Google Related Links / Related Posts widget for Blogger or Wordpress Blogs

Wordpress has inbuilt pluggins for Related posts widget, What about Blogger ? We previously tried several coding and hacks for blogger related posts widget. But that was restricted for only category wise related posts. Once there was a time when linkwithin got popular because of blogger restrictions. Now we have new Google Related Links widget.

Google Related links is a new (currently in invite only mode) service from Google which can display related links and searches into your blog posts. Here are official words

“Related Links is a tool to help webmasters increase page views on their sites.Given a page on your site, Related Links can choose the most related pages from your site and show them in a gadget. You can embed this gadget in your page to help your users reach other pages easily. Related Links also suggests searches that users can run within your site to find even more related pages.”

Can you apply for this widget ?  Yes

To request an invite you just have to send an email to relatedlinks@google.com mentioning your Gmail address, Website Domains (www.ialwayscapital.com) and approximate pageviews you have per day.

They are fast enough to reply the emails, i sent them an email requesting for invite and got the reply in 1 or 2 hours.

You can customize the widget as per your needs, You can edit width, fonts, colors, you can select a option if you want to display searches or just related links or posts. You can also select the number of related links/posts. You can exclude some text from titles like I exluded “I always Capital” for better results.

The best part of this widget is you can see Statistics like number of time the widget has been displayed and clicks done.

Still confused ? Try out DEMO or Google Related Links.

How to add Google Related links Widget in Blogger Blog !

Well its too simple, Simply copy the code and paste it in new HTML/Javascript widget of your blogger blog. You can place it anywhere you like.

Few Doubts : As the widget is new and under testing, it has some bugs like sometimes unknown or bad characters in post titles, links only opens in new window. etc.. Hope to see fixes in near future.

Also Read, Change Blogger Post Title to increase your search engine rankings & Blogger hit/post counter for individual post

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Register or Buy Domain in any Language (Non-Latin Characters)

Now get your Domain names in your own or any language characters. We all know that domain names are written and approved internationally in English language only since the beginning of mankind on this earth. But now ICANN has taken a historic decision. Read on.

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is finalizing the last set of rules that will allow Internet addresses to be written in characters not belonging to the Roman alphabet. So, soon we will see domains written in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Cyrillic characters and probably in Hindi (Indian Language) too. And probably after that we will see something like screenshots.
The proposal was past last year, the final plans were approved this Friday, on the 30th of October and the first applications will be accepted from the 16th of November.

Domain written in Below screenshot is in Hindi (Indian Language), Try yours

Here is the official note

"The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago," said ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush. "Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters – A to Z. But the Fast Track Process is the first step in bringing the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names."

The chairman of ICANN explained that out of the 1.6 billion Internet users around the world, more than half uses language with characters not related to the Roman alphabet.
Few countries such as China and Thailand, had already introduced "schemes" that allow users to enter the web addresses into their own languages, but these manoeuvres have not been approved internationally and do not necessarily work on all computers. I wonder now what will be the future of Domain names !! I mean it will be more difficult to remember such domain names that are not in our language and not even in known text characters. Lets see.
Read more details at ICANN

Also Read How to Redirect/Forward Yahoo Domain without WWW to blogger

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Buy Microsoft Windows 7 in cheapest price & get wrist watch free

After a long waiting Windows 7 is now finally available in India Online Stores. This time they have the Promotional offer to Register your Windows 7 Pack and get  Reebok wrist watch worth Rs 2599 free with your Win7 Copy.

I really appreciate the new approach of Microsoft officials by giving such offers to end users while there are pirated copies are selling for Rs. 50 (less than USD$2). Windows 7 Ultimate is available at only Rs. 11,799 (USD$ 256), in which Microsoft offering a free wrist watch worth Rs.2599 (USD$ 56), so ultimately you are getting the whole new Genuine Operating System in just around Rs.9200 or USD$200. Thats a good deal.

If you are in india, feel lucky as are you are eligible for this offer. To buy a copy visit this Windows 7 India sales page and fill out the form. A Microsoft representative will contact you with the details on buying Windows 7. The only condition i found is you have to buy the product within 7 days of being contacted by the representative.

Here are the price details of the Windows 7 Copies:-

Windows 7 Home Basic Price Rs. 5,899/- (USD$ 129)

Windows 7 Home Premium Price Rs. 6,799/- (USD$ 148)

Windows 7 Professional Price Rs. 11,199/- (USD$ 244)

Windows 7 Ultimate Price Rs. 11,799/- (USD$ 256)

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Google Maps Free GPS Navigation for Android 2

We are familiar with GPS navigation tools from Nokia and various other sources which are not FREE, before we discussed about Driver Generated Live Maps with real time Traffic Updates, Now here is Google Maps GPS Navigation for Android based phones. If you weren’t sure about switching to an Android phone in the near future, this might put you over the edge. Google Maps Navigation is an absolutely killer app. And it is only available for Android 2.0 phones.

Google Maps already has 50 million active users across various mobile phones, says Google. But what users have today isn’t even close to the new Navigation product.

First off, it’s connected, which puts it ahead of all but a tiny percentage of in-car navigation systems which have no Internet connectivity (Dash is a notable exception).

The application is also completely free. So all those paid navigation apps (Navigon, TomTom, CoPilot, MapQuest, GoKivo and Sygic Mobile) are at an immediate disadvantage.

But even if Google charged for this app, it would still win hands down. The features include easy search (no need for address), voice search, traffic information (from data sources and crowd sourced from app), and street view close up pictures when you get near your destination. And the car dock mode gives bigger, simpler icons and auto-voice mode (see video):

Search in plain English. No need to know the address. You can type a business name (e.g. “starbucks”) or even a kind of a business (e.g. “thai restaurant”), just like you would on Google.

Search by voice. Speak your destination instead of typing (English only): “Navigate to the de Young Museum in San Francisco”.

Traffic view. An on-screen indicator glows green, yellow, or red based on the current traffic conditions along your route. A single touch on the indicator toggles a traffic view that shows the traffic ahead.

Search along route. Search for any kind of business along your route, or turn on popular layers such as gas stations, restaurants, or parking.

Satellite view. View your route overlaid on 3D satellite views with Google’s high-resolution aerial imagery.

Street View. Visualize turns overlaid on Google’s Street View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination.

Car dock mode. For certain devices, placing your phone in a car dock activates a special mode that makes it easy to use your device at arm’s length.

Here’s Navigation in the Droid dock, followed by an image gallery for the app:

Video Demo Of Google Maps Navigation

Official Google Navigation Video

Via [TechCrunch]

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How to Integrate/Insert Microsoft Live SkyDrive in Windows Explorer

How to upload files directly to Windows Live SkyDrive ? Now no need to open browser every time you wish to upload some files to Windows Live Skydrive, Here is the simple way to upload all the files direct from your Windows Explorer (My Computer)

Windows Live SkyDrive is a file storage and sharing service that allows users to upload files to the computing cloud, then access them from a web browser. It uses Windows Live ID to control access to the user's files, allowing them to keep the files private, share with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly-shared files do not require a Windows Live ID to access.
The service currently offers 25 GB of free personal storage, with individual files limited to 50 MB, but this can only be accessed through a browser. However, there is an application which integrates with Windows Explorer and displays the Windows Live SkyDrive as a drive on your computer.

The application is called SkyDrive Explorer and it's a free, easy-to-use extension for Windows Explorer. With SkyDrive Explorer you can make any every-day operations with your documents from Microsoft Live SkyDriv service using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer. Moreover you don't need to install and configure any additional programs or ActiveX components. SkyDrive Explorer will organize the interaction with the online storage itself.

SkyDrive Explorer currently offers the following functionality:

• View the structure and contents of folders in SkyDrive.
• View files information (type, size, creation date in GMT format).
• Create new root folders and subfolders.
• Copy files into the storage.
• Delete files and folders.
• Copy files from the storage to the computer.
• Copy folders and subfolders from the storage to the computer keeping their structure.
• Use Drag & Drop for files operations.
• Rename files and folders.
• Create links to SkyDrive folders on your computer.

SkyDrive Explorer makes it easier to work with files that are hosted at the Windows Live SkyDrive service. It provides access to some features that are not offered by the web service itself including multi-file-operations like renaming, deleting or copying multiple files or folders. The standard Microsoft library for Windows Live ID services is used which means that the personal information are not passed to the SkyDrive Explorer engine. The traffic between the local computer system and the online storage uses the https protcol to protect against network snooping.

Windows Live SkyDrive Explorer is available for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Here is the Download link of SkyDrive Explorer.

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[via ghacks]

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