1.1 History of search engines
In the early days of Internet development, its users were a privileged minority and the amount of available information was relatively small. Access was mainly restricted to employees of various universities and laboratories who used it to access scientific information. In those days, the problem of finding information on the Internet was not nearly as critical as it is now.
Site directories were one of the first methods used to facilitate access to information resources on the network. Links to these resources were grouped by topic. Yahoo was the first project of this kind opened in April 1994. As the number of sites in the Yahoo directory inexorably increased, the developers of Yahoo made the directory searchable. Of course, it was not a search engine in its true form because searching was limited to those resources who’s listings were put into the directory. It did not actively seek out resources and the concept of seo was yet to arrive.
Such link directories have been used extensively in the past, but nowadays they have lost much of their popularity. The reason is simple – even modern directories with lots of resources only provide information on a tiny fraction of the Internet. For example, the largest directory on the network is currently DMOZ (or Open Directory Project). It contains information on about five million resources. Compare this with the Google search engine database containing more than eight billion documents.
The WebCrawler project started in 1994 and was the first full-featured search engine. The Lycos and AltaVista search engines appeared in 1995 and for many years Alta Vista was the major player in this field.
In 1997 Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google as a research project at Stanford University. Google is now the most popular search engine in the world.
Currently, there are three leading international search engines – Google, Yahoo and MSN Search. They each have their own databases and search algorithms. Many other search engines use results originating from these three major search engines and the same seo expertise can be applied to all of them. For example, the AOL search engine (search.aol.com) uses the Google database while AltaVista, Lycos and AllTheWeb all use the Yahoo database.
1.2 Common search engine principles
To understand seo you need to be aware of the architecture of search engines. They all contain the following main components:
Spider - a browser-like program that downloads web pages.
Crawler – a program that automatically follows all of the links on each web page.
Indexer - a program that analyzes web pages downloaded by the spider and the crawler.
Database– storage for downloaded and processed pages.
Results engine – extracts search results from the database.
Web server – a server that is responsible for interaction between the user and other search engine components.
Specific implementations of search mechanisms may differ. For example, the Spider+Crawler+Indexer component group might be implemented as a single program that downloads web pages, analyzes them and then uses their links to find new resources. However, the components listed are inherent to all search engines and the seo principles are the same.
Spider.This program downloads web pages just like a web browser. The difference is that a browser displays the information presented on each page (text, graphics, etc.) while a spider does not have any visual components and works directly with the underlying HTML code of the page. You may already know that there is an option in standard web browsers to view source HTML code.
Crawler.This program finds all links on each page. Its task is to determine where the spider should go either by evaluating the links or according to a predefined list of addresses. The crawler follows these links and tries to find documents not already known to the search engine.
Indexer.This component parses each page and analyzes the various elements, such as text, headers, structural or stylistic features, special HTML tags, etc.
Database. This is the storage area for the data that the search engine downloads and analyzes. Sometimes it is called the index of the search engine.
Results Engine.The results engine ranks pages. It determines which pages best match a user's query and in what order the pages should be listed. This is done according to the ranking algorithms of the search engine. It follows that page rank is a valuable and interesting property and any seo specialist is most interested in it when trying to improve his site search results. In this article, we will discuss the seo factors that influence page rank in some detail.
Web server.The search engine web server usually contains a HTML page with an input field where the user can specify the search query he or she is interested in. The web server is also responsible for displaying search results to the user in the form of an HTML page.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Introduction to seo [TUT]
This document is intended for webmasters and site owners who want to investigate the issues of seo (search engine optimization) and promotion of their resources. It is mainly aimed at beginners, although I hope that experienced webmasters will also find something new and interesting here. There are many articles on seo on the Internet and this text is an attempt to gather some of this information into a single consistent document.
Information presented in this text can be divided into several parts:
- Clear-cut seo recommendations, practical guidelines.
- Theoretical information that we think any seo specialist should know.
- Seo tips, observations, recommendations from experience, other seo sources, etc
Information presented in this text can be divided into several parts:
- Clear-cut seo recommendations, practical guidelines.
- Theoretical information that we think any seo specialist should know.
- Seo tips, observations, recommendations from experience, other seo sources, etc
Use Social Networking Websites to Promote Your Blog
Do you know what the main purpose of a social networking website is? If you are an avid internet user, you likely do. Social networking websites are online communities that make it easier for internet users to meet and communicate with each other. If you are an internet user who enjoys using the internet to meet new people, there is a good chance that you already belong to a social networking website. What about an online blog? Do you have one of them? If you do, do you know that you could use your social networking website to promote your blog?
Promote your blog? Why would you want to do that? Honestly, if you have to ask yourself that question you probably shouldn’t even have one. The whole purpose of a blog is to document your thoughts, views, and opinions on a particular topic, issue, or subject. What good will your blog do if no one reads it. In addition to sharing your thoughts with the rest of the world, did you know that you could also make money from your blog? You can signup for affiliate programs or other programs like Google Adsense. If you are using your blog to make money then you will defiantly want to promote it.
When it comes to promoting blogs, there are many blog owners who decide to let the search engine do the work for them. Search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN use special techniques that reads the content on your website. That content is then used to rank your website with particular keywords. This means that you run a blog on graduating from high school in New York, there is a good chance that your blog will appear in searches done on New York high schools. Although many blogs are successfully ranked in search engines, not all are. That is why you are advised against relying solely on search engines, when it comes to promoting your blog.
As previously mentioned, if you love meeting with or talking to people online, there is a good chance that you belong to a social networking website or community. The individuals that you talk to and that are in your community are likely the individuals that you wish to target. Since most social networking websites work to connect internet users who have the same goals and common interests, there is a good chance that your online friends will enjoy reading your blog. But, before they can read your blog, you have to let them know that it exists.
When it comes to promoting your blog on social networking websites, you have a number of different options. Your first option is to include a link to your blog in your community profile or profile page. This will allow other community members to checkout your blog, only if they wish to do so. The other way is to inform your online friends of your blog through private messages. Once you join a social networking website and create or join a network of friends, you should easily be able to communicate with those friends. Sending each of your friends a private message with information and a link to your blog tends to be more effective than just placing a link in your profile or on your profile page.
Although there is a good chance that you are already a member of a popular social networking website, you may not be. If you are not already a member, but would like to become one, you will need to find a social networking website to join. This can easily be done with a standard internet search. In your search, you will likely find a number of popular network sites, such as MySpace, Facebook, FriendFinder, Yahoo! 360, and Orkut. Before becoming a community member at one of these networking sites, you may want to first examine the website to ensure that it is everything that you want it to be.
As you can easily see, there are a number of different ways that you can go about promoting your blog on online social networking websites. You never known, but, in addition to promoting your blog, you may also make new friends along the way.
Promote your blog? Why would you want to do that? Honestly, if you have to ask yourself that question you probably shouldn’t even have one. The whole purpose of a blog is to document your thoughts, views, and opinions on a particular topic, issue, or subject. What good will your blog do if no one reads it. In addition to sharing your thoughts with the rest of the world, did you know that you could also make money from your blog? You can signup for affiliate programs or other programs like Google Adsense. If you are using your blog to make money then you will defiantly want to promote it.
When it comes to promoting blogs, there are many blog owners who decide to let the search engine do the work for them. Search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN use special techniques that reads the content on your website. That content is then used to rank your website with particular keywords. This means that you run a blog on graduating from high school in New York, there is a good chance that your blog will appear in searches done on New York high schools. Although many blogs are successfully ranked in search engines, not all are. That is why you are advised against relying solely on search engines, when it comes to promoting your blog.
As previously mentioned, if you love meeting with or talking to people online, there is a good chance that you belong to a social networking website or community. The individuals that you talk to and that are in your community are likely the individuals that you wish to target. Since most social networking websites work to connect internet users who have the same goals and common interests, there is a good chance that your online friends will enjoy reading your blog. But, before they can read your blog, you have to let them know that it exists.
When it comes to promoting your blog on social networking websites, you have a number of different options. Your first option is to include a link to your blog in your community profile or profile page. This will allow other community members to checkout your blog, only if they wish to do so. The other way is to inform your online friends of your blog through private messages. Once you join a social networking website and create or join a network of friends, you should easily be able to communicate with those friends. Sending each of your friends a private message with information and a link to your blog tends to be more effective than just placing a link in your profile or on your profile page.
Although there is a good chance that you are already a member of a popular social networking website, you may not be. If you are not already a member, but would like to become one, you will need to find a social networking website to join. This can easily be done with a standard internet search. In your search, you will likely find a number of popular network sites, such as MySpace, Facebook, FriendFinder, Yahoo! 360, and Orkut. Before becoming a community member at one of these networking sites, you may want to first examine the website to ensure that it is everything that you want it to be.
As you can easily see, there are a number of different ways that you can go about promoting your blog on online social networking websites. You never known, but, in addition to promoting your blog, you may also make new friends along the way.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
SEO tips that will help increase traffic on your website
Any webmaster or website designer can tell you that one of the hardest parts of establishing and maintaining a successful online presence is the challenge of drawing in traffic to your site. Of course you’ll want to make sure that your site is seen by as many people as possible; but you’ll also want any visitors to actually read your content, click on your advertisements and sponsors, and perhaps even buy your product or services. If you design your webpage with proper search engine optimization (SEO) strategies in mind, you can maximize your exposure to a valid audience that will actually be able to benefit from your website.
If you are serious about competing online in the 21st century, you’ll need to know exactly what SEO is, and how to properly integrate such techniques into your website design. Search engine optimization is simply the art (and it is an art form, believe it or not) of creating web content in a way that will make it easy to find in today’s major search engines, which now consist of millions of websites. With all of this competition, how can you make sure that your website gets noticed?
The repetition of certain keywords or key phrases. Repetition works, especially when it comes to search engine optimization. The relevancy of your content to the actual words or phrases that a user is searching for online determines exactly where your site will be placed within the search results, and obviously a higher spot on this list is going to get your site noticed more than a site that is at the bottom of the search results.
Avoid overusing your keywords and key phrases. Search engine’s are smart enough to know when keyword positioning does not make sense (keyword stuffing) and will penalize you for it. While it is important to repeat keywords several times, you will want to avoid using the exact same word or phrase too often. Besides the effect on your search engine positioning this will also clutter up your website, make it look generic, and ultimately turn users away from your site. Remember, the trick to proper search engine optimization is to provide your potential web users with genuine, high quality content that can be easily found, without having your material come off as being mass-produced or sounding like it was written by a robot.
Use additional or secondary keywords that are similar to your main keywords. Again, you’ll want to repeat these secondary keywords several times in any content you develop, but make sure that these additional words are still relevant to your original keywords and your web content in general. Sometimes, savvy SEO specialists may even include common misspellings of words in order to better maximize a website’s exposure.
Use alt tags on images whenever possible. Again, you’ll want to make sure to avoid overusing images, but placing pictures in strategic locations on your website can have an enormous impact on your site’s productivity. Considering a search engine is a computer system, and not an actual human reading through your website, it is important to give the search engine a description that references an images content. While indexing your websites content, a search engine will read alt tags and gather information / keywords for an image which they normally wouldn’t notice. Additionally, there are even some online search engines that specialize in locating websites through the images they use. In addition, make sure your images are named using keywords for the content they contain.
As you can probably tell by now, SEO can be quite overwhelming to the ordinary computer user – and this article only touches on the tip of the iceberg. But this is why the job of the SEO specialist has quickly become one of the most important and highly-desirable jobs in the computer/IT sector; and as even more websites are established on the World Wide Web, search engine optimization skills are only going to become even more crucial to the success of any website now and well into the future.
If you are serious about competing online in the 21st century, you’ll need to know exactly what SEO is, and how to properly integrate such techniques into your website design. Search engine optimization is simply the art (and it is an art form, believe it or not) of creating web content in a way that will make it easy to find in today’s major search engines, which now consist of millions of websites. With all of this competition, how can you make sure that your website gets noticed?
The repetition of certain keywords or key phrases. Repetition works, especially when it comes to search engine optimization. The relevancy of your content to the actual words or phrases that a user is searching for online determines exactly where your site will be placed within the search results, and obviously a higher spot on this list is going to get your site noticed more than a site that is at the bottom of the search results.
Avoid overusing your keywords and key phrases. Search engine’s are smart enough to know when keyword positioning does not make sense (keyword stuffing) and will penalize you for it. While it is important to repeat keywords several times, you will want to avoid using the exact same word or phrase too often. Besides the effect on your search engine positioning this will also clutter up your website, make it look generic, and ultimately turn users away from your site. Remember, the trick to proper search engine optimization is to provide your potential web users with genuine, high quality content that can be easily found, without having your material come off as being mass-produced or sounding like it was written by a robot.
Use additional or secondary keywords that are similar to your main keywords. Again, you’ll want to repeat these secondary keywords several times in any content you develop, but make sure that these additional words are still relevant to your original keywords and your web content in general. Sometimes, savvy SEO specialists may even include common misspellings of words in order to better maximize a website’s exposure.
Use alt tags on images whenever possible. Again, you’ll want to make sure to avoid overusing images, but placing pictures in strategic locations on your website can have an enormous impact on your site’s productivity. Considering a search engine is a computer system, and not an actual human reading through your website, it is important to give the search engine a description that references an images content. While indexing your websites content, a search engine will read alt tags and gather information / keywords for an image which they normally wouldn’t notice. Additionally, there are even some online search engines that specialize in locating websites through the images they use. In addition, make sure your images are named using keywords for the content they contain.
As you can probably tell by now, SEO can be quite overwhelming to the ordinary computer user – and this article only touches on the tip of the iceberg. But this is why the job of the SEO specialist has quickly become one of the most important and highly-desirable jobs in the computer/IT sector; and as even more websites are established on the World Wide Web, search engine optimization skills are only going to become even more crucial to the success of any website now and well into the future.
Make free international phone calls [TIP]
it is possible and it’s 100% working. You can call on any number from your number that too for free. If you want to make free calls to anywhere in the world just follow the steps given below.
1. Go to mobivox and register for free account.
2. You will receive a email for verification. Verify your account by clicking on the link you received in your mail.
3. Now login to your account at mobivox using your email id and pin number.
4. After logging in click on direct webcall.
5. There select the country in which you want to make the free call. Enter the number you want to connect to.
6. After that you will receive a call on your phone and then you will be connected to the number you entered earlier.
7. Now you can talk with that person for five minutes only. If you want to talk more then add some money to your account.
1. Go to mobivox and register for free account.
2. You will receive a email for verification. Verify your account by clicking on the link you received in your mail.
3. Now login to your account at mobivox using your email id and pin number.
4. After logging in click on direct webcall.
5. There select the country in which you want to make the free call. Enter the number you want to connect to.
6. After that you will receive a call on your phone and then you will be connected to the number you entered earlier.
7. Now you can talk with that person for five minutes only. If you want to talk more then add some money to your account.
[Tip] Insert Youtube videos in PowerPoint presentations
Everyone likes to make cool and unique presentations. You can make your presentations unique by inserting some cool youtube videos related to your project. But how to do that?? Here we have the answer.You can easily embed youtube videos in your PowerPoint Presentations by installing this plugin.
After downloading and installing this plugin go to insert in menu bar. Select “insert YouTube Videos”.
insert youtube videos in powerpoint presentation
insert youtube videos in powerpoint presentation
Copy and paste the youtube video link in the textbox. Set the options as needed. And done. Now play your presentation and see if it is showing the video or not. You will require internet connection at the time of presentation or else the video won’t load.
Download the YouTube plugin for PowerPoint
After downloading and installing this plugin go to insert in menu bar. Select “insert YouTube Videos”.
insert youtube videos in powerpoint presentation
insert youtube videos in powerpoint presentation
Copy and paste the youtube video link in the textbox. Set the options as needed. And done. Now play your presentation and see if it is showing the video or not. You will require internet connection at the time of presentation or else the video won’t load.
Download the YouTube plugin for PowerPoint
Yahoo Messenger 10 Offline Installer
Finally the long awaited Yahoo messenger 10 is out. You can download it from the link given at the end if this article. The download link given here allows you to download offline installer of the messenger so once downloaded you can install it as many time as you want. The link given at the official site just downloads the small installer after downloading and running that file it will download the original installer from the yahoo server.
New features of Yahoo Messenger 10:
* Enhanced video calling.Feel like you’re there with high-quality, full screen video and voice calling.
* Keep up with what your friends are doing.See your friends’ latest updates from Yahoo!, Flickr, Twitter and more with the new “Updates” view.
* Improved language support. Change your preferred language in Yahoo! Messenger with just a few clicks.
* Instant message with one friend, or conference in a bunch.
* Send text messages (SMS) to friends’ mobile phones.
* Join a chat room to meet new friends while you discuss your favorite topics.
* Make free PC-to-PC calls and PC-to-phone calls for as low as 1¢ a minute (plus free voicemail!)
* Use the built-in media player to watch web videos and view photos with friends.
* Show your style with emoticons, Avatars, audibles and IMVironments.
* Share securely with automatic file scanning for users of Norton AntiVirus or Internet Security 2007/2008.
Download Yahoo Messenger 10 Offline Installer(17 MB)
New features of Yahoo Messenger 10:
* Enhanced video calling.Feel like you’re there with high-quality, full screen video and voice calling.
* Keep up with what your friends are doing.See your friends’ latest updates from Yahoo!, Flickr, Twitter and more with the new “Updates” view.
* Improved language support. Change your preferred language in Yahoo! Messenger with just a few clicks.
* Instant message with one friend, or conference in a bunch.
* Send text messages (SMS) to friends’ mobile phones.
* Join a chat room to meet new friends while you discuss your favorite topics.
* Make free PC-to-PC calls and PC-to-phone calls for as low as 1¢ a minute (plus free voicemail!)
* Use the built-in media player to watch web videos and view photos with friends.
* Show your style with emoticons, Avatars, audibles and IMVironments.
* Share securely with automatic file scanning for users of Norton AntiVirus or Internet Security 2007/2008.
Download Yahoo Messenger 10 Offline Installer(17 MB)
Friday, March 5, 2010
Download Torrent files using firefox [TIP]
Now you can directly download torrent files inside your firefox browser. No need to install a special software just to download torrent files.
Unlike other web browsers firefox supports wide range of plugins. Which makes your life easier.Whenever I try to download torrent files it first downloads the torrent for the file then using any other software(utorrent, bittorrent, flashget etc.) it will download the actual files.
Instead of this you can download torrent files with a single click. All you have to do is download and install this plugin named FireTorrent. This plugin can be really useful for the torrent users. Using this you can easily download the files from torrents inside your firefox.
Add FireTorrent to Firefox
Find Torrent files using Google [Tip]
The era of torrents have just begun and we already have hundreds of torrent search engines ready which can find us any kind of torrent we want. But which one is the best of them all?? That is the question. I have the answer. And the answer is Google.
Now you will think how can we find torrent files using Google? :o Don’t worry. It’s really easy. Go to google.com. Type the name of the file you are looking for and then type “filetype=torrent” in the search box and Google will show you all the torrent files available for download.
We have one more easy solution for you. Just drag the link given below to your bookmarks toolbar and next time whenever you feel like searching for torrent file click on it and enter the name of file you are looking for.
Now you will think how can we find torrent files using Google? :o Don’t worry. It’s really easy. Go to google.com. Type the name of the file you are looking for and then type “filetype=torrent” in the search box and Google will show you all the torrent files available for download.
We have one more easy solution for you. Just drag the link given below to your bookmarks toolbar and next time whenever you feel like searching for torrent file click on it and enter the name of file you are looking for.
Use your mobile Phone as Webcam for free [mobile tips and tricks]
If you own a Symbian series 60 phone with bluetooth and camera, then you can easily turn it into a webcam. SmartCam is a program that lets you to turn your phone into a webcam. All you require is
* A Symbian OS mobile phone with camera and bluetooth enabled.
* A laptop or a desktop with bluetooth device.
* Windows or Linux OS
Once you install the program on your PC as well as on your mobile, run it from your mobile to connect with your PC and start using it with any messenger.
Link: Download SmartCam
* A Symbian OS mobile phone with camera and bluetooth enabled.
* A laptop or a desktop with bluetooth device.
* Windows or Linux OS
Once you install the program on your PC as well as on your mobile, run it from your mobile to connect with your PC and start using it with any messenger.
Link: Download SmartCam
A Fun With Web Browser [TRICK]
Copy and paste the java script code to the address bar of your browser (INTERNET EXPLORER)
javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--) {self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)
2: Press enter and watch your window's "shaking it". You can change the value of i if you wish :-)
javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--) {self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)
2: Press enter and watch your window's "shaking it". You can change the value of i if you wish :-)
Monday, March 1, 2010
The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers
Found this crazy article at CNN Tech, original link given below.
Here are 12 of the most annoying types of Facebook users:
The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. "I'm waking up." "I had Wheaties for breakfast." "I'm bored at work." "I'm stuck in traffic." You're kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus.
The Self-Promoter. OK, so we've probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist.
The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies -- you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway -- might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 "friends?" Unless you're George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That's just showing off.
The Town Crier. "Michael Jackson is dead!!!" You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff.
The TMIer. "Brad is heading to Walgreens to buy something for these pesky hemorrhoids." Boundaries of privacy and decorum don't seem to exist for these too-much-information updaters, who unabashedly offer up details about their sex lives, marital troubles and bodily functions. Thanks for sharing.
The Bad Grammarian. "So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe". Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.
The Sympathy-Baiter. "Barbara is feeling sad today." "Man, am I glad that's over." "Jim could really use some good news about now." Like anglers hunting for fish, these sad sacks cast out their hooks -- baited with vague tales of woe -- in the hopes of landing concerned responses. Genuine bad news is one thing, but these manipulative posts are just pleas for attention.
The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you'll be talking to them and they'll mention something you posted, so you know they're on your page, hiding in the shadows. It's just a little creepy.
The Crank. These curmudgeons, like the trolls who spew hate in blog comments, never met something they couldn't complain about. "Carl isn't really that impressed with idiots who don't realize how idiotic they are." [Actual status update.] Keep spreading the love.
The Paparazzo. Ever visit your Facebook page and discover that someone's posted a photo of you from last weekend's party -- a photo you didn't authorize and haven't even seen? You'd really rather not have to explain to your mom why you were leering like a drunken hyena and French-kissing a bottle of Jagermeister.
The Maddening Obscurist. "If not now then when?" "You'll see..." "Grist for the mill." "John is, small world." "Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not." [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you're not being mysterious -- just nonsensical.
The Chronic Inviter. "Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which 'Star Trek' character are you? Here are the 'Top 5 cars I have personally owned.' Here are '25 Things About Me.' Here's a drink. What drink are you? We're related! I took the 'What President Are You?' quiz and found out I'm Millard Fillmore! What president are you?"
You probably mean well, but stop. Just stop. I don't care what president I am -- can't we simply be friends? Now excuse me while I go post the link to this story on my Facebook page.
Original URL
Here are 12 of the most annoying types of Facebook users:
The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. "I'm waking up." "I had Wheaties for breakfast." "I'm bored at work." "I'm stuck in traffic." You're kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus.
The Self-Promoter. OK, so we've probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist.
The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies -- you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway -- might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 "friends?" Unless you're George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That's just showing off.
The Town Crier. "Michael Jackson is dead!!!" You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff.
The TMIer. "Brad is heading to Walgreens to buy something for these pesky hemorrhoids." Boundaries of privacy and decorum don't seem to exist for these too-much-information updaters, who unabashedly offer up details about their sex lives, marital troubles and bodily functions. Thanks for sharing.
The Bad Grammarian. "So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe". Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.
The Sympathy-Baiter. "Barbara is feeling sad today." "Man, am I glad that's over." "Jim could really use some good news about now." Like anglers hunting for fish, these sad sacks cast out their hooks -- baited with vague tales of woe -- in the hopes of landing concerned responses. Genuine bad news is one thing, but these manipulative posts are just pleas for attention.
The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you'll be talking to them and they'll mention something you posted, so you know they're on your page, hiding in the shadows. It's just a little creepy.
The Crank. These curmudgeons, like the trolls who spew hate in blog comments, never met something they couldn't complain about. "Carl isn't really that impressed with idiots who don't realize how idiotic they are." [Actual status update.] Keep spreading the love.
The Paparazzo. Ever visit your Facebook page and discover that someone's posted a photo of you from last weekend's party -- a photo you didn't authorize and haven't even seen? You'd really rather not have to explain to your mom why you were leering like a drunken hyena and French-kissing a bottle of Jagermeister.
The Maddening Obscurist. "If not now then when?" "You'll see..." "Grist for the mill." "John is, small world." "Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not." [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you're not being mysterious -- just nonsensical.
The Chronic Inviter. "Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which 'Star Trek' character are you? Here are the 'Top 5 cars I have personally owned.' Here are '25 Things About Me.' Here's a drink. What drink are you? We're related! I took the 'What President Are You?' quiz and found out I'm Millard Fillmore! What president are you?"
You probably mean well, but stop. Just stop. I don't care what president I am -- can't we simply be friends? Now excuse me while I go post the link to this story on my Facebook page.
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TURNING OFF WELCOME SCREEN
Turning Off The Welcome Screen
Navigate to the Control Panel and select User Accounts then select the option that says Change the way users log on or off.uncheck the option "Use the welcome screen"
Navigate to the Control Panel and select User Accounts then select the option that says Change the way users log on or off.uncheck the option "Use the welcome screen"
SPEED UP SHARED FILE VIEWING ACROSS NETWORK
Speed Up Shared File Viewing across Network
Machines have been known to have a bit of a delay when ever trying to view files shared across a network, due to the fact that Windows is taking the extra time to search and see if the networked computer has any Scheduled Tasks. To prevent Windows from searching for scheduled tasks on a remote computer click Start > Run… Type regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace and delete the key {D62277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Machines have been known to have a bit of a delay when ever trying to view files shared across a network, due to the fact that Windows is taking the extra time to search and see if the networked computer has any Scheduled Tasks. To prevent Windows from searching for scheduled tasks on a remote computer click Start > Run… Type regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace and delete the key {D62277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
RENAME THE RECYCLE BIN
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
Make your Folders Private
•Open My Computer
•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
•Double-click your user folder.
•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
Note
•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS
•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
•Double-click your user folder.
•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
Note
•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS
Getting "LOW DISK SPACE MESSAGE.?" ,DISABLE IT !
To disable low disk space checks, follow these steps, log off, and then log on again: Follow these steps, and then quit Registry Editor:
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKCU \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \Windows\ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type NoLowDiskSpaceChecks, and then press ENTER.
On the Edit menu, click Modify.
Type 1, and then click OK.
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKCU \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \Windows\ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type NoLowDiskSpaceChecks, and then press ENTER.
On the Edit menu, click Modify.
Type 1, and then click OK.
How To Change the Windows Logon Screen Saver in Windows XP
When you start Windows, you may be presented with the Windows XP welcome screen, which prompts you click your user name to begin, or you may be presented with a Welcome to Windows dialog box that prompts you to press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on. By default, if you do not press a key for 10 minutes, the Windows logon screen saver (Logon.scr). To change the logon screen saver, follow these steps.
Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
In the right pane, double-click SCRNSAVE.EXE
In the Edit String dialog box, type the name of the screen saver that you want in the Value data box, and then click OK. For example, if you want to use the Mystify screen saver as your logon screen saver, type ssmyst.scr.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that you correctly specify the path to the screen saver. If the screen saver is located in c:\windows\System32, the explicit path is not required.
If you need to alter the time-out value, set the ScreenSaveTimeOut value in Seconds
Quit Registry Editor
Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
In the right pane, double-click SCRNSAVE.EXE
In the Edit String dialog box, type the name of the screen saver that you want in the Value data box, and then click OK. For example, if you want to use the Mystify screen saver as your logon screen saver, type ssmyst.scr.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that you correctly specify the path to the screen saver. If the screen saver is located in c:\windows\System32, the explicit path is not required.
If you need to alter the time-out value, set the ScreenSaveTimeOut value in Seconds
Quit Registry Editor
Change the Windows Logon screen background color
With no logon wallpaper set, Windows displays a pre-defined color for the logon desktop. ( If you have enabled Welcome Screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice to see the logon screen background color. ) To change the logon background color to that of your choice, you need to alter the registry:
Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors
Backup the registry key by exporting to a REG file
In the right pane, double-click Background
In the Edit String dialog box, type the Color code in R G B format and then click OK.
Example: Type 0 0 0 if you want to see a Black background. You can choose any combination from 0-255
Points to ponder
If the logon Wallpaper is set, the background Color may not be visible. So, you must reset the Wallpaper value to a blank string in this key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
If the Background value is set under the following Winlogon registry key, the above setting is ignored. In other words, the Winlogon\Background value takes precedence over the .DEFAULT..\Background value.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Quit the Registry Editor and log off
Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors
Backup the registry key by exporting to a REG file
In the right pane, double-click Background
In the Edit String dialog box, type the Color code in R G B format and then click OK.
Example: Type 0 0 0 if you want to see a Black background. You can choose any combination from 0-255
Points to ponder
If the logon Wallpaper is set, the background Color may not be visible. So, you must reset the Wallpaper value to a blank string in this key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
If the Background value is set under the following Winlogon registry key, the above setting is ignored. In other words, the Winlogon\Background value takes precedence over the .DEFAULT..\Background value.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Quit the Registry Editor and log off
Command Prompt Disabled By Your Administrator [NETWORKING]
Open Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
In the right-pane, double-click DisableCMD and set it's data to 0
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
In the right-pane, double-click DisableCMD and set it's data to 0
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