Technology
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SEO friendly permalinks – for WordPress first timers
So, you’ve just set up your WordPress blog on a hosted domain? Well, I believe the next step is to get your blog indexed by those numerous search engines out there. I’m not gonna talk about submitting your blog URL to search engines, and directories that would increase the chances of including your blog faster [...]
GeoTag yourself if you are a WordPress blogger or developer
I stumbled upon a nice Google Maps mash-up application, WordPress World Map. If you’re a WordPress user, blogger, developer or fan, you can register with (or without) your twitter ID, and geo-tag yourself on the global map. I guess it’s quite a new mash-up app, and needs some big numbers to establish itself as a [...]
Gyro, accelerometer and retina display – expect more from iPhone app developers
You got to see the two-hour long, sensational iPhone 4 introduction to appreciate the depth of innovation that has gone into the making of this little gadget. As and when Steve elaborated on the specifications and features, he gave a hint to the developer community to spruce up applications that would take advantage of the [...]
Apple iPhone 4 intro – sensational lateral marketing
You know why Apple products, be it the iPod or the latest iPad, are immensely successful? It’s not just the innovation and sophistication that are incorporated into these products, but the sensational marketing by Steve Jobs. If you look at the video below (it’s about 2 hours, but it’s thoroughly enjoyable for Apple/gadget geeks), you [...]
Creating a 301 redirect for WordPress blog
There are zillions of how-to articles on creating 301 redirects. However, this brief article will focus on creating a redirect for non-WWW queries of your domain name to WWW, by editing the .htaccess on a WordPress blog. You may ask, why should I do this? Because, all search engines treat www.yoursite.com and http://yoursite.com as two [...]
Google’s search page tries Bing’s fashion statement
A couple of days ago, there was news about the inclusion of a new fancy feature on the plain old Google’s search page. Well, couldn’t call it a feature – just a splash of color to your search home page (no, not on the results page). Look to the bottom left corner of the Google [...]
Dealing with hidden, unwanted links inside your WordPress blog
How do you know if your blog has been hijacked by a bunch of unwanted links? These unwanted links may relate to the content we receive everyday in our spam folder on Gmail. I’m not going to list out those keywords that make up these unwanted links, instead see the screen-shot below (click to enlarge). [...]
The hope of a solar energy revolution – still a mirage?
The hope of solar-energy revolution has been bouncing around for many decades. My science teacher in seventh standard taught me about solar cookers and solar water heaters. But all these appliances and methods never became completely successful owing to the huge maintenance costs. These costs could be acceptable if it made us completely independent; even [...]
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