Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
The program is designed to give you a quick test of your ear's capabilities to hear all frequencies of the audible spectrum, separately for each ear. You can measure with good accuracy up to which frequency you can hear and compare your result with those of your friends and family. The test result is drawn as a graphcal chart.
The upper frequency limit of the human ears is strongly dependent on a person's age. A child can usually hear frequencies of up to 20,000 Hz (oscillations per second), while for an old person it can be as low as 5,000 Hz and even lower. For a middle-aged person (40 years), a frequency of 14,000 Hz is an average value. Some people can have gaps in their hearing spectrum, due to inner ear injuries - this can also be checked. Due to the lack of calibration, this program cannot replace a medical hearing test. Please be careful when using it with headphones.
The Microsoft .Net Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package is required.
Download Link : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z2LGOIWU
With Microsoft and Yahoo combining their muscle in the search space, it is imperative that you do not ignore it in your search engine optimization efforts, especially since it will be the Bing search engine that works behind Yahoo search as well. There have been countless articles written online and in technology magazines comparing Bing to Google, but you need to know the differences between how these two search engines rank their pages so that you can optimize your web pages for both of these as well as Yahoo.
Why Would You Rank Higher in One, but Not in Another?
Most small business owners get frustrated that their site either ranks highly in Bing, but poorly in Google or vice versa. Here are some of the reasons why this may be happening and more importantly some workarounds to tackle this problem.
1. Amount of text: Bing places a lot of importance to content, so if your pages have more than 350 words, then you have better chances of ranking higher in Bing. Not so in Google, for which it doesn't seem to be of importance. So, you need to optimize each and every page individually to meet Bing's page score requirements.
2. Natural Language: Bing places a lot of importance on relevancy, so if your website is optimized with LSI keywords, then you are likely to be ranked higher in Bing. Google is soon catching up, so maybe it's a better idea to optimize based on LSI rather than mindlessly repeating exact keywords. You can also get a firm offering professional link building services to help you out here.
3. Title tags: Bing places more importance on title tags than Google, so make sure that your keywords appear in your title tags as often as possible.
4. Back links and outbound links: Bing places more importance on links in general than Google, and the higher the number of relevant back links you have, the better your chances of a good ranking in Bing. Google used to penalize sites with a large number of outbound links, but Bing likes them, and so you may want to have a judicious amount of these as well in your site. Here again, if you get a professional to work on this area, their link building services team would identify the right places to place links for you, so that it actually translates to a better page rank.
5. Domain age: Both Bing and Google seem to favor older domains, so if you are trying to start off on a new business, it is better to purchase a domain name, that's been around for some time.
What This Means to You?
As a business owner, you would want all the traffic that you can get whether from Bing, Yahoo or Google and the best way to do this is to optimize it for all the major search sites out there. The best way out is to hire professional link building services to help you in your optimization efforts. If you do not do this, you may miss out on a sizeable chunk of traffic as more and more users start using Bing for their searches.
Many people have asked me this question,"Why can’t we Create a Folder by name CON in Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS?"
Answer is quite simple. Because CON is a reserved word. Like CON, there are many other reserved words and every reserved word has got its own meaning to it. I have made a list of reserved words and their meanings. They are :-
CON - it stands for the “CONSOLE” I/O device (The display monitor).
PRN - It stands for printer. LPT1 is taken as default.
AUX - It stands for Auxiliary device.
COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9 - They stands for serial ports.
LPT1, LPT2 - They stands for Parallel ports.
NUL - It stands for Bid Bucket.
Try creating a folder or file and name it with any of the keywords above. It will not work. The folder will remain named as "New folder" itself.
But you can achieve creating those folders through Command Prompt.
Just follow these instructions.
- Go to start -> Run -> cmd or command
- To create a folder named con in your C drive then, type this in the command prompt, md \\.\c:\con and hit Enter
- Similarly to create a folder named con in your D drive then, type this in the command prompt window down and press Enter, md \\.\d:\con and hit Enter
- Now you get the folder like this:
- If you want to delete this folder, type this in the command prompt, rd \\.\c:\con
- In place of con you can write any desired name of your folder as if for now you can even try folder names like prn, nul and many others too.
Microsoft released a new 24 page document titled "Bing: New Features Relevant to Webmasters white paper" on July 22,2009. The PDF file provided for download not only talks about the updates on Bing, Microsoft's own decision search engine, but also provides SEO tips for webmasters and web publishers. In addition, the white paper document contains instructive guidelines on how to create friendly, easy to index websites, as well as ways to make sites look attractive to search engine spiders.
Webmaster's center
Bing's primary function is to bridge users with websites and content across the Internet, a target all search engines aim for. So, what is different from other search engines you may ask? Unlike ordinary search engines, Bing offers categorized choices. Users can select options from the side tool bar, picking more to-the-point selections which, in the end, will reduce the amount of irrelevant sites popping up and saving the Bing users a lot of valuable time.
Long tail strategies
Did you know that more than 300 factors are used in determining categorization and that the categories that appear are entity-dependent? Bing categorizes every search to a number of smaller groups which the user can choose to avoid irrelevant results. For example: if you search for [baby monitor], the search results may offer you options, such as "shopping", "reviews", "ratings", and "videos", splitting up the search in convenient sections. Microsoft believes that this innovative way of organizing results provides new long tail opportunities for website owners.
Best match
A key objective of Bing is to deliver premium search results and one of the ways the search engine approaches this goal is through a new feature called "Best match". Watch what happens when you conduct a search for a particular brand, such as Adidas, Toys R Us, Campbell's, or Chrysler. The result is amazing. Bing will actually separate the official sites of these brands from the rest of the results, featuring a "Best Match".
Bing Hover Links preview
One of the cool features Bing has to offer is "Bing Hover links". Just hover your mouse over your search results and a window will pop up on the right of it. It will show a summary of that specific query result, as well as and important links related to that result. Webmasters feel this feature increases qualified traffic and helps searcher to find the information they want without having to leave the Search Engine Result Page (SERP). This time-saving feature is truly appreciated by Bing users. They have made sure that the hover page helps the user to get what the user really looks for.
Data Extraction for previews
Through intelligent data extraction, Bing is able to compile useful information in the hover link section. This includes addresses, phone numbers, and email links the search engine has gathered not only from the content of a specific page, but from anywhere else on the Internet. This saves lots of time for users looking for details about some site, company or someone for that instance.
Flash recognition
Websites saturated with Flash and Silverlight-based content often lack readable Meta data text. Titles and descriptions in the HTML source code are so poor, web crawlers hardly notice them. In an effort to bring these empty-tagged websites out of obscurity, Bing implemented a new technology capable of extracting limited data. This brings the flash based websites to obtain higher rankings in spite of having no meta data for other search engines to crawl for.
Instant answers queries
Recently upgraded, Bing's "Instant answers" feature now offers even more comprehensive and richer results to informal queries than ever. Type in a short question in the query box and wait to be impressed by the result!
Local listing center
Businesses should take advantage of the opportunity to list their company with Bing's newest addition, the Local Listings Center.
Searchers and Surfers
Searchers who do not know how to start a new or specific search often refine their keywords and phrases halfway through their query. Furthermore, the more information is available, the more people adapt the way they search and surf the Internet. Microsoft has done a number of intense studies to analyze specific search patterns and behaviors. As a result, updates and additions were initiated. Microsoft's goal is to improve searcher satisfaction by delivering faster, more accurate and complete results. It is a tough objective that, perhaps, is closer in reach than you think.
It didn't look too promising at the launch but Bing has been constantly in the news ever since. Some say the results are better than Google, even going as far as suggesting Google is all but finished. I don't agree.
On one of the search engine forums I often comment on, one of the moderators had this to say on the subject: "But overall this confirms my sense that Google, having abandoned the business model that got it to the top, viz. fast no frills search, in favour of added features and buying up other companies, is becoming increasingly fat and complacent, and along the way their search results are becoming less relevant."
Now, I have to say that I had a small run-in with this guy as he supports everything Microsoft does, from its browser to its operating system and now to its new "decision engine". So when he writes - "I've been using Bing lately and I'm finding a lot of advantages over Google. These are early days yet but this is the first emerging search engine that may provide a real threat to Google's dominance - something I for one welcome," - I'm a little suspicious.
There's plenty of supporters out there giving online commentaries on Bing's progress. TechCrunch.com, for example, analyses its early success by saying: "Microsoft sites' average daily penetration among US searchers reached 16.7 percent during the work week of June 8-12, up 3 percentage points from the May 25-29 period (which was prior to Bing's introduction) and up over 1 percentage point from its first week."
However, on webpronews.com following its launch, Matt Cutts, Google's spokesman and soothsayer, was reported, rather scathingly I thought, to have tweeted: "Matt Cutts: Congrats to @bing on the launch! Sad to see this not-so-relevant result at #4 for [matt cutts] though." And then: "The #5 Bing result for [matt cutts] is spammy too." Interesting that one should search one's own name to find out if the results were "spammy", but nevermind.
So, I did a little research on the subject of my own and tested my web turf to find on "web design bangkok" Bing returned very poor results, spammy even, with "Luxor Bangkok the Egyptian Design Hotel" and "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration" being placed in the top ten.
However, there is a site that offers users the opportunÃty for us to choose for ourselves. Just go to bingdevelop.com and type in any search term you are unfamiliar with and see which search engine results you would choose. Select say ten of them. You are presented with randomised results from Bing, Google, and Yahoo placed in a three-column set. You don't know which one is which at this stage until you make your choice. As a test, take a look and select the one you think delivers the best results.
I tried 10 searches for terms I'm not at all familiar with and Google came out on top in all but one. It did surprise me after my original test on my own search terms that Bing was very close on all of them.
For Matt Cutts to comment as he did in the wake of Bing's launch, indicates Google is not too comfortable with Microsoft's re-emergence into the search engine marketplace. For me, though, I am much happier to accept Google's results as the test bore out. Others may be switching to Bing already, but I am not.
I then looked for commentary - they're ubiquitous these days - and found money.cnn.com had run the headline: "Bing vs. Google: Consumers Can't Tell a Difference". Oh, but I think they can, I thought. While it's true that on wider, more unfamiliar search terms the two are very close indeed (my own findings were "seo consultant" - Google, but Bing very close; "manchester city t-shirt" - Google because it returned MCFC official site; "polar ice caps melting" - Google again but Bing almost identical; "bank bonuses uk" - Google, as it had reports from BBC, Guardian, etc. but Bing again very close), Bing still has its teething problems.
So as I read the plethora of reports and opinions being spun as to whether Bing is better than Google, I wonder what drove them to that conclusion. Like that of the forum moderator, perhaps? But I'm sure he was being honest with himself about his choices. It's just a matter of why he would choose a different set of listings to me. It can't be just because he's a closet fan of Microsoft; the three engines are hidden until one is selected and I can vouch for his integrity.
However, Bing's campaign, or spin, however you look at it, seems to me to be communicating that in order to get "relevant" information, you should choose Bing over Google, with its grandiose promise of being a "decision engine". Which is what, exactly? Another one of Microsoft's tricks to decide matters for me? As if Word wasn't frustrating enough at doing that already.
Maybe the differences are far too subtle for me to notice. Or just maybe the Luxor Bangkok the Egyptian Design Hotel is not the place I would go to find a web designer in Bangkok. But the moderator, of course, had the final say: "I was a big Google fan for a long time, but increasingly I find myself going to Bing first and only to Google if Bing doesn't deliver the goods. There's no question that Google still has more web pages indexed than anyone else. But if they can't find better ways of sorting through them they are going to crash. They can't count on brand loyalty forever. For those of you old enough to remember Alta Vista, I am reminded of their rapid and total fall from grace when Google launched. Nothing is forever on the net."
My findings are that they are very similar and certainly not enough to make "Google crash" just yet. Personally, I don't believe this is yet Bing's time until they tighten up their results. I agree with Mr Cutts that right now Bing is just too, how do you say again, "spammy".
One of the major problems in repairing Windows XP installation as a whole is that all settings are reset, also some of the updates are degraded to lower versions. Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player degraded to the version with the package. Though the registry remains, many of the keys are reset to default. This means you will see all the programs you installed earlier but some of them may show errors or malfunctioning. Some of them have their settings to default. The solution to avoiding all these problems is fixing corrupt files alone rather than repairing the whole installation again.
Here is a way to fix corrupt files alone in Windows XP. You will require the Windows XP CD from which your OS is installed. This works with all versions of Windows XP
Download the file : http://5fa9a53c.seriousfiles.com
(Included file : Fix corrupt files in Windows XP.bat - 12 bytes)
[The file contains executable commands for invoking Windows File Checker to scan all the protected system files and to replace the incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. I assure you that it does not possess any harmful content]
Now put the Windows XP CD in the CD drive and run the file. Done :-)
Any doubts, feel free to ask here......
Download the file : http://5fa9a53c.seriousfiles.com
(Included file : Fix corrupt files in Windows XP.bat - 12 bytes)
[The file contains executable commands for invoking Windows File Checker to scan all the protected system files and to replace the incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. I assure you that it does not possess any harmful content]
Now put the Windows XP CD in the CD drive and run the file. Done :-)
Any doubts, feel free to ask here......
Remove "autorun.inf" and solve the problem of hard disk and removable usb drives not opening by double clicking
Drives not opening automatically when double clicked is due to a trojan or virus having put an "autorun.inf" on all your drives. Even if you try to remove it by manually deleting from Windows, it still stays. To delete it, follow these steps :-
Go to Start --> Programs --> Accessories
Take Command prompt
or [ Start --> Run (or Win key + R) and type cmd ]
In the Command Prompt Window type the following commands
cd\
attrib autorun.inf -s -h -r
del autorun.inf
now autorun.inf in your root drive is removed. For deleting autorun.inf in other hard disk drives and usb removable drives or pen drives, type the following commands in the command prompt window itself :-
[drive letter]: ( if drive letter is D, then type D: )
attrib autorun.inf -s -h -r
del autorun.inf
Repeat the above step for all drives
For pen drives, Safely Remove pen drives and plug it again.
For HDD drives, Restart the computer.
Thats it. Your drives will open normally when double-clicked.
To avoid virus from entering your computer the next time you plug in a pen drive, hold 'Shift' while inserting the flash drive for 5 to 10 seconds to disable autoplay feature temporarily. Then using the above commands, delete autorun.inf from your pen drive.
You can also disable Autoplay feature as such from your computer by editing group policy in Windows XP Professional but I don't recommend it to beginning users or amateurs. To edit group policy, Go to Start --> Run and type gpedit.msc
"In a world of no walls or fences, we don't need Windows or Gates."
Validate Windows XP by just running the .reg file and adding these keys to your registry
Now download freely from microsoft site without even fearing of getting caught
Download Link : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B3MVNDRD
