How bookmarks ready are you?

With the king of bookmarking respository site from Google announcing its end by the end of this August 2021, it will be a herculean task to migrate your hard earned (rather compiled) bookmarks to another application or site. What needs to be noted is that - you need an app or a website with so much storage capacity and features such that you can easily migrate to an app/ website that works exactly as Google bookmarks. Found yours?

Stay tuned while I figure out another site that can easily absorb all the hard earned tags and sites that I saved on Google bookmarks.

Is it the end to Expedia and its likes?

With Google now announcing its new travel apps that help you probably decide where you want to go and where you want to stay, dine etc. is it the end of the road to Expedia, Kayak and the likes? If Google really wants to make this a huge success, then it needs to integrate its mapping system, update its hotel lists (which also should include hotels in India, at least, to allow unmarried or one married and an unmarried person to stay without hassles), provide choices of cheap, but healthy eats, buying stuff and the likes.

If it does that then Travel Apps will be certainly a hit.

Read an article from Techcrunch here

(Wait for updates, I might). Thanks. 

Sex in my mind

Wanting to be with someone you care? Maybe not end up just in sex, for that you can easily go to a prostitute and have your sexual desires satisfied. But, what if you want to be with that woman / man for a few hours, without indulging in sex, or even some fondling around? Possible.

Read the article here

This Delhi based startup is doing just that. Freeing you up from the hassles of producing your ID documents when you enter as a couple, when you may really be not. 

What are the possibilities?

1. You as a man, may be married dating an unmarried woman

2. You as a woman, may be married dating an unmarried man

3. Both of you are unmarried and would like to spend some time in each other's company

4. Both of you are married, yet would like to spend some time in each other's company

Now, the possibilities of 1, 2 and 4 can be possible only if you are certainly not satisfied with your present state in married life or you want to have some excitment in life. But that also applies for #3, the excitement part that is. 

Coming to the obvious topic - sex. How many of you will actually not indulge in it? That is none of your business - you may say. But I feel 99.99% would indulge in it. And obviously, it is deemed that both the partners are sane while doing this. 

What are your thoughts? You would want to ask me - well, it really depends - is what I would like to tell you. 

Would you want to try it? Maybe. 

Leave your thoughts in the comment below. Please remember - this is not a regular topic, therefore please discreetly voice in your thoughts. 

Are you Socially Bookmarked?

I do not know if you belong to the era of those Internet geeks who used to religiously socially bookmark without really knowing the difference in bookmarking a website or / and a blog. There were Digg, Technorati, Reddit and many more such similar sites where you would actually deposit a link and a non-descript narration about what your website / blog did.

Technorati - I remember having dealt with my fellow American colleague and she would insist me to explain what the F@#@ Technorati was all about. I really never understood the value of that site. It's continually down, too. Seems like every time I attempt to do something, there's an error message, LOL.

And then Digg, a stupid website that boasted of so many links which otherwise should have been Googled out - come what may.

Then there was Furl, Lynx and God knows how many more such websites, each boasting of being the best.

I think now, no one bothers to link. Linking is so boring.

Here are some (really long) list of social bookmarking websites

http://www.bloggersway.com/2013/01/top-50-social-bookmarking-sites-list.html

http://www.vmoptions.com/social-networking-list.php?page=3

http://www.2morelinks.com/

Not sure if I'd like to use all that. What is your strategy today?

The Hot and Cold of SEO Trends to come

Hello there. December is almost coming to an end....and so is the year. Being into SEO and Internet marketing, here are / were some trends that followed, some "must haves" some "nahs" ...interesting piece of info to read.

http://searchengineland.com/hot-and-cold-trends-in-search-going-into-2013-141685

Hope you all liked this.

Happy holidays and a happy new year!

Tracky - SEO tut from SEO Moz

Hey there. Hope you all had a safe Diwali the festival of lights.

Well after a brief period, here are some topics I happened to look, related to SEO. 

Some topic on SEOMoz caught my attention. Its about a software (Tracky) that enhances your SEO skills - perhaps help build your online SEO.

Here  is the link. I hope you would like it. 

Stay safe. Enjoy.

Sanebox - email filtering mechanism - is it really worthy of it?

Have you ever bothered about filtering your emails?

I think Gmail did a pretty good (maybe could have been better) job to filter emails and have them come up on my email list. In a way it filtered my emails. I could mark them as important and even star-mark it.

Here is something if you like -

SaneBox is essentially a massive filter, one that runs defense for your inbox. The service creates a separate folder in your email account. Email comes in, and SaneBox decides if it goes into the boo-boo bin, the folder, or if it stays in your inbox.

SaneBox is quite effective about cutting out email that you didn’t really want in the first place. It does lead to a much better email experience. The largest fear, I think, in using such a service, however, is that you might miss an important email. 

Click on this link http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/14/email-tool-sanebox-is-amazing-and-worth-every-penny-it-costs/ to read more about the same.

Headlines matter

I was reading some parts of a blog here - http://www.socialable.co.uk/woman-gives-birth-to-alien-headlines-that-make-you-look/ - when I realised that Headlines are VERY IMPORTANT part of the article.

100% readership goes for the headlines than the actual contents and here is an awesome post that talks about the same in 11 articles

http://www.copyblogger.com/magnetic-headlines/

Hope you liked it!

How often do you blog?

How often do you think you must blog? As for my blog posts they are worse than the occassional waves that come by the sea side.

Here is an interesting article I came across.

http://www.socialable.co.uk/how-often-should-you-write-a-blog-post/

I hope you liked it. 

Great knowledge about Twitter

Here are some unknown facts on Twitter I discovered on TechGig. Great website to discover such tidbits.

Here is the link on Twitter - http://www.techgig.com/knowledge/6-UNKNOWN-Uses-For-TWITTER-3522

SEO strategy to change?

Heard about this Apple Siri. Mostly using Android based apps and depending on search other than the mighty Google.

So what's the problem you might ask. Well, for SEO's its not good news. They might have to just change their way of doing local SEO.

Read this article - http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/siri-and-the-end-of-seo-as-we-know-it.html. and I am sure you will agree to what I mean.

So Google Places, YELP, FourSquare, Epinions .....get ready to be attacked.

On another note, are there any more such similar apps where you can be located locally? I think - Thinking the Android way is gonna be in vogue soon.

Facebook Ticker

Hey everybody...I noticed today there is a ticker which spits out your dear friends (or enemy's updates) like it or not.

And it pretty annoying to see the damned ticker, so the simple thing to do was to just pull up the ticker demarcation over your online friends list and pull it all the way UP until you cannot. Simple right?

Some other ways are (though not tried) to add extensions on Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ldfdjdnohanpkljbgeipdoeiefheaefp?hl=en-GB

In Firefox, you will need to install a user script. To do so, first install the Greasemonkey add-on and then install this user script. When prompted, restart Firefox and the ticker will be gone. Do note that this user script removes the entire right column of Facebook, including the ticker, event invitations, ads, sponsored stories, friends' photos, and so on.

Let me tell you honestly, I have not tried these extensions, but you can - and let me know the outcome.

Video

Business is always good with a short video. Some tips on why and how a video is good for your biz - http://www.trada.com/blog/how-to-market-your-business-with-video/

Facebook is not a safe haven

Apart from the usual rule that tells you not to post your favourite photo on line on your favourite soap - Facebook, there is yet another scam that has come up recently.

I was almost a victim of the same. One of my friend it seemed, was trying to call me through a video chat on FB. It was not him though. Probably some scamster.

Be careful about your private info being screwed up. Read this - http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/08/facebook-scammers-spread-app-pretending-to-be-video-calling/

(Original info here - http://sarayoo.info/security-tips/item/48-beware-of-a-facebook-scam-pretending-to-connect-you-with-facebook-video-calling.html)

Updates Updates

Ever wondered how you can get updates of your favourite online soap Facebook without actually going to it? Well its here - http://hardlywork.in/. Login with your Facebook / Twitter creds and viola you get the update. (Original information from here - http://www.sarayoo.info/tech-blog/item/45-use-facebook-like-an-excel-spreadsheet-using-this-simple-trick.html)

There is another integrated way to get the Google and Facebook or the Google and Twitter updates together. This blog post explains how - http://teckeela.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-view-your-facebook-and-twitter.html

Precisely the links are here - http://crossrider.com/install/529-google-tweet and http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook

Wondering if its an intrusion to privacy with one's login details shared at too many places.

My thoughs on Google +

Okay here are some random thoughts I have on Google +

1. Design wise - nothing different from what I see on Google, Gmail or most of the Google product. Except Orkut of course.

2. Circles are cool to use. Even nicer to see that I can add the same person in 2 different places.

Nothing new I see so far. Its the same chat, grouping as in Facebook and streaming the thoughts as in Twitter / Facebook.

My question is - how can I stop the streaming of a certain friend but have him in my circle? Maybe I am missing something. Answers anyone?

Why SEO fails?

Seriously, have you given a thought at why your SEO tactic fails? Or is failing? Well one thing is - do not brag about what you cannot do. Show what you have done and say - this is what I have done and this is what I can do.  Nothing more.

I happened to read this article by some dude -
http://www.conversationmarketing.com/2010/10/sleazy-seo-sales-tactics.htm and honestly that is EXACTLY what every single SEO must do.

Tell me if you feel any point in what he says is arguable. I bet you it isn't.

So, happy reading and I hope you'd really like it.

The 8 villians of social media

Well, its a direct lift from a reputed social media - a look at the picture itself tells you a lot.

Obviously, the not so good guys are shown here. One thing I would want to say is - I do not subscribe to the race, breed or lineage of any of the characters here. They are all the figment of imagination of the original author at SEJ.

Have fun though, reading this post.

Microsoft Ex Buddies and their budding ideas

Here is what I found on Mashable. Interestingly some cool applications/ website like Corbis, iLike and a lot other stuff are found here on this page.

Would be worth having a look at what is there on each website. Hope I do get time to have a peek and send you some cool reviews later.

Twitters and connections

Twitter by itself has been one of the best micro blogging apps available on the internet. Trust me, if you were in India you can find almost all celebrities and well known politicians using it (rather, manipulating it to their advantage).

Though limited to just 140 characters at a time, Twitter is very effective. Do you remember the saying that goes - Short is sweet? Well, it is. And very powerful too.

I happened to search for Twitter apps that you can use in conjunction with it and found a truck load of such app in the link here. Cool list from the one and only one Mashable. I cannot say for sure if I'd used all or even checked it out, and cannot assure you if all the links are good. Go figure.

And then there was another list from TechCrunch. Well the list is almost similar to what Mashable had to offer - maybe I missed out something on Mashable? Here is the list from TechCrunch

I hope you do enjoy reading this piece.