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Wordpress 2.7 Gets over 200,000 Downloads within 48 Hours!

Posted by Web Freak in Web News

No Joke, You can check it yourself over here

And check the increasing downloads after each refresh you make ;)

I guess people are loving the experience of “Auto Plugin” , “Auto Upgrade” etc. which is provided by Wordpress 2.7!

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You could own Miley Cyrus! (No Joke)

Posted by Web Freak in Websites for Sale

Not physically, but a blog on Her!

My friend is selling his blog, Its a PR5 and Cool traffic!

A cool blog on her is for sale, for Cheap!

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Wordpress 2.7 – Finally Released

Posted by Web Freak in Blogging

Yep, So I have already put the Wordpress 2.7 in my Blog, and really guys, it is a great experience, You can see the whole blog on the dasboard, also You can quick write a post in your Dashboard!

No more going to the FTP, you can now upgrade the plugins and the Wordpress with just 2 clicks!

See a small image on how it really looks:

There are so many things up there, which I cannot write, why don’t you yourself put it up on your blog?

1) If you have a new blog

Just go HERE and download the files, and upload to your server, also read the manual.

2) Upgrading your blog

First download the wordpress from Here

Then, Upload and replace all the files except for wp-content folder and wp-config.php file.

After uploading, go to: http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php

Follow the simple steps, and you are done!

Just login to your admin CP

3) Automatic Upgrade

You can also do an automatic upgrade, Use this plugin.

Make sure you make a DB and Files backup prior to the Upgrade!

Happy 2.7 Blogging

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FW: CatchYouTube.com

Posted by Web Freak in Freaking Websites

So, I have a new category on my blog now called “FW” which Represents “FREAKING WEBSITES”

Cool?

Ok, so we get our first freaking website here, and it is CatchYoutube.com

This is the best website for downloading youtube videos to a format of your choice, Really!

The home page: NOT BAD

Now we enter a video URL and see what happens!

So, I took this video as it was featured and was on the home page of YouTube..

And, Remember that while entering the link, extensions like in.youtube.com or sg.youtube.com , you have to remove the in, sg etc and the URL should be only youtube.com/video..

Now, I enter the link and choose the file as MP4 for my iPod :)

After I click, convert & download.. Within few or I must say, less than few seconds, I get the download link!

I must admit, it was really cool to use catchyoutube.com and the download speed I was getting was also max!

I would recommend this to all Youtube lovers who love to keep their videos in their phones/pc’s/ipods!

Thanks for the read!

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Cash back credit card: How good is it?

Posted by Web Freak in Business

Sangeeta Singhvi used two ICICI Bank credit cards to purchase a plasma TV from Vijay Sales in Mumbai . Since her credit limit was Rs 1 lakh (Rs 100,000), she and her husband swiped their individual gold cards to purchase the fabulous Rs 2 lakh (Rs 200,000) set.

When their November credit card statements came, they were pleasantly surprised. The plasma TV cost them only Rs 1.9 lakh (Rs 190,000). In other words, they got a handsome discount of Rs 10,000.

This is because ICICI Bank is offering a 5 per cent cash discount to its credit and debit card holders on purchases of Rs 2,000 or more. Under this special festival scheme — open till December 31 — customers can get a maximum refund of Rs 5,000 per card.

Thrilled by the discount, Sangeeta is planning to use her ICICI Bank debit card, her Big Bazaar ICICI Bank co-branded card and her salary-account debit card to furnish her new flat!

ICICI Bank, which launched the scheme from October, is not alone in this, though. Citibank, too, offers a cash back card.

HSBC had a scheme which closed on November 30. It offered a cash discount of 10 per cent on the three highest transactions recorded during October and November.

To avail of the HSBC scheme, the cardholder needed to register with the bank first — otherwise no purchase counted. What’s more, not all purchases swiped against the credit card qualified for the cash back.

It was valid only purchase made at department stores, spends on apparel, consumer durables, jewellery, watches, electronic goods and leather items. This means all those expensive luncheons did not qualify, but grocery items amounting to at least Rs 2,000 fit the bill.

So why are banks doing this? The reason is not hard to find. While banks have been issuing millions of credit and debit cards, not all have been activated, and the cost involved in issuing a single plastic card run into hundreds of rupees.

“The idea behind the scheme is to encourage usage of cards, which otherwise costs banks a lot of money,” says V Vaidyanathan, senior general manager and head, retail products, ICICI Bank.

But this is the first time that card issuing banks are rewarding their customers with cash. The standard rewards are based on a point system, which could be “encashed” for goods and services.

Citibank has an edge over others in that in its scheme there is no time limit or cap on amount. The scheme, introduced late in November, is applicable to all purchases. However, the catch is that one needs to actually apply for a cash-back card.

The card member gets one per cent cash back irrespective of the category of spend. Beyond that, the level of cash-back changes with the expenditure.

For instance, when Rahul Mehta swiped his Citibank cash-back card to buy medicine, he got back 5 per cent in his monthly card statement. When he paid his mobile and other utility bills, the degree of discount was less at 3 per cent.

The card also has overseas incentives: If one withdraws cash when abroad from an international ATM, one gets a 4 per cent cash -back. Any purchases made abroad leads to a 2 per cent cash-back.

So how are banks funding this?

“It’s coming from the promotions budget,” says Vaidyanathan of ICICI Bank. “The idea is once the customer is hooked into using the card, he’s bound to continue with or without the scheme.”

Check the fine print:

  • Citibank’s offer can be availed only by applying for the ‘cash back credit cards‘.
  • ICICI Bank’s offer is restricted to 20,000 merchant establishments across the country; so not all shops are included.
  • There’s no minimum limit under Citibank’s offer, ICICI Bank’s qualifying limit is Rs 1,000 and the maximum one can avail on each card is a discount of Rs 5,000.
  • ICICI Bank’s scheme is valid till December 31, so this might encourage usage only till that date.

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Top 7 Google Suggestions! (Funny)

Posted by Web Freak in Freak!

1) “How Does”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/333.jpg?t=1228557406

People searching for some lyrics, searching for answers for their questions, and even wondering how does Google make money!

2) “Why do cats”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/777.jpg?t=1228557409

People asking Google why are cats so creepy! :P

3) “Why do Animals”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/555.jpg?t=1228557407

Argh, get into your lives more than Animals !!

4) “How to”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/222.jpg?t=1228557406

How to tie a tie? How to lose wieght? How to cook pumpkin seeds? or How to get pregnant? LOL!

5) “Why do Indians”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/666.jpg?t=1228557408

Indians, Please don’t read!

6) “Why do Women”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/111.jpg?t=1228557405

Don’t show this to your wife or Girlfriend or any female you know! (PLEASE)

7) “Hot Pictures”

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/esidyo/444.jpg?t=1228557407

Now you see, 90% of them are Indian actresses or related to Indians, C’mon.. They are so desperate :D

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If yes, Subscribe to my feed !

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Browser Shares (My Blog)

Posted by Web Freak in Web News

Today, I just went to my StatCounter and saw the Browser shares, Few days back I had posted about the Browser shares of Matt Cutts.

This is what the statistics looked like:

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So we see that 69.00% are on Firefox 3.0

8.40% are still on FireFox 2.0, and IE is just 6.40% (Which is really bad)

Also to see that Google Chrome is coming up as it is used more than Opera now!

The Firefox version 3.1 is used only 0.20% by my visitors.

So we have a clean winner here ;)

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YouTube Embeds Changes!

Posted by Web Freak in Web News

Now YouTube has Added a “Search” Feature in the top of the Video embeds and The availability of embeddable YouTube videos in the widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) format.

Image:

As you can see in the image, that a “BIG” Search bar is available on the top of the video (Which can be really annoying for some people, Sometimes)

However the example image is not embedded in 16:9 Aspect Ratio..

This is an Image with a widescreen embed:

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My First ReviewMe.com Payment!

Posted by Web Freak in Blogging, Make money

Well, I never knew much about ReviewMe.com, But only Until I tried them myself after recommendation from a goood friend :D

The payment was quite fast, they say that the payments of november are processed and paid out on 1st – 4th December, They also promised that 4th December would be the last date (100%)..

And, I got the payment on 1st December itself, It was really amazing!

So here is the PayPal Proof:

We are not charged even 1 cent for the payment as feed because they send payments via Mass Pay which is a payment of salaries, etc. to huge amount of users.. So its really good to be a part of ReviewMe now..

I have also applied for SponsoredReviews.com, Will let you all know how it is :)

Keep reading and Happy Blogging

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Browser Market Shares!

Posted by Web Freak in Web News

This is a post made by Matt Cutt’s in His Blog, Since I liked it, I thought about posting/pasting it here…

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I hadn’t looked at my browser marketshare in a while, so I fired up Google Analytics:

Browser marketshare

Rough browser numbers are

Firefox 57.58%
IE 26.07%
Safari 6.48%
Chrome 5.11%
Opera 2.35%
Mozilla 1.44%
SeaMonkey 0.48%
Mozilla Compatible 0.18%
Konqueror 0.13%
Camino 0.04%

OneStat says that they see 0.54% share for Google Chrome. Net Applications provides an hour-by-hour graph, which is nice, but they hardwired it to look for the string “Chrome 0.2″ when Chrome is on version 0.3 or 0.4 by now. Just eyeballing the Chrome 0.3 version stats, it looked like about 0.85% market share according to Net Applications. Hey Net Applications folks, any chance you’d be willing to roll up all the Chrome versions into your hourly report?

I hadn’t realized that Internet Explorer usage had dropped so low for my site (~26%). What does your browser marketshare stats look like for the last month or so for your site(s)?

P.S. Stephen Shankland writes about switching to Google Chrome because of the speed, while ExtremeTech also concluded that Chrome is speedy. And if you haven’t seen it, there’s a new version of Chrome (0.4.154.25) that adds a couple nice features:

Bookmark manager with import/export.
Use the ‘Customize and control Google Chrome’ (wrench) menu to open the Bookmark manager. You can search bookmarks, create folders, and drag and drop bookmarks to new locations. The Bookmark Manager’s Tools menu lets you export or import bookmarks.

Privacy section in Options.
We grouped together all of the configuration options for features that might send data to another service. Open the wrench menu, click Options, and select the Under the Hood tab.

Personally, I run the dev channel version of Chrome because I like to see what cool features are coming soon. I think the dev channel has averaged weekly updates, which is really nice because you can literally watch plug-in fixes and other improvements arrive every few days. It’s wild to see client software updated that often instead of every few months.

Update, 11/28/2008: Somehow I missed the getclicky.com browser marketshare stats from 60K+ sites. They peg Chrome at 1.55%, with a little bit of 1.6% to 1.7% in the last week or so.

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