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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Top 10 Richest Female Singers in 2013

Earning for a talent is itself a blessing and when it comes to singing, we come across of thousand names but there are only few for whom their passion turned into a resource; a resource too big to make them one of the top richest singers. Just like in other domains, women have contributed somehow equally in music, earning in Millions and ruling the hearts of their fans. Being a music freak myself too, the idea of sharing that who are the richest female singers in the world of 2012 sounded interesting. With the increasing fan following of rappers, the following female singers are giving a tough time to all the male candidates with the combination of their talent, beauty, voice and high level performances.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Wajahat · 4

5 Things You Should Do Before Quitting Facebook

Things to de before quitting Facebook
Facebook has been around for almost eight years now. Over those years, it has amassed more than 900 million users under its blue banner, which is a great achievement in itself, not to mention the impact it has had on people's life, especially teenagers. However, as a result of some developments, recent or otherwise, people have been trying to limit, or cut off Facebook altogether. Personally, I can think of many reasons why they'd want to do this. But in any case, if you're one of these people, then you might want to preserve some of your most important information before saying goodbye to Facebook. Even after quitting Facebook, you can still use some of the features it provides, so you wouldn't really feel left out.

Why would you want to quit Facebook?

As I said, recently, quite a few people have been either deleting or deactivating their Facebook accounts. Perhaps Google+ is to blame. But on a broader spectrum, Facebook itself is responsible for most of it. First, of course, is the enormous waste of time. Facebook is a void where no matter how much time you put, nothing productive is gonna come out, nor will that wasted time come back. Users might end up on Facebook for hours, looking through statuses, playing games, sharing funny images, and so on.


Then, of course, is the privacy issue. People get hacked every day, or get phished for sensitive information they do not want to divulge. Contact information is being leaked and people are being spammed. Photos are edited and spread, and scandals are being made. There's really no limit to what these hackers can do. We recently wrote a post on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. You can take steps to ensure your privacy, but there's never a 100% guarantee. Hackers always seem to be one step ahead of security engineers. So for some people who don't use Facebook very much, it might be a good idea to step off altogether.


There's also the competitive attitude associated with Facebook use. Users are competing with others, and comparing each other, and hence developing complexes. Rude posts and images are not only being liked, but also being spread, which is something one wouldn't do in real life. All of this could be contributing towards psychological instability. As Bertrand Russel says, if you can't provide an outlet to your emotions, they'll make you all the more weaker. And you definitely can't express your emotions in front of a computer screen.


The bottom line is, Facebook has lost a certain of its charm. And since I've been using Facebook for around 7 years now, I can safely say that. Anyhow, you get the point. Here are some things you could do to preserve your information before logging off for good.

1. Back up your Profile

Backing up Facebook profile is one of the best ways to preserve your information. You can download a copy of your Facebook profile, with all the photos and your statuses and wall posts, along with your contacts. To back up, simply go to your Account Settings, and you'll see an option for Downloading a copy of your Facebook Data. Click on that and you'll be guided through the steps. Facebook will send you an email once it has done creating a back up for you. You can download that back up. For more information, read the article below

  • How To Backup Your Complete Facebook Profile

2. Sync your contacts

Android and iOS smartphones have apps that let you sync your Facebook contacts with your smartphone. iOS has SmartSync, while Android has AddressBook. These will fetch contact information from your Facebook friends, and add them to your phone book. Contact information include email addresses, phones numbers, home addresses (if available) etc. You get to choose which friends you want to Sync, and what information you want to sync. This is a really handy way of staying in touch with your friends.

3. Export Birthdays

You can also preserve birth day information for your friends. If you go over to your Facebook Events page, you will see a magnifying glass icon. Click on Birthdays, and it will appear again. Clicking on that will give you an option to export birthdays in a variety of formats compatible with major scheduling programs.

4. Organizing events

For organizing events, you don't necessarily need to use Facebook. There are other plenty of services that will create events for you. Once such is Doodle, while another is Evite. You can simply fill out the details for an event, and these services will send out emails to your friends, to which they can RSVP easily. This way, you can keep your events private. And sending out emails make them feel more personal and connected to you.

5. Back up your photos

Facebook does not allow you to transfer your photos to another site directly. But there are other indirect ways. First of all, when you back up your profile as we mentioned above, your photos will be backed up as well. But if you want to move your photos to another site, you will have to do that manually. You can, however, transfer them easily to Google's photo sharing site, Picassa. For this, you'll need a Google Chrome extension, Move Your Photos. This allows you to see all your Facebook photos as thumbnails, which you can sort or move over to Picassa.

by Wajahat · 0

How is a Google Place different from a Google+ Page?

Google Places

According to Google, 97% of the customers look for local businesses online. Another fact has it that 73% of online activity is related to local content. Since Google is the only search giant that boasts of a 66% share in the market, we can only assume the facts are true. But true or not, they must be based on some sound basis, which is good enough for me. Now this throws new light on how important online promotion can be for small local business.
Google helps such local businesses by providing them a way to reach out to their customers through Google Places. Previously, we talked about how Google Pages help promote businesses. Today, it's all about Google Places. Formerly known as Google Local Business, Google Places aims at drawing local business towards Google to promote their services, since Google is the search giant and most people search on Google. Hence, this is a great opportunity for business owners to promote their services n Google and attract more customers.

What are Google Places?

People are always looking for great places they can go to for having dinner, buying jewellery, dry cleaning, and so on. Most of these people search on Google. So what better place to promote your local business? According to Google, Places are "a web page for every place in the world, organizing all the relevant information about it." So in essence, Google Pages represent a business online, with its information and location on Google Maps, other people's opinion about the services, reviews, and more. Previously, Google used to pull the reviews from other third-party websites. But now, reviews are present exclusively from Google. See how Google is trying to integrate all of its products together?

How is a Google Place different from a Google+ Page?

A Google+ Page is like a Fan Page. You can follow them to get latest updates. But Places are slightly different, although they are integrated into Google+. For a Place, there must be a location. On a Place, you can write a review there or look for directions. Here is a sample Place for a KFC outlet near where I live. It helps me see where the outlet is located, what route to it would be best, what do other people who have been there say, and so on. If I don't like it, I can write about my bad experience in a review.

Here are some of the businesses that benefited from Google Places.
See how different Places are from Google+ Pages?

How to get started?

If you are a local business owner looking to sign up, it is very simple. You just need a Google Account. If you already have one, then go to Google Places and log in. You will be asked a series of questions, such as your country, phone number, business name, etc. Submit all your information from basic info to photos etc. Also, verify your listing by phone or post card. Once verified, Google will show your listing after some time.

Once your Place is set up, you should fill out all the relevant information. Information such as your service areas, your operating time, categories i.e. what sort of business do you have, payments etc. The more complete the information is, the better it is for your business. Not only will customers find your business easily, you will be ranked higher in your respective category. Remember; a complete profile is always favored over an incomplete one.

Based on the information you provide Google, such as email address, your phone number, business name etc, Google will crawl the web and find relevant information regarding your business. For example, if you already have a brand page for that business, then that page will be associated with your Place. Additionally, Google will fetch any reviews provided by other people, and all of this will be linked to your Place, visible for all to see.

Why Google Places?

There are various features and advantages you'll get if you create an online presence for your business. I hope you already know how important Google+ is for businesses, online or otherwise. This is much the same. As I mentioned at the very beginning, 97% of the customers look online for information on local businesses. And since 66% of the total searches in the world are made through Google, that means around 64% of the world's customers look up local businesses on Google. So one thing is for certain. Local business owners can extend their exposure far beyond the pedestrians walking by their shop.

Google Places allows you to define service areas for your business. So service and home based businesses are the beneficiaries here. Let's say you have a pizza shop that delivers pizzas within Manhattan. So when people living in Manhattan look online for a good pizza place to go, or to order pizzas from, they'll come across your business. They can then call you and place an order. Thus, you get an immediate advantage over your competitors who don't have a presence on Google Places.

Google is also offering free business photo shoots in some select cities. You can upload your own pictures of your business, but you can also request a free photo shoot. Google photographers will come and take their own photos of your business' interior as well exterior using panoramic and fish-eye lenses, something business owners might not be able to do themselves. This way, your Place will gain more credibility.

With Google Places, you can also take advantage of the QR Code technology. Google will generate QR Codes for you, which you can print on your business cards or other marketing materials. Additionally, you can print out decals that can be hung up on your windows. Customers can scan these codes using QR readers for some smart phones, which will then take them to your Google Place page where they can get additional information about you. To demonstrate how this works, you can see a QR code on the right. If you have a smart phone that can read QR code (usually through a third-party app), then scan this code and see what happens :)

Google also gives you the option to get your listing stand out by paying $25 per month. This could greatly increase your chances of success.

Google provides a lot more features business owners might be interested. Many businesses spend a lot of money in their advertising campaigns. But very few realize that they can achieve far greater success through this free service. Google is really trying hard to influence individuals as well as large businesses, all to create a seamless experience for the average Google user. And I must say, it's doing a really good job. After all, it isn't the leading search engine and the largest Internet company for no reason.

by Wajahat · 0

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