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Matt Cutts makes surprise appearance at Search University 2

vanda — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:05:03 +0000

Matt Cutts was the surprise guest at the second edition of Search University in Belgium. The specific topic he put more stress on was about hacked sites – which is a big concern out there.

Take a look at this 23 minutes video by the famous SEO guru:

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Some Bizarre World Cup Predictions – Believe it or not!

vanda — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:06:46 +0000

I saw these 2 predictions few hours back, sound interesting.

1. The 3964 Myth

1. Brazil won the world cup in 1994, before that in 1970 Add it: 1970 + 1994 = 3964
2. Argentina won in 1986, before that in 1978 Add: 1978 + 1986 = 3964
3. Germany won in 1990, before that in 1974 Add 1974 + 1990 = 3964
4. Again brazil won in 2002, before that in 1962 Add: 1962 + 2002 = 3964
5. And now who wins in 2010? Easy: 3964 – 2010 = 1954

And who won World Cup in 1954?

2. Paul’s prediction:

Just in case you don’t know who is Paul, these are something about “him”:

Paul is an Octopus born in England but resides in Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. He is stunning soccer fans around the world with his remarkable ability to predict the outcome of German World Cup games. So far for this world cup, his track record is 100%. For example, he has correctly predict the outcome for German to win over England and Argentina. The last time Paul predicted a German loss, the team was upset by Serbia.

How he choose the winner? Paul decides over a winner by picking a mussel in one of two glasses — one with a German flag and the other one with a flag of the opponent.

For this round, this psychic eight-legged oracle has made his latest selection which shocks Germany. He has selected the mussel from the container with Spain’s flag. So do you think you can trust this giant “sotong”?

Actually his lifetime record is 80% as he has once made a mistake in Euro 2008 where he wrongly picked Germany as the winner over Spain. There is a saying his colour blindness might caused him hard to distinguish the German tricolor of black, red and yellow from the red-yellow-red stripes of Spain. So German still got hope.

By the way, Paul is so popular now that there are some fan page for him, one of it is here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oktopus-Paul/106518376065475?ref=search&v=wall

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Your Private Life with Google – The Google Toilet

vanda — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:19:13 +0000

I found this video posted in my favorite BHW forum, it is very funny.

Take a look at this Google Toilet and have a good laugh!

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“Nota Cinta” from NESTLÉ COFFEE-MATE®

vanda — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:52:44 +0000

Watch these series of commercials from NESTLÉ COFFEE-MATE® – Nota Cinta or Love Note, a beautiful and touching love story with wonderful ending.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

You can also join the NESTLÉ COFFEE-MATE® LOVE NOTE Contest, there are great prizes (trips to Bali for 2 & hampers) to be won. Check out the contest details over here : http://www.coffee-mate.com.my .

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Prey – Helps You Locate Your Missing Laptop

vanda — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:20:16 +0000

Prey is a software that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen, sound wonderful right? At least in the really misfortune situation when you lost your laptop, you can still have a tiny hope to gain it back.

How it works?

Basically the program runs at a specified interval in the machine and checks for a specified URL in the web. When a user signs up with Prey, he/she will be provided with a URL. Every time Prey starts, it tries to access the URL. Normally, this URL will exist and Prey can go back to sleep. However, when the laptop is stolen, the user has to quickly removes the URL. When Prey cannot find the URL, it will send error reports to the control panel of the laptop owner. The reports include the general status of the computer, a list of running programs and active connections, fully-detailed network and wifi information, a screenshot of the running desktop and — in case your laptop has an integrated webcam — a picture of the thief.

The following list are some of the features of Prey:
– Send timed reports about what the stolen computer is doing.
– Uses wi-fi hotspots and GPS to track the location of the stolen device.
– Lightweight software.
– User can add or remove modules based on their preferences.
– Powerful and comprehensive reporting.
– Messaging and alert system.
– Automatic updating system.

Unless the thief format the laptop immediately then you won’t be able to track he/she. However, in most cases, people tend to look for valuable information from the laptop first before they format it.

The best thing about this software is it is FREE! Prey is licensed under the GPLv3 license and available for free download from the project’s Web site here: http://preyproject.com/.

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Check Out The Trends in 2010

vanda — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:57:54 +0000

This is the 2010 Consumer Trend Report from Trend Hunter:

These are the Trends that predicted in 2010 by Trends Hunter:

20. Tangible Personalization – a desire for personalized gifts.

19. Unservice Forward- unservice not only saves you money, it lets customers get a sense of independence and creative control.

18. Peacocking Bright clothing, accessories and cosmetics are all staples of a bright neon movement that clashes in the dismal face of the recession.

17. Rental Culture – rentable luxury, clothing, baby toys, and fine art are just a few examples of the move towards rental culture.

16. Half Formal shorts with suit jackets, blazers with jeans and semi suits…

15. Prodependancy Next generation couples were already more likely to move in together than generations of the past…

14. Not-So-Tricky Picky – It’s no longer tricky, to be picky.

13. DIY Healthcare – Be prepared to welcome in a new era of healthcare with palm-sized physicals, stress-sensing watches and fertility monitor pods.

12. Nostalgia Marketing – Storybook jewelry, monstrous designs, and alice in wonderland photoshoots, Storybook sentiment has gotten hold of consumers looking to escape economic woes and seek refuge in the fantasies of their past…

11. Crowdsourced Campaigns – consumer-generated ads were all the rage.

10. Exposed Vulnerabilty – Social media has redefined our access to the personal lives of icons, celebrities and friends.

9. Emotionology Humans aren’t the only once with feelings.

8. Simpletising Fruit – In a cluttered world, visual clarity actually stands out.

7. Ecopolitan – Whether it’s an underground abode, floating home or high-rise living, Ecopolitan Developments are quickly becoming a way of life.

6. Greenpliances – Soapless dishwashers, miniature laundry machines, and dishwashing cabinets not only help the environment, but over time, their increased efficiency will help your wallet too.

5. Nomadabodes – The recession in combination with creative architecture have caused an influx of unique temporary housing.

4. Pop-Uptailing – the latest way to generate buzz and quickly place your product in new markets.

3. Life-Swapping – Today you can swap homes, art, services or even your entire closet wardrobe.

2. DIY Décor – DIY art, furniture and hobbies are the perfect fix for those who are credit-crunched.

1. Next Besting – Instead of purchasing the priciest product and biggest brand , people are trying new products in the pursuit of the “next best” alternative.

(Source : Trends Hunter)

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NoFollow? DoFollow? So, what is that?

vanda — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:39:41 +0000

When discussing on the topic of SEO, some of the common terms you might came across are NoFollow and DoFollow. Here, I’m going to give you some explanation on what do they meant.

NoFollow and DoFollow are very important terms when it comes to link building and link building is one of the most important aspect for SEO.

NoFollow mean is to write a line of code to tell the Search Engine spider not to crawl that link. For example, let’s say you want to create a link to this website: NESTLE MALAYSIA website, the coding will look like this:

To add a nofollow to this link, just add a line of code rel=”nofollow”, like this:

So the second link is a nofollow link. In fact, there is no actual dofollow code exist, as long as there is a link, the spider will eventually crawl it unless you add the nofollow code, so we normally classified those without the nofollow code to be dofollow.

One of the famous example is Twitter. Twitter add nofollow to all the links on their site, as such, you won’t get SEO benefit on link building on Twitter. They need to do this to avoid spammers. Lately, they even put up nofollow tag to the user profile section.

As such, if you intent to build links on other websites so that you can increase your search engine ranking (becareful, not all links can help in your ranking), if the site is implementing nofollow, there will be less SEO benefit for external links.

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Extraordinary Pantene Commercial

vanda — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:11:12 +0000

A very inspiring commercial by Pantene. The story of a deaf and mute girl who learns to play the violin against all odds.

Please take a look, you will definitely love it.

Note: The music is Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel

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The Importance of Canonical Link Element

vanda — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:57:38 +0000

In sometime mid February this year, the three big search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN/Live) gang up to announce a coordinated effort and it is wise for us to take this matter seriously. It is about the canonical page and canonical link element.

Many people might not heard of this canonical page and canonical link element. So I just briefly explain what is it:

Due to the use of dynamic URLs, one single web page can have more than 1 valid urls (address) pointing to it. For example:

www.yoursite.com

yoursite.com

www.yoursite.com/

yoursite.com/

www.yoursite.com/index.html

yoursite.com/index.html

www.yoursite.com/Home.aspx

yoursite.com/Home.aspx

http://www.yoursite.com
http://yoursite.com

http://www.yoursite.com/index.html

http://yoursite.com/index.html

http://www.yoursite.com/Home.aspx

http://yoursite.com/Home.aspx

https://www.yoursite.com

Of which the official one (or your most preferred version) is www.yoursite.com. So the page at www.yoursite.com is call the canonical page. A canonical page is the preferred version of a set of pages with highly similar content.

However, if you don’t tell the search engines which one is your canonical page, they might not know which one it is, as such, they will just select one of the URL and flagged others as DUPLICATE CONTENTS!

That’s why now with the introduction of this canonical link element, you have to add the line of code in all your other non-canonical pages to identify your canonical page. Your problem can be solved by adding a element with the attribute rel=”canonical” to the section of the non-canonical version of the page. Adding this link and attribute lets site owners identify sets of identical content and suggest to Search Engines: “Of all these pages with identical content, this page is the most useful. Please prioritize it in search results.”

From the above example, this is how you specify your canonical link element in one of the non-canonical page e.g. https://www.yoursite.com:

Add this line of code to the section of the non-canonical page.

If you are using CMS, you can just hardcode the canonical URL into the section (please make sure you test and confirm) so that any duplicate variants of that URL should still contain the correct canonical URL inside.

One more important point to take note is Google currently will take canonicalization suggestions into account across subdomains (or within a domain), but not across domains. So site owners can specify a canonical page on www.yoursite.com from a set of pages on yoursite.com or help.yoursite.com, but not on yoursite-blog.com.

Take a look at this video from Matt Cutts on the details on Canonical Link Element:

For those of you who use WordPress, there is a plugin by Joost de Valk – Canonical URL’s that you can install, very useful.

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Matt Cutts Revealed a Secret Feature of Google Reader

vanda — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:00:42 +0000

I found this video on Youtube where Matt Cutts revealed the hidden gems of Google.

It is call Google Reader – The Ninja Mode:

Got it? Can you see the Ninja?

If can’t, please try the following steps in sequence:

Press the “up” arrow twice
Press the “down” arrow twice
Press the “left” arrow once
Press the “right” arrow once
Press the “Left” arrow once
Press the “right” arrow once
Press the “b” key
Press the “a” key

Ok, now I hope you can see the Ninja!

It is actually the Konami code.

By the way, you can just enter the code again to make them invisible.

Have fun!

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