Never one to back down from a chance to gain publicity, GoDaddy.com has announced that like Google, it too will be halting operations in China. I’m not sure how much of a percentage of the Chinese market uses GoDaddy, but this seems to be a serious announcement by the domain registration and hosting company.
If anything, the decision by GoDaddy will limit its reselling of .CN domain names more than anything. Less .CN’s on the market? This could be a good thing.
WashingtonPost.com reports
GoDaddy.com Inc., the world’s largest domain name registration company, told lawmakers Wednesday that it will cease registering Web sites in China in response to intrusive new government rules that require applicants to provide extensive personal data, including photographs of themselves.
The rules, the company believes, are an effort by China to increase monitoring and surveillance of Web site content and could put individuals who register their sites with the firm at risk. The company also believes the rules will have a “chilling effect” on new domain name registrations.
and from the Godaddy announcement :
“There appears to be a recent increase in China’s surveillance and monitoring of the Internet activities of its citizens,” said Christine Jones, general counsel for Go Daddy, at the Congressional- Executive Commission on China (CECC).
Jones said the new Chinese policies required every website owner to submit photographs, business information and individually signed forms, as well as their physical address, email address and telephone numbers.
“We didn’t want to act as an agent of the Chinese government,” Jones said. “We can’t let them be strong and us be weak all the time. We just have to stop it, and then we’ll start offering .CN domain names again.”
Source:- http://www.searchenginejournal.com/godaddy-china-google/19364/
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Top 3 Websites To Build A Free Resume Online
When you’re looking for a job, you don’t have a lot of chances to catch the interest of a potential employer. After the cover letter, the curriculum vitae (CV) or resume is one of the first documents recruiters see. To keep them interested in you, this document should highlight your strengths, be easy to scan, yet look unique and interesting.
You may wonder what the difference is between a CV and a resume? The main difference is the length. A resume is a one or two page summary of your education, skills, and experiences. A CV covers more details and is primarily used when applying for jobs in academia, education, science, and research.
A great way to quickly compile a resume and not forget about any details are online tools. This article covers the top 3 websites to create a CV or build a free resume online.
1. CeeVee
Don’t be misled by the name. As I said, the main difference between a CV and a resume is the length. So simply limit yourself to the essential details and this CV builder will create a document that qualifies as a resume.
CeeVee essentially works like editing an online profile. You’re not guided through the process step-by-step, you can fill in the information in any order you please. To customize your document, you can add sections to your resume, remove existing sections, and add as many entries to each section as you like. You can also choose from three different themes, which will affect both the display on the website, as well as the output document.
The resulting CV or resume can be shared online, downloaded as a PDF, or you can print it.
2. Free Resume Creator
This tool isn’t as pretty as CeeVee, but definitely a more advanced way to build a free resume online. Another advantage is that you don’t have to sign up to use it.
You start by selecting your desired resume style. In the next steps you fill in your personal information, education, employment, and any additional information. Before completing the document, you can choose font styles and colors.
The document can be printed or downloaded as PDF, HTML, or plain text. If you would like to save the document online to come back and edit it later, you will have to sign up.
The PCman Website also provides online services to create a cover letter and reference page.
3. Advice Resources CV Builder
This CV or resume builder leaves you with two options. You can either view a list of templates and download any you like or take the step-by-step builder route. Neither requires you to sign up, but to save your CV online, you have to create an account. However, this can wait until you have seen the result.
Building your CV is done in 12 steps. The tool polls for your name, contact details, motivation, work experience, skills, education, additional qualifications, personal interests, referees, and finally your preferred layout. You can then download and check the result as a .rtf document and eventually go back and edit your CV.
As the screenshot above reveals, Advice Resources provide additional material to prepare yourself before building your CV. You can build your job seeking skills, your CV confidence, and your CV knowledge.
Before you send a resume to a potential employer, make sure the service you used to build your resume works as expected and your document is thoroughly formatted and does not contain spelling errors.
Source:-http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-3-websites-build-free-resume-online/
You may wonder what the difference is between a CV and a resume? The main difference is the length. A resume is a one or two page summary of your education, skills, and experiences. A CV covers more details and is primarily used when applying for jobs in academia, education, science, and research.
A great way to quickly compile a resume and not forget about any details are online tools. This article covers the top 3 websites to create a CV or build a free resume online.
1. CeeVee
Don’t be misled by the name. As I said, the main difference between a CV and a resume is the length. So simply limit yourself to the essential details and this CV builder will create a document that qualifies as a resume.
CeeVee essentially works like editing an online profile. You’re not guided through the process step-by-step, you can fill in the information in any order you please. To customize your document, you can add sections to your resume, remove existing sections, and add as many entries to each section as you like. You can also choose from three different themes, which will affect both the display on the website, as well as the output document.
The resulting CV or resume can be shared online, downloaded as a PDF, or you can print it.
2. Free Resume Creator
This tool isn’t as pretty as CeeVee, but definitely a more advanced way to build a free resume online. Another advantage is that you don’t have to sign up to use it.
You start by selecting your desired resume style. In the next steps you fill in your personal information, education, employment, and any additional information. Before completing the document, you can choose font styles and colors.
The document can be printed or downloaded as PDF, HTML, or plain text. If you would like to save the document online to come back and edit it later, you will have to sign up.
The PCman Website also provides online services to create a cover letter and reference page.
3. Advice Resources CV Builder
This CV or resume builder leaves you with two options. You can either view a list of templates and download any you like or take the step-by-step builder route. Neither requires you to sign up, but to save your CV online, you have to create an account. However, this can wait until you have seen the result.
Building your CV is done in 12 steps. The tool polls for your name, contact details, motivation, work experience, skills, education, additional qualifications, personal interests, referees, and finally your preferred layout. You can then download and check the result as a .rtf document and eventually go back and edit your CV.
As the screenshot above reveals, Advice Resources provide additional material to prepare yourself before building your CV. You can build your job seeking skills, your CV confidence, and your CV knowledge.
Before you send a resume to a potential employer, make sure the service you used to build your resume works as expected and your document is thoroughly formatted and does not contain spelling errors.
Source:-http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-3-websites-build-free-resume-online/
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Gmail Goes Social With Google Buzz
Google introduced a social networking tool called Google Buzz Tuesday that allows sharing of status updates, images, and videos via a new Gmail tab called Google Buzz. The Google Buzz features will also be available on Android based phones as well as the iPhone (via a Web-based application) allowing for real-time updates to your Google Buzz feed that can show up on a new version of Google's mobile maps.
Google says the new Google Buzz tab will begin showing up on about 1 percent of Gmail user accounts starting today. Google says the rest of Gmail users will be able to see a new Google Buzz tab in their accounts within a week.
Five Core Features
Google hopes that instead of conversing on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, you'll instead turn to Google Buzz for sharing status updates, photos, and videos. How will the search giant convince you to make Google Buzz your social network of choice?
1. Blends With Gmail
The main way of accessing Google Buzz will be through Gmail. Below your inbox, there will be a tab for Buzz, allowing you to read status updates, photos, and video. The 40 people you converse with the most in Gmail and Gchat are automatically added as friends. Buzz updates also appear in your inbox if someone comments on your updates or comments, or someone directs a Buzz to your attention by using the familiar "@" symbol.
2. "Page Rank" for Status Updates
Google brought up that familiar criticism of social networks, that no one cares if you ate a bagel or stubbed your toe. To compensate for noise, Google Buzz lets you like and dislike status updates, and learn over time whether to show or collapse status updates from your friends. It also looks for conversations outside your direct group of followers and adds them to your feed as recommendations.
3. Media Gets Pulled In
Photos from Flickr and Picasa and video from YouTube appear as thumbnails in Google Buzz. Click a YouTube thumbnail, and the video will expand to play inline. Click on a photo, and it'll expand to fill most of the browser window, with the rest of the gallery in a narrow strip along the bottom of the screen.
If you post a link in Buzz, you'll automatically be able to append images and the headline from that Web page. Finally, you can pull in tweets from Twitter (but no Facebook updates) into Buzz. Unfortunately, you can't send your Buzz updates out to Twitter or other social networks.
4. Mobile Features
Google Buzz will be available as a mobile Web app, letting you dictate status updates by voice and geotag your posts. When looking on Google Mobile Maps, Buzz updates appear directly on the map, so you can read location-based updates. You can also look for any recent Buzz updates posted near your current location.
5. Private and Public
With each update you send, you'll have a choice of making it private or public. Private updates can go to all of your Buzz followers, or just a select group. Public updates are posted on your Google Profile page and are immediately indexed for Google Search.
source:-http://www.pcworld.com/article/188897/gmail_goes_social_with_google_buzz.html/
Google says the new Google Buzz tab will begin showing up on about 1 percent of Gmail user accounts starting today. Google says the rest of Gmail users will be able to see a new Google Buzz tab in their accounts within a week.
Five Core Features
Google hopes that instead of conversing on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, you'll instead turn to Google Buzz for sharing status updates, photos, and videos. How will the search giant convince you to make Google Buzz your social network of choice?
1. Blends With Gmail
The main way of accessing Google Buzz will be through Gmail. Below your inbox, there will be a tab for Buzz, allowing you to read status updates, photos, and video. The 40 people you converse with the most in Gmail and Gchat are automatically added as friends. Buzz updates also appear in your inbox if someone comments on your updates or comments, or someone directs a Buzz to your attention by using the familiar "@" symbol.
2. "Page Rank" for Status Updates
Google brought up that familiar criticism of social networks, that no one cares if you ate a bagel or stubbed your toe. To compensate for noise, Google Buzz lets you like and dislike status updates, and learn over time whether to show or collapse status updates from your friends. It also looks for conversations outside your direct group of followers and adds them to your feed as recommendations.
3. Media Gets Pulled In
Photos from Flickr and Picasa and video from YouTube appear as thumbnails in Google Buzz. Click a YouTube thumbnail, and the video will expand to play inline. Click on a photo, and it'll expand to fill most of the browser window, with the rest of the gallery in a narrow strip along the bottom of the screen.
If you post a link in Buzz, you'll automatically be able to append images and the headline from that Web page. Finally, you can pull in tweets from Twitter (but no Facebook updates) into Buzz. Unfortunately, you can't send your Buzz updates out to Twitter or other social networks.
4. Mobile Features
Google Buzz will be available as a mobile Web app, letting you dictate status updates by voice and geotag your posts. When looking on Google Mobile Maps, Buzz updates appear directly on the map, so you can read location-based updates. You can also look for any recent Buzz updates posted near your current location.
5. Private and Public
With each update you send, you'll have a choice of making it private or public. Private updates can go to all of your Buzz followers, or just a select group. Public updates are posted on your Google Profile page and are immediately indexed for Google Search.
source:-http://www.pcworld.com/article/188897/gmail_goes_social_with_google_buzz.html/
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Track Your Keyword Positions with SEO Ranking Monitor
I have something new and awesome for you: SEO Ranking Monitor. The features I liked most of all:
(!) Sleek and usable interface;
(!) Nice-looking visualization tools;
(!) No clutter: no unnecessary features.
So let’s take a look at the tools settings and options.
SERP monitor: here you will be able to see a table containing your current rankings for each keyword in each search engine and the most recent change. You can export the whole table to Excel and filter the keywords by tag:
Competitors Monitor: this table compares your rankings with your competitors’ ones. Click through tabs to see the comparison across all tracked search engines:
Domain Monitor: this table represents your summarized domain stats in all chosen search engines:
Dashboard: summarizes it all by visualizing your stats in really nice-looking charts that will let you see your rankings distribution:
This is one of the most usable rank tracking tools.The tool also appears to be really affordable and complete in terms of all required features. You can also try the tool for free
(!) Sleek and usable interface;
(!) Nice-looking visualization tools;
(!) No clutter: no unnecessary features.
So let’s take a look at the tools settings and options.
The Process
Start by clicking “Settings” to configure tracking:- Domains: add your domain here;
- Keywords: enter your keywords to track. You can add keywords one by one or in bulk. You will also need to tag each keyword for better report organization.
- Competitors: add your SERPs competitors to compare rankings;
- Google Analytics: grant access to your Google Analytics account to see results from your rankings;
- Search engines: select the search engines to track rankings in. You will have a huge choice of multiple Google local versions:
The results
Here’s where the real fun starts. You will have access to multiple tables and charts visualizing your stats.SERP monitor: here you will be able to see a table containing your current rankings for each keyword in each search engine and the most recent change. You can export the whole table to Excel and filter the keywords by tag:
Competitors Monitor: this table compares your rankings with your competitors’ ones. Click through tabs to see the comparison across all tracked search engines:
Domain Monitor: this table represents your summarized domain stats in all chosen search engines:
- Average rankings of the tracked keywords;
- Backlinks;
- Indexed pages:
Dashboard: summarizes it all by visualizing your stats in really nice-looking charts that will let you see your rankings distribution:
This is one of the most usable rank tracking tools.The tool also appears to be really affordable and complete in terms of all required features. You can also try the tool for free
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Google Makes Social Search Available in Beta
Sometime last year, Google rolled out its social search experiment with the aim of making search, well, more social. No, specifically to make relevant web content available of Google search results. By relevant Google means contents from your friends and contacts. So, today after getting good feedback from those who tried out the feature, Google has just released it in beta available to everyone.
But in addition to providing contents published by your friends or online contacts as additional search results Google has also added the social search feature to Google Images. So when you do your search on Google Images you will also see photos published online from your social circles on either Picasa Web Albums, Flickr or other photo-sharing sites. Social search results will be displayed under the heading “Results from your social circle.”
Now, when Google displays these social search results you can see two links labeled “my social circle” and “my social content.” The second option lists public pages that might appear in other people’s social results. It’s Google’s way of helping you build your social circle as well as connect you to the contents published by people in your social circle.
The social search features works best if you’re signed in to your Google account and have a live Google Profile.
source :-http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-makes-social-search-available-in-beta/16831/
But in addition to providing contents published by your friends or online contacts as additional search results Google has also added the social search feature to Google Images. So when you do your search on Google Images you will also see photos published online from your social circles on either Picasa Web Albums, Flickr or other photo-sharing sites. Social search results will be displayed under the heading “Results from your social circle.”
Now, when Google displays these social search results you can see two links labeled “my social circle” and “my social content.” The second option lists public pages that might appear in other people’s social results. It’s Google’s way of helping you build your social circle as well as connect you to the contents published by people in your social circle.
The social search features works best if you’re signed in to your Google account and have a live Google Profile.
source :-http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-makes-social-search-available-in-beta/16831/
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Google Gtalk tips
Google Gtalk is light and fast. CPU memory usage is lower than MSN Live Messenger. Here are some tips to make your Gtalk experience more interesting.
Line Break
Hold SHIFT and hit ENTER
Bold text
To bold your text, put an asterisk (*) before and after content. [Example] *these will be bold*
Italic text
To italic your text, put an asterisk (_) before and after content. [Example] _these will be italic_
Switch between chat windows
Hold CTRL, click on I will cycle you through each chat window
Minimize chat window
ALT + ESC minimize chat window. (For Gmail talk, it only work when chat window is a popup)
Restore chat window
WINDOWS + ESC will restore your Gtalk from minimized mode.
Open multiple Gtalk application
Click Start -> Run and enter the following in Open dialog.
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex
Misc Gtalk information
# You don’t have to say YES or NO when someone adds you. Simply ignore it and the request will go away.
# A message can be 32767 characters long.
# You can change your Gtalk chat name in Account Page
# Adding a web URL in custom message will result it to be clickable.
# Gtalk supports these following emotions and they are in blue colors
:-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( ;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-) ;-( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;) ;( B-| B-O B-x B-P B-D B-) B-( B’( BO Bx BD B) B( B)
# Gmail talk supports these following emotions and they are animated
:-| :=P :-D ;-):-( :P :D :) :( ;-) ;) B-)
More parameters for Gtalk Start -> Run
Here’s a complete list of what you can do with Gtalk in run command prompt.
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /parameter
* /nomutex: Open more than 1 Gtalk.
* /autostart: Check the registry settings to see if Gtalk needs to be started. If the “Start automatically with Windows” option is unchecked, it won’t start.
* /forcestart: Similar to /autostart, but forces Gtalk to start.
* /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
* /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, including the GMail Compose method.
* /checkupdate: check for newer versions
* /plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google’s GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google’s servers.
* /nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
* /factoryreset: set settings back to default.
* /gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
* /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
* /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
* /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging
If you have additional Gtalk tips, I would like to know.
Line Break
Hold SHIFT and hit ENTER
Bold text
To bold your text, put an asterisk (*) before and after content. [Example] *these will be bold*
Italic text
To italic your text, put an asterisk (_) before and after content. [Example] _these will be italic_
Switch between chat windows
Hold CTRL, click on I will cycle you through each chat window
Minimize chat window
ALT + ESC minimize chat window. (For Gmail talk, it only work when chat window is a popup)
Restore chat window
WINDOWS + ESC will restore your Gtalk from minimized mode.
Open multiple Gtalk application
Click Start -> Run and enter the following in Open dialog.
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex
Misc Gtalk information
# You don’t have to say YES or NO when someone adds you. Simply ignore it and the request will go away.
# A message can be 32767 characters long.
# You can change your Gtalk chat name in Account Page
# Adding a web URL in custom message will result it to be clickable.
# Gtalk supports these following emotions and they are in blue colors
:-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( ;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-) ;-( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;) ;( B-| B-O B-x B-P B-D B-) B-( B’( BO Bx BD B) B( B)
# Gmail talk supports these following emotions and they are animated
:-| :=P :-D ;-):-( :P :D :) :( ;-) ;) B-)
More parameters for Gtalk Start -> Run
Here’s a complete list of what you can do with Gtalk in run command prompt.
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /parameter
* /nomutex: Open more than 1 Gtalk.
* /autostart: Check the registry settings to see if Gtalk needs to be started. If the “Start automatically with Windows” option is unchecked, it won’t start.
* /forcestart: Similar to /autostart, but forces Gtalk to start.
* /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
* /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, including the GMail Compose method.
* /checkupdate: check for newer versions
* /plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google’s GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google’s servers.
* /nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
* /factoryreset: set settings back to default.
* /gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
* /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
* /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
* /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging
If you have additional Gtalk tips, I would like to know.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Firefox 3.6 is coming soon!
Mike Beltzner,
Director of Firefox, gives us an overview of what's new in Firefox 3.6
for more check this Video
Director of Firefox, gives us an overview of what's new in Firefox 3.6
for more check this Video
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