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The best Firefox Extensions out there, right here.

This isn’t the usual list of extensions that everyone is used to using, but 10 add-ons that many may not know about, but can be very useful for everyday web browsing.

• PicLens
• Snap Links
• Tab Scope
• Reminder Fox
• Download Statusbar
• HyperWords
• Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
• Tab Effect
• Cooliris Previews
• StumbleUpon 

Find the details here….

To increase link popularity, you need solid link building techniques. Link building allows you to establish relevant inbound links to your website, which in turn increases search engine rankings and helps you get traffic.

If you aren’t familiar with the different methods people use to increase link popularity and get traffic, the first thing you need to know is that not every link building method is considered acceptable. In fact, some of the methods used to build link popularity are considered so unethical that they can actually get you in trouble with the various search engines.

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There are many SEO myths we can find on the Internet. These misconceptions are often crazy and while some are based on partial reality, others have spread due to the lack of being proved wrong or correct knowledge.

Here is an example: Let’s assume you make a change to your website content. Maybe after a few days you notice that your Google ranking for a certain keyword has altered. Now, it would be natural for you to assume that your content change had led to change in ranking. However, it may not be true. Your ranking could have changed due to several reasons, and may have absolutely nothing to do with the changes made to the content.

Of course, this action of mixing up the cause and effect is a common error on the part of new SEOs. Well, if it were limited to just their work, I wouldn’t really mind it. But these guys are clueless and many a times spread their ignorance to other newbies on blogs and forums and create a ripple effect of newer myths. Here, I am making an attempt to discuss and clear the top 10 organic SEO myths:

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Probably you’re already familiar with the idea of comparison shopping. These are quite useful websites where you can compare product prices from pretty much every online retailer. During the last 3-4 months I discovered a number of cool websites that successfully implemented the same concept to other areas.

Check them out.

Hoping to stay safe on the road? You might want to avoid certain cars.

For example, the Nissan 350Z has a death rate that’s about double that of the average sports car.

But it’s not for the reasons you might think. In this case, says Russ Rader, communications director for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an organization that represents the interests of the insurance industry, the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car.

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You don’t have to agree upon everything. As a professional web developer you are the advocate of your visitors’ interests and needs; you have to protect your understanding of good user experience and make sure the visitors will find their way through (possibly) complex site architecture. And this means that you need to be able to protect your position and communicate your ideas effectively — in discussions with your clients and colleagues. In fact, it’s your job to compromise wrong ideas and misleading concepts instead of following them blindly.

In this context nothing can support you more than the profound knowledge of fundamental issues related to your work. But even if you know most of them it’s important to know how to name these concepts and how to refer to them once they appear in the conversation. Furthermore, it’s always useful to have some precise terms ready to hand once you might need them as an argument in your discussions.

In this article we present 30 important usability issues, terms, rules and principles which are usually forgotten, ignored or misunderstood. What is the difference between readability and legibility? What exactly does 80/20 or Pareto principle mean? What is meant with minesweeping and satisficing? And what is Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation? OK, it’s time to dive in. Read Complete Article here..

Yes,

I have updated my blog to WP 2.5. And I must admit, I am thrilled with the Interface and Design. It’s Fantabulous.

It has been 24 hours since its out, but this time I chosen to do this upgrade asap. As I really wanted to lay my hand on the new Look.

Why I am Thrilled about WordPress 2.5

There are so many things new out there that it will take time to figure out them completely. Still best things I found are…

• Completely changed post-editor with better image & file uploading. Also added support for image galleries. I loved new AJAXified tagging support as I mentioned about it earlier too.
• One-click upgrade to wordpress plugin. This is I guess can’t get any better now!
• Tag-management support is added.
• The style of adding the Post URL is out of the World.
• Dashboard can have widget now. Check WordPress.com stats widget for an example.

For more detailed list, check wordpress development blog!

I will have more insight once I am over with my Play with it.

Shocking NEWS about CTRL+C (u must read)

Please be very careful when u press ctrl + c ..

Here is some useful information for all. Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it’s not a very safe thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are On-line… We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere.

This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of JavaScript’s and ASP.

Just try this:
1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2) Click the Link: Sourcecodesworld.com
3) You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.
Forward this information to as many friends as you can, to save them from on-line frauds !

Anna Maria Virzi, has written a nice article on SEO Challenges.

Few of the main challenges for the SEO specialists include:

• The Hippo Symptom
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Competitive Disadvantage
• The Great Divide
• You Know, It Don’t Come Easy

Find the complete Article here…

WordPress 2.5 is almost ready to go. We should expect them to roll it in few more days.

You can have a preview of the new version here. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.5 is now available for download, with the team looking for feedback.

According to today’s blog entry, the software is “basically done and stable”, and:
could be released today, but we’d like to incorporate feedback from a wider audience before making it available to the general public. After a few days of your feedback we’ll set a final release date.

I am just waiting to have the final version….