Google is offering some of AdWords advertisers a new beta interface to test. Look at the new interface:
As you can see, it shares fair bit of similarity with the charting system of Google Analytics (somewhat similar to Yahoo Sponsored Search interface too).
There are two things that I would like to let you know.
- It won’t effect the way your ads run.
- You can always switch back & forth between the new beta & the current interface.
This is just a small trick to get email notification every time Google adds an incoming link to your site. As you know, search term link:www.yourdomain.com returns all the indexed incoming links to your site. So add an alert for this search using Google Alert. Just go there & enter the search term. Select “Type” as “Comprehensive” & “How often” as “as-it-happens”. Now whenever Google index a new incoming link to your site, you will be notified immediately.
Amazon has recently launched Blogs Widget. It can be used to show recent posts of any 8 blogs that write about stuffs that Amazon sells. You can choose your niche & embed the widget in your own site or blog using few lines of code. If you are a Amazon Associate you can earn referral fees when someone clicks on a link in the widget & consequently buys a product. The widget is quite flexible & you can choose different layouts & sizes.
Those who use FeedBurner probably already know that Google is planning to transfer all FeedBurner feeds to their own server by February 29. As you will migrate, your feed will be assigned a new url like http://feeds2.feedburner.com/YourFeeds instead of current http://feeds.feedburner.com/YourFeeds. The good thing is that Google will provide a redirection service for the old feed url as long as possible. So you don’t have to be afraid of loosing your current subscribers.
But as your url change is inevitable, then why don’t you try Adsense for feeds now? Because you don’t have to think whether you should change your feed url or not to show ads. Besides the ad integration is made easy. Go to your Adsense account & click Adsense for Feeds. There you can automatically choose ad integration with a few clicks. There are quite a few options than ad placement & size. So why not experiment a bit? Remember not to put too many ads to annoy your readers.
iNove had all the potential of great Wordpress theme. But there was only flaw that I found. It made the comments dofollow by default & most of the users didn’t know it as there was no explicit manual about it. But it seems that the creator has rectified it in the latest release 1.2.3. Now the comments that you make are nofollow as they should be by default.
The dofollow lovers can argue what is so bad if it is dofollow by default. I have nothing against dofollow. But there are more than a few plugins that you can use to control your comments as dofollow quite flexibly. So there is no point for the themes to change what is default, especially without notifying the users.
This free theme has passed all the compatibility & code tests in Themespreview.com with full score & got the ranking of Gold Theme. Here is the screenshot of it:
It is really great as a free Wordpress theme. Download it here.
First thing first. No you cannot, not at least legally. Whatever way others may show you, it’s not a proper way. Do you want to know why? Simply because it’s against Blogger TOS. Check this part taken out from it:
7. No Resale of the Service. Unless expressly authorized in writing by Google, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes (a) any portion of the Service, (b) use of the Service, or (c) access to the Service.
I don’t think it’s too harsh. Everything belongs to Google after all. You are just using their hosting & subdomain. So as you can see, there is another reason not to use blogspot blogs.
Twingly, the Swedish company that is working on the concept of spam-free blog search (still in beta) has launched its own microblog search engine. Instead of searching just one microblog service, it integrates several microblog services to provide results from. Currently it includes Twitter, Jaiku, Identi.ca, Swedish Bloggy.se, German Bleeper.de and even Pownce (it is dead, but a six month archive remains searchable). Go & check it out.
Wordpress has launched WordPress.TV last week. It is the all in one video resource for Wordpress. There are tons of video tutorials including how-to videos, expert interviews & videos from latest WordCamp. If you are a newbie it will be a great help for finding preliminary Wordpress how-to tutorials. You don’t have to ask anybody anymore to get started with Wordpress. Experienced bloggers can get something useful from interviews & latest news. There is something for everybody 
Remember all the tutorials follow the latest Wordpress 2.7 version. So if you want to utilize the full potential of this site, it is recommended that you upgrade your blog to the latest Wordpress version.
The easiest way to take screenshot of a computer screen is to use Print Screen or Print Screen/SysRq key of your keyboard. It is generally located at the top row of the keyboard right after the F12 key. When you press the key a snapshot of the computer screen gets copied into the clipboard. Now you can paste & save the image in any graphics editing program like MS-Paint or in a word processing program.
If you want to take the screenshot of only the current window then press Alt + Print Screen keys. Isn’t it quite simple
While surfing through the net I have found this new released SEO tool that can help you in competitive keyword analysis. And the best thing is that the tool is free. It is called PPC Web Spy. Though you can buy a premium version of it for few extra features, the free version is enough for general purposes.
You can easily find out top keywords under your niche. Look at the below screenshot:
After downloading & installing it, you can view & compare popular keywords of top ranking ads under your niche with detailed statistics like Avg. CPC, Max. CPC or Clicks/Day. Even you can sort results by them. So you can enjoy the fruit of their well research & testing in no time.
I have searched with “web hosting” . Then i clicked on the “View Keywords” button of the top sponsored result to see its keyword stats.
So get the keywords that people actually search & visit. The tool does a lot more.You can find a video presentation on the site.
