Archive for November, 2007
CuteFTP Professional is a software tool for transferring files between your PC and remote servers/comps anywhere on the Interne. Its built-in Connection Wizard will walk you through connecting to an FTP site in seconds and its user-friendly interface will have you transferring files in no time.
Download : CuteFTP Home v8.1.0 Build 11.12.2007
Download : CuteFTP Pro v8.1.0 Build 11.12.2007
This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI Catalyst software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD’s industry leading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
The Catalyst™ software suite 7.11 contains the following:
* Radeon™ display driver 8.432
* Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision™ (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst™ Control Center Version 7.11
Download : ATI Catalyst 7.11 Display Driver and Control center
SIZE - 45.0MB
VERSION - 7.11
RELEASE DATE - Nov. 21, 2007
If three wasnt enough, here are four…. Mashable has a good list of 20 4-column wordpress themes. Check it out here.
WordPress.org is where we get the open source blogging software that is freely available to anyone to download. The software must be downloaded and installed onto a computer.
Wordpress.com is the online counterpart, much like blogger.com. You cannot add plugins etc. like you can do with an independent wordpress installation downloaded from wordpress.org. It’s a web site that provides blogs hosted free of charge. The software on WordPress.com is very similar but not exactly the same software you can download from WordPress.org. It is a multi-user version of WordPress that allows many thousands of blogs to be hosted on a single web server. The free blog hosting does not come with the ability to upload plugins or themes.
WordPress.org Pros [Standalone Software]
- Ability to upload themes
- Ability to upload plugins
- Great community
- Complete control to change code if you’re technically minded
WordPress.org Cons
- You need a good web host, which generally costs $7-12 a month
- Requires more technical knowledge to set up and run
- You’re responsible for stopping spam
- You have to handle backups
- You must upgrade the software manually when a new version comes out
- If you get a huge spike in traffic (like Digg or Slashdot) you site will probably go down
WordPress.com Pros [The Website]
- It’s free and much easier
- Everything is taken care of: setup, upgrades, backups, security, etc
- Your blog is on dozens of servers, so it’s highly unlikely it will go down due to traffic
- Your posts are backed up hourly
- You get extra traffic from blogs of the day and tags
- You can find like-minded bloggers using tag and friend surfer
- Your login is secure (SSL) so no one can get into your account if you use wifi
WordPress.com Cons
- Limited customization of themes (though we’re adding more every day)
- You can’t hack the code behind your blog
- Cannot add plugins
Smart Pricing is a feature added by Google to give Advertisers value for money. Adsense publishers set up temporary, trashy and/or un-authoritative pages of content on topics that they know will get high paying adverts. Clicks on such pages are not really of good value for advertisers (really ?) The system, known as “smart pricing,” assigns each click a value based on a variety of factors, according to Google. Variables include site on which the ad appears, and the portion of the site where the ad appears.
Google gives a little away in its statement announcing Smart Pricing to advertisers back in April 2004.
‘We’re introducing automatic price adjustments for certain clicks you get from the Google Network. Google’s smart pricing model has always provided better placement for better performing ads, and reduced the cost of a click to the least amount possible to stay above your competitor’s ad. And now, with no change in how you bid, Google may reduce the cost for a click if that better reflects the value it brings to advertisers like you.
How smart pricing works
We are constantly analyzing data across our network, and if our data shows that a click is less likely to turn into business results (e.g. online sale, registration, phone call, newsletter sign-up), we may reduce the price you pay for that click. You may notice a reduction in the cost of clicks from content sites.
We take into account many factors such as what keywords or concepts triggered the ad, as well as the type of site on which the ad was served. For example, a click on an ad for digital cameras on a web page about photography tips may be worth less than a click on the same ad appearing next to a review of digital cameras.
Google saves you time and hassle by estimating the value of clicks and adjusting prices on an ongoing basis. With improved smart pricing, you should automatically get greater value for clicks from ad impressions across our network, all with no change in how you bid.
