Here is the video explaining why? Check this out.

It tells how you must give more preference to list building and email marketing as they are your assets. PPC and organic traffic are totally dependent on search engines. You can download the entire course from CB Wealth Formula which contains 10 modules.

Google has been granted a patent to a technology that will track mouse movements to deliver relevant results. The title is “System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring”. Here is how the abstract for the patent describes it:

A method and system of modulating search result relevancy use various types of user browsing activities. In particular, a client assistant residing in a client computer monitors movements of a user controlled pointer in a web browser, e.g., when the pointer moves into a predefined region and when it moves out of the predefined region. A server then determines a relevancy value between an informational item associated with the predefined region and a search query according to the pointer hover period. When preparing a new search result responsive to a search query, the server re-orders identified informational items in accordance with their respective relevancy values such that more relevant items appear before less relevant ones. The server also uses the relevancy values to determine and/or adjust the content of an one-box result associated with a search query.

It means that if a user quickly moves his mouse towards a result, Google will know that it is relevant to him.  If a user hovers over a result or an ad then it means that the user found the result or ad interesting.

Using Google App Inventor now anyone can create an android app. Google says that App Inventor is built on the idea that you do not need to be a developer to build great mobile applications. Instead of code, App Inventor allows you to visually design applications and use blocks to specify application logic.

Now many have a genuine worries that this might lead to a flurry of crap apps in the marketplace. For one thing registration costs $25 and that will be a hindrance for many. Plus, I think, Google might charge more from such developers. Google is in a win-win situation over here. It can get lots of apps in its marketplace and all it has to do is sort out the good ones for users.

Further, many non-geeky iPhone loving youngsters might be attracted in buying android phones once they start creating their own apps. It is like watching a crap television show on TV just because you have featured in it

Apply for it over here. You can watch the video hereon youtube. Its is an unlisted video, ie. only those with the link can view it. Wonder why Google does not want to make it viral?

WordPress has a great anti-comment spam plugin askimet. It is quite effective against most spam.

But these days I have noticed spammers going in stealth mode.  Initially they would just write crap comment usually lot of random character filled with links. It was easy to track.

For egs. For the post Chrome is finally in top 3 worldwide and in US, overtakes Safari I got the following comment

Tournament favourites Brazil have been knocked out by Netherlands 2-1 after being 1-0 up at half-time.
Twitter has been flooded by the tweets and it is currently down approximately 10 seconds after the final whistle.
I am lucky to be able to tweet just before that.
“Netherland wins…in the semis…. sorry Brazil“

Sex.com is the most expensive domain for the obvious reasons.  It was last sold for 14 million USD !!!!

Now it is up for sale again. The best people in business Sedo are brokering the sale.

From the Sedo press  report

Sedo, the leading online domain marketplace and broker of super premium domain names, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Escom, LLC to privately broker the sale of Sex.com, widely considered to be the world’s most valuable domain name, as well as two related trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Sedo is a great place to buy, park and sell domains. You can register and sell it for a higher price later on. It is a good business.

It has been quite a while since Google have started displaying related searches for the keywords you have searched.

I just noticed that they are showing related ads (Sponsored Links) for the keywords you searched. It is a interesting feature for Adwords advertisers who can target users searching Google using related keywords

This might be old news, but I noticed this feature today.

Shown on the left is the screenshot of the search result page of  “World cup”

After both StatCounter and Net Applications placed Google’s Chrome on the podium at the third spot worldwide, StatCounter has launched results for the US market.

Here, too, Chrome has captured the third spot overtaking Apple’s Safari. Internet Explorer remains the favourite amongst American users with 52% and FireFox with 28.5%. Chrome and Safari have 8.97 and 8.88 market share, respectively.

However, worldwide the gap between Chrome and Safari is wider with them having the market share of  9.4% and 4%, respectively. Internet Explorer has 53% and Firefox has 31%.

Google Chrome’s achievement is worth applauding as it is a new comer in the browser market.

Maybe promoting it on the site with most traffic (google.com) and second highest (Facebook.com) as shown in the above pic has done the trick.

If you are planning a crime make sure you don’t carry Apple’s  iPhone or the iPad.

Why? They can trace your location and and are willing to share it. It will help the advertisers to send targeted ads to you.

You can opt-out targeted ads if you wish to do so but not out of their location tracking.

The updated privacy policy for mac, iphone and ipad excerpt from ilounge

Apple and its partners use cookies and other technologies in mobile advertising services to control the number of times you see a given ad, deliver ads that relate to your interests, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. If you do not want to receive ads with this level of relevance on your mobile device, you can opt out by accessing the following link on your device: http://oo.apple.com. If you opt out, you will continue to receive the same number of mobile ads, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on your interests. You may still see ads related to the content on a web page or in an application or based on other non-personal information. This opt-out applies only to Apple advertising services and does not affect interest-based advertising from other advertising networks.

Please note that even though this affects all Apple products, it is particularly useful on on its mobile devices like the iPhone and the iPad.

As you know HTTPS sites are secure sites and your transaction with them is safe from eavesdropping. Google recently launched Google ssl for this purpose hwre your search is secure.

Now Electronic Search Frontier has developed an add on for firefox browser that will help you surf the web in HTTPS.  Sites like the New York Times, Washington Post, Twitter and Facebook,  Google services and a good many popular and semi-obscure sites are covered.

On installation, your browser automatically goes for the HTTPS/SSL connection option, or uses TOR’s resources to make it encrypted.

However , remember that unless Firefox displays a colored address bar and a complete lock in the status bar the  connection is not secure. This is because the webpage may contain third-party elements like advertisements which can be exploited.

Please note that surfing the web in HTTPS is comparatively slower than surfing without it.

Download the addon at EFF