Tech-Freak Stuff

Google showering Blessings on me. Tech-Freak Stuff gets Google Sitelinks!

Rohit Sane — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:38:04 +0000

I could not tell you this Good NEWS as I was a bit busy with my Exams. I was just doing some casual time-pass on FaceBook when I saw Pradeep Kumar’s update on my Wall saying that Tech-Freak Stuff got Sitelinks. I dint really notice the Sitelinks before he told me but I was really happy and the best part is that Tech-Freak Stuff got Sitelinks on the very next day of getting a PageRank hike of 2.

There are currently 3 Google Sitelinks Showing the following Posts:

Let me tell you that these are among the most popular pages in this Blog and Also there are a lot of Backlinks from different websites pointing to these articles!

For those Who don’t have any idea of What Sitelinks are all about, let me tell you that these are among the most relevant and the most Visited Pages in a Website. Also, not every website gets Google Sitelinks! Getting Sitelinks is supposed to be a very rare case and also very prestigious. So, now you know that Tech-Freak Stuff is making the Mark over Google too….lolz

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Tech-Freak Stuff gets Google PageRank 2

Rohit Sane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:49:55 +0000

It has been all because of the Constant Support of my Readers, Commentators and the Bloggers who link to the Good Content here at Tech-Freak Stuff. Also, the Samaritans who Bookmark the Useful Articles written here on Social Bookmarking Websites for others to refer, have a great part to play in this achievement. Tech-Freak Stuff has moved to Google PageRank 2!

The first ever Google PageRank which Tech-Freak Stuff received as the PageRank 1 long back. But it declined to PR 0 when we shifted to Wordpress about 4 months back. But I continued posting valuable comments on other blogs and other bloggers also liked the Content here, which got me Good Backlinks.

If you are already loving the Content here and would like to be among the Part of Tech Freaks community, I would Advice you to join us at the Tech Freaks group at FaceBook.

Also, you can get updated with the the Updates of this Blog by Subscribing to the Feed by Email.

I am thankful to all those who are the Part of this ever Increasing Tech-Freak Stuff Community. I am also hoping for a PR rise to upto PR 4 in the next six months and I am ready to take Proper steps for that. I just hope that you all support me in the same way you have always done. Thanks!!

Editorial: I might not be able to update Tech-Freak Stuff frequently for the next 2 months because of my Engineering Exams.

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Will Wi-Fi be the Next Bluetooth with its Peer-to-Peer technology?

Rohit Sane — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:18 +0000

Wi Fi and Bluetooth are among the most commonly used technologies now. Wi-Fi is mostly used for Connecting to Internet while Bluetooth is used for Transferring files between two Bluetooth devices. But currently, there are some individual limitations of Both these technologies! So technologists have come together and invented a new technology where the drawbacks of both these are eliminated.

Basically, they have modified the Wi-Fi technology to Transfer files between two or more Wi-Fi devices. Earlier Wi-Fi devices were of no use without a Router which helped them connect to internet. But now with the Peer-to-Peer Wi-Fi connections you will be able to transfer files between two portable devices without connecting to the Router; very similar to Bluetooth.

According to the Wi-Fi alliance, this latest technology will help to seamlessly transfer data between two devices equipped with Wi-Fi receivers without using a hub or a router. So there is no Internet connection required(no need for Wi-Fi hotspots). This will surely means that Wi-Fi will have all the properties of Bluetooth and the Bluetooth Facility in Portable devices like the PlayStation Portable or Mobile Phones will prove to be redundant. What will be the next advance in Bluetooth after the 3.0 technology? So, we need to wait till the mid-2010 until all the devices equipped with this technology come out in public.

It does appear like Wi-Fi trying to supersede Bluetooth! What do you think?

For those who cant wait until this technology is out, I would Advice to use “Wipeer” which allows Serverless Peer-to-Peer Wi-Fi Connection for sharing files and creating your own Wi-Fi LAN.

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Learn: How to play a Video as your DeskTop Background like a Wallpaper

Rohit Sane — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:33:39 +0000

Are you bored of those static images on your Desktop Background? Do you feel the need to use a Video in its Place? Ok then, I will tell you how you can do it! Just do as I say and you will have a cool video playing as your Desktop wallpaper.

Let me tell you(most of you will already know) that Windows Vista Ultimate has a feature known as DreamScene which allows you to set a Video as a BackGround. But this feature is not present in any other versions of Windows Vista. As most of the people have already shifted to Vista from their old OS, I will give a detailed tutorial on how you can get started with DreamScene.

Download the DreamScene pack for Vista. It is a RAR file. Extract the RAR file in any folder and then follow the steps:

Run “Install.bat” file with Administrator rights (i.e. Right Click on it and Click on: Run as administrator)
Follow the steps in the command prompt
Reboot, or Run “Reload.bat” file with normal (non-Admin) rights (i.e. just Double Click on it)

After you follow these steps Right Click on your Desktop. When the list opens up, you will find an option called “Play DreamScene”. This shows that you have installed this Vista Add-On properly.

Just remember that you can only play .WMV or .MPG files as your video Backgrounds. Now Right Click on the Video file you want to play as your Background. Select “Set as Desktop Background”. Once you do it, you cam see the same Video playing in your Desktop as the Wallpaper.

If you want to Pause this video in the Background, just Right click on the Desktop and select “Pause DreamScene”. You are done now!

Many people who still use XP miss this feature! You can use the XPScene software for Windows XP to use this feature.

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Even Famous Bloggers Copy Content! Let us know How.

Rohit Sane — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:20:47 +0000

Being Bloggers we know how much importance is given to Original Content and Unique content! But is it really so, that all great Bloggers have unique content on their Blogs? NO! Many-a-times, even they copy content from other blogs, but they have a different style of doing it. Because of this, it often goes unnoticed that the content is copied. Let us understand how do they do it and what they do to avoid getting caught!

From lesser known Bloggers

Accept the fact, that even new blogs or some blogs with very less traffic have some great content on them! Only because they don’t optimize their blogs for their readers, they are unnoticed. Great bloggers, copy content from them and modify or add a few more points to their article and publish a great article on their Blog without giving any credit to the Blogger who has infact written about it.

Combining two or more Articles

Famous bloggers often do a job of getting a hundred ideas from different places and organizing it in a better and Understandable way, so that they are able to convey a big message in just a single Post!
They take two-three good articles and combine their content to create a Good Mixture of their content. This helps in sharing a lot of ideas in a better way.

Writing about any new technology and Controversial Topics

Do you really think that the Reviews written by then are in fact true? Most of them get paid to write the Reviews of products by Big Companies.
Also, the reviews of the latest softwares and Hardware coming up, written by them are mostly copied content from other popular blogs. Now, you may question how do I say this! The simple reason being they don’t really have access to the Latest products, so how can they write a review on it. They edit reviews from various websites and Create a review for themselves.

Note: The points I have mentioned here are true to my knowledge and Not all great Bloggers are observed following these techniques, But most of them Do. I have personally caught 2-3 of them doing this, So this post! Even many of us Copy content/Get inspired by some content, I would request all to give credit to the original article. thanks!

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The most Hilarious and Geeky Emails regarding WOMEN

Rohit Sane — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:15:15 +0000

I received a few Emails in the past week which talked about the Nature of Women and their normal Behaviour.
Also were attached a few Images which I am going to share with you. I found these truly hilarious and hope that even you have a good laugh!

1. A GEEK women writing to a Technical Support Guy

Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system
performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NEWS 5.0, MONEY 3.0 and CRICKET 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed

_________________________________________________________________

Reply comes As:

DEAR Madam,

First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.Html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Silence 2.5 or Beer 6.1 . Please note : Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new
applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.

We recommend: Cooking 3.0 and Good Looks 7.7.

Good Luck Madam!

2. A question in an Engineering Exam. “What are Women? Describe their special aspects and Compare them with Men”

The Answer comes as follows:

Section 1: Describes “What are women?” See Graphical representation

Section 2: Properties of Women and their Data Sheet

Section 3: Chances of Man winning an Argument with a Women with Graph

Section 4: Actual photo : Complexity of the Man versus the Woman Circuit

Section 5: Task performance: Who does it better and Fast? The Shopping Task.

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Did your Wordpress Blog ever go Blank? Not yet? But, It can happen with you too, So be prepared for it!

Rohit Sane — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:14 +0000

Have you ever opened your blog to see everything gone? None of your posts will be visible only the empty Theme with Ads all around! I know you will get a shock of your life, and Even I did! Yesterday, when I opened my blog, I got a message “Nothing found” written in the posts section of my theme. I was just about to faint and was not understanding what exactly was going on. It was 2 years of my hard work perishing in just 1 second! There was nothing left.

I started searching Google on what might have caused it and How can I undo this change. But I dint find any relevant and helpful articles. Most articles talked about various such cases which have happened before. Even I had noticed such a case with a fellow blogger who blogs at “The Bad Blogger“. I wrote a comment on his blog but the reply never came anytime soon.[The comment got deleted too]

Then I logged in to FaceBook and started searching for Bloggers in my Friends list. I started chatting with 3-4 of them and explained them my problem. They were helpful but most of them dint have enough knowledge about this issue. Everyone asked me the same question “Do you have the back-up of your Database?” and my answer was “NO”! I was cursing myself for never taking a back-up of my Wordpress Blog.

I was really depressed and tears were just about to flow from my eyes! Various thoughts were crossing my mind. “I have lost everything what I earned in the last 2 years”, “My Alexa rank of top 1,00,000 will be gone” and so on..

That was when I found “Piyush Kumar“, a FaceBook friend whom I had befriended the same morning, Online on FaceBook chat. I did not know that he was a blogger and I crazily send him a buzz saying “Help Needed”. He was quick to reply. I told him the exact problem of what had exactly happened and that I dint have the back-up of my database.

He though over it quickly and asked me weather I had access to the CPanel of my hosting provider and also to the PHPMyAdmin. I said yes! He asked me for the Username and the Password of my hosting provider and I gave it to him without even thinking over it. I had visited my database just before talking to him just to find out the “wp_posts” table in the database totally empty and corrupted.

Piyush had a look at it and told me that he may be able to get back the “wp_posts” table of the database. I was happy to hear it! I dont really know What he did, but I think he restored the database to the latest known stable one. The corruptness was gone. I had life back in my heart!

He asked me to take the back-up of the Database ASAP and I did exactly as he said! My blog was back in action. But when I refreshed my blog while backing-up the Database, I got an error saying “Error Establishing Database Connection”. I was so nervous and was about to cry! I tried to buzz Piyush, but he had gone Offline by that time. I also buzzed him on the Gmail chat, but he wasn’t there too. So, I nervously questioned on his Wall weather he was still Online? And within 2 minutes he commented on it saying “yep ! tell me..” It felt better to see him Online.

He told me that the error was because I was backing-up my database and So, the database was not able to connect with my Browser. My Blog started working fine again after the backup!

He asked me to change the Password of my database and Hosting account as he had know it. He appeared quite trustworthy, but still I did it and from then on “Error Establishing Database Connection” message was present on my blog for 17 hours! My mistake was that I changed the Database Password but dint change the password in the wp-config.php file. Now when I have done it, I am writing this post for saying thanks to Piyush Kumar for his Instant Help and Valuable suggestions.(Join Piyush on Facebook) I might have never got my Blog back without him!

Now all you guys, Please Back-up your Wordpress Database first and then do all the other work! I just escaped the biggest disaster of my Blogging career but you may not be as lucky as I am. Take Care!

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Are you getting Good-Quality Backlinks? Understand the Factors that determine the quality of a Link

Rohit Sane — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:55:47 +0000

Good and large amount of Back-links are the most important criterion for getting High Rankings in Search Engines. So, every Blogger aims at getting quality backlinks to his/her blog. But what does everyone exactly mean when they say “Quality Backlink”? I am going to explain the five most important factors that determine the Quality of any link!

The Relation Attribute

You may have seen the source code in which the syntax used for links is like :

Anchor text

Just consider the rel=”nofollow” part. This means that the link will not be crawled by Search engines like Google. So, you wont get any advantage if the nofollow attribute is attached to any Anchor Tag containing your link. Even though Google wont consider No-follow links, Yahoo Search engine still considers the number of No-Follow links for allotting Search Engine rankings.

But if the source code of the link mentions rel=”external” , then the link is supposed to be good for SEO. Also, the links without the rel attribute are good for SEO. Such links are known as Do-Follow links.

Anchor Text

Consider this link syntax:

Some Text Here

The Text inside the Anchor tags, in this case “Some Text Here” is known as the anchor text. This is the Hyper-linked Text. When you will click on this text , it will take you to the Destination Page.

Usage of keywords related to the Destination link must be used. It will help the Destination page get good Search engine rankings for the Anchor text Keywords. Using keywords for which you want that page to rank higher must be used. Usage of irrelevant keywords must be avoided as it reduces the quality of the link. For example: If you use Anchor Text as “this link” then it wont carry a good weight in Search engines.

Location of the Link

The location of the links is also an important factor in deciding the quality of the Link. The higher the link appears in a Page the more is its Value in terms of Search Engines. But, normally links placed in the main Reading section of the Web-Page carry more importance. The links placed in the sidebar and the Footer including the Credit links do not carry equivalent weight.

But the maximum priority is allotted to the links placed in the Header section of a Page. If you get a link from the Header of any Website then it will surely improve your rank to a great extent if the Website is not Spam.

The Domain Name

The Domain name which links to a website is also very important. The amount of weight each domain name carries depends on various factors like:

The PageRank of the Domain
The Suffix of the domain name (eg: .COM, .ORG, .EDU)
The Authority of the Domain

The higher the pagerank of the domain where the Link arises from, the more weight it carries. If you get a link form a Pagerank 7 Domain name then it is far more better than getting a link from PageRank 3 Domain name.

The suffix of the Domain name also does matter. The Government and the Educational TLDs have far more importance than other TLDs. This means then if you get a link from a PR 5 .EDU website then it will carry more importance than PR 5 .COM website.

Google gives authority of the Domain based on various factors like the Domain age, the Domain registration period and the Quality of content on the Domain. The authority depends on how many sites link to that domain and how many of them are spam. Also, the authority of a domain decreases if it links to Spam sites. So, if you get Do-Follow links from High Authority domains like TechCrunch.com or Wikipedia.com, then you will surely find your website in the Top Links in Google.

Number of Outgoing Links

For understanding this concept, let me give you a small example. There are 100 out-going links from a webpage and your link is one among them. So, the approximate authority that will be transferred to your website is one hundredth time of its authority, which is really very less.

Now consider that a webpage which contains only 10 links and your link is one among them. Now you will get one-tenth times the authority of that webpage, which is supposed to be a very good ratio.

Note: I know you guys will have a lot more tips regarding this topic to share and I have missed out on a lot of points. I have mentioned only some important Factors here. Please let us know about unique SEO tips that you know or follow.

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Find Invisible or Offline people who are infact online on Facebook!

Rohit Sane — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:01 +0000

It happens a lot of times that people set their Status in FaceBook Chat as offline, as they don’t want to get disturbed by others during their time-out there. But is there any way to find such people, who appear offline even when they are online? We talked about a similar technique for Yahoo messenger users and today I will tell you about a technique which you can use on your FaceBook friends!

You need to use the Texas Hold’Em Poker application for this purpose! The only requirement is that the person who you want to detect as Online/Invisible/Offline, must have used this application atleast once.

If the Poker application has access to that person’s Profile then it shows weather he is online but is not playing poker. If he/she is playing poker then, it will mention it clearly. Even people who are offline on FaceBook chat are mentioned here. They just need to be online on Facebook i.e currently using any application on FaceBook or just surfing around.

I hope I have made my point clear. So, you just need to invite all your friends to play Poker, so that when you need to Find weather they are invisible or Offline, it becomes pretty easy for you.

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10 Blogs where I love commenting and Why!

Rohit Sane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:21:27 +0000

I have been blogging since a long time now, but its been only about 6 months since I have really started loving Commenting on different blogs. In initial days, I used to spend much time on creating and gathering content, but it dint really get me quality traffic. When I started commenting, I was successful in creating good relationships with other bloggers and also getting quality traffic and link-love from their blogs. So, where do I Comment the most and Which are the Blogs which I really love commenting on and Why? Here is the List:

Greatest Reviews

This blog is responsible for changing my approach to Blogging to some extent. It was where I won the first contest organized by any Blogger! It contains cools reviews of different softwares and sometimes Gadgets too. I personally think that since I started Commenting on this Blog, Lady Luck has started walking with me hand-in-hand in my Blogging career.

Currently a Small contest is going on here in which you may surely be interested. It is giving away 3 Ads Spots for good Commentators.

TechZoomIn

This blog uncovers various new facts which I don’t know. Helpful tips for blogging are found here! It has helped me improve my Blogging practices by telling me what exactly to concentrate on and What to completely neglect.

Currently a Contest is being organized by Lax, the owner where he is going to give-away 100$ in cash to the Top five Commentators every month.

Serradinho

This blog mostly deals with Blogging and Wordpress tips. Good and Helpful E-books are made available for Download and also new Wordpress Plug-ins are talked about. Also, I love the interaction taking place on this Blog.

Hellbound Bloggers

Pradeep Kumar, the Blogger here is among the Coolest people in the Blogging business! He is very helpful and Socializes on Many Social networks. This blog basically helps all Bloggers in achieving their ultimate goal in being a Better by giving then good tips. The articles are quite informative and explanatory.

Internet Techies

This blog is run by two bloggers, and both of them are total Geeks! This Blog uncovers various new Tips and Tips which help me improve my Productivity. Also, I love the unique content and Tips which I never seen anywhere else. This Firefox tip is just a small example.

Extreme John

John here has a Unique Voice! He talks about different Blogging tips and How to improve on it. Social Media is the the Core of this blog and this is what I like the most. It also acts as a NEWS Center for me regarding Social Media News and Blogging and Traffic acquiring tips. He is also quite helpful and socializes everywhere possible.

BlogrPro

This blog basically deals with Tips from improving your Blog. How to analyze your Blog for better traffic and How to get more from you give in. It tells us which designs suite better on the Blog and also SEO and other Web Development tips. Helpful Wordpress tips are also given with Troubleshooting methods.

TechPatio

Cool updates regarding Apple Updates, iPhones, SEO and other Internet Marketing methods. It also informs me about the Latest News in the Social Media Industry. Cool new websites to improve the web-experience and also new softwares for making the online life easier are talked about.

Misc Bytes

Christie has a very different way to express her views and I am glad to say, most of her views match with mine! Her recent topic about the Gravatar Impersonation literally shook me! She makes me feel at home when I comment on her blog which is the best thing for any commentator.

Now the Final one! Do I need to say its Tech-Freak Stuff ?

I love the people here and they have been very helpful and co-operative. Commentators ask good questions and I really love answering them! After all, this is my blog and I try me best to make the commentators feel comfortable and the Commentators reply in the same way. Love you all!!

Note: If your Blog is not mentioned here and I am a regular commentator of your Blog then please don’t feel Bad or Sad. I love your blog and would surely mention it in the next such round-up. Thanks for understanding!

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