Although my Previous post cover all details about Google's New Products Google+ Places, Here's a video submitted by Google Representative on YouTube about Google+ Places Tour. Hope it'll hope you discover all about Google+ Places!
Google Places Out Google+ Local In
Yesterday Google Launched Google+ Local a new form of Google Places. Google's Director of Product Management Avni Shah, announced the news on Google Webmaster Central Blog can be viewed here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/localnow-with-dash-of-zagat-and.html
Google's vice president of product management Marissa Mayer also posted on her Google+ Page "At long last, introducing Google+ Local - share and discover places with your friends and it includes Zagat scores and reviews! http://plus.google.com/local". cbsnews.com posted a video interview of Marissa Mayer can be found here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505363_162-57443472/google-local-next-step-in-search-engines/
Some Screen shots showing the Google+ Local, circles, and Zagat reviews:
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If you have a Google Places listing, Please continue to manage that place result in Google Places at Google Places. Hence it seems that Google+ will change over time and more and more features will be added to the Google+ experience.
Local information integrated across Google
From the new “Local” tab on the left-hand side of Google+, you can search for specific places or browse for ones that fit your mood. If you click on a restaurant, or a museum (or whatever), you’ll be taken to a local Google+ page that includes photos, Zagat scores and summaries, reviews from people you know, and other useful information like address and opening hours.
Google+ Local is also integrated across other products you already use every day. If you’re looking for a place on Search or Maps, you get the same great local information there too. You can also take it on the go with Google Maps for mobile on your Android device, and soon on iOS devices.
Better decisions with Zagat
Since Zagat joined the Google family last fall, our teams have been working together to improve the way you find great local information. Zagat has offered high-quality reviews, based on user-written submissions and surveys, of tens of thousands of places for more than three decades. All of Zagat’s accurate scores and summaries are now highlighted on local Google+ pages.
Each place you see in Google+ Local will now be scored using Zagat’s 30-point scale, which tells you all about the various aspects of a place so you can make the best decisions. For example, a restaurant that has great food but not great decor might be 4 stars, but with Zagat you’d see a 26 in Food and an 8 in Decor, and know that it might not be the best place for date night.
Recommendations and reviews from people you know and trust
Your friends know what you like, and they probably like the same things you do. That’s why the opinions of people in your circles are front and center. If you search for [tacos] on Google+ Local, your results might include a friend’s rave review of the Baja-style taco stand in your neighborhood. And if you’re searching on Google or Google Maps for a great place to buy a gift for that same friend, your results might include a review from her about a boutique she shops at all the time.
You can also share your opinions and upload photos. These reviews and photos will help your friends when they’re checking out a place, and are also integrated into the aggregate score that other people see. The more you contribute, the more helpful Google+ Local will be for your friends, family and everyone else.
Whether it’s a block you’ve lived on for years or a city you’ve never been to before, we hope Google+ Local helps you discover new gems.
Today is just the first step, and you’ll see more updates in the coming months. If you’re a business owner, you can continue to manage your local listing information via Google Places for Business. Soon we’ll make it even easier for business owners to manage their listings on Google and to take full advantage of the social features provided by local Google+ pages. Get more information on our Google and Your Business Blog.
Google's vice president of product management Marissa Mayer also posted on her Google+ Page "At long last, introducing Google+ Local - share and discover places with your friends and it includes Zagat scores and reviews! http://plus.google.com/local". cbsnews.com posted a video interview of Marissa Mayer can be found here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505363_162-57443472/google-local-next-step-in-search-engines/
Some Screen shots showing the Google+ Local, circles, and Zagat reviews:
If you have a Google Places listing, Please continue to manage that place result in Google Places at Google Places. Hence it seems that Google+ will change over time and more and more features will be added to the Google+ experience.
Local information integrated across Google
From the new “Local” tab on the left-hand side of Google+, you can search for specific places or browse for ones that fit your mood. If you click on a restaurant, or a museum (or whatever), you’ll be taken to a local Google+ page that includes photos, Zagat scores and summaries, reviews from people you know, and other useful information like address and opening hours.
Google+ Local is also integrated across other products you already use every day. If you’re looking for a place on Search or Maps, you get the same great local information there too. You can also take it on the go with Google Maps for mobile on your Android device, and soon on iOS devices.
Better decisions with Zagat
Since Zagat joined the Google family last fall, our teams have been working together to improve the way you find great local information. Zagat has offered high-quality reviews, based on user-written submissions and surveys, of tens of thousands of places for more than three decades. All of Zagat’s accurate scores and summaries are now highlighted on local Google+ pages.
Each place you see in Google+ Local will now be scored using Zagat’s 30-point scale, which tells you all about the various aspects of a place so you can make the best decisions. For example, a restaurant that has great food but not great decor might be 4 stars, but with Zagat you’d see a 26 in Food and an 8 in Decor, and know that it might not be the best place for date night.
Recommendations and reviews from people you know and trust
Your friends know what you like, and they probably like the same things you do. That’s why the opinions of people in your circles are front and center. If you search for [tacos] on Google+ Local, your results might include a friend’s rave review of the Baja-style taco stand in your neighborhood. And if you’re searching on Google or Google Maps for a great place to buy a gift for that same friend, your results might include a review from her about a boutique she shops at all the time.
You can also share your opinions and upload photos. These reviews and photos will help your friends when they’re checking out a place, and are also integrated into the aggregate score that other people see. The more you contribute, the more helpful Google+ Local will be for your friends, family and everyone else.
Whether it’s a block you’ve lived on for years or a city you’ve never been to before, we hope Google+ Local helps you discover new gems.
Today is just the first step, and you’ll see more updates in the coming months. If you’re a business owner, you can continue to manage your local listing information via Google Places for Business. Soon we’ll make it even easier for business owners to manage their listings on Google and to take full advantage of the social features provided by local Google+ pages. Get more information on our Google and Your Business Blog.
About Google Ad Planner & How it Works!
Google Ad Planner was came out back in June 24, 2008, is a free Internet media planning tool that can help you identify websites your audience is likely to visit so you can make better-informed internet marketing decisions.
Google Ad Planner helps you better segment and identify our target audience based on the targeted user behavior. It delivers you targeted demographics for thousands of sites, enabling you to provide a better marketing approach and effective media buying strategy. It also helps answer you critical questions that have thus far stymied Online Marketers of all shapes and sizes.
What you can did by Google Ad Planner:
1. Define audiences by demographics and interests.
2. you can create your display network lists and automatically upload that list intoy our Adwords campaign seamlessly.
3. Search for websites relevant to your audience.
4. Access aggregated statistics on the number of unique visitors, page views, and other data for millions of websites from over 40 countries.
5. Create lists of websites where you’d like to advertise and store them in a media plan.
6. Generate aggregated website statistics for our media plan.
Methodology
1. Site thumbnails: Ad Planner crawls the web to capture thumbnail images of the homepage screenshots for domains and subdomains in Ad Planner. Learn how thumbnails relate to the appearance of sites.
2. Site categories: Site categories in Ad Planner are generated using Google AdSense content classification algorithms. Our technology uses factors such as keyword analysis, word frequency, font size, and the overall link structure of the web to determine what a webpage is about.
Additionally, publishers who claim their sites through the Ad Planner
Publisher Center can verify and update these categories. Categories
that have been verified and updated by publishers will be denoted by
'Data source: Publisher'.
3. Site description: Site descriptions are provided by publishers and highlight the site's theme, audience, and unique benefits. At this time, site descriptions are only available from publishers that have claimed their Ad Planner site listing.
4. Site description: Site descriptions are provided by publishers and highlight the site's theme, audience, and unique benefits. At this time, site descriptions are only available from publishers that have claimed their Ad Planner site listing.
Site traffic
3. Site description: Site descriptions are provided by publishers and highlight the site's theme, audience, and unique benefits. At this time, site descriptions are only available from publishers that have claimed their Ad Planner site listing.
4. Site description: Site descriptions are provided by publishers and highlight the site's theme, audience, and unique benefits. At this time, site descriptions are only available from publishers that have claimed their Ad Planner site listing.
Ad Planner offers various metrics to describe a site's audience. These include:
When Google Analytics data is provided, Ad Planner displays direct measured data for:
- Unique visitors (cookies)
- Unique visitors (estimated cookies)
- Unique visitors (users)
- Reach
- Pageviews
- Total visits
- Average visits per visitor
- Average time on site
Direct-measured, site-centric data
Ad Planner provides the ability for publishers to opt-in direct measured site-centric data as measured by Google Analytics.When Google Analytics data is provided, Ad Planner displays direct measured data for:
- Unique visitors (cookies)
- Pageviews
- Total visits
- Average visits per visitor
- Average time on site
6. Audience interests: Aggregated audience interests in Ad Planner are generated by applying
Google's interest classification system to Ad Planner's aggregated
sample data. Ad Planner classifies aggregated opt-in user data into
interest categories based on sites that users are visiting. These
audience interests are presented in aggregated form in Ad Planner to
help better understand the interests of the totality of visitors to a
given site and are not used to categorize individual users or for
individual user targeting on a particular site or across the web.
7. Ad specifications and ad presence: By analyzing Google web crawl data, Ad Planner estimates the presence of advertising on sites and the specific ad sizes and formats of those ads. Also, using the Ad Planner Publisher Center, publishers can review and update these ad specifications. Ad Specifications that have been reviewed and updated are denoted by 'Data Source: Publisher'.
8. Ad placements: Ad Planner obtains ad placement information from Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager. Ad impression data is available when viewing ad placements. This data comes directly from the publisher ad servers and is denoted by 'Data source: Publisher ad server'.
7. Ad specifications and ad presence: By analyzing Google web crawl data, Ad Planner estimates the presence of advertising on sites and the specific ad sizes and formats of those ads. Also, using the Ad Planner Publisher Center, publishers can review and update these ad specifications. Ad Specifications that have been reviewed and updated are denoted by 'Data Source: Publisher'.
8. Ad placements: Ad Planner obtains ad placement information from Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager. Ad impression data is available when viewing ad placements. This data comes directly from the publisher ad servers and is denoted by 'Data source: Publisher ad server'.
- Google AdSense: All AdSense placement targeting-enabled placements that have sufficient traffic for Ad Planner to measure are displayed in Ad Planner.
- Google Ad Manager: Publishers using Google Ad Manager can opt in their ad placements to display in Ad Planner.
Blogging 99!
Blogging 99 is mostly about the blogging vocabulary. To understand blogs, you need to know the terms blog, platform, domain, and web host. Once you have mastered these key elements of blogging, you can enter any conversation about blogging with confidence. After you know what exactly a blog is, you will be on your way to passing the final exam of blogging 99.
Blog is short for weblog, which simply means a series of online posts presented in reverse chronological order. That's all! Most blogs are text, but there are also photo blogs and video blogs. The rest of blogging 99 has to do with the technical side of things.
If you are setting up a blog, you will need a platform, a web host, and a domain. A blogging platform is a computer software program that allows you to write posts and to update your blog. Your platform is also what you use to design the look of your blog, from color scheme to font size. The web host is sort of like the virtual file cabinet where your blog is stored. Your computer communicates with the host when you upload or edit a post.
The domain is the online address of your blog, and usually ends in ‘dot com'. Now that you know what a blog is, what a platform is, and what domains and hosts are, congratulate yourself! You have passed blogging 99.
What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Description Of Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing has numerous descriptions Yet, But all have the Same. Affiliate marketing a vast commerce restore on the Internet, It is a noncompetitive activity between merchants and an affiliate's website. For more period now, affiliate marketing has established to be a cost-efficient, mensurable method of delivering long-tern results. It has get famous for Internet sites who are trying to achieve whatever unnecessary or more income for their parcel. Every day, fill get curious to affiliate marketing and necessity to gain money out of it. But in more cases, these new affiliates do not fully understand the affiliate man and neaten expensive mistakes. In additional text, affiliate marketing has often been misunderstood.One of the familiar misconceptions that are being associated about affiliate marketing is "selling", tho' mercantilism is an weighty activity of affiliate marketing and the center function of a byplay activeness. Another is that affiliate marketing is commonly linked with "advertising". While the grandness of advertising in marketing a destined fluid is not to be underestimated, the fact of the thing is, business equal selling, is simply a location of the numerous functions of marketing.
How Affiliate Marketing Works?
In affiliate marketing, an affiliate is paid for every visitant, friend and/or consumer provided finished his efforts. The said correction may be prefabricated supported on a definite ideal for each impose. The most taking vista of affiliate marketing from the merchant's posture is that no defrayal is due to an affiliate until results are understood.
Affiliate Networks?
Affiliate marketing is typically being run by affiliate networks and this affiliate networks are composed of two functional bodies, the group affiliates and the group merchants. Each has their special function and role when it comes to affiliate marketing. The affiliate network acts as a third party between the merchant and the associated affiliates. The network provides the technology to deliver the merchant’s campaigns and offers. The affiliate network also collects commission fees from the merchant and then pays the affiliates which are part of the program.
Affiliate Website?
The merchant is any web site owner that wants or desires to take advantage of performance based marketing. The benefits to the merchant are many. First, the merchant maintains and operates the affiliate program. If it would be extracted, the merchant needs to do their part by researching interested affiliate websites to ensure that they are a good fit for that particular website. Finding a fit for their merchandise would be the key to more generated income.
The merchant has access to markets and customers without him spending valuable time searching out. Banner ads on affiliate sites are not distracting to the site user. It might produce interest for that product and drive the consumer to the merchants’ website. It is also the merchant who decides how much he is willing to pay for each sale that results from a visitor sent from an affiliate.
Affiliate, Affiliate & Affiliate?
The affiliate or the affiliate marketer also sees a lot of benefits. The affiliate is a web site owner that promotes one or more merchants and their affiliate programs. Affiliate marketing can generate a full-time income for the affiliate. But this is not an easy task to accomplish. The affiliate needs to have a better understanding with the merchant what the commission will be, expected payment method and time involved in the contract.The affiliate has also the responsibility to stand for the merchandise their user based would be most interested in. For example, if the site has a user base of mainly stay-at-home mothers, then on-line job openings such as surveys would be a good match for them. This group would also appreciate direct links to children’s products and informational sites. Merchandisers often provide targeted, best-seller items and personal support to their affiliate. They often offer sales promotions that will benefit the merchandiser as well as the affiliate.
Affiliate marketing is a great situation for both the marketer and the affiliate. If they would work together, they can be an advantage to both. Plus the fact that it seems to make sense, it is easy and inexpensive way to start, and you can be up and running within a few days. But there is one thing to consider, it is how to get traffic and make your offer different than all others.
Market Your Online Freelance Profile
When Freelancers are In an progressively agonistical
surround, we have to compete harder. In recent years we've saw significant
awareness for Freelancing. Now Many of us fully depends in Freelancing, and enjoying freelance profession. So when we
did it, we have to show our self
Expert & Expert in our services area. I've get up with two ideas that can
make our self smart & expert as well as lead some potential clients to our
Freelance Profile:
1.Social Media Accounts Links To Freelance Marketplaces
Profile: Social Media is an great places
where we can meet with friends, talk with strangers & also lead some
potentials clients to our Freelance Marketplaces Profile. If you're on a Facebook , then you should
keep a link in your Facebook profile to your freelance profile.
2.Hire Me widget in your blogs: You may pride yourself if you write for your free blogger or WordPress blogs. Write about your
services areas is best practice for all freelancers. It also shown that your
are an specialist in particular subjects or services you loved to write. So if
you have a website or blogs, you must should keep a hire me widget in anywhere
in your website or blogs may lead potential clients & visitor to your
freelance profile.
These are relatively high-impact construction to reserve
yourself out in the freelance activity, where your potential clients can
experience you.
Growing Social Media Sites 2012
To help User Connect with friends & family, Social Media Sites offering many tools as well as App. While the media was getting obsessed with Facebook & Google+…. the world actually got interested in Pinterest, Goodreads & So.cl.
What's more, Google's nascent social network, despite having seen a
growing number of signups, only managed to attract visitors for an
average of 3 minutes in the entire month of January - and that was a
fall from the 4 minutes it achieved in December.
Pinterest
Pinterest is The hot new social media site already has millions of users.
The site is a great way to get organized and share everything — whether it be photos, recipes and travel tips — with people around the world. Posting “pinboards” is like tearing out images of your favorite things and storing them electronically so they’re easily accessible.
Goodreads is a social reading site that's easily pushing 20 million unique visitors per month. It's not talked about in the same way as the über-addictive social networking darling du jour, Pinterest, where users come, pin and leave. There are other, far more intriguing reasons why Goodreads is quietly building and growing a smart, devoted host of members.
Microsoft has officially launched an “experimental” social networking site called So.cl, which combines facets of social networking, search, and media sharing with a user interface resembling Google+.
When we last heard about it, So.cl (pronounced “Social”) was being billed as an “experimental research project” and was only available to students studying information and design at the University of Washington, Syracuse University, and New York University. While the project is still billed as experimental, it’s now open to anyone who wants to give it a shot.
Pinterest is The hot new social media site already has millions of users.
The site is a great way to get organized and share everything — whether it be photos, recipes and travel tips — with people around the world. Posting “pinboards” is like tearing out images of your favorite things and storing them electronically so they’re easily accessible.
Goodreads
Goodreads is a social reading site that's easily pushing 20 million unique visitors per month. It's not talked about in the same way as the über-addictive social networking darling du jour, Pinterest, where users come, pin and leave. There are other, far more intriguing reasons why Goodreads is quietly building and growing a smart, devoted host of members.
Microsoft Social
Microsoft has officially launched an “experimental” social networking site called So.cl, which combines facets of social networking, search, and media sharing with a user interface resembling Google+.
When we last heard about it, So.cl (pronounced “Social”) was being billed as an “experimental research project” and was only available to students studying information and design at the University of Washington, Syracuse University, and New York University. While the project is still billed as experimental, it’s now open to anyone who wants to give it a shot.
Steal these Android tips and tricks
You don't need a degree in software engineering to get more out of your Android smartphone.
Regardless of the kind of Android phone you're packing — be it from Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola or Sony, to name a few makers — we've got a handful of helpful ways to unlock the capabilities of your favorite handset.
Unless otherwise specified, it also shouldn't matter what version of Android you're running on your smartphone, with the most popular today being Android 2.3 ("Gingerbread") or the latest release, Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich"). To figure out what version you're running, go to the About section of your device, under Settings.
Many of these tips and tricks will work on Android-based tablets (including those powered by Android 3.x, a.k.a. "Honeycomb") as well as phone-tablet hybrids like the Samsung Galaxy Note and its built-in stylus pen.
Oh, and if you have any tips of your own, feel free to share them with others below in the Comments section.
Text or talk
If you're getting a call on your Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) device, you can swipe the screen to the right to answer, swipe to the left to ignore or swipe up to quickly respond with a text message — by default it's "I'm busy right now. I will call you later." On some models, you'll need to tap "Ignore With Text." But you can change this default message in the phone's app's Settings area to something else altogether.
Hi mom!
If there's someone you call a lot, there's an easy way to set up a "quick dial" for them on your Android device. Simply tap and hold anywhere on your homescreen wallpaper and select Shortcuts from your list of options. Now, touch Direct Dial and select the person from your contacts list. If you have a photo of this person in your contacts then that's what you'll see on the shortcut icon, along with their first name. You can also use this little-known tool for one-touch texting, by selecting the Direct Message option instead.
Cutting corners
There are many dozens of handy shortcuts to speed up your time on Android devices — some tied to the web browsers, others to using the virtual keyboard and another set related to app management. But here are a few handy ones for those who use Gmail on an Android device: While inside of a message, tap the R key to reply to the message, F to forward it, A to reply to all (to everyone in the To: and Cc: field) or Y to archive an email (this last shortcut works inside of the message or while in the main inbox view). Compose a new email by tapping Menu + C or refresh your inbox with Menu + U.
Flash, on demand
Unlike the iPhone, Android devices are capable of displaying websites with Flash animation, video and games. But if you don't have a generous data plan with your carrier, or if you find loading Flash is slowing down your browsing, you can launch Flash on-demand. That is, you can tap to see or interact with Flash content when you want — and if you don't tap to start it, it won't load. To do this, go to the Settings of your web browser, select Advanced and tap to change the Enable Flash and Plug-Ins tab from "Always On" to "On demand" or "Off."
Siri, Shmiri
If you're a seasoned Android user you likely know Google has offered voice-based search for some time, but the voice-to-text dictation feature is really strong on the phone — especially with ICS. Tap the microphone icon to the left of the spacebar while inside of a text or email and start talking. Not only will you see the words typed out as you say them — unlike Apple's Siri, which shows you the words after you're done talking — but the accuracy is outstanding and you'll find this is much faster than typing out a lengthy message. Don't forget to say punctuation requests, such as "comma,' "period" and "question mark."
Speak easy
One of the advantages of Android over competing smartphone platforms is its integrated Google apps ranging from Search and Maps to Gmail to YouTube to Calendar to Google+ to Earth. One of the most powerful of the free services, however, is Google Voice, which lets you make phone calls (with cheap international rates), send and receive free text messages, transcribes voicemails into text, forward your number and set up custom greetings for different callers. Google Voice will quickly become your favorite app, so get to know it.
Say cheese
Quick — your friend is doing something ridiculous and you must capture the moment. Problem is, by the time you pick up and unlock your Android phone, launch the camera and snap the picture, it's simply too late. Well, here's a trick to enabling the camera from the lock screen so you don't miss the action. Instead of sliding the ring towards the center of the screen or typing in your PIN code or pattern, simply tap and hold the camera icon on the bottom right of your smartphone and drag it to the ring — it'll meet you halfway — and then let go to launch the camera pronto. Cool, huh?
Wild about widgets
One of the great things about an open-source platform is you can customize the look and feel of your Android's homescreen in a myriad of ways. Want "live" wallpaper that animates behind your icons? Too bad iPhone can't do that. Want to create one homescreen for work (with 9 to 5 apps) and one for play (5 to 9 apps)? Why not. Something else that separates Android from the IOS camp is Widgets, which you can add by pressing and holding down on the home screen; these can range from funky clocks and bookmarks to weather information and messages to photos and system information. Have fun exploring. If you're running ICS you can also resize these widgets on the fly.
Screen dream
Before ICS, it wasn't easy to snap a picture of what you're seeing on the device's display. To take a screenshot of a game, website, message or anything else, Android 4.x users can simply press the power and volume-down buttons at the same time. The screen will flash white, you'll hear a sound and the image be saved in your photo gallery. If you're on a non-ICS-device — such as Froyo, Gingerbread or Honeycomb — try the $5 No Root Screenshot It app, but be aware you'll need to connect your device to a computer via a USB cable to enable screenshots each time you restart the phone.
Don't leave home without it
Increasingly, Android devices are shipping with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology under the hood. This wireless radio can be used to make payments at retail, vending machines or between supported devices, in place of using cash, credit or debit. Consider it an electronic wallet, of sorts, that lets you buy goods or services by tapping or swiping on a sensor. NFC-enabled phones -- such as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, LG Viper 4G LTE and LG Optimus LTE — all work with apps like Google Wallet at supporting stores for NFC payments.
Freeze frame
You're likely aware there are a few photo effects built into your Android camera app. If not, from the photo gallery, simply tap Edit from the dropdown menu and you can brighten up a dark shot, add a film grain look, remove red-eye or tweak color (better yet, download the free Instagram app). But did you know ICS has another cool photo feature: when you're shooting a video with your Android device, tap the frame and it'll take a still snapshot and automatically dump it into your camera roll. Those running older Android devices can download an app, like Frame Grabber from Google Play (formerly Android Market), that do the same thing -- but you'll have to grab a still after the video has been shot.
Later gator
About to go on a long flight without any Internet connectivity? Those on an ICS device can save web content to read at a later time — without needing an app to do it (like Pocket). If you're inside the browser and come across something interesting you want to read at a later time, tap the menu tab and select "Save for offline reading" instead of "Bookmark," as the latter will require an Internet connection. This is also a good tip in case you're nearing your monthly data limit and want to queue up a few things to read offline.
Know when to fold 'em
If you need to clean up a messy desktop, perhaps littered with multiple app icons over multiple pages, you can press and hold on an app, drag it onto another one and it will create a folder and place them both in there. You can then tap and hold to rename the folder to something relevant ("Music Apps"), add more apps to the folder, if you like, and then rearrange where they go on your homescreen. You can also drag and drop shortcuts into folders, too, if you like, but not widgets.
original article: http://shopping.yahoo.com/blogs/digital-crave/steal-android-tips-tricks-160827653.html
Regardless of the kind of Android phone you're packing — be it from Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola or Sony, to name a few makers — we've got a handful of helpful ways to unlock the capabilities of your favorite handset.
Unless otherwise specified, it also shouldn't matter what version of Android you're running on your smartphone, with the most popular today being Android 2.3 ("Gingerbread") or the latest release, Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich"). To figure out what version you're running, go to the About section of your device, under Settings.
Many of these tips and tricks will work on Android-based tablets (including those powered by Android 3.x, a.k.a. "Honeycomb") as well as phone-tablet hybrids like the Samsung Galaxy Note and its built-in stylus pen.
Oh, and if you have any tips of your own, feel free to share them with others below in the Comments section.
Text or talk
If you're getting a call on your Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) device, you can swipe the screen to the right to answer, swipe to the left to ignore or swipe up to quickly respond with a text message — by default it's "I'm busy right now. I will call you later." On some models, you'll need to tap "Ignore With Text." But you can change this default message in the phone's app's Settings area to something else altogether.
Hi mom!
If there's someone you call a lot, there's an easy way to set up a "quick dial" for them on your Android device. Simply tap and hold anywhere on your homescreen wallpaper and select Shortcuts from your list of options. Now, touch Direct Dial and select the person from your contacts list. If you have a photo of this person in your contacts then that's what you'll see on the shortcut icon, along with their first name. You can also use this little-known tool for one-touch texting, by selecting the Direct Message option instead.
Cutting corners
There are many dozens of handy shortcuts to speed up your time on Android devices — some tied to the web browsers, others to using the virtual keyboard and another set related to app management. But here are a few handy ones for those who use Gmail on an Android device: While inside of a message, tap the R key to reply to the message, F to forward it, A to reply to all (to everyone in the To: and Cc: field) or Y to archive an email (this last shortcut works inside of the message or while in the main inbox view). Compose a new email by tapping Menu + C or refresh your inbox with Menu + U.
Flash, on demand
Unlike the iPhone, Android devices are capable of displaying websites with Flash animation, video and games. But if you don't have a generous data plan with your carrier, or if you find loading Flash is slowing down your browsing, you can launch Flash on-demand. That is, you can tap to see or interact with Flash content when you want — and if you don't tap to start it, it won't load. To do this, go to the Settings of your web browser, select Advanced and tap to change the Enable Flash and Plug-Ins tab from "Always On" to "On demand" or "Off."
Siri, Shmiri
If you're a seasoned Android user you likely know Google has offered voice-based search for some time, but the voice-to-text dictation feature is really strong on the phone — especially with ICS. Tap the microphone icon to the left of the spacebar while inside of a text or email and start talking. Not only will you see the words typed out as you say them — unlike Apple's Siri, which shows you the words after you're done talking — but the accuracy is outstanding and you'll find this is much faster than typing out a lengthy message. Don't forget to say punctuation requests, such as "comma,' "period" and "question mark."
Speak easy
One of the advantages of Android over competing smartphone platforms is its integrated Google apps ranging from Search and Maps to Gmail to YouTube to Calendar to Google+ to Earth. One of the most powerful of the free services, however, is Google Voice, which lets you make phone calls (with cheap international rates), send and receive free text messages, transcribes voicemails into text, forward your number and set up custom greetings for different callers. Google Voice will quickly become your favorite app, so get to know it.
Say cheese
Quick — your friend is doing something ridiculous and you must capture the moment. Problem is, by the time you pick up and unlock your Android phone, launch the camera and snap the picture, it's simply too late. Well, here's a trick to enabling the camera from the lock screen so you don't miss the action. Instead of sliding the ring towards the center of the screen or typing in your PIN code or pattern, simply tap and hold the camera icon on the bottom right of your smartphone and drag it to the ring — it'll meet you halfway — and then let go to launch the camera pronto. Cool, huh?
Wild about widgets
One of the great things about an open-source platform is you can customize the look and feel of your Android's homescreen in a myriad of ways. Want "live" wallpaper that animates behind your icons? Too bad iPhone can't do that. Want to create one homescreen for work (with 9 to 5 apps) and one for play (5 to 9 apps)? Why not. Something else that separates Android from the IOS camp is Widgets, which you can add by pressing and holding down on the home screen; these can range from funky clocks and bookmarks to weather information and messages to photos and system information. Have fun exploring. If you're running ICS you can also resize these widgets on the fly.
Screen dream
Before ICS, it wasn't easy to snap a picture of what you're seeing on the device's display. To take a screenshot of a game, website, message or anything else, Android 4.x users can simply press the power and volume-down buttons at the same time. The screen will flash white, you'll hear a sound and the image be saved in your photo gallery. If you're on a non-ICS-device — such as Froyo, Gingerbread or Honeycomb — try the $5 No Root Screenshot It app, but be aware you'll need to connect your device to a computer via a USB cable to enable screenshots each time you restart the phone.
Don't leave home without it
Increasingly, Android devices are shipping with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology under the hood. This wireless radio can be used to make payments at retail, vending machines or between supported devices, in place of using cash, credit or debit. Consider it an electronic wallet, of sorts, that lets you buy goods or services by tapping or swiping on a sensor. NFC-enabled phones -- such as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, LG Viper 4G LTE and LG Optimus LTE — all work with apps like Google Wallet at supporting stores for NFC payments.
Freeze frame
You're likely aware there are a few photo effects built into your Android camera app. If not, from the photo gallery, simply tap Edit from the dropdown menu and you can brighten up a dark shot, add a film grain look, remove red-eye or tweak color (better yet, download the free Instagram app). But did you know ICS has another cool photo feature: when you're shooting a video with your Android device, tap the frame and it'll take a still snapshot and automatically dump it into your camera roll. Those running older Android devices can download an app, like Frame Grabber from Google Play (formerly Android Market), that do the same thing -- but you'll have to grab a still after the video has been shot.
Later gator
About to go on a long flight without any Internet connectivity? Those on an ICS device can save web content to read at a later time — without needing an app to do it (like Pocket). If you're inside the browser and come across something interesting you want to read at a later time, tap the menu tab and select "Save for offline reading" instead of "Bookmark," as the latter will require an Internet connection. This is also a good tip in case you're nearing your monthly data limit and want to queue up a few things to read offline.
Know when to fold 'em
If you need to clean up a messy desktop, perhaps littered with multiple app icons over multiple pages, you can press and hold on an app, drag it onto another one and it will create a folder and place them both in there. You can then tap and hold to rename the folder to something relevant ("Music Apps"), add more apps to the folder, if you like, and then rearrange where they go on your homescreen. You can also drag and drop shortcuts into folders, too, if you like, but not widgets.
original article: http://shopping.yahoo.com/blogs/digital-crave/steal-android-tips-tricks-160827653.html
Google Penguin Update: Still you can win the game!
if you are not conscious regarding Google's Penguin update that was rolled out april 24. So what exactly Google made changes in this penguin update? as usual Google is very poor when it comes to make us clear about their algorithm. they never provide enough data about their algorithm as well as changes they made but they provide some guideline though their webmaster blog.
According to Google webmaster central blog penguin update focuses on several things including but not limited to, site-wide links that go against Google Webmaster Guidelines, spun content and articles and over optimization. If you think you have been hit by the Google latest penguin update then here are a few things that you should really consider doing before complaining to Google.
1. if you receiving alert though your Google webmaster tools account for unnatural links detected notice, it will better if you go though those website & remove links.
2. If your website rankings already been dropped it doesn't ensure that your website have been hit by the Penguin. Google did some mistake and admitted that it was incorrectly classifying some subdomain/domains as parked domains. Matt Cutts from Google web-spam head recommends filling out their form for those who believe they were affected by mistake. According to form if your site was affected by the Penguin update, and you don't think it should have been affected, please give Google more details on that form. It will then as you for the URL of your page, a few examples of keywords that you'd expect it to show for but which instead lists non-ideal results and any additional comments. form can be found here: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/reconsideration?pli=1
3. If you think your back link profile that you have acquired links from non-relevant site, mainly links that are placed site-wide then I highly recommend cleaning out those links and submitting a reconsideration request. Please Give them/google as much information as you can in your reconsideration request. It would be very useful to highlight all the links that you have taken down.
According to Google webmaster central blog penguin update focuses on several things including but not limited to, site-wide links that go against Google Webmaster Guidelines, spun content and articles and over optimization. If you think you have been hit by the Google latest penguin update then here are a few things that you should really consider doing before complaining to Google.
1. if you receiving alert though your Google webmaster tools account for unnatural links detected notice, it will better if you go though those website & remove links.
2. If your website rankings already been dropped it doesn't ensure that your website have been hit by the Penguin. Google did some mistake and admitted that it was incorrectly classifying some subdomain/domains as parked domains. Matt Cutts from Google web-spam head recommends filling out their form for those who believe they were affected by mistake. According to form if your site was affected by the Penguin update, and you don't think it should have been affected, please give Google more details on that form. It will then as you for the URL of your page, a few examples of keywords that you'd expect it to show for but which instead lists non-ideal results and any additional comments. form can be found here: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/reconsideration?pli=1
3. If you think your back link profile that you have acquired links from non-relevant site, mainly links that are placed site-wide then I highly recommend cleaning out those links and submitting a reconsideration request. Please Give them/google as much information as you can in your reconsideration request. It would be very useful to highlight all the links that you have taken down.
About doorway pages!
while building doorway pages is bad for SEO prospective but Google always recommend to build one for your website:) do you know which one is that? yes sitemap itself is an doorway pages.
Apple Reports Second Quarter Results! Record March Quarter Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs Net Profit Increases 94% Year-over-Year
CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $24.7 billion and net profit of $6.0 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 47.4 percent compared to 41.4 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 64 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
The Company sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, a 151 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4 million Macs during the quarter, a 7 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 7.7 million iPods, a 15 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
“We’re thrilled with sales of over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads in the March quarter,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “The new iPad is off to a great start, and across the year you’re going to see a lot more of the kind of innovation that only Apple can deliver.”
“Our record March quarter results drove $14 billion in cash flow from operations,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter, we expect revenue of about $34 billion and diluted earnings per share of about $8.68.”
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q2 2012 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PDT on April 24, 2012 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq212. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those about the Company’s estimated revenue and diluted earnings per share. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ.
Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company’s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company’s international operations; the Company’s reliance on third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company’s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.
More information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included from time to time in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2011, its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, and its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012 to be filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.
This article originally appeared at http://www.apple.com
The Company sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, a 151 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4 million Macs during the quarter, a 7 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 7.7 million iPods, a 15 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
“We’re thrilled with sales of over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads in the March quarter,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “The new iPad is off to a great start, and across the year you’re going to see a lot more of the kind of innovation that only Apple can deliver.”
“Our record March quarter results drove $14 billion in cash flow from operations,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter, we expect revenue of about $34 billion and diluted earnings per share of about $8.68.”
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q2 2012 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PDT on April 24, 2012 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq212. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those about the Company’s estimated revenue and diluted earnings per share. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ.
Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company’s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company’s international operations; the Company’s reliance on third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company’s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.
More information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included from time to time in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2011, its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, and its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012 to be filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.
This article originally appeared at http://www.apple.com
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 4S
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 4s – fight
Considering we just made the case for the Galaxy S3 being the phone the iPhone 4S should have been, you might think this will be an easy victory for the shiny, new Samsung handset. But then again, we are talking about an Apple product here. And even though the iPhone 4S wasn't the iPhone 5 we were hoping for, there's still plenty of reasons you might be swayed towards the best iPhone ever over the S3. There's only one thing for it – fight!This article originally appeared at Stuff.tv
What is the Google Engage program?
Apart From Google Engage Website
Be physically based in the United States
Have a functioning business website
Specialize in web-services that help businesses succeed online (e.g. web-development, digital campaign management, etc.)
Be eager to spend time and resources promoting Google tools and services to your clients
Remain in compliance to Google Third-Party Policy
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Google Engage for Agencies is designed to help agencies like yours master marketing on Google.
As a member of Google Engage you'll have access to free training, exclusive tools and all the guidance and support you need to help clients with more effective Search Engine Marketing. Learn what you need to know, from creating great ads and keyword lists to our reporting and optimization tools that can help you maximize a client's return on their advertising investment.
We have already helped thousands of businesses and individuals around the world establish great business opportunities. If you are a web marketing professional, search engine marketer, webmaster, web designer, or marketing consultant, then Google Engage is the online toolbox for you
Join Google Engage (just click that big blue button up there), and kick-start your SEM business today.
What is the Google Engage program and who is it intended for?
The Google Engage program is designed to educate and support those businesses that specialize in helping other businesses succeed online. Typical participants include interactive agencies, individual webmasters, web developers, and IT consultants. Participants can receive access to educational resources, live events, promotional materials, and a select number of free AdWords vouchers. When participants grow their online skills and further develop their knowledge of Google products, we believe they’ll become more attractive to potential clients and more valuable to existing ones.Want to apply for the program Read this first?
In order to qualify for the program, you and/or your business must:Be physically based in the United States
Have a functioning business website
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Remain in compliance to Google Third-Party Policy
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Complete the online application form, and tell us about your business and the services you offer. A Google representative will review your application and contact you via phone or email within 10 - 15 business days with further details. If approved, you'll get access to the program's online portal, where you can find online trainings and other program resources. Only after completing four required webinars will you become eligible to receive your initial batch of 20 free AdWords vouchers. See Google AdWords voucher terms and conditions.How do you get AdWords online advertising vouchers for your customers?
Every participant will received 20 promotional vouchers upon joining the program and completing four required webinars. Participants must observe the Google AdWords voucher terms and conditions. Violation of these terms and conditions can result in the termination of program membership. Participants may only give one promotional voucher per client. Voucher codes may not be resold and should not be placed on publicly accessible media, such as the Internet.https://google-engage.appspot.com/us/
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