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WooHooo… huge traffic to blog because of Celcom post.. and 2 amazing Google PR

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Yes Yes…. No kidding, i’ve checked my October and Current November Statistic … my blog had a booming 450% traffic from alltogether months before (since June 2007)… it also shows that my previous traffic were so little.. hahaha

Most of the keyword are "celcom 3g, celcom 3g sux and Celcom broadband" … irony….i based the celcom Broadband kaw kaw…but this post brings me huge traffic….. and plus from ZERO PageRank to 2 PageRank…amazing huh….

well…thanks to all the readers….

and few updates on Celcom Broadband another call from Suzila (seems like celcom is taking care of my numerous complaints) and she said she cant give any timeframe but will keep me posted on current situation by phone report weekly… wow…this is a good one..hahaha… i got my ’own’ secretary … haha

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(thx to www.prchecker.info for providing me the PR checking service - apart from toolbar)
tomoro… got Operating system Exam…and i havent read a shit… ahh..im doomed!!!
will keep u guys posted on the current Celcom 3g situation

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10 things you did not know about Wikipedia

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - original source

10 things you did not know about Wikipedia is a list of insights about Wikipedia specifically targeted at people who have limited prior experience with the project, such as journalists, new editors, and new readers. These explanations should not surprise experienced editors, but hopefully will help the rest of the world to shape an informed opinion of our work.

More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About
  1. We are not for sale.
    If you are waiting for Wikipedia to be bought by your friendly neighborhood Internet , do not hold your breath. Wikipedia is a non-commercial website run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in St. Petersburg, Florida. We are supported by donations and grants, and our mission is to eventually bring free knowledge to everyone.
    More information: http://wikimediafoundation.org/
  2. Our work can be used by everyone, with a few conditions.
    Wikipedia has taken a cue from the free software community (which includes projects like GNU/Linux and Mozilla Firefox) and done away with traditional copyright restrictions on our content. Instead, we have adopted what is known as a “free content license” (specifically, the GFDL): all text and composition created by our users are and will always remain free for anyone to copy, modify, and redistribute. We only insist that you credit the contributors, and that you do not impose new restrictions on the work or any improvements you make to it. Many of the images, videos, and other media on the site are also under free licenses, or in the public domain. Just check a file’s description page to see its licensing terms.
    More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights
  3. We speak Banyumasan…[1]
    …and about 250 other languages. Granted, only about 70 of those Wikipedia language editions currently have more than 10,000 articles — but that is not because we are not trying. Articles in each language are generally started and develop differently from their equivalents in other languages, although some are direct translations, which are always performed by volunteer translators, and never by machines. The Wikimedia Foundation is supported by a growing network of independent chapter organizations, already in seven countries, which help us to raise awareness on the local level. In many countries, including the United States, Wikipedia is among the ten most popular websites.
    More information: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias and http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=wikipedia.org
  4. You cannot actually change anything in Wikipedia…
    …you can only add to it. Wikipedia is a database with an eternal memory. An article you read today is just the current draft; every time it is changed, we keep both the new version and a copy of the old version. This allows us to compare different versions, or restore older ones as needed. As a reader, you can even cite the specific copy of an article you are looking at. Just link to the article using the “Permanent link” at the bottom of the left menu, and your link will point to a page whose contents will never change. (However, if an article is deleted, you cannot view a permanent link to it unless you are an administrator.)
    More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
  5. We care deeply about the quality of our work.
    Wikipedia has a complex set of policies and quality control processes. Editors can patrol changes as they happen, monitor specific topics they know about, follow a user’s track of contributions, tag articles with problems for other editors to work on, report vandals, discuss the merits of each article with other users, and many other things. Our best articles are awarded “featured article” status, and problem pages are nominated for deletion. “WikiProjects” focus on improvements to particular topic areas. Really good articles may go into other media and be distributed to schools through Wikipedia 1.0. We care about getting things right, and we never stop thinking about new ways to do so.
    More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Portal, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_is_so_great, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability
  6. We do not expect you to trust us.
    It is in the nature of an ever-changing work like Wikipedia that, while some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish. We are fully aware of this. We work hard to keep the ratio of the greatest to the worst as high as possible, of course, and to find helpful ways to tell you what state an article is currently in. Even at its best, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a primary source, with all the limitations it entails. We ask you not to condemn Wikipedia, but to use it with an informed understanding of what it represents. Also, as some articles may contain errors, please do not use Wikipedia to make important decisions.
    More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer
  7. We are not alone.
    Wikipedia is part of a growing movement for free knowledge that is beginning to permeate science and education. The Wikimedia Foundation directly operates eight sister projects to the encyclopedia: Wiktionary (a dictionary and thesaurus), Wikisource (a library of source documents), Wikimedia Commons (a media repository of more than one million images, videos, and sound files), Wikibooks (a collection of textbooks and manuals), Wikiversity (an interactive learning resource), Wikinews (an experiment in citizen journalism), Wikiquote (a collection of quotations), and Wikispecies (a directory of all forms of life). Like Wikipedia itself, all these projects are freely licensed and open to contributions.
    More information: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects
  8. We are only collectors.
    Articles in Wikipedia are not signed, and contributors are unpaid volunteers. Whether you claim to be a tenured professor, use your real name or prefer to remain without an identity, your edits and arguments will be judged on their merits. We require that sources be cited for all significant claims, and we do not permit editors to publicize their personal conclusions when writing articles. Editors must follow a neutral point of view; they must only collect relevant opinions which can be traced to reliable sources.
    More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability
  9. We are not a dictatorship nor any other political system.
    The Wikimedia Foundation is controlled by its Board of Trustees, the majority of whom the Bylaws require to be chosen from its community. The Board and Wikimedia Foundation staff does not take a role in editorial issues, and projects are self-governing and consensus-driven. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales occasionally acts as a final arbiter on the English Wikipedia, but his influence is based on respect, not power; it takes effect only where the community does not challenge it. Wikipedia is transparent and self-critical; controversies are debated openly and even documented within Wikipedia itself when they cross a threshold of significance.
    More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not
  10. We are in it for the long haul.
    We want Wikipedia to be around at least a hundred years from now, if it does not turn into something even more significant. Everything about Wikipedia is engineered towards that end: our content licensing, our organization and governance, our international focus, our fundraising strategy, our use of open source software, and our never-ending effort to achieve our vision. We want you to imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That is our commitment — and we need your help.
    More information: http://wikimediafoundation.org/

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The Math behind Google PageRank…

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

As you all know, use PageRank is it’s weighted of websites on the world wide wide aka WWW. I just learned that to certain extend PageRank is important for SEO apart from the SEO optimization/ configuration that u guys do all the time. So i googled around to see what is it all about. How is it calculated and how to rank up my own PageRank (actually this is my main intention) :-P

I google around to various website inside the WWW arena, until i said to myself… how in the world they calculate PageRank.

So i ended up using the infamous Google l33t search engine and hit the keyboard with this keyword, "PageRank +wiki", which narrow my search to a wikipedia site.

So basically this the algorithm below was taken from wikipedia site, here is the complete link to it "PageRank"

Why am i so interested to post this one.. well it actually reminds me during my 1st year university days. I took Linear Algebra and this is it… MATRICES!! ..i got an A- for this subject. ok cut the crap …

Below is the algorithm of PageRank

PR(A)= 1 - d + d \left( \frac{PR(B)}{L(B)}+ \frac{PR(C)}{L(C)}+ \frac{PR(D)}{L(D)}+\,\cdots \right)

or (N = the number of documents in collection)

PR(A)= {1 - d \over N} + d \left( \frac{PR(B)}{L(B)}+ \frac{PR(C)}{L(C)}+ \frac{PR(D)}{L(D)}+\,\cdots \right) .

and the derivation is as follow,

PR(p_i) = \frac{1-d}{N} + d \sum_{p_j \in M(p_i)} \frac{PR (p_j)}{L(p_j)}

and behind the derivation is linear algebra … its matrices!

\mathbf{R} = \begin{bmatrix} PR(p_1) \\ PR(p_2) \\ \vdots \\ PR(p_N) \end{bmatrix}

where R is the solution of the equation

\mathbf{R} = \begin{bmatrix} {(1-d)/ N} \\ {(1-d) / N} \\ \vdots \\ {(1-d) / N} \end{bmatrix} + d \begin{bmatrix} \ell(p_1,p_1) & \ell(p_1,p_2) & \cdots & \ell(p_1,p_N) \\ \ell(p_2,p_1) & \ddots & & \vdots \\ \vdots & & \ell(p_i,p_j) & \\ \ell(p_N,p_1) & \cdots & & \ell(p_N,p_N) \end{bmatrix} \mathbf{R}

where the adjacency function \ell(p_i,p_j) is 0 if page pj does not link to pi, and normalised such that, for each j

\sum_{i = 1}^N \ell(p_i,p_j) = 1,

i.e. the elements of each column sum up to 1. and bla bla bla…read the full content here"Wikipedia - PageRank"

Bash/Question: dude ur using picture taken from wikipedia, isnt it plagiarism?

Answer: NO, its not plagiarism, since wikipedia is adopted what is known as a "free content license" under the GNU public license, which allow all text and images authored by the users are and will always remain free for anyone to copy, modify, and redistribute.

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Google Pages you never seen before

Friday, August 24th, 2007

To those who read bout Hongkiat’s 11 Google Search Pages u Never Seen Before here are some preview taken on his post… or simply click on the hyperlink given for full post on it.. basically its a google various search engine page created by people around the globe..

One of the best - google l33t

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Well since hongkiat’s posted bout the various search engine pages available… google related of course… then im going to post about ’other’ pages that u guys might never see before…

here go the list..

 

  • Google Moms - A tribute to Googlers’ moms.
  • Google AdSense for domains - AdSense for domains allows domain name registrars to fill the otherwise blank pages with AdSense ads.
  • Google Sets - Google Sets is the oldest Google product that never graduated Google Labs. Using Google Sets, you can create sets of items from a few examples.’
  • Google Dance 2004
    Also Google Dance 2005.

Give it a try lads, browse’em all.. i felt so bored and i did browsed them all… :grin:

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How does Google detect Invalid clicks?

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

We always hear that Google has a sophisticated system to detect the invalid clicks, and result in termination of the cheaters’ account. But, how can Google do that? In this post, I summarize those ways that Google depends on to detect whether the clicks on your site are invalid or not. Google will not first ban your account immediately. Rather, they will first flag your account and Google will keep a closer eye to your account. In some occasion, they may send you a warning letter to notify your situation; but sometimes not.

1. IP Address

It is the easist and must be recognized by everyone. If those clicks on your ads are originated from the same IP Address as the one used for accessing your AdSense account, your account is flagged.

2. Click Through Rate (CTR)

Normally, Click threw Rate should not exceeds 10%. Otherwise, Google will flag your account. For your information, normal CTR should ranges from 0.5% - 10%.

3. Physical Location

Google has good tracing software and technology.They can trace traffics origin down to the small town. So, using different computers with different IP address does not secure anything. So, don’t try to click your ads in various internet cafes. That will kill you.

4. Cookies

Most home users do not use static IP Address for Internet connection. In most cases just disconnect and reconnect will give you a new IP Address. But don’t forget, Google has set cookies on your computer. They can trace these cookies and see whether they originate from the same computer.

5. Click Pattern 1

It is also suspicious when people click on their clicks and then run away immediately (hit-and-run). But normally, people will surf for a while inside your pages and then click on the ads they want.

6. Click Pattern 2

why this computer / IP address / person is so trigger-click-happy on this particular website but never click on the ads on other sites?

7. Click Pattern 3

And why is it that people accessing these sites direct (type-in URL or from bookmark) tend to be very active ad-clickers compared with those referred from search engine or other sites?

8.Other Google Services

Apart from Google Adsense, Google also provide a series of services to us. Don’t just think that it is safe if you do not log in your adsense account and click on your ads. What other Google services do they provide to us? Here are some: Gmail (most poeple are using it), Google Earth, Google Calendar, Google Search, Google Toolbar, Google Talk, Google Sitemap, Google Desktop, Blogger, or even Youtube (coz Google has just recently acquired it).

10.Hardware address

Don’t you know that your moderm, your lAN card, routers has a serial number which act like a fingerprint? These can be used as tracing evidence by Google. Google is very smart!

11. Search Engine Ranking
Your website is not indexed on any search engine, not linked by any prominent website, but get consistently high traffic? How come people can access your website and click your ads? That will make Google to smell a rat.

12. Web page design
How about the “Please click a link below” or “donate us by clicking the ads”? These kinds of encouragement is not in line with Google’s TOS. Google can use their winning search engine, or even human eyes to check your sites from time to time.

13. Advertisers conversion rate

Ad click is one thing. But does it bring value to the advertisers? If none of the clicks on your site translate to conversion to the advertiser, you are in trouble. First the Smart-Pricing hits, then your AdSense account disabled.

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