Search Engine Market Share

 

Yahoo Takes More Market Share From Google

 

Aliso Viejo, CA based Net Applications  announces June 2007 world wide Search Engine Market Share results. Yahoo, for the second consecutive month, has regained search engine market share at the direct expense of Google.

Yahoo climbed back to 12.16% market share, and the last time they had that much share was back in September of 2006. But, at that time Yahoo was on the decline in market share. Google's US search market share has dropped to 51.53%. Net Applications has not recorded two consecutive months of search engine market share losses for Google until now.

It's intriguing to note that the comeback in Yahoo's market share coincides with the return of Jerry Yang as CEO. There may be no correlation at all, but if Yahoo keeps surging back, Yang may join Steve Jobs in the new 'hero' class of CEO. At the same time, Yahoo has promoted Susan Decker to President. Decker headed Yahoo's Advertiser and Publisher Group, and is responsible with Yang for Yahoo's strategic direction. They seem to have their strategic priorities lined up properly after several years of missteps.

For these and additional global market share results, click here

How to write a Good Resignation letter

A change in job is an important time in one's career. While you may have written a great acceptance letter to your future employer stating your intent to join, it's equally important to leave your current employer on a positive note.

Writing a professional resignation letter would ensure that people remember you when you leave and the employers keep their gates open, in case you decide to come back in the future.

Here are some things to keep in mind when composing a resignation letter.

State your intention clearly

There is no need for lengthy explanations, you can simply state that you are resigning from your position to pursue other interests or opportunities. Keep it brief, but respectful, and mark the letter to your direct supervisor with a copy to the Human Resource manager.

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Mention things that you would want to negotiate

Your resignation letter should provide a structure for your meeting with your boss. You can politely state what you deserve, such as a payout that was pending, vacation time, or any bonuses that were supposed to come your way.

Don't be overtly demanding, as you still have an exit interview to state your needs. 

List down your current projects and completion dates

Your boss may not know the details of all the projects you are currently working on. It is your responsibility to remind him of the same. Provide a list of projects and their expected dates of completion, if there are any tasks that may not get completed within your notice period, explain the backup plan that you have in mind. As far as possible, finish the job and don't leave projects half completed.

Offer to train your replacement

You could also recommend colleagues who can take up your responsibilities, to your boss.
Share resumes of qualified candidates or recommend a valued co-worker for your position.

Also, mention your willingness to put in a few extra hours to train your replacement. Proofread your letter for errors and save a copy for your reference before sending it out.

• Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna to your job

Farewell e-mails

By the time you finish serving your notice period, the word about your resignation would have spread around. So there is no need for sending out a sobbing e-mail, or one which boasts of your accomplishment.

Just 'thank everyone' for their support and provide your contact details (personal e-mail ID and phone number).

A sample letter:

Dear Mr Sharma,

I would like to resign from my job with immediate effect. I have taken this decision to pursue another opportunity that would act as a catalyst in my career.

I would be serving a one month notice starting tomorrow and would like to be relieved of my responsibilities by February 15, 2007. I would like to thank you for your support and insights that made my stint a great learning experience.

I am currently working on the following projects:

• Conducting market research for our proposed product -- slated to be completed by end of this week.
• Studying the sales trends for the last six months and providing a report -- slated to be completed by February 8.

I would like to discuss the following when we meet:

• My pending bonus for the current financial year.
• Vacation time and its adjustment with the notice period.

I would like to recommend a few team members for my position and would be happy to train and support my replacement.

Please let me know of a convenient time to meet and discuss the same.

Yours sincerely,
Amit Sharma
Designation & department

So, when you realise that it's time to say goodbye, do it in style and make a positive exit!

'Launch Wave' of Microsoft Products Coming in 2008

Feb. 27, 2008 promises to be one of the most important dates in Microsoft's 33-year history, as it will release a host of major new products, including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.

The announcement of what it calls the "2008 Global Launch Wave" was made today by COO Kevin Turner at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver.

Currently, Windows 2008 is in beta 3 testing, with an expected release to manufacturing date (RTM) of this November, according to Redmond magazine columnist Mary Jo Foley, who blogs about Microsoft for ZDNet. Windows 2008, formerly code-named "Longhorn", is Microsoft's first new server operating system since Windows Server 2003.

Visual Studio 2008, formerly code-named "Orcas", is at the beta 1 stage, with beta 2 expected this summer, and an RTM of late this year or early next year.

SQL Server 2008, code-named "Katmai", is at the Community Technology Preview stage.

Turner made the launch announcement at the keynote address opening the conference. After recapping the massive wave of launches in Microsoft's fiscal year 2007, which ended July 1, Turner told the audience: "We're going to announce more big dogs today."

The products will launch together on Feb. 27, 2008 at an event in Los Angeles, followed by hundreds of other launch events worldwide.

As a result, Turner told the sold-out conference: "I see one thing in FY '08. I see money. I see monetization." And, he added, that vision extends to the partner ecosystem, predicting that "hundreds of billions of dollars will be available to you through monetization of these products."

Windows Server 2008 has been in development significantly longer than the other two products. Its forerunner, Windows Server 2003, was unveiled in April 2003. Longhorn's first publicly-stated schedule was for RTM in 2005. Since then, it's been plagued by delays, and even to meet the 2008 ship date it's had numerous major features stripped out.

Visual Studio and SQL Server development have fared better. VS 2005 was released in October 2005, while SQL 2005 shipped a month later.

 

source http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=8800

MSDN bot

A new way to search the MSDN library, You just need to add  MSDNBuddy@hotmail.com  to your MSN messenger (Sorry, this wont work with your Yahoo or windows messengers ), and start searching.

This is a little MSN live agent (bot) which helps you find information on the MSDN website.

Here is an example of how to start with.

After you enter your first comment, it will send you two options Whether to do a simple search or a complete search.

After entering the search option, again it will prompt you to enter the search string.

if you want to continue searching, then press 'Y' and continue

How to Become a Microsoft MVP

 

Every 3 months, a new round of MVPs are announced. So I thought I'd take a moment to write about the "Unofficial" Criteria for selecting an MVP. It is important to note that this is just my opinion, based on my experience dealing with the MVP Program... as well as a hefty helping of common sense.

1. MVPs are Microsoft's "volunteer army". They support the community in numerous ways that Microsoft couldn't even begin to deal with. The best way to build a quality brand is to encourage customers to support other customers. It's cheaper too ;). If Microsoft can give you better access to product teams and free software to keep you happy, it doesn't cost them much. If they had to pay salary and benefits to every member of the community, their software would be nowhere near as successful.  Don't think MVPS are the supporters of Microsoft, they are really the Critics of Microsoft, who help them in improving their products.
2. Microsoft MVPs are an important public face on the company. To that end, the company is obviously going to want some kind of control over what that face presents to the public. So they're pretty selective on who they award an MVP to.
3. If you look at the MVPs out there, Microsoft's selection criteria typically mirror their criteria for selecting employees. Again, with good reason - these people will be granted a high level of interaction with the product teams. They don't want someone dealing with the people they pay who will be disruptive to productivity. This is why many prominent Microsoft MVPs eventually get hired into the company.

So, if you want to become an MVP, here is my list of DOs and DON'Ts. They've worked well for me, although admittedly sometimes I don't follow my own rules.

• DON'T be rude, vulgar, or disrespectful in your communication with other community members. Swearing, while OK during coding sessions and casual conversation, should NEVER be used in communication that will be read by many. It is uncouth and represents an extreme lack of control and judgement.
• DON'T be in it just for a title. If you're looking to be the king of some imaginary social hierarchy, forget it. The MVP Program has been around a long time, and the Microsoft employees assigned to foster community and build the program will see right through you.
• DON'T stop following these rules after you become an MVP. The honor is re-awarded yearly, and lots of people slack off and get dropped. As my daddy always said "I brought you into this world, I can take you out."
• DON'T be a spoiled brat if you don't like a decision Microsoft made. The Visual Basic MVP petition fiasco is a prime example. Microsoft wants responsible adults as part of their program, even if they are young.
• DON'T cause PR problems for Microsoft. It takes several good deeds to become an MVP, but one PR issue could send you packing. Taking them to task on an issue is one thing, but if Microsoft has to clean up a PR mess, you'll probably get taken out with the trash.
• DON'T be elitist just because you've been in the industry for a while. You won't be around forever, and someone younger than you will eventually take your place. In this industry, you can be relevant one day, irrelevant the next.

• DO be courteous every time you deal with a fellow member of the community. Give them the respect they deserve as a person. (This works well in life, too.)
• DO interact in the community in more than one way (web blogging in and of itself doesn't get you in, you should also be involved in the newsgroups or Forums or something)
• DO take extra time to understand Microsoft's position on decisions, and speak respectfully on those issues.
• DO have an opinion on things going on in the tech world. Take some time to establish yourself on an authority in a subject area, and then expand your reach into other areas.
• DO be genuine in your desire to help others. Microsoft's corporate culture is aimed towards the betterment of society. If that's not the center of your personal culture, you'll never be seriously considered.
• DO exercise good judgement as often as possible. Rule of Thumb: Anything that will be indexed by a search engine should be well thought out before posting. Think ahead about whether you want that opinion associated with your name a year from now.
• DO think of new ways to fill in the gaps Microsoft leaves in the community. If you have a crazy idea... try it out. You never know when you'll be mentioned in the next executive keynote.
• DO evaluate your communication skills constantly. The better you can relate Microsoft's message to others, the more Microsoft will interact with you.
• DO be consistent with your community work. You can't help out 4 or 5 people a year and expect to be an MVP.
• DO look out for your other community members, and encourage others (especially young people).

And, a note to anyone younger than 25 - stick with it. There isn't an age requirement, so I wouldn't be surprised if a 12 year old put there somewhere could smoke all these old guys ;).

Hopefully, that helps some aspiring MVPs out there. We're always looking for new blood.

 

Source : http://weblogs.asp.net/rmclaws/archive/2005/04/03/396941.aspx

Microsoft Looks To Dodge Visa Limits With Canadian Software Center

 

The company says the new center will allow it to "recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by immigration issues in the U.S." and station them near its Washington headquarters.

By Paul McDougall,  InformationWeek
July 5, 2007
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200900554

Among the more vocal advocates for the defunct immigration reform bill was software maker Microsoft. The company, led by chairman Bill Gates, has long argued that the U.S. needs to raise caps on the number of visas it grants each year to foreign high-tech workers.

The immigration bill would have doubled the number of so-called H-1B visas, but it died in the Senate last week. Now, Microsoft appears to be taking a different tack.

The company on Thursday said it would open a new software development center in Canada this fall and stock it with "highly skilled people affected by immigration issues in the U.S." Microsoft said it plans to open the center in the vicinity of Vancouver, B.C. -- about a two-hour drive from its Redmond, Wash., headquarters.

Only a handful of other, major Microsoft software development facilities -- in Ireland, Denmark, and Israel -- are located outside the U.S. Microsoft maintains an office in Toronto primarily to oversee Canadian sales and marketing efforts.

Microsoft did not disclose how much it expects to invest in the Vancouver site. A company spokesman said the facility will initially house 200 workers, "with room to grow." The spokesman said the Vancouver workers would likely develop software for the full range of Microsoft's products.

Microsoft in a statement said the Vancouver center would attract workers "from all parts of the world."

"The Vancouver area is a global gateway with a diverse population, is close to Microsoft's corporate offices in Redmond, and allows the company to recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by immigration issues in the U.S.," Microsoft said.

Virtually all major U.S. tech firms have been pushing for a relaxation of limits on the number of foreign high-tech workers allowed into the country, arguing that the U.S. faces a shortage of such individuals. Conversely, worker groups such as the Programmers Guild claim that no such shortage exists and say tech vendors simply want to import cheap labor.

Microsoft's spokesman said the timing of Thursday's announcement is not directly related to last week's demise in the Senate of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, which would have roughly doubled the current 65,000 H-1B visa cap. "It's not a direct response, but we're being upfront about the fact that immigration issues factored into the decision," said the spokesman.

With a software center in Vancouver, Microsoft could bring programmers from India and other low-cost countries to North America and place them within a two-hour drive of Redmond without having to obtain H-1B visas for them, assuming the workers could obtain Canadian employment authorization. It would also offer a place for Microsoft to station foreign workers already in the U.S. whose visas are close to expiration.

Microsoft's spokesman said the Vancouver center would be staffed with "a mix" of Canadian-born workers and workers from other countries.

In March, Gates told the Senate that he would like to see the H-1B visa cap eventually increased to 300,000. But with no cap raise imminent, Microsoft is looking north. The big question: will other U.S. tech giants follow suit?

Google loses "Gmail" trademark case

A court in Germany today banned Google from using the name "Gmail" for its popular webmail service following a trademark suit filed by the founder of G-Mail.

Daniel Giersch (33), started using the name G-Mail in 2000, four years before Google released "Gmail".

"Google infringed the young businessman's trademark that had been previously been registered," said the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in its judgement.

"As far as the Hanseatic Higher Court is concerned, the legal situation is unambiguous to the extent that it has not allowed an appeal to the Federal Court of Justice," said Giersch's lawyer Sebastian Eble, from the office of Preu Bohling & Associates.

The lawyer claimed that it was It is a legendary victory, because for many Daniels fighting "Googliaths," confidence and financial means run out in the long course of battle.

The battle for the trademark has dragged on for three years and has been fought in a number of State jurisdictions.

Google has filed lawsuits against Giersch in Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.

"Google has announced, at least in writing, to 'fight' my client abroad for as long as it takes before he drops the legal claims lodged in Germany," Eble confirmed.

But a court in Switzerland threw out Google's case and now Giersch will file a suit to prohibit Google from using the name in that country.

"I have made it clear since the beginning that I will never sell the name," Giersch said. "It is my sole intention to realise my idea for a hybrid mail system. I am absolutely convinced of its success. Neither "G-mail" nor myself are for sale."

After the Google lawsuits have ended, Giersch hopes to focus his energies into the further development of "G-mail," which he touts as a new "standard of communication on the Internet."

"My hybrid mail system 'G-mail' is an ingenious blend of innovative and well-tried communications solutions," he said. "It
is subject to the principles of the sanctity of the post. Google, on the other hand, scans the content of e-mails to blend in adverts. Criticism about this from data protectors that Google has to deal with harms my business. My employees and I are involved in mix-ups on an almost daily basis."

source: http://pressesc.com/01183582507_gmail

Beijing is also the Virus Capital Now

According to UK-based managed security services companyNetwork Box, Beijing accounts for 40 percent of all viruses that passed though the company’s servers in June, and 5.25 percent of detected spam.

This compares with slightly lower percentages for cities in countries noted for having a malware problem. Moscow was second for spam with 5.12 percent, Seoul third with 3.58 percent, Turk in Turkey fourth with 3.4 percent, and London in fifth place on 2.47 percent, statistics that are likely to be skewed to some extent by the company’s UK-based customer base.

But it is in the area of virus distribution that Beijing outpaces other cities in the Network Box figures. Its 40 percent score contrasts markedly with much smaller scores for other locations. Not all of these are prominent – the obscure town of Wattleup near Perth in Australia comes is number 2 in the chart, with 3.68 percent of viruses. Madrid in Spain is third with 2.48 percent, Taipei In Taiwan fourth with 2.35 percent, and Henan in China fifth on 1.71 percent.

“There is a real danger of Beijing becoming public enemy number one for global malware. The increases we are seeing are probably down to illegal software that can’t be patched. With the rise of compromised machines and botnets, this could have far wider implications for global internet security,” said Network Box Managing Director Simon Heron.

China has for some time been notorious for its malware and hacking problem. It has variously been accused of officially-backed information warfare against the US, and of leading on every malware count experts can think up to measure the menace. More recently, crackdowns have started to reduce the volume of spam, some have reported.

 

Source : http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9373

How Google's Page Rank works?

General Information regarding page rank and back links

    The first thing that should be understood is the way Link Back can make your site be in the top 10 search results in Google's search engine. Due to the fact that there are a multitude of websites with a similar density of keywords, Google will select the web pages according to their page rank. The page rank of a website is given by the number of back-links it receives. From here we draw the conclusion that a rise in the number of back-links will increase our page rank and therefore a better position in Google's search engine. But what is a back-link? Any link pointing from one  website to another is considered by Google as a recommendation for the target website, so the more recommendations (back-links) you have the more important your website will become for Google and thus your website will be noted with a bigger page rank.

   In the last two years the attitude of search engines regarding indexed pages has changer radically- from the appearance of sandboxes to the reassessing of back-links. From here derived the necessity of knowing exactly what needs to be done in order to catch a better place in the top when speaking of search engines. This website ( Link Back WEB DIRECTORY ) appeared due to these new changes and we hope that it will help you for FREE to obtain a better position related to search engines.

Back-Links and Google Page Rank short introduction

Why Google, why page rank, why back-links, why web directory? The answer is very simple: with millions of sites available for any kind of information/services/ products etc. appeared the problem of choice and efficiency from here the growth in utilization of search engines. Obviously an algorithm was needed in order to provide the user results that would be as close as possible to his search, without the necessity of looking at thousands of web pages that contain the words specified in the search engine. Therefore Google took on the "page rank" method. Everybody knows it and there are millions of webpage about the so called calculation formula of the page rank, in which back-links are the only factor that determine the page rank of a web page.

The formula is PR(A)=(1-d) + d (PR(T1)/C(T1) + ... + PR(Tn)/C(Tn))

-PR()= Page Rank of a webpage; example PR(Index.php) is the rank for the Index.php web page.

-T1.....Tn= all the pages considered by Google as back-links to your web page

-C()= the number of links that point out from the pages considered by Google as back links to your web page

-d= correction ratio with a positive value between 0 and 1, used by Google for corrections on the page-rank. In free translation this means that the more back-links that point to our web page and the higher the rank of the pages that contain the back links to our web page, the higher rank our web page will obtain.

It seems pretty simple ...but it's not quite as it seems. It's just like the definition of the back link "Back Link = a Link in one direction implied from the existence of an explicit link in the other direction"....something abstract and pretty confusing.

Let's take things one by one and just see what should be done in order to appear in a better position in search engines.

Increase Google Page Rank!

Rank It's very important to have a high page rank, but we are rushing again...if we are talking about a new website subscribed at Google it will be placed in "Google Sandbox", a testing category that will not promote the site as a result on the search of the Google search engine. The Google staff says that the website remains in the "Sandbox" a minimum of 60 days in order for Google to count exactly the number of back links and their accuracy. This routine prevents the appearance of new sites with high PR that might have been made artificially and therefore irrelevant.

Lets suppose that we have spent the minimum 60 days trial period in the Sandbox and in this period Google found 20 back links pointing to our webpage, the calculation formula was applied and our webpage resulted with lets say PR 2...what is to be done now? Simple...we take a look at the formula PR(A) = (1-d) + d (PR(T1)/C(T1) + ... + PR(Tn)/C(Tn)) and we will see that we need back-links due to the fact that the PR (page rank) is directly proportioned with the number of back-links.

The easiest solution might seem to subscribe our website on any available forums, in all web directories, to participate in all the link exchange programs etc. but we will only discover that the effort was not worth it , our PR will still be 2. Nothing has changed, even more, if we will use Google's link query link:www.mysite.com we will detect that the number of indexed links has remained the same. And here will start the confusion and the number of questions about how this actually works. So, is this formula correct? Why didn't the number of links indexed by Google didn't grow? And especially what has to be done in order to not only grow the number of back-link but to also have them taken into consideration?

Increase back-link to your site and make Google take them into consideration!

   Google does not consider as indexed back-link every referral to your website, so what worked 2 years ago now is worthless.

this kind of links are not helpful now as to regards to the modification of your website's PR. Now Google needs a third identity in order "to confirm a link":

thus Google can confirm the link (recomandation), and also the words found in the indexing context are the keywords found in the third website, so they are more relevant from the search engine's point of view than the ones found in your own website. You can have and agreement with the third website regarding the keywords.

   Very important is that we pay attention to the following: if links, like the ones illustrated bellow, are too numerous they can be considered as spam and this may end up in your total exclusion from the search engines. With our website this can't happen, but please be very careful when trying to do this.

   So up to this point we have solved the problem of how to make our back-links be taken into consideration, but we still have to solve the problem with growing their number and implicitly grow our page rank. Now lets see!

   We created this website specially for growing the back-links' number and we do this, just as we explained on the first page, by using two methods: 1. Back-links, page rank and keywords ANALYSIS and 2. Back-link rotation & Google-Bot detection.

PAGE RANK, BACK LINK, BACK LINKS distribution by PAGE RANK, HEADERS and KEYWORDS ANALYSIS

    In order to see what you have done good and what not, what is taken into consideration by Google and what isn't, Link Back offers a complete analysis of your website in order to have a clear and and comparing view (that is why it has been built on the structure of a web directory) on how Google indexes, searches and attributes your website  rank, etc. This way you can see your website's position in a search engine.

Detailed analysis of the back-links that point to your website and the page ranks of the pages where these are originated from. This way you can see how many of your back-links come from pages with PR 0, PR 1....PR 10

Analysis by comparison of your website with other domain related websites regarding page ranking, back-links, keywords, meta, etc. This way you can be up to date with last page rank change and the determining factors and also the evolution in time of the page rankings and back-links.

Logs of the google-bot's visits on your website and a complete analysis of it's reaction to your website.

Detailed analysis on keywords, meta, headers, etc in comparison (if necessary) with other pages from the same category (the most often found word, words in their order of appearance in keywords search etc)

The relevance of keywords.

A good thing to do if you make a new website or already have one is to make a list of maximum 10 words very closely related to the product or service offered by your website, and put them in the order of their importance. This list can be taken from our website through the analysis of similar websites, or by keyword marketing (the study referring to the keywords that have pointed most frequently to a website in a similar area of activity as your own. A very important thing to know is that these words sometimes are more important than the PR of the webpage its self. /p>

Thus it is possible that a webpage containing in the URL, title, description and content an identical word as the one found in your webpage, but in a grater number this webpage will be posted before your webpage even if your PR is bigger by two points. So it is quite very important to have the keywords in your URL, meta and even in the content of your webpage, but carefully, not with a presence over 3-4% because otherwise it will not be taken into consideration.

Back-Link Rotation and GOOGLEBOT Detection

   Let's start by explaining what Google-bot detection means. Search engines like google.com use programs called spiders or bots that have the soul role of visiting your website and indexing its content (meta, headers, words, back-links, etc). So it's very important to detect the web pages visited by these bots and also the time of the visits because in this way we can have important information as: what percentage of the website has been already indexed, the most visited web page, meaning that this page is the most relevant, etc. We will mostly use the detection of the Google-bot and the back link rotation engine in order to be compatible with Google's policies regarding the exchange of hyperlinks.

   What is the idea exactly?

   Let's say we have 4 websites that participate at the back link rotation, website A, website B website C and website D. In order to consider what page rank every website has available we will consider website A with Page Rank (PR) PR0, website B PR3, website C PR6 and website D PR0. Obviously the website with the highest PR has also got to have high feedback. Thus we will make a list in the order of every website's Page Rank and we will use a signifier for the number of appearances (PR+1). So the list will be:

site A, site B, site B, site B, site B, site C, site C, site C, site C, site C, site C, site C, site D

So we will have website A once, website B four times, website C - 7 times and website D once. We will go through this list step by step, from the first record to the last, and when it will end we will start all over again in order to establish the hyperlinks as it follows:

- websites B, C, D simultaneous hyperlinks towards website A and Link Back web directory

- Link Back web-directory - all the links corresponding to the links from websites B, C, D towards website A - the links will change after one visit of the Google-bot (website A appears only once in the list- it's the beneficiary of the back links)

- websites A, C, D simultaneous hyperlinks towards website B and Link Back web directory

- Link Back web-directory - all the links corresponding to the links from websites A, C, D towards website B - the links will change after four visits of the Google-bot (website B appears four times in the list- it's the beneficiary of the back links)

- websites A, B, D simultaneous hyperlinks towards website C and Link Back web directory

- Link Back web-directory - all the links corresponding to the links from websites A, B, D towards website C - the links will change after seven visits of the Google-bot (website C appears seven times in the list- it's the beneficiary of the back links)

- websites A, B, C simultaneous hyperlinks towards website D and Link Back web directory

- Link BackLink Back web-directory - all the links corresponding to the links from websites A,B,C towards website D - the links will change after one visit of the Google-bot (website D appears only once in the list- it's the beneficiary of the back links)

This is for only 4 websites, but imagine it not for 100 but for 1000 websites. You will find yourself in the position where all the websites in the directory and all the pages of the directory itself will point to your website. This is the ideal situation in which we have numerous links and it won't be spam, also the advertisement and presence on other websites in different contexts.

   All codes are generated automatically and are 100% free of spam or clocking. The subscription to the back link rotation program is optional, you can benefit from the analysis alone if you do not wish to participate in the back link rotation program.

Back-Link Rotation Program has started

  Link Back rotation program has started. Every site that participates in the Back-Link Rotation Program will benefit from 990 distinct ip links. In order for the program to be in accordance with the latest indexing rules from Google, the rotation will be made inside categories and related categories from the same geographical regions. All links generated are automated and each website that participates to Link-Back Rotation System will benefit from links from all compatible sites for at least 365 Google bot visits per year (enough for a +1 or +2 in your page rank per year)

The general plan would be:

Features in analysis:

1. Google-bot detection

Google-bot detection serves in logging all Google-bot visits made to your website in order for you to have a clear  image on the way your website is indexed, and especially if all of your website's pages are indexed, number of accesses on each page, the frequency of display, the type of the Google-bot that made the visit (content-bot, link-bot etc) and other important aspects.

The phases are:

and

Click here for the code that needs to be inserted in your webpage

2. Google-bot analysis

Complete and detailed Google-bot activity on your site:

in this way you have the following information:

a. If all the pages of your website are visited by the Google-bot and if your website is entirely indexed.

b. Most visited webpage- the webpage within your website with the highest relevance

c. The detection of the Google-bot type according to it's IP address (crawl for index, crawl for links, etc)

For this option to be available and to function you need to have the Detect Google-bot button activated.  

Click here to obtain the code that needs to be inserted in your webpage.

3. BACK-LINKS indexed by Google

You can have a complete image on the results of your actions that mean to grow the number of back-links (link exchage, paid links, etc)

You can also benefit from a complete analysis made on these links.

Due to the large quantity of data that needs to be processed for the detection of the back-links, crew for new links is made daily,  weekly, monthly. The default setting is for monthly rapport. If you wish to have a daily or weekly rapport please click here for the code

4. Back-links by page rank

The formula is PR(A) = (1-d) + d (PR(T1)/C(T1) + ... + PR(Tn)/C(Tn))

-PR()= Page Rank of a certain page; example: PR(Index.php) is the rank of the Index.php webpage

-T1...Tn= all the webpages that are considered by Google as being back-links to your website

-C()= the number of links pointing out from the web pages considered by Google as being back-links to your website

-d= correction ratio with a positive value between 0 and 1, used by Google for corrections on the page-rank.

It is very important to have information on the distribution of the back-links by rank.

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Microsoft Fan Names Daughter "Vista"

Where are all the Microsoft fanatics? Oh, they're around, and one of them has just named his daughter "Vista." If she was a boy, she was going to have the initials DOS. No kidding.

Two months ago, one of my colleagues posed a question about the location of the elusive Microsoft fanatics. One of the company's most important groups of fans is its Most Valuable Professional program, a group of Microsoft experts that use, evangelize and champion the company's technologies.

Evidently, that evangelism sometimes reaches interesting levels, as MVP Bil Simser's daughter Vista Avalon Simser shows. If you're wondering, Avalon was the code name for the Windows Presentation Foundation, the graphical subsystem of .NET 3.0. If she was born a boy, the first name would have been Dev, short for developer, and the initials would've been DOS. But alas, a girl "would have be an upgrade," and so Vista was born.

I wonder if there are any kids named iPod or Linux out there. There's at least one geek who named his kid 2.0 instead of Junior.

Of course, Vista's name opens itself up to endless humor, such as having her own personalized gear, future upgrades in the form of service packs, that unlike the operating system she was actually ahead of schedule, that when she turns 16 she'll have problems with drivers and crash, and of course this gem in the comments: "Vista is asking your permission to see her boyfriend. Allow or Disallow."

 

Source : http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/microsoft_fan_n.html

Search Engine Optimization Improving Your Page Rank in Google

 

As long as you're not doing it deceptively or fraudulently, there's nothing wrong with trying to improve your site's search engine rankings. This is what search engine optimization (SEO) is all about.

Do You Crawl Here Often?

Improving your site's search engine rankings is a slow process because it depends on how often search engines crawl your site, and that may happen as seldom as every few weeks there's no set schedule.

There are two basic techniques for improving a page's ranking.

The first is to ensure that the page has good content and good keyword density. This should be a no-brainer,you should already be creating your pages this way if you want AdSense to display relevant ads. Watch for missing keywords, though try to figure out what people are really searching for and make sure your page gets included in the search results.

The other technique is to get highly ranked pages to link to your page. This increases the relative importance of your own page, especially if the anchor text of the link (the text that the user clicks to activate the link) contains keywords relevant to your site. While this technique works especially well with Google, where the popularity of a page is a fundamental part of the PageRank formula, all search engines use incoming links as an important ranking tool. Note that the reverse can also be true: Incoming links from poorly ranked pages especially those that have been removed from search engine indexes due to overt attempts at page-rank manipulation will drag down the page's ranking.

As you might imagine, obtaining high-quality incoming links to your site can be a challenge. You can try to initiate a link swap with the other site, whereby you both agree to link to each other's sites the classic "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" situation. But link swaps only work if both parties feel they have something to gain from the relationship.

Of course, if you have unique, useful content, other sites will start linking to yours without any prompting on your part. This can be a mixed blessing, however, because you have no control over the quality of those incoming links.