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Saturday, December 13, 2008

SEARCH ENGINES

SEARCH ENGINE: 'Search engine' is a software program that which we use to find out web sites,
web pages and Internet files etc. Search engines are useful when we are not sure about a 'Uniform resource locator'(url) of a web site. When we enter a search 'word' or 'phrase' in to a search box , the search engine produces results by using 'spider' program ( most search engines uses spider program ). Hence search engines are the 'informative tools' to find out a desirable information of Internet.
At the movement in Internet there are thousands of search engines are available.If the desirable information is not available with one search engine, we may try with another search engine. Every search has its own features and specialities. Hence, we can't decide one search engine is good and other is not.Here is under the list of some popular search engines and its features.
Google:Google can give an elaborate information with related news. Google mapsare very popular.
Yahoo : Yahoo search engine will give any information around the world very fast.
Alta vista: It can give information with more images.
Deja news: Gives information about news groups.
Download: It gives information about software downloads.
Devas search: Gives information about web development and Internet details.
Feliz: It will search F.T.P. files.
People search: It will search about e-mail addresses of friends and people.
TOP 10 SEARCH ENGINES: The list of 'Top 10 search engines' is arrived on the
based of its Internet occupancy ratio.
1.GOOGLE: Google is in front of all search engines with 62% of all search.
2.YAHOO : Yahoo holds the next to Google with 13% of all searches.
3. BAIDU : The Chinise search engine 'Baidu' accounts 5% of all the searches.
4. MSN : MSN accounts with 3% of all the searches.
5. NHN : A Korean search engine holds 5Th position with 2.4%.
6.E-BAY : E-bay is in 6Th place with 2.2% of all searches.
7.TIME WARNER: Time warner accounts 1.6% of all searches.
8. ASK.COM: Ask.com with 1.1%.
9. YANDEX : Yandex with 0.9% of all searches.
10.ALIBABA.COM: Alibaba.com with 0.8% of all searches.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR ONLINE SHOPPING

Now a days it seems that most people prefer to shopping online. Millions of people are buying almost all every thing online.People are interesting towards online shopping as it is easy,convenient and time saving. Moreover there are lots of variable things at one place are available on the discount price also.
The popularity of online shopping is increasing day to day due to its demand world wide.The distance between online shop and people is just a button/mouse click on the computer.Statistics says that women are shopping 20% more than men.
The most important problem with online shopping is 'phishing' i.e. thefting of personal identity.
The most important point in online shopping is 'security'.The business depends upon how they manage security. Here we examine some online shopping payment methods.

1.PAYMENT THROUGH CREDIT CARD:
When you wish to buy some article on Internet, you have to your credit card number and other details.Then the company will send an e-mail to your credit card company/bank. The credit card company/bank will verify your a/c balance and send an e-mail to for your confirmation for payment. On your confirmation the credit card company pays your bill to online shopping company. O.K. online shopping is over! But here the problem is anybody ,who knows your credit card particulars, can purchase articles online by using your card details. But the bill comes to you. To avoid this type of frauds some companies are following two security methods as shown below.
(i)SIGNATURE: It is a system of signing on computer.
(ii)ENCRYPTED SIGNATURE : This is a system of signing in code language
2.PAYMENT AT HOME/V.P.P.:
In this method you can make the payment at your home after the articles are received by post. It is popularly known as 'Value payable by post'(V.P.P.) This method is widely using in India.Actually this is easy and safe method.But most companies are not providing this facility.
3.MEDIATOR PAYMENT: In this method a company(third party) pays the bill on behalf of your self . You will receive the items by courier parcel. There after the company collect the bill amount from you.
4.PAYMENT THROUGH PAYPAL:This is the safe and easiest payment method for online shopping. In this payment method you need not submit your personal identity particulars.
TIPS FOR ONLINE SHOPPING:
(i) Give first preference to make your payment through paypal a/c. Opening paypal a/c is easy and free also.
(ii).Purchase the products from a reputable and trusted company to avoid frauds.
(iii). But the products from the company's web site directly.Don't allow e-mail offerings.
(iv). Install anti-virus and anti spy wares on your computer to avoid identification theft.
(v). Before ordering compare the prices to save money.
(vi). Give preference to security sites.
At present there lots of online shopping web sites are there.The following is a list of some best online shopping web sites.
2. Shop zilla
4.Price grabber
6. HSN
9. QVC
WISH YOU HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONLINE SHOPPING

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

FREE MONEY FROM FREELANCE JOBS

WHAT IS FREELANCER? Freelancer is an independent worker for a given job.Mostly these jobs are on contract basis.These jobs requires creativity and performance. There is a lot of scope to earn a handsome income from these jobs. There are hundreds of job types and the following are some important job titles among all.
1.Accounting
2.Advertising
3.Consultant
4.Animation
5.Business
6.CAD
7.Creative writing
8.Photography
9.video
10.Desktop publishing
11.Data entry
12.Web design
13.Graphic design
14.Internet marketing
15.Modelling
16.Sales
17.E-commerce
18.Financial planning
19.Medical transcription
20.Public relation
21.Illustration
22.SEO
23.Typing
24.Editing
25.Engineering ..... etc.
The nature of these jobs confined to working with performance.Being mostly these are free to join and hence we loose nothing.The following is a list popular freelance jobs.
1.Advertising
2.Animation
3.Consultant
4.Data entry
5.Photography
6.Video
7.Freelance writing
8.Modelling
9.Sales & marketing
10.Project
11.Typing
12.Web and graphic designing
LIST OF TOP FREELANCE WEB SITES:
1 Get a freelancer (writing)
2.Craig list (writing)
3.Odesk (web design)
4.Elance (web design)
5.365jobs4all (data entry)
6.Istock (photography)
7.ifreelance (SEO)
8.guru
9.rent-a-coder (project)
10.go-freelance (video)
USEFUL TIPS:
1.Do some hard-work at both online and off-line
2.Promote yourself through building a good professional profile on web pages.
3.Do't go for over bidding at initial stage.
4.Choose your freelance job that suitable to you.
5.Keep in mind that 'quality'is the 'key' to success.
THE SIGNS OF SCAMS:
1.Offering higher pay for a little work(ex:-$1000/-per hour)
2.Showing the weblink within the text.
3.Self promoting aggressively.
4.Asking money for sign-up.
5.Miss-spelling ads(without proof reading).
6.Ads about the same job post for a long period.
7.Offering jobs without web site.
8.Allowing members to join without conducting quality test of writing skills