essential-blog-directories-to-submit-your-blog

Here are 24 directories you need to know about:

1. Best of the Web Blog Search remains a powerful tool for sharing your blog, especially since this director’s very selective, listing only mature and valuable blogs. A link from here is majestic.

2. Bloggeries is one of the most respected blog directories. The layout is clear and concise, and readers are able to find what they are looking for in a snap.

3. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.

4. OnToplist.com is a free, manually-edited directory that reads the RSS feed of your blog. You can also use the site’s social features, article directory, and other great tools to build your blog.

5. Blogged.com is an interesting mix of a directory and a Google News type site that is fed by the blogs listed with Blogged. And it’s free to list your blog.

6. While the design and infrastructure have changed somewhat over the years, Blog Search Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. Membership has its privileges.

7. Blog Catalog features a vast number of categories, from “academic” to “writing”, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It has a no-frills design, but offers convenient access through a simple blog registration.

8. Globe of Blogs has too many features to list. Only non-commercial blogs are accepted. The site may be busy, but I like being able to narrow my search by title, author or subject.

9. The ultimate directory of British blogs isn’t focused on location, but on the culture. It is asked that bloggers be genuinely “Britished.”

10. Blog Universe has a layout that’s easy to navigate and, although the content is limited, it’s an all-around good directory worthy of submission.

11. Bigger Blogs is intertwined with a business directory and an article directory, giving you access to several powerful tools in one location.

12. Bloggernity is a crisp, clean and easily navigated site. It’s low ad-to-content ratio has helped solidify its reputation as a quality directory.

13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye-catching homepage. Readers are easily connected to top blogs and new posts. Innovative categories, a colorful design and its blogger tool kit make this directory a hit.

14. Spillbean is a well-designed directory with categories such as “health,” “society,” “Internet,” and “personal.”

15. Blogging Fusion boasts over 60 categories, including family-focused blogs. Blogging Fusion has an good number of listings, and it also has visitor stats.

16. Blogflux is organized and clear with a strong social element.

17. The blogs at the top of Bloglisting are fun, colorful and catch the attention of the reader. Bloglisting displays the page-ranking blogs, which is a helpful tool when determining with whom you want to exchange links.

18. Blogio stores plenty of quality blogs, and it sports solid on-site search.

19. Blog Digger is a strong search tool, especially for local blog listings.

20. Blog Pulse features a powerful community element, on-site analytics, and a clean design. The “submit” page is a bit tricky to find, so here’s the quick link.

21. Technorati’s blog directory is well-respected and spans more than 30 categories.

22. Blogarama has a strong base of blogs and a solid text-ad system for its front page.

23. Blog Hints features over 100 categories. The site is very picky about which blogs are included, and those that are listed are presented via a visual interface that shows the site’s design and page rank. This makes Blog Hints the perfect site for finding link-swapping partners.

The above listings are a glimpse inside the large and vast world of blog directories and the valuable inbound links that your can build for your blog and your business.

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How To Remove Windows Genuine Advantage From Your PC

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA for short) is a Windows Update component rolled out to XPusers long after XP was released. It is intended to validate your Windows licence, allow updates toMicrosoft wares and display a number of notifications if your product key isn’t kosher.

There’s nothing wrong with still using XP, a number of staff here at MakeUseOf have yet to budge in fact. If you’ve got an old PC that doesn’t need the bells, whistles and expensive licence that comes with Windows 7 then XP is still a viable alternative.

In this guide I will show you how to remove the WGA notifications should you want to, after which you’ll not be able to download non-critical updates but will still receive the critical fixes that really matter.

Why Remove WGA?

If you bought Windows XP and have been unlucky enough to fail the validation (which isn’t uncommon) then you might just want to remove it altogether. If you’re a raging software pirate then I’m going to have a tougher job convincing you to keep it.

WGA is a non-vital Windows component, which means that without it your copy of Windows XP will continue to work. If you’re using something like VLC for your media needs and swear by Chrome or Firefox then you probably won’t miss updates for Internet Explorer and Media Player all that much.

Data is also collected about your system, this includes your BIOS checksum, MAC address, hard drive serial number, and even your PC’s manufacturer and model. If you’re tight on privacy, this might be another reason to ditch WGA.

I’ve provided two methods of removing WGA manually. I’d recommend you try the first set of instructions to begin with, the second set is provided in case you can’t get the first working. There are also a few applications that will attempt to remove WGA for you (more on those later).

It is worth mentioning if you’ve re-installed XP lately and downloaded WGA in a recent update then a simple System Restore to the point before you downloaded the update will remove it. Just remember not to re-download it again afterwards.

Assuming you’ve had WGA on your machine for a while, the instructions below should remove it.

Removing WGA Via The Command Line

Restart your PC and boot into Safe Mode, usually by pressing F8 whilst your computer boots. Once your PC has booted open a command prompt by clicking Start then Run and typing cmd into the box before clicking OK.

Change directory to your System32 folder with the following command:

cd \windows\system32

Next you’re going to need to copy the following lines to the clipboard, in order to paste them into the command prompt quickly. This is necessary to kill the WgaTray.exe process and delete the file before Windows has a chance to launch it again:

taskkill -IM wgatray.exe
del wgatray.exe
del wgalogon.old

If all the commands executed correctly you should have killed and deleted WgaTray.exe as well as WgaLogon.dll. You might also want to have a look for any WGA-related files (WgaTray.exe, WgaLogon.dll, WgaSetup.exe etc”¦) in \Windows\System32\dllcache and delete them, just in case.

Restart your PC to see if the changes have taken effect, if the WGA notifications are still there then you’ll want to continue reading this next bit, otherwise you’re done.

Removing WGA With Registry Editor & Windows Explorer

If you’re still reading then that probably didn’t work. Boot normally and once Windows is back click Start, Run and type regedit before clicking OK.

Navigate your way to: My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify and delete the folder called WgaLogon and any content associated with it.

Restart your PC and if all has gone well, your WGA notifications shouldn’t be visible. These next steps will delete the files for good.

Navigate to your Windows\System32 folder and  at the top of the window click Tools, Folder Options and click on the View tab. Check Show hidden and protected Windows files so that you can see all of the offending items.

Next you’re going to need to locate all WGA-related files within your \Windows\System32 and \Windows\System32\dllcache folders. Running a simple search is the best way, so hit Start,Search and choose All files and folders.

Run a search for Wga*.*, and delete any WGA related results you find in these folders including WgaTray.exe, WgaLogon.dll and WgaSetup.exe. Restart your PC once you’ve done, and your copy of Windows should be “genuine” again.

Removing WGA With Software

If you’re still having trouble then there are a number of third-party tools that will attempt to do this for you. I personally prefer tinkering with my System32 folder myself rather than getting an application to do it, though there’s plenty of people claiming these work just fine.

RemoveWGA is a simple run and reboot process, by the time you’ve restarted WGA notifications should be gone. MUBlinder is another solution, just make sure you have theMicrosoft .NET Framework before running it or it won’t work.

If one of these methods worked for you then you might want to change your preferences for Automatic Updates in Control Panel so that WGA doesn’t make its way back onto your system. I’d recommend allowing Windows to notify you when updates are available, but then manually selecting them yourself.

Don’t forget to keep up-to-date with your critical updates, this is vital to keep your machine patched up and secure.

Have you removed Windows Genuine Advantage or did your copy of XP validate ok? Any reasons you’re still using XP? Let us know in the comments

This blog is copied from makeuseof

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Nokia NokiaPocket Carrom Cheats, Codes, Tips and Tricks

Pocket Carrom Cheats

Here is another cheat for another amazing game in Nokia Phones. Pocket Carrom is one of my personal favorite game in mobiles.

First of all run the game while playing the game when its your turn Press “Button 5” to start aiming option. When you will push the button you will see that thee is cross sign in the middle of screen like ‘+’ this this is your aiming point. Now hold “Button 4” and when its near to the left edge of the screen release “Button 4” and push “Button 7”. All of your pieces including Queen will disappear which are actually in pockets. Shot anywhere you want and you will see a message you win on your screen. That’s All you can win the game where ever you want.

Note: If cheat don’t work properly don’t get panic. Just quit the game, start a new game and keep it up until it works. Normally cheat is activated after almost 6 New Games.
This is a step by step list.

1. New Game
2. On Your Turn
3. Hold 4
4. Release 4 and Instantly Press 7
5. Done!

Tested On: 1110,1110i,1112

If your have any question please comment in the comments section.

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best tips to increase revenue on google adsense

There are many Adsense Gurus that will try to tell people who are starting out making money online of the Google Advertising Program to target high paying keywords but sometimes this can backfire and leave you with low paying clicks. One factor which determines how much you get paid per click is the region that the clicks come from. As this Information is not available in the Adsense Interface it is hard to tell where the Click on your Ads are coming from with just the Basic Adsense Reports. And most publishers try to blame low paying keywords alone, This leads to people writing articles and including keywords that are not really relevent to the topic of the article. So how do you fix this problem with Low paying Clicks.

Methods that you can use to earn more from Adsense

• Use Text Ads only

This is because many advertisers target image ads on the content network and get very low paying clicks doing so.

• Use an Advertising Management System

Google’s DoubleClick for Publishers program to find out where the clicks are coming from although it is quite difficult to master it will tell you in your reports where these low paying clicks are been made. Alternatively you could use an Automated Advertising Manager like Yield Build it will rotate your Ads for you and Works both with the Adsense and Chitika ad networks.

• Use Adsense Revenue Sharing

Revenue Sharing Sites can really help in Building up your Adsense earnings outside your own sites. These allow you to make sometimes up to 100% share of the Revenue .

• Talk about Products

As Advertisers on the Adsense Network wish to compete for sales it is always a good Idea to talk about products in your posts as there will be more competition for the Ads on your Site meaning you make more money because of the Advertising Auction.

• Use Section Targeting

There are parts of your site such as gadgets and things in the sidebar the you need to be ignored by advetisers. One example was when I placed a translate button on my sidebar and ads for translation sites kept appearing and my content keywords were being ignored. To fix this problem you need to enable section targeting on your site just use the site search to learn more about section targeting.

• If you need to Learn more

I was searching for months trying to find ways to Improve my earnings and most of this was from people that read The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense there are many tips in this book and it explains all you need to know about using the Google Adsense Program.

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how to break alexa 100k rank in few days

Few weeks a go, this blog breaks 100k of Alexa Rank for the first time. I’m happy with the result. Thanks to all my supporting friends for this achievement. I can’t write your names here guys, but I really appreciate your support. This time I want to share how I get this level of Alexa Rank. How I breaks 100k of Alexa Rank? Small number is better with Alexa Rank.

I want to share simple blogging tips to get your blog breaks 100k too. Here the list guys 

1. Sign Up for Alexa Account and put your blog at their data base.
2. Put Alexa Badge on your blog and Install Alexa toolbar on your browser.
3. Create contents, at least one article per day, few blogger believe one article will decrease you Alexa Rank about 1k, so if you post two articles you will decrease your Alexa Rank 2k 
4. Alexa Review. Ask your friend to review your blog on Alexa, some blogger said this is nothing to do with Alexa Rank, but in my experiences review is the powerful tool to boost my Alexa Rank, better than publish an article a day 
5. Talking about Alexa on your blog, share your experiences how you gets your great Alexa Rank and hope people find your blog through search engine.

That’s all the simple blogging tips to decrease your Alexa Rank, its pretty simple and everyone can do all things I said above. Alexa Rank is still debatable, some said its not important factor for a blog and the traffic is bias because Alexa’s algorithm, but for me Alexa give a motivation to keep creating articles to decrease the rank.  In fact few advertiser still using Alexa as a factor to rank a blog in their system.

By the way, this article base on a question from my friend on LinkedIn, Grace Langlois. So Grace I hope you are happy with the article and use it to decrease your Alexa Rank.

Hope you like the simple blogging tips guys and don’t forget to review my blog at Alexa, I’ll be really appreciate  Thank for being my supportive friends.

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