We can find a lot of people talking about the difference between the internet marketing and network marketing which seem similar topics to a newbie but not in actual. These two marketing techniques are very powerful online which when put into use rightly, becomes undoubtedly a deadly combination in promoting products online. So, lets try to gain a basic idea on this subject that makes sense and clears up as much the confusion as possible on these two important types of online marketing techniques.

Network Marketing is solely a relationship based business technique and the only two ways to really gonna get paid in a network marketing company is to recruit people or to retail which means selling their products. Network Marketing is fastastic and wonderful place to creating the leverage and making money online due to which lots of people are joining network marketing companies these days and also getting paid selling products online which not only provides financial freedom but gives time freedom to enjoy life. What generally happens here is when people join a business model, they go through the process of reaching out to their family members, friends, and followers online/offiline promoting the products and make commission when products are successfully sold.

This traditional way is great, but following this path is not enough of effort for an average person to really build a sustained and productive business. Lots of people get lured into this business model, by hearing great stories of online superstar marketers making big buck online over night, but those numbers are not easy to achieve for an average person just started into selling products online as it requires big follower list opted-in to recieve your product updates and newsletters.

Wheres if you have a clarity and focus on goals which you wanted to achieve and stick to those planned goals then you can utilize the power of internet to definitely market and build your business. In Internet Marketing, Internet is just a tool that allows you to connect globally with masses of people and all you need is just learn a few skill sets to actually build your business and attract different people from all over the internet to your business.

But the barrier that happens here is, people forget that key to marketing business - that's connection and relationships. If your goal is to build a profitable marketing business then you have to be in touch and talking to people on a regular basis to generate all important leads which is the root to building a profitable marketing business model. Even after learning marketing, skill sets and stuff, if you doesn't keep in connection with your potential customers by making conversations and maintaining relationships, all goes in vain and there are less chances of making any real sales. Just make sure you use the power of the internet and build those relationships that count a lot in building a profitable online marketing business.

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Windows Search 4.0 is an updated component of the Windows Search platform that enables you to perform instant quick fast searching on your computer.

Using Microsoft Windows Search 4.0 is the fastest way possible for searching various types of file on your Windows system, including documents, images, videos and music. It can also search Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express items, such as your e-mail messages, contacts, and appointments. Microsoft included Windows Search 4.0, in its automatic updates and made it a default update for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 as well as Windows Home Server.

Windows Search 4.0 comes bundled with the Deskbar search box which appears on the Windows taskbar next to the notification area after installation and it's a very handy searching tool to search for typed queries on your desktop, your computer as well as on the WorldWideWeb.

The desktop search results for your query are presented in a flyout pane, whereas the web search results open in your default browser using Google as its search engine.

The wonderful tech feature supported by the deskbar search box is the capability of creating deskbar shortcuts (or application aliases) to start programs. All you have to do is type the shortcutname in the search box » hit enter and boom, you started the application. The default aliases that work straight away after the installation are !word, !calc and !outlook which as their names suggest open Microsoft Word, The Microsoft Windows calculator and Microsoft Outlook respectively.

To create a shortcut for opening your favorite application (say Windows Packager), Enter @shortcutname,=packager.exe in the Deskbar search box and hit enter. Now whenever you want to access Windows Packager just type the shortucutname (say pack as in image above) in the deskbar search box and hit enter.

To know more about shortcuts, access the Windows Search Results flyout pane and under My Deskbar Shortucts click the option that says - click here to learn more about shortcuts.

How Windows Search 4.0 Gives Faster Search Results

As soon as the installation is complete, Windows Search (and Windows Desktop Search) by default, creates full index of files on the users computer along with each file's contents that include keywords, comments and also the metadata the file is tagged with.

This full-text indexing of files prior to actual searching process that is initiated helps windows search to produce search results more rapidly.

Windows Search 4.0 is powered with some more advanced features like:

1. Support to IFilters which enable scanning of files discarding irrelevant search words such as "the" and "an" etc.


2. Word-Wheeled Search that shows search results as you start typing which helps in finding the required files well before full search query is typed.


3. Inclusion of handlers for common filetypes.


4. Remote Query Support that allows users running Windows Search 4.0 to search the index of networked systems which are also running on a Windows Search 4.0 supported operation system.

So, if you're still using the age old search companion with lazy animated characters, know that it's time to stop using it and switch on to Windows Search 4.0 for experiencing the power of speed search and easy accessibility.

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Obtaining updates for your Windows OS at regular intervals from Microsoft is a must to keep your Windows computer up-to-date and running smoothly. Microsoft updates for your Windows system in general includes updates for your operating system, software and hardware, third-party device drivers and also bug fixes to help protect your computer from malicious software and DoS attacks.

There are two ways to obtain Microsoft Windows updates:

1. Directly from the Microsoft Download Center, where you can choose your desired updated versions from the list of new and popular downloads.


2. By using Automatic Update feature in Windows. This is the recommended option of the two because by turning ON the automatic updates feature, Windows automatically searches and delivers all the critical and security updates to your computer and you never need to visit update web site to scan for updates. All you have to do is keep a check on an icon that appears in the notification area at the far right of your taskbar every time new updates are available for your system.

Here is how to turn ON Automatic Updates and help protect your Windows PC

1. Click Start ► Run... then type control and click OK to open Control Panel.
   
   


2. If your are viewing Control Panel in Classic View, click System and head on to Automatic Updates tab under system Properties windows and change settings for automatic updates.
   
   
   » Instead, if you are under control panel category view, click Performance and Maintenance ► click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab to choose the update option you want. Update option Automatic is recommended as it automatically downloads and installs updates at your chosen time.

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New! People Widget @Gmail

The New! People Widget embedded in Gmail is located on the right-hand side of your messages and it shows the basic contextual information about the participants in the conversation. The details are drawn from information already saved in your contacts.

Apart from knowing the basic information about the sender or participants in the conversation, the People Widget helps you to easily communicate and interact with individual contacts in the conversation. All you've to do is simply click on the people name in the People Widget for following:

• Basic Information about the contact taken from your contacts info.


• Recent buzzes posted.


• Recent email sent.


• View Shared Google Calendar events.


• View Shared Google documents.

Also you can Starting a group chat, Compose a new email message to be sent to all contact's in the conversation and even schedule a Google Calender event with the people in the group! !!Isn't that great?! Say thanks to Gmail.

Continue Reading >>Gmail Introduced the People Widget - New!

If you wanna speak to your cyber friends or family members living elsewhere for free then do consider joining Skype and you can make free Skype-to-Skype video and voice calls.

Skype 5.2 for Windows is available for download totally free and using it you can make and receive free video and voice calls to and from any computer anywhere in the world with having Skype installed.

Btw here's the recent video from Skype video channel that showcases the highlights from the Skype keynote by David Gurle, VP/GM of Skype Enterprise, at Enterprise Connect 2011 in Orlando.

Skype software also allows you to make calls to landlines and mobile at discount prices, instant message to any of your friend on Skype for free, file and screen sharing, and great rate text messages too. And for Japaneses customers effected by earthquake and tsunami, Skpye is lending its helping hand by providing 25 minutes worth of free calls to landlines or free text messages.

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Skype is a world famous internet telephony software application that allows its users to make voice calls over the Internet. Using this most successful peer-to-peer Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service provider, you can make calls worldwide over the internet to other users within the Skype (Skype-to-Skype calling) service for free and it provides low-cost calling rates to regular telephones and mobile phones.

Here are some of the wonderful features of Skype software:

Free calling to anyone who's on Skype with call encryption that makes your calls completely secure and private.



Free video calls feature that allows callers with webcams to view each other live while chatting.



Send instant messages and files.



Unlimited or Pay As You Go calls to phones and mobiles using SkypeOut service. And SkypeIn service that allows your friend and family to call your Skype account from mobile phones or landline.

  

Skype extension for Firefox that allows you to call phone numbers on any website with just one click.

Continue Reading >>Wonderful Features of Skype Software

Google has recently updated the Page Rank Values and it's a good news for Wonderful Tech Stuff readers that our homepage rank has been updated and now the value is 3 from 10 possible points.

Thanks to Google for finding Wonderful Tech Stuff as an important and relevant resource online.

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Developed by Tonec Inc., Internet Download Manager (or IDM) is one of the best download manager and accelerator tool available for Microsoft Windows that is capable of managing browser downloads and accelerate download speeds up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads.

IDM works with almost all windows based internet browsers and can automatically start downloading any file type and accelerates it, if its type matches the list of file-types/extensions as listed under 'Automatically start downloading the following file type:' in IDM Options ► File types.
Needless to say, using IDM to download videos from video sharing websites like YouTube is the best alternative to using specialized video download sites or software.

IDM has recently released its stable version 6.06 Build 8 that features new advancement like:

• ► Full added support for Firefox 5 and other 64-bit browsers.


• ► Improved downloading of videos in web players with "download this video" panel made to appear automatically on more number of popular sites.


• ► Advanced browser integration into Google Chrome, Opera and in other popular browsers which are integrated with network driver


• ► Improved full compatibility with the latest Firefox 4, Firefox 5 and Microsoft Windows 7.


• ► All bug fixes included which significantly resolves recent problems detected with foreign versions of Windows when a username contains hieratic script or other Unicode characters.

Go download Internet Download Manager Version 6.06 and enjoy increased download speeds.

Continue Reading >>Internet Download Manager Version 6.06 is Available for Download

DOS Commands

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DOS Commands are instructions to perform tasks on files and directories. They are case insensitive. And as you already know, file is the area where we store group of information or data, and collection of group of files is called a
directory.

In MS-DOS the file name follow 8dot3 format and is divided into two parts - primary name and secondary name. Primary name is up to 8 characters long and secondary name is up to 4 characters with dot. For example, in the image file-name Logo.jpg, Logo is the primary name and .JPG is the secondary name. Secondary names are fixed for particular type of file, meaning for system files the secondary name is designated as .sys, for text files it is .txt and so on. Here is the list of some of the important types of files with their default secondary names:

Text file	.txt
Command file	.com
System file	.sys
Programme file	.prg
Database file	.dbm
Library file	.lib
Batch file	.bat
Executable file	.exe

DOS Commands are divided into 2 types:

1. Internal Commands

   These are for performing basic operations on files and directories and they do not need any external file support.

2. External Commands

   These external commands are for performing advanced tasks and they do need some external file support as they are not stored in COMMAND.COM

Cursor gives our position.

In MS-DOS, keyboard shortcuts involving handy ones like Functional keys, arrows along with ESC are of great help for recalling to searching to clearing command line etc., Here are few of them:

• UP (↑) and DOWN (↓) arrows recall previously entered commands.
• ESC clears the present command line.
• F7 key displays command history and ALT+F7/ESC hides it.
• F9 is used to selects a command by number. Just enter the command number and it fetches the command line for you.

Most Commonly Used Internal DOS Commands

1. DATE

   This command is used to display the system current date setting and prompt you to enter a new date. The syntax is: DATE  [/T | date]
   
   
   
   If you type DATE without parameters then it displays current date and prompts to enter new date. We should give new date in mm-dd-yy format. If you want to keep the same date just Press ENTER. DATE command with /T switch tells the command to just output the current system date, without prompting for a new date.

2. TIME

   This command is used to displays or set the system time.
   The syntax is: TIME   [/T | time]
   
   
   
   
   Same as DATE command, typing TIME with no parameters displays the current time and a prompt for a new one. Press ENTER to keep the same time. TIME command used with /T switch tells the command to just output the current system time, without prompting for a new time.

3. COPY CON

   It is used to create a file in the existing directory. Syntax is: COPY  CON filename after that press Enter and start typing your text and after you're done typing your text, to save and exit hit F6 key.
   
   

4. TYPE

   This command is used to display the contents of a text file or files. The syntax is: TYPE   [drive:][path]filename
   Now, lets try to display the contents of the file named filename we've created earlier using COPY CON command.
   
   
   

5. CLS

   It is used to clear the screen. Syntax is CLS
   
   
   

6. REN

   This command is used to change/modify the name of a file or files.
   Syntax is: REN   [drive:] [path] filename1   filename2.
   
   Here, filename1 is source file for which you wanted to change the name, and filename2 will obviously becomes your new file name. Also note that you cannot specify a new drive or path for your destination file.

7. DIR

   This command displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. Syntax is: DIR   [drive:]  [path]  [filename] [/A[[:]attributes]]  [/B]  [/C]  [/D]  [/L]   [/N]  [/O[[:]sortorder]]  [/P]  [/Q] [/S]  [/T[[:]timefield]]  [/W]  [/X]  [/4]
   
   Here,

   [drive:][path][filename]	Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
   /A:attributes	Displays files with specified attributes. The possible attributes are as follow: D → Directories, R → Read-only files, H → Hidden files, A → Files ready for archiving, S → System files, - Prefix meaning not
   /B	display in bare format with no heading information or summary
   /C	Using this attribute with dir by default displays the thousand separator in file sizes. To disable display or separator use /-C
   /D	Displays file list sorted by column.
   /L	Uses lowercase in listing file names and sub-directories.
   /N	Display in new long list format where filenames are on the far right.
   /O:sortorder	Displays list by files in sorted order. The sortorder attributes are as follow: N → By name (alphabetic), S → By size (smallest first), E → By extension (alphabetic), D → By date/time (oldest first), G → Group directories first, - Prefix to reverse order
   /P	Display page wise pausing after each screenful of information and prompts to press any key to continue.
   /Q	Displays the owner of a file or files.
   /S	Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories. Bear caution in using this in your root directory as you may end up in overflowing information. To stop the screen overflow at any point hit Pause-Break key.
   T:timefield	This sorts and displays the list based on time field specified. C for Creation, A for Last Access, W for Last Written
   /W	Displays list width wise or wide list format.
   /X	This is used to display the short names generated for non-8dot3 file names.

   
   Note that switches may be different in the DIRCMD environment variable, in which case just override present switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen), for example instead of using /P use /-P

8. PATH

   This command displays the path that how we have come to the present position or sets a search path for executable files.
   Its Syntax is PATH  [[drive:]path[;...][;%PATH%]]
   
   Typing PATH without any parameters displays the current path under current directory. Typing PATH ; clears all search-path settings and direct cmd.exe to search only in the current directory. And including %PATH% in the new path setting causes the old path to be appended to the new setting.

9. VER

   This command displays the version of the Microsoft Windows running on your computer.
   
   

10. VOL

    It displays the disk volume label and serial number, if they exist for the drive specified. If no drive is specified it displays for the active drive.
    Syntax is VOL  [drive:]
    
    

11. DEL/ERASE

    Used to delete one or more files.
    Syntax is DEL   [/P]   [/F]   [/S]   [/Q]   [/A[[:]attributes]] names
    Here,
    
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    names	Specifies a list of one or more files or directories. Wildcards * and ? may be used to delete multiple files. * indicates group of unknown characters whereas using wildcard ? in file-names is for single unknown character. And using this command if a directory is specified, all files within the directory will be deleted.
    /P	Prompts for (Y)es/(N)o confirmation before deleting each file.
    /F	Used to force delete read-only files.
    /S	Delete specified files from all subdirectories. If Command Extensions are enabled DEL and ERASE change while using /S switch such that it shows you only the files that are deleted, not the ones it could not find.
    /Q	Delete in quite mode and do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard
    /A:attributes	Delete files based on specified attribute. The attributes are: R for Read-only files, S for System files, H for Hidden files, A for files ready for archiving and - Prefix meaning not.

12. COPY

    This command is useful in copying one or more files to another file or location. Syntax is COPY   [/D]   [/V]   [/N]   [/Y | /-Y]   [/Z]   [/A | /B ]   source [/A | /B]   [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]]   [destination [/A | /B]]
    The different switches that can be used with this command as follow along with their use.
    
    

    source	It specifies the file or files to be copied.
    /A	Indicates an ASCII text file.
    /B	This switch indicates a binary file.
    /D	This allows the destination file to be created with decryption.
    destination	This specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file or files.
    /V	Helps to verify new files to be written correctly.
    /N	Specifying this switch uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a non-8dot3 file name.
    /Y	If destination file already exists, this switch suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite it and does it asap.
    /-Y	Contrary to above switch, this causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
    /Z	Copies networked files in restartable mode.

    
    For appending multiple files for source use wildcard or file1+file2+file3 format and make sure to specify a single file for destination.

13. MD, CD and RD

    • MD (or MKDIR) command stand for make directory and it is used to create a directory.
      Syntax is MD   [drive:]path
    • CD (or CHDIR) stands for create or change directory and it allows to display the name of or change the current directory or rather we can say come out of a directory. Syntax is CD   [/D]   [drive:][path]
      → Typing CD drive: displays the current directory in the specified drive. This CD (or CHDIR) command does not treat spaces as delimiters due to which it allows to CD into a subdirectory name that contains a space without surrounding the name with quotes.
      For example:
      CHDIR \program files\mozilla firefox
      is the same as:
      CHDIR "\program files\mozilla firefox"
      
      → If you type CD without any parameters it displays current drive and directory. CD.. specifies that you want to change to the higher directory in the current path. Whereas, using CD\ you can directly change to parent/root directory from any location in the current drive.
      
      →Using /D switch changes current drive in addition to current directory for a drive.
      
      
    • RD (or RMDIR) command removes or deletes a directory. There are two conditions to remove any directory - (1) Directory to be removed should be empty. and (2) We should be outside the directory we are commanding to delete.
      Syntax is RD   [/S]   [/Q]   [drive:]path
      Here, using the switch /S removes a directory tree meaning it removes all directories and files in the specified directory in addition to the directory itself. And using /Q is the quiet mode that doesn't asks for ok approval to remove a directory tree.

Most Commonly Used External DOS Commands

1. EDIT

   This command is used to modify or change the data of a file.
   Syntax is EDIT  [/B]  [/H]  [/R]  [/S]  [filename(s)]
   
   Using switch /B you can force the edit in monochrome mode. /H displays the maximum number of lines possible for your system hardware. Whereas using /R and /S one can load files in read-only mode and force the use of short filenames respectively. [filename(s)] is used to specify file(s) to go edit. You can use wildcards (* and ?) to specify multiple files.

2. XCOPY

   This command is used to copy files and directory trees from one disk to another disk.
   Syntax is XCOPY   source   [destination]   [/A | /M]   [/D[:date]]   [/P]   [/S [/E]]   [/V]   [/W]   [/C]   [/I]   [/Q]   [/F]   [/L]   [/G]   [/H]   [/R]   [/T]   [/U]  [/K]   [/N]  [/O]   [/X]   [/Y]   [/-Y]   [/Z]  [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]

3. LABEL

   It is used to create, change, or delete the volume label of a disk.
   Syntax is LABEL    [drive:]  [label]
   LABEL  [/MP]   [volume]   [label]
   
   Here, [drive:] is for secifying the drive letter of a drive to be labelled and [label] specifies the label of the volume disk. [/MP] is used to specify that the volume should be created as a mount point and [volume] is used to specify volume name, usually mentioned after drive letter followed by colon and then giving volume name required.

4. CHKDSK

   This command is used to check a disk and display a status report with properties of disk like serial number, volume label, memory and other properties along with errors on the disk if any.
   Syntax is CHKDSK   [volume path]   [/F]   [/V]   [/R]   [/X]   [/I]   [/C]   [/L[:size]]
   
   [volume path] is where you specify the drive letter followed by a colon and volume name to be checked. using /F switch allows you to fix errors on the disk. /V display full path and/or cleanup message if any. /R is used in tandem with /F and used to locate bad sectors and recover readable information. If you wanted to perform a less vigorous check of index entries on the disk then the right option is to use /I or /C rather then /R as they skip checking of cycles on the volume and helps in reducing the amount of time required to run chkdsk. Using /X forces the volume to dismount first before checking is performed. /L:size is all about specifying the log file size in kilobytes.

5. TREE

   This command is very useful to view the list of directories and subdirectories present on the disk in graphical form. If you wanted to include files also with directories and subdirectories, then you'll have to give the command line as tree/f which presents the tree view of all the content on your disk. Here is the syntax for this command with allowed switches:
   TREE   [drive:path]  [/F]  [/A]
   In case you wanted use ASCII instead of extended characters, then go ahead include /A in the command line.
   

6. DELTREE

   This command is used to remove a directory along with its contents.
   Syntax is deltree [drive:path]
   here, [drive:path] specifies the directory name to be deleted. All the subdirectories and files in this directory will be deleted without prompt and there's not getting back. So, keep caution while using this command.

7. DOSKEY

   This command is generally used to edits command lines and recalls commands.
   Syntax is DOSKEY  [/REINSTALL]  [/HISTORY] [text]
   
   Here, /REINSTALL installs new copy of doskey, /HISTORY is used to display all previously given commands stored in memory. And [text] specifies the commands you want to record.

8. FIND

   This command searches for a specific text string in a file or files. Syntax is FIND   [/V]  [/C]  [/N]  [/I]  [/OFF]  "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]
   
   The basic essential elements in the command line for find are - the string enclosed in " " and [[drive:][path]filename(s)]. String specifies the text string to find in the file and [[drive:][path]filename(s)] specifies the file or files where the text string search is to be done. If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command. When you append /OFF in the command line, it searches and finds even those files with offline attribute set. Apart from searching the text string, this command is useful in:
   • Displaying all lines not containing the specified string @ /V
   • Displaying only the number count of lines containing the text string @ /C
   • Displaying line numbers with the displayed lines @ /N

9. SORT

   This command is used to arrange the data of a file in alphabetical order (A-Z, 0-9) or reverse alphabetical order.
   
   Syntax is SORT   [/R]   [[drive1:][path1]filename1]   [/T [drive2:][path2]]  [/O [drive3:][path3]filename3]
   
   /R in command line reverses the sort order; that is, the data of the specified file sorts sorts Z to A, then 9 to 0. [drive1:][path1]filename1 specifies the file to be sorted. /T [drive2:][path2] is used in cases of data overflow in main memory and it specifies the path of the directory to hold the sort's working storage. And /O [drive3:][path3]filename3 specifies the file where the sorted input is to be stored.

Continue Reading >>Most Commonly Used Internal and External DOS Commands

Here's the largest online repository site of free fonts for Windows and mac users that are designed by authors from all parts of the world.

@fonts2u.com you can view and download your favorite fonts to use on your computer. Fonts are divided into various groups like Basic, Bitmap, Dingbats, Fancy, Foreign, Gothic, Holiday and Script.

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Do you know what a search engine actually is?? For being my blog reader and subscriber I hope you do, but check out this video in which 50 passersby of different ages and backgrounds in the Times Square in New York were asked the question of "what is a browser", "What is the difference between a search engine and a browser" and to my surprise less than 8% of people knew what they actually are.


You can notice some even tried to convince Google as a browser, how funny?? Only one girl could manage to get it nearly right where she answered - "A browser is when you know what you're looking for and a search engine is when you are searching for something". Let's not completely reply on her brief definition of a search engine, but try to know more about it which is as follows:

Search Engine is a software that lets a user specify search terms. The search engine then finds websites or web-pages that contain those terms. And over time a search engine builds a database a searchable terms that can be matched to web sites. So, in short a search engine can be defined as a software tool for finding and organizing resources on the World Wide Web. The examples of some of the best and most popular search engines include Google, Bing, Altavista and Ask

The search terms better known as keyword(s) or phrases entered into a search engine's search box are called queries. These queries need not be necessarily phrased as a question since words such as "what", "a", "is", "the" etc. would be ignored in search results. It's always a good practice to enter specific keywords related to the website or web page you're searching for making sure your spelling is correct.

Here are Some of the Useful Methods of Searching:

• Use more than one keyword.
• Use quotes when searching for specific items.
• Use Boolean queries.
• Use "+" sign or "-" sign.
• Use wildcard (*)

Importance of Boolean Query in Search Engine

The Boolean Query terms useful for searching efficiently are - AND, OR, NOT. For example,

• By entering "twitter AND facebook" (without quotes) in the search engine's search box results in web pages containing both the words twitter and facebook in any order.
• When you search for "google OR feedburner" it results in sites containing the words "google" and "feedburner", or just the word "google" or just the word "feedburner".
• Whereas searching for "stumbleupon AND NOT digg" results in pages containing the keyword "stumbleupon" excluding sites containing both "stumbleupon" and "digg"

Use of Wildcard (*)

Wildcard * is used to indicate a group of unknown characters, so searching for - "Information Technology" *.edu results in all the .edu sites containing the term Information technology.

In brief, "+" sign is used to search the term exactly as is whereas using "-" sign you can exclude terms you don't expect to return in search engine result pages. To find out more on the importance of "+" and "-" signs in search engine along with some more search tips and tricks, check out these resources:

• Google Search Basic Tips and Tricks

• Google Search Basics

• Advanced Google Search Tips

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Do you remember those days of internet before broadband when people used to wait for several minutes for a page to load doing basic tasks on the internet like sending an email and stuff. Particularly here in India, internet days before broadband came-in were as slow as snail's pace. This situation was completely blown out of the water with the launch of BSNL broadband internet, providing a lot of extra bandwidth for high speed internet usage.

These days life without the high speed broadband internet feels like something missing. That too, with the launch of BSNL broadband Home Unlimited usage plans with no download/upload Limit (MB/ GB) per month, people are provided with real freedom from restricted usage.

Here are the Particulars of BSNL Broadband Plans on Landline for Home Users with Unlimited Usage

	Bandwidth (Download Speed) :- 512 Kbps Monthly Charges (in Rs) :- 750 Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) :- 2/5 MB Telephone fixed monthly charges (in Rs) :- NIL Free Calls(MCU) :- NIL MCU charges/ pulse (in Rs.) :- 1
	Bandwidth (Download Speed) :- 4Mbps upto 8 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 8 GB Monthly Charges (in Rs) :- 900 Discounted Annual Payment Option (in Rs) :- 9000 Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) :- 1/5 MB Telephone fixed monthly charges in Rs :- NIL Free Calls(MCU) :- 400 MCU charges/ pulse (in Rs.) :- 1
	Bandwidth (Download Speed) :- 1 Mbps upto 15 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 15 GB Monthly Charges (in Rs) :- 1000 Discounted Annual Payment Option (in Rs) :- 10000 Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) :- 1/5 MB Telephone fixed monthly charges in Rs :- NIL Free Calls(MCU) :- 450 MCU charges/ pulse (in Rs.) :- 1
	Bandwidth (Download Speed) :- 2 Mbps upto 20 GB, 512 Kbps beyond 20 GB Monthly Charges (in Rs) :- 1350 Discounted Annual Payment Option (in Rs) :- 13500 Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) :- 2/5 MB Telephone fixed monthly charges in Rs :- NIL Free Calls(MCU) :- 250 MCU charges/ pulse (in Rs.) :- 0.80
	Bandwidth (Download Speed) :- 4 Mbps upto 25 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 25 GB Monthly Charges (in Rs) :- 1400 Discounted Annual Payment Option (in Rs) :- 14000 Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) :- 1/5 MB Telephone fixed monthly charges in Rs :- NIL Free Calls(MCU) :- 50 MCU charges/ pulse (in Rs.) :- 1
	Bandwidth (Download Speed) :- 2 Mbps upto 40 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 40 GB Monthly Charges (in Rs) :- 1700 Discounted Annual Payment Option (in Rs) :- 17000 Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) :- 1/5 MB Telephone fixed monthly charges in Rs :- NIL Free Calls(MCU) :- 50 MCU charges/ pulse (in Rs.) :- 1

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Driving traffic to your site isn't worth anything unless the visitors spend more time staying at your site, instead of bouncing away. And if you are running a affiliate and merchant websites or a forum, how to keep visitors on your site becomes vital for your success as it can tremendously increase your long term chances of converting visitors into buying customers.

To help you achieve breakthrough success online, I would like to introduce you to CometChat - a one-on-one Facebook style footer chat bar for your website.

Once you get CometChat, you can be assured that your users will spend more time on your site which is a sure sign of trust and solid user base. And more the time one sticks to your site, more is the trust on products you're gonna promote, and ultimately more will be your chances of making money.

CometChat integrates seamlessly with your website and it boasts some great features such as:

• 10 CometChat Modules - Announcements Module, Chatrooms Module, Twitter Module, Facebook Fan Page Module, Games Module for 2-Player Games, Home Module, Scroll To Top Module, Share This Page Module to shout out to your friend about the site and Change Theme Module.


• 7 Basic CometChat Plugins - Chat History Plugin, Chat Time Plugin, Clear Conversation Plugin, Games Plugin, Hand-write a message Plugin, Send a file Plugin and Similes Plugin.


• Transliterate Plugin that supports 20 languages.


• Screen Sharing Plugin to allow your users easily share their desktop screen with each other for a presentation or demo.


• Save Conversation Plugin that allows you to download entire chat conversations as text files.


• Audio/Video Chat Plugin that allow you to connect face-to-face and make high quality video conversations.


• CometService support to have more users online than your server can handle and reduce your server load by 95%

CometChat v2 is now available for download and it costs only $49 (Basic), which is just too low for what this wonderful script offers.

Here is Demo of CometChat in action.

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With the rapid development of science and technology these days, one can expect startling advances in the field each day that contribute to a better future. To remain well aware of these latest happenings in science and technology around the world that act as driving forces in making the future better, it's recommended that one should subscribe to some of the best science and technology magazine and stay current.

Having said that, in no particular order, here are some of the best science and technology monthly magazine for those of you who are a science and technology loving hippy and keen to get up-to-date info on the emerging science and technology innovations in the world. Ideally, most of these magazine cover general science, latest technology, computer science, and engineering trends, as well as some historical or "how stuff work" sections.

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   Technology Review/MIT is one of the world's oldest magazines published by MIT (established 1899). It covers a good variety of areas and doesn't seem to contain any BS or over-hype as seen in some of the other magazine but is keen in giving the facts objectively.
   
   You can either opt for print subscription of Technology Review Magazine which will cost you around $25/year or visit online and subscribe to the free e-mail newsletters or can even read it using RSS feed reader. To know more about Technology Review and get the latest technology news, visit- Technology Review: The Authority on the Future of Technology


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   Popular Mechanics is an popular American magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation that's mainly devoted to science and technology but features interesting practical tips and newsworthy articles from various other areas of interest including automotive care, home improvement how-to-do-it articles, aerospace, electronics, photography, telecommunications, and also general interest articles. It is a well respected magazine that has been published for many, many years (First Issue published in 1902). Check out - http://www.popularmechanics.com/


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   Wired owned by Conde Nast Publications, is a well-known and one of the best tech magazines out there that covers in-depth articles on current and emerging trends in technology and real implications of them. It can be attributed as a ultimate news source for nerds with lots of detailed info on cyberculture, latest technology and modern gadgetry. For more visit - http://wired.com/


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   National Geographic Magazine is an iconic scientific and educational magazine that features regular sections on various science and geographic topic including archeology, animals, people, culture and anthropology supported by stunning photography and images. Check out NGM @ http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/


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   Scientific American Magazine is the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., that's considered as the world's premier source for advances in science and technology and how they shape our world. It's a decent magazine but unfortunately you'll not find much info on computers and technology. Besides that, in general the writing in Scientific American is very good, accessible and informative enough for scientists. It's the most trusted source to get latest science news and issues that matter including earth, environment, and space.
   
   Scientific American Magazine is also well reputed as the only magazine that has featured many Nobel laureates under the likes of Albert Einstein, Francis Crick, Jonas Salk etc, who wrote about their prize-winning works @Scientific American years before being recognized by the Nobel Committee.


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   Discover Magazine is a very interesting and informative science and technology news magazine that cover articles ranging from topics such as Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain, Technology, Space, Environment, Physics & Math. Though the printed version has gotten a little short over the years, but it has never been fluffy and remains as a great source of science and technology news and articles. Visit - http://discovermagazine.com/


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   Science News is an award-winning biweekly news magazine that covers important and emerging research articles in all fields of science. It provides good quality science news in wide range of topics including Atom & Cosmos, Science & Society, Body & Brain, Genes & Cells, Humans, Life, Matter & Energy, Molecules, Earth, Environment etc. In addition to articles from external resources, Science News also has a blog section and a column section.


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   Popular Science is a wonderful resource of new technology and science articles with the glimpse at the future being the central promise of the magazine. It gives its readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. Apart the print issue it also provides free on-line archive of popular Science and technology articles. For those of you who are really excited about science and emerging technology trends, this one is for you.


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   American Scientist is a very good bimonthly magazine about science and technology. It features articles written by prominent scientists and engineers in their respective fields that range from molecular biology to computer engineering. Besides the print edition, it's available online that incorporates the full content of the print magazine and additional online-only features. Check out - http://www.americanscientist.org/

Have I missed any of the famous science and technology magazine? Do you have anything to add to this list? I'd love to hear from you, so do post in your favorite ones in the comment section below.

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