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Senin, 22 November 2010

Jessica Simpson Ready to End Her Widow Status

Actress and singer Jessica Simpson is ready to marry again. American football player, Eric Johnson, will be her last port, filling the place that had been left by Nick Lachey, former husband.

Thursday (11/11/2010) last week, Simpson and Johnson officially engaged. "Yes, we are very pleased to confirm that we got engaged!" the couple representative said, imitate speech of the couple who was happy to People magazine.

Jessica showed a large jessica simpson engagement ring on the finger of her left hand while performing at a mall in Kansas City on Saturday (11/13/2010). Us Weekly preach the event for the first time.

Engagement of singer and movie star of The Dukes of Hazard in 2005 was conducted just days after a celebrity magazine reports that Nick Lachey engaged to his girlfriend for five years, the model Vanessa Minnillo.

Nick and Jessica split up in 2005, after three years of married. Both are not blessed with any children.

Jumat, 19 November 2010

Chuck Norris Im Feeling Lucky

I'm confused with "Chuck Norris Im Feeling Lucky!" , What is that? I thought it was a title of a movie starring by Chuck Norris. Who does not know him? An American actor who played in a lot of action films such as "Way of the Dragon" and "Walker, Texas Ranger".

Not just an actor, he was also an American martial artist. Norris created the martial art Chun Kuk Do, which is based primarily on Tang Soo Do and includes elements from every combat style he knows. He has karate studio as well.

Return to the original discussion, after I was browsing on google, it turns out that "Chuck Norris I'm Feeling Lucky" is a google joke. People said, if you go to Google and type "find Chuck Norris" into the search box, then click "I'm feeling lucky," you'll be suprised the result in Blog News and Website.

I just tried, and the page automatically go into the page of www.nochucknorris.com. Then you can see below text is displayed :

Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you.
No standard web pages containing all your search terms were found.

Your search - Chuck Norris - did not match any documents.
Suggestions:
* Run, before he finds you
* Try a different person

Ha..ha...ha....in fact this is another Google joke. Google bombs and search result jokes are a long standing internet tradition.

Senin, 15 November 2010

Is your ads interesting enough to potential customers?

Customers would choose the websites they want to visit based on the bids in each advertiser's ad. If your ad does not attract the attention of customers, then you may lose sales, leads or traffic to your website.

I do not know what to put in the ad. Help!
As a basic rule, we recommend to use ad text that is clear, spelled correctly and specifically to highlight the differences and benefits of your product or service. The aim is to attract the attention of visitors who are looking for your product or service.

Tips to make your ad interesting:
  • Use a strong call to action, for example, buy now, call now.
  • List price
  • Include special offers and unique advantage
  • Make sure that the text is very relevant to keywords in each ad group
  • Use your keywords in ads
  • Send users to the most relevant landing page on your website with specific destination URL for each ad
  • What kind of ads look good?
Here's an example of good advertising and not good for you to learn which one works.


Please note that this example is fictitious and is intended only as an illustration.

I have made a good ad, but whether those ads attract customers?
You can check the performance of ads on the tab 'Ads' in your account. View clickthrough rate (CTR) of each ad to see the number of users who click on ads after seeing it. Ads that generate low enough CTR (eg less than 1% on the search network) can often be corrected by applying the above tips and learn from example.

You can easily test multiple ads in each ad group, each with a quote and call to action phrases themselves, to see which ads are performing best. Even small differences can have a big impact on your success.

We recommend testing 2 to 4 ads in an ad group at once. This will help you assess successful advertising at no additional cost. Google AdWords will rotate your ads and more often display the best performing ads automatically. Next, you can edit or delete the ad with low CTR and repeat the test to obtain the most successful advertising.

Minggu, 14 November 2010

Advanced Google AdWords

Brad's book covers every detail of Google Adwords, from Expensive Keywords research to ad creation to landing page optimization and customer acquisition. Every chapter includes a checklist of best practices for quick reference, as well as detailed explanations of each facet of Adwords. Brad's easy-to-understand writing style and descriptive illustrations add to the usefulness of Advanced Google AdWords book.

Whether your Adwords budget is $1 per day or $10,000 per day, you owe it to yourself to get Advanced Google AdWords book. Keep a copy at hand for reference - you'll use it regularly. This book is incredible comprehensive, illustrative and readable. Both beginners and experienced pay per click marketers will find invaluable insights here.

Brad fills in a lot of gaps that the AdWords Help screens don't cover. Otherwise, you'd have to get the info from an AdWords rep, and only the biggest spenders get the best attention from these reps.

Heeding Advanced Google AdWords book's advice from the start will save you a lot of money and get you much better results. Highly recommended.

Sabtu, 13 November 2010

Wahai Polisi, Ente Melindungi dan Melayani Siapa?

Berita Gayus kembali mencuat, ketidak percayaan masyarakat kepada Institusi Polri  di republik Indonesia tercinta sepertinya semakin menguat. Bukan sekali dua kali masyarakat awam seperti kita disuguhi tontonan memuakkan dari sepak terjang yang katanya para 'penegak hukum'.

Orang dapat menganggap lain atas istilah krisis penegakan hukum itu dan memberi tekanan pada faktor-faktor yang telah menentukan isi sesungguhnya dari hukum. Namun untuk mencapai supremasi hukum yang kita harapkan bukan faktor hukumnya saja, namun faktor aparat penegak hukum juga sangat berpengaruh dalam mewujudkan supremasi hukum walaupun tidak itu saja.

Orang mulai tidak percaya terhadap hukum dan proses hukum ketika hukum itu sendiri masih belum dapat memberikan keadilan dan perlindungan bagi masyarakat. Pengadilan sebagai institusi pencari keadilan sampai saat ini belum dapat memberikan rasa puas bagi masyaralat bawah.

Buktinya para koruptor milyaran bahkan triliunan rupiah masih berkeliaran dialam bebas, bolak-balik keluar negeri, hiburan kemana saja bisa dilakukan. Padahal mereka jelas-jelas korup uang negara. Bahkan ada yang sudah di putus dengan hukuman penjara pun masih bisa melakukan aktivitas sehari-harinya.

Sedangkan kalau kita lihat ke bawah pencuri, jambret, pencopet, perampok kecil-kecilan yang terpaksa mereka lakukan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan dan mempertahankan hidupnya harus dihajar dan dianiaya dalam proses penyidikan dikepolisian.


Dan memang ini adalah merupakan kejahatan dan melanggar hukum, tetapi kalau dibandingkan dengan para koruptor (penjahat kera putih) yang hanya dapat dilakukan orang diatas dapat begitu saja lepas dari jeratan hukum. Dan ini adalah faktor aparat penegak hukumnya yang belum mampu menegakan supremasi hukum.

Kepolisian sebagai aparat yang berhubungan langsung dengan masyarakat dan mempunyai tugas sebagai pelindung dan pengayom, menjadi tugas yang disampingkannya. Polisi ditingkat sektor terutama, dengan uang tebusan dari keluarga seorang penjahat atau yang sudah mempunyai status tersangka bisa keluar dan tidak diproses sesuai dengan hukum yang berlaku.

Padahal sebenarnya sudah sangat jalas didalam KUHAP, yang notabene hukum produk manusia ini menekankan bahwa perkara pidana adalah perkara yang tidak mengenal Winwin solution , seperti dalam perkara perdata. Dalam contoh di atas membuktikan ketidak profesional atau polisi yang hanya mencari duit lewat pemerasan saja

Menyusul tertangkapnya kembali sosok seorang pria mirip Gayus HP Tambunan dalam video tim multimedia Kompas saat menonton turnamen tenis di Bali, aparat kepolisian harus memberikan klarifikasi. Pasalnya, dalam video itu menunjukkan Gayus sudah menonton tenis di Bali sejak Kamis (4/11/2010), sementara keterangan resmi Mabes Polri menyebutkan Gayus keluar tahanan pada hari Jumat (7/11/2010).

Polisi Main-main dengan Kronologis, Anggota Komisi III DPR, Nasir Djamil, mengatakan, polisi terkesan main-main dengan kronologis keluar masuknya Gayus dari Rumah Tahanan (Rutan) Mako Brimob, Kelapa Dua, Depok. Polisi belum sepenuhnya terbuka soal keluarnya Gayus.

"Polisi sudah perkirakan memang kronologis yang mau dipakai gimana. Kalau dia memang baru pertama kali keluar, pasti polisi, kan bisa langsung sebutkan tanggal dan harinya. Tetapi, karena dia keluar masuknya sudah biasa, jadi mungkin catatan sebagai antisipasi seperti itu tidak tepat," ungkapnya kepada Kompas.com, Sabtu (13/11/2010).

Menurut anggota komisi yang membidangi masalah hukum, perundangan, HAM dan keamanan ini, jika mengacu pada kronologis dan tindakan suap, dirinya percaya bahwa Gayus memang keluar dari rutan sebelum hari Jumat.

"Jadi menurut saya, polisi buang badan, belum sepenuhnya juga mau mengungkap ini. Padahal, untuk membuktikannya, kan mudah saja, tinggal diuji di lab," tambahnya.

Source : Kompas dan Berbagai Sumber

Jumat, 12 November 2010

Blogging For Dummies Book

I found this Blogging For Dummies Book to be accessible, complete, well-organized, and entertaining. It's like having your funny, fast-talking, slashdot.org-loving techie best friend tell you what to do - a good thing for me, but might not suit people who prefer more technical guidebooks.

In the author's intro, he goes over the chapters and tells readers what they can skip depending on their level of technical expertise and blog ambition (getting a blog hosted vs. installing the blog software yourself, for example).

I decided to start a blog and I know NOTHING about Dummy Blogging or Secret of Blogs and Site Monetizing, so I picked up this book. If you are having a difficult time selecting which website to blog with, typepad, wordpress, etc.

Blogging For Dummies book is great to help determine which will best suit your needs! I also like that it covers basic info such as trackbacks and blog engines. Again great if you have NO CLUE about blogs I would imagine if you have say a 40% rate of knowledge about blogging this book would be a waste of time.

This book was written simply, but was definitely appropriate for my skill level, I read it in a day, and had my blog site set up the day after. I appreciated the simple language, bullet points, and many screenshots.

Other notable features: Hill has separate chapters for each of the major blog services (MSN, Typepad, Movabletype, WordPress), and the information presented is up-to-date (very important for the blog services that updated their software recently).


Overall, it's a good choice for beginners in Web site building. Those with some experience who for some reason ignored the title of Blogging For Dummies book should opt for something in a more specialized series, one that doesn't cover everything from blogging and yoga, like the Visual Quickstart series.

Kamis, 11 November 2010

Building Findable Websites: Content is Still King

Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO Made Simple, and Beyond Book. This well-written and informative book on getting your web site noticed by users boils the advice down to one sentence: "Your content should always be written for humans first, and search engines second!" It emphasizes building attractive content first, then removing any roadblocks that would prevent search engines from finding it.

The Building Findable Websites Book is an interesting blend of high-level strategy and low-level techie tools and techniques. The mostly likely audience is actually webmasters more than web designers or marketers, although all would benefit from it. The most valuable part for me was the review of the many management tools, most of them free, available for studying your web site and learn about The Art of SEO.

The web standards part doesn't really get a lot of attention in this book. No one today is going to seriously argue against following web standards. The advice in this book is limited to "use HTML elements for what they were designed for," with a promise that that will improve your search rankings. For example, it recommends using the various header levels to structure your document instead of just using boldface and bigger type, and it recommends using tables only for tabular date and using CSS for precise placement of a mosaic of elements.

A lot of what's here is not really about findability but about making your site worth finding, and about how to hold on to your audience once they've found the site. It covers techniques such as mailing lists (old technology but still very valuable), RSS feeds, user-generated content (such as product reviews), and blogs.


The book makes the interesting point that authoring for search engines is very similar to authoring for the visually impaired. If you are careful to make your site accessible to humans, it will automatically be more accessible to search engines. There is specific advice on handling blogs, JavaScript menu systems, Shockwave Flash, and Ajax.

Rabu, 10 November 2010

The Art of SEO Book

After you buy and read SEO Made Simple now you can try to learn SEO (Search Engine Optimization)at The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization (Theory in Practice).

SEO is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results as opposed to search engine marketing (SEM) which deals with paid inclusion.

Typically, the earlier (or higher) a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search and industry-specific vertical search engines. This gives a web site web presence.

The Art of SEO book is written by four well-known SEO experts: Eric Enge, Stephen Spencer, Rand Fishkin and Jessie Stricchiola. Each one of the authors demonstrates their ability in explaining to the reader their wealth of knowledge on this subject.

This is the first of its kind in my opinion for a book to cover so many aspects of SEO from the planning of your site and audience, to working and testing algorithms of the various search engines, to creating SEO friendly content, trakcing and measuring your results and ROI.

A brief review of each chapters contents:

Chapter 1 : The Search Engines: Reflecting Consciousness and Connecting Commerce
Chapter 2 : Search Engine Basics
Chapter 3 : Determining Your SEO Objectives and Defining Your Site's Audience
Chapter 4 : First Stages of SEO
Chapter 5 : Keyword Research

Chapter 6 : Developing an SEO-Friendly Website
Chapter 7 : Creating Link-Worthy Content and Link Marketing
Chapter 8 : Optimizing for Vertical Search
Chapter 9 : Tracking Results and Measuring Success
Chapter 10 : Domain Changes, Post-SEO Redesigns, and Troubleshooting
Chapter 11 : Honing the Craft: SEO Research and Study
Chapter 12 : Build an In-House SEO Team, Outsource It, or Both?
Chapter 13 : An Evolving Art Form: The Future of SEO

The Art of SEO  book should be considered a 'bible' on SEO because I cannot think of any other topic that has been left out. I have already used this book for two websites my company has developed and improved its search results by at least 10-20%. SEO is definitely an art form in a way and so many designers and devlopers overlook this when they are creating a website because either of the lack of time or mainly due to the lack of knowledge.

Even though this book has lots and lots of information, you can take parts or sections of this book and apply it immediately to a website you are currently working on or have worked on like I did. I cannot stress enough how important SEO is and this book is an invaluable resource. A must buy!

SEO Made Simple

SEO Made Simple: Strategies For Dominating The World's Largest Search Engine (Volume 1), As an experience web and print designer, most of my experience comes from the design side of things. SEO is something I dealt with from time to time since it was up to the marketing department to handle the PR and traffic to the site.

I purchased SEO made Simple and it was simplistic and easy to understand. Evidently I did know some things about SEO since many of the tips that he highlights are things that a good designer as well as Internet marketer should keep in mind especially when it comes to understanding internal, inbound and outbound links.

He touches on some of the basic principles that a good internet marketer should already have in mind when they are contemplating site design as well as best practices.

The book is good I personally enjoyed it, but remember it is rudimentary and is geared toward the newbie who needs to understand the basic process of page optimization and site optimization and would not be good for someone who understands search engine algorithms and needs to analyze site metrics.

I read many technical books to keep myself up-to-date with current technologies in the print and design fields and if you are like me who dabbles in SEO then the book is a good fit, but if you are positioning yourself to get high rankings in Google and Bing then you need to get a much more technical and in-depth book on SEO.

Selasa, 09 November 2010

Mafia 2 Game Review

Being part of mafia families requires a long journey and efforts that are often harmful to oneself. by Fram Shaw

If other people are currently discussing a new game of series Call of Duty: Black Ops, then I will discuss another.

Mafia II is a 3rd person action adventure game that is sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. This game has sandbox style that allows players to explore the map and do things freely. This game background is atmosphere of 1940 to 1951 and located in a fictional town that is named Empire Bay. The story begins when you are as Vito Scaletta, son of Sicilian immigrant who return home due to wounded in combat since World War II. Previously, Vito joined the USA army to avoid conscription in jail for robbery.

Vito's homecoming turned out not only welcomed by his family, but also some bad news related to her father's huge debts. While the father had died. Finally, Vito ask for help of his friend, Joe Barbaro to find a job. From this Vito will meet all kinds of characters that eventually made him as an accomplice Falcone Mafia family. Vito had to struggle against the various machinations of the three major mafia groups, namely Falcone, Vinci, and Clemente.

Mafia II storyline is a drama that is packed with slick. When combined, it took about two hours to cutscene only. Cutscene that is available not made from pre-rendered cutscenes. For example, when you drive a car that is damaged, a cutscene will appear with the same car damage. Interestingly, the emotional of each character and this game is really asking you to feel the dark side of the Mafia world.
This game still presents a wide variety of firearms, like rifles Thompson (Tommy Gun), Colt 1911, Shotgun, Beretta Model 38, and guns of World War II era. In addition to shooting scenes in every mission, you can also do battle one on one with bare hands.

The graphic fairly detail, starting from character to Empire Bay city that looks more alive with the varied activities of its inhabitants. This game also has a storyline inspired by the various gangster films, like The Godfather and Goodfellas. Equipped with music typical of its era and emotional each character, making Mafia II is like a movie.



source : chip.co.id

Senin, 08 November 2010

Honda CBR 250R Officially Released

The latest Honda CBR250R finally officially released, Wednesday (27/10), in Thailand. This motor certainly become rival of Kawasaki Ninja 250R.

Motor which will also appear in the arena Jakarta Motorcycle Show (JMCS) 2010 brings 150cc single cylinder engine 150cc four-stroke that capable of producing maximum power 26 bhp. Motor weight is 162 kg, this is lighter than the Kawasaki Ninja 250R which is 7kg.
Honda claimed CBR250R to consumes 13 liters of petrol for a distance of 346 km or one liter of petrol for a distance of 26 km.

Honda CBR 250R has a frame made of steel with conventional fork and comes with Pro-Link suspension. Disc brake Nissin with three-piston become a mainstay of maximum braking of this motor.

CBR 250R will also be equipped with PGM-FI technology, a fuel supply control system of electronic injection. Even the exhaust pipe has also been plugged catalyst as CO2 sensor.

Face of Honda CBR250R similar to Honda VFR1200F. However, the CBR250R look more sporty, assertive, and the colors of Honda Racing Championship (HRC) dominate this motor body, namely blue, white, red, and black.

Honda CBR250R which will be marketed starting in November 2010 sold for 100,000 baht, or about Rp 30 million.

Minggu, 07 November 2010

New York Marathon 2010

I do not think that marathon sport was much like by the people. In many countries, the marathon is always followed by many participants. Today, Monday 7 November 2010, New York Marathon 2010 or calling also as New York City Marathon 2010 is being held.

Understand that first New York City Marathon was held in 1970. This marathon is held every year, with a distance of about 42.195 km or 26.219 mils whose course runs through all five boroughs of New York City. It's not short distance.

Last year, New York City Marathon has become the largest marathon anywhere in the world. Each year nearly two million cheering spectators line the course from all different neighborhoods of New York. Last year, New York Marathon attended by approximately 43659 people.

New York City Marathon 2010 shall be actually beginning at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the 1st among the five bridges the people Shall pass through Brooklyn, Queens and after that to Manhattan. They also shall be dipping in Bronx and finally coming back to Manhattan and going to the central park where all of it shall get finished after a long distance of 26.2 miles as I mentioned above.

Will last year New York City Marathon winner, Meb Keflezighi (men's race) and Derartu Tulu (women's race) also attended this year's marathon? We'll wait for further news.

Selasa, 20 Juli 2010

10 Penyakit Kelamin Akibat Seks Bebas

Inilah 10 Penyakit Kelamin Akibat Seks Bebas: Melakukan seks bebas selain bisa mengakibatkan kehamilan diluar nikah, beresiko juga tertular penyakit kelamin yang sangat mengerikan. Seks bebas yang dilakukan berganti pasangan menurut Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention di Atlanta menyebutkan, ada 10 penyakit menular lewat seks.


Berikut inilah 10 penyakit kelamin akibat seks bebas dan