Sourav Ganguly Scores DOUBLE TON

Sourav Ganguly made his maiden double century here at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore his highest Test score as India are to 591 for 6 in their first innings after the lunch break on the second day of the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan on Sunday.

"Spunky Sourav Ganguly Scores Back to Back Centuries for the Second Time"

First it was at Lords, and now it had to happen at Bangalore.Back to back centuries from the Prince of Kolkata! It took eleven years for the feat to occur again, but how many people can boast of having achieved the feat that Dada did. They are a modicum.
While his inning at Kolkata was a watchful one, and wasn't as fluent as was todays, Ganguly today looked in supreme command right from ball no.1. There were absolutely no stutters at any point. Today's inning no doubt was ultra special for two reasons; One, because it was his 2nd consecutive ton, and two, most importantly because it came at a juncture when things looked pretty gloomy for India. This man is known for looking adversity in the eye whenever he's faced by it. Whenever he looks like being excluded from the team he comes back with something stupefying. He's proven that he's here to stay for as long as he desires. There's a lot of spunk still left in the man.
He was ably supported by the electrifying Yuvraj and then there was no looking back. Whatever little chances Pakistan had of dominating the match were bulldozed by these two juggernauts. There seems to a double century waiting in the wings for Dada. All Dada has to do is play with the same application and poise as he did today. Way to go Dada!
The series is virtually India's now as it seems unlikely that Pakistan can go on to win the match no matter how well they play, ofcourse unless India blunders big time. Kudos to the two Princes and the Indian Cricket team.

by Srirajeth

SEO Tips - Link Building for New Domains

Link Building for New Domains-SEO Tips

New websites are given a probationary status within Google, known as the Google Sandbox. Sites can remain in the Google Sandbox, for up to 9 months with high levels of filtering being applied, leading to poor Google organic search ranking for competitive terms.
To escape the Google Sandbox requires the acquisition of quality one way links from trusted sources and a careful approach to website SEO and in particular reciprocal linking. Unnatural link building trends and the usage of similar link anchor text can lead to a lower level of Google trust being applied to your site resulting in an extension of the Sandbox period.
Whilst in the Sandbox, Google assesses your web site's link acquisition trends, checks for unnatural SEO activities, gauges website content quality and assigns trust. Google likes to see one way links being acquired by new websites as these are a positive indicator of content quality and originality.

By Srirajeth

WHAT IS SSI?

WHAT IS SSI?
You may have noticed as you browse this site, that our pages end with the shtml extension instead of the more familiar html or htm. This is because we use Server Side Includes (SSI). Used properly, the SSI can help make your pages more responsive and can even help make maintaining your site an easier task.
Put simply, SSI is sort of like using your HTML server as a cut and paste editor. Here is basically what happens when your server handles a request for an SSI document.
The server reads the document and parses (techie word for chops up and looks for special instructions) it for directives. (another techie word for directions!)
Follows the instructions that it finds and merges their results into creating a finished document.
The document is then sent to the client browser.
SSI also seems to be one of the better kept secrets around. In any web related book, they seem to get about 1 page for every 200 pages on CGI and FORMS. Well, I've never been one to leave you in the dark when it comes to being a better webmaster

By Srirajeth

Is Your Websitean Asset Or a Liability?

Is Your Websitean Asset Or a Liability?

Remember back in the good ol' days when having a website was something every company needed and wanted? Websites were the wave of the future, and the dream of transitioning to conducting business onlíne filled our heads with visions of a revolution in the way commerce was conducted। With a website, a company could reach clients and interact with potential customers on a global scale. A website was indicative of a company's technological prowess, symbolic of the desire to innovate and evolve with developments in the industry.

Is my website an asset or a liability? By answering the following questíons, you can find out if it's time for an overhaul or just some simple changes। Or maybe your site doesn't need any work at all. Ready to find out?

Home Page
Can visiting users tell immediately who you are and what you offer?
Is your site organized in a clear fashion that promotes navigation?
Is your home page an information destination or just a messy landing page?
Does your home page give a good first impression that entices users to clickthrough your links?
Performance Issues
Do your images, videos, and pages load quickly?
Does your site utilize clean, un-bloated code?
Does your site have a "search" function? If so, is it fast and useful?
Have you performed quality assurance testing to ensure your site looks the same across different browsers?
Content Is King
Is your content written clearly and persuasively? Does it speak to your target market?
Have you included useful and relevant resources like case studies, white papers, articles, or links?
Does your content effectively describe your products, services, and benefits?
Is your content keyword focused to cater to users and search engines alike?

Links & Navigation
First and foremost: Do all your links work?
Are your links clearly marked?
Do your links utilize descriptive and enticing anchor text?
Is your navigation menu or framework consistent throughout your site?
Does your navigation menu provide access to your entire site?
Critical Pages
Is there a top-level page that describes your products and services?
Do you have an "About Us" page to describe your company?
Is the "Contact Us" page clear, informative, and thorough?
Do you have a page where users can ask questíons or answer their own?
Do you have a Testimonials section?
Do you have a blog that you update frequently?
Do you have social bookmarking buttons to take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies?

Usability
Is your site organized so that information is easy to find?
Do you have a site map that wireframes this organizational structure and links to all your pages?
Is your site "user-friendly?"
Is your type scannable, easy to read, and written for the web?
Do you utilize bullets, headlines, and other stylistic elements to organize and present content?
Do you have calls to action that prompt users to take desired actions?
Are you using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the layout of the site?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Is your site search engine friendly?
Have you optimized your site for specific and relevant keywords?
Have you acquired a network of high-quality, relevant links?
Have you utilized online PR or social media marketing for its SEO benefits?
Does your navigation menu provide access to your entire site?

Now that you've answered all of these questíons, you need to decide what to do next। Start with some competitve analysis to see what your competitors are doing and what you need to do to catch up। Then, survey users to see what they think and act upon that feedback; don't wait, evaluate and reciprocate.

Inter-Language Unification(ILU)

Inter-Language Unification or ILU is a multi-language object interface system. The object interfaces provided by ILU hide implementation distinctions between different languages, between different address spaces, and between operating system types. ILU can be used to build multi-lingual object-oriented libraries ("class libraries") with well-specified language-independent interfaces. It can also be used to implement distributed systems. It can also be used to define and document interfaces between the modules of non-distributed programs. ILU interfaces can be specified in either the Object Management Group's CORBA Interface Definition Language (OMG IDL), or ILU's Interface Specification Language (ISL).

ILU was developed as an Open Source project at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox PARC) from 1991 until 2000. The last release was 2.0beta1.
From 1997 to 2000, ILU was used as the foundation for experimental work on a "next generation" HTTP protocol by the World Wide Web Consortium's HTTP-NG activity. As a result of this work, a particularly efficient experimental RPC protocol called "w3ng" was developed, along with a way of efficiently multiplexing a single TCP connection into multiple channels in both directions, called "w3mux". The results of the HTTP-NG experiment were presented at the 2000 World Wide Web Conference.

PayPal to offer Virtual Credit Card for non-PayPal Payments

PayPal to offer Virtual Credit Card for non-PayPal Payments

PayPal is rolling out a new virtual credit card payment service called "PayPal Secure Card" on Tuesday. This new feature will enable customers to make payments on sites which don’t accept PayPal. They have partnered with MasterCard to generate one-use MasterCard number that can be utilized to make the payment.
PayPal will provide a browser plugin along with PayPal Secure Card, which will recognize an e-commerce checkout page and automatically fill-up all your credentials to make the payment faster and easier. Windows users using Internet Explorer or Firefox will be able to take full advantage of the service, whereas Mac users running Safari will only have partial access, according to Reuters.
For merchants, the transaction will appear as an ordinary credit card transaction, but for users the funds will be deducted from their PayPal balance. It is not clear whether PayPal plans on charging any fee for this service.
This move seems to be a response to Google’s Checkout, which stores user’s financial information for making online payments more secure. PayPal Secure Card will be available to all US users of PayPal on Tuesday (tomorrow), and soon they’ll open it up for international users. Last year, PayPal did a beta test of Secure Card in which over 3 million PayPal users participated.
This service will be very beneficial for users who don’t have a credit card and totally rely on PayPal for online payments. For those who already have credit card, this service removes the hassle of giving your actually credit card details online.

Withdraw PayPal Funds to your Indian Bank Account

Withdraw PayPal Funds to your Indian Bank Account (Withdraw funds using an Indian bank)

PayPal has added a convenient new way to withdraw funds for its Indian Members. If you have a bank account in Indian, you withdraw your PayPal funds directly to your bank account. And the best part is you don’t need to pay any fee, if you are withdrawing funds over Rs. 7000. For withdrawing funds below Rs. 6999, they’ll charge you a fee of Rs. 50.
Those having bank accounts in State Bank of India, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ING VYSYA Bank, Axis Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC Bank and Citibank can opt for this feature to withdraw funds.
Before transferring funds, please keep in mind that your name on Bank records and PayPal account should match character-by-character. You’ll also need to call your bank and ask for your uniquely identified IFSCI (Indian Financial System Code).
Prior to this, the only option to withdraw funds by Indian PayPal members was by requesting a cheque. This process was slow, and took about 30 – 40 days to arrive via snail mail. Thanks PayPal!

Trust in Your Website or Blog

If your website does not create a sense of trust in your visitors, all your efforts will be in vain. Your online business will not succeed. That's the bad news. The good news is that it is very easy to create and build trust in your online visitors. Below, I have listed all the techniques used by the hundreds of websites I have helped launch. If you have additional techniques, please add them to the líst.
As the old saying goes, you have only one chance to make a first impression. Building trust cannot be achieved by one single action. Trust is achieved by hundreds of little things you do throughout your website that, when taken together, give readers a sense of honesty, legitimacy and stability.

The other bit of good news is that few website owners focus on building trust in the minds of their visitors. If you do it well, it can become a real and sustainable competitive advantage.
Here are 47 simple actions you can take to get started.
1. Trust is built by lots of small actions on every page of your website.
2. Your website design is the first impression. Make sure it is professional and relevant to the subject matter.
3. Navigation must be intuitive. If visitors can't find what they are looking for easily, they will question your competence in providing what they want.
4. Make the website personal by giving it its own tone and voice. People buy people.
5. Follow the HEART rule of creating online content. (Reminder: HEART stands for Honest, Exclusive, Accurate, Relevant and Timely.)
6. Use language that is appropriate to the audience. It will build empathy.
7. Regularly add new content to your site. It shows that the business is alive and kicking.
8. Review all links. Doubts will quickly form in your visitors' minds if links don't work or, worse still, take them to error pages.
9. Good grammar and spelling matter. Errors give the impression of sloppiness and carelessness.
10. Don't make outrageous and unbelievable claims, like "Read this blog and you'll be a millionaire by the end of the week." People are used to scams, get-rich-quick schemes and rip-offs.
11. Publish REAL testimonials and third-party endorsements. Try to always use real names and link to websites where possible. Some sites show images of letters sent by happy customers.
12. Publish case studies about customers you have helped, who use your product, etc.
13. Don't put down, curse or insult competitors. It's unprofessional. It is better to offer an objective comparison of competitive services or products.
14. Focus on building your long-term reputation, not on making quick sales.
15. Write articles for humans, not search engines.
16. Make your 'About Us' page personal and comprehensive. It plays an important part in making visitors feel comfortable that real people are behind the site.
17. Publish your photo or the photos of the key people involved with the site. Again, this reinforces the fact that there are real people behind the screenshots.
18. Clearly identify who is behind the site. Nothing creates more suspicion than a site that tries to hide the identity of its publishers.
19. On the 'Contact Us' page, provide an email form, telephone number, fax and address of the company. In Europe, it is a legal requirement for sites taking funds, but even sites driven by advertising will benefit from openness.
20. Provide a telephone number that people can call and talk to a person.
21. Provide Web addresses linked to the website domain, not addresses from free webmail services such as Hotmail and Gmail.

22. Don't lie to make money. The most common way is to write a glowing report about a product or service to earn affilíate revenues. It is very short-sighted to lie to visitors to sell them rubbish. They'll won't come back or, worse still, they'll actively condemn your site on forums and blogs.
23. Think carefully about reciprocal links. If your site is about organic food and you have links to Party Poker, people are going to question your integrity.
24. Think carefully about the adverts you display on your site. Ensure that they are relevant to your subject and audience.

25. Be explicit when you are being paid to endorse a product or service. An advertorial is fine as long as it is transparent. Paid-to-post is corrupting the Web and will experience a user backlash. I don't read websites that accept payment for posting.
26. Write and publish your privacy policy. Be clear about what you will and will not do with any personal data you collect. State that you adhere to all data protection laws. Make it easy to read and don't use legal gobbledygook.
27. Write and publish a security policy. State what measures you take to ensure that all transactions are secure.
28. Ensure that you have a security and privacy policy which is linked from the footer on every page. Make the link more prominent on all the order pages.
29. Clearly publish your guarantëe. I would recommend making it a 100% money-back guarantëe if possible.
30. Clearly state your refund and returns policy.
31. Piggyback off reputable brands. If you use PayPal, put the PayPal logo on your site. If you have a merchant services account with a major bank like Citibank or HSBC, put its logo on your site.
32. Use Google search on your site for two reasons. First, it is a great search solution which will help your visitors find what they are looking for. Second, having the Google name on your site instills trust.
33. If there are well-known industry associations for your subject, join up and put their logos on your site.
34. Have a forum on your site and respond quickly to questíons. Have the attitude that you are happy to help others without receiving immediate reward. As the old saying goes, 'Givers always gain.'
35. Allow people to comment on articles. Interactivity and an exchange of views build community and a sense of involvement.
36. If people provide constructive criticism or comments in the forum, don't delete them, but respond with your point of view.
37. Put photos on the website of the owners, publishers and/or team. Let visitors know there are real people behind the business.
38. Put images of the credít cards you accept on every page of the order process.
39. Use the words 'secure website' whenever you try to get any information from visitors, including newsletter sign-ups, forum input and payment.
40. On every page, state, "We take your privacy and security very seriously." Link the statement to the security and privacy policy.
41. Remember, reputations take years to build and seconds to destroy.
42. If you are selling a subscription, offer a low-cost, entry-level option. This could be a one-day taster, 'a week before billing starts' or a monthly tríal.
43. Use a high level of security when processing credít cards. Make sure you make your clients aware of all the steps you are taking.
44. Don't send credít card information or personal details over the Internet unencrypted. Tell your customers that their data will be encrypted.
45. Only ask for information from customers that you really need. For example, for an email newsletter sign-up, the only information you REALLY need is an email address, so that is all you should ask for.
46. If you have pricing on your website, make it transparent. I recently went to buy a book which was advertised for $10. When I checked out, they added tax, post and packaging, and the final bill was $19.50. I didn't buy it as I felt they had deliberately tried to mislead me.
47. Keep your SSL certificate up to date. Let people know you are using SSL encryption and who the provider is.
You can't do too much to build trust. Most of it comes down to common sense and good business practice. To ensure that you are continually improving your trustworthiness, every time you go to a website, ask yourself whether you trust it or not. Then ask yourself why you have formed the opinion you have. Continually try to learn what makes a site trustworthy or untrustworthy and implement the relevant changes to your site.
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Posted by Srirajeth