After Matt Cutt announced in his blog the latest PageRank update, the whole webmaster community stirred with thousands of new threads popping up at different forums. People were curious and nervous while others simply did not care. I was one of the first ones! I have several blogs and I have been working hard to build backlinks and post unique content since the last PageRank update.
The update finally began two-three days ago. Webmasters could notice their websites’ PageRank changing. Some sites gained PageRank, others lost while some stayed the same. Most of my blogs did not see any change at all. Only one blog saw an increase from N/A to PR 1. I hardly spent any time on that blog and there are less than ten posts on it but still it got PR 1. However, my other blogs which have lots of backlinks from high PR sites did not notice any change.
One of my blogs got a PR 3 in the last update. That was when I was not interested in PageRank at all and hardly cared about backlinks. Since the last update, I decided to raise the PR to at least 4 or 5 from 3. I managed to exchange DoFollow links with a lot of high PageRank websites. Some of those sites even had PR4 and PR5! Furthermore, I submitted my blog to several famous directories but it seems like none of it worked.
Now when the update has ended, I am highly disappointed with Google. Their system seems to get less accurate in every update. Am I saying this only because I did not see a raise? Well, it is partially true but I have also seen other webmasters talk about it. Not many are happy with this update. Google needs to be more careful in future and reward websites that truly deserve it. I understand that being 100% accurate is very difficult but it is still important to manage some quality when ranking other websites. But this is only my opinion and you have all the right to disagree with it.
Fortunately, if I didn’t gain any PageRank then I did not lose any either. I was a little nervous about SEO and Blogging Tips since I just started working on it. It managed to stick to its PageRank (4).
How did Google’s PageRank update turn out for you? Did your websites’ PageRank raise, drop or stay neutral? Are you happy with it or disappointed?
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Some useful links:
More Transparency in Customized Search Results - Google Blog
Back to school with more than 1 million users worldwide - Google Blog
Hello from A2 - Google Blog
We Knew The Web Was Big - Google Blog
Knol Is Open to Everyone - Google Blog
Updates and Fixes for July 18th - Blogger Buzz
Easy as 1-2-3 - Adsense Blog
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After I got done posting this morning about how much I loved the free VMWare ESXi, I received a few emails pointing me to the license restrictions that you agree to when installing it. Here is the fun part:
3.9 Audit Rights. You will maintain accurate records as to your use of the Software as authorized by this Agreement, for at least two (2) years from the last day on which support and subscription services (”Services”) expired for the applicable Software. VMware, or persons designated by VMware, will, at any time during the period when you are obliged to maintain such records, be entitled to inspect such records and your computing devices, in order to verify that the Software is used by you in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and that you have paid the applicable license fees and Services fees for the Software; provided that VMware may conduct no more than one (1) audit in any twelve (12) month period. You shall promptly pay to VMware any underpayments revealed by any such audit. Any such audit will be performed at VMware’s expense during normal business hours, provided that you shall promptly reimburse VMware for the cost of such audit and any applicable fees if such audit reveals an underpayment by you of more than five percent (5%) of the amounts payable by you to VMware for the period audited.
So essentially by downloading and installing this software you now agree to allow VMWare into your company and start poking around to see if you have stolen anything.
I don’t think so.
I thought Microsoft has had some really crazy restrictions - but this tops them all. I will need to think carefully about using their software. I hope someone at VMWare gets a clue and removes this restriction.
Written by Steve Wiseman on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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I wanted to give you all a heads up on something new we’re bringing to the blog.
A lot of times when the Product Team is showing off Windows Vista, the crowd is pretty impressed by all of the useful features we built into the OS. Most of these are things that will make day-to-day work quicker or easier - especially for those of us office drones. But many of our users just don’t know they exist. So we figured, why not show you some of our favorite features?
Over the next week or so, our own Esther Choi from Windows Vista Product Management will be hosting a series of short videos that don’t just cover what these features are, but also how and when to use them. We hope to make videos from the Windows Vista Product Management Team a regular thing, so let us know what you think by leaving a comment…and what you want to hear more about!
Today we’re kicking off with Instant Search, which is really cool in Windows Vista. Finding stuff can be a big pain, but the search capabilities built directly into the OS help me locate the documents, music files, photos, emails and whatever else you’re looking for quickly.
Video: Windows Vista Demo: Instant Search
By the way, while we’re on the topic of features, I wanted to let you know that the Windows Vista Product Guide - a great resource on all things Windows Vista - is now available for FREE in paperback. All you have to do is pay for shipping. Order your copy here. I should note that the paperback guide doesn’t include the new stuff in SP1, but you can download all of that information here.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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I wanted to give you all a heads up on something new we’re bringing to the blog.
A lot of times when the Product Team is showing off Windows Vista, the crowd is pretty impressed by all of the useful features we built into the OS. Most of these are things that will make day-to-day work quicker or easier - especially for those of us office drones. But many of our users just don’t know they exist. So we figured, why not show you some of our favorite features?
Over the next week or so, our own Esther Choi from Windows Vista Product Management will be hosting a series of short videos that don’t just cover what these features are, but also how and when to use them. We hope to make videos from the Windows Vista Product Management Team a regular thing, so let us know what you think by leaving a comment…and what you want to hear more about!
Today we’re kicking off with Instant Search, which is really cool in Windows Vista. Finding stuff can be a big pain, but the search capabilities built directly into the OS help me locate the documents, music files, photos, emails and whatever else you’re looking for quickly.
Video: Windows Vista Demo: Instant Search
By the way, while we’re on the topic of features, I wanted to let you know that the Windows Vista Product Guide - a great resource on all things Windows Vista - is now available for FREE in paperback. All you have to do is pay for shipping. Order your copy here. I should note that the paperback guide doesn’t include the new stuff in SP1, but you can download all of that information here.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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I wanted to give you all a heads up on something new we’re bringing to the blog.
A lot of times when the Product Team is showing off Windows Vista, the crowd is pretty impressed by all of the useful features we built into the OS. Most of these are things that will make day-to-day work quicker or easier - especially for those of us office drones. But many of our users just don’t know they exist. So we figured, why not show you some of our favorite features?
Over the next week or so, our own Esther Choi from Windows Vista Product Management will be hosting a series of short videos that don’t just cover what these features are, but also how and when to use them. We hope to make videos from the Windows Vista Product Management Team a regular thing, so let us know what you think by leaving a comment…and what you want to hear more about!
Today we’re kicking off with Instant Search, which is really cool in Windows Vista. Finding stuff can be a big pain, but the search capabilities built directly into the OS help me locate the documents, music files, photos, emails and whatever else you’re looking for quickly.
Video: Windows Vista Demo: Instant Search
By the way, while we’re on the topic of features, I wanted to let you know that the Windows Vista Product Guide - a great resource on all things Windows Vista - is now available for FREE in paperback. All you have to do is pay for shipping. Order your copy here. I should note that the paperback guide doesn’t include the new stuff in SP1, but you can download all of that information here.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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I wanted to give you all a heads up on something new we’re bringing to the blog.
A lot of times when the Product Team is showing off Windows Vista, the crowd is pretty impressed by all of the useful features we built into the OS. Most of these are things that will make day-to-day work quicker or easier - especially for those of us office drones. But many of our users just don’t know they exist. So we figured, why not show you some of our favorite features?
Over the next week or so, our own Esther Choi from Windows Vista Product Management will be hosting a series of short videos that don’t just cover what these features are, but also how and when to use them. We hope to make videos from the Windows Vista Product Management Team a regular thing, so let us know what you think by leaving a comment…and what you want to hear more about!
Today we’re kicking off with Instant Search, which is really cool in Windows Vista. Finding stuff can be a big pain, but the search capabilities built directly into the OS help me locate the documents, music files, photos, emails and whatever else you’re looking for quickly.
Video: Windows Vista Demo: Instant Search
By the way, while we’re on the topic of features, I wanted to let you know that the Windows Vista Product Guide - a great resource on all things Windows Vista - is now available for FREE in paperback. All you have to do is pay for shipping. Order your copy here. I should note that the paperback guide doesn’t include the new stuff in SP1, but you can download all of that information here.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Like I said in my last post I was going to give ESXi a spin. VMWare just made it free. It is their response to Hyper-V from Microsoft. I have already setup a Hyper-V 2008 box here…it took me forever to get the thing to work under Server Core 2008. Even with all that work I am now willing to blow it away and start all over again with ESXi. The features it has are just too compelling to ignore. To top it all off the thing is free.
Firstly. It has no host operating system. It has a 32MB footprint. This alone beats the pants off of Hyper-V. Secondly VMWare does not restrict you with their tools. You can install VMWare tools on any hosted operating system you can think of…Microsoft requires that you have the latest service packs. This can be a real pain when you are trying to use those machines for testing. Want to see how an application behaves under XP with no service packs? Well under Hyper-V you need to suffer with sluggish mouse and Video - since the tools will refuse to install.
Management. Yes Management. ESXi uses the Virtual Infrastructure client to manage it. This will work over any TCP connection. With Hyper-V you need to use RPC. This makes it much more difficult to manage a machine that is far away over the internet.
In addition, there are lots of settings and status information that Hyper-V is not even close to. For example…the performance graphs
With a quick glance you can see what your resource utilization is at:
And other features they both have…Support for multiple processors:
A big issue for me is multiple snapshots. This feature was always disabled on free editions in the past. Not so anymore:
There is a ton I have not covered here, but I would give it a try if you are starting to experiment with Virtualization.
I have already started setting up a few new machines on it and I am very impressed. I am much happier now too since I don’t have to worry about another windows box running as the host…that would be just another machine to patch, and scan.
To get your free copy, simply visit the download site:
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/login.php?eval=esxi&t=1
Make sure you use a good email address…since you do need to use the serial number they send you, otherwise it will expire in 60 days.
Written by Steve Wiseman on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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