tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64184522024-03-08T19:42:08.947+05:30Footsteps on CloudsChirayu's blog about search engines, Google, poetry, usability, search engine optimization and marketing, writing, reading, books, cricket, musings, Haiku, teaching, and collection of interesting personal, professional, and misc. links. Collection of thoughts, quotable quotes, sayings, ideas, articles, news, movies, lyrics, and Shayari with life and times as a web content writer, an online researcher, and a search engine marketing professional from Bangalore in India.Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comBlogger1703125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-57803517032317600762013-11-18T14:32:00.000+05:302013-11-18T15:40:17.063+05:30Thank You Sachin For All The Memories | It's the End of an Era in Cricket | Sachin Forever... SachinSachin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sachin's Farewell Speech - 16th November 2013, at the end of the 2nd test match between India and West Indies, Saturday afternoon, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - Sachin's 200th Test Match - Good Bye Sachin, thanks for all the memories. Miss you Sachin. All the best. Thank you for your fabulous batting for India. </span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sachin walks back to the pavilion for the last time in International Cricket. Friday, 15th November 2013, 2nd Test, India v West Indies, 2nd Day's Play, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2013-14/engine/match/676527.html" alt="Scorecard from Cricinfo - Sachin's 200th Test Match India v/s West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai from November 14 to 16, 2013" title="Scorecard of Sachin's 200th Test Match - 2nd Test India v West Indies, November 14 to 16, 2013 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Complete scorecard from Cricinfo.com" target="_blank">Sachin Tendulkar c Darren Sammy b Narsingh Deonarine 74 runs</a>, 118 balls, 12 fours, 150 minutes. Thank You Sachin for all the memories of your batting. Good Bye Sachin. Miss You Sachin. All the best Sachin. Sachin Forever. No one like Sachin. Our Hero Sachin. SachinSachin... will forever be there in the hearts of Indian cricket fans for an eternity. All the Best, Sachin</td></tr>
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Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-67075729565819649912008-02-11T11:46:00.000+05:302008-02-11T11:46:16.497+05:30Google Trends for India<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;">Find what people are searching for on <a href="http://www.google.co.in/" title="Visit Google India - www.google.co.in" target="_blank">Google India</a> with <a href="http://www.google.co.in/trends" title="Google Search Trends for India - Google India Search Trends" target="_blank">Google Search Trends for India</a>. <a href="http://www.google.co.in/trends?q=ICICIDirect%2C+Sharekhan%2C+Moneycontrol&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0" title="Compare web search trends on Google India" target="_blank">Compare web search queries</a> from Google India to find their relative popularity based on search volume and <a href="http://www.google.co.in/trends/hottrends?sa=X" title="Google Hot Trends for India - Today's popular web search queries Google India" target="_blank">see daily hot trends</a> (those searches that have sudden surges in popularity on Google India).</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-5992335734452921422008-02-02T17:37:00.000+05:302008-02-02T17:37:59.734+05:30An Interesting Read: Determining Search Intent<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;">An interesting article on <a href="http://www.searchengineland.com/" title="Search Engine News, Articles, Thoughts, and Latest Happening Developments in Search" target="_blank">SearchEngineLand</a> that talks of approaches to find search intent.<br /><br />- Should a user on an e-commerce shopping web site get a recommendation (related/see more/find more/you may find these interesting/learn more/get more products, etc) based on what a certain category of users have tried and liked<br /><br />or<br /><br />- Should a user be made to view choices and recommendations based on personal search trends/search history <br /><br /># Search intent to be based on Wisdom of the Crowds or Personal Preferences is what <a href="http://searchengineland.com/080201-070940.php" title="How to give recommendations based on search intent - Use generic categorisation or personal values">this article</a> talks about.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/080201-070940.php" title="Determining Search Intent - Wisdom of the Crowds or Personal Preferences" target="_blank">Determining search intent</a></span> through wisdom of the crowds or through an individual's preferences through personal search trends.<br /><br /># Web sites related to the above hyperlink:<br />- <a href="http://www.baynote.com/" title="Baynote.com - Sell more products with targetted recommendations from Baynote.com">Baynote.com</a> - Wisdom of the Crowds<br />- <a href="http://www.vortexdna.com/" title="Share your journey on the World Wide Web What's your WWW DNA?" target="_blank">VortexDna</a> - Personal preferences as a guide to online content.<br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-54989541375893855842008-01-13T12:16:00.000+05:302008-01-13T12:17:52.687+05:30Keyword Selection Tools for Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Online Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">List of keyword research and keyword selection tools for search engine marketing (SEM) through pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.<br /><br />- <a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal" title="Google AdWords Keyword Suggestion Tool" target="_blank">Google AdWords Keyword Suggestion Tool</a><br />- <a href="http://inventory.overture.com/" title="Overture Yahoo! Search Marketing Y!SM Keyword Selector Tool" target="_blank">Overture Yahoo! Search Marketing (Y!SM) Keyword Selector</a><br />- <a href="http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/" title="Digital Point Keyword Selector" target="_blank">Digital Point Keyword Selector Tool</a><br />- <a href="http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/" title="Paid: KeywordDiscovery.com" target="_blank">Keyword Discovery</a> (Paid with free trial)<br />- <a href="http://www.yooter.com/keyword/" title="Yooter Keyword Selection Tool for Yahoo! and MSN Searches" target="_blank">Yooter Keyword Selection Tool</a> <br />- <a href="http://www.spyfu.com/" title="Spyfu.com - Keywords" target="_blank">Spyfu.com</a><br />- <a href="http://www.wordtracker.com/" title="WordTracker.com" target="_blank">WordTracker.com</a> (Paid with free trial)<br />- <a href="http://www.keywordspy.com/" title="KeywordSpy.com" target="_blank">KeywordSpy.com</a> (Paid with free trial)<br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-25812192320521913432008-01-01T12:35:00.000+05:302008-01-13T12:22:50.986+05:30Happy New Year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qtWco_Rd3DQ/R4m0l5HVvQI/AAAAAAAAHiM/BI8QYuDjlws/s1600-h/happy_new_year2008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qtWco_Rd3DQ/R4m0l5HVvQI/AAAAAAAAHiM/BI8QYuDjlws/s400/happy_new_year2008.jpg" border="0" alt="Wish you a Happy New Year" title="Happy New Year" height="301" width="395" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154849811582008578" /></a>Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-28445535558897840152007-10-20T10:24:00.000+05:302008-02-02T17:41:13.596+05:30Products and Features: Ideas for Search Engines in India<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />Product and feature ideas for search engines in India.<br /><br />- Music and Movies Information 1-Box Search<br />- TV Schedules 1-Box Search<br />- Train Enquiry/ Train TimeTable 1-Box Search<br />- City Events and Engagements 1 -Box Search ( For e.g. New play at Rang Sharada, J.P. Nagar)<br />- Retail Stores Info 1-Box Search (Big Bazaar, Fabmall, Megamart, Trinethra, Pyramid, Reliance Fresh, Subhiksha, etc.)<br /><br />- Airfares and Flights Search 1-Box (Type Mumbai to Bangalore, get 1-Box search with text boxes for From to Dates with links to those search results from airfare search aggregators like cleartrip, makemytrip, ezeego1, travelguru, and zoomtra)<br /><br />- Books 1-Box Search (Books from Landmark, Crossword, FirstandSecond)<br />- Local Search for more Tier I, II, and III cities like Nashik, Bellary, Solan, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar, Shimla, Ranchi, Darjeeling, Salem, Aurangabad, Shillong, Burdwan, Kalyan, Surat, Belgaum, Bhatinda, Margao, Bharuch, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Bhuj, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Cuttack, Balasore, Puri, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jhansi, and many more.<br /><br />- India Local Search with Maps<br />- India Street Maps Search (Find distance and directions from Koramangala 4th Block 2nd Main to Koramangala 7th Block 3rd Main in Bangalore)<br />- Regional Language Local Search (type in Kannada and get the address of your neighbourhood 'Darshini')<br /><br />- Jobs (get the latest jobs posted on Naukri, ClickJobs, Vyoms, and other job sites)<br />- Stock Markets (Real-time Stock Quotes from BSE and NSE, Sensex Live)<br /><br />- Kids (Special collection of websites for children between the ages of 4-14 years. Filtered content, specific categories)<br />- Shopping Aggregator (Price comparison across Indian e-commerce sites like Futurebazaar, IndiaPlaza, Sify Shopping, Rediff Shopping, and so on)<br />- Education (URLs of universities, colleges, schools, professional and academic institutes)<br />- Games <br /><br />- Special Sanskrit Initiative (Scan and make archived Sanskrit texts searchable) <br />- Custom Regional Language Search Application for Government<br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-22268346699594924092007-04-29T10:14:00.000+05:302007-04-29T10:15:09.598+05:30An index of start-ups in India. इंडेक्स ऑफ़ स्टार्ट-उप्स इन इंडिया<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />An <a href="http://startups.in/dex/" title="An Index of start-ups in India">index of start-ups in India</a>.<br /><br />Why doesn't the page link to the Web sites? It only shows the लोगोस (logos). What's a reference on the Web without a hyperlink? Guys, please link to those start-ups, else how will people visit them if they don't have the inclination to open an instance of a browser window to enter the URL of the Web site in the address bar? Isn't it a point? The effort is good. All the best in supporting start-ups in India. Good luck.<br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-69917760970251751292007-04-28T09:28:00.000+05:302007-04-28T09:29:34.805+05:30'गूगल समाचार भारत' से हिन्दी मे समाचार पढिये<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;">गूगल समाचार भारत के द्वारा हिन्दी मैं लेटेस्ट समाचार पढिये. Read the latest breaking news, as it happens, from Hindi newspapers online and Hindi Web portals on <a href="http://news.google.co.in/news?ned=hi_in" title="Read Google News Hindi" target="_blank">गूगल समाचार भारत (Google News Hindi)</a>।<br /><br />गूगल समाचार भारत tracks the latest news stories from Hindi newspapers, portals, and वेब साइट्स and presents them category-wise (खेल, मनोरंजन, कारोबार, विश्व, भारत)। Try <a href="http://news.google.co.in/nwshp?hl=hi&ned=hi_in" title="Read Google News Hindi">Google News Hindi(हिन्दी)</a>.</p>Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-89549193240704838012007-04-27T23:03:00.000+05:302007-09-10T21:02:18.899+05:30A Thought For Today<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true—hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. नहीं पसंद है तो मत कर|<br />~ <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ray_bradbury.html" title="Read quotable quotes by Ray Bradbury" target="_blank">Ray Bradbury</a></p>Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-84832339890989387462007-04-27T12:34:00.001+05:302007-04-27T12:34:01.687+05:30AOL launches Portal for India<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />AOL launches web portal for India. Visit <a href="http://www.aol.in/" title="AOL launches Web poartl for India www.aol.in" target="_blank">www.aol.in</a>.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-38478943049442643572007-04-18T12:25:00.000+05:302007-04-18T13:10:58.761+05:30टाईप More Easily in Hindi Using Blogger's Hindi Transliteration Feature<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />हिन्दी मैं लिखना और टाईप करना अब और आसान हो गया है ब्लॉगर के 'Write in Hindi' फीचर से without any need for an Input Method Editor like Baraha.<br /><br />Now the type in Hindi feature is in-built in Blogger.<br /><br />Use Ctrl+G keys on your keyboard to toggle between typing in English and Hindi in 'Compose' mode. मैंने अब हिन्दी मैं टाईप करना शुरू कीया and this is English after using the Ctrl+G key to toggle between Hindi and English typing in the कम्पोस (Compose) mode of ब्लॉगर। :-)<br /><br />सही हैं ना। अब हिन्दी मैं ब्लोग करना और भी आसान हो गया हैं।<br /><br />There's no need for an input method editor (IME) for blogging in Hindi. It's in-built in Blogger, that's nice.<br /><br />However an input method editor like बराहा (<a href="http://www.baraha.com/" title="Download Baraha Input Method Editor to type in regional Indian languages" target="_blank">Baraha</a>) is required for blogging in other Indian regional languages like ગુજરાતી, বান্গলা (Bengali), मराठी, <span lang="pa">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ </span> (पंजाबी), तमील, तेलगु, कन्नड़, मलयालम, and ओरीया (Oriya).<br /><br />-If you want to change the way a word shows on screen then select the word and left-click the mouse button to get a drop-down box with a suggested list of words that you may replace it with.<br /><br />Read more about Google's <a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=58226#fonts" title="What is Transliteration and how do I use it for Hindi?">Blogger Transliteration feature for Hindi language</a>.<br /></p><p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana;">Nice lines from the song 'dilli' फ्रॉम the film 'Delhii Heights'.<br /></p><p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana;">आवारा हैंै नाम<br />भटकना अपना वीधान हैं<br />फुर्सत हैं काम<br />कुछ धुन्द्ला सा अपना नीशान हैं<br /><span>और</span> <span>मैं</span> <span>हूँ</span>, <span>तू</span> <span>हैं</span>, <span>और</span> <span>हैं</span> dilli बस्स...</p><p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /></p><span></span><p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana;"></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-70338718648363139472007-04-17T13:30:00.000+05:302007-04-17T13:32:50.829+05:30Gujarati-English Dictionary<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/gujarati/guj-engdictionary.pdf" title="Gujarati to English Dictionary - PDF - 1.01mb">Link to download ગુજરાતી to English Dictionary</a> compiled by Babu Suthar. (PDF - file size: 1.01MB). Contains more than 6500 words in Gujarati with their meanings in English. <br /><br />Convert PDF to word document/text file from <a href="http://www.zamzar.com/" title="Zamzar file conversion Web site">Zamzar file conversion Web site</a>. <br /><br />Download <a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/gujarati/hitarth.zip" title="Download hitarth gujarati preyas font file size: 104KB, file type: zip">હિતાર્થ ગુજરાતી પ્રેયસ (hitarth gujarati preyas) font</a>. (Zip file, size: 104KB).</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-39595826255522429212007-03-23T13:10:00.001+05:302007-03-23T13:10:51.608+05:30Themes for Google Personalized Homepage<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />Add Web design themes to your personalized Google page. Sign in to your <a href="http://www.google.com/ig" title="Google Personalized Home page" target="_blank">Google Personalized Home page</a> with your Gmail id and choose 'Select Themes' from the top right-hand side of the Web page to select a theme for your personalized Google page. <br /><br />Google Personalized Home page Themes. <br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border: 1px; border-color: #ffffff;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qtWco_Rd3DQ/RgODst_TZgI/AAAAAAAACRc/XgDbWI5tzrE/s320/google_personalizedhomepage_theme.jpg" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045020811867678210" height="303" width="289" alt="Select a design theme for your Personalized Google Home page" title="Select a theme for your Personalized Google Home page" /><br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-75017472286331259212007-03-16T12:19:00.000+05:302007-03-16T12:21:57.655+05:30Search Trends Report<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />For my reading and ready reference. <br /><br />Piper Jaffray Internet Media and Marketing Research team predicts Internet advertising and search industry trends in its 425-page (5.95MB) Feb 2007 PDF report <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">The User Revolution: The New Advertising Ecosystem and the Rise of the Internet as a Mass Medium.</span> <br /><br /><a href="http://piperlibrary.bluematrix.com/view/DocViewerLibrary?id=6f240431-13fa-41eb-abd4-700ad9464703&mime=pdf" title="Download Piper Jaffray Feb 2007 Report - Search Industry and Online Advertising Trends" target="_blank">Download PDF</a>. (Link via <a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3625170" title="Piper Jaffray Search Industry Trends on SearchEngineWatch" target="_blank">SearchEngineWatch</a>).<br />File size: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">5.95MB</span>. Pages: 425.<br /><br />Did you know that 55 crore (550 million) searches are conducted daily in the U.S.? Search marketing is a U.S. $15.8 billion global industry growing to $44.5 billion over the next five years and search is the second most commonly used application on the World Wide Web. Numbers from <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">page 13</span> of the above report.<br /><br />It's a big world out there for regional search engines and there's money to make for players in the local and regional search engine industry. Read <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Key Findings on pg 13-14</span> of the above PDF report.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-67981991715725059962007-03-12T10:58:00.000+05:302007-03-12T10:57:51.115+05:30Cricket World Cup Logo on Google India<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border: 1px; border-color: #ffffff;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qtWco_Rd3DQ/RfTkVofoJ0I/AAAAAAAAAFo/tWaR8pakrUw/s400/google_cricketworldcup2007_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040904943232886594" width="276" height="110" alt="2007 Cricket World Cup logo on Google India on Monday 12th March 2007 www.google.co.in" title="Cricket World Cup Logo on Google India on Monday 12th March 2007 www.google.co.in" />Google celebrates the start of <a href="http://www.cricketworldcup.com/" title="Follow the 2007 Cricket World Cup from 11th March to 28th April 2007 in the West Indies on www.cricketworldcup.com" target="_blank">2007 Cricket World Cup in West Indies</a> with a special cricket logo on its <a href="http://www.google.co.in/" title="Visit Google India www.google.co.in" target="_blank">Google India</a> search page.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-11197236822278848512007-03-09T12:52:00.001+05:302007-03-09T12:52:55.823+05:30Store and Share Photos with Picasa Web Albums<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/" title="Visit http://picasaweb.google.com/ for storing and sharing pictures on the Internet" target="_blank">Picasa Web Albums offer 1GB</a> of free storage space to upload, save, store, and share photos and images. </p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-85406517681834333512007-03-06T18:09:00.000+05:302007-03-21T12:58:42.954+05:30Airfare Search Aggregators in India<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />Find and compare airfares from low-cost and other Indian airlines with these India-centric travel aggregators. <br /><br />- <a href="http://www.mobissimo.in/" title="Mobissimo India airfares, flights, hotels, and travel search engine" target="_blank">Mobissimo India</a> finds and compares domestic Indian airfares and also airfares across the globe, with a hyperlink to book tickets for each search result shown on the Web page. <br /><br />- <a href="http://in.farechase.yahoo.com/" title="Yahoo! Farechase India - Find and compare airfares of domestic Indian airlines" target="_blank">Yahoo Farechase India (Beta)</a> finds airfares of Indian carriers. <br /><br />- <a href="http://www.zoomtra.com/" title="Zoomtra - Airfares search aggregator" target="_blank">Zoomtra (Beta)</a>. <br /><br />- <a href="http://faresearch.rediff.com/travel/domestic/farenchse.htm" title="Find and compare airfares across different domestic Indian airlines from Rediff Faresearch" target="_blank">Rediff Faresearch</a> finds domestic airfares and provides a link to the airline Web site to book tickets.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-33627147186503376582007-03-06T17:31:00.001+05:302007-03-06T17:37:59.467+05:30Add your Hindi Blog to Narad Akshargram<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="http://narad.akshargram.com/" title="Visit http://narad.akshargram.com/" target="_blank">Narad Akshargram</a> is a Web site that tracks and shows latest posts from Hindi blogs in cyberspace. <a href="http://narad.akshargram.com/register/" title="Add your blog in Hindi to http://narad.akshargram.com/" target="_blank">Submit your Hindi blog to Narad Akshargram</a>.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-70900292167277937742007-03-06T12:05:00.000+05:302007-03-06T15:26:12.230+05:30My Visual DNA<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />This is my Visual DNA. See image below. <br /><br />Please be patient for the shockwave-flash widget to load.<br /><br /><br /><embed allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" enableJavaScript="false" src="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/swf/widget.swf" quality="best" bgcolor="#590319" width="340" height="240" name="widget" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="bgcolor=#590319&i1=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_43E105EB.jpeg&c1=There is joy and beauty in the simple things in life.&i2=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-0455EFC.jpeg&c2=I like to listen to music on my computer with headphones.&i3=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-2B750FCD.jpeg&c3=Isnt it yummy? I like cherries, plums, peaches, & strawberries&i4=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-4811A17.jpeg&c4=It is the journey that matters. Always ready to explore.&i5=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-2853CD61.jpeg&c5=Now, that is ugly. I would never ever keep shoes like that.&i6=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-5D5D2679.jpeg&c6=The soft caress of someone special is magical.&i7=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-2ED3857.jpeg&c7=Always ready for a cup of tea, whether it is day or night.&i8=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_42E67A46.jpeg&c8=Neat and clean with light shades.&i9=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_631B702E.jpeg&c9=I like to feel the soft sand on my feet. Mornings at the beach.&i10=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_43131C23.jpeg&c10=Well, what would I do without the Internet. It is a part of life&i11=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_494EB337.jpeg&c11=Sea, sun, sand, and siesta!&i12=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_1D28CE3C.jpeg&c12=Any time is the right time for tea.&i13=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-7D3E11DD.jpeg&c13=Nothing like spending a lazy afternoon sitting by the sea.&moodlabel=DREAMER&lovelabel=TOUCHY FEELY&funlabel=ESCAPE ARTIST&habitslabel=BACK TO BASICS&uid=61678-da70&srv=iwebhd3" ></embed> <div style="text-align:center; width:340px;height:25px;margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid rgb(150,150,150);background-color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:5px 0 0 0; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px;"><a href="http://networking.imagini.blueorange.co.uk/vdna.php?uid=61678-da70&srv=iwebhd3" style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">Read my VisualDNA</a><span style="font-size:10px;color:#cccccc">™</span> <a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" style="color:rgb(255,255,255) ">Get your own VisualDNA™</a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;">What is <a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" title="Find our personality from images" target="_blank">your Visual DNA</a>? Find out from <a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" title="Imagini Friends - What's your Visual DNA?" target="_blank">Imagini Friends</a>.</span></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-15866373250108546542007-03-05T16:10:00.000+05:302007-03-05T16:09:15.409+05:30Interesting: What's your Visual DNA?<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" title="What's your Visual DNA?" target="_blank">What's your Visual DNA</a>? <br /><br />Follow the above link. Choose a picture that you most relate to from the ones shown for the text written on each Web page. Get to know your personality type, habits, and mood based on the images that you choose. <a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" title="What's your Visual DNA? Get to know your personality traits and habits from the images that you choose" target="_blank">Try it</a>. It's fun.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-3467689712494943762007-03-05T15:05:00.001+05:302007-03-05T15:05:36.175+05:30Octopart - Search Engine for Electronic Components<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="http://www.octopart.com/" title="Octopart - Electronic components search engine" target="_blank">Octopart search engine</a> finds and compares prices and availability of electronic components from catalogues of Allied Electronics, Digi-Key, Mouser, and Newark component distributors. For example: <a href="http://www.octopart.com/search?q=105+Degree+Electrolytic+Capacitors" title="Octopart search engine results for 105 degree electrolytic capacitors" target="_blank">105 degree electrolytic capacitors</a>. <br /><br />You may <a href="http://www.octopart.com/html/about.html" title="Email id of Octopart electronic components search engine" target="_blank">contact Octopart</a> if you are an electronic components distributor that wants to add its catalog of inventory to the new search engine.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-76511683740072716032007-03-05T12:55:00.000+05:302007-03-05T13:06:24.548+05:30Schedule of India's Matches at the Cricket World Cup in West Indies<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/wc07schedule.html" title="Schedule of India's matches at the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies from the 13th to the 28th of April" target="_blank">Schedule of India's matches at the Cricket World Cup</a> in the West Indies from the 13th of March to the 28th of April 2007.<br /><br />Group matches start at 7pm Indian Standard Time (IST). The group matches in Jamaica start at 8pm IST. Super Eight matches start at 8pm IST.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-12705614278106193482007-03-05T12:39:00.001+05:302007-03-05T16:33:47.594+05:30January 2007 - Google Zeitgeist<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />A list of <a href="http://www.google.com/press/intl-zeitgeist.html#in" title="Google Zeitgeist India - January 2007">popular search queries on Google India</a> in January 2007. <br /><br />March and April are going to be the months of cricket frenzy in Indian sub-continent. Target cricket related keywords in your web content and include cricket posts and write-ups on the 2007 cricket world cup to generate hits from cricket-related search queries on <a href="http://www.google.com/" title="Visit Google.com" target="_blank">Google</a> and <a href="http://www.google.co.in/" title="Visit Google India www.google.co.in" target="_blank">Google India</a>.<br /><br />- According to <a href="http://www.google.com/press/intl-zeitgeist.html" title="Google Zeitgeist International - Global search patterns and trends" target="_blank">Google Zeitgeist International</a>, the <a href="http://www.google.com/press/intl-zeitgeist.html#pk" title="Bollywood queries popular on Google Pakistan (www.google.com.pk)" target="_blank">top search queries on Google Pakistan</a> are Bollywood related. <br />- <a href="http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=Shilpa+Shetty+&btnG=Search" title="View images of Shilpa Shetty from Google Image search" target="_blank">Shilpa Shetty</a>, courtesy <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Celebrity Big Brother UK</span>, was the <a href="http://www.google.com/press/intl-zeitgeist.html#uk" title="Google United Kingdom Zeitgeist - January 2007" target="_blank">13th most popular search term</a> on <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/" title="Visit Google United Kingdom www.google.co.uk" target="_blank">Google United Kingdom</a> in January <a href="http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html" title="Read Google Zeitgeist - U.S. and global search patterns and trends in 2007" target="_blank">this year</a>.<br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-41577892444237753552007-03-05T12:32:00.000+05:302007-03-05T12:33:43.349+05:30Back to Blogging<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />I'm back after a month's gap in blogging. Pictures coming soon. <br /></p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418452.post-81841923491128338332007-03-05T12:30:00.001+05:302007-03-05T12:30:39.634+05:30Adobe Plans to Host Photoshop Online<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;"><br />Adobe to host an <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-7345_3-6163015.html" title="Adobe plans to release Photoshop online in the next six months - March 2007">online version of Photoshop</a>, its popular image editing software, (for free) in the next six months.</p><br clear="all" />Chirayuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703722857662728575noreply@blogger.com