Web Development

Did you know? There' s a Social Network for that

2011-07-26T04:57:00.000-07:00

You have a business idea that could make for a profitable venture. All you need now are the right connections. Or perhaps you're looking for a job change. But how do you find out which companies are looking for people with your expertise?

Simple, Merely sign up on a professional networking site...

1) Biznik : Biznik boasts one of most happening landing pages when it comes to professional social networking sites. As soon as you type www.biznik.com, you are welcomed by a homepage that lists the latest hand-picked business articles on topics such as businesses, etc penned by other site members. It also lists business networking events, photos from recent events and a featured Biznic blog.

Fill in your profile and your provided Facebook - like page; complete with an 'About you" section, and a spot to post a video profile. It also encourages members to post articles that can then be shared among-st other Biznikers

2) Ecademey : This network is primarily meant for entrepreneurs ( note the E in the name ) and business people who wish to share ideas, concepts and notes on any business - related topic.

The landing page at www.ecademy.com is simple and bears a login box on the right. On the left, it displays the names and pictures of a few of the members who are online at the time your are logging on.

Like LinkedIn,this service lets you create a business profile and even add people to your network.You can then share information on business and current affairs through status messages, blog entries and can participate in group events. (you have to join a particular group - say, finance, mechandise and so on to be able to participate )

The highlight of the site is its Boardroom feature, where Premium members can choose their own board; basically people who have experience in a particular field, those who already have successful ventures or your friends and so on.And users can utilize this collective expertise, once a month, to brainstorm for ideas.

But online social networks are only as strong as the number of people that are active on it, and this is one primary area where Ecademy suffers. Still, the service boasts of some nifty features, all that it is lacking is the people.

How to join : You can either sign up or log in using your Facebook, Twitter,Google, Open ID and Yahoo!ID.The signing up process is fast and simple.You can opt for Premier membership by paying Euro 99.97.

Syncing options : You can download its app for IPhone

3) LinkedIn :Linkedin is one of the largest professional networking sites in the world with over 100 million users.Keeping with its theme of serious networking the site's opening page is rather simple.Key in www.linkedin.com and you are greeted with a sportan log -in page.

Once you have signed up and filled your profile by choosing your workplace, school and college, the site provides you with suggested 'contacts'.

These could be people who have a similar background, worked at the same organisation or who studies at the same university.
LinkedIn then asks you to invite other people including friends and colleagues - to join your network. The service also helps you to increase your circle of contacts by suggesting 'friends of friends' that you could possibly add.

The site encourages business networking by displaying your profile whenever whenever any one searches the site using specific keywords that might tie - in with your profile (say law, hospitality, marketing, SIES College, and so on).

Each time you log in, you can view the number of people who have visited your profile and the number of times you have come up in searches so that you know exactly how many people have gone through your profile and in how many days.

The site provides tight interaction with Twitter so you can tweet from within your account. And then there is 'LinkedIn Today', which is a service that aggregates the day's news in an easy - to read format.

Still, one of the best features of the site can be found under resume.linkedinlabs.com.This automatically creates a CV from the data you have entered in your profile. Alternatively, if you have a CV ready, you can simple upload it to LinkedIn so that prospective employers can study your background before approaching you.

How to join : A simple sign-in procedure is all that's required to join. You can also upgrade from your free account to a 'Business Account' for $19.75, Business Plus for $39.95 and Executive for $74.95.

Syncing options. Available on Blackberry, Android and iPhone.

Writing Your Effective Sales Pitch

2011-07-22T06:48:00.000-07:00

Once determined there are five elements you should be aware of when writing your sales pitch which keeps you well ahead of your competitors.

We should used all or some of these elements on our website to boost our sales. Websites we create use all of the techniques below because I know they work as I've reaped the benefits. The techniques may seem obvious but, its the obvious stuff that often gets overlooked. We sell to people as we've been sold to people. The five things you have to do to get the sale are :

1) Write to your target audience

2) Write an exciting headline

3) Make them believe you can solve their problem

4) Talk about the benefits as well as the features

5) Ask for the sale.

1) Write to your target audience

You have to define your audience beyond simply 'people on the net'. You must know exactly who the people are that will buy your product or service and then target your sales pitch to precisely what they 're looking for.

So you've got to ask yourself - who is my target audience ?

> What gender are they?

> How old are they?

> What is their education level?

> What problems do they face?

> Can you offer your product / service as viable solution ?

If you don't know or have an indication of the answers to the above questions, you need to go back and do a little bit more research. All of this is pivotal to making your effective sales pitch.

Once you' ve got and idea of who they are then write to them in a style of that they will understand and that connects with them. So for example if it's for teenagers keep it current and less formal and if it's for professional business people keep it more formal

2) Write an exciting headline

Headlines are key. The most effective headlines promise an answer to the problem your visitor has arrived on your site trying to solve
.
Take a look at the eye - catching headlines from some examples given below

compare that to: 'Welcome to my site' or some other catchy headline u can write

So have an exciting headline in speech marks in size 18 + font which explains what the reader could expect to get if they read on further. Keep your head - line customer relevant, simple, and to the point. This will encourage your potential customer to keep reading ! The better the headline, the more people who will read on, the more people who will ( with the right sales pitch ) consider buying and ultimately the more people who will buy!

I would use underline, italics and bold on the key words to emphasis what you are promising, because it acts as a trigger to keep them reading on. Bold, italic and underline act as mini bolts to keep the reader's interest and combined with the large font makes the headlines almost about at you!

If you can hit'em with a good opening headline then 25% of your work has been done.

Also when you write the body of the text try to break the blocks of text up with :

> Complete lines of space so the paragraphs are separate rather than separated by indentation only.

> Short paragraphs

> Using bold, italics and underline for key parts of the sales pitch

> Highlighting the key parts of the text with a color behind it

> Using tables, boxes and speech mark quotation like snippets.

Do what ever you can just to keep the reader reading. You'll be amazed at how quickly we get bored with reading paragraphs of text of all the same size, font and decoration if we are not sure if the text will be beneficial to us. We all follow the motto 'if in doubt bail out' because we just don't have the time to really find out if the text is useful in any way. This is why you have to spoon-feed what your saying to them by using a few frills.

3. Make them believe you can solve their problem

You need to earn your potential customer's trust...and quick!. When using websites you cannot afford to have long spiels about irrelevant experiences you've had etc - you need to establish your credibility for what you're saying straight away.

Tell them what you achieved in the past

Are you fully qualified in the area you are selling? Written any publish works relating to it? Any positive media publicity you're received ? If so, put in - it will all help?

Relate to your potential customer

If your potential customer's problem one once you faced? Are you offering them a solution as a direct result of an experience? Tell them that if that's the case and tell it in a story fashion - as I've said before everyone loves a story

Gather and use Testimonials

People want to know that other people have used your product and benefited. When it comes to using your customer's feedback in your sales pitch you have to get the right blend of specificity and punch : not all testimonials are created with equal punch.

This is few type of testimonials feedback received after users read my site and when it proved worth useful for them

The most effective testimonials highlight the benefits and results your customers/ users have achieved after buying your product or service, so potential customers will see that you deliver what you say you will. If you haven't got a testimonial then ask for one! If you can give your product away then do so in exchange for testimonial ( and make sure you get a good one ).

Add a strong guarantee

A strong guarantee shows you stand behind what you're selling. This will reduce your potential customers suspicious and increase their chances of buying from you.

Take a look at below image highlighting the fact, that customer can earn the promised commission.

By offering this guarantee that we are giving them fixed commissions gives ur credibility to your service and making a promise that appears too expensive for you not to fulfill !

4. Talk about the benefits as well as the features

Do you know the difference between a feature and a benefit? Let me enlighten you. A feature is something specific to the product or service. So for example a TV being able to display images in color has the feature of being color.

A benefit is something the user actually receives from the feature. So in the color TV example the benefit for the user is that they get to see a more true to life image than a black and white TV.

Be sure to always include the benefits as well as the features. So for example :

> Feature : super concentrated washing up liquid for intensive cleaning.

> Benefit : eat off cleaner plates and get them clean in half the time leaving you to do the things

you really want

> Feature : electric windows with child safety sensors.

> Benefit : get peace of mind knowing that your child never risks serious injury.

I would source profitable investments for my clients if i were to write key words related to the features and benefits of my service worksheet may look like this

Then i would include the above features in my website and emphasize the benefits that my service brings to them, hoping along the way I would connect with them through my sales pitch so that they pick up the phone to call us or email us for further information.

5. Ask for the sale / order

OK, so you've got your potential customer's attention and hooked them through the sales pitch by explaining the features and benefits of your product or service. So what now..ask for the order and turn them from the potential customer I've referred into a paying customer!

You have to make clear exactly what they have to do to get your product or service. I have seen many sales pitch fall but most crucial hurdle. They do not ask the reader to do anything. They assume that the reader will look into left menu bar and see the phrase 'order now' but reader's don't! Only if your product is so damned good that they're itching to buy your product because they have heard about it from someone else ( in the case you wouldn't even need a sales pitch ) would they even hunt around for the 'order now' button .

So in your site have the sentence which explains to them exactly what they have to do. So for example :

But it doesn't stop there. If you add a sense of urgency to the sale then this doubles the response. I add words to the effect of

Asking them for the order and letting them know they will some kind of special price or free gift if they act now encourages them to buy now rather than miss out on the chance.

So in summary the audience, headline, credibility, benefits and features and asking for the order are the five essential elements you need on your website in order to make a fortune. Add these using the techniques explained and you''ll create a top class salesperson working 24/7 with no extra costs.

Make sure you care about the presentation and image of your product or service as much as you do about the sale of them - constant review and analysis will breed results and results mean

money !

When it comes to your business on the net, your own sales pitch is unique to you and the only chance you have to communicate directly with your potential customers, telling them why they should buy from you as opposed to someone else.

Not many websites use these five critical elements and as such you're already one step ahead of the game just by making sure your copy includes the essential elements discussed here! There are lot of people using the internet in India to make a fortune so your destiny is in your hands. By testing the different parts of your sales pitch regularly you''ll know how well your site is performing and what, if anything, needs to be changed to prevent potential sales from going down to the drain.

Get SMS Google Plus Updates on Phone

2011-07-15T00:43:00.000-07:00

With Google Plus launching SMS updates of your notifications like Facebook, getting your updates, all other notifications has become easy touch and go via SMS on your Mobile Phone. To enable this feature all you have to do is to verify your mobile no with your Google Plus Account. After you verify your Mobile No , get the activation code and enable the following notifications for example.

A ) Shares a post with me directly

B ) Comments on a post after I comment on it

C ) Tags me in a photo

D ) Comments on a photo I am tagged in

E ) Adds me to a circle

F ) Comments on a photo I tagged

G ) Starts a Huddle conversation with me

H ) Mentions me in a post

I ) Comments on a post I created

Simple Steps to Activate Google Plus On Your Mobile Phone

Step 1 : Visit Google Plus Setting Page.

Step 2 : Then click on Add Phone number and then we Select our country

( currently Google Plus is offering only two countries supported SMS updates ie : United States & India users )

Step 3 : After completing the above two steps, wait for few seconds to receive the verification code on your mobile phone via sms. Now enter the code in your Google plus profile settings page to verify and confirm your number

Step 4 : Final Step before we can start with the sms updates notifications, once we verify our number we can start receiving notifications based on our selected preferences given.

Note : To start posting updates via SMS, please follow the given step shown in image

Secure your posts (SMS Security PIN)

SMS as a technology has some security shortfalls, whether you're using SMS in the normal way (phone to phone) or communicating with Google products.

While actual SMS attacks are quite rare, it is technically possible for an attacker to spoof an SMS. For example, by sending an SMS to Google that appears as though it came from you, while in fact it did not.

If you're concerned about SMS spoofing, you can choose to setup an optional alphanumeric PIN on the Google+ settings page. Your PIN must contain 4-8 alphanumeric (A-Z or 0-9) characters.

If you set up a PIN, include the SMS posts and commands with the PIN. For example: "A1B2C3 Will see you at the game @soccerfolks."

please follow the below step to add extra layer of security to your SMS notifications and updates

Users please me know you are already enjoying the Google Plus SMS Notification Feature.

New Facebook Video Calling : Learn how to Set & Start Video Call

2011-07-12T23:08:00.001-07:00

A long awaited much talked, hyped Facebook Video Calling is on board launching soon, much in competition with Google who has launched its own Google Hangout. And its finally Facebook has filled up its kitty with most awaited and most talked feature, Facebook Video Calling , it has been launched in collaboration with Skype which is the popular VoIP service provider in the World.

With this Video Calling now Facebook users can see their near dear ones, friends smiling, hip hop, say hi hello, how ru, face to face, can say boon for the couples they can be in touch with their love partners face to face and above chat with other friends in one place.

To make this video calling work for you, we don't need any plugins, or software to be installed anywhere. Below we are mentioning some tips to how we get started with

Please have look at this demo video for Facebook video Calling

How to set video up your Video Calling?

A) At first time before u talk with your friend a small one time set up will be required to be completed before u can start with Video Call or your friend calls you . To call your friend simply click the video icon on the top of your chat window

B) Upon successful completion of Video calling set up, you will automatically get connected to your friends video call . If any problem arises , then u can follow the same Step no ( A ) shown above

Facebook Video Calling works with all the major browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer. Just make sure the browser your using is updated one.

How do i Start my Video calling With my friend?

A) After completing the Set up process completely its time now to get started with Video calling, to start video call simply visit your friends profile page and above there click on "Call" button in top right end side corner and can start the call else if you and your friend are already chatting through then you can click the video icon at the top of your chat window to get started

B) Have patience and wait for sometime for the call to get started and to receive your friends reply, due to internet connectivity or your friends busy in other activity , then it can take time. If your friend unable to reply, you can drop him an offline message to revert you back.

NOTE : To make all this steps work properly do ensure u have went through proper set up, do check out twice the web cam, micro phone are fixed proper in right slots and are in good working condition before u start your set up, to have

Update for all Users : Facebook Video calling is in process of getting launched sooner, we will keep you updated with the launch when it happens, the above steps are for you to get ready with the set up process

An Overview to Google Plus Features

2011-07-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

Does signing up for the latest and the most talk about networking site Google ( + ) makes any Social Sense. We try to find out how

WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN GOOGLE PLUS IF YOU GET AN INVITE ??

Since last few days i have been trying to be more active on Google + than on Facebook and Twitter. Google + has a mix features from both networks. And heck, it has brought me closer to my Twitter friends as it doesn't have the 140 character barrier... I don't need to start my own blog to write my views and then link my friends to it . I can do it on Plus with photos and videos...together

Home Page

Once you sign , you are greeted by an uncluttered main page that's almost characteristic of Google's minimalistic approach. Here, you can update status messages, make post, share videos and photos with your friends - just like you can on Facebook.

What you can also do here, however is share your location if you're using a phone running Android 2.1 or higher ( reports indicate a similar functionality will soon be available for i Phones )

Besides Plus due to its seamless integration with other Google products makes it easier to share videos from YouTube and Photos from Picasa when compared to Twitter or Facebook. So, instead of opening a separate window to find a YouTube video to post, you can search inside the same network.

Plus even borrows from Twitter's Follow option where you can add practically anyone to your Circle to view their public posts on your main page. The good thing ( or bad ) , unlike the microblog, the posts are not limited to 140 - character messages.

Now, if you like a post made by a friend, you can show your approval by clicking on the +1 button, right below the entry. This, of course, works exactly like Facebook 'Like' button.

Profile Page

The Profile Page aggregates the history of your posts on Google Plus. Here, on the top panel besides Posts, Photos, Videos and aggregated +1s you can also access the About page where you can enter your personal information.

You are also given the option to post links to other networking accounts that you may have. And yes, if you're active on Buzz, aka Google's version of Twitter, you can also access that feed from here.

Circles

Now, if there one thing that differentiates Plus from Facebook, it's got to be Circles. The interface lets you drag and drop your friend's and 'followers' into various sub-groups. In effect, when you make posts available to your 'Friends Circle' these will not be visible to your contacts in Office Circle. The site lets you create as many Circles you want.

The Circles are also visible on your Main Page in the left - hand panel besides your main feeds. Here, if you select your Office Circle, for example, only those posts that are made by colleagues will be visible to you on the page.

This is not to say that contacts can only be added to a single Circle. You should choose to include a person in as many groups as you deem fit. Creating Circles is easy and takes a few minutes. Try selective sharing on Facebook, and you'll end up wasting more time because it isn't as upfront and easy as Google makes it for you.

The best part, you can add anyone to your circles. I created a Circle called "friends" can see above in the image and added my best close pals in it. Adding people to your circle is a lot like following them on Twitter it lets you read their public posts.

But to truly enjoy the experience, you''ll need a wide screen because the interface doesn't re-size for smaller monitor displays. Creating Circles on a 14" inch monitor is painful because you end up using the scroll bar, time and again.

Photos Page

Just like Facebook, Plus has its own version of the Photos page where you can view all the pictures uploaded by the contacts in your Circles.. Due to integration with Picasa, users are allowed unlimited storage.

Click on a picture, and it zooms in, complete with a side panel that displays comments made by friends for each of the images. Clicking on the 'Actions > Photo Detail's option below any zoomed -in photo allows you to access to histogram information, camera details, exposure, aperture, focal length, ISO speed, etc, for the particular picture.

Under 'Actions' option you will also find an 'Edit Photo' feature with five basic picture - processing filters, including auto color, auto contrast and black and white. Processing the photo takes a few seconds and on a good broad band connection. Not bad at all.

Sparks

This feature, which can be found on the left panel of the main page, lets users find the latest content news stories, blog posts, videos pertaining to things that interest the. Click on the link and you are taken to a page that prompts you to add you topics to Sparks. Using Google's engines, the page then aggregates all the content that matches with the term you added.

A 'share' button below each news/blog item makes it easier to post the link to your Plus stream. Simply put, Sparks is a news aggregator that lets you divide your feeds based on topic and all within your Plus social network.

Huddles

This is a group texting feature, which is currently available on Android phones. Google is promoting it as a cost-effective way of chatting with a group of people in real time, much like BlackBerry's messenger and Whatsapp.

Mobile+

Hang Out

If you don't have webcam phobia, and are comfortable broadcasting video online, this feature is sure to have you hooked. After asking, you to 'check your hair and make sure your mic works'., Google lets you video conference with up to 10 friends simultaneously ( though you will need to download a plug-in for this ) .

As people join your Hang Out, the screen splits into a strip of little squares of video with one central window in the middle. You get featured in the middle, when Google's algorithms detect that you speaking on mic. You're relegated to the smaller squares as soon as someone else takes centrestage.

After i created a Hang Out, ( the link can be found on the right-hand panel of the main page ),

me and my friends spent 30 minutes chatting with each other. The feature works as promised, provided you have decent internet bandwidth at your disposal. I can see Hang Out being used to facilitate business meeting and even gossip session between friends ( you can even watch YouTube video together.)

Data Liberation

Designed by a Google engineering team tasked with making it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products, the Data Liberation option lets you save a backup of your photos, profile information, contacts, Circles, stream posts and Buzz posts on your computer.

Using the feature, which can be found under Account settings, I managed to download all my activity in a zip folder in less than two minutes. This makes it easier to find something you posted a year ago. Indeed, Data Liberation is a great tool for people complain that they have no way of archiving their tweets, Flickr images, or finding Facebook posts from a year ago.

Verdict

Plus is definitely worth trying. Once you've signed up, it's tough to say goodbye because Google draws you back with its newly touched black toolbar that squats across Google sites and posts a notification to alert you about the activity on Plus.

For people who primarily share multimedia, this platform makes it because of its simplicity in design and the able support of other Google products.

Features such as Hang Out are worth a dekho. And with Circles, you do not feel compelled to reciprocate a 'Follow' like on Twitter. Still there aren't many options to create groups and this might prove a hindrance to creating thriving communities like on Facebook and Orkut. Also, there is no way to search posts posted by your friends or anyone in the network, big drawback again.

And if you like social games or applications, you'' be disappointed because Plus does not have any yet. Hope to c ahead in future any time soon.

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How to join Google Plus? Who All Can Join it ?

2011-07-09T00:14:00.000-07:00

Google Plus ( + ) project seems to be one of the greatest creation of Google all time. Google has really changed the way one can surf net and now with plus one, the limits are set to endless. Well one can see this as another competition to facebook who has been struggling with its privacy issues, where as google has kept

At present Google is not allowing to join or sign up for Google plus one openly as its in trial & testing process, though invitation process is going on. You can post your Gmail ID in the comments box below and we can invite you as a free favor. For invitation kindly follow the below simple steps

How to get a Google Plus invitation

If you don’t already have an account on Google Plus and need an invitation then you need follow these steps

1). Follow us on Facebook and Twitter

2) Subscribe to our site

leave your email-id below here in comments section, we will send you all the invites

New ShortMail Cuts Email to 500 Characters or less

2011-07-06T07:14:00.000-07:00

A new email program called 'Shortmail', dubbed as "Twitter or email", will now scale down the communication overload by restricting messages to 500 characters. The program also aims to make some conversations more public and therefore more social.

Shortmail is a new way to communicate. Yes, its length-limited to 500 characters.But it's also social linked to your Twitter account. Over time, we want to make e-mail much more social and more efficient," the founder Dave Troy was quoted saying.

The program is destined to deliver only those messages that are within the character limit and prompt users to shorten then before sending if they go beyond limit. Shortmail not only uses Twitter handles to help people claim the addresses, but also gives them access to a website with a basic interface to contact other users.

Messages can be delivered both privately and publicly, just like Twitter.

Is Google Docs or Office 365 better?

2011-07-04T04:06:00.000-07:00

With the release of Office 365, you have a version of Microsoft Office that runs on the browser. But is it good enough to take on the free Google Docs? We decide to take a closer look at it .

Microsoft's decision to launch Office 365 a few days ago represented the company's effort to get a slice of the enterprise cloud computing rise. But for executives and travelling business folk, it mean something simpler the option to use the popular MS Office suits (MS Word, MS Excel,

MS PowerPoint) from any computer, using what the software giant calls its Office Web Apps.

Here, however it faces some very stuff competition from Docs, which has pretty much been the go-to application for anybody wanting to work on a productivity online. We took both Google Docs and the office suite portion of Office 365 for a short swing online and here is what we found out.

To start using...

All you need to do to get into Google Docs is having a Google account, signing up for which is easy. With Office 365 being a more professional affair the whole process takes a bit longer. So if you are the type who gets intimidated by being referred to as The Admin, well, just keep that upper lip stiff.

You will be able to get to your online MS office suite after a few clicks and drawn out registration process ( nope, your Windows live sign in will not work. ). Once that is done, things are a lot simpler, but we really wish there was a way by which one could simply sign up for the office suite part of Office 365. Indeed, Google Docs takes this one by a mile.

Looks and ease of use...

We have huge fans of Google Docs ever since it was launched, but we must confess that Office 365 makes it look plain mousy in comparison. The famous ribbon interface is there, the icons are more colorful and sharp. Yes, this is as close as it gets real McCoy on the desktop. Perhaps it is the familiarity with Microsoft's icons, toolbars and menus, but the very stark fact is that we were able to get up, up and away with Office 365's suite in far lesser time than we ever did with Google Docs.

Microsoft scores.

Features...

Scratch the boring surface and you will see that Google Docs let you do a lot more than on the web than Office 365 does. Yes, you cannot do stuff like tracking edit changes in the World web app, or add animations and transitions in the web avtar of PowerPoint. How ever, Microsoft has more bells and whistles - you get better templates for each of the applications on Microsoft's versions. You can also move smoothly from the document on Office 365 to MS Office on your computer for more intense editing, but honestly, that kind of defeats the purpose of cloud. Here both services even went out

Compatibility with MS Office formats ...

In spite of the efforts of all the other productivity suites, the fact is that almost everyone uses MS Office formats when it comes to saving documents, spreadsheets and files. Indeed, Google Docs does tend to miss out some of the formatting in MS Office documents uploaded to it, especially with

.docx format files. In our case, we found the colors missing from some of our columns and our more power full bullets replaced by dull, vanilla ones.

Collaboration ...

Google Docs comes into its own in the field of collaboration. Sharing documents and working on the same document in real time is so much easier in this suite. The same can be done in Office 365 too, but you would need to create a Team site, which is accessible people u choose. Yes, it is more power full and looks more corporate than Google's relatively plain affair, but if you are a small group that wants nothing more than simple collaboration, Google Docs is so much better.

Performance ...

That ribbon interface and those lovely icons come at the price of band width.We consistently found Google Docs loading & saving files much faster, easier, than the web versions of the MS Office. And this was over a 4 mbps connection. Those with a slower connection or using data cards are going to struggle with Office 365's web apps. We also encountered a few problems while logging into the Office 365 service something that almost never happens with Google Docs and there was more than the odd "encountered and unexpected error" messages on Microsoft's cloud office suite, which tended to crash the app. As of now, Google Docs is the boss here.

And incidentally ,Google Docs tends to work best in Chrome, while Office 365 ticks over smoothest in IE. '

Surprised ?

Price ...

This is where Google Docs really delivers a blow to Office 365.While Microsoft supporters will argue ( with good reason ) that their offering be compared with that of Google's commercial one, for us there is no getting around the fact that Google Docs can be used for free. Office 365 comes with a price tag starting from 6$ per month, per user ( although it has also a free 30 - day trial period. )

Our Verdict is out ....

It might look very impressive but as of now, we do not think that Office 365's office web suite posts to much of a challenge to Google Docs. It might make sense to the suits in corporate circles, but for the solo professional or smallish group of people on the move, Google Docs remains the app to go to. That said, Office 365 can only get better and we are wagering the gap between the two online office suits is only going to get narrow in the coming days. But as of today, Office 365 has the looks, but Google Docs just does a bit more online.

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Unlike the free Google Docs that can be accessed by anyone with a Google account, Office 365 is targeted at enterprise customers. The Microsoft package besides the Office Web Apps that we have mentioned here includes other products such as Exchange Online, SharePointOnline, and Lync Online.

Beautiful Animated lables gadget Effect in Blogger

2011-07-01T04:49:00.000-07:00

Have seen lots of text hover, image hover effects animation till now, but never thought of trying something different animation in labels.

So today i am showing you all the simplest and the effective way of adding animated labels to your blog / website. With my coding we can have fun cool effect add to our links in blog labels list. Have seen this kind trick many other sites but today after going through spiceupurblog, found the best trick.

This effect is created with the use of jQuery and generally when ever any user visitor places their cursor over the animated label link it moves horizontally.

With just some small change in code this kind hover effect used in image, background or even underline also.

LIVE DEMO : TO SEE ITS OUTPUT WORKING EFFECT WATCH THE ABOVE VIDEO U GET CLEAR IDEA OF IT

Add Animated Link Lists To Your Blog

Step 1. In your Blogger dashboard click > Design > Edit Html

Step 2. Find the following piece of code in your blogs Html : (Click Ctrl and F for a search bar to help find the code

</head>

Step 3. Copy And Paste The Following Code Directly Above / Before </head>

><script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var dur = 450;
$(document).ready(function() {
$('a.linknudge, .Label ul li a').hover(function() {
$(this).animate({
paddingLeft: '20px'
}, dur);
}, function() {
$(this).animate({
paddingLeft: 0
}, dur);
});
});</script><

Step 4. Save Your Template.

Protect Content with JavaScript Encryption & Decryption

2011-06-29T08:18:00.000-07:00

A Very useful secured script for protecting ur blog / site content posts with password has been created by vincentcheung. This script created by him hides what ever text or content etc which we wish to hide from certain people online and it can only be seen and revealed by users who have the password to unlock the content. Even i used it for test purpose and have found it very useful and effective.

This hidden content cannot be easily cracked, hacked at all and your content remains safe from all unwanted visitors and users. Even the site author claims that he cannot cracked the password for hidden encrypted code its only visible to the person who has set the password .

Can say this is unique powerful script and thoroughly enjoyed working implementing this script and above all it helps us maintain privacy and secrecy for our content online.

password for this below given demo script is : webprogramming ( try using the following script with the password given )

<head>
<script type="text/javascript"src="http://www.vincentcheung.ca/jsencryption/jsencryption.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="eAqzR1cs"title="U2FsdGVkX18mLXBrVhO6NNCYkDQP+b6vBYJ4mdYbK0g=">
<a href="javascript:decryptText('eAqzR1cs')">Show encrypted text</a>
</div>
</body>

Instructions

To put encrypted text in your own site:

01 ) Encrypt your text on the encryption page

a) Type the password it can be random chosen or manual passowrd for the encrypted text in the Key box (be sure to remember the key!)

b) Enter whatever you want to encrypt in the Plain Text box ...Click Encrypt

Copy and paste the code in the HTML Code box into your website or blog

The JavaScript decryption code

Between the and tags in the html code of your webpage, add the following:

Encrypted text and decryption link

This is the basic code to use in the body of the html code of your webpage to do the decryption:

<div id="uniqueID" title="encrypted text">

<a href="javascript:decryptText('uniqueID')">Show encrypted text</a>

</div>

encrypted text is the encrypted text generated from the encryption/decryption page.

uniqueID is a unique name for the element, which is automatically generated by the encryption/decryption page in the sample code. This can be anything that you want, but do not put your key here because it is visible to everyone.

The decryptText JavaScript function gets the encrypted text from the title of the element with the id uniqueID. Once decrypted, the contents of the element are replaced with the decrypted text.

The two uniqueID's must be exactly the same, otherwise the code will not work.

See the examples page to see this in action and for different uses..

To see the example working live please click on below ( password is 7gqCB0M9 )

LIVE DEMO

CREATING E-COMMERCE REGULATIONS

2011-06-29T05:37:00.000-07:00

Many new internet laws are coming into force and there have been considerable changes in the past few years to protect the interests of all who venture online. In 2002 the E-commerce Regulations came into effect throughout Europe and basically apply to all online businesses.

The E-commerce Regulations apply to those that:

* sell goods or services to businesses or customers on the internet or by email or SMS text messages

* Advertise on the internet or by emails on the SMS

* Convey or store electronic content for customers , or provide access to a communications network.

The regulations provide guidelines and rules about advertising, marketing and the information that you need to provide to your customers. All online businesses need to ensure that they are complying with the regulations.

Some of the main provisions include the following

1) The businesses needs to comply with the relevant laws and regulations pertaining to their country. There are exceptions and you need to find out what is relevant to your situation.
For example, businesses that trade with customers elsewhere in Europe may have to comply with rules or regulations in the customer's location.

2) Specific information about your businesses needs to be made available to your customers.

3) There are requirements concerning contracts. If you have a business or customer contract that is delivered electronically, the individual has to be able to print or store a copy of the contract's terms and conditions.

4) When placing orders customers must be allowed to change or correct their order before it is placed and the website must acknowledge receipt of an order.

5) Advertising using the internet, email or mobile phone must be clearly identified as an advert and must identify the business responsible for the advert. Any conditions of promotions, competitions or games, including condition of participation, must be clearly clarified and accessible.
The regulations also cover unsolicited commercial communications .

Information requirements.

The following information should be displayed on your website.

1) your name and contact address

2) your email-address

3) details of any professional organisation that you belong to

4) your VAT registration number and company registration number if applicable.

Also , when mentioning prices, you need to make clear to your customer whether there is any tax or delivery costs.

KNOWING YOUR EMAIL MARKETING LAWS

2011-06-28T23:48:00.000-07:00

If you intend to use email communication in the running of your web venture, you need to be aware of the laws concerning electronic communication and, in particular, unsolicited email (or spam).

In recent times legislation has come into effect to protect customers and business from the impact of unsolicited email. Any marketing via email is effective only permitted if the recipients have chosen ( or opted in) to receive the information. Failure to adhere the regulations result in a hefty fine of several thousands.

Initially, familiarize yourself with the rules in depth so that you know what you can or can't do with regard to email marketing

Establishing Website Terms & Conditions

2011-06-21T00:57:00.000-07:00

The terms and conditions govern your vistior's use of your website. It effectively confirms that by using your website your visitors accept the terms and conditions in full. The T&Cs as they are affectionately called, usually appear on a link at the bottom of every website page.

The details in your T&Cs can vary immensely depending upon the nature of your website and may amount to several pages. There are plenty of free templates for T&Cs which you can revise to suit: take a look @ http://www.website-law.co.uk/ or http://www.clickdocs.co.uk/.It's worth having the final document checked by a legal expert though to make sure that it's appropriate/

Basically, your T&Cs will include the following

1). An introduction

2) A statement of the webiste's intellectual property rights.

3) A license that grants the user the rights to use the website with provisions confirmed.

4) Limitations of liability - effectively a disclaimer

5) Restricted access (if applicable to membership sites)

6) Rules concerning the use of any features such as discussion boards or chat rooms.

7) Variation of the agreement and confirmation of the entire agreement.

8) Law - this is usually governed by the legal obligations in the country that website is based in

9) Your site's contact details.

Inform the Media of Your Website Launch

2011-06-20T00:33:00.000-07:00

Ahead of your launch prepare your first press release that will grab the media's attention.The purpose of this press release is to announce the launch of your website. It should give information about that the website is about and who it's aimed at. However, this information alone isn't enough. To reiterate, the media are more interested in the story behind the website why it is created, by whom and any significant angle that will turn your story from an advert into a genuinely interesting article for the news pages.

To gain the interest of the publication that targets your customers, give an exclusive offer aimed at their readers. Perhaps you can give a month's membership free, or discount on first order or a freebie. Offers will gain your customer's attention & may provide you with more space in the publication.

Your pre-launch press release should contain the following .

* An interesting , newsworthy story hook.

* The date of your website's launch .

* Some background information about you and your website.

*Any reader offers.

* Most importantly - your website address.

CHECKLIST

* Create a marketing strategy

* Know exactly who your customers are and where you will find them.

* Prepare a media kit

* Prepare a media campaign

* Inform the media of your launch

* Make last - minute pre-launch checks.

* Celebrate your launch ! :))))

Add Google +1 button to your site

2011-06-01T22:36:00.001-07:00

Now finally the wait is over, Google +1 is out with its button code for all users.

More about Google +1 is yet another attempt to make Google more social. It's Google's version of the Facebook "likes", a simple feature that's very powerful because it's part of a social network.

Google will show +1 buttons next to all search results and ads, while encouraging other sites to include the buttons. All +1's are public and they're tied to Google Profiles. The goal is to use this data to personalize search results and ads by recommending sites +1'd by your friends. Google Social Search already does this, but there's no support for Facebook likes, so Google had to come up with a substitute.

"+1 is the digital shorthand for 'this is pretty cool.' To recommend something, all you have to do is click +1 on a webpage or ad you find useful

1) Button size small pixel code (15 px) with include count feature in it.

( Preview small button size snapshot below )



<br></span> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff00ff"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone size="small"></g:plusone></font> </b></span></font></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><br></b></span></font></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">

2) Button medium size pixel code (20px) with include count feature in it

( Preview Medium button size snapshot below )



<br></span> </font></font></b></b></b></p><p><b><b><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff00ff"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></font></font></b></b></b></p></div><div><p><b><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b></b></font></b></b></p><div><p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00ff00" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 900; line-height: 20px;"></span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00ff00" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00ff00" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00ff00" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00ff00" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><g:plusone size="medium"></g:plusone></font></p><p></p></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; "><p style="color: lime; "><b><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><br> </b></font></b></b></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">

3) Standard button pixel code (24px) with include count feature in it

( Preview Standard button size snapshot below )

4) Tall button pixel code (60px) with include count feature in it

( Preview Tall button size snapshot below )

Any Queries, doubts, problems regarding applying this code to your site, let me know through comments and i will solve it out.

Your use of the code above is subject to the Google +1 Button Publisher Policies.

For additional information, see our general FAQs.

For customization options and technical FAQs, see our full documentation page.

Basic Rules about writing web copy.

2011-05-29T03:16:00.000-07:00

Consider the following points for writing cool web copy.

1) Always write for your target audience. Make sure that you give the readers what they need.

2) What is the purpose of your web copy? What messages are you trying to convey? Be clear with your objectives. Keep it relevant and don't go off on a tangent.

3) Write most of your copy using the 'inverted pyramid' style. This involves writing the key information at the beginning of the article. It has the effect of grabbing the reader's attention and providing them with the important details from the start. Newspapers use the inverted pyramid style of writing successfully and this form of journalism is suitable for electronic publishing.

4) Keep your articles brief and specific to the heading.

5) Insert short sub-headings at least with every page scroll to break up the text. Make it easy clean.

6) Use short, captivating headings which are also key-word rich.

7) Keep paragraphs and sentences short.

8) Make every word count.

9) Avoid use of slang or colloquial terms.

10) Write for an international audience.

11) Use plain English.

12) Check that your grammar and punctuation are correct.

13) Check your copy to avoid typos and spelling mistakes

14) Be brief in your delivery, but write in an appealing and informative style.

15) Work to a maximum of 600 - 700 words per article.

16) Turn your web copy into benefits. Inform your visitors.

17) Use bullet points to break up large chunks of writing.

18) Check your copy to avoid ambiguity.

19) Edit your copy to avoid any repetition, verbosity or extraneous words.

20) Only use underlining for hyper - links.

Writing Rich key-word Content

2011-05-29T02:55:00.000-07:00

Not only does your web copy need to be well-written and informative, it should be delivered to optimize your search engine placement. We should be aware of this in the design stages when contemplating your content.

Your web content has a crucial role in deciding your place in search engine, results for relevant key word phrases ( the words that your potential customers will search for ) so it's important that you consider writing key-word rich content. You need to have the balance just right -through. Too few key words and your site will not gain the required exposure. Too many keywords and your site will be ignored by your visitors and search engine spiders ( also known as crawlers which are the devices in place to check websites for inclusion in search engines).

Good web copy writing ensures the right balance of key word density, using the optimal number of search terms in relation to the total number of words.

Don't overdo the keywords though to the point where your copy becomes dull, repetitive, unappealing or reads like exaggerated sales copy. Remember to write with your target audience in mind. After all, it is your customers who will decide whether to buy your product or service.

All your keywords should also be placed in the meta tags of the website code ( check with your designer or design program). However, it is that thought with enhanced search engine. technology, it's not important to do this. It's what is on your website for public viewing that matters and gets you rated in the search engines.

Professional Photoshop Web Buttons PSD & PNG

2011-05-29T01:14:00.000-07:00

Download the exclusive set of Photoshop professional web buttons style PSD & PNG icons set to use for. All icons includes hover styles and 4 sets of different color schemes

If you all like the icons, do say appreciate thanks for it too in ur comments...:)))

Thanks....medialoot.com

DOWNLOAD

http://www.fileserve.com/file/BJbpcFK

What does copyright mean for the website proprietor?

2011-05-07T07:29:00.000-07:00

Here are the main points you should know.

* Any material that you personally create for the purpose of your website gives you full rights to the ownership of that material. That means you can authorize or prohibit the use of your original work elsewhere.

* You will need to check who owns the rights for any work ( web copy, images, etc ) you commission for use on your website. The copyright usually remains with the originator of the material and may have restricted use of it . For example, you may only be able to use the material on your website and not in any point publications. Unless you have paid handsomely to purchase "all rights" from the originator for you have to exclusive use of the material, keep in mind that the copyright is likely to remain with the originator

* Do not copy any material from any source for reproduction on your website (or elsewhere) without the prior permission of the originator or copyright holder of the material. If you see a great photo or piece of writing that you would like to use on your website, you will need to seek out the copyright owner and ask for permission to use. You may need to pay a fee. If so, an agreement or contract will need to be in place granting you permission.

Protecting your website

Your website should contain a copyright notice to state who the copyright belongs to (either you or your company or the originator)

For example:© The year published and Your Name if your are the originator and own the copyright.

A more detailed copyright notice can also be included on the website in the terms and conditions. For Example

All rights reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying. recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the website / originator.

Check other websites or seek legal advice when drawing up official notices for guidance.

Creating Hype To Attract Visitors To Your Website

2011-04-19T04:05:00.000-07:00

If your website isn't gaining your visitor's attention, it's time to start creating some hype to capture the imagination of your potential customers. There's no question about it, creating believable hype will sell your website.

So how do you create this hype??

1) Emphasize the benefits - highlight what your visitors will gain from your website.

2) Clearly advertise your USP ( unique selling points ) such as specialist information top quality products, amazing discounts, or anything that really sets your website apart from all the rest.

3) Create an identity that makes your website stand out. Be different

4) Shout about any awards, accolades, experience, qualifications or anything that gives your website an edge over your competiton.

5) Feature customer endorsements - draw out the best endorsements from satisfied customers and devote space to them on your website. A good endorsement can win you more customers.

Effective hype emphasizes your website's current strength. With so much competition with millions of websites vying for customers, you need to create impact to keep your visitors on your site.

Make a checklist of all the 'hype points' about your website. Draw on the positive points but remember that any type of hype which captures media attention will drive to your website.

Twitter Stick to 140 Characters

2011-04-11T07:46:00.000-07:00

You have to stick to 140 characters, right ? That's all give you, and they do it for a good reason. Being starved of space stops with waffling and sparks your creativity. It's what Twitter is all about.

Well, yes and no.

Twitter give you 140 characters because that's all that can fit through SMS systems. If mobile phone companies could handle message of 200 characters then that's probably how long our tweets would be.

Even though the limit is fairly arbitary, it does make sense to keep to it as much as possible.

The alternative is to show half-complete tweets and offer links for people to continue reading or break messages up so that they're sent for several tweets. There are even services such as TwitLonger that allow people to post messages as long as they like with the first 140 characters appearing as tweet.

You can see all of these things happening sometimes on Twitter, and they rarely look good. Readers expect the content on Twitter to be small. They expect to be able to read and absorb it in one bite. These are content snacks, not three course meals with coffee.

Writing a thought that takes more than 140 characters and spreading it over three or four tweets is giving people more than they want. It also makes you look like you're dominating the conversation.

Chat with a friend, and you' will take turns speaking. You''ll speak your friend will respond, and then you''ll continue. Keep talking without giving your friend chance to offer his response and you'' start to sound rude.

Multiple tweets can have the same effect upon Twitter.

Again this doesn't mean you you should never break up a long tweet. And it certainly doesn't mean that you shouldn't post one tweet after another.

What does it mean is that you should be aware of the effect you can create in timeline when you do either.

Javascript Form Date Validation Script

2011-04-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

<HEAD>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">


</script>

<BODY>

<center>
<form>

From date <input type=text name=from onBlur="checkdate(this)" size=11 maxlength=11>
To date   <input type=text name=to   onBlur="checkdate(this)" size=11 maxlength=11>

<input type=button name=formatbutton onClick="doDateCheck(this.form.from, this.form.to);" value="Check">

</form>
</center>

Google Launches +1 button to go one up on Facebook "Like"

2011-04-01T23:22:00.000-07:00

To compete with Facebook 'Like' Google launches a new feature that lets users share search results they like with their friends.

Google will allow people to personally endorse search results and Web pages, an important step in its efforts to add social networking capabilities to its products amid increasing competition from Facebook.

The new so-called +1 button that will appear alongside Google search results for some users on Wednesday means that people will be able to recommend specific search results to their friends and acquaintances by clicking the like button.

The new feature comes likely after the year after Facebook began offering special "Like" buttons to Websites, creating a personalized recommendation system that some analysts believe could gradually challenge tradiational search engine ranking algorithms for finding online information.

Google +1 recommendations will also appear in the paid ads that Google display alongside its search results . In its internal tests, Google found that including the recommendation boosted the rates at which people click on the ads.

Create a JavaScript Search Engine

2011-03-16T23:47:00.000-07:00

Creating a JavaScript Search Engine, so far as JavaScript is concerned, is actually quite easy. The following is a search for this whole site.

Try searching some words. And try some it most likely won't find to see what happens. Of course, you could try 'script' and 'javascript'.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">



</SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">



</SCRIPT>

The search contains 218 URLs with their data! So it is rather bit long. Though the JavaScript to run it is rather simple. Its code is as follows:

    <form NAME="F187" METHOD="POST" ACTION ENCTYPE="TEXT/PLAIN">

    <p><br>

    Enter a search word or phrase:<br>

    <input TYPE="TEXT" NAME="MyText" VALUE SIZE="27" MAXLENGTH="25"><br>

    <select NAME="MySelect" size="5">

    <option>Your answer will appear here </option>

    </select> <input TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Search" onClick="MyFunction()"><br>

    <input TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Go!" onClick="go()" }><br>

    </p>

    </form>

Credit & Big Thanks to KEN WARD for this

Javascript Alert boxes

2011-03-16T22:04:00.000-07:00

An alert box is a small window that pops up with a yellow warning sign and a (usually) important message.

With JavaScript we can either show a message to the user either before a page loads or in response to a user action. Here we will make an alert box that appears before the page loads. It will look like this:

Steps to Follow

1. In Notepad, open base.html, your starter HTML page template.

2. Now, within the tags, insert the following code:

This makes a pop-up box which says "This is a class on JavaScript" with an OK button that allows the user to close it and continue. The message can be changed to whatever you like. This type of pop-up box is called an alert box because it can only be used to alert a viewer.

It cannot be used to control where the user may go. alert() is a method that takes care of displaying the box. The line “This is a class on JavaScript” is the parameter for the alert() method. Some more examples of methods are:

confirm(“put message here”) ; This is the next type of box we’ll be looking at.

prompt(“put request here”) ; This asks the user to enter some text.

You probably noticed at the end of a method, after the right parenthesis, there is a semi-colon. In
JavaScript, a semi-colon is used to end a "statement