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App Store Round-Up: Street Fighter IV, Cheltenham and more!

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:35 +0000

Apple’s App Store gets it’s first great fighting game this week in the shape of Street Fighter IV, as well as a handy guide to all the equestrian fun at this week’s Cheltenham festivities. Check out the nominees here…

How to Increase Adsense Revenue

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:30 +0000

Guest post by Chris Ruminski.
Many people build a website or blog with dreams of creating huge amounts of Adsense revenue. These dreams generally finish after months of frantically driving visitors to their sites through marketing campaigns, only failing to convert visits into clicks.

This failure leads to frustration, and ultimately quitting. There is no need to quit. What you need to focus on is how to build your Adsense banners to compliment your blog instead of insulting it. There are some simple ways to increase the amount Adsense revenue you generate.

How to Increase Adsense Revenue

1. Primacy
Primacy is defined as the state of being first, or foremost. People in general have a short attention span, but it gets even shorter when on the web. It is important to have your Adsense banner near the top of the page. If they have to scroll to see it, there is a good chance they will move on before even noticing the banner. This can be hard to do and keep your website looking professional, but it is possible. You may have to forgo this step on some of your pages to keep the integrity of your site.

2. Blending
You should take your time and develop an Adsense banner that will blend into your website. People are more apt to click on an advertisement if they dont know its an ad. If they are interested in the ad, they will click on the link provided without thinking twice. This is also a good way to prevent your website from looking tacky. Garishly colored advertisements are highly noticeable and will increase the bounce rate on your site. It can ruin the look of your site and is an insult to the eyes.

3. Utilize Your Content
If you are able to wrap your content around the advertisements, it will greatly help to increase adsense revenue. The advertisements will look like part of your text. This will make it much more natural for readers to click on an ad. They are already interested in what you have to say, and now they are being given an option to continue on that topic. Increasing Adsense revenue is about providing your readers with good content, and a way to continue exploring that content.

4. Write Keyword Focused Content
The Google Adsense program runs off on content. If you are unable to write specific enough content for Google to know what you are talking about, the ads may be untargeted. This is because Google has to guess. Keywords arent just for driving organic traffic, they are essential to obtaining relevant advertisements on your site. Without relevance, your ads will lose meaning.

5. Create Multiple Banners
Different types of people will click on different types of ads. One of the best ways to cater to everyone is to create banners with different styles. You can experiment with each one and see which converts best. There is nothing wrong with a little trial and error.

6. Make Use of Google Adsense Channels
It is important to know which pages are converting and which ones arent. Google allows you to create up to 200 channels. Why not utilize them all. This way you can narrow down on your non-earning channels and optimize them through trial and error. Use what Google has to offer. They provide these tools because they want you to succeed. If you are making money, so are they.

7. Traffic
Finally, and obviously, you need to increase traffic. The more traffic you have, the more Adsense revenue you will create. It is as simple as that. Unfortunately gaining that extra traffic is not so simple, but that is a topic for another post.

Increasing Adsense revenue is about perseverance and hard work. You will need to put in the time and effort to try multiple different approaches before you can rest. Learn from others. If you are a fan of a successful blog, see how they did it. Where do they put their banners? Emulate them because they are successful.

This article was written by Chris Ruminski who operates 2 make money on the web. His site is dedicated to finding the best ways to make money online without falling into a scam. Image credits kevinzhengli. You can also share your adsense tips.

Original article: How to Increase Adsense Revenue
Copyright 2010. Quick Online Tips. All Rights Reserved.

Soccer Headphones

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:15 +0000

Good news for all the fans of gadgets and sport. Now you can combine that wireless USB soccer mouse with a pair of stereo headphones in the same sporty and geeky style.

Product Specifications:

Soccer design

3.5mm stereo headphone

Stainless steel headband

180 degree rotatable earpiece

Cable length: 105cm

Size: 175*138*55mm

Weight: 70g

The Soccer Stereo Headphones are available over at the Gadget4all.com website for $17.

Top 5 Saint Patrick’s Day iPhone apps

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:30:13 +0000

St Patrick’s Day always throws up the best craic of the year. Whether you’re a bred-in-the-blood Irishman or a Plastic Paddy, here are the top five apps to get your iPhone in the mood for the Emerald Isle’s festivities….

Download Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview: Test IE9 Now

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:30:12 +0000

Want to test drive Microsoft IE9 and see the new features in the next version. You can download Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview right now and play with the next generation browser features.

Go to the IE9 Test drive area and you can demo several modern features

Speed Demos – Take full advantage of your hardware with background compiled JavaScript
HTML5 Demos – Deliver rich interoperability with the next generation of Web standards
Graphics Demos – Create next-generation experiences with GPU-powered HTML5 graphics

Why is it called platform preview? Internet Explorer Platform Preview is not a full web browser and is only intended to give Web developers an early look at the Web platform technology coming in the next release of Internet Explorer. The Platform Preview is not intended to replace the beta version that will be released as a full browser once the build has reached the customer quality bar for release.

Download Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview. IE9 Platform Preview will install side-by-side with earlier versions of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires Windows 7 (x86 or x64) or Windows Vista SP2 (x86 or x64).

For Vista users, Windows Internet Explorer 8 and DirectX 2D (D2D) must be installed on your system. If youre not already running Internet Explorer 8, download IE8 and install it first. Then install DirectX 2D by installing the Platform Update for Windows Vista, available on Windows Update.

Original article: Download Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview: Test IE9 Now
Copyright 2010. Quick Online Tips. All Rights Reserved.

Super-Tiny Spy Camera

Admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:16 +0000

This super-tiny spy camera measures only 4.3 x 2.8 x 15 cm, but is still capable of recording AVI color video in a 1280 x 960 pixel resolution at 29 frames per second and shooting JPEG stills with a 2048 x 1536 pixel image resolution.

Features:

The Mini Thumb Size Spy Digital DC DV

Fast Switch between Photo taking and Video recording

Digital Camera and Camcorder

Plug-and-Play, no driver needed

Dimensions: 4.3 x 2.8 x 15 cm

Pinhole Lens

Image Resolution: 2048 x 1536 pixel

Color Video Resolution: 1280 x 960 pixel

FPS: 29 frames per second

Image file format: JPEG

Video file format: AVI (MJPG)

Color Video and Audio

Rechargeable Li-ion battery

Memory Card: Support Micro SD/SDHC Card/TF Card

The Mini Thumb Size Spy Digital DC DV is available from the Gadget Brando website for $51.

Just Cause 2 ’s Peter Johansson – Interview

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:30:19 +0000

Just Cause 2 is one of the craziest open-world games we’ve seen here at Tech Digest. We caught up with lead designer Peter Johansson and asked his thoughts on how he feels the grappling hook-wielding explode-a-thon has turned out. The…

10 Basic Tips to Increase Your Website Visibility

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:30:17 +0000

Guest post by Hans David.
There are hundreds of ways out there on how to improve the visibility of your websites or blogs, and at times that information can drive you out of your focus on your Search Engine Optimization campaign. To prevent what we usually call as information overload, I have set up a brief 10 to-do list.

Do the actions listed below for a consistent three months and see the results for your websites or blogs:

Constantly update your content: if you want more traffic, you have to continuously update your content. People will not visit your websites if they do not have good and high quality content. Without a constant update, there will not be any returning visitors as well.
Apply good design and layout: if your website is messy on its designs and navigations then visitors will leave at the very moment they arrive on your website. Make sure you apply good design, content-focused with proper color schemes.
Use your own domain name: using a professional looking top level domain name will make you look more professional and will then make visitors to trust you more as a serious business entity. The cost of a domain name is as little as US$8 per year and it can make a serious difference than having a free domain
Use StumbleUpon: I have had a lot of success using StumbleUpon for my websites, especially those specifically talk about a specific niche, such as soccer. When you put an interesting article from your website on StumbleUpon, then people will rate it higher and in turn make the article more popular. Remember to also make friends and connections in StumbleUpon to increase your personal popularity and credibility on the website.
Become a guest poster: offer your unique writings and articles to other peoples blogs. People love to get free and high quality blog content. In your article, make sure you put a link back to your website. Again, make sure that the article you submit as a guest blogger is unique and cannot be found on any other blogs.
Put keywords on images: if you use images on your blog posts, then it is crucial for you to give them relevant title and tag them with relevant keywords. In my soccer website, a large portion of my visitors come from people looking for soccer wallpaper from Googles image search.
Comments, comments and comments: when you give comments, people will know that you give notice, and they will appreciate that. However, please do not spam. Some people just love to put comments such as Hi, nice blog, how about visiting mine?. Those kind of comments will be removed without question and you will only offend your blogger peers.
Use MyBlogLog: sign up to MyBlogLog and join to all the communities available there and you will see visitors start coming from MyBlogLog.
Do not waste your time: dont waste your time with get rich quick scheme promises. Concentrate on giving quality content, then the traffic and the money will come.
Most important, always review your stats: by reviewing your sites statistics using Google Analytical tool, you will find out what kind of keywords that your visitors use to come across your site and which articles that are the most appealing for them. The results of your review can then be used for more effective and efficient future campaigns.

Guest author Hans David is a writer and a webmaster. One of his websites aims to teach new Internet Marketers onhow to do Internet Marketing the right way. You can also submit guest posts and share your webmaster tips.

Use Blogger Template Designer for Cool Custom Blog Designs

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:30:12 +0000

Blogger has introduced the Blogger Template Designer, which brings amazingly beautiful professional blog designs to Blogger blogs and lets you create custom designs beyond the same blogger templates which have been around for ages.

The Blogger Template designer is not enabled by default, so you need to login from http://draft.blogger.com, the Blogger labs area to test new features. This should bring in a new button on your dashboard called template designer.

Once you try out the Blogger template designer, you get access to brand new 15 highly-customizable templates. You can easily change the layout with one click to one-, two-, and three-column layouts for each template, with complete control over the size and arrangement of the columns. It even lets you choose large number of background images and patterns from iStockphoto.

This video shows you how the new blogger designs work

Show off your new blog design on Twitter by tweeting your blogs URL with the hashtag #newbloggertemplate. We just applied a new theme to the QOT status blog, and it was all done in one click!

Sony S-Series Walkmans to get limited edition Disney branding

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:19 +0000

Hmm, not so sure about this lot, Sony. I’ve always quietly coveted your S640 and S740 S-Series Walkmans with their 2-inch LCDs, 720×480 TV-out and quality MDR-EX300SL earbuds with noise cancellation tech. But these Japan-only Mickey and Minnie mouse engraved…