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Jun82012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

How Do I Submit My Website To Alexa?

How Do I Submit My Website To Alexa?

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General, Webmaster

"Alexa is the leading provider of free, global web metrics. Search Alexa to discover the most successful sites on the web by keyword, category, or country. Use our analytics for competitive analysis, benchmarking, market research, or business development. "Use Alexa's Pro tools to optimize your company's presence on the web. Join the Alexa Toolbar Community Get the Alexa toolbar for your favorite browser! Discover success. Find and evaluate businesses worldwide with Alexa's free web analytics." — Alexa.com With all this power behind Alexa, one must be compeled to submit one's site to Alexa — at least to know one's website's rank globally. To Submit Your Site To Alexa Go to Alexa.com or Alexa.mobi if you are on mobile. Type in the URL of your website into the searchbox, hit 'search'.

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

How To Create An Adsense Account

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General, Webmaster

Google's Adsense is one of the best ways to monetize one's blog or website, big time. Creating an Adsense account is relatively easy and could take just a few minutes. Many webmasters are using Adsense to earn money online through their different sites. Adsense provides services such as: 1. Adsense for content Displaying of relevant ads on websites. 2. Adsense for mobile Displaying of relevant ads on mobile sites. 3. Adsense for domains Displaying of ads on parked domains. 4. Adsense for feeds Ads are published in site's feeds. 5. Adsense for videos Ads are published on your Youtube channel. So, How Are We Gonna Create A New Adsense Account 1. Visit the Google Adsense homepage 2. Click on the 'Sign Up Now' button in the upper right corner of the page. 3. Complete the online application fo...

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

5 More Facts To Know About Mobstac

5 More Facts To Know About Mobstac

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General, Webmaster

After using Mobstac for over a month, here are what I learnt so far about Mobstac. 1. Mobstac is a good platform for creating a mobile site or wapsite for your existing website or blog. 2. Mobstac allows you to publish your own Adsence Inmobi and Admob advertisments, on your created mobile site. 3. Mobstac can be used with a custom domain or a even with a subdomain from your blog's domain. Example: m.somtoo.com. 4. Mobstac does not require any coding knowledge, installation or hosting space. Domain name is highly optional as they provide you with a .mobstac free subdomain for your Mobstac wapsite. Read more on using Mobstac on your website or blog. 5. Mobstac is free to use. But you can as well upgrade to the premium 'Pro' version. After upgrade, all the features provided by Mobstac w...

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

Creating A Facebook Page

Creating A Facebook Page

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General

Creating a Facebook Page is easy and shouldn't waste time. Step 1. To get started, click on the 'Create A Page' link at the buttom of the Facebook website. Or visit www.facebook.com/pages/create.php. Step 2. Choose a category for your new page and give the page a name. Click on continue. Step 3. Click "create page". Now you can upload a profile picture for your page; Connect it with your Twitter account; Advertise your page; Invite freinds to like your page; etc.

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

10 Security Measures To Stay Secured On The Internet

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General

To prevent being victimized by fraud, hacking and phishing, take the following steps. 1. Make sure your computer firewall is always turned on and your operating system and antivirus software are updated regularly. 2. Regularly back up your files, and store the copies safely. 3. Use common sense. Do not be quick to trust information on the internet. Do not be greedy. 4. Beware of unsolicited e-mails or instant messages, especially if they contain links or ask for personal information, such as verification of a password. 5. Choose passwords that are difficult for others to guess. Change your internet passwords periodically, and do not use the same password for different websites. 6. Provide your credit card or banking information only to reputable and secure websites. 7. Make sure you type ...

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

Download 2go On Your Phone

Download 2go On Your Phone

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General

2go is currently the number one instant messenger in Africa, with more than 15 million unique users daily in West Africa alone. How To Download/Get/Install/Signup/Register 2go Simply go to http://2go.im Select your current country and prefered language. Enter your phone number and other details like name, date of birth, location, and prefered 2go username. Remember to write down your new password. Click on "Download 2go!" After downloading, install and launch/run 2go on your phone according to your phone's method. Enter your 2go username and password ONLY inside the 2go application when prompted for login. Click on Login and get your 2go started. You may begin adding friends via individual phone numbers, 2go username, phonebook or via "meet someone" portal. Click Share to tell your friend...

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

Using Mobstac On Your Blog With Your Own Sub-domain

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General, Webmaster

Mobstac is a a platform for creating a mobile site or wapsite for your existing website or blog. Using Mobstac on blogger is quite easy and interesting. All you have to do is create a Mobstac account at http://mobstac.com, click on. After the e-mail confirmation, create a password. Then choose a free Mobstac subdomain for your website. Eg.: http://abc-your-site.mobstac.com and Mobstac will crawl your site and your mobile site ready is ready! You can now access your mobile site via the subdomain you choosed (http://abc-your-site.mobstac.com). Now, install the Mobstac plugin to your website or blog so that mobile users on your website will be redirected to your Mobstac mobile site. To install the Mobstac plug-in in your Blogger blog: Go to http://mobstac.com/mpa/faqs/, copy the code. Login t...

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Jun72012 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

Using Customized Text To Link A Profile Or Page In Facebook

Simple Tutorials, Technology: General

To use a custom text to link a page or user's profile, we need to get the profile ID first. How To Get Id A Profile Or Page On Facebook While on the profile or page you want to tag, view the URL in your browser's URL tab. You should find something like this: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php? id=111122223333 . The numbers that appear after ? id= is the profile or page's id. In many cases the target page or profile is using facebook usernames or vanity url such as http://www.facebook.com/ username. In this case the profile ID is hidden and replaced with a username in the profile's URL. Example: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php? id=username In place of: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php? id=111122223333 . To find The ID of A Profile With Username Go to http://www.facebook.com/ userna...

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