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Some bloggers are Hyping Windows 7 operating System.

PaulOctober 30, 20083 Replies

After looking around the blogosphere, I’ve come to the realization that people are starting to get hyped up over Windows 7. In one blog post from it.toolbox.com:

[ad#ad2]Windows 7 is due to hit beta and release in 2009, and odds are likely that if the pundits, all of us on the blogosphere and other places like PC World, Cnet, and others all agree that this works the way a computer was supposed to work will help drive sales. What is also interesting is that Microsoft is really pushing to get this puppy out. Along with the bloat are gone the five years of development.

[Via It.Toolbox.com]

I totally agree with what he is saying on the possibility to have an operating system actually do what it is told. Some things people have been looking for in there Searches in regards to Windows Vista are:

Vista Shutdown Problems

User Account Control

Vista SuperFetch

Vista and Battery Life

What Microsoft Doesn’t want you to know!!

From what I can tell people are really having problems with Vista and Shutting down. It always hangs for about 10 to 20 minutes. I’ve come up with a few tricks to shutdown vista little more. So let’s get back to why people are so interested in Windows 7, that is easy they want to have a OS that will make them have a better experience with Vista. I also think it was the Vista and Macintosh aids that also made people not like Vista. Microsoft is just now starting to fight back but the Damage is done and people feel Vista is just not worth using or buying. I tend to disagree, with the flaws of this Operating system, I’ve learn so much from diving in and getting my hands dirty so to speak.

[ad#ad2-1]Where is the future of Window Vista, I say the next Operating system will “Windows 7” but it will be Vista Version 2. It should be far better than Version 1, because of having all that time to fix the most common mistakes and programming errors. It is likely going to create a smoother transition for people from XP to Vista V.2. I am not going to call it Windows 7 because it is so similar to Vista and it just doesn’t seem right. What are you going to call it when it comes out?

I will leave the specualation for WIndows 7 for some others and how they will want to hype up this new operating system because people want something better than Vista. I can not deny them, there will always be people to find flaws in any Operating System. I do want want to be in the Windows 7 Beta just so I can test it out and keep people up to date on what might or might not be in the system when it comes out. I think it has a lot of potential, don’t you?

Living the Life of a Blogger 101

PaulAugust 29, 2008

Having been blogging for the last few months and years. I’ve learned so much from blogger the platform. I thought I would talk about that in this post. To give those who want to use Googles Blogger platform to there fullest. It is inconsequential to the grand scheme of blogging. It is not enough to just blog it has to be some kind of meaning in it. You have to think of how best can I help people out. It is legal to use fair use. That is why congress has put it into congress.

Fair Use comes from the idea of using something that is ‘Copyrighted’ and use some portion of it to talk about or as a demonstration. Most people don’t understand that, you can use anything on the web as long as you don’t publish there material fully. I like to us hulu for example. I’ve embedded there videos on my site, and talked about Hulu from time. This last few weeks they had clues out on there site. I started trying to solve the clues they Published to better help figuring out there clues. Although they might consider there promotion as being copyrighted. I used there clues to publish what I considered was fair use. They couldn’t do much other than smile that some one started blogging about there clues weekly because once they published there clues. I had the right to try to figure the clues out. I actually loved doing it.

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So why do we blog if we can have it protected?

In truthfulness, anything I publish will inevitable be published somewhere else on some one elses blog. Now they have the right to publish small clips of my stuff or even to link to my site. That comes from understanding my community and relationship with others. I have to let them do what they want with my blog post to an extent because I can’t make the readers mad by sending out the old fashioned “Cease and Desist” orders. That would make my readers mad. I know how important it is to make my readers becoming my FAN.

How do you make your readers a Fan?

I identify with my readers because I know how I once was a reader myself. I have certain blogs that I like to read from time to time. I’ve got my blogs I like to read and comment on and I hope you do too. It’s something that comes from years of reading and having a passion for telling people my point. I know people are uncomfortable making comments on blogs. They think the writer will not see or read it. Some also think the owner of the blog will delete the comment. That comes with understanding that we have to prune the comments because sometimes we have those annoying spam comments and others that will try to start a flame comment war. Those aren’t needed in blogs we either like it or make a comment how the writer could of made it better. I am constantly thinking about how I can make my published work better and having more content. This is how I do it, I think about what I like to talk about and I make it more real. I then make it more reader friendly so that, I get the readers involved and let them choice what they want to read. People are always going to be picky they will always want a choice that is always going to happen.

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How do we get readers involved in a blog?

Little things can get readers to become involved in a blog. I remember a time on how I talked a little about Hulu the first time. I got a comment from the creator of Hulu to leave a comment. That was Awesome and Softened me to see just how many people read my blog and comment about my blog. I’ve learned during a regular blogging session, I need to keep commenting on the blogs because it makes people want to get involved in my blog and will greatly increase my blog community.

Can I start my own blog?

You can start a free blog just as I did. You would only need to sign up to Blogger and start blogging. Giving people the ability to start blogging is essential to making a difference in my writing ability because of the possible comments people will make on my blog. That is what I want to see more of is comments because people will always want to read the comments on a blog. Just like TechCrunch people love to go to that site to read or hear comments. I’ve done it, and I am sure others do to. That is a community and I like that type of community.

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Filling the Internet Needs 3/3

PaulAugust 14, 2008

Is Google part of your you blog Body?

Having Google be part of your blog is essential to keeping people coming to your site. Google is kind, intelligent enough, forgiving, and nice to have on your site. Having Google juice helps you give your blog a chance to thrive. Making enemies is fine if you must, but don’t make enemies with Google. You need to understand that Google is right now the Alpha Dog. It can make or break your site. If you get removed from Google, guess what you will probably be removed from other search sites almost certainly because of Google.

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Time is the essence of creating a good blog!

It takes time to get people to come to your blog and stay at your blog. It isn’t something that will come almost instantly. It has taken me a year now to start getting people a high volume of people coming to my site. Some people think blogging should bring people to there site almost instantly. I would say that is almost impossible unless you do some things that I will not go into but it will never keep people to come to your blog, it’s how you talk to your web users. I’ll talk more about that later. I hope this helps you figure out how to start yoru blog and understand the challenges of having a blog. If you want to comment about what I’ve said please go right ahead!!

Filling the Internet need 2/3

PaulAugust 13, 2008

How do I get people to come to my blog?

This comes with some problems and some answers. Finding something that your passionate about is one way to get other people who are passionate about the same thing to come find your blog. The only problem is that you create a single group of people who are at your blog for a single reason. Having been doing the Hulu clues, I’ve seen that and understand that will happen. I am trying to get people to stay at my site is the hardest part of having what I call a point of entry campaign. I know most of them will see my site and go do something else. I almost expect that but I know I will keep a few people who like what they see and want to keep seeing this type of stuff. I never expect to keep everyone who comes to my blog. I expect I’ll probably keep around 10% or so from just doing the point of entry campaign.

Stats are always going to say something different with each site and owner, it is something that is going to be valuable to a degree. It however doesn’t tell the full story, it only tells a part of the story. People will always have opinions on stats and it will always be different from one person to the other. I will never base my site on just stats alone. I base it on the community.

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Will these people stay after Hulu clues are over?

I’ll be truthful, I am not going to say one way or the other. It is like a wave of people and it will always be that way!! People are always going to come and go, it’s something you should never take personally like you’ve done something to get people to leave and others to come to your site. Some bloggers think it is bad to loose people, most of the time it is something that will eventually happen. It happens because people are human and like change. Change is something that will happen and most bloggers know this.

Does it depend on my site server?

Having a reliable server is something that helps get people to come to your site. I remember having a free blogger account and if I get hit with 100 people doing a search for something and them all trying to go to my site almost all at the same time, my site couldn’t handle it. Unlike who I have today. [insert ad] If you have a powerful server who can take the web hits and be reliable, that is how you succeed in having a blog.

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How to Get advertisers to come to you!!

PaulJuly 31, 2008

Lately in the past few weeks, I’ve had several Advertisers come to me wanting to advertise for there clients. I’d thought I share you some of my experiences, in the hopes, that you too can get advertisers to come to you so I’d come up with some steps to better help you;

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Don’t use Blogger.com — Yep that’s right, after recently moving from blogger to WordPress. I’ve found that after the move, I’d start getting more people coming to my site. I don’t know if it was something I did or if it was the platform that got me more business. I think most advertisers think blogger is for amatuers or people who aren’t interested in revenues.

Content is the Key — Having spent the last few months thinking how I can get people to come to my blog. I’ve found this out. If you make content that is specific to your area and not try to repeat what everyone else is saying you can get a high volume of people to come to you site. I’ve also learned that Google is your friend and you need to use it to you fullest abilities.

Social Media is the Key — That’s right find sites that are social media and use them for the fullest. Some of my favorites are: Friendfeed, Disqus, Seesmic, Furl, Technorati, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, Plurk, and Facebook. Although this isn’t the complete list this is quite a few and you will need to socialize as much as possible to get people to come to you site.

Don’t be afraid to get your own ads — Yes your are correct you don’t have to wait for them to come to do you. You can go to them. Find some ad-services that will work for you and sign up. Some of the ones I’ve checked out are Google Adsense, Crispads, and Commission Junction. Having ads are your site lets advertisers know you are interested in having ads.

Have an About me Page — Although this seems the simplest of them all. Having that will have them be able to get a hold of you if they would like to offer some sort of advertisement on your site. It does not have to be complete. It does however, have to have a way for advertisers to contact you in case they are wanting to communicate with you.

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There ofcourse is more to the story but this will begin your journey into the world of ad revenues. It is to be expected to have some bumps in the road, however hard or soft. If you can get past the first few months with your newly created blog, and you start creating content, you will start to get ads coming your way. If you have other suggestions on how to get ad revenues please feel free in leaving a comment and I’ll check it out.