Avoid Getting Banned by AdSense Due to Copyrighted Material

One of the biggest disadvantage (among numerous advantages) of the internet is the theft of original content, or piracy in other words. Copyright violation is a big issue, and is not only a danger to the originality of the content online, it is also a threat to the individual content creators, who do all the work while someone else takes the credit, hence offsetting their prospects. Although such violation can not be stopped, it can be discouraged. And Google is taking steps to do just that. Many webmasters use Google AdSense to monetize their sites and generate revenue. So to discourage copyright infringement, Google bans websites that it finds are violating its copyright policies. Here is what you need to know to stay on the good side of AdSense, or else you might find yourself banned in no time.

Copyrighted content

Almost every new content that is uploaded to the internet is copyrighted, unless specified otherwise. For example, an organization might run an awareness campaign, creating content and specifying it free to be widely distributed. Someone might even give you permission to distribute your content, in which case you get a license with specified limitations. In such cases, you are free to copy and distribute the content. But in most other cases, copying content is stealing, and is punishable by law. Such content commonly includes mp3 songs, movies, videos, games, shareware/premium software, articles, blog posts etc (yes, this very post is protected by the MyBloggerTricks.com Copyright, and it is stealing if this post is found on any site other than MyBloggerTricks.com).

If you create original content from scratch, then you automatically hold the copyright for that content. You can then grant other people permission to distribute your content, or make it public and free for all.

Copyright content violation policy

Google has a very strict policy regarding content. If the webpage you have ads on has copyrighted material, it will ban you from AdSense. Furthermore, even if your page has only links to sites that have copyrighted material, you will still get banned. Such sites include illegal file sharing websites, illegal torrent sites, sites and blogs with plagiarized content etc. Linking to these sites will get you banned, so be careful!

Before putting up ads, ask yourself this. Does your site host or link to copyrighted content? Generally, AdSense bans ROM sites, sites that host shareware software for free, crack websites, sites dedicated to audio and video downloads, Warez sites, and more. So make sure your site is none of the above, and has original content before putting up AdSense ads.

Why Google discourages copyrighted content?

The most obvious reason is it is not fair to the original creator. But the major reason is, it discourages advertisers. Google itself has to earn a bit through the advertisers. And if the advertisers don't come, Google goes at a loss. Advertisers don't like un-natural content that drives up their cost and the publishers' revenue without much apparent effort (of creating original content).

Reporting content violation

If you find that someone is violating your copyrights, you can file a request with Google by filling out a form. You can also read our in-depth articles on Copyright violations.

If you have any further questions regarding Copyright Violations, then let us know and we'll try to help you. And as always, our message is "Stop Piracy". Don't copy other people's content without at least giving them credit. And don't copy blog posts from other blogs (such as BestTips2012). Stay blessed :)

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How to Get A Job In 2012

According to media reports, the economy and job market seem to be improving for job-seekers. However, to benefit from these favorable projections, you must have an effective job-seeking strategy and a tightly focused approach to landing the job you desire. The employment atmosphere in 2011 was somewhat different than it was a decade ago, and you must strive to gain an advantage over others competing for the same job. With job openings in short supply and countless applicants applying for the same job, how do you outshine your competition?
The most important thing you (as a job-applicant) can do is to make yourself memorable. The key areas to focus on in your job search are:

Your Resume

Make sure you have a current, targeted resume which gives a detailed outline of your objectives, professional skills and previous jobs-with dates of employment and location of the companies. Also include certifications and other acknowledgements and achievements that may be pertinent to the position you're seeking. For example, if the job is in an architectural firm and you hold a real estate license, include that on your resume. It's a lateral field but architecture involves designing and building, which makes your real estate knowledge highly desirable. Be sure all of your resume information is complete. When you give vague or incomplete information on your resume, hiring managers will assume most of it is untrue. This can cause you to appear immature and unprofessional... not to mention untrustworthy, and will greatly reduce your chances of being considered for the position. If information is omitted, you need to have a suitable explanation for the missing data.

References

Have a list of references already prepared so that if the hiring manager asks for them you can provide them on the spot. Be sure and contact your references beforehand to make them aware that they may be contacted by a certain company or companies. This way, they'll be prepared to discuss your strengths and abilities without being caught off guard.

Punctuality

Arrive on time, or a bit early, to the interview. This is imperative since it sets the tone for the interview process. If a hiring manager has been forced to alter their schedule to accommodate your tardiness, they won't be happy nor will they think too highly of you. If you're late for the interview they'll assume it's a pattern that will carryover into your employment with them.

Preparing for the interview:

Nailing an interview can be a complex feat, especially when you factor in nerves. Overcoming nervousness in an interview is an age-old chore that takes practice. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Spend some time beforehand rehearsing a mock interview with a friend or family member. You could even practice by yourself in a mirror. Take note of your body language, facial expressions and tone of voice. Look at yourself from the interviewer's perspective and honestly assess whether you'd be impressed if you were them.

Having the right look

For ages a business suit has been the preferred attire for an interview. However, in the current social climate, you should dress according to the type of job you're applying for and the kind of business it is. If it's a professional office environment, naturally, a business suit is appropriate. But if the job is in hospitality at an elite but laid back country club or resort, you should tone down the executive look a bit and tailor your style of clothing to the look that would be appropriate for that particular industry. Obviously, always dress neatly and be well-groomed. You want to look your best and look professional, but you also want to look like you'll fit in.

During the interview

This is your time to shine. You may be one of many applicants that day, so be prepared to convey to the interviewer why you'd be their best choice. If your skills are an exact match for what they're looking for, you really don't have to do too much over-selling of your skills. However, if you're lacking in the skill set that they're looking for you need to impress upon them as to why you believe your past experience and current capabilities are equally useful. For example, if you're applying for a retail sales position but you've never been in retail before, you can spotlight your excellence in the sales position you held previously even though it was in a different industry.

Don't hem and haw when asked about your salary expectations. Be clear and concise about what your desired salary is. This gives you an air of confidence and security. However, keep in mind that to land the job it may be necessary for you to let them know that for the right opportunity you would accept a lower salary.
Be friendly and jovial, but don't overdo it to the point that you seem juvenile. Highlight your personal traits, your passion and eagerness to learn, as well as your professional qualifications. This is especially important if your professional qualifications fall short of what they're looking for.
Though the forecast for the current job market may look grime on the surface, by evaluating your current talents, strengths and abilities, constructing a plan for success, polishing your communication skills and applying all that you learn, you can still land a great job in 2012.

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53 Ways to Make Money Online

How to make money online has become one of the most popular topics amongst people of all walks of life around the globe. That is because these days everybody wants to learn how to make money on the Internet due to the sad realities of the world’s economy and the loss of millions of jobs around the world.

Thankfully though, there are many great ways to make money online which makes it possible for almost anyone with any kind of experience, background and knowledge to make a living or at least make a little extra money working on the Internet. Some of these work at home jobs are legitimate and real methods of making money on the web and others are pure scams and get rich quick schemes.

In this post, you will find 53 legitimate ways to earn money online working from home, from making money with affiliate marketing, blogging and freelancing to making money by selling on eBay, participating in paid surveys and GPT programs and many other easy ways that one can use to earn money online.

Although there are so many different ways to make money on the Internet, making money on the web from home isn’t always easy or quick. It takes hard work and dedication. Yes, there are some online jobs that are easier than others and there are some online money making ideas that produce results quicker. But if you want to make real good money online, you have to work for it.

Earning money online is no different than making money offline. If you want to work at home, you need to have the right mind set. Forget about making money with a push of a button, free money or the magic money making method that is going to get you rich over night. Though, Internet itself is a virtual world, there is nothing virtual about the need to work to make money online!

Making a living on the net takes hard work and consistency. And if you are willing to put enough time and effort into it, there are number of ways to make extra money on the Internet. Here are…

53 Ways to Make Money Online

Note:
Wherever possible, I tried to provide other resources and information about some of these methods by linking to other more in dept and detailed articles, which will give you more information on how to make money online with that specific method. I hope it will be helpful.

Make Money Taking Online Surveys
One of the best ways to make money online is doing online surveys. Market research companies get paid from manufacturers and companies to gather feedback from their consumers, which they do by conducting online surveys. They then share some of that money with their members who participate in online surveys they conduct. Although, paid survey scams have mad it harder for people to find legitimate paid surveys sites, there are still hundreds of legitimate paid survey companies out there, willing to pay you for your opinion. 40+ Legitimate Free Paid Surveys

Get Paid To Read Emails
As the title suggest, you get paid for reading emails. Everyday you receive paid emails in your inbox with links to different websites, which you have to click and view for a few seconds. Not a lot of cash, but its something extra. Get paid to read emails

Get Paid to Complete Offers
Another one of those “quick” ways to make money online is getting paid to do free offers. Reward programs or GPT (stands for Get Paid To) as they are known online are sites that pay their members for doing variety of things. Basically, you earn money for doing things that you already do online in some way or another, such as signing up for freebies, registering with interesting sites, shopping, visiting different websites, etc. GPT site are like the middle man, they get paid from advertisers to drive leads (you) to their site. They then give a percentage of what they earn from their advertisers to their members. GPT Sites

Become a Mystery Shopper
Mystery shopping is becoming a popular method for companies to evaluate there employees and their customer services skills. Although there are a lot of different opinions about this, mystery shopping is actually growing as an industry. You will be assigned to shop and dine in different places and report your experience back. Depending on specific assignments, you can expect to get paid anywhere from $40 to $300 or more per assignment. Of course, the amount that you spend buying goods and services will be reimbursed. Sometimes you get to keep the item you bought at no charge to you. Get Paid to Shop

Play Games (game money)
On game sites like Farm Gold and Second Life, you can make virtual money, which can be exchanged for real money. I am sure you have heard of like Ansche Chung, which is the first person who become a millionaire, exchanging her virtual money earned from Second Life for real money, worth over a million dollar. Get paid to play games

Make Money Freelance Writing Online
One of the most popular ways to make money online is freelance writing. You don’t need any money to invest, there is no need to own a website, (although having one helps) and best of all, you can make quick money. In most cases you get paid the same day you finish working on the project. There are tons of places online you can offer your writings. There are even some websites that pay you for writing exclusive content for them. Get paid to write

Affiliate Marketing is One of the Best Work From Home Jobs!

Affiliate Marketing
This is by far one of the top ways to make money online. You are basically selling other people’s stuff for a commission. You can find digital products like e-books and short reports to promote on sites like ClickBank and PayDotcom.  Affiliate Marketing for beginners

Get Paid to Surf
Get paid to surf is kind of big on the internet. And of course, scammers are all over it as well. So, be careful and make sure you register with known and trusted sites. You won’t make much money, but not much work is required either. Get paid to surf

Selling Photos Online
If you like photography and can take interesting pictures, there are many sites you can upload your images too and get paid every time someone downloads an image of yours. The good thing is that one photo can sell over and over again. Imagine the potential of having 100s of images on few sites. Get Paid for Photos

Sharing Files Online
There are a couple of document sharing sites that you can upload any kind of file you own to, and every time someone downloads it, you get paid for it. Files can be in almost any format, from TXT to PDF and everything in between. Get Paid to Upload

Paid To Review
Set up a website or a blog and start a review site. Website owners and bloggers will pay you to post a review of their site on your site. It helps them get the word out and helps you make money. You can also pick affiliate products and review them on your site and place your affiliate link for that product in the article. Every time someone buys that product using your link, you get a commission. Get Paid to Review

Get Paid to Search
Search engines are big money makers. No wonder every day new search engines pup up everywhere. But since they are not as big as Google and yahoo and some other engines, they pay you to use their site to search. Basically their sharing their earnings from their advertisers with you.  Get Paid to Search

Sell Unused Items on eBay and CraigsList
Almost everyone knows how to make money on eBay these days and you are probably tired of hearing about it. But the truth of the matter is that eBay is a really good way to make money. Another great place to sell unused stuff is CraigsList. CL is one of the most visited sites in the world, so your ad will get viewed by many potential buyers and its free to place an ad on CL. Look around your house and find things you don’t need and use any more. List them on eBay for a fair price. No mater how much money you end up making selling your unwanted stuff on eBay, its still better than letting them dust in your garage!  How to Make Money on CraigsList

Designing Logos
Hundreds of new websites and blogs are born everyday. Most of them will need a logo, but not every site owner knows how to make a logo. If you have some design talent, you can make good money offering custom logo creations on webmaster related forums and classified ads sites. Don’t have a professional software? Use free imaging tools such as PhotoFilter to make stunning logos.

Flipping Website and Domain
Buy good domains and resell for a profit. Build a website or a blog, work on it for a while and get it going. It’s Just like flipping houses, when you get the site to a good point, put it up for sale. People like websites that are ready to go, and they do pay good money for it. Hundreds of website are bought and sold every day on sites like Flippa.com. Make Money Selling Domains

Designing Websites
If you are good at designing sites, why not make money doing so? There are even free softwares such as Kompozer that you can use to design and build nice looking websites without any knowledge of HTML. Use webmaster related forums like WarriorForum and DigitalPoints to find buyers.

Designing T-Shirts and Other Customizable Items
If you are good at making up catchy phrases and cool designs, you can make a decent amount of money designing and selling T-shirts on sites like CaféPress. Get paid to design t shirts

Digital Scrap Booking Templates
I personally don’t get this, but many people love to scrapbook, and they do pay good money for templates. Make different kinds of templates and make it easy for people to use them.

Youtube
One way to use YouTube is to use it as a tool to get yourself known. In this age of YouTube and instant super stardom, it’s not very far fetched to think you can become a star if you can sing. YouTube and other video sharing sites make it possible for anyone to have a chance to be discovered by record label companies. How to Make Money on You Tube

Making MySpace Backgrounds
They are all over the internet, those ad for MySpace background! And that means only one thing, there is a market for MySpace backgrounds! Creating MySpace backgrounds isn’t that hard. But, most users don’t have the time to do it or are simply lazy. You can provide them with this service and customize their MySpace pages and charge a fee for doing so. What better place to advertise your service than MySpace itself?…

Make Videos
With the huge interest in videos online, there is always room for more. Create interesting videos of yourself or whatever and upload them to Web Sites like Revver and Break. They will share a percentage of their ad revenue with you. Plus, you get something for each download as well.

Directory Submission
In order for a website or blog to be successful and make money, it needs traffic. There are many ways to work on traffic. One way is to submit your site to website directories. But, many webmaster and blogger are busy with other aspects of running a site, so they don’t have time to do this. That’s where you can come in and offer to submit their site to directories for a fee. Use forums like SitePoints and DigitalPoint to offer your service to webmasters.

Niche Directory
You have seen those directory sites that have a list of specific sites in different categories. Set up one for yourself. Gather a list of site and sources related to a specific niche and list them on your site. Sell ad space to other webmasters. You can charge a monthly fee to have their ads shown on your site. BuySellAds.com is a good place to look for potential customers.

Making Photo Mosaics
If you can make photo mosaics, set up a website and offer your Photo Mosaics service. You will be surprised how many people pay for these things.

Work as a Virtual Assistant
As more online based businesses are born every day, virtual assistant services are on high demand. People use virtual assistant for research, finding things, doing time consuming tasks, making phone calls and etc. Setup a free blog or site to offer your service. Make Money as a Virtual Assistant

Hosting Online Forums
Use softwares like SebFlipper to host hundreds of separate forums from a single web server. Make money by charging people to host a forum with you, or offer it for free, but show your ads on their forums and make money that way.

Install Applications
Most People have problem with installing different kinds of applications. If you are good at installing a particular app or a software, why not make some money while helping others?

Answer Questions
If you have knowledge about something (which you do, everybody knows about something that others may not know), put it to work for you. There are many websites that you can offer your expertise and knowledge in exchange for money.  Get paid to answer questions

Pod Casting
Think of it as a voice or video blogging. Talk about interesting topics and make money from ads shown. If you are a good speaker, can provide useful information and have a nice voice, it’s not that hard to get hundreds of subscribers. You can use free sites like Odiogo.com to turn your blog into a podcast!

eBay
Believe it or not, there are lots of people who don’t know how to sell on eBay. You can sell their stuff on eBay in exchange for a commission. You can take this one step farther and turn it into a bigger business by buying wholesale items and selling them individually on eBay. Don’t forget that garage sales are often good places to find worthy items for a fraction of the cost. How to Make Money on eBay

eBay is a Great Way of Making Money on the Internet!

Focus Groups
Focus group are basically the same as paid surveys, but unlike paid surveys, most focus groups are conducted in a physical location. Focus group studies are held in most major cities. You will be in with a group of other selected people, talking and answering question about whatever product or service the study is about. You can expect to get paid from $60 to $250 for an hour to a full day of study. Paid Focus Groups

Domain Drop Shipping
It’s basically selling domain registration for big domain registration sites like TuCows, which makes it easy for you to start your own private label domain registration. You can make money not only from the initial sale, but from renewals as well.

Create and Sell E-Books
You can make e-books about anything. If you have some knowledge about anything, whether its a recipe or a how to do this and that. Its not as hard as you think. Look at some e-books that are selling for $50-$100 or whatever, and you see what i mean (most of them are crap, but people do pay for them!). How to make an ebook for free

Amazon Mechanical Turk
Its one of the biggest unknown ways of making money online, yet its so easy to do. You do simple tasks like differentiating pictures from text, and get paid for it. If you have enough time to invest in it, you can make good money with amazon turk. Make money with amazon mechanical turk

Review Softwares
Websites like SoftwareJudge will pay you for using and reviewing any of the software available in their collection.

Blogging
Blogging is becoming increasingly popular. You can set up a blog in less than an hour. There are many free blogging platforms you can use at first. When you get comfortable, then pay for your own hosting and domain name. You can blog about anything you like, no matter how bizarre and unusual you may think it is. There is always an audience out ether. You can make money with your blog, showing ads on your blog using advertising programs like Google ad sense or selling affiliate products or even your own short reports and e-books. However, making money with blogs takes lots of work and time. You have to be patient and willing to put a lot of time and effort into it.

Moderating a Forum
Forums are another great way to make some extra money. You probably already participate in a forum or two. Why not start a forum of your own? Pick a topic you like and build a forum based on it where people can talk about it and share their ideas and experiences about he subject with each other. You can make money showing ads. And if the forum becomes popular, you can charge people to join, or have a special room in the forum where one has to subscribe in order to participate. An example of that would be the WarRoom which only paid users of worrier forum have access to.

Data Entry
Not the scam one, we are talking about data entry for Google. Google pays people to take photos of businesses, and enter basic data such as hours of operation. You know how many business are located just next to your favorite grocery store? MyDataTeam

Creating Softwares
Know how to make a software? Then start writing software and plug-ins. One of the hottest plug-in markets is the blogging platforms like word press and blogger. Use forums to find out what bloggers need that you can make a plug-in for. Create your plug-in or software, and set up a free blog to advertise it.

Posting On Forums
People who start a new forums often pay people to post on their forums, so it will look active, therefore attracts more people to join the discussion. Many forums will pay up to $0.25 per post, which can be just a sentence or two. Again you can use established forums to find people who are looking for forum posters.

Ads On Forums
If you like participating in forums or are already a member of any forum, look for “ad share” sign in your user CP. Some forums offer a percentage of their earnings from ads, with their members.

Translating Document
If you speak a second language, why not translate document online and offline, and get paid for it? Free classified sites are the best way to advertiser your service.

Fiverr
Fiverr.com is a site where you can make money doing almost anything you can imagine for $5. Simply register for free and create gigs, offering people your services. Whether its singing a song for them, calling their kid and pretending to be Santa or teaching them a Spanish phrase or showing them how to make a Facebook fan page, people are willing to pay you doing these things on Fiverr. You will be amazed at how easy it is to make money on Fiverr with things that you could never imagine someone paying you for it.

Game Tester
Very easy way to make money by doing something enjoyable. But, its hard to find legit sites that pay you to test games. If you look around hard enough, you may find a company or two. If I do find one, I will update this page and post it here. So be sure to bookmark this page and check back.

Your Own Search Engine
Use Google to build your own custom search engine. Build a search engine for a specific topic like a search engine just for finding information related to music or what have you. To get it going, set up contests for searchers, and give a prize to the biggest searcher. You make your money when people search from your search engine and click on ads.

Comment on Blogs
In order to rank higher and attract more traffic to make money, bloggers need quality links pointing back to their blog from other blogs, more than anything else. You can do that for them by commenting on other peoples blog and charging $0.50 or so for each link back.

Become a Job Referrer
Some firms pay referral bonuses of up to $1,000 for referring the right person for a job. Develop relationships with recruiters, like temporary job finding services and refer people who you know are fit for the specific job. You can do this both online and offline.

Software Plus
Work on already developed softwares and make them better and easier to work with.

Convert Online Money
You can make money by converting, EGold money into PayPal money, etc. People charge up to 5%-10% to do the same thing.

Drop Shipping
Use sites like CaféPress to create a free storefront online and be a drop shipper. You don’t have to deal with anything but getting customer to visit your online store front.

Sell Craft and Art Work Online
Have free time on your hand and are good at making things? Well, use your skills to create art work and crafts to sell online. You can sell your art work and crafts either on eBay or classified sites, especially Craigslist.

CPA
CPA is a much easier version of affiliate marketing, which most of the time you don’t have to sell anything. You just have to send leads to advertisers site. For example, some Advertiser will pay you up to $5, each time you send a lead to there page where the person enters an email address or a zip code in order to participate in a survey to win something. Although to get accepted by CPA networks you have to have a website or a blog, you don’t need a website or blog to make money as a CPA affiliate. CPA for beginners

Socialize
Now that Social networking sites are becoming more popular, a lot of people want to get in the game and make money running their own social networking site. But, since they need some members to get the word out and make the site look active, they are willing to pay people to become members and post messages. Here are some social networking site you can get paid . Get paid for social networking 5 Social Networking Sites that pay you

There you have it, 53 online jobs you can use to earn money working from home. I hope this list can give you some ideas and inspirations for making money online.

Please keep in mind that most of the above online money making ideas are simple ways to make extra cash. They are not to be looked at as long term work at home business plans.

Although, a few of them, like making money on eBay and making money with affiliate programs do provide fantastic work at home opportunities and are revered by many Internet marketers as some of the best ways to make money online.

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Why Blogging is the next Level of Social Networking?

For the last 7,8 years social networking has become very popular on the internet, and Facebook is the best way to communicate with each other, finding new peoples and get updates from them , it's very easy to interact with someone. Facebook is the world's largest social networking site with more than 900 million users, Now A Facebook at its best and millions of people are connected with each other through Facebook, Now I am showing some points to you by which I can say blogging will be the next level of social networking.

Blogging Gives Us Name and Fame on Web

When you are a Facebook user nobody knows you expect your friends and family but when you are a blogger thousands of people from all over the world knows  you, and if you are a good writer you will get name and fame with your blogging.

Help us to learn and earn

That will be the main reason for the end of social networking because blogging help us to learn and earn from blogs, Like if you have a blog on Internet marketing then I am sure that you have more knowledge than a person of the same Profession who works for a company, Bloggers are always keen to learn and always explore and create new interesting stories on the web, and if we talk about money so It's not easy to earn money from blogging but making someone else rich is better than earn less from Blogging.

Better Understanding between Bloggers

All bloggers have a very good understanding between each other they always ready to help of a fellow blogger, which makes blogging as a community, because all bloggers has their own groups of fellow bloggers, they work together helping to promote each other blogs just like a community and this is the main reason of success of blogging in the internet.

They work for their shareholders

Facebook is the largest social networking website so I am taking an example of Facebook, After the Facebook IPO Facebook start working on making more money, Facebook is a perfect marketing tool and people will use it only for marketing purpose, it's not true that blogging will be reason of the end of Facebook, it will be there always but most people will start using Facebook to promote, where blogger works for their readers and fellow bloggers to communicate and increase knowledge.

No Conditions

When you blog you are not in under of any terms and conditions of Facebook, you can write what you want without any problems.

From above points I can say that blogging will be the next level of social networking on the web, there are already millions of blogs and new people start blogging every day.

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Apple moves closer to totally ditching Google; does away with YouTube app

Image via: laihiu with Creative Commons

It’s no secret that Apple wants its users to move away from Google services. Siri works as hard as possible to give consumers information from anywhere but Google and Apple has released their own mapping solution to back away from Google Maps. Just today it was revealed in the latest beta release of iOS 6, there will no longer be a YouTube app pre-packaged with the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
Receiving mixed reactions from iOS users, the death of a native YouTube app for iOS was to be expected. Apple has been using Vimeo for product demos instead of YouTube, and the built-in share button found throughout Apple’s latest desktop update, OS X 10.8, lacks functionality with Google’s video service. Both blatant hints that Apple was moving away from YouTube.
Apple is portraying the move as nothing personal, releasing a statement saying, “Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended.” Adding on, “Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store.” If you’re an avid YouTube user on iOS, you probably welcome this news.
YouTube for iOS has been seriously lacking for years now. Handing over control of the YouTube experience to Google should result in nothing but good changes for the app.
Of course, if you want the most robust Google experience possible, Android is the way to go. That much is a no-brainer. Still, don’t expect Google’s services like Maps and YouTube to leave the iOS arena without a fight.

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Rumor: iPhone 5 to have thinner, more scratch-resistant display

Chinese forum iPhone5Parts.net claims to have acquired a next-gen iPhone 5 display component, and has examined the front panel differences in various specifications between it and the iPhone 4S. Presuming the photo they’ve provided is legit, the display screen appears to match recent leaks of purported parts.
ETrade Supply has posted a video (embedded below) that offers plenty of details about the upcoming iPhone screen glass display, which according to them will have a 0.1 mm thinner screen and will be 13.6 mm taller than the iPhone 4S.

Also, the folks from ETrade Supply noticed that the Home button is smaller than that of the iPhone 4S, allowing plenty of room for a larger 4.06 inch display.

Along with being thinner and taller, ETrade Supply reports that the panel is much stronger while offering better protection from scratches. They report that Apple will be using Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 for the new iPhone 5, Corning company claims presents brighter images and increased sensitivity to touch.
ETrade Supply’s reports align with previous rumors from several media outlets that have mentioned a new touchscreen sensor integrated into the device’s LCD panel, known to many as the “in-cell technology,” which is developed by Sharp.

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Prevent PC from Shutting Down, Restarting or Sleeping

I have a Windows 7 PC at home that runs some scripts at night to perform backups and do some other stuff on my network. I have gone into my power settings and made sure that the compute never turns off and that it doesn’t go to sleep or hibernate. However, there are still times when the computer will restart because of some Windows Update, etc.
This had become very annoying and I didn’t have the time to spend trying to reconfigure settings or figure out how to prevent Windows from restarting, shutting down or sleeping. Instead, I just downloaded a nice little program that does all that for me.
Don’t Sleep is a free Windows utility that will block/prevent Windows from sleeping or restarting or shutting down. The nice thing is that it’s a super small file and it doesn’t even have to be installed onto your system, you can just run the EXE file.
Once you download it, unzip the file and run DontSleep.exe.

Next, you will see the main interface of the program pop up. Here you can enable the blocking and choose your options:

Under Blocking, you can check several boxes. You can prevent the PC from going into Standby/ Hybrid-Standby / Hibernation. You can prevent the computer from shutting down and you can prevent the screensaver from turning on or prevent Windows from turning off the monitor. By default, it prevents the user from logging off too because otherwise it would not be able to prevent a shutdown or restart. You can just click on the Exit button at the top right if you wanted to log off.
The program also has a timer at the bottom, so you can check the Use Timer box and then choose a date and time to Exit and either stop blocking or shutdown or restart, etc.

So if you only want to prevent shutdown for a specified period of time, you can do so using the timer feature. If you click on the Options button, you’ll see more options for how and when to run the program.

Here you can choose to start Don’t Sleep when Windows starts, start it minimized to the tray, the time after coming back from standby that the program should start, etc. Lastly, if you click on System at the top, it has a bunch of shortcuts to various system settings like Task Manager, Power Options, Screensaver, etc.

Overall, the program is very easy to use and does a good job of actually preventing your PC from turning off, restarting or going to sleep. If you’re looking for a good program to do this, Don’t Sleep is really nice. Enjoy!

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Google PageRank Update August 2012

Well there comes just a new update on Google's Page popularity algo on 2nd August 2012. The PageRank toolbar has started showing new ranks for all websites worldwide. The update this time seems a major one and there could be no further expectation of any new changes within the next 24 hours. The last update was on May 3rd and third last was on February 6th. The duration gap has now become constant. Google rolls out these updates quarterly, after every three months. The next update and last update of this year is expected anytime between  November 1-10 2012. PageRank as you all know is a numerical weighting scale between 0-10. Websites that are recommended by related niches via backlinks rank higher on PR scale and get the benefit of faster crawl and index rate.  Blogs with higher PR are crawled faster compared to those with lower PageRank. For example a PR 7 webpage is crawled several times per minute compared to a PR 5 page that is crawled once every minute. The faster the robot crawls your pages the greater the chances for you to drive organic traffic from Google and build readership.

The PR for BestTips increase from Zero to 1 . My main focus these last months have been Alexa Rank and I must congratulate all our readers for taking BestTips to attain an Alexa Rank of 10K. BestTips is now improving daily. 

How important is PageRank?

PageRank is a successful link analysis algorithm that differentiates Google from its Market competitors. This algo is and was the backbone of Google's popularity when Larry Page and Sergey brin  first introduced this new giant search engine's functionality in September 1998. SEO professionals and internet marketers have now started measuring a website's popularity in terms of PageRank and Alexa Rank. PR is good to attract paid product reviews. Business owners do pay well if your blog has a stable PageRank, at least 3.0

But PageRank comes last in my priority list. Read further to find why.

Google Web Spam Head, Matt Cutts himself says that what is more important is your Content and not the PageRank. Watch this useful video:

Why your PageRank is not increasing?

Your PageRank did not increase? If yes then don't get frustrated and start understanding the concept first. PageRank is not sequential and surely not proportional to the number of incoming links. It is an automatic system that depends on quality links pointing your main domain. I have already written a detailed post that explains every single question revolving around your mind:

Do you need several backlinks?

It's a myth that PR depends on getting hundreds of backlinks from niche websites. A single link from a high PR blog can change your rank from 0 to 4. Some guest authors have already experienced this with us before. You must not waste your precious time commenting on forums and blogs just for the sake of low quality backlinks. Keep yourself limited to just 4-5 blogs that you may read and interact with. Build a relationship with your favorite authors and once you succeed in winning a respect in their eyes for yourselves, you can then start guest posting at these blogs without any hesitation.

Quick PR Formula:

• Guest post on at least 4 Blogs (where you comment) with PR > 3
• Make your Post of at least 1K words
• Make sure your blog is well designed, presented and contains at least 25 posts. You must provide a solid reason so that the author may offer a link.
• Produce a post that is related to the author's niche
• Make it presentable, sound mature and to the point
• Never try to promote yourself or your blog on a guest post, talk about the topic only.
• Add images and video to make the post stand out

No one would neglect such a great post. Try it.

Do not fool yourselves

Site rankings do count well but give your first priority to quality content only. Write more and publish more. Do not waste your online working hours in finding tweaks to somehow increase your PageRank. Instead do a lot of reading and Work on your SEO skills and build readership. There are many blogs online with PR 6.0 but they are not well versed with marketing strategies to use in order to market their blog and make a living out of it. Neither PR nor Alexa are as important as readership. I have always emphasized on the following priority list:

1. Readership First          (i.e. Posting quality content)
2. Traffic second              
3. Alexa third
4. PageRank Fourth

Advertisers look for a return value in your blogs, if you fail to offer that you fail to win a lucrative income. Internet Marketers look at your niche topic first and then they analyze your readership, fan followers and finally your site rankings.

What is the Maximum PageRank achievable by a blog?

So far blogs that are managed by a single author or 2-6 authors could succeed in achieving a maximum of PR 6.0. I have not come across any blog with zero investment to have attained a number greater than six. Normally large businesses that have strong marketing backup rank high because the investment is huge. Blogs like search engine land, seomoz, mashable and techcrunch are corporate websites that have several hired authors who write tons of articles per week. Many people are involved behind its promotion and management and they are often backed by both print and electronic media.

So if you are a dedicated blogger then achieving 6 should be your goal. Remember Pagerank does not decide which blog is good and which is poor, its only an algorithm that tells whether a site is well recommended online or not. Reputation of any blog depends only in its strong reader base and quality updates.

What's your PageRank?

Do share with us your updated PR values and feel free to ask any SEO related question. I just hope this new update was a calm one for most of you. If you have seen a sudden positive jump then well done, if your Rank remains the same then thumbs up but if your PR has dropped then don't get demotivated and start working on the simple PR formula we shared above. Nothing works better then this technique so make yourself prepared for some quality guest posts and work with patience because you have a lot of time. i.e. 3 Months. The next update could occur anytime between 1-10 November 2012.  Peace and blessings pals! :>

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