Another Cool and By Now Quite Familiar Widget (example bloglines etc)
Note this is an example only. Decision Stats site is non commercial.
But if you slog and blog, earn some more peanuts here.
Enjoy!!
More fun than plain ol Adsense ..say what ?
Category: Internet
The new look Skype
Use it . Dont waste money on those phone bills. Save money in the recession -Its a tough economy
Blogger’s Block and Better Blogging
Some tips for beating blogger’s block.
Patience -Everyone gets blogger ‘s block. This too shall pass .
Fermented Idea -When your ideas are hot , don’t publish immediately. Use the draft posts – they are there for a purpose.
Timing -Use and manipulate time stamps to space out your good posts.
Make your blog better by doing the following
Think and invest-Use free software for analysis at lower traffics and higher ,cost softwares for higher traffic.
Dos-Use wordpress – it is good. Or any software .But do avoid big big links.
Earn when you burn-Use ad sense or Yahoo or at least 1 ad software even though your blog is non commercial.
Dont kid yourself-Free Blogging in my view is against the principles of economics as your time and your readers time has a value ” There is no such thing as a free lunch”
Work smart is better than work hard-Use basic Search Engine Optimization (also known as GBO or Google Bot Optimization after the Yahoo-Google deal).
The simple little things-Avoid spelling mistakes. .Use spell check.
First Impressions-Titles should be catchy but to the point.
Give The Reader a break-Use the RSS or Email subscriber to avoid hit and run visitors.
Parting Shots-Sum up the post in last two sentences.
Pictures vs a 1000 Words-Use at least one graphic per page to increase appeal. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Uh -Oh—Trust in God but use anti spam software.
Network on the Net-Read other blogs , comment . Praise lavishly and avoid criticism-leave that to the rest of the world. What goes around in the online world often comes around in the offline world.
Techie Tip-Use the more <—-> tag in WordPress to build suspense in reader if he reads just the first four sentences. First impression will be the last impression.
Now that you have a better blog, get back to blogging….:)
Pretty Fly for A Website Guy
And so we decided one day , that our website is going astray.
We brushed off our HTML help, only to mess up website ourself
CSS,Java, Widgets, Themes,linkware,Copyright Policy
Ever felt so overwhelmed by trying to create a website that you
1) handed some hard earned money to smoother talking web designer
2) didnot make the website at all.
I am not talking about professional or organization websites who truly deserve the aesthetic value that comes from customized design , and functions. I am talking of people who need more serious platforms than blogs and wont ever , ever make money out of it..and didnot want to earn money from the website anyways.
Well basic steps to make a website are in the January 2008 Post— https://decisionstats.com/2008/20-steps-to-creating-a-website-business/
This new post now talks about revamping design of neglected websites without neglecting too much quality time for yourself and family. We are assuming you used wordpress because its the fastest SEO enabled content software for smaller websites.
Select and upload your wordpress theme from the official site itself- http://themes.wordpress.net/
A) modifying wordpress themes-
Its painful but should be done.
Try going the widget route.
If your new pretty wordpress theme is not widget enabled ,try these three steps
superbly mentioned here-
1) create functions.php by pasting these lines
<?php
if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) )
register_sidebar();
?>” AND
into a notepad file and
saving it as use qutation marks “functions.php” “
And then upload to the wp-content/themes/”pretty theme in this case” folder .
upload using the filezilla software mentioned in https://decisionstats.com/2008/20-steps-to-creating-a-website-business/ .
2) Add Widgets to Dynamic Sidebar – go to design -theme- “pretty theme in question “-widgets using the new wordpress dashboard. Now use whatever widgets you want including pasting custom stuff like adsense,feedburner forms , in the text widgets.
3)Add Dynamic Sidebar to Template -go to design -theme- “pretty theme in question “-edit theme
Paste this in the sidebar.php
<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
B) Using some HTML help for tweaking fonts within the theme
The following site is good for basic HTML copy and paste tweaking. http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_fonts.asp
3) Knowing when to stop designing the pretty website. If you need more help, call a professional but with more money. If you are taking more than 1 week with dedicated 1 hour daily or 7 work hours, call in a pro or change to a new wordpress theme.
And speaking of fun and simple websites please check out www.thadguy.com who have great cartoons and very nice linking policy as well.
Free Software is Dying Out
When nearly everyone offers products for free (besides Microsoft) or just as downloads, for ad revenue.Linked In has been a pioneer not just in professional social networking , but in its pricing strategy. This has enable it to keep it a very loyal base, beat off lots of challengers , and command a 1 Billion valuation.
I find that sometimes people who charge you a transparent fixed fee , are better than people who sell your identity to lots of advertising companies but charge nothing. Both free pricing (with zero privacy) and expensive monopolistic /early bird premium pricing are bad pricing strategies for retaining customers . Here is much more renowned blog that argues that google analytics is much more expensive despite being free (http://www.mymotech.com/google-analytics-can-be-more-expensive-than-webtrends/)
Legal Copyrights- Some history
Here is an interesting blog post on why software giants like google ,microsoft will be rich foroever. And ironically Microsoft has given away the maximum number of free programs, dlls, extensions,patches. When I mean free I mean really free, they did not sell your identity to advertisers .
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Back in 1998, representatives of the Walt Disney Company came to Washington looking for help. Disney’s copyright on Mickey Mouse, who made his screen debut in the 1928 cartoon short “Steamboat Willie,” was due to expire in 2003, and Disney’s rights to Pluto, Goofy and Donald Duck were to expire a few years later.
Prompted perhaps by the Disney group’s lavish donations of campaign cash – more than $6.3 million in 1997-98, according to the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics – Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
Cloud Computing across LAN’s ?
The concept of cloud computing is interesting and actually quite old. It lacked major backing till Google came along and is now increasingly seen as the alternative to PC (given that other alternatives like Tablet PC came and went).
This diagram and definition is from Wikipedia of course ”
Cloud computing refers to computing resources being accessed which are typically owned and operated by a third-party provider on a consolidated basis in Data Center locations. Consumers of cloud computing services purchase computing capacity on-demand and are not generally concerned with the underlying technologies used to achieve the increase in server capability. There are however increasing options for developers that allow for platform services in the cloud where developers do care about the underlying technology.”
What prevents local area networks from enforcing clouds beats me. Put all the apps and ALL the storage on the server.Since most PC OEMS insist on their standard 80 gb hard disk configuration, the IT team of a company has to work harder to enforce it, but once done – They have lower tickets to attend to. Just put thin shell ubuntu PC’s with open office on each local machine. This also makes compliance and productivity tracking much easier to do- just check the server logs. Bottlenecks of course remain that IT Compliance in companies rarely seeks to maximize business value, thus ensuring they are the first to be transferred to other teams or downsized in downturns as a cost unit not as a core unit.
You can also try Google Apps for enterprise for such initiatives. The software is now ready which wasnt the case a few years back.
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