Owner: Webtalks URL:http://webtalks.blogspot.com Join Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:42:16 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Webtalks is a blog where we have high level discussions on topics related to Websites.Here we have special focus on guides to Google services like Adsense and Blogger including their tips,hacks and support Site statistics:Click here
Deepfish. The new mobile web browser from microsoft 2007-03-30 18:39:00 The Microsoft's answer to Google and Yahoo is in the form of Deepfish which is a newly launched web browser
for mobiles. Deepfish displays content "in a familiar desktop format that requires no additional work by the content or site author," according to the company.The officials quoted it as a "lightweight client application that leverages server-side technology to deliver content."Users are able to zoom in on the part of the page they want to read or click on. Microsoft says Deepfish stands apart from other mobile browsers because it does not use a single-column format that reformats existing Web pages by repositioning content to fit the limited screen size. Web page zooming technology is becoming an important feature with the latest mobile devices. Apple's(Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone has a similar system for its Safari mobile browser. The Microsoft-backed firm ZenZui has also developed mobile software. Microsoft seems keenly interested in making the Web browsing experience on mobile de
Hate reading long emails? Try Gmail paper 2007-04-01 13:49:00 Another add on to Gmail
is its new beta service called Gmail paper
.With this, you can print your mails to on an enviroment friendly paper.This service is in its beta version and is available only to some gmail users only. (It will soon be appearing in your mail box)If you want a 'gmail paper' of your email, simply click on paper archive button.The page will reach you within 2-4 days via parcel.The best thing is that you have no postal charges for it.If you have any photo attachments or any images within the mail, they would be printed too on a glossy paper.For more info, visit their official web page
When is Google Page Rank updated? 2007-04-02 19:49:00 Ben, a reader of this blog has a blog. He started his journey in the blogosphere in February 2007. He drafted me a mail complaining that he doesn’t have a Google
Page Rank as yet. He also mentioned that he is getting many inbound links from other websites with high page ranks. So I went on a survey to find what the reality was.I took my blog and checked that who links to me from here. I have got a total of 28 msn links, 65 yahoo links but only one Google back link. That is why this blog doesn’t have a page rank yet. This shows that yahoo is the most frequent updater, then msn and last is Google. The Google‘s cache of the page which is linking to me dates back to February 27, just two days after I started this blog. Naturally, my blog wouldn’t have any visitors or back links at that time (It was too new). It is true that Google counts only the pages which have page rank of 1 or more. Now the interesting thing was, one of my favorite blogs, Blogger templates is having a page rank Read more:Google Page Rank
How to add second sidebar to your blog 2007-04-02 16:51:00 Many of my visitors were asking me that how did I split my template into 3 columns or in short added a second sidebar. It can be done by two methods1.Download an existing 3 column template from Hocto's Place{Simple} or2. Edit your Template HTML2.Understanding structure and layout.First of all, you have to understand that your Blog Layout consists of several sections. The standard Blogger template has a Header-section, a Sidebar-section, a Main-section and a Footer-section. Inside these section Blogger puts the widgets, these are the page-elements that you can select from the Template-tab.Now, let's take a look at the structure of a standard Blog. If you create a fresh, new Blog, the Page Elements Tab looks like this:This Layout has 4 sections: Header, Main (with the Blog Posts), Sidebar and Footer.The HTML-template looks like this (the line-numbers are added for reference only):010: <body>020: <div>l<div>030: <!-- skip
Google Apps referral for US publishers only 2007-04-06 15:06:00 Google Adsense Referrals for Google Apps
which were anounced on 2nd this month are only for Google Adsense US publishers.For those who didn't knew about Adsense referrals for Google apps, here are its feautures::Google Apps provides customized email addresses (powered by Gmail), Google Calendar, Google Talk, Docs & Spreadsheets and Page Creator, all for free for your domain. Best of all, everything is hosted by Google, so there's no hardware or software to download, install or maintain.You will be credited $5 when someone clicks the referral ad from your site and signs up for Google Apps with a domain that has not already been signed up for the service.Currently available only in EnglishWell any Adsense publisher might love this feauture to be on their sites but Google Adsense have put this referral in beta test, meaning that only US Adsense publishers can have them on their website. On being asked their response is that US publishers provide their Social Security Number while Publis Read more:Google
Why to use a preferred domain? 2007-04-05 19:07:00 The first and the most major factor that will affect your website’s search engine ranking and page rank will be its domain
. For example, this blog is having two domains ,i.e., http://webtalks.blogspot.com and http://www.webtalks.blogspot.com.Any person will say these two means the same thing. But you are wrong. Googlebot and other search engine robots take this as two different websites. Now all my backlinks and page rank is on the http://webtalks.blogspot.com domain. What if a person visits the other domain and says this blog is not even indexed by Google! Now I kept on thinking what can be done to solve this major problem.Then I ended up with two main factors.If you are submitting your site to a directory or any other website, make sure you submit the same domain only. If the directory has the different domain, change it immediately .Fortunately, Google Webmasters have a solution to this. They have an option for your preferred
domain in Google Sitemaps. In this, you can choose the
How link exchange can affect your Traffic 2007-04-05 15:47:00 We have been talking about Google Page Rank since a long time. To have a page rank, you need links. For links, you do Link Exchange Programs. But let me tell you two important things, Page Rank is not everything and Google is smart enough to catch you while you are exchanging links.According to me Page Rank is not everything. Lets take an example. Search for “Webtalks” (without quotes) in Google. This blog will be listed at the first place above another page. Now just compare the Page Rank of the 2nd postion page and my blog. The other page has 3* Google Page Rank and my blog isn’t assigned a Page Rank yet( but will be soon) but still my page is listed at top as this blog is “SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZED”.Now you think that if you get an link from a page of page rank, take 7, your page rank will be boosted. Absolutely wrong.Page Rank is calculated by a formulae. This is a very complicated one, but I have a an example.If we have a link from a page of 7 rank, your page rank should
Blogexplosion violates Google Adsense Policies 2007-04-09 15:44:00 Blogexplosion.com, is very popular these days as it increases the traffic to your blog or in their words "explode your blog's traffic".Unfortunately it violates one of AdsensePolicies
. I just confirmed it from Adsense Team that it is not a valid way increasing traffic.According to Adsense Team, no publisher can increase traffic to their blogs by submitting to sites like BlogExplosion.Banned Publishers have started complaining that BlogExplosion is just a Directory.No words have been heard from the Blog Explosion Team as yet. Google
has not disabled the accounts of all adsense publishers participating in Blogexplosion. Google Adsense
, according to me are disabling only those accounts whose visitors clicking the ads are referred through BlogexplosionSo, Beware , if you are an Adsense Publisher partcipating in Blogexplosion
Google Notebooks added to Google Search Results 2007-04-09 14:56:00 If you use Google
Notebook, you'll find a new link at the top of search results pages: "My notebooks". For many of us Google Notebook might be new.So the my notebooks icon might not be appearing on their search result pages.Google Notebook as the name suggests is used for adding notes for a website.Google Notebooks
have an extension which can be used for adding notes from any website.If you haven't installed that plugin, its available from hereFor those users who do not have plugins will see a simple Note This Snippet in the end line of the website description. Read more:Search
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Create your own Advertise on this Site through Adsense 2007-04-10 18:20:00 Let’s assume an advertiser comes across your site and feels it would a good site to advertise on. You don’t want to lose this advertiser, right? That’s where Onsite Advertise
r Sign-up comes in: Advertisers can create site-targeted campaigns directly from your site through this link..The ‘Advertise on this site’ link will no longer appear on your ad units following last week’s ad format change, you can still display a separate Onsite Advertiser Sign-up link on your siteThis is a fully customizable link and its benefit is of Having more interested advertisers bidding on your site means increased competition -- which in turn translates into higher revenue potential for you. Copy paste the following coding in any webpage.Remember to change the referring URL to your site's URL and the Publisher ID to yoursAdvertise on this site Read more:Adsense
Download three column new blogger templates 2007-04-12 18:53:00 ROUNDERS- Download
SCRIBE-DownloadMINIMA-DownloadSince these are not all of them, I will try pasting the new templates which I develop later on in the Left Side Bar. Please back up your templates before implementing the new three column templates, as some widgets may be lost.
MetaTags For Adsense 2007-04-11 15:35:00 Webtalks reader Umesh had some problems with metatags. Metatags are usually used for dynamic content. Such content maybe what robots of Search Engines see when they visit your site. All of the meta tags are placed in the head section of any html or xhtml file. Metatags are commonly used to describe a site, give the site’s keywords, give the site’s coding language, Verify your site in Google Sitemaps. This description comes below the link and Title of your website in Search Engine Result Page. If you want add a description and keywords of your site/blogger blog ,copy paste these codings into the head section of your webpage<meta name="description" content="Replace this with your site's description"><meta name="keywords”" content="Replace,This,with,keywords">Adsense
ads on your site are displayed relevant to the content of your site. For more accuracy of these ads, you can choose some keywords which suit your site and place them in the meta tag. Adsense ads then will
Blog Review- LiFe disguised in HuMoUr 2007-04-13 13:20:00 LiFe disguised in HuMoUr is a blogger blog written by an Indian named Mitesh Asher.This blog basically have posts on FunHumorEntertainmentIndiaLifeRare PicturesSuggestions:: Change the template into a three column one with less width so that visitors with small screen resolutions don't need to scroll horizontally.No need to waste that precious place for date.It can be aligned below the titlePOST REGULARLYAdsense Tip::A Google Search Box below your Blog's Title
How does Google Index Images? 2007-04-14 19:23:00 Well thats an interesting question, How Does GoogleIndexImages
?Google Maybe the most comprehensive image search provider of the web. But some webmasters don't know how to get their images indexed by Google.Googlebot as we all know ignores images. So, how the damm it has an image search?If your site is "Search Engine Friendly" and is a bit old, then Google must index its images too.A bit old site is required because Google dosen't update the Image Index "frequently"If you are an impatient Webmaster, like me, Google Webmasters have an option for Enhanced Image Search. If you choose to enable enhanced image search, Google will use tools such as Google Image Labeler to associate the images included in your site with labels that will improve indexing and search quality of those imagesFor those who don't know about Google Image Labeler.Google Image Labeler is a new feature of Google Image Search that allows you to label random images to help improve the quality of Google's image searc
Own a blogger Custom template 2007-04-19 16:06:00 So, Do you want a fresh and unique look to your blogger blog ? I have got something in store for you. Just tell me how you want the template
to look and I'll take care of the rest. These templates will definitely fit into your budget. Just tell me how much your budget is... I'll manage the rest. Please note that I am currently accepting only those applications who are paying me. Sorry for those who wanted free templates.Just fill out the form below, I'll give you the status, when your blogger template would be finished.I am accepting payments through PayPal or any Credit Card. For more on payments , you can mail me.Name:Email Address:Your (blogger) blog URLYour Budget ( in U.S. $ )e.g.20 $Number of columns 2 column 3 columnBrief Description which colors you want
Which online tracker is the best? 2007-04-22 15:19:00 This topic maybe the third most flooding object in my inbox.There are many big names in this category like urchin(Now Google Analytics), Sitemeter, Statcounter. etc. So lets start reviewing them one by oneGoogle AnalyticsA very powerful tracker.Gives you all soughts reports. I recommend this for professional webmasters as Google Analytics gives you all soughts of reports from Marketing tools to Site Overlays.Their is no such limit on your usageWhere it wins it? Free, Fantastic Graphics and Google Powered.Where it loses? um..... very complicated for a begineerStatcounterA very simple, instant and easy to use tracker. It has also got some options that suits the logs of an big organisation's website .Where it wins?umm.. its basically less complicated than Google Analytics.Where it loses?Limited free Log size src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">Last of all I would like to mention my favourite tracker. Any guess? No not Sitemeter its MyBlogLog.Reasons::Gives yo Read more:online
Planning to shift to a custom domain? 2007-04-22 08:10:00 Do you own a domain
? So why to blog somewhere else ? Custom domains enable you to post on a domain via blogging service providers like Blogger , Wordpress etc. I am also plannng to do the same but there are disadvantages too.My Backlinks and Search Engine ratings would be lost if I shift. Although according to Google, they will divert all the backlinks and SERP rating to the custom
domain. But why to take the risk ?Lets learn from the previous experiences of bloggers.Insideorkut had a page rank of 7 but when they shifted, they dropped down to zero page rankInstablok had a page rank of 0 but they shifted , there page rank increased to 4problogger.net was initially started with a custom domain onlyAnother interesting observation of mine is people usually choose a Wordpress powered blog when they shift.Why?Here I have drawn some conclusions* Wordpress enables users to upload files wher as Blogger does not have any such options as yet.*Don't mind , but according to me, Wordpress has som
Google Page Rank Updated for April 2007-04-29 06:02:00 The long wait is now over.As I hinted in my previous articles, Google
Pagerank in Google Toolbar is going to be updated in April
and whoila, its updated as expected.Here are some sites that changed their page ranks in my noticeWebtalks has now jumped from zero to 3Digital Dreams jumped from 1 to 3Rediff.com jumped from 7 to 9Statcounter.com slipped from 10 to 9Gmail.com slipped from 10 to 9I did some experimenting with my pagerank. let us see the resultsI created a temporary page in Google Pages for Blog Reviews. I forgot to put the rel="nofollow" attribute on its link.As a result the page has a page rank of 2 just because I added it into my sidebarNow the chain of pagerank goes on..The Review my blog page was linking to two pages,Webtalks{this one only} and another temporary page on googlepages. The second temporary page too got a pagerank of 2. So this gives us hints about Google Technology.Another interesting fact was that the Google counted sites which were linking to me in April f Read more:Google Page Rank
Tips for getting site listed in Google Directory 2007-04-27 15:26:00 Google Directory
{also called Dmoz} is the largest Human Edited web directory on the internet. Open Directory Project was basically from the Netscape but was later on acquired by Google. Google Directory uses Dmoz’s listings and then refines through its own technology. You would be in benefit if you have your site listed
in Google Directory not because of Page Rank or Traffic jump but your site would also have a higher status in the web. Infact everyday thousands of bloggers submit their site. Getting into dmoz is not easy but also not impossible.What I have learnt from my 10 day experience is that Due to large volume of applications everyday, dmoz editors review your site in a hurry. They might not be visiting your site in that depth. Here are few tips that will definitely increase your chances of getting into dmoz.As said in dmoz guidelines, submit to the deepest sub category you know where your site suits. For eg, My site should be listed at Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/F Read more:Google
My Site is not updated by Technorati 2007-04-25 15:15:00 Technorati, an online directory of blogs, a website that has an collection of all posts, blogs ,tags currenlt present in the blogosphere. It would really be an embarrassing situation when a webmaster finds his blog his blog ranked above 3,000,000. Technorati basically indexes all blogs and their posts whenever they are published on any blogging platform. If you are the owner of a blog, you can claim it by three methods. Claiming gives you advantages of Technorati profiles, Technorati Widgets and Tagging your Website. But recently, Technorati had been followed by a bug which resulted in Technorati missing some blog posts and even complete blogs {including mine} after giving rapid pings too. Most of these problems were faced by webmasters who use blogger. Since I was also the one affected, my stats used to say something like that ::Title:: Webtalks::You are WelcomedLinks:: 0Rank:: 3,000,000 +Last Updated:: 90 Days ago.Plus it was saying that I haven’t published any post yetI really f Read more:Technorati
Are you really earning from Adsense? 2007-04-30 16:49:00 The sole purpose why I am writing this blog post is because I have received many complaints from fellow bloggers that they do not earn as expected from adsense. Everyday hundreds of bloggers start off their money making expedition with a hope that after few months or years they may be earning high by participating in programs such as Google Adsense
. After few days or weeks most of them leave blogging because they do not earn even a buck. Some may be cheating by clicking on their own ads or asking others to do that or just participating in programs that gives automated clicks. Such bloggers are either “banned” immediately or when they are about to receive their earnings. When they are banned, they leave blogging. Then, a few honest publishers are left who are literary embarrassed by their earnings even after getting traffic or page rank. Most of them also leave blogging until they are fed-up. Then a few remain who just wait for the day when they would be the next Darren Ro
Blog Reviews 2007-05-03 15:55:00 Here are some of my latest blog reviews::1.What I have to offer.....This blog is written by Alison."Investment advice, reality checks, and just random ideas & posts."This blog is using a 3 column template powered by Webtalks and has modified it according to its own taste.Good for those who need an innovation example.Suggestions::You can create a footer with a copyright badge/disclaimerNo need of linking to your blog from every post.Make a difference between links and simple text.Adsense tip::Your ads in left column are violating Google Adsense policies because you are hiding ads by google tag. Correct itYou may use a Google Search box in headerA referral at the bottom can be useful2.Ravi Karandeekar's Pune Real Estate Blog"Booking a flat near Hinjewadi Software Technology Park?At Aundh, Aundh annex-Rahatani,Pimple Saudagar, WakadBaner - Balewadi or Sus Road-Pashan!Upcoming & Newly Launched Project Tips. Rates, Budgets, Specifications, Amenities, Planning Reviews. Builders, Architects,
Technorati goes a design makeover 2007-05-05 16:10:00 This image says it all.Technorati
today went over an design
makeoverWhat has really changed?-A thumbnail of Blog is available on Blog Profile page-A photo of fans who favourated your blog is available on Blog Profile Page-"Links to this site" changed to "Authority" and "Blog Reactions"-Basic mood of design changed from Dark Green to Light GreyThis design makeover will not affect your site's ranking in any way.Technorati have not updated their blog on this topic yet but I am expecting it soonDoes it have anything from the AdSense homepage changeover ? Leave your commentsRelated Reading::Technorati not updating your site?
Integrating Emoticons/Smileys in Gmail chat and Google Talk 2007-05-07 15:14:00 Emoticons/Smileys
are a good source of entertainment while chattingThis is the list of emoticons/smileys that should work inside Gmail
Chat.Unlike any other messenger,these graphics are animated out of simple text to make it attractiveNote::These graphics would be available only to the person who is chatting inside Gmail.Not for those using Google
TalkEmoticonKey CombinationHeart! <3 It's a monkey!:(|) Rock out.m/ Shout!:-o show your teeth:D Sadistic:( Cryingx-( CoolB-) Tears:'( laughing=D tricky;) sorrow:-| smile=) teeth!:-D tip;^) tricky!?!;-) lol:-) about to..:-/ small laugh:P But I tried out these in Google Talk.The result I saw was not an animated icon but a blue graphic for most of them.You can see in the picture belowP.S. Don't get confused... These emoticons/smileys are for chatting only and will not work when integrated inside a mail Read more:Integrating
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Alexa traffic rankings losing its importance 2007-05-10 14:46:00 Perhaps the truth. I did not check my alexa rank until I was applying blog reviews at reviewme. When I checked, it was saying some 2,148,879.I did not expect that. Fairly I get around 100 unique visitors a day. I was not surprised to find that almost 1,000,000 sites ranked above my site were a fraud and they were not near to get around 50 unique visitors.The reason is simple.Alexa
is not giving due importance to sites ranked above 100,000. They just calculate it on the basis of visitors to that site who have alexa toolbar installed.Alexa toolbar uses an ActiveX control which is not supported by Firefox. Its I think only supported by IE.Only 50 % of current Net population use IE. Out of those I think around 10% -5% might have installed the Alexa toolbar{Or even low!}. Your site may hardly get a visitor with Alexa toolbar installed. So how would you get a low rank?Now Webmasters are taking the advantage of it. They just install the toolbar or ask their friend/network and visit their own Read more:traffic
Now paid blog reviews 2007-05-10 14:36:00 Due to heavy amount of free blog review applications I receive everyday and with the low quality of blogs that I receive, I have shifted my mind to paid blog reviews
.I am currently using reviewme for a decent price of 40 $A link from Webtalks official blog is of due importance. Why?Webtalks has a technorati ranking of around 40,000 out of 72.89 million and an authority of 100 .Link from here will boost your Authority and rankAs I have already proved, A link from Webtalks will fetch you a PR of 2Webtalks is indexed by all search engines on top places and is visited by Google Crawlers daily. Thus a link from the top most post will index your site in all search engines within a fortnightWhat about 100 unique visitors reading your blog’s description daily.. and what if they get interested?If your economic status is very weak , you may leave back a comment. I’ll just think upon it{ that does not mean I am golden hearted } Read more:blog reviews
Google Testing its Design ... Again 2007-05-14 16:13:00 Today might be another boring day in your life.Lets make it special.This time you can have a sneaky preview of the upcoming Design of the world's second most visited website{after microsoft.com} and most popular Search Engine.Google
has been a bit naughty and was testing its new Layouts and designs in regional versions of their site.Some of them are below{Thanks to Ionut}Today while surfing Google.co.in {I am a resident of India} , I noticed a major change.I quickly captured a shot and it is belowThis may give you pleasant idea of what it may be.I liked this layout except the left navigation part.What about you?P.S. if you hate those scroll boxes, leave back a comment. Read more:Testing
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Get connected using Fring 2007-05-13 15:42:00 Today is the world of mobility.Everyone would like to be online wherever they go.You may carry your Laptop along but what abut a Mobile connection that simply makes you connected to PC-based VoIP services such as Skype, MSN Messenger and Google Talk that too at no extra cost.Fring makes it possible Some of its advantages::talk and chat totally free over Wi-Fino wasted airtime or data charges in public hotspots.eliminate air-time costswhen calling other fringsters through your data plan, you do not need to pay for voice-air-time.ability to call landlinescall landlines (and regular GSM) using your SkypeOut minutes.no need for credit card details with fringyou will NOT receive an invoice from us!true mobility with multiple PC-based VoIP providersuse fring to keep in touch with your VoIP buddies wherever you go. Skype, MSN and Google Talk all work from your mobile handset.with fring you don't wait for call-backsKISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) just pick a contact and hit the green button.n
Fix your blogger template sidebar Drops 2007-05-17 15:30:00 When your site gets a visitor and finds that one of your sidebar has been pushed below the posts, he’ll consider your site of not a decent quality and you might lose a regular reader The ready made template
s which are available for Bloggers are from the side of some world class designers but when a blogger places an image, video etc. in the middle of the post and the width of the images/video is more than that space provided, in some versions of Web browser, the sidebar tends to drop ,ie, it slips down blog posts this is also known as float drops. I had a similar problem when one of my friends said that the left sidebar is dropping for my Minima three column template in some old versions of Internet Explorer. My site is loaded with a lot of stuff and maybe in some web browser my sidebar falls. My site in short was looking a piece of crap without one sidebar. A normal css definition for a sidebar looks like #sidebar-wrapper { width: 240px; float: right; word Read more:Drops
Blog Review- Software Testing Zone 2007-05-16 15:37:00 Software testing zone is dedicated towards extensive SOFTWARE QA and TESTING information - large FAQ, lists of resources, and listing of web site testing/management links and blogs by Debasis PradhanHow I see it? This blog is using a two column Denim based old blogger templateSuggestions: The colour of your header blog description text{somewhat} mixes with its background[both of them].Change any of them.Make reading easySince your site is loaded with tons of stuff, I recommend you use a three column blogger layout which improves the visibility of the real contents of your site.You may also migrate to the new blogger which makes editing quick and easyThese two boxes annoy me as they are repeating after each post.You can put in your future third column.I'm sure it will attract peopleAdsense TipThe ads on the bottom of page can be aligned centrallyNo use of referrals.why?You can put another horizontal link unit on thee bottom of header.It can be useful Read more:Software
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