How to check if a website is up or down

Sometime, you might noticed that many sites not opening in your browser, mostly it happens on social networking sites likes Facebook, twitter, etc. So, you will be confused about site which you trying to open but not opening for everyone or just for you. in this situation, all you need to do to check to find out that site is down for you or everyone. There is many online websites available to check a website is down for you or everyone. follow the simple steps given below.

First thing you need to do is go to isup.me and enter site URL which not opening in your browser, and hit enter or click on “or just me?”. site will load and tell you that site is up or down. for more details check the screenshot below.


Isn’t easy?
There is many other good websites available to check. but this is quick and easy website to check it. but you should be knowledgeable with other good websites too. Here is some more websites to check a site is

down or up.
1. http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/
2. http://downrightnow.com/
3. http://downorisitjustme.com/
4. http://aretheyup.com/
5. http://isitdown.us/
6. http://www.websitedown.info/

Hope this article help you to check a website is up or down. i know there is also many websites are available and i am missing to add in this list, if you know about any website which provides this service then feel free to share in comments.

Gionee Gpad G3 launched in India for Rs 9,699

Gionee is a leading mobile maker in the Chinese market. It has been manufacturing products in the Indian market as well. One of the latest Gionee products that have been released in the country is the GPad G3. This gadget is available for sale on Snapdeal, a popular online shopping store.

Let us have a look at some of the key features and specifications of the Gionee GPad G3 device:

Display: This device sports a touch screen of 5.5 inches with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.

Processor: The GPad G3 comes with an incorporated MediaTek MT6589 quad core processor clocked at 1.2 Giga Hertz along with a PowerVR SGX544 GPU.

Operating System: The Gionee GPad G3 works on the Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean version.

Camera: This gadget has been equipped with a primary camera of 5 mega pixels with LED flash. It also features a VGA front facing shooter of 0.3 mega pixel.

Memory: The GPad G3 carries a RAM of 1 GB and an internal storage capacity of 4 GB. It also offers expandable storage capacity of up to 32 GB with the help of a micro SD card.

Connectivity Features: The connectivity options included in the Gionee GPad G3 are Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and 3G.

Other Features: It is a dual SIM device that supports GSM SIMs and offers dual standby feature. The GPad G3 is available in white and black color variants.

Battery: This device runs on a powerful battery of 2250 mAh.

Price: The Gionee GPad G3 has been launched at the price of Rs. 9,699.

Our Take: The Gionee GPad G3 is a great device with a good battery, powerful processor and a fine camera. Also, it has been very decently priced. This gadget is going to face tough competition from devices of the same range manufactured by companies such as Karbonn, Micromax, etc. in the Indian market.

The real deal behind Nokia Lumia 925 and 625 exchange offers

Since times immemorial, Nokia has been one of the most trusted mobile handset brands in India. It is known as much for its dynamic pricing tactics as for top notch, durable handsets. However, recently something transpired on the marketing communication front which makes the claims made by Nokia look fishy.

In order to match up with the schemes offered by rest of the smartphone makers and to boost the sales during the festive season, the company has brought out exchange offers on its Nokia Lumia 925 and Nokia Lumia 625, arguably the most popular smartphones by the Finnish maker. According to this offer, if you exchange your old smartphone for either of the above mentioned two smartphones, you can get a discount of up to Rs 10,000 on the former and up to Rs 7,000 on the later one.



If you go by this calculation, you may get the Nokia Lumia 925 for Rs 28, 529 and Nokia Lumia 625 for Rs 14,919, depending upon the valuation of your old smartphone. The fishy part here is that in this scheme, the original price of these smartphones is considered to be their MRP but it is needless to say that these phones are rarely sold on the MRP. You can get these phones on many online as well as brick-and-mortar stores for as much as 20 percent discount to the MRP. Hence, the whole scheme is exaggerated to lure customers with a luscious discount value.

The Lumia 625 can be bought for around Rs 15,500 from the market whereas the Lumia 925 can be bought for around Rs 29,500. If you see, Nokia is offering a discount you’d be better off without.

Our Take: Nokia however, is not the only one to have such schemes. In case you have your old smartphone and you are considering buying a new one in its place, we suggest you not to let someone else decide the price of your old smartphone. You better bargain for the old device separately and then look for some deal for a new phone.

How to Research Keywords for Blog Posts – In 5 Minute

This article will explain you a smartest way to do research keywords for your new blog post. There are many keyword research tool in the web, Most of people research keywords using keyword analysis like Google Keyword Planner etc. but it will take hours and even days, so, here is a quick tip for research keywords for the next blog post.

This is very simplest and free tool for research high searched keywords from the Google search. I am using this tool since 1-2 months and yeah! it’s worked great for me to stand up me on the first page of Google search. So, i am sure you are crazy to be knowledgeable about this tool. what tool i am talking about is that Google Instant search. Yes, Google help searchers to phrases as they type in the search box. This is best way to speed up your search time, but it also gives us an insight into what the most common searches are on Google.

So, how will you find best keywords relevant to your next blog post? Well, just go to Google.com and begin typing phrases that you think people would search to find your content. As you type, Google will show up suggestions each step of the way of the most related searches. Then use these additional keywords in your next blog post title and in the content.

Still not understand? ooh.. looks like you are newbie in the blogging world.. OK no worry.. let me explain it in details description with the screenshot.

Suppose, if your next blog post is about “Internet marketing” Then search for “Internet marketing a” And look what suggestion google makes for you. for example you can see below screentshot. that Google recommended the search for “Internet marketing articles,Internet marketing agency,Internet marketing an hour a day,Internet marketing advantages and disadvantages”

Internet marketing

Well, you can try any other word instead of “a” and look for very relevant keyword to your next post. then use these keywords in your post title and also in your blog post content. This is fact, it will make your post rank good in the Google search because of these result coming from directly Google. and showing you that what people are searching for.


If you are not able to place these keywords in your content or title, so there is no chances to get ranked your post on the google search. so, in this situation, you can do one thing is that add these keywords at end of the post as “related to” with the post link. it will work as incoming search result.
Hope this article help you to find best keywords relevant to your next blog post quickly. if you have any questions related to this article feel free to ask by commenting below. 

Review: LAVA Iris 458q is Cheapest Quad-Core Android

Our readers don’t need the introduction of Gobol.in  – the website who sells refurbrished, factory seconds electronics at a very low price. The USP of Gobol.in stands at the product range, pricing, discounts and quality of the products.

The latest smartphone, which we received from Gobol is Lava Iris 458q. This is the one of the cheapest quad core processor powered Android handset in India. The smartphone is a carton damaged item as listed on Gobol.in. If you have no idea what does it mean, just go through what Gobol explains it.



What does Carton Damaged means?
It simply means that the outer box of the item has been slightly damaged however the well protected electronic item inside is brand new. The cartons get damaged during shipment due to various reasons and are returned to the manufacturer for inspection and repackaging. Gobol sources such products directly from the manufacturer’s inventory and sells them at great prices with manufacturer warranty unless specified otherwise.

Why should I purchase a Carton Damaged product?
Carton damaged products are free from any structural or functional defects as only the outer box or carton of the product is damaged. These are brand new products inspected and packed again by the manufacturer before selling them to the market at significantly low price. Consumers who opt to buy these products at Gobol can avail huge discounts along with manufacturer warranty unless specified otherwise.

I should clear this to our readers that the smartphone is a brand new product, i.e. no one ever used it though its carton was damaged.

First Impression
The handset was delivered fast via Bluedart. The package was small yet perfect for travelling. The package contains the smartphone, battery, earphone, USB cable cum charger and warranty card.

The phone by looks is very impressive, easily fits on palm and quite lightweight. Like the new Android phones there is no physical key on the front, but lock and volume keys are there on both side. On the top there are ports for earphone and microUSB for charging and data transfers. On the back there is 8MP shooter with flash.

Key Features of Lava Iris 458q (Black)

• 4.5-inch 480 x 854p Capacitive Touchscreen
• 1.2 GHz Quad Core Processor, 512 MB RAM
• Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
• 8 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary Camera
• Dual Standby SIM (GSM + GSM)
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 720p HD Recording
• G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor
• Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB, 4GB internal
• 2000 mAh battery

Display
It has 4.5 inch IPS WVGA LCD display. The display offers sharp, crisp and vivid eyesight for the users.

Hardware
Lava packs MediaTek MT6589M SoC inside 458q. The SoC includes 1.2 GHz Quad Core Cortex A7 processor, 512 MB RAM, PowerVR SGX544MP GPU – clocked at 156 MHz. With a quad core processor Lava Iris 458q is a breast but 512 MB can be disappointing if your device is loaded with too many apps and they are running background.



In my general usage it never hangs.

Multimedia
The audio playback is good, with my jetAudio and Creative earphone. The bundled earphone is more than enough even for advanced users.

The video playback of 720p videos are super smooth with inbuilt MX Player. But 1080p videos are run with hiccups probably due to slower RAM and GPU clocked at lower specs.
The FM Radio works fine, and FM recording was good in quality.

Camera
The primary camera with 8MP sensor and flash works smooth, though while checking them on larger screen may disappoint you, But with simple edits can may them glow.



Like most other mobile phone cameras it has huge number of features. To get more check out different camera apps on Google Play Store. It supports GPS tagging.
The secondary camera at 0.3 MP is just enough for video calls.

Connectivity
458q has WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth v3.0, microUSB and 3.5 mm audio jack.

Performance
In my usage Lava Iris 458q performs pretty well. Check out the Antutu Benchmarking:

Interestingly 458q comes with almost vanilla Android version with few customizations, which make it faster.



Battery
Iris 458q is powered by massive 2000 mAh battery, which on my moderate usage serves nearly 1 day and 6-10 hours continuously. But with 3G data on the back up time goes down.
Price: New Lava Iris 458q is priced for Rs 7799 at Flipkart, while Gobol.in is selling carton damaged Iris 458q at Rs 6,059.

Bottomline:
Lava Iris 458q is one of my personal favorite due to its screensize and quad core processor but 512 MB RAM is an disappointment.

Pros

• Quad Core processor
• Elegant Display
• 8MP camera
• value for money

Cons

• 512 MB RAM

Videocon Launches 8 New Smartphones under the Infinium Series

Videocon has recently launched 8 new smartphones belonging to its Infinium series. They are all dual SIM smartphones with dual standby feature and priced at Rs.6000 onwards. Let us have a quick look at the key features of these devices:

Videocon A52: It sports a WVGA touch display of 5 inches. This device runs on a dual core processor of 1 Giga Hertz. Videocon A52 functions on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 512MB, internal memory of 4GB and 32GB expandable memory. This smartphone features a 5MP primary camera and a secondary camera of 1.3MP.

Videocon A53: It comes with a qHD touch display of 5.3 inches. This device runs on a dual core processor of 1.2 Giga Hertz. Videocon A53 functions on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 1GB, internal memory of 4GB and 32GB expandable memory. This smartphone features an 8MP primary camera and a secondary camera of 2MP.

Videocon A54: It comes with a qHD touch display of 5.3 inches. This device runs on a quad core processor of 1.2 Giga Hertz. Videocon A54 functions on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 1GB, internal memory of 4GB and 32GB expandable memory. This smartphone features an 8MP primary camera and a secondary camera of 1.3MP.



Videocon A55 qHD: It comes with a qHD touch display of 5 inches. This device runs on a dual core processor of 1.3 Giga Hertz. Videocon A55 qHD functions on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 1GB, internal memory of 4GB and 32GB expandable memory. This smartphone features an 8MP primary camera and a secondary camera of 1.3MP.

Videocon A55 HD: It comes with a HD touch display of 5 inches. This device runs on a quad core processor of 1.2 Giga Hertz. Videocon A55 HD functions on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 1GB, internal memory of 4GB and 32GB expandable memory. This smartphone features an 8MP primary camera with LED flash and a secondary camera of 3.2MP.

Videocon A42: It comes with a FWVGA touch display of 4.5 inches. This device runs on a dual core processor of 1.2 Giga Hertz. Videocon A42 functions on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 512MB, internal memory of 4GB and 32GB expandable memory. This smartphone features a 5MP primary camera with LED flash and a secondary camera of 1.3MP.

Videocon A48: It comes with a FWVGA IPS touch display of 4.5 inches. This device runs on a dual core processor of 1 Giga Hertz. Videocon A48 functions on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 512MB. This smartphone features a 5MP primary camera with autofocus and a secondary camera of 1.3MP.

Videocon A31: It comes with a WVGA IPS touch display of 4 inches. This device runs on a dual core processor of 1.2 Giga Hertz. Videocon A31 functions on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS. It comes with a RAM of 512MB and 4GB internal storage. This smartphone features a 5MP primary camera with autofocus and a secondary camera of 1.3MP.

Gionee Elife E6 announced in India for Rs 22,999

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee has finally launched its new flagship smartphone Elife E6. The device was globally launched a few months ago and was pre launched in India few days back on some online stores for Rs 22,165. However, presently you need to pay Rs 22,999 to lay your hands onto this. While the device looked attractive at the first glance, we decided to check out the features and specifications in detail.

Here is all what it has for you-

• Display- 5-inch OGS(One-Glass-Solution) (1080×1920 pixels) AMOLED display
• Chipset, Processor and RAM- 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek processor built on ARM Cortex A7 architecture, 2GB of RAM
• Memory- 32GB internal storage with no slot for microSD card
• Camera-13-megapixel rear camera with auto focus, LED flash and a second generation BSI sensor, 5-megapixel front facing camera
• Operating System-Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with Amigo UI modifications by Gionee
• Connectivity- Wi-Fi/GPS/Bluetooth 4.0/FM radio
• Battery- Non-removable 2020mAh Battery
• Weight and Thickness-,128 grams, 6.18mm

The display and the rest of the body give the phone a premium look. The powerful processor and Gionee’s modifications to the operating system complements this further. After these modifications, the operating system looks very close to Apple’s iOS rather than Google’s Android platform. Similarly, for features like camera quality and powerful battery backup, it gets full marks.

The device runs Heartbeat Synchronizing technology for reduction of power consumption by synchronously waking up apps every ten minutes.

It also sports features like gestures control so that a user can take a call by directly raising the phone up to their ears. It recognizes many more such gestures.

Despite all its premium looks and features, the device is selling at a discount to many known counterparts. Perhaps this makes it’s even stronger one. Don’t miss out to check it in person.

Sony Xperia C Goes On Sale in India for Rs 20,490

Sony has quietly launched its mid ranger Xperia C in India. The new Sony Xperia C smartphone has been found being traded on retailer portals like Snapdeal, Flipkart and Saholic for a pre- order cum sale price of Rs 20,490. If you order the device now, Saholic claims to deliver it to you by 9th of October. Here are the highlight specifications and features of the smartphone-



Display- 5 inch (960×540 pixels) TFT LCD qHD touchscreen
Processor, Chipset and RAM- 1.2 GHz quad core processor built on MediaTek MTK6589, 1 GB RAM
Memory- 4 GB internal memory with expansion capacity of up to 32 GB via microSD card slot
Operating System- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS
Battery- 2390 mAh Li-ion battery for up to 10 hours of talktime and up to 588 hours of standby time
SIM- Dual SIM (GSM+ GSM) with dual standby
Camera- 8 megapixel rear camera with Exmor sensor, face detection, , sweep panorama, full HD video shoot (1080 p), 0.3 MP secondary camera
Connectivity- 3 G, Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS

Other Features- motion gaming, screen mirroring, FM Radio with RDS, Walkman app
You can choose from White, Black and Purple colors. The biggest turn off for this device is its memory capability. For a Rs 20k plus device, the internal memory is a bit on the lower side of things. For almost similar price, you can obtain many other phones with much better storage. Primary shooter does a nice job but the extremely low resolution of the secondary camera again disappoints.
The positive side is a decent processor and battery. But I doubt that you should buy a phone just because you liked its battery.

Our take: You can get a device with similar specs from Micromax and other similar vendors for around Rs 13,000 but that premium Sony is asking for is pretty justified as it offers a great after sales support and is notches above them in the quality department. It is any day better than a Galaxy Grand for starters. If you are looking for Rs 20,000 device with Dual-SIM, quad-core processor and the likes, the buck stops here. 

MTS Launched Duet II with Android 2.3 for Rs 5199: Does it Make Any Sense?

India’s pure-play CDMA player MTS India has launched another CDMA & GSM dual SIM Android smartphone – Duet II for Rs 5199. MTS is pushing its CDMA+GSM dual SIM Android smartphones to capture data market from GSM customers. Earlier MTS had launched Duet smartphone with similar features.

Duet II is actually ZTE N855D and it comes with 4 inch display, 1GHz processor, 3.2 MP camera, 1650 mAh battery and usual connectivity options. The biggest disappointment of this device is it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

MTS is continuing to bring older Androids in Indian market and yet dreams to become leading data service provider with their smartphone offerings.
Specifications of MTS Duet II:

• 4” TFT LCD display, 320x480p
• 1 GHz Qualcomm SnapDragon 7625A processor
• 256 MB RAM
• 120 MB built-in, 32GB via microSD
• Android 2.3
• 3.2 MP Rear Camera, no front camera
• CDMA (1x voice & data + EVDO rev A upto 3.1 Mbps; locked to MTS) + GSM (all networks)
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS, microUSB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack
• Motion and Gravity Sensor
• 1650 mAh battery
• Box contents: • Handset • Charger • USB Cable • Battery • Headset • Quick Start Guide • Warranty Card

When you buy MTS Duet II smartphone you can avail 1GB HSD data & 1x unlimited data and unlimited local onnet minutes and 1000 minutes of local offnet calling per month for 2 months for Rs 599.

My Take:I must say these phones are blunders from MTS’ data focused voice enabled strategy at a point when around 50% of Android devices run on Android 4.1 or 4.2 Jelly Bean. I simply do not understand why MTS is making deals with these OEM companies to bring older Android-run smartphones. Compared to Tata Docomo CDMA who tied up with HTC to bring affordable CDMA+GSM smartphones, MTS is dealing with Alcatel, ZTE and Huawei who are not big names in Indian market.

Also as MTS is trying to be the data operator for GSM customers there is no sense to offer voice minutes with FRC. 1GB UL does not suite also. The FRC is a not cheap deal, I must say. Reliance is offering 3GB data per month for 12 month with HTC Desire VC. People are ready to buy good smartphones at an affordable price. But it does not mean MTS can launch several piece of junks with dinosaur-version of Android.

At this point the old question comes back! Why does MTS not support imported RUIM slot-less unlocked CDMA smartphones via MEID registrations? There is no definite answer from them while Reliance and Tata both allow the same.

Bharti Airtel Increases 2G Data Tariff, Now 1GB 2G Data for Rs.155

India’s largest mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel, has increased 2G data rates by reducing free 2G Data usage and validity in all popular prepaid data packs, similar to its closest rivals, Vodafone India.

Starting from Karnataka circle, Airtel has been cutting down on data freebies to its customers, has increased the price of its 1GB 2G data plan for prepaid users by 25% approx, and Airtel 2G prepaid customers will now have to pay Rs.155 for 1GB of data, which was Rs.125 earlier.

While with the existing Rs.125 prepaid Pack,  customers will get just 625MB 2G data valid for 25 days, earlier this pack was offering 1GB 2G data for 30 days.

According to Airtel website,  as of now 2G Data rates revised in Karnataka circle only.  We can expect the similar changes also happens for other circles too (as operator has done in December, 2013) however its not confirmed.  So we advise that those are regular users of  Airtel 2G Internet packs, must call to customer care, or enquire about the all new changes in current GPRS / 2G GPRS Packs before making a recharge.

After Airtel and Vodafone it is being expected that Idea Cellular might also soon revise it’s data plans but there has been no official word on it as of now.

Top 5 Best WordPress Forum Plugins

This article will explain 5 top WordPress forum Plugins. Installing forum in WordPress blog, It is very easy using WordPress forum plugins. Well, WordPress was started on 2003 and now it’s a full content Management Service (CMS). and stand to be more than just a blogging system.

Adding forum to WordPress blog is quite easy by helping of great WordPress forum plugins. Here i gonna share some of best WordPress forum plugins that you can choose as you prefer. you might have noticed in many WordPress blog installed forum along with their blog. it is help your site readers/visitors to start their own conversations.

1. Tal.ki Embeddable Forums

A Tal.ki forum embedded in an example

WordPress blog

Tal.ki Forum plugin for WordPress is easy to install and configure as it automatically detects your WP theme and style itself Accordingly. Tal.ki allows members to publish topic to their Facebook and Twitter feeds. Ta.li is not just for WordPress it can be embedded onto multiple websites and this way tal.ki is unique from the other plugins.

2. WP Forum Server

WP Forum Server Page

WP Forum Server is most popular forum plugin, with over 57,000+ Installs. Good thing about WP Forum Server is that it supports different skins and admin can turn guest posting on or off easily itself. Use and administer is very easy.

3. bbPress Bulletin Boards

bbPress Bulletin Boards

bbPress is created by Automattic, the people behind WordPress. bbPress is separate software from WordPress. it require a bit more experience to set up, at the same time it nearly combines with a WordPress website and its membership.

4. Simple:Press

Simple Press WP Forum

Simple Press Forum Plugin – Through its influential and adaptable consents framework it is suitable for the individuals who wish to run private, authority Forum with welcomed members yet is just as equipped to oblige open, open gatherings that permit visitor posting.

5. Zingiri Forum

Zingiri Forum

Zingiri  is a unique plugin that integrates exiting forum software, myBB, into WordPress. Zingiri provides the glue connect MyBB, an easy to use, influential, multilingual, Feature-packed, and free forum software with WordPress. Mybb additionally incorporates a reputation system, multi-quote, and the capacity to make custom Bbcode (called Mycodes).

Best Blog Websites To Create your Blog For Free

This article explains best blog websites (Blogging Platforms) So, you can start your blog easily and build your own website with using their free services and features and also these sites provides free template design for you that can you start your blog with no charges. as we know, blogging is growing day by day and there are many free blogging platform are available which allows people to start their blog for free. if you are looking for best blog services provider then you are on right place. here is top 10 best blog sites to create your blog for free. you can choose any of free blog service provider from the list and start your blog in no time.

1.Blogger :

Blogger – Best Blog Site

Blogger is a blog publishing service which allows users to create their free private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. Blogger is created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Basically, the blogs are hosted by Google at sub-domains of blogger.com or blogspot.com. Blogger is my first choice for best blog site. most of newbie bloggers are started their blog on blogger.

2.WordPress :

WordPress – Best Blog Site

WordPress is a most popular open source blogging platform. It allows user to setting up a WordPress blog on their own server (for free) or creating a WordPress-Hosted blog at WordPress.com. WordPress is also allows users to create blog with multiple users. and this my second choice or best blog sites.

3.Tumblr :

Tumblr – Best Blog Site

Thmblr is a Known as a short-form or micro blogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their thmbleog. user can follow other users or choose to make their thmblelog private.

4.Medium :

Medium – Best Blog Site

Medium founded by twitter start-up guy Ev Williams & Biz Stone, This is also one of best blogging platform with extra unique features to annotate work of other people. If you want to get started with medium then just log in from Twitter authentication system and you are ready to comment and blog.

5.LiveJournal :

LiveJournal – Best Blog Site

LiveJournal (LJ) is a community where users can create a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community. LiveJournal allows users to create blog in multiple authors, commenting, calendars, and polls. This is different from other blogging sites.

Some More Best Website to Create Your Free Blog :

• Quora
• Blogsome
• Edublogs
• Blog
• Weebly

I hope this article will help you to find useful information about best blog websites for start a new blog for free.

Conversion Rate Optimization Guide For Bloggers

Effectively monetizing a website/blog is increasingly becoming the #1 problem among bloggers in every niche. It is not a hidden fact that a large majority of bloggers start a blog or website to earn from online advertisements. However, as they start getting more visitors and develop a followership, a common trend being noticed is that webmasters and bloggers either find the CTR to be very low or the overall RPM (Revenue per thousand impressions) is not impressive. Heck, I’ve personally seen a site with a million visitors each month, barely taking out the hosting and management costs!

So, in this article, I’m going to present a solution – Conversion Rate optimization. Conversion Rate Optimization for optimizing ad revenues.

So, what is Conversion Rate?

Whenever a visitor accomplishes a specified action designated by the webmaster, it is termed as a conversion. For online business, it can be anything from a simple email signup, online form submission, newsletters subscriptions to a real purchase. Similarly, for bloggers, this could also mean an ad click, more page views per visitor or a click on the affiliate banner. One can calculate the website’s conversion rate by dividing the total number of conversions with the total numbers of visitors for a period of time. So, it’s pretty obvious that, higher the conversion rate, the more you are earning from your traffic.

Lets take an example. If we have a blog on which we are aiming to maximize revenues from CPC ads, so, for us, a conversion happens when someone clicks on that banner/text ad from the CPC ad network. What we are really aiming for is to improve the CTR and eCPM/RPM for our website or that particular page.

Next, what is Conversion Rate Optimization?

In simplest words, conversion rate optimization is the process of improving your conversion rate so that more website visitors are undertaking the action defined by you as a conversion goal. CRO can also be termed as the testing, analytics and optimization process which helps convert more website visitors into conversions.
This helpful turning-visitors-to-conversions method is one of the most trustworthy and proven weapon that allows bloggers to examine reasons which are stopping website visitors from reading more content on your website or exploring your CPA Offer. Similarly, it could also mean improved website monetization for bloggers and publishers, irrespective of the traffic monetization model they are using on the website (CPA/CPM/CPC).

Why Conversion Rate Optimization?

If your current monetization strategy isn’t working at improving website revenues or worse, if you don’t have a monetization strategy at all, you need to develop a hypothesis and start A/B Testing. Using A/B testing, you can create different variations for a web page and change website elements on each version to see what works and what doesn’t. In this attention-deficit online world, where visitors merely scan through your content, small changes can make a large difference.
A website monetization strategy is important for every blog as it enables you to maximize profits and returns, the very principle on which the capitalistic markets work. CRO helps publishers improve and develop a strategy, based on a series of website stats and experiments, providing statistical backing to improvements or changes. Since the optimization process ideally should never stop, bloggers can always design and implement a better new strategy that should help in improving conversions.

Ad Revenue optimization

When people talk about Conversion rate optimization, very few think of the conversion goals as more ad clicks or improved ad revenues, which is why you will not find a lot of content created on the subject of using CRO and testing to improve ad revenues. Here are some important, elements which play an important role here:

• Ad Network – Quality, Relevance and Pricing
• Ad Location
• Unit Size
• Ad Type – Text vs Image
• Ad Theme (Text ads only)

Do’s and Don’ts

Conversion Rate Optimization is not rocket science. However, there are still some important dos and don’ts, which you should look at. Whatever you do, always remember – “All decisions should be backed by statistics“. I’m not asking you to ignore your gut feeling, I’m just saying that even if you want to do something which you *think* will work, create an A/B Test and see if it works for real.


Credit:Corelead.com

Some Case Studies

Small changes in the Ad Location can make a large difference. Take a look below:




Popular blogger Darren Rowse from Problogger.com often performs split testing. He found that his left-aligned ad received a CTR that was 66% higher than its right-aligned competitor.




Text vs Image Ads – It is commonly noticed that Text ads generally drive lower CTRs compared to Image ads, however, the CPC of text ads is seen to higher and which is why you can actually get a better RPM/eCPM with Text Ads. Again, this could differ from niche to niche and I recommend you do a split test to get a definite answer.

Manual Testing vs Using a Tool
The reasons why manual testing won’t work well:

• You need to understand JavaScript very well to be able to split test Adsense ads, manually. Especially, Testing different ad locations, as this can get tricky using JavaScript, unless you are a JS Ninja!
• To fully optimize your website and realize its earning potential, you may easily need 100s of variations. Let me tell you why. A typical website has 6-7 Prime spots. For each spot, you can test at least a couple of Ad Sizes. For each location and ad size combo, you can choose to test Image vs Text Ads. Next for Text ads, you should try at least 5-6 different color combinations. Google also let you use different fonts and font sizes. So the number of variations easily run up to 100s and it would be waste of time to create each one manually.
• You can’t implement Continuous optimization algorithms. In simple terms, the algorithm shows 100s of variations on your website, finds the best one using split testing, automatically sends most of your traffic to the best performing variations. Now, after some time, as soon as banner blindness kicks in, it will automatically notice the decline and show other variations to find the winner ad combo again. So, it constantly works without user involvement to keep your ads optimized. Doing this manually is next to impossible.

There are a lot of other reasons too, but you get the idea. This is the reason why I recommend bloggers to use an automated split testing tool.

Top 5 Best Off Page Optimization Techniques 2013

Today the most successful strategy behind every online business is Search Engine Optimization and this is being followed by all the leading businesses & organizations for past 10 years. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a free and effective way to get your business online to billions of people who are daily looking for products and services on search engines for their daily needs. When it comes to search engine optimization everyone thinks it’s an easy process to rank an website on top of the search engines for their desired keywords. Well the answer is no, that’s not easy to rank any website for the keywords you desire but it’s not impossible too. So if you follow the right techniques and search engine policies you can make it possible and get your business or your client’s business on top of the search engines.



There are two major techniques to follow for the success of any online website or business through Search Engine Optimization. They are On Page Optimization and Off Page Optimization techniques to be followed. On page optimization deals with the content & structure of the website whereas Off page optimization deals with building quality backlinks which will help your website to gain authority and higher ranking in the search engines.

Below are the Top 5 Best Off Page Optimization Techniques you should follow:-

Guest Posting:-

The best evergreen method & technique loved by all the major search engines is Guest Posting. Submitting your content to 100′s of websites related to your industry will fetch you more authority and good ranking to your online business in the Search Engines. Contextual link targeting will always get your content approved by the webmasters and blogger’s.

Blog Commenting:-

One of the easiest ways to gain backlinks and authority to your website or blog is Blog Commenting. Just Google some of the best & high quality blogs under your business or niche and start dropping your valuable comments to get quality backlinks. One of the thing which everyone hates is spamming, so do not spam them by posting unrelated comments which will surely end up wasting your time and the blog owner won’t even bother to read your comment nor think of approving it. Always try to provide your opinions which are related to the content so that the author’s can approve it and you gain a backlink to your website.

Forum Postings and Q & A Sites:-

Another way to get backlinks for your business or website is by Forum Postings. This can be done by searching for relevant high quality forums under your business or niche. It’s always better to join a discussion in the forums and share your website link wherever necessary for the topic. Popular question & answer sites like Yahoo, Wikileaks, Quora, etc can help you get some quality backlinks and traffic to your business or blog.

Social Media:-

Use the social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Stumbleupon, LinkedIn and many more to establish your brand to bigger audience and at the same time gain more traffic to your online business. Social networking sites are creating a bigger impact on everyone’s day to day life, so it would help you and your business to get more leads and conversions if you use these social media sites effectively and efficiently

Hire SEO Marketers:

This option you can use if you don’t have any knowledge about search engine optimization, but still you want your business to get ranked on top of the popular search engines. Hiring an SEO company can make your work easier for this; I would recommend Teliad  marketing services. Always do a research in Google, before hiring any company or agency as some of the marketing companies use black hat methods to rank your site in the search engines this in turn might bring penalty to your website and also read the reviews presented by several webmasters who have used their products & services on forums & blogs.

Vodafone India to Hike 2G Data Tariff by 50%

The good days of low mobile Internet tariff tariffs for 2G subscribers seems to be coming to an end, Vodafone India all set to hike its 2G data tariff by reducing free 2G Data usage up to 50% per cent in its most popular 1GB Mobile Internet – 2G Data pack of Rs.125.



Vodafone make a hike on 2G data tariff in the form of cutting down bundled usage on popular data pack.  From 4th of October, 2013 onwards, Vodafone customers in Mumbai circle will get just 525 MB 2G data usage, almost 50% less with 2G data pack of Rs.125 (price may be various by +- of Rs.5 in other circles). This pack currently offer 1GB 2G data for 30 days.

According to our exclusive sources, Vodafone will introduced new 1GB 2G Data pack for Rs.155 in Mumbai circle from 4th October, 2013 and we can expect the same in other circles too in next few days.
The operator starts sending SMSes to prepaid customers (see below screen shot shared by Vodafone user from Mumbai)  in some circles including Mumbai, informing the same.



It seems, to promote 3G data services other incumbent operators Airtel and Idea cellular may followed similar way of Vodafone India in next few days, make a hike on 2G data tariff in the form of cutting down bundled usage on popular data packs.

There is no official update by Vodafone India regarding above changes in Data Packs. We advise that those are regular users of Vodafone 2G Internet packs, must call to customer care, or enquire about the all new changes in current GPRS / 2G Mobile Internet Packs before making a recharge.

MTS Launches Prepaid Rev B M-Ultra Services in Rajasthan

MTS India, the CDMA data and voice services brand from Sistema Shyam Teleservices has rolled out its prepaid M-Ultra services in Rajasthan circle. MTS has CDMA EVDO Rev B Phase II based M-Ultra services in 5 cities of Rajasthan. M-Ultra services can offer upto 9.8Mbps downlink and upto 3.6Mbps uplink.

New customers can buy the M-Ultra devices for just Rs 1400 and can enjoy 10 GB high speed data for 30 days with a recharge of Rs 110 only.

The following plans are available for prepaid MTS Rev B dongle users:

 

These plans are applicable in those circles where MTS has its own network i.e. Delhi, Rajasthan, Kolkata, Rest of West Bengal, Gujarat, UP(W), Karnataka, Tamilnadu & Kerala at no extra charge.

But to enjoy roaming MTS has seperate data plans for its customers, those are as follows:



For more information contact your nearest MTS Store or call MTS Dongles customer care on 955 from MTS mobiles.

Lenovo launches 4 budget smartphones between Rs 5,499 and Rs 15,999

This festive season, there will be yet another addition to the list of launches of smart phones, in the Indian market. This article is about all the coming soon A- series of Lenovo that is A850,A516,A369i and A269i with their feature and specs in order to provide better view about these products.

This series have 4 phones with the highest to the cheapest range in price with great features and dual SIM facility for the people, definitely this series can get a great sales for the marketer to encash.

Starting from the costlier to the cheapest here is the detailed information about the 4 phone one by one.

· Lenovo A850- This phone is the most costly among the all the phones with price of RS 15,999. This phone is 5.5 inch IPS screen with 1.3 GHz quad core processor and dual SIM facility. Running on 4.2 OS jelly bean system. With 5 mega pixel rear camera and no information about front camera and  flash. This phone has the internal storage capacity of 4 GB which can be extendable to 32 GB with the help of micro SD slot. This phone will be available in black and white colour variants.


·Lenovo A516- This phone is for RS 10,999, and available in charcoal grey and white colour variant. Talking about its features this phone has 4.5 inch screen with IPS and 1.3 GHz of dual core processor. Again a dual SIM phone with internal storage of 4 GB and 512 MB RAM along with micro SD slot. Rear camera is of 5 mega pixels with Android 4.2 jelly bean version.

·Lenovo A369i-This phone is better than the cheapest phone in this series.  Available in only black colour this phone has 4 inch long screen with again same 1.3 GHz dual core processor. Running on Android OS version, this phone has an internal storage capacity of 4 GB along with dual SIM facility and 512 MB of RAM extendable with the help of micro SD slot. This is available for RS 6,999 in market which is quite low on the pockets of customers and therefore definitely a choice to purchase.

·LenovoA269I- This is the cheapest phone available in this series with the price of RS 5,499. Again a dual SIM phone with 3.5 inch long screen with 1 GHz dual core processor. Running on Android. This phone is only available in black colour. Well the Android version is still not known. With all these features this phone will again going to be a good phone for those who wish to have all the latest features in a low cost phone.
As per the officials, this series is going to be a value for money kind thing, as these phones have every latest feature that a smart phone requires, yet at a very reasonable rate keeping low on pocket. Thus it will reach to larger masses and definitely be a choice for the people who wish to try their hands on a low cost yet high on feature phones.

With all these information available about these four phones, information is yet to be announced about the chipset used, display resolutions and type of camera installed. Looking  forward to know about these specs as well soon before the launch of the series which is expected to be somewhere in  the month of October, this means this festive season will surely bring some great phones from various brands in the market that will have all the latest technology and specs with low on pocket thinking. People out there this is the best season to get one smart phone for you and also a great way to gift to your loved ones.

Constituents of a Successful YouTube Marketing Campaign

YouTube is a very competitive yet highly powerful marketing tool that we get to use for free. It’s our own choice whether to use its full potential to drive people into our business. Most businesses use YouTube as a marketing tool, but on a site where 100 hours of videos are added in just one minute, you need a campaign that is effective enough to stand out and succeed. So, are you utilizing the full potential of YouTube? If not, you need to learn more on what constitutes a successful YouTube campaign. Let’s see some of the main strategies that define your success in YouTube marketing.

Content is king

Content comes first regardless of the marketing tool; be it blog, video or advertisements, people need interesting and informative content to get hooked to your campaign. Same applies to YouTube marketing as well.

Always remember: if your content doesn’t entertain, they are just one click away from leaving your video.
Make animated introductions rather than plain and boring slides. Most people judge a video by its beginning, so make sure you don’t get misjudged. One important thing is to stay on the topic, people click on a video seeing its title and they would quit if it mismatches the title. So, don’t forget to give content the topmost priority.

Socialize

People sometimes forget that YouTube is also a social network rather than just a video sharing site. People love YouTube because they can interact with the content creator unlike regular television or radio. That means you should interact with your subscribers really well to keep the engagement and business growing. Nobody would like to leave a comment if you keep muted forever. User interaction is a natural way to boosting your audience and you shouldn’t miss out on this.

Be consistent

Nobody would want to catch a train that may stop in the mid-way; likewise your content should be consistent to keep the audience consistently flowing. To keep your campaign active, you should keep creating fresh content for your YouTube audience. If you happen to fail in being consistent, your entire hardwork for the first video may get wasted. Everyone knows the importance of consistency when it comes to building a blog readership, and it is even more important in YouTube marketing.

Convert

So, you created great content, socialized and remained consistent with your campaign; what next? Of course you need to convert your huge audience into your customers, right? That is the final and crucial part of the process. Basically you may prompt your viewers to take some action like subscribing to your YouTube channel, like/share it on social networks, visit your website or leave a comment. You can choose between these according to your needs. Videos are interactive and they have the power to move people which you can use to improve into your business.

The essence of the whole process is to increase the number of views and ultimately converting them into your customers. Higher number of views will also help in improving the search ranking of your video. So, to gain initial momentum, you can also buy YouTube views but make sure you do it only from trusted vendors. Shortlist a few vendors first and then check out individual reviews for each. For example, if you decide to go with Devumi, check out Devumi Review  before you take the final call. Once your campaign gets a good head start, it works wonders even without much effort on your part. All you need to do is stay back and monitor.

Tips To Maintain Your Laptop Battery Life for Longer

A laptop battery is usually what defines how efficient and powerful a laptop is. Unfortunately, most laptops do not last for long when plugged out of the mains. However, you can get the most out of your battery by simply adjusting some settings on your laptop. The following tips will help you to keep your laptop battery running for longer periods and increase on their lifespan as well.



1. Dim the screen.
The screen is what drains the battery the most on majority of laptops. By simply reducing the brightness of your laptop, you’ll be able to give your battery more than 30 extra minutes. On some laptops, you can use the keys near the keyboard to adjust the brightness of the screen while on others, simply hold the windows key and press X. The mobility center will be opened from where you can adjust the screen brightness.

2. Change the power settings on your laptop.
By default, your laptop will be set to “windows balanced setting” mode instead of power saver mode. To save more power and increase your battery life, switch to power saver mode. To do this, search for power options in the control panel and click on power saver mode if it’s not the one you’re currently using. This will increase your battery life especially if your laptop is not plugged in.

3. Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
If you’re not using any of these, then disable them especially when you are using the laptop battery. Only turn them on when you need to use them. These radios normally consume a lot of power thus weakening your battery. The majority of laptops have a switch which you can use to disable Wi-Fi while for Bluetooth, you’ll most likely get a utility in the start menu for turning Bluetooth on and off. If not, you can turn off Bluetooth from the device manager in the control panel.

4. Don’t leave your laptop on permanent charge.
Do not leave your laptop in the mains every time you use it. When fully charged, always take it out of the mains and use the laptop battery instead. This will help to prevent the degradation of your battery. Always charge your battery fully before pulling it out of the mains.

5. Remove unnecessary peripherals.
Peripherals like DVDs and USB accessories like USB web cams and portable hard discs can also wear down your laptop battery. In case you’re not using these, unplug them or eject them from the laptop. This will add a couple of minutes to your laptop battery.

6. Upgrade to an SSD.
Most laptops still use mechanical hard discs which require some extra watts to spin their platters. These also wear down the battery slowly. A solid state drive or SSD on the other hand has no moving parts and therefore uses less power. Though your battery life will not be improved significantly, atleast it will add some extra power to your laptop battery as well as make it faster.

7. Close any unused programs.
Last but not least, always close all programs you’re not using as these consume lots of power as well, weakening your battery slowly. The less the number of programs the laptop processes, the less the battery power it will chew up.

There are a host of other ways through which you can increase the life of your laptop battery but a combination of most of the methods above should be sufficient to give your battery a longer life.

LG G2 Launched in India for Rs.41500

Leading smartphone maker LG today officially launch its LG G2 smartphone in India for Rs 41500 for its 16GB version and Rs 43,000 for its 32GB version in India



The LG G2 has a 5.2-inch full HD IPS screen, runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor with 2.26Ghz Quad-Core CPU and comes with Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2. LG G2 has a 13 Mega Pixel rear camera with Optical Image Stabilisation and a 2.1-megapixel front shooter with 3G Video Calling facility, 3,000mAh battery and 2GB RAM. For connectivity, it comes with 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, infrared and microUSB 2.0.

The LG G2 sports dimensions of 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm, weighs 143 grams, and will be available in White and Black colour options in Indian market.

in LG G2 smartphone, the most unique feature is its design, which departs from the usual layout of hardware keys seen in all smartphones. Instead of Power, Lock and volume keys on the sides or top of the phone, the LG G2 has them on the back panel, just below the camera. It also has dedicated graphics memory, which is likely to help improve battery life.

The G2 also comes with some unique and best software features as below :

• Guest Mode – that This feature lets you hand-select the home screen for yourself and a guest, such as a child or a friend, and create separate pattern locks for that user. So you can share your phone whenever you like, and your content and settings stay just how you left them.
• Answer Me – that automatically answers the call after lowering the ringtone when the phone is raised to one’s ear.
• Knock On – A simple knocking gesture is all it takes. Just knock twice on G2 to gently wake your phone’s display without picking it up or pressing the power key. G2 senses the gesture and turns the display on. When your hands are full or when you only have a couple of taps to spare, G2 will help lessen the load.
• Plug and Pop – which recommends options or related features to choose from when the earphone or USB cable is detected.
• Text Link – which allows information embedded in text messages to be selected and easily saved in a memo or calendar and searched on a map or the Internet.
• QuickRemote that can remotely control popular home entertainment device like TV, DVD Player and other.
• Slide Aside — Enables easier multitasking by simply “sliding” open apps off to the side using a three-finger swipe.

LG G2 key specifications :

• 5.2-inch full-HD display
• 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor
• 2GB of RAM (LPDDR3 800MHz)
• 16GB/ 32GB inbuilt storage
• 13.0 mega pixel rear camera with OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer)
  8x Digital zoom, Sapphire Crystal Glass Lens, Multi-point AF (9 Points) and full HD 60fps Recording/Playback
• 2.1 mega pixel front camera with 3G Video Calling
• Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
• 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm
• 3,000mAh battery

Vodafone India To Offer International Toll Free Services (ITFS)

Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India will soon start offering International Toll Free Services (ITFS) to meet the need of Indian enterprises to communicate with them, through an international toll free number.



Vodafone is all set to tap the potential business opportunities in the INR 70 crore (Source F&S) ITFS market and empower the enterprises across sectors – cater to their international customers, call support centres in India or conference bridges hosted in India. Vodafone will work closely with these enterprises to understand their business needs and provide suitable ITFS number solutions. Vodafone customers can directly avail the Toll Free Number of different countries effortlessly. As an added benefit, customers need not connect with the foreign operators and neither do they have to worry about hauling the call back to India.

The noteworthy benefit of this service for Indian enterprises would be that billing is done in Indian rupees instead in foreign currency, which is the case when calls are routed through international operators. Besides, Vodafone will be providing this service to multiple countries by eliminating the need for Enterprises to talk to multiple service providers.

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With Facebook Images?

There are millions of fan pages on facebook related to thousands of niches and all of them are not succeed to drive traffic to a blog or website. Bloggers (me too ) used to put posts links there only to update the fan page.
But do you think, only updating the page will help you to succeed in your goal of getting traffic from facebook? If you think yes, then sorry to hurt your feelings. This is not the job done. You have to learn some facebook marketing skills that can bring more ways to increase website traffic.

While working on my facebook fan page, I come to know about a hidden trick that can increase visitors to our blog. Let’s learn what’s the special today.

Increase Visitors To Your Blog

Without taking your too much time, let’s directly come to the topic. In one of my earlier posts about getting traffic from Google Plus, I mentioned that how posting images is helpful to attract wider audience. This concept works everywhere either you are sharing images on Google plus, facebook or any other platform where you can share your stuffs.

You just need to post such images on your facebook fan page for which you can get decent shares. Let’s see how posting images will help you to get visitors to your website.

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Below are some easy to follow steps that we need to take in action. Follow them and see how easily you can learn how to get more website traffic.

1. Select an image that relates to your niche. Funny or humor related images works great.
2. Post them on your facebook fan page by writing up a cool description.
3. Remember: Not to put any link there. It’s not the correct time to promote links . Just Wait! We’ll do it later
4. Try to get maximum shares, likes and comments  on that post as much as possible. Do everything that you can do to promote that image. Ask your friends to share it and leave a comment. This way you can get maximum shares. The maximum shares you get, the chances will higher to get more traffic to your blog.
5. Once you get enough shares, it’s time to play for our own benefit. Simply click on the image and choose Edit from the right side options.

6. Now smartly add your blog post link in the description that highly relates to that image. (Matching post will give you more traffic) and press Done Editing button.

7. After saving the changes, your link will start appearing to each person’s timeline who had shared your image. That means, now your link will also appear to their friends and chances are higher to get more readers. (Free promotion)
Like this:

Points to be Take Care

1. You need maximum shares on your images to get maximum benefit of this trick.
2. Don’t put non-related links. Less number of people will click that link.
3. Please don’t do spamming. Make use of this trick for good purpose.
4. Most Important: Enjoy free promotion

Final Words!

There are a lot of ways that you can use to drive visitors to your website from social media sites. You just need to figure out those ways, make strategies, apply them and get results.

If you know how to get more traffic to website, then please do share your ways and methods in comment section. I’ll strongly appreciate it. Thanks for reading my post and if you like this concept then don’t forget to share it with your social media friends on Google plus and facebook.