Soft keys unresponsive due to gorilla glass?

EckoTheGecko Commented:

I've only had my core prime a couple of weeks and had immediately put a gorilla glass protector on it as I had previously smashed my s3 screen three times but I started to notice that the sift keys were becoming less responsive until eventually they stopped working completely. Having been fully prepared to march into carphone warehouse and demand they fix it I decided to remove the screen protector to double check and what do you know the soft keys are working wonderfully! Gorilla glass + core prime = frustration so does anyone know of other options for screen protectors?


My Experience is almost same: 

Android's Softkey buttons (HOME KEY, BACK KEY, MINIMIZE KEY) was working fine untill I add gorilla glass on my phone. But After adding the gorilla glass phones softkey buttons went unresponsive. They only works if I use them by sitting position. Tilt position or Laying down position inactive softkeys. So, it's so annoying. 

Easily Remove Microsoft Office Product Key With Office Key Remover


Have you ever faced a situation where you need to change the product key of Microsoft office? Is uninstalling and reinstalling the only option you have? Luckily, No. Microsoft support offers a solution to the problem here.

The only downside of this solution is that it is pretty lengthy, a bit complicated and involves playing with the registry. Not all windows users are comfortable with that, so we found an easy way to do it.

Office Key remover makes the job of removing or replacing the Microsoft Office License key – just a one click solution.

Change MS Office Product Key With Office Key Remover:

Office Key Remover is a small tool which removes Microsoft Office’s license information on your machine! This way you’re able to easily change the license key of Microsoft Office when you start the program the next time!

Download "OFFICE KEY REMOVER v1.0.0.8" From Internet.


Office key Remover has a very simple interface and a one click access to remove any of the Office installations including Office 2010, Office 2007, Office 2003 and Office XP. It works for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows.

How to change Microsoft Office License key using Office Key Remover:
♦ Run Office Key Remover
♦ Choose which version’s license data you want to be removed
♦ Start one of the Office products
♦ Enter another product key once you’re asked for it.

The best part about this useful utility is that Office Key Remover is free and portable, no installation is required.

Requirements:
♦ NET Framework 3.5 (or higher versions)
♦ May require Administrator Rights


How to Change or Reset Product Key of Microsoft Office Suite ?

Many times you might want to change the product key of Microsoft Office suite installed in your system. It might be because your product key expired and you got a new one or it might be because you installed Office using pirated key and now you want to change the product key with a genuine one.

To change the product key you'll have to uninstall the Office suite from your system and then reinstall it.

But here is a small and simple tutorial which will help you in changing the product key without uninstalling the Office suite.

This tutorial will work for following Office suites:
♦ Office XP
♦ Office 2003
♦ Office 2007
♦ Office 2010
♦ Office 2013


Change Office XP Product Key:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor. Now go to following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Registration

2. Under "Registration" key, you'll see one or more GUID (Globally Unique IDentifiers) containing a combination of alphanumeric characters in following format:

{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

3. Select each key and look at "ProductName" key in right-side pane. One GUID key will contain the version number of Office installed in your system "Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition".

4. Select that GUID key and delete following 2 registry entries from right-side pane:

♦ DigitalProductID
♦ ProductID

5. Close registry editor and run any Office application e.g. word, excel, etc. It should prompt you to enter a new product key.

6. Enter the desired product key and click on OK. That's it.


Change Office 2003 Product Key:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Registration

2. Under "Registration" key, you'll see one or more GUID (Globally Unique IDentifiers) containing a combination of alphanumeric characters in following format:

{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

3. Select each key and look at "ProductName" key in right-side pane. One GUID key will contain the version number of Office installed in your system e.g. "Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003".

4. Select that GUID key and delete following 2 registry entries from right-side pane:

♦ DigitalProductID
♦ ProductID

5. Close registry editor and run any Office application e.g. word, excel, etc. It should prompt you to enter a new product key.

6. Enter the desired product key and click on OK. That's it.


Change Office 2007 Product Key:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration

2. Under "Registration" key, you'll see one or more GUID (Globally Unique IDentifiers) containing a combination of alphanumeric characters in following format:

{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

3. Select each key and look at "ProductName" key in right-side pane. One GUID key will contain the version number of Office installed in your system "Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2007".

4. Select that GUID key and delete following 2 registry entries from right-side pane:

♦ DigitalProductID
♦ ProductID

5. Close registry editor and run any Office application e.g. word, excel, etc. It should prompt you to enter a new product key.

6. Enter the desired product key and click on OK. That's it.


Change Office 2010 Product Key:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Registration

2. Under "Registration" key, you'll see one or more GUID (Globally Unique IDentifiers) containing a combination of alphanumeric characters in following format:

{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

3. Select each key and look at "ProductName" key in right-side pane. One GUID key will contain the version number of Office installed in your system "Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2010".


4. Select that GUID key and delete following 2 registry entries from right-side pane:

♦ DigitalProductID
♦ ProductID

5. Close registry editor and run any Office application e.g. word, excel, etc. It should prompt you to enter a new product key.

6. Enter the desired product key and click on OK. That's it.


Change Office 2013 Product Key:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Registration

2. Under "Registration" key, you'll see one or more GUID (Globally Unique IDentifiers) containing a combination of alphanumeric characters in following format:

{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

3. Select each key and look at "ProductName" key in right-side pane. One GUID key will contain the version number of Office installed in your system "Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2013".

4. Select that GUID key and delete following 2 registry entries from right-side pane:

♦ DigitalProductID
♦ ProductID

5. Close registry editor and run any Office application e.g. word, excel, etc. It should prompt you to enter a new product key.

6. Enter the desired product key and click on OK. That's it.


IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. Take a backup of "Registration" key before deleting the registry entries from right-side pane, so that in case the new product key doesn't work you can restore the previous key without any problem. To take backup right-click on "Registration" key and select "Export".

B. If you are a x64 bit Windows user, then the key location will be different in registry. Please check following paths:

Office XP:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\10.0

Office 2003:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\11.0

Office 2007:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\12.0

Office 2010:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\14.0

Office 2013:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0

For Office 2013 on 32-bit Windows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Registration

For Office 2013 on 64-bit Windows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0





Office 2010 Product Key Change Error Step by Step

Symptoms
The previously installed version of Office 2010 prompts the user to change the product key. The screen then disappears, and shows no response when product key change is clicked.





Cause
This may be caused when the product keys of Office 2010 programs do not match.


How to fixTo resolve this issue automatically, go to the "Resolution support" section. To fix this issue manually, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.


Resolution support
To resolve this issue automatically, click the Fix it button or link. In the Download file dialog box, click Run and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.

>> Download <<

Note
♦Even in a different language version of Windows, you can use the Auto-resolve function.
♦If you are not currently working on the computer that has this issue, save the Fix it solution to a flash drive or CD and run it on the computer that has this issue.

Please go to the "Issue resolved?" section.


Let me fix it myself
This issue can be resolved by removing the Office 2010 registry values.

The following describes how to modify the registry. Incorrect registry modification can cause serious problems, so please proceed with extra caution. For additional protection, you are recommended to back up the registry before modifying it. This allows you to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about backing up the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Back up the registry


Click Start and enter regedit in the search pane. At the top of the program list, click regedit.



If the user account control message appears, enter the administrator password, or clickYes.


In Registry Editor, go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Registrationpath.



If the operating system is Windows 7 64-bit, go to theHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Registrationpath.


There are several GUID (Globally Unique Identifiers), consisting of a combination of alphanumeric characters, in the Registration subpath. Each GUID specifies the program that is installed on your computer. Click each GUID to view the registry entries in the right pane, and find and select the GUID that contains the relevant Office program version.



After selecting the GUID that contains the Office program version, find and right-clickDigitalProductIDand click delete.



Click Yes when the confirm value delete message appears.


Find and right-click ProductID and click delete.



Click Yes when the confirm value delete message appears.


Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.


When you run any Office 2010 program, the Enter your product key screen will appear. Enter the correct product key to complete product key change.



Issue resolved?
Determine if the issue has been resolved. If the issue has been resolved, the process described in this section is finished. If the issue is not resolved, you can contact technical support.

Thank you for your comments. To submit feedback or any problems found in the approach to resolving this issue, please leave comments on the "Fix it for me" blog or send an E-mail.

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50 Free Ways To Increase Your Instagram Followers

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1. Use hashtags that are known to help increase followers: #FF (Follow Friday), #instafollow, #l4l (Like for like), #tagforlikes and #followback.

2. Like hundreds of random pictures from people in your target audience. Neil Patel has used this strategy and found that for every 100 likes he did of random pictures, he received 6.1 more followers.

3. Hold a contest on Instagram. One of the easiest ways to do this is to post an image promoting the contest and then ask people to like it in order to enter.

4. Promote your Instagram account on your other social media accounts and profiles. Tell people what they can expect once they’re following you (e.g., behind-the-scenes photos, sneak peeks, coupons, etc.)

5. Like and comment on other users’ photos. This is the most natural way to gain new followers.

6. Use popular hashtags so your images get found in search. Some of the most popular ones are #love, #instagood, #tbt and #photooftheday.

7. Post photos at 2am or 5pm. Research shows that these are the most effective times to post.

8. Search for and follow people who are using popular hashtags like #followme and #likeforlike. Many will follow you back!

9. Remember that quality beats quantity. Edit your account to leave only the best images. No one wants to follow someone with thousands of pointless images of food or other random shots.

10. Use the Mayfair filter. According to Track Maven’s Fortune 500 Instagram Report, it’s the single most effective filter for marketers.

11. Make sure your bio is complete. Include relevant keywords and hashtags, and a link back to your site. Above all, don’t be spammy; this is a guarantee that no one who reads your profile will follow you!

12. Ask questions in the captions of your photos. This is a great way to increase engagement.

13. Post on Sundays: Sundays see the fewest images posted, so posting then may get your images more visibility.

14. Be consistent. Know why you’re posting, and who you’re posting for. Be consistent about how you use the platform and your follower count will grow organically.

15. Use calls to action in your photo captions. Get your followers engaged by asking them to take further action (e.g., “Let me know what you think in the comments”).

16. Don’t be afraid to post often. While you might expect that businesses that post many times a day receive lower overall engagement, research suggests this isn’t the case. According to Union Metrics, there is no relationship between the amount of images posted and the engagement received….at least not a negative one.


17. Follow your suggested users. Go into your settings and click the gear icon in the upper right of your screen. Click ‘Find and invite friends’, and then ‘Suggested Users’.

18. Use Piqora to help you see which types of photos are leading to the highest engagement….then post more of them.

19. Use geotagging, especially if you’re a local business. When you geotag your photos, others who post photos in your region will see your images on the location’s page. This is a great way to catch the attention of local users.

20. Use Latergramme to schedule your Instagram posts. Posting consistently is key to growing your follower count over time.

21. Really engage. All the tips, tricks and strategies in the world can’t compete with really engaging on the platform. Be intentional about liking photos, and leaving thoughtful comments. Regularly find new people to follow, and engage with them by responding to comments and questions.

22. Combine multiple photos into a collage for maximum engagement. Use a tool like PicFrame to combine up to 9 photos or videos.

23. Ask an influencer to mention or tag your product. If you know of an influential Instagram user who has used your product, ask for a mention. It just could work…and will likely result in a ton of new followers.

24. Post photos of things that are blue. Some research suggests these get 24% more likes than photos that are orange or red.

25. Post on Wednesdays: Images posted mid-week receive slightly more engagement than those posted on other days.

26. Use the word ‘comment’ in your captions. Some research suggests these get significantly more comments than those without.

27. Use faces in your photos. Dan Zarella found that images with faces received 35% more likes than those without.

28. Tag people in your photos when relevant. This ensures those photos show up in those users’ feeds, and makes it more likely they’ll share them.

29. The lighter the better: Photos that have 65-85% light get 24% more likes than those that are less than 45% light.

30. Create a branded hashtag. Come up with a hashtag and encourage your followers to use it. This encourages your fans to engage with your brand, and increases your visibility at the same time.

31. Share behind-the-scenes photos. Candid photos convey the personality behind your brand. Share images that show there are real people behind your logo.

32. Invite a guest to post on your account. If you have connections with an influential Instagrammer, consider asking him or her to guest post on your account. This is a surefire strategy for sending your engagement through the roof; not to mention all the new followers you’ll receive.

33. Share user-generated images. Re-share your followers images, especially ones where they’ve mentioned your product(s). This will encourage others to share photos of your products as well.

34. Consider canning the filters. Some research suggests that images with no filters get the most engagement.

35. Promote your Instagram account to your email subscribers. Periodically share an image in your newsletter and link it up to your Instagram account.

36. Promote your Instagram username on your physical marketing materials: signs, car decals, product sheets, etc.

37. Follow all your Facebook friends on Instagram, and many will follow you back. To do this, simply go to your Instagram profile and click on the 3 dots icon on the top right of your screen. Select ‘Find Friends’ and then ‘Find friends on Facebook’.

38. Use edges and structures in your photos. Images with many edges receive 125% more likes than those without.

39. Tell a story. Use your image captions to tell an engaging story. Storytellinghelps create an emotional connection to your brand or product, and including a captivating story is much more likely to get your image shared.

40. If you’ve been at a live event and have taken photos, tag well-known Instagrammers for increased visibility and sharing.

41. Use Iconosquare (formerly Statigram) to track the growth of your account. Find out which images resonate best with your audience and post them more often.

42. Use a photo editing tool like Aviary to crop your images, add frames or effects, or to just generally make your photos pop!

43. Use the word ‘like’ in your captions. Some research suggests these get 89% more likes.

44. Plan, prepare and then act. As with most things in life, being intentional is your best chance at success. Make a plan for how you’re going to use Instagram, then create a schedule to keep yourself on track.

45. Post image quotes. Image quotes on social media are huge. Overlay motivational, inspirational or humorous quotes over your images using a tool like Canva.

46. Connect your Instagram account with your contact list. Click on the 3 dots button at the top right of your screen, and select ‘Find friends’ to connect to your email contact list.

47. Network with Instagram influencers. Search for hashtags relevant to your business, and pinpoint users with high follower counts and engagement. Leave thoughtful comments on their posts, and start developing relationships. You never know where these connections will lead!

48. Use a tool like Crowdfire to analyze how your Instagram posts affect your follower/unfollower stats.

49. Arrange co-promotions with other users. Find users in a complimentary niche who have a similar follower count and arrange for mentions or shout outs to help build each other’s audience.

50. Build a community using a special hashtag. Create a challenge or campaign that your community can participate in, and give it a unique hashtag. Here are some great tips on creating your own hashtag campaign.


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Remember that having a large number of followers is useless if you don’t take the time to really engage and interact. And in the end, converting followers to customers is the real goal. These 50 tips will help you build your audience and facilitate lasting engagement with your followers that leads to conversions over time.

The Best Website, Blog and Domain Name Generators

1. Lean Domain Search

WordPress’ parent company Automattic recently acquired Lean Domain Search, so it was naturally the first tool I tested, and it set the bar extremely high for all of the other tools that followed.

I plugged ‘band tees’ into Lean Domain Search and was presented 4989 available domains. But the sheer number of suggestions wasn’t the only thing that impressed me.

Using Lean Domain Search, when you select one of the domains suggested, the site double checks the domain is still available, but also checks that the related Twitter name is also available. For example, when I clicked ‘BandTeesPro.com’ I was shown that @BandTeesPro was available on Twitter. I was also directed to register for the domain with three popular providers, making the task simple.

Another bonus of using Lean Domain Search is that you can browse the list of suggestions on your webpage, or you can copy the entire list to your clipboard with the click of a button and paste it into a document to come back to later.


2. Panabee

Panabee stands out from the plethora of ugly domain name generators online thanks largely to its attractive, quirky interface, but it also delivers on functionality.

Using this tool, you’re presented with a list of .coms and international domains (some of which are already taken, meaning you need to click through to see availability) as well as lists of related terms for each of the words plugged into the system.

You’ll also be presented with a brief list of Google adwords currently targeting those terms (for example, in my testing Panabee displayed a selection of other businesses promoting band tees) to give you an idea of the kind of competition you’ll be facing online.

You can change domain extensions, to .biz, .org and more, and when you click a domain name suggestion and you’re automatically directed to GoDaddy, offering further related suggestions and purchasing options.


3. Domainr

Domainr is slightly different to the other tools I came across, but it’s twist on the domain generator concept got my attention right away.

Doesn’t offer suggestions for related words and a pile of possible domain name options, but it does offer suggestions for domain extensions that can be used to give you a shorter domain, and a point of difference.

When I plugged bandtees into their search field I was presented with a brief list of 13 options, some available and some unavailable, and some including some clever domain extension use I wouldn’t have ordinarily considered, such as
Bandte.es
bandt.ee/s
b.an/dtees

Integrating your domain extension into your name isn’t for for everyone, but could be a good option to check out if you’re looking for something a little different – particularly if you’re working in the tech and innovation industries.


4. Name Mesh

Enter your targeted words and hit search and Name Mesh offers a selection of common short domains, similar domain suggestions, SEO-focused suggestions, fun suggestions and mix suggestions to help you find a domain name that’s perfect for your business blog or website.

Domains are marked red or green to indicate their availability, and you can hide unavailable domains and set a maximum character length in the settings. You can also click a domain option to see its social availability on Facebook and Twitter, and turn additional extensions on and off (such as .com, .io, .co, and .net) to give you more or fewer options.


5. Domains Bot

Domains Bot is simple to use with a clean interface. Simply enter your keywords and hit the Search button, then further refine your list by allowing or disallowing synonyms for each of your keywords, selecting which TLD extensions to include, your price range and more.

You’ll be presented with a list of available and already-registered domains, and information about social availability for each suggestion. Hit the Buy button next to the suggestion you like and be directed to a list of registration providers and prices.


Have a suggestion for a great tool I’ve missed here? Be sure to share it in the comments !!!

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High PR Social Bookmarking Sites List 2015

What are Dofollow Social Bookmarking Sites
Today, Here we’re not talking about Social Bookmarking sites. We talk about high PR & high quality Dofollow Social Bookmarking sites, those are the way to Store, Organize & manage Things as “Bookmarks” Online “Webpages”. Usually people use Social Bookmarking Sites for seo where they can save & Share Web-page links also can be share, like or Dislike by Other member of The Social Bookmarking Sites. Basically Social Bookmarking Sites are the Technique of Bookmarking Something online, That can Appreciate by Other people.


Why Social Bookmarking Sites are So Important?
Because competition is rapidly increase in every industry very fast. If you thing you can get enough visitors from only Search Engine or Paid Services, then you need to thing again. So you need to get help to promote your website on various Social Bookmarking Sites for Getting referral traffic that is purely targeted Traffic. Here is Some of the Social Bookmarking sites like, Stumbleupon, Reddit, Delicious & Pinterest are having almost 100 Domain Authority & 8 Google Page rank, Having millions of active users every month. So These kind of Social Bookmarking Sites can increase your Website’s Search Engine Ranking, Domain Authority & Improve Alexa rank by sending referral traffic.


Advantages of Social Bookmarking Sites
The Social Bookmarking sites are Outstanding way of Publishing news, blogs & other Web Resources. Social Bookmarking sites are the way of Introduce sites to Others with Relevant interest & Drive Traffic to your site & also got valuable Backlinks.


Below are the some Most Effective Benefits those you can Take by Using Social Bookmarking Sites.
Indexing Sites Faster – Whenever you post the new content on your website & bookmark that content Post on Social Bookmarking Sites. The Chances are higher get Index by Search Engine before someone steal your Original Content.


Deeper Indexing – If your Site navigation is not helping search engine crawler to Crawl Deeper in your website, Then there is a caution Sign of being neglect by higher volume of Natural Traffic from search engines. By Submitting Deeper link in Social Bookmarking sites, You’re creating a way to allow search engine crawler to Index your websites Each & every page that you really want to Index.


Measuring Quality – Measuring The Quality by Search Engine & a Human Being of a Website, Bookmark a Webpage by More User of a Particular Social Bookmarking site is highly Quality website rather than more bookmark by an Individual User on the Same Bookmarking Site.


Drive Traffic – Social Bookmarking sites are the best way attract targeted traffic to your website.


Categorization – By doing Categorize your Bookmarks in Social Bookmarking sites send a Signal to Understand Search Engines Regarding Your Website’s Category or Nature.



Top Social Bookmarking Sites
There is almost 100 Most popular Active Social Bookmarking Sites over the Internet. Most of them having PR 9 to PR 5 or 50 plus Domain Authority to 100 Domain Authority. We have shorted top 5 websites, leading in the list of Top Social Bookmarking Sites as on March 2015.

Stumbleupon – worlds most popular high pr social bookmarking site. It can boost your websites traffic with similar interest users. You can also get high quality backlink from this website.

Reddit – Reddit is another most popular high pr social bookmarking site that is something difficult to drive traffic to your website by only submissions. You need to Build a strong network that can Up-vote your submission to place your submission on Front page & Category front page, Then you can Drive huge amount of traffic to your website.

Delicious – One of the outstanding high pr Social bookmarking website have a good amount of active users every day.

Slashdot is one of the best high pr social bookmarking site that can boost your websites ranking by giving dofollow backlink to your website. Be careful while submitting post into it & follow its Terms & Conditions of accepting Links.

Kingged is one of the most interesting Social Bookmarking site that can Drive traffic to your website instantly. Also you can earn money from this website by following its Terms of Services.


17 Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog To

There are many paths to building links, such as link baiting or blogroll-link swapping, but few are as easy to implement and cost effective as submitting to blog directories. And good link juice makes for a growing blog.

Here are 17 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. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

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

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

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.

Add seconds to taskbar clock?

How to display "Seconds" in Taskbar Clock in Windows

The Taskbar Clock in Windows, displays the date and time. The day, month and the year are displayed – and the hour and minutes are seconds are displayed. In this post we will see how to display second in the Taskbar Clock.

Before we proceed, it is important to know, why Microsoft did not build this capability into the Windows operating system to begin with. Was the constant blinking of the colon too distractive?


Display seconds in Taskbar Clock
There is no way to natively display seconds in the Taskbar Clock. If you wish to do so, you will have to use 3rd-party free tools like T-Clock Redux or TClockEx.


T-Clock Redux in an enhanced fork of Stoic Joker’s T-Clock 2010. Apart from letting you display the seconds too, it offers many other features. It works on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 too. TClockEx is such free tool that can help you show seconds. This one also lets you tweak additional options in the Takbar Clock.


Currently it's not possible to make Windows 7 taskbar clock display the seconds without 3rd party app.

However, 7+ Taskbar Tweaker from http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker adds this functionality with one single click:


Taskbar clock showing seconds



Motivation and How to Get Motivated

Motivation and How to Get Motivated
by Remez Sasson

How many times have you started enthusiastically a weight loss program, began a bodybuilding or aerobics training program, or started learning a foreign language, only to stop after a short while?

Often, there is lack of motivation, or only a short-lived one.

Motivation has become a popular term nowadays. There are motivational coaches and speakers, and motivational books and articles. What is it actually, and why do you need it?

Motivation is a driving force. In order to accomplish anything, you need a driving force, otherwise nothing will happen. A wish is not strong enough to make you take action. A wish is a weak desire. Only a strong desire can drive you forward, to act and accomplish aims and goals.

In order to get motivated, you need to know exactly what it is that you want, to possess a strong desire, and to be willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish your goal.

It easier to display motivation in connection with short-term goals. When it comes to long-term goals, it is not always possible to sustain the motivation for a longer period of time. This is why it is wiser to start with small goals, and after gaining experience with being motivated, you proceed to bigger goals.

If you desire to get a certain object, or accomplish a certain goal, but you don't feel motivated enough to act, it means that the desire or goal are not important enough. To be motivated to take action and do something in respect to your goal, you need to possess a strong desire.

Motivation has much to do with the emotions and the imagination, which means that if you want to increase it, you have to work on your feelings and imagination.


Tips to Increase Your Motivation for Success:

1. Think and analyze your desire, to find out whether you really want to achieve it, and whether it is worth the effort and time.

2. Make your goal very clear. Writing it down will help.

3. Think often about your goal or desire.

4. Visualize your goal as already accomplished, and shut your mind to doubts and disbelief.

5. Read books or articles about the subject of your goal.

6. Read about people who have achieved success. This is quite inspiring

7. Think often, about the benefits you will gain by achieving your goal. This will increase your desire and motivation

8. Visualize, and think about how you would feel after achieving your goal.

9. Repeat positive affirmations such as: "I have the desire and inner strength to achieve my goal". Repeat this affirmation often, with attention and belief.

10. Start taking small steps toward your goal right now. Don't wait for the right opportunity and time.

Motivation is the powerful engine that moves you toward success and accomplishments in every area of your life.

TOP 10 Ways to Grow Your Instagram Followers

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With Over 200 million active users on Instagram, it’s definitely a well-loved social media outlet (for comparison, the population of the US is about 300 million…!). Having a larger "Instagram Followers" can mean more sales for your business, more views on your blog and a stronger community for your brand. But how in the world do some people have thousands of Instagram followers? Here I am sharing Top 10 actionable tips to help you grow your Instagram followers.

1. LIKE PHOTOS IN YOUR NICHE
I attended an online conference where Susan Petersen (CEO of Freshly Picked) talked about how she grew her Instagram to have almost 400,000 followers. She said that in the early days, she would spend hours liking other people’s photos each night. Her suggestion? Go through and like 5-10 photos on someone’s account. It would also help to leave a genuine comment and give them a follow. This helps to get your name out there and allows other users to discover you. I’d also suggest doing this primarily to users in your niche. How to find users in your niche? Check hashtags, or view the followers of your favorite Instagrammers. Overall, be authentic and not Spam — ain’t nobody got time for spam.

2. CREATE A THEME FOR YOUR PHOTOS
Cool, so if you followed #1, people will naturally start to notice your username and may check out your account…give them something to fall in love with! I’ve found that it really helps to create a theme for your Instagram. Write down a few words that you want people to associate with your account. For mine, I hope people glean that it’s bright, artistic, and full of love. Which words would you use for your account? Once you’ve settled on a theme, try your hardest to stick to it! A few accounts that are killin’ it? Studio DIY, Wonderforest, and Jessica Safko!

3. SOCIALIZE
It ain’t called social media for nothin’! Respond to the comments you receive and leave comments of your own on others’ work. Rather than something stale like, “cute dress,” try to leave genuine comments that encourage them to post more photos.

4. CREATE A HASHTAG AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO USE IT
This is a great way to build community and gain new content for your account. First of all, create a unique hashtag (make sure it’s not already being used!) and ask others to use it. It works best if the hashtag has a specific purpose. For example, A Beautiful Mess encourages followers to use #ABMLifeIsColorful on all of their colorful, happy photos. Once people start using your hashtag (and YOU use it, too!), then you can repost images from your followers (giving them proper credit, of course!). Not only does this build community by showing your followers that you appreciate their photos, but it also gives you content for your own account.

5. RUN A CONTEST
If you have something you’d like to give away, try running a contest. Some ideas? Have users re-post a specific image and tag you in the caption. Or ask them to use your hashtag on their own images. You could even try a loop giveaway, if you want to collaborate with other Instagram user.

6. ASK YOUR OTHER FOLLOWERS TO FOLLOW YOU ON INSTAGRAM
If you have a blog, Twitter, or Facebook, then you might assume your people are already following you on every platform. Hint: they probably aren’t! Share a quick tweet encouraging them to follow you on Instagram…it will reel in more followers than you think.

7. ENCOURAGE FOLLOWERS TO TAKE ACTION
As simple as it may sound, people are more likely to do something if you ask them to do it. Sharing a quote? Ask them to “like” your photo if they agree with it! Sharing something funny or relatable? Ask your followers to tag a friend! If you put the idea out there, it will encourage your followers to act accordingly.

8. GEOTAG YOUR PHOTOS
Posting a photo of that cool restaurant or city you recently visited? Geotag it! That way, other people who used the same geotag can see your photo and potentially follow you since you now have so much in common (like that french toast you both had last weekend). In case you’re confused, geotagging your photos means you tag it with a location.

9. FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE LIKES
Do a little research, yo. Go back through your photos and see which ones got the most likes and comments — and of course, the least. What clicks with your audience and why? How can you incorporate more photos like that into your feed?

10. LINK YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT TO YOUR OTHER NETWORKS
Similar to #6, this will help your followers on other networks discover your Instagram account — and proceed to follow you there, too!

11. APPROACH POPULAR USERS TO COLLABORATE
Think outside the box! Ask another Instagrammer if you can “take over their account” for the day as a guest contributor. Or start an Instagram challenge with daily prompts. Ultimately, think of fun, creative ways to collaborate with other users.

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Android version history

The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the release of the Android alpha in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008. Android is continually developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), and has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since the initial release.

The most recent major Android update is Android 6.0 "Marshmallow", which was released in October 2015. Since April 2009, Android versions have been developed under a confectionery-themed code name and released in alphabetical order, beginning with Android 1.5 "Cupcake"; the earlier versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names.


Code nameVersion numberInitial release dateAPI level
1.0September 23, 20081
1.1February 9, 20092
Cupcake1.5April 27, 20093
Donut1.6September 15, 20094
Eclair2.0–2.1October 26, 20095–7
Froyo2.2–2.2.3May 20, 20108
Gingerbread2.3–2.3.7December 6, 20109–10
Honeycomb[a]3.0–3.2.6February 22, 201111–13
Ice Cream Sandwich4.0–4.0.4October 18, 201114–15
Jelly Bean4.1–4.3.1July 9, 201216–18
KitKat4.4–4.4.4, 4.4W–4.4W.2October 31, 201319–20
Lollipop5.0–5.1.1November 12, 201421–22
Marshmallow6.0–6.0.1October 5, 201523
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HOW TO GET A VERIFIED FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

HOW TO GET A VERIFIED FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

Facebook has also recently adopted a verified status, but there is no mechanism to request verification. Instead, Facebook recommends that professional cricket players, cricket clubs, agents and brands, who believe that they are being impersonated, should report a fake account.

In the event that Facebook attempts to verify your account you will need to submit a government-issued photo ID, which Facebook promises to delete immediately after verification.



SCREENSHOTS OF THE FACEBOOK VERIFIED PROCESS

For now, Facebook is taking charge of this task by itself. At the moment there is no action that can be taken by professional cricket players, cricket clubs, agents and brands to verify your Facebook account.