Author: Abhishek Deshpande

  • Indian Solar Calendar – Saur Dindarshika

    Sounds weird?

    Ever heard or read like १ सौर चैत्र शके १९३२???

    It’s Solar Calendar system that was approved in 1956 by India’s First Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It’s used in day-today activity, listen your FM, Doordarshan carefully dates are still mentioned in same format along with Western Calendar (Gregorian Calendar).

    How about using Indian Solar calendar in your windows system?

    Get it Downloaded from Shrii Softwares

     

    Nice Application by Mr. Mandar Bartakke, Just an taskbar icon, on hover you get date, can have more usability. But yes its too good to have it on Desk.

    Supported on : Windows with .net Framework 2.0

    Must Give a try.

     

  • India Against Corruption – Civil (Jan) lokpal

    In India, it’s said, a clever should not step in Police station or judiciary.
    Then for whom these stuffs are made for??

    For those who have not yet understand difference between Government lokpal and Anna’s Civil lokpal, take a look at following document.

    For those who want to read more about current govt. lokpal get the scanned document available at India against corruption’s Download Section.

    Do you know why did government ban 25paisa coin?
    Ek Anna toh sambhaal nahi sakte, 4 Anna kaha se sambhaalenge.

    Well it’s not time to pass such jokes, it’s time to act, find activity in your city.

  • Hungama with Opera Mini

    Just observed, Apna Desi Hungama.com is now in Opera Mini Speed Dial.

    Opera Mini having

    • More than 102 million monthly users worldwide
    • More than 59 billion pages processed each month
    • The Opera Mini servers compress web-pages by up to 90% of their size

    Now it’s going to reduce that fully loaded Hungama.com page load.

    Enjoy full length music tracks, videos, ringtones, mobile wallpapers and dialogues on your Phones. Get Opera Mini here

  • Pay Per Click (PPC) Management & Performance Optimization to Gain More

    Writing after long time, this post is targeted for fellows looking for internet marketing strategy, mainly useful for promoting their products, services, etc. Almost a decade Pay per click (PPC) strategy is playing the vital role in internet marketing. I’m not going into deep definitions or how to’s of PPC, here goes easy PPC management & optimization.

    Discovering Keywords:
    Building a relevant keyword database helps you to understand your customers, you should know how customer search for the products or services you serve. Using Brainstorming, questionnaire, keywords suggestion tools, Google Suggest, Google insight, your traffic stats can build a great list of keywords.

    Grouping Keywords:

    Grouping keywords into subgroups based on logical term, is going to create a systematic database for further activities. PPC gives fast feedback thus the organized data helps a lot.

    Expanding keywords database with Negative Keywords:
    Your product/Service competitor’s name is usual and best example of Negative keyword. Showing your ad here-n-there is just wastage of money; show your ad to one who is looking for similar product/service, though he/she is looking for your competitor.

    Building Nice Landing Page:
    Your ad campaign drives traffic to your page, but didn’t generate the lead?? Think with the mind of searcher, may product doesn’t match with what he/she is looking for, displayed product is too confusing, No idea where to proceed further. So just show your product / service nicely, Keep it simple, easy navigable. And don’t forget to Track the conversions.

    Setup your Campaign:
    Now that logical group of keywords, nicely build landing pages are ready, think about your Cost per Click (CPC), remember bid amount is subject to value per lead. So it’s your money and budget. You can spend wisely. Every Company though it be Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask.com or anyone else they had great video tutorials to play with their UI.

    Analyze the Performance:
    With the Running Campaign, to increase productivity, keep analyzing the performances. Google Analytics great tool to research, analyze the performance of your campaign, maintaining them will reduce your search engine marketing Cost for PPC ROI.

    Maintain High Click through rate (CTR):
    High CTR shows more customers. Rotating keywords will get more exposure to right customers.

    So that’s all you can do to with your PPC Campaign, The biggest hurdle of PPC Management is identifying your keywords over the period of time, organize and manage thousand of potential keywords. So if you are hiring someone, be sure he is Certified professional.

    Let me know your feedback, feel free to comment below
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  • Facebook is a Stupid Idiot !!!!

    David Ippolito debuts his new facebook song at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater in New York City in 2010. (Subtitled “What the Fuck is Farmville!?”) a must watch :

    Funny right ??
    hope to see more Facebook fun in coming The Social Network – Movie.

    here goes the lyrics of above video

    I saw my ex on Facebook…
    But I wanted to do what’s best.
    Show her there are no hard feelings so
    I sent her a “friend request”.
    But now her photo pops up in that random 6
    And I just think it’s mean…
    There she is with a new guy makin’ out
    on my computer screen!

    Facebook is a stupid idiot! (x3)

    Jane said you gotta be on Facebook
    to connect in the digital age.
    So like everyone else… and their pets
    I got my face a Facebook page.
    Now the learning curve was a bitch at first.
    I didn’t know ’til I got burned
    that what I wrote on my wall could be seen by all.
    That’s just the first thing that I learned.

    Facebook is a stupid idiot! (x2)

    It’s the place for worthless information
    like an insane almanac.
    Where women post minutiae
    and men write stupid comments back.
    Where women can vent about mundane events
    and inundate the Internet.
    And where clueless men “friend” women
    who they’ve never even met.

    Facebook is a stupid idiot

    ’cause I could stand to miss
    the fact that Tanya thinks all her friends are “AWESOME”
    and for some reason Pete “likes this”.
    And Rita reports that the trucks are loud
    but she still loves this city. It proves that…

    Facebook is a stupid idiot.

    Now some woman sent me flowers…
    ‘though I don’t even know her name.
    I stayed home that day for hours
    but no flowers ever came.
    Then she started sending hugs and drinks. Of course…
    all of it completely fake.
    Then she hit me with a “virtual pillow”
    How much shit can one man take?

    Facebook is a stupid idiot

    ’cause I don’t need to read
    all the everyday hapless crap out there
    then ZAP! It’s a “News Feed”.
    Like: Jenny just made Ben’s favorite stew
    and gave some to their kitty. It proves that…

    Facebook is a stupid idiot.

    Now some guy with a mind for trivia
    wants to know how mine compares to his.
    But I’m gonna buy a gun if he sends one more
    f#%king “movie quiz.”
    And Liza says she needs fertilizer
    ’cause her FarmVille crops are small.
    “WHAT THE F#%K IS FARMVILLE?”
    And Missy says she’s just so damn busy today…
    But had time to write that on my wall!

    Facebook is a stupid idiot.

    There’s nothing more to say.
    How else would I know that Heather
    thinks that “flip-flop weather”
    is finally here to stay!
    And what did we do before we knew
    that Sue just took a nap.
    Facebook is a stupid idiot.

  • Top 25 SEO Hubs in India

    India is Emerging Search Engine Optimization power house. Just had a small analysis on basis of some analytic data from Webmaster / SEO related websites. Following are the Top 25 Cities in India with Great SEO Jobs :

    1. New Delhi
    2. Mumbai
    3. Chandigarh
    4. Noida
    5. Hyderabad
    6. Calcutta
    7. Ahmedabad
    8. Pune
    9. Jaipur
    10. Chennai
    11. Bangalore
    12. Gurgaon
    13. Bhubaneswar
    14. Bhopal
    15. Ghaziabad
    16. Indore
    17. Coimbatore
    18. Vadodara
    19. Mahape
    20. Nagpur
    21. Lucknow
    22. Panipat
    23. Cochin
    24. Ludhiana
    25. Trivandrum

    So for those who are looking for SEO Jobs, These Hubs are your destinations.
    😉

  • WordPress 3 is out !!

    WordPress 3 is ready to download, one of heavy trending in Blogosphere. Following video is preview, gives great idea about what’s new in WP3:
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  • Events around me – June 2010

    May Month was heavily loaded with fun in my life. Nagpur First Twitter meetup then Facebook Application development at PHP user group, Nagpur and at Last with heavy loads my Cousin wedding kept me pretty busy. I don’t even updated my blog, doing all efforts tonight !!

    This May was pretty hot in Nagpur, Now in June, we Nagpurians are still waiting for Monsoon to come and let people relax.

    Some Event’s Around Me :
    Samaradhna Din @ JSYOG on 9th June :
    Being a Volunteer at JSYOG, I spend my whole day at Mandal, Day begin ‘s with Great Suryanamaskar and other Asanas rest is full of celebrations. Last year I missed this event, Thanks for Subodh Da for the snap below.

    JSYog

    This year I’ll be attending and will have some snaps for him as he is in Pune.

    TechCrunch Meetup, Nagpur #TCNGP on 11th June :
    Celebrate five incredible years in tech with TechCrunch Meetups Everywhere! Its happening in 328 Cities around the world and In Nagpur too. So if you ever Go through TechCrunch.com, I’m looking forward to meet you on this Friday. You can share your opinion & RSVP at Meetups. Click Nagpur TechCrunch Meetup Page to Attend it.
    #TCNGP is Hashtag for the Event! just waiting for Exciting Friday.

    Nagpur PHP User Group Meetup on 19th
    Every month Nagpur PHP user group organize a meetup got some new experiences for all. This month its Hands-on on CakePHP Framework. RSVP For Nagpur PHP Meetup over Here

    TechMarathi ‘s First Meet on 19th
    Unfortunately I’ll be in Pune from 14-19th, won’t be able to attend Nagpur’s PHP meet, A chance to meet some new people in new Place. Will be all about New trends in Software Development and many more.

    Wow, I have already schedule my next two weeks !
    God me some grace !!

  • Nagpur PHP Meetup – Developing Facebook Application

    In Last Nagpur’s PHP User group meetup, Me and Chetan presented Facebook application development – basic introduction. Main motive was to introduce User group with Development environment, FBML, FQL , FJS and Library.

    Just check out following presentation

    Also had a small app – Nagpur PHP meet Test App presented live, small Application code can be downloaded. Click to download Facebook Test Application

    There are lots more happening in Nagpur now a days, if you are interested in PHP Meetups !!
    Feel Free to Contact.

  • Nagpur’s First Twitter Meetup

    Twitter Meetup – really an excuse to have an informal get-together and some fun. A reason for us to get away from keyboards and make new friends in meat-space.


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