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		<title>LinkedIn Lets Users Add More Sections to Their Profiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LinkedIn announced today that users can now customize their profiles  with five new profile sections: publications, languages, skills,  certifications, and patents. If you just click on &#8220;Add Sections&#8221; on you  &#8220;Edit Profile&#8221; page, you can see the whole list of available options.
&#8220;If you are an author, academic professional, or a researcher, your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LinkedIn announced today that users can now customize their profiles  with five new profile sections: publications, languages, skills,  certifications, and patents. If you just click on &#8220;Add Sections&#8221; on you  &#8220;Edit Profile&#8221; page, you can see the whole list of available options.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you are an author, academic professional, or a researcher, your body  of publications helps define you as a professional. With the  Publications section, you can add your published work to your profile,&#8221; <a href="http://blog.linkedin.com/2010/10/18/linkedin-profile-sections/">says</a> LinkedIn&#8217;s Aaron Bronzan. &#8220;Do you speak multiple languages? Now  professionals with language fluency can indicate their expertise with  the Languages section.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;List your skills, areas of expertise, and proficiencies on your profile  with the Skills section,&#8221; he says. &#8220;The Certifications section allows  you to list the certifications, licensure, and clearances that you have  attained.&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-303" title="linkedin-sections" src="http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/linkedin-sections-300x115.jpg" alt="linkedin-sections" width="300" height="115" /></p>
<p>With patents, users can show patents that they have been granted, as well as those that are pending.</p>
<p>Last week, LinkedIn opened up LinkedIn Labs, which spotlights other LinkedIn features and tools that haven&#8217;t been released to the public. With the launch, Linked shared NewIn 2.0, a real-time view of people joining LinkedIn, which utilizes Google Earth, and ChromeIn, which lets you view LinkedIn network updates from Chrome.</p>
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		<title>Skype Mobile Comes to More Verizon Devices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skype announced today that Skype mobile is now available on more devices on Verizon &#8211; the LG enV Touch, the LG Chocolate Touch, and the Samsung Reality.
Skype mobile lets users make free calls to landlines and mobile phones  internationally, as well as send IMS to other Skype users.  Skype-to-Skype calls are free and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Skype <a href="http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/08/skype_mobile.html">announced</a> today that Skype mobile is now available on more devices on Verizon &#8211; the LG enV Touch, the LG Chocolate Touch, and the Samsung Reality.</p>
<p>Skype mobile lets users make free calls to landlines and mobile phones  internationally, as well as send IMS to other Skype users.  Skype-to-Skype calls are free and don&#8217;t count towards Verizon Wireless  minutes.</p>
<p>Calls o other mobile or landline numbers in the U.S. do count toward  Verizon&#8217;s minutes. Calls to international mobile or landline numbers can  be paid for using Skype Credit or other subscriptions.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-283" title="skype-mobile" src="http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skype-mobile-300x194.jpg" alt="skype-mobile" width="300" height="194" /></p>
<p>Skype mobile for these devices can be found at the Verizon Media Store.  Users can also text SKYPE to 2255 to get a download link. The service is  also available for Android and Blackberry (on some devices) on Verizon.</p>
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		<title>Features to Look for in Reseller Hosting</title>
		<link>http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/2010/04/features-to-look-for-in-reseller-hosting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to talking about features in any web hosting package, there&#8217;s definitely going to be areas that up for debate. For example, the features to look for in reseller hosting will vary from person to person based on their own unique business goals.
However, there are a few features that can be used as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to talking about features in any web hosting package, there&#8217;s definitely going to be areas that up for debate. For example, the features to look for in reseller hosting will vary from person to person based on their own unique business goals.</p>
<p>However, there are a few features that can be used as a good base to go from when you&#8217;re looking for <a href="http://www.hostnexus.com/solutions/reseller-hosting.php">cheap reseller hosting</a>. One of the biggest features to look for is definitely the ability to host unlimited domains. Even if you can&#8217;t find a host with unlimited domains, you will definitely want to make sure that you have enough room to grow your sites and your overall online business. Another feature that you want to look for is having multiple IP addresses. This can be a plus if you plan on running an e-commerce solution where you&#8217;ll need to use SSL to protect your customers&#8217; financial details from start to finish.</p>
<p>Of course, overall space will be a feature that you will need to pay close attention to. Like having unlimited domains, having a lot of space for your <a href="http://www.hostnexus.com/solutions/reseller-hosting.php">reseller hosting</a> package will make it much easier for your online business to expand &#8212; after all, you never know where the future will take you!</p>
<p>Overall, finding a cheap reseller hosting plan is much easier when you know what features to keep a look out for &#8212; get started today!</p>
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		<title>Search engine optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search engine optimization is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via &#8220;natural&#8221; (&#8221;organic&#8221; or &#8220;algorithmic&#8221;) search results for targeted keywords. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it &#8220;ranks&#8221;, the more searchers will visit that site. SEO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.searchengineoptimisation.com/" target="_blank">Search engine optimization</a> is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via &#8220;natural&#8221; (&#8221;organic&#8221; or &#8220;algorithmic&#8221;) search results for targeted keywords. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it &#8220;ranks&#8221;, the more searchers will visit that site. <a href="http://www.searchengineoptimisation.com/" target="_blank">SEO </a>can also target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines.</p>
<p>As a marketing strategy for increasing a site&#8217;s relevance, SEO considers how search algorithms work and what people search for. SEO efforts may involve a site&#8217;s coding, presentation, sem, smo, pay per click advertising, and structure, as well as fixing problems that could prevent search engine indexing programs from fully speeding a site. Another class of techniques, known as black hat SEO or spam dexing, use methods such as link farms and keyword stuffing that tend to harm search engine user experience. Search engines look for sites that employ these techniques and may remove them from their indices.</p>
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		<title>Using Directory Submission Software for SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are new to SEO and have only begun learning about the different ways through which you might be able to effectively promote your website then you must’ve already encountered online directory submissions. This is essential to the success of your business because not only are these directories great for link building but it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are new to <a href="http://www.searchengineoptimisation.com/" target="_blank">SEO </a>and have only begun learning about the different ways through which you might be able to effectively promote your website then you must’ve already encountered online directory submissions. This is essential to the success of your business because not only are these directories great for link building but it is also effective when it comes to generating targeted traffic for your website. How? Basically, these directories organize every link submitted to them by category and as such, people would be able to easily locate what they are interested in. So, for example, if you place your website under the category for “technology” only those who are interested in technology would be able to find your listing. Of course, when it comes to website traffic, you would want people who are genuinely interested in what you have to offer. Now, whilst all of these things sound amazing and truly beneficial for your website, there is one drawback to using automatic directory submission for website promotion. This would be the fact that to be able to make it work effectively, you would need to submit your website to as many directories as you can.</p>
<p>Doing so would certainly be time-consuming and tedious. After all, not everyone has enough hours in a day to accomplish something like that whilst being able to maintain the other aspects of their website promotion strategies. Luckily, there is a way for you to bypass all the hard work and go straight to the results. How? Automate directory submission. Basically, if you opt to give it a try, automating your directory submissions would certainly cut down the time you would have to spend submitting your website to various directories in half. It makes use of a software that would do all the work for you, one that would be able to submit your website to hundreds of directories within the shortest amount of time possible. So if you don’t feel inclined to manually do the work yourself, do consider getting an automated directory submission software.</p>
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		<title>Share About Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link building is still one of the most critical search engine tools no matter the number of debates that go into discussing about its importance. Every website or a portal has a theme. You need to identify the number of links in the related category that could be used for linking. One needs to identify [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.backlinkbuild.com"><strong>Link building</strong></a> is still one of the most critical search engine tools no matter the number of debates that go into discussing about its importance. Every website or a portal has a theme. You need to identify the number of links in the related category that could be used for linking. One needs to identify the links on the basis of priority and then select the best to be connected to.</p>
<p>The content of the website must be easy to understand and people should be able to easily comprehend from it. Effort should be laid to avoid as many grammatical errors as possible. Any sort of grammatical mistakes leaves a negative impression in the minds of the readers. Bringing relevant traffic to your website is critical to the success of your website.</p>
<p>Providing <a href="http://www.backlinkbuild.com"><strong>backlinks</strong></a> on respected websites could also improve the number of clicks on your website. These backlinks act as drivers to bring more visitors. Backlinks are actually your website links that are placed outside your own website. Even the search engine determines the ranking of various websites by the number of backlinks present on various websites. This is obvious because if there is good content on your website automatically people would like to get connected to it. Search engine also works on the same phenomenon for determining the page ranking. <strong>Social <a href="http://www.backlinkbuild.com/socialbookmarking">bookmarking</a></strong> is another way by which people share their favorite or useful links with others. Instead of saving the complete content only the link is being shared.</p>
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		<title>How to Choose a Domain Name</title>
		<link>http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/2009/11/how-to-choose-a-domain-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A domain name is perhaps the most important part of establishing yourself on the internet. There are many affordable web hosting services which enable you to take advantage of hosting services, design services, templates and even a domain name through the packages that are available. More and more companies are beginning to offer these services, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A domain name is perhaps the most important part of establishing yourself on the internet. There are many <a href="http://www.uk-web-hosting.co.uk">affordable web hosting</a> services which enable you to take advantage of hosting services, design services, templates and even a domain name through the packages that are available. More and more companies are beginning to offer these services, as they grow more popular as people wish to expand their network and make a presence for themselves through the internet.</p>
<p>When choosing a domain name there are certain things that you should keep in mind. First, one should consider that shorter is better when it comes to domain names. The shorter the domain name, the easier the domain name to remember. When choosing the domain name, consider the name in accordance with the topic of the site that you are creating – it is important that the domain name relate to the site which is being created as if it does not it can potentially confuse the visitors to the website. Lastly, when considering a domain name, one should consider a unique name to ensure that you are able to differentiate yourself from competing sites.</p>
<p>Using these aspects, you should be able to choose a domain name that can help you excel with the new website!</p>
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		<title>Google Maps Adds NYC Subway Layer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night on &#8220;30 Rock,&#8221; Alec Baldwin&#8217;s character got lost within New York&#8217;s subway system, and due to being covered in bedbugs, received no help from his fellow passengers.  But if the same thing happened to him (or a non-fictional person) today, Google Maps could have come to the rescue.
A post on the LatLong Blog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night on &#8220;30 Rock,&#8221; Alec Baldwin&#8217;s character got lost within New York&#8217;s subway system, and due to being covered in bedbugs, received no help from his fellow passengers.  But if the same thing happened to him (or a non-fictional person) today, Google Maps could have come to the rescue.</p>
<p>A post on the <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/11/nyc-subway-system-on-google-maps.html">LatLong Blog</a> announced this afternoon, &#8220;[Y]ou can now see New York&#8217;s subway lines drawn out directly on Google Maps as part of the transit layer.  To turn it on, just point Google Maps to somewhere in New York, click on the &#8216;More&#8230;&#8217; button at top-right, and select &#8216;Transit.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-125" title="GoogleMapsNYCSubway" src="http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/GoogleMapsNYCSubway.jpg" alt="GoogleMapsNYCSubway" width="400" height="276" /></p>
<p>Then, &#8220;When you click on any station name, a bubble pops up with the names of the line that service the station, and all the other lines on the screen fade out.&#8221;</p>
<p>And the transit layer is accessible through Google Maps for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian S60, by the way, so people should be able to take advantage of it while they&#8217;re on the go.</p>
<p>Lots of New York tourists &#8211; and/or GE execs who have been barred from using company cars &#8211; are likely to wind up being quite grateful for this offering.</p>
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		<title>Google Highlights Searches For Black Friday Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Thanksgiving just a few weeks&#8217; away consumers are already starting to search for deals online.
Over the last seven days fifty percent of the top &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; related search terms include ads, sales and deals, according to Google Insights for Search.
The Google Retail Advertising Blog provides more details. &#8220;Interestingly, when we look at Black Friday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Thanksgiving just a few weeks&#8217; away consumers are already starting to search for deals online.</p>
<p>Over the last seven days fifty percent of the top &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; related search terms include ads, sales and deals, according to Google Insights for Search.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-121" title="Black-Friday-Search-Terms" src="http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Black-Friday-Search-Terms.jpg" alt="Black-Friday-Search-Terms" width="467" height="327" />The <a title="black friday searches" href="http://googleretail.blogspot.com/">Google </a>Retail Advertising Blog provides more details. &#8220;Interestingly, when we look at Black Friday rising searches over the last 7 days, we see that &#8216;Early Black Friday&#8217; is the second rising search term, meaning it has grown over 2,000% during this time period with respect to the previous time period.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It also may indicate that consumers are not only leveraging &#8216;Black Friday&#8217; and searches to locate promotions on these days, but may be seeking out similar types of promotions and offerings even before Thanksgiving weekend.&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-122" title="Rising-Searches" src="http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Rising-Searches.jpg" alt="Rising-Searches" width="313" height="270" />Google also offers advice on what types of ads will appeal the most to bargain shoppers. &#8220;Text ads should highlight specific price points, discounts, coupon codes, and special promotions. Also, remember to keep an eye on search trends in your own category by leveraging<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>Google Insights for Search.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Google Checkout Gets a New Promotions Feature</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has launched a new feature for Google Checkout, which allows merchants based in the US to create and run their own Checkout promotions at any time.
Users simply need to sign in to their Checkout merchant account, go to the &#8220;Tools&#8221; tab, and click the &#8220;Promotions&#8221; link to create a promotion. Google says the process [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-116" title="google-checkout-promotion" src="http://www.vijaykumarpoola.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google-checkout-promotion.jpg" alt="google-checkout-promotion" width="175" height="22" />Google has launched a new feature for Google Checkout, which allows merchants based in the US to create and run their own Checkout promotions at any time.</p>
<p>Users simply need to sign in to their Checkout merchant account, go to the &#8220;Tools&#8221; tab, and click the &#8220;Promotions&#8221; link to create a promotion. Google says the process takes less than a minute. Users can specify the date and time they&#8217;d like the promotion to run, and choose from different dollar-off discounts to offer their buyers.</p>
<p>When you run a Google Checkout promotion, the standard Checkout button on your site will automatically update to display the discount amount and cart minimum. AdWords advertisers will also have their standard Checkout badge that appears on their ads change to show the same information.</p>
<p>&#8220;These promotional badges have been introduced to enable shoppers who search on Google.com to easily identify and take advantage of promotional offers,&#8221; <a href="http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-and-easy-way-to-offer-google.html">says</a> Google Checkout Specialist Gina Del Vecchio.</p>
<p>&#8220;Checkout promotions are a great way to attract new buyers, and we&#8217;re excited to make this functionality more widely available,&#8221; she adds.</p>
<p>Google recently made changes to its content restrictions for Google Checkout. The service now allows the sale of real estate rentals, timeshares, and day sight-seeing tours. Google has just announced a couple of other things that people in real estate might find particularly useful. For one, they have expanded upon their real estate features on Google Maps. Secondly, they are now offering a new type of ad to allow for comparisons between offers.</p>
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