span>- Smaller than a wavelet, a Blip is a single individual message, like a single IM message. Blips can be published or even unpublished.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></i></span></b><b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><span style="font-size:130%;"> Extensions</span></i></span></b>- These are the small apps which work inside a wave. There are two types of extensions, gadgets and robots.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;"><span><span style="'font:7.0pt"> </span></span></span><b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></i></span></b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> Gadgets</span></strong></i></span>- These are like normal apps which are built on Google’s Open social platform.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;"><span><span style="'font:7.0pt"> </span></span></span><b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></i></span></b><b><span style="line-height:115%;"><i><span style="font-size:130%;"> Robots</span></i></span></b>- These are automatic apps which can interact with users and also provide updates from other websites like Twitter and Facebook.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All great products have faced controversies and criticisms. Wave is no exception.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is criticized by a good number of people claiming that Wave is not a safe way to communicate. While another group claims that it is mentally challenging to collaborate with a large number of people at a time in a single Wave. And there are a lot of questions on the stability of Wave when a number of users are involved simultaneously. <a href="http://googlewavesucks.com/">Click here</a> for more info on why Wave sucks!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The complete potential of Wave is still to be explored.(I heard people even bought Wave invitations from e-bay). This is an indication that there are lots of expectations from the user community. So we can hope for constructive changes and developments in Wave before it is finally released to the public. But it is definitely going to be the next big wave in the field of communication .No doubt.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">© DormGeeks™ 2010. Join the <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=93015070">DormGeeks™</a> community for updates and discussions. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-68811931879673385472010-01-16T04:00:00.000-08:002010-01-16T04:21:43.641-08:00Win 7-A look at the new member of the Windows family<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdo7uJDvQxfQ3fT2Sdr0IIKarcWxiSFNggUSavZCL9LS7NmWhtUZBx2X_mq_skKkkg_pd5J93wBH3VR4cGNK4k7XPUj7LmFU5i3BNIQAoqAe6MnofPD62welOxp7QSubwW1lf4B0Hza4/s1600-h/energy-flow-windows-7-by-gyppi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdo7uJDvQxfQ3fT2Sdr0IIKarcWxiSFNggUSavZCL9LS7NmWhtUZBx2X_mq_skKkkg_pd5J93wBH3VR4cGNK4k7XPUj7LmFU5i3BNIQAoqAe6MnofPD62welOxp7QSubwW1lf4B0Hza4/s200/energy-flow-windows-7-by-gyppi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427309251357695634" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:48.0pt;"> </span><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:48.0pt;">W</span>indows 7 has been released finally,and I guess most of your torrent apps are busy with downloads of a copy of the brand new OS of Microsoft. But Win7 is not much in the news as it was before it’s release. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There was a lot of expectations for windows 7 particularly due to the unsuccessful (nearly!) <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>predecessor ,Windows Vista(and many call it as the greatest disaster in the history of Microsoft). And due to the hype it created in the industry, many downloaded and tested it immediately after the company gave out the release candidate. So what are the results? What is the performance of the new member in the Windows family? Let’s check it out…..</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>To start with the Booting time, Microsoft claims that it had changed the way win7 boots up, and is completely different from the booting technique of Vista. Microsoft employs a scheme called as Trigger start services in which the processes and system services which vista would have started while booting up will be started only when required by Win7. So this increases the boot up time of Win7,no doubt in it. And for the Shutdown time, there is only a negligible difference between Windows Vista and Win7(visit<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/172509/windows_7_performance_tests.html"> PC WORLD</a> for more information on “Testing Win7”).</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>Coming to the Power consumption factor(Microsoft made a promise to improve this ),there is only a slight difference., around 15-20 minutes. But this varies with the type of hardware in which the OS is employed. But overall battery life would be slightly higher or else, will be same as Vista.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>Launching applications is the only place where Vista<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>is far better than Win7(!).For e.g., when PC world tested both by launching Photoshop CS4, Vista took 2.7s while Win7 took a longer 9.6s .On an average, Vista is better than Win7 for applications launch speed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And roughly ,3.7s faster than Win7.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>Overall, Windows7 proves to be better than Vista, but the difference is not so dramatic as expected by the consumer community. Anyways, Win7 is worth checking out and can offer some best user interface. The GUI is really amazing and far better than Vista. The most noticeable one is the taskbar, which has dropped text labels for running apps in favor of bigger icons. Graphics performance is really awesome and gaming in Win7 is fun.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span> It seems that Microsoft had focused all it’s energy towards the improvement of Vista on the areas where it fell and named it Windows 7. It would have been better if the faults in Vista were removed by an update instead of going for a brand new Operating system. In a nutshell, it can be said that Win7 does not completely live up to it’s expectations. So what time is it? To wait for Win8 or to check out some versions of Linux?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">©DormGeeks™ 2010. Join the community at <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=93015070">DormGeeks™</a><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-68749821621983335512010-01-14T07:20:00.001-08:002010-01-14T07:46:11.249-08:00Microsoft Certified Professional-Guide to professional certifications<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5hxxVe9pj5EH1pcucEIdS8jMdizy2ZqxWeXvKpvGPsvCCjxvBk-UpRRchQ-U5BG5p4Jz0UV5xC24mfPR5amZaihFHAoRaDsfS3_54XbXUsQKtqsgdfQ_az8fqu5sm79RhyoFrvHXcMQ/s1600-h/MCP.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5hxxVe9pj5EH1pcucEIdS8jMdizy2ZqxWeXvKpvGPsvCCjxvBk-UpRRchQ-U5BG5p4Jz0UV5xC24mfPR5amZaihFHAoRaDsfS3_54XbXUsQKtqsgdfQ_az8fqu5sm79RhyoFrvHXcMQ/s200/MCP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426619205365148146" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:72.0pt;mso-bidi- line-height:115%font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">P</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">rofessionalism…….As a student of computer science , I’ve heard this word lot of times ,starting from my lecturer during class hours while firing us for disturbances, to people wasting </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">a lot of energy in the workshops asking </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">students to be more professional. So for this New year, I have resolved to be more “Professional “. And that’s when I came across the Microsoft Certified Professional exams.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> I‘ve heard about this before ,but was not aware of it’s value in the industry .So I checked it out to know more about it and the type of certifications offered .A lot of information about</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft certification was available in the website of Microsoft (Visit </span></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-overview.aspx"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> ). I picked up some of the certifications which I found important and suitable for me .I hope they are of use to you too ,if you too want become more “professional”.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">MCAD- Microsoft Certified Application Developer:</span></strong></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This certification is for professionals who are involved in developing, testing and maintaining department level applications, components ,web or desktop clients or database and network services that are based on Microsoft tools and technologies. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><span style="mso-tab-count:6"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">MCTS- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist:</span></strong></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> This certificate is to validate the skills of the professional on the features and functionality of key technologies. In MCTS, a number of certificates can be earned for different technologies and products of Microsoft.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">MCSE- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer:</span></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> The MCSE certificate is to certify that the professional can design, implement and administer infrastructures for business solutions based on Microsoft 2000 Windows server and other windows server platforms. The implementation responsibilities include installing, configuring, troubleshooting network systems. This certificate caters to a variety of job roles including systems engineer, technical support engineer, system analyst, network analyst and technical consultant.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">MCSA- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator:</span></span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> This certificate validates your ability to manage and troubleshoot network environments in the windows Operating system. It tests the unique set of skills required to succeed in a variety of job roles, such as systems administrator, network administrator, information systems administrator, network operations analyst, network technician and technical support specialist.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'font-family:"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">All these certificates come under the general category of MCP(Microsoft Certified Professional). In order to get the information about a particular certification exam, search for the name of the certificate to get the accurate results because I spent a lot of time looking for just MCP and ended up with inaccurate results.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">No doubt that these certifications offered by Microsoft are boost to your professional career. So why wait? It’s time to grab one. All the best for it(and I expect the same from you coz even I am going for one). But these are highly technical exams which require expertise in the concerned technologies of Microsoft .So a lot of practice and effort is needed to pass them.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">There are certifications offered by other companies too(Oracle ,Sun ,Apple ,Adobe ,etc…).These are sure to add a good amount of quality and credibility to your resume. So it’s time to get started .Good luck.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">© DormGeeks™</span></strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2010 Join the</span></strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">community at <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?rl=cpp&cmm=93015070">DormGeeks™</a></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong> </strong></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong> </strong></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></o:p></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-45694406181154817112009-10-12T04:53:00.000-07:002009-10-12T05:07:01.791-07:00Web Hosting-The real scenario<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN3LVhZXqlrvJD0L4xVtBSezxi6PwTFLqU2SF8MEU9vuOny10bkgAq_oaQZVH97sGnfH7d5ptq-we2rGlVMoM1yMhahUxxMfCOXvg2S0-TaIoViaXFPGHcGaM8E7YWHL3Sp3G11eeEZE/s1600-h/golden-web-hosting.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN3LVhZXqlrvJD0L4xVtBSezxi6PwTFLqU2SF8MEU9vuOny10bkgAq_oaQZVH97sGnfH7d5ptq-we2rGlVMoM1yMhahUxxMfCOXvg2S0-TaIoViaXFPGHcGaM8E7YWHL3Sp3G11eeEZE/s200/golden-web-hosting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391682816250748402" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Every one wants a website nowadays. There may be reasons for it; business, file sharing, or most importantly, for nothing…..And like the majority, I belong to the third category and I wanted to have a website. That’s when I came across a tempting ad which said “Free websites and unlimited hosting”. Wow! That was really exiting and on clicking, it took me to a web solutions provider’s site.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The website gave me a registration form. I signed up .It was all fun, they asked me the name I would like to have as my Domain(the name at the centre of the web address like google.com). I looked for the name "technofreak", and guess what? It was available.Thrilled at the idea of owning a website, I got started to build my website.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They gave me a lot of tools to build my website. Since I am an intermediate web programmer, I used the developer's tools along with my own code and started building my site. I was hooked up for nearly two hours adding a lot of good content. I worked really hard on the designs (more work than my final exams!!!).Then at last, I gave a finishing click, with a sense of great achievement.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Only then I was shown the other face of webhosting. If I had to own a site, I need to pay a minimum of $15 for my domain per year. Then comes my web space. They offered 3000MB for $10 per month. And lots of other hidden costs. I was completely fedup. Two hours of my programming skills were wasted. But wait a minute...... What about the domain they promised? They said it was free. So I checked it out and they did give the so called free domain name.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">Like this "www.thecompanyname.com/technofreak".This was the address of the free website. Grrrrr! Damn the busines tactics!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">But it was really good for me since then I decided to know about domains and webhosting. And I realized that owning a website is not a joke. It takes a lot of work to build a site which is worth giving a second look. NOONE in the world can offer you a free website, and if it is offered, the domain will be registered in the company’s name and your website would be filled with the company’s content rather than yours(and lots of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ads). So before you think of owning a website, get to know the basics of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">If you are serious about getting a website, then have the necessary funds for it(for fun sake, go for a blog !).There are a lot of quality web solutions providers for your website and they offer many additional features along with good amount of designs and tools. Some of the best hosting providers are <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">Yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"> Yahoo provides good hosting services which is more reliable, since it is a well known and trusted company. Yahoo supports PHP(web programming language) and some advanced development techniques. Yahoo offers discounts on long term registrations .The security features are also good .Hosting with yahoo will be a wonderful web experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">Webs.com<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.25in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is one of the most popular webhosting service providers and also gives you a trial period to test their services. It offers lots of readymade applications that can be incorporated into the websites.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">Godaddy.com<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"> Provides good web hosting services with a lot of new offers. This website is primarily known for its domain registration services<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span> So all my website lovers, till date, there has been no webhosting service provider who has given a free website like this "www.example.com".So don't hurry to the site when an ad pops up. If you really want a website which makes sense, you ought to give your wallet and <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>skills some work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;">©DormGeeks™ 2009</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-53597694313054111242009-10-07T06:35:00.000-07:002009-10-07T06:39:21.827-07:00Linux<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtVjT17_DzktVrN3YUizZ1eFQMX9BzJCLJzcwLpeGDhaWoh9bpTKzOzsZR_uyy0n98RpvX85lHfL6XOD_lX8t3QFMclrH5Zz-stMt5CyywRm8c6sgF0n44wNN0iYRSw2FCQz7w0pYhjs/s1600-h/linux-logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtVjT17_DzktVrN3YUizZ1eFQMX9BzJCLJzcwLpeGDhaWoh9bpTKzOzsZR_uyy0n98RpvX85lHfL6XOD_lX8t3QFMclrH5Zz-stMt5CyywRm8c6sgF0n44wNN0iYRSw2FCQz7w0pYhjs/s200/linux-logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389851869578256274" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I guess you might be wondering why this article is made on such a popular operating system .But there is something else to think about. Why is it not yet on your desktop ?There are some reasons for it and after the completion of this article I am sure you are gonna check out at least one version of Linux .So lets see what makes Linux so popular and powerful .</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Linux was a project started by a Finnish college student named ……guess? Linus Torvalds. He started on the Linux project while he was doing his masters in Computer Science .His intention was to make a free operating system whose code will be available to all the programmers around the world(Open source of course!!!).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">What has been in the personal Computer of Linus Torvalds as a group of C files, has now , grown into a large base of about 300+mb of source code. Thanks to the open source community which has made serious efforts in making Linux the giant of it is today. So what is so special about the code of the Linux which makes it completely different from the other operating systems?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The core of any operating system is the Kernel which is the soul of an operating system. The kernel has all the code which facilitates the interaction of the user with the hardware. The applications are written on the top of the Kernel. Linus Torvalds started to write a kernel and eventually succeeded with the help of large open source community. Linux has grown to the level of posing a serious threat to Microsoft Windows ™ which occupies a lion’s share of the desktop market.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Microsoft, after the failure of Vista, has been facing severe headache from Linux. So Microsoft team is at full bore into Windows 7 development. Since vista failed to strike, many users who turned into Linux as secondary operating system, eventually expelled windows from their desktop. Taking this as the opportunity, many Linux versions of Linux have arrived (of course for free!!!).The leader in enterprise (commercial) Linux is RedHat. All the different versions are built on top of the common Linux kernel which is still updated by a team headed by Linus Torvalds.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Linux is not very much used in desktop by normal users. Then who uses it actually? Linux is known for its superfast processing speed. With just 128 MB of ram, the performance of a 1GB system can be obtained. Linux is widely used by many corporations and enterprises. Startups especially are greatly benefitted by Linux since it saves lots of cost on Operating system.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And an important advantage of Linux over Windows is that Linux never crashes. Linux can be used on almost any hardware, from embedded systems to watches!!! Sounds great? Well that’s true because of the highly stable Linux kernel. All these aspects make Linux a perfect operating system. But why is Linux not on our desktop still?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Linux is a bit tough to get used to for people who have always relied on GUI(Windows).But the recent versions of Linux are built on GNOME(GUI desktop) which makes it more simple for users. Linux is fast in growing with more and more programmers contributing millions of lines of code to make it the most powerful operating system.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Linux is emerging as a tough competitor to Microsoft which makes Microsoft to make every move with extreme care. Windows 7 is expected to be one of the best creations from Microsoft since Microsoft is aware that it will be nearly impossible to capture the desktop market if Win7 fails to prove it’s worth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Getting back to Linux, there are several versions available as live CDs(for beginners).Some of the best for beginners is Ubuntu. Mandriva, Knoppix and Fedora are also worth trying. Fedora is the project of RedHat group. If you wanna use RedHat like enterprise Linux, go for CENTOS which is a clone of RedHat Linux.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Linux is a great choice when it comes to desktop, thanks for the open source community. A great operating system, which is worth giving a shot at.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">©DormGeeks™ 2009 Join the community at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D">DormGeeks™</a> for updates and discussions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-52997150139042445692009-10-04T02:27:00.000-07:002009-10-04T03:12:07.578-07:00Torrents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4UOt_57HY-O-5AGHsLLmnTLuaXSj5jnQco2pDrbtPUwoCqzDVtraUBT-5Oj8TZuySYXr-PYb_3brHAPDfuolG1_CUa1uPsPLjjdbl8ycZzNyIaeOoL_0xZZZJRRKhNMvDEimT84b61c/s1600-h/pirate-bay-hollywood-thumb-300x221-78855.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4UOt_57HY-O-5AGHsLLmnTLuaXSj5jnQco2pDrbtPUwoCqzDVtraUBT-5Oj8TZuySYXr-PYb_3brHAPDfuolG1_CUa1uPsPLjjdbl8ycZzNyIaeOoL_0xZZZJRRKhNMvDEimT84b61c/s200/pirate-bay-hollywood-thumb-300x221-78855.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388682821076848642" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:26.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">T</span></span><span style="';font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">orrents. Myself and a lot of internet surfers love this word. Millions and Millions of music ,movies ,pictures ,softwares, and what’s more? You can even get a whole lot of e-books which teach you to do almost anything in this world .Thousands of audio and video tutorials. Even TV shows that you have missed can be viewed with utmost clarity .So, let’s see what’s the technical stuff that makes the torrents so powerful.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Torrents are usually large files which are shared through the internet. It is a completely different methodology used for downloading torrent files. For ex. One guy creates a torrent file and uploads it to the website server .This file is called as the seed .Somebody downloads the file from the website. when the other guy completes the download of the same file ,his copy becomes an other seed. If hundred guys download it then they together make hundred seeds .What happens is that when a file or even a part of the file is downloaded, the same amount is uploaded so that others are able to download it at a faster rate .The people who are in the process of downloading are called as leeches. Only when the number of seeds exceeds the number of leeches, a super fast download is guaranteed. </span></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let’s move to the fun stuff. So what do we get from these torrents? Actually, the greatest torrent server is the Pirate Bay(whose founder’s were jailed recently ).Many other websites extract the torrents from pirate bay as well as from user’s contributions .I recently got a lot of soft wares (Photoshop cs4),movies(Terminator salvation),music ,etc…And every day, numerous torrents are being uploaded by a large number of users.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pirate bay was actually founded by a small group of friends in Sweden in 2003.From then on pirate bay have been sailing troubled waters.It had boldly faced the treats of major organizations like the Hollywood entertainment industry .But still the pirate bay has been able to give a good fight by using the popular piratebay reply"The laws of US are not applicable in sweden".<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Though torrents are very much appreciated by the consumer community,the organizations are terrified of them.The industries which suffer a major loss are the Music and Film industries.Recently Piratbyrån, the founder along with his team,was sentenced one year in jail and a compensation of around $3 m.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But still the pirate bay continues to sail with a large community to back it up.Pirate bay has sunk occasionally but had managed to get back in the seas with greater might.Let's hope for the survival of the bittorrent website.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The popular torrent websites are Mininova, Pirate bay, Torrentz, torrentreactor, demonoid and the list goes on. Any one can upload as well as download torrents. But there is a need for a small app (eg utorrent),since these torrents are not normal files.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So check out these websites and download a lot of torrents and hope you have fun with them.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">©DormGeeks™ 2009.Join the DormGeeks community at <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=93015070">DormGeeks™</a> .</span></span><span style="'font-family:;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span></o:p></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-35771345942503688102009-10-01T07:17:00.000-07:002009-10-05T10:44:02.020-07:00Open Solaris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOv1TIx5Q4m6Dmt9vbusQv4AA5cZuyFnoDQ2UAdVdQoBAGd0axd6iyi1Mt-CenHFz_VGxWEiHx0tdsobQ6vBCjQ5EkDrQq3x9MMPF7zm4jePHoFV6X9k1vNLDiofsXNcPBlF-ASmrI0k/s1600-h/OpenSolarisDesktop1.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 127px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOv1TIx5Q4m6Dmt9vbusQv4AA5cZuyFnoDQ2UAdVdQoBAGd0axd6iyi1Mt-CenHFz_VGxWEiHx0tdsobQ6vBCjQ5EkDrQq3x9MMPF7zm4jePHoFV6X9k1vNLDiofsXNcPBlF-ASmrI0k/s200/OpenSolarisDesktop1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387635837888580930" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>SUN microsystems has always been a big player of open source software,contributing a large amount of code to the open source database.One of it’s recent developments is OPENSOLARIS,the open source operating system based on the solaris operating system which is built on the UNIX code base.SUN has gone to the extent of sending a live free live cd (The OS runs as long as the cd is booted and returns to normal mode after it is removed.)of open solaris to the open solaris enthusiasists.And so let me give you my experience with open solaris.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I was browsing SUN’s website and accidentally came across the tab named”OPEN SOLARIS”.I had heard about the Solaris operating system and so I checked out wikipedia and found that opensolaris was SUN’s open source operating system.I wanted to try it out(I am a linux geek and got a large collection namely Ubuntu,mandriva,vyatta,redhat,etc…).So I checked whether an image for the live cd was available.Of course it was.But wait a minute,I was curious to see an option which said”Free opensolaris live cd”.A click on it gave me the form to fill my address with my sun account and then they<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>told me that I can expect the cd afer a couple of weeks.I was not very hopeful about it and so went for the download of an image of the opensolaris and burnt my own live cd.But it never worked properly (booting probs,blame my hardware configuration!).When I finally thought of giving up the idea ,the copy of <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>opensolaris as promised by SUN,arrived.It was a great surprise and so was it’s booting time.That one worked perfectly and I was soon at the desktop which looked similar to Windows.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>TheGraphical User<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Interface is well designed<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>which makes a normal user’s open Solaris experience great.It had preinstalled copies of browser,audio and video editor and much more important apps which are found in Windows.And the speed?Well a normal Windows user will highly appreciate the processing speed of Open Solaris.Lots of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>apps are available for opensolaris which makes it a good match to Windows.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> And like Linux there is a large community of programmers for open solaris,backing it up with their innovative applications <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>.New features are added now and then <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and sun has announc ed that in the next version of the commercial solaris operating system,It is planning to include the technology that is used in opensolaris.That gives a clear picture that open solaris is an operating system with quality.Some of the computer manufacturing companies have also given <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>an option to their customers<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>to choose<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>open solaris as the preinstalled operating system instead of windows.That makes Open Solaris a next interesting competitor to Windows after the most powerful open source operating system Linux.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I got an ebook to work on Open Solaris and learnt a few commands to work on(for kids,GUI comes to the rescue).Now working on opensolaris has<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>become my favourite hobby.It is really worth testing.And hats off to SUN(Stanford University Network)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>for this super cool<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>operaing system and for it’s contribution to the open source community.And for the all the other geeks,itz time you checked out sun’s website and download an image if you are an eager beaver or wait till your postman knocks the door.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> Anyway,working on Open Solaris will ,no doubt,be a wonderful experience and Open Solaris even qualifies to the level of replacing windows in the Operating system market.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">©DormGeeks™ 2009.Join the community for updates :<a href="””">DormGeeks™ </a><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832064860328716500.post-760418502780000622009-08-31T18:08:00.000-07:002009-10-05T10:47:12.705-07:00Search Engine Optimization<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfem8JM-C99aME4WLc6CzsYbodLDCYY7SyQm-cRqteLlxv153ig9_vcZmg9YJLxh6CFBm43ZsqfXn6PZmFqWiiyrS_j5er4lDjs7Nln9RgCUfTRtEesXnXpq5xCMw8LTMo9kmrGpM6cF8/s1600-h/seoCols.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfem8JM-C99aME4WLc6CzsYbodLDCYY7SyQm-cRqteLlxv153ig9_vcZmg9YJLxh6CFBm43ZsqfXn6PZmFqWiiyrS_j5er4lDjs7Nln9RgCUfTRtEesXnXpq5xCMw8LTMo9kmrGpM6cF8/s200/seoCols.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389173611517373890" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></b><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> At last , you have to decided to make use of the web technology for your business ,or just blogging as a hobby</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">or anything you like .You are interested in </span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a website or a blog, and since </span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">u r new to this arena</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">you want a crash course in </span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">website development ,driving traffic ,etc..and you have finally</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ended</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">up here.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span></span> In this article, I am going to focus on one important topic</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">in web development .Search Engine Optimization (SEO).So ,What is SEO ? It is defined as the process of </span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">making the search engines understand that you have a website or a blog that has quality content that is related to the user who looks up for a topic in the search engine.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span></span> Lets get a clear picture .You want to look for a topic about Programming with Java .the first thing you do is open a search engine (Google ,Yahoo ,MSN ,etc…)and type the word and the search engine gives you a list of websites that contain the topic. Then the user clicks a website and then goes into it and takes the required information .The important thing here to note is that is that the traffic from the search engine is sent to your website .Traffic is the ultimate requirement of any website or a blog, and without this traffic,the content ,services and ads are of no use.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span></span> And now, how do we optimize the search engine so that it lists your website in its first two or three pages? For this you must know how the search engine searches for a content and so lists the related website.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> The search engine uses an algorithm called as the Crawler technology which looks up the web for the topic that is related to the word that is being searched. It is programmed in such a way that it gets only the content with a good structure and quality, so that the user is satisfied by the results. That is the reason why more people turn towards search engines to find a particular subject. So our job is to make the search engine feel satisfied with the content and is worth recommending to the user.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> There are a lot of things which makes a website worth displaying in the search results. But there are some most important (or compulsory) methods of writing the content that will make a search engine think that you have the necessary information. They are </span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ·</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Quality </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ·</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">keywords</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ·</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Keyword density</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ·</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Number of pages</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ·</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Age of website</span></b></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Ø</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Quality :</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span></span> What do you mean by this? This means that your article(s) should contain the necessary information about the topic that the user is looking for. It is to make sure that the user is not directed to a page that contains irrelevant information. The search engines find whether your article is of quality by some of the factors discussed below. Your motive should be to provide useful information and not just driving traffic and make money from ads. So quality content always drives good traffic. And make sure that it is original because the search engine rates the websites with plagiarism as poor ones and you may even get banned from being listed.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Ø</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Keywords.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> A user looks up for a topic using a search term in the search engine text box. This word (s) is called as the keyword. The number of keywords in your website content about the search term will make your website appear in the top of the search listing. Use proper keywords in your article .They must be used properly in suitable places .Make the article quite large so that a number of keywords can be used and there is lot of information. Search engines consider large articles to be of better quality .</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Ø</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Keyword density</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> If you think adding a large number of keywords in your article can make your website stand out, you are right. But the thing is it will stand out of the search engine, (i.e.) it will be banned. So what do you do so that quite a number of keywords and search engines take them to top of their list? Search engines use a algorithm called as keyword density. The no of times a keyword is used in a article. Normally use one keyword per ten words. That is the right amount of keyword density. That will prevent the search engine</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">from thinking that your website is a spam.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Ø</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Number of pages</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> The size of website or blog too contributes in the success of SEO. Regularly updated sites climb the search listing ladder more quickly than the ones which prefer occasional updating. So add good content and features to your website regularly. The more number of content will make the search engine think that you have a good amount of information in your website.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Ø</span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Age of website</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> When registering a website, register it for a long time period(minimum 2 years).Search engines think that old websites are far more stable than new ones and the ones registered for a short period. So register it for a good period of time and then keep working on the site’s improvement.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hope you found this article useful and informative. Keep working on your website or blog and it is sure to top the list one day. Good luck. Join the DormGeeks™ community for updates and discussions.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">© 2009 DormGeeks™. Join the community at </span></b><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=93015070"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">DormGeeks™</span></b></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="'line-height:115%;Berlin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Manish Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848199082119330265noreply@blogger.com1