July 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
First off, what is Baidu? Why does it make sense to submit all your websites there? Ok, simply put, Baidu provides an index of over 740 million web pages, 80 million images, and 10 million multimedia files. According to Compete, the Baidu has more than 1.5 million monthly visitors. And that’s the main reason why.
I can’t understand Chinese. How and where do I submit my site? Here’s how:
1) Go to this URL: http://www.baidu.com/search/url_submit.html
2) You should see something like this:
Just enter your URL (web address) on the first input box.
3) Enter the code that you will see just right at the bottom (It’s Y2C2 in my case. That code changes randomly).
4) Click the submit button beside it and you’re done!
Easy huh?
Here’s the URL again http://www.baidu.com/search/url_submit.html, bookmark it for future use.
Here’s the English translation if you really wanted to know.
June 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Bots or zombies can secretly hijack your computer to send out spam or attack other computers through the Internet.
Be safe and install RUBotted now. It makes the Internet safer.
What is RUBotted?
RUBotted monitors your computer for suspicious behavior associated with Bots, a form of malicious software that can secretly take control of your computer for criminal purposes. Upon discovering a potential infection, RUBotted immediately prompts you to scan and clean your computer.
My computer is clear. Is yours clear? Check it now.
Operating System Requirements:
* Windows 2000 Professional (with the latest Service Pack installed)
* Windows XP Professional or Home Edition (with the latest Service Pack installed)
* Windows 2003 Server (with the latest Service Pack installed)
* Windows Vista (32-bit version only, with the latest Service Pack installed)
June 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
I’m probably one of the first early users to get access to Woopra’s beta couple of months ago. Quite frankly, I didn’t use it. I felt Woopra wasn’t going to be as good as what we currently use (Google Analytics). I even said to myself, “it’s just gonna be another Google Analytics with the same sets of data. What can they probably offer? What else is new?”
But as soon as I read about Woopra on CenterNetworks this morning, I gave it a whirl. I logged in to my Woopra account, copy/pasted the JS snippet on Mployd. I thought it would take some time for the data to funnel to my dashboard.
And so I tried to download and install the Woopra desktop application. To my surprise, data from the site is already crunching in!
Here’s a screenshot of the Woopra desktop application on my machine after I installed it.
See that? After 10 mins I’m already getting what I need to know from our visitors. That’s really neat!
And one cool thing about it is that it sits on my desktop/system tray for quick access. Woopra integrated a lot of awesome features into the app aside from analytics. There’s just too much to list them down here.
The Woopra desktop application is currently available in beta to Windows, MacOS, and Linux (note that Java is required to run the app).
We know that Google Analytics dominates the free web analytics space. I’d say Woopra can quickly become #2 with the added innovations to the app.
I’ve tried almost every single free web analytics app out there and Woopra is a breath of fresh air. I simply love it.
–aj
May 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Meet the new Last.fm killer (I still love you Last.fm) - Lala.
Cool interface, nice use of screen estate, awesome dashboard, all-in-one page actions, and yeah free to listen to music.
DRM free music starts a dime. Isn’t all of those cool?
I haven’t gone through every single thing inside Lala but obviously, I’m impressed!
Some suggestions to add:
* Radio station
* API
* Widgets
Great stuff guys. Keep the features coming.
–aj
By the way, I know people don’t like the word “killer”. For me it basically means a “very good competitor”.
May 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
Sometimes, you got to hire the best hustlers out there to test out your product first before showing your social security number on a van.
Here’s a story of LifeLock’s CEO Todd Davis who got owned by someone.
“Turns out someone stepped up to the plate and won. An attorney found at least 20 instances of people applying for and sometimes receiving driver’s licenses in Davis’s name. In one case, a man from Texas got $500 from a loan company on Davis’s credit line.”
What is LifeLock? According to them LifeLock is the industry leader in the rapidly growing field of Identity Theft Protection.
Really?
–aj
May 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
Iterasi makes it simple for any web user to save the dynamically generated pages that are increasingly becoming the bulk of today’s Web experience.
With Iterasi, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and database driven technologies, like PHP and ASP, can all be saved—in their current state—with the push of a button.
Iterasi is currently under private beta and by invite only. For now you can signup for an invite and hope to get one really soon.
–aj
May 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
It’s official and this one ends the long saga of Microsoft’s acquisition offer to Yahoo! where they rejected. It’s also all over the blogosphere here, here and here.
May 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
April 30th, 2008 No Comments »
A few words. User interface is awesomely cool and very new!
Food for the eyes. Full screen view, customizable new skins, tabbed messenger windows, new emoticons behavior (pops big and slides to a smaller one), Mac-like auto-save preference (no more clicking “Apply” to save settings), all power-less clutter, resizable contact list, and lastly hard to believe - no ADS!
Plainly, it’s very cool.
Download it now while it’s hot! (Vista only)
–aj
