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Free seo software

Posted by Prathik R M on March 25th, 2008

This article does not refer to or give you tips on downloading a free seo software but gives the potential risk that comes up when you use such tools. SEO is what every website owner does, day in and day out. Newbies go for an seo software, there is nothing wrong with it but trend has be noted that some seo softwares come with potentially risky spy wares which can destroy your computer.
There are many tools available, I use KDC and it is probably the best and simplest one available and its provided by Tech36.com but to be safe always go for online seo tools. They don’t run on your computer so you are safe to some extent.
You’ll find many good seo softwares on Google but will have to pay for it. If you find someone giving you free seo software then please check if its safe to use.

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Who’s the richest man in the world?

Posted by Prathik R M on October 30th, 2007

Hindustan Times has reported that Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in the world and another website, Times Of India reported that he is not the richest man it the world. Sensex in India is now at 20000 points and it went up by 700 points in one day. Press Trust of India used this report to calculate that Mukesh has 63 billion USD, but this calculations were wrong, that’s what Reliance Industries claims. Now is this claim by Reliance a method to evade tax or is it a claim to be humble, that is the question.

Even if he’s not the richest man, Reliance Industries told that Mukesh Ambani has 50 billion USD, which will makes him the 4th richest man.

If you are a investor, then this is the time when you have to invest in Indian market.

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Free hosting for the winners

Posted by Prathik R M on October 14th, 2007

This is a promotional competition for Steps and Tips blog and this will be on till 31-October-2007. Ever wanted 1000 mb hosting, 3,000 mb 30,000 mb bandwidth, PHP, Mysql, 2 FTP and more with lifetime validity, then winning it is not that hard. All you have to do is write a small comment on why you like this blog or write a small review on your website about why you liked this and the best comment and best review (Yes, 2 prizes) will get the hosting. Competition on till 31-October-2007, winner will be decided on 31-Oct-2007 9 pm (IST).

As per the post date you have 17 days till the end of this competition, hurry up and speak out.

Rules:

  • Comments should be true and legitimate.
  • Review should contain a link to this site.
  • Review has to be made on your website or post and has to be a valid HTML/PHP page or it can be a blog post.
  • Blogspot/Blogger/Wordpress/Typepad and other type of blogs posts are Valid.
  • Subdomian (Free) or Domain (Pay)

Best of Luck,
Prathik R M

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Lot of spam blogs on Blogspot

Posted by Prathik R M on October 13th, 2007

Google blogspot is very good in terms of its service, but it has lot of spam. People make a blog, put lot of adsense in it and just put one post. They ask people to visit these spam blogs and get money. Blogspot should do something about this, may be delete all the inactive blogs.

Spam is not bad according to some law in the US and it does not affect people much, but some people do get irritated and this spam culture makes the people to do more and more spam, first blogspot spamming, then email spamming and after that may be introduction to spywares and adwares. The best bet would be to remove spam culture by making it inaccessible to the newbies and thus they won’t develop the spam culture.

May be blogspot will do something about it, as I said earlier, some detection system for spam blogs. Even anti-comment spamming mechanism should be introduced on blogspot. Temporary ban of spammers will also control it and people will have a better internet experience.

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‘Made in India’ tag to challenge China

Posted by Prathik R M on October 11th, 2007

New Delhi: “Made in India” could be the next big economic story with the country challenging China’s position as the leading global manufacturing hub within five years, says the latest Capgemini report
Right now China is the favourite choice for outsourcing manufacturing while’ India is preferred for Information technology, finance and customer services, said Capgemini, Europe’s largest computer consultancy
But “there’s a very keen interest in moving more manufacturing to India.” said Roy Lenders, vice president at Capgemini Consulting Services and the report’s author. In fact. “India could challenge the position of China as the manufacturing centre of the world in the next three to five years,” Lenders said, citing a survey of 340 mainly Fortune 500 global manufacturing companies. “What surprised us was when we asked about their plans for the next e or four years, they said outsourcing manufacturing (to India) was a higher priority than outsourcing back office work,” he said.
“If we look at the respondents’ plans for the coming years, manufacturing will become the number one activity to be off-shored to India,” Lenders said, wil b lower costs the key factor driving the trend.
“The results in favour lndia were overwhelming,” he said. In fact, manufacturing outsourcing looks set over coming years to surpass India’s flagship IT and business process outsourcing activities in importance, lie said. Right now, China’s share of the woiid’s manufacturing exports is more than 8% while India stands at just under 1 %. But “the interest of global manufacturers in manufacturing in India is very high compared to China In terms of trend there will definitely be a move. China has a reason to be worried,” Lenders said.
However, India must improve its infrastructure With nearly half of the firms surveyed that had already outsourced manufacturing to India complaining about a lack of manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure.
India’s ramshackle infrastructure of potholed roads, dilapidated ports, shabby airports and erratic power is regularly cited as an obstacle to economic growth along wiih the maze of red tape.
It has already taken some steps to promote an export-led manufacturing boom by setting up special economic zones or SEZs A havens of economic freedom that drove China’s industrialisation. But even more “substant la I investments” need to be made. Lenders said. Chinese manufacturing wages are $250 to $350 a month whereas they average $100 to $200 per month or lower in Thailand and other parts of Asia. In India factory jobs start at $60 a month.
Analysts often point to South Korea’s Hyundai Motor’s $1 billion car plant in the southern city of Chennai winch opened in 1998 and turns out thousands of export-bound cars an nually as an example of what could be the future for the Indian economy. Hyundai has been moving production of it’s smallest cars to India to exploit lower costs.

From Times of India, Mysore Edition. Thank you dear editors.

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