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Most of you must have had at least one opportunity to see and use the much hailed OS X. I know its very user friendly and has many features which makes it easier for people to migrate form Windows to OS X.

But there are a very few people out there who actually have no idea that the OS X is based on Linux and infact there are much better Linux based OS out there for you to use and that to free of cost.

With this post I want get the word out there, that Linux is much better than OS X and I don’t even feel like comparing Windows in the same league as Linux as that would be degrading for Linux. ( In short I hate Windows )

There are many reasons for Linux been the better Operating System, however with the help from Jack Wallen I would like to mention and bring forward the most important factors.

1) Open Source

The worst part that Apple did was to license the OS X. So its the same as Windows and is not Free to distribute. Apple took a BSD kernel and developed its own Darwin Kernel. There were attempts from Apple to develop a Open Source OS based on the Darwin Kernel, however it has not seen so much success as its OS X. So in no way can the OS X compete with the likes of Linux in terms of been Open Source.

2) Hardware Requirements

If anyone has a old Mac with a configuration as follows, 800 Mhz with a 512 MB of RAM. The OS X runs very slowly on this configuration. However if you replace the OS X with a Linux OS, it will run much faster than the OS X. Also take a New Mac and compare that with a Intel based System running Ubuntu 8.10. The results will blow you away and you will find that the Ubuntu System runs n times faster than the Mac with OS X. Thats the reason I say Thumbs up for Ubuntu 8.10.

If you compare the minimum system requirements for OS X and Ubuntu 8.10 you will be able to understand it easily:

Ubuntu 8.10: 700 MHz x86 processor , 384 MB of RAM, and 8 GB of disk space.

OS X: 876 MHz or faster CPU, 512 MB of RAM, 9 GB of disk space.

I say the test which claim that OS X is faster than Ubuntu are nothing but bullshit only worth making Bio-gas.

3) Using the Command Line

Now I know most people who use OS X would say that they don’t find any need for the command line. However if you are a power user you will find the need of a command line. With Linux you can can do everything with the command prompt. You can install via Command line, It has  command-line security, and also the option to start and stop services using the Command Line. Even though OS X is Linux based it has does not have the Linux coreutils. Apple missed that part while developing the OS X and I wonder how can they miss such a big feature. Now even if Apple is planning to incorporate that in OS X it will have to start from the Scratch.

If you want to know how important the command line is, use Ubuntu 8.10 for few days and you will understand the importance for the Command line in OS X.

4) Security

It easy to crack int0 OS X and Windows than it is to crack into a Linux OS. People would again defend this however what I would say that the only reason that I find Linux more safe is because with the help of Kernel Level Tools such as iptables, fwbuilder, and SELinux you can lock down Linux as various levels. Though I wont say that OS X is completely unsafe, it is still much safer than Windows. But when it comes to comparison between Linux and OS X in terms of Security, Linux scores much higher.

5) Cost

Now this is one of the most important advantages of using Linux. And believe me no one can even come close to defending OS X and Windows when it comes to a cost comparison. Linux cost $ 0.00 or Free. To add more to it if you go to Ubuntu Website and register they will even send you a free Installation CD to your door step and that too without any charges. Compare that to OS X which cost $129.00 and if you add the cost of the hardware it will cost you atleast $999.00 which is the cheapest Mac book available. Now if you want to know the cost of a Laptop with Linux it will be only $399.00. You save a whooping $600.00. Now beat that Apple and Windows.

6) Flexibility

Window and OS X have one major drawback they are not flexible enough. You only get what you see if you want something more you have to live with what you have. The most you can do to change the look is install themes or move, shrink or auto hide the Dock. You cannot do away with the taskbar in OS X. Taskbar to OS X is like the Blue Screen of Death to Windows 95. But in Linux you can do whatever you feel like. Hell if you don’t like the complete Desktop look install a new Desktop or a Window Manager and you are good to go.

7) Portability

One of the other important feature in Linux is that you can migrate the installation form one PC to another as long as the architecture on the systems is the same (e.g x86 to x86 and not x86 to x86_64). But if it is only migrating few folders such as /home folder even that would work fine. On the other hand if you want to do the same thing with OS X and Windows not possible because they are landlocked to the machines they were installed in. Migration is a breeze with Linux.

8) Keyboard

Now most non OS X user dont know this but it is a well know fact that the delete key does not work the way it normally should in OS X. You have to use the hit fn + Delete key to get the normal result as a normal delete in Windows. And its just not the delete key, but the End Key also has the same issues. Also the Mouse buttons have issues when it comes to OS X. It only has use of one mouse button. Hell with Linux you get the option for three Mouse buttons which is an added advantage. You have the option to just select a particular text and you can paste the same with the use of the Third button or the Scroll on your regular mouse. No more do you have to right click select, copy and paste. Also the Keyboard is much more efficient in Linux than in OS X.

9) Software Availability

Most people have the wrong notion that with LInux you dont get the option of having many Softwares atyour disposal. The best and the Easiet way to prove this is go to Google and Search for Linux Software and you get 47,900,000 results. Now again serach for OS X software and you get 160,000,00 results. Also you get various software options to do one perform one task in Linux. As all of them are free of cost you can try al of them and use the best one. But sadly that not the same in case of OS X and Windows, most softwares are paid and licensed and you have to shell out bags of money to try one and all.

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A Google bomb which is also closely related to spamdexing is nothing but Internet lingo which is a kind of attempt to improve or in other words to influence the ranking of a given page in the Google search engine so that the page is ranks higher in the results of Google search engine,but spamdexing which is closely related to Google bomb,is the modifying of HTML pages intensionally to improve the ranking of their page so that it is placed close to the beginning of the results of the search engine.or to influence the category to which the page is assigned in a misleading or deceitful manner.

Now see what googleblogger write about defusing the googlebomb;
The Google blogger writes: ‘By improving our analysis of the link structure of the web, Google has begun minimizing the impact of many Googlebombs. Now we will typically return commentary, discussions, and articles about the Googlebombs instead.’”

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You are to provide your visitors with fresh new content using the Google sitemap which can help you in many ways and one of them is increasing the speed of your site as Google gets aware of the changes or in other words the updates you have performed on your site as you also make changes in the Google index for the same.Google site map need to code it in a programming language known as Extensible Markup Language, the process is tedious and time consuming hence most of the people opt for using sitemap generator that is simpler to create your own personalized site map in few minutes. You can even create a simple .html sitemap in a new page and put in it links to all the other pages;Now when the search engine spiders try to look for specific content on your website this will help them out by giving relative importance to each page,but make sure you should rank the less important pages below the more imporant one’s So that You can use to sitemaps to understand what Google thinks about your website as well.

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The experts of SEO suggest you to use hook in linkbaiting blended with positive and constructive alertness with suitable options or in other words alternatives especially if you want to create sensation through making others site a platform and not for attacking the weakness of others.Linkbaiting can be experimented with your own site which should have debate and interactive quality as content to make it a hot topic.For making your site more link-worthy avoid temptation and initially focus on content that can draw attention on your site from your local niche market.

Also try to develop real relationship with your peers grabbing the opportunity especially when you attend a conference, trade show, training sessions, try to meet and make friendship with many people as possible and keep in touch by communicating with them in regular basis, this is the chance that you can associate with many people, these people can help you when you linkbait.

Write something good that creates interest or in other words write something sensational to get people talk about you and your site to get worthy backlinks over the internet and then go for linkbaiting.

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A Keyword forecasting tool has been released by MSN Adcenter which is a very good tool as it provides you with the details about the number of searches over the past year along with the forecast of the number of searches made for the up coming months.It can be considered as a good keywords tool that provides you the information precisely for the projections of your traffic and sales volume for the near future.

The best part is that MSN will provide you with the information about the people like their Age and Gender with the demographics of those who are searching for specific keywords.And the other good thing is this tool is not limited for MSN AdCenter account holders as anyone can use this tool.

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The following are the new features included:

*save your search:Through the advanced search and save feature you can save your search simply by selecting ‘name your search option from the advanced search and save.Settings can be done to save eight searches.

* Local Business Ads: You can view, add and update your local business ads with the new local business ads tab.

* Export picker: Select specific campaigns and ad groups to export to CSV.

* Draft account: you can share the draft account with other AdWords Editor users, to post, export the account for archiving, then import it into a non-draft account.

* Targeting Default Campaign: You can target your new campaigns through the Tools menu > Settings, and specifying a language and location.

* Quickly error finder: You can see splats at the top of the affected tabs in case of any error or warning.

Apart from all this,you can have a look at more rows in the data and review proposed changes throught the error description.Alsoyou can check the Adword Editor Release Note for more improvements and changes

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As we know after Google the second Biggest major search engine is Yahoo,However the Algorithm is different from Google and MSN but still it includes a very large number of Websites.The best part of Yahoo is you can obtain a good position in it’s ranking and be visible by focusing on other factors apart from the prototype optimization technique.The following tips might be able to help you to optimize your site well in Yahoo search engine and increase your ranking which will definitely make your site visible but it is recommended that you continue the on page and off page optimization technique which also helps you to increase your site position or in other words to optimize your site well in yahoo!

Yahoo! Upcoming: If you have news based site or if you are looking for any announcement than Yahoo Upcoming is a great tool to announce your news or event. It help you like a press release. Yahoo upcoming has also an added feature, your content travel very fast through the site which are affiliated to them and interest groups. You can use effective keywords that will help you in yahoo search results too.

Yahoo! Video: You can use Yahoo video the same way you use you tube videos, you will need a Yahoo i.d to start for the same. Here is chances that you can include some of the most relevant keywords in the listings such as in your video’s title, description text, and using the tags into the category.

Yahoo! Site Explorer: Yahoo site explorer is more vital than ever. All you need is to submit your website to Yahoo’s site explorer. Yahoo! site explorer helps you to retrieve information about the pages linking to a particular page or pages within a domain. You can locate your indexed web pages and the links to your sites, as well as delete pages in the index or rewrite dynamic URLs. This is great tool to keep track on incoming links and explore your site.

Flickr Photos: Flickr images are now part of Yahoo’s Search engine result pages, you can use alt text images adding relevant keywords in titles, description, it would be better suited as a caption, or within the title attribute and tags. For using this feature you will need a Flickr account through yahoo!

Yahoo Answer: Great way to find and share information and improve your social networking skills, and understand well your niche. Yahoo Answers deals with one-off question answering. You can get chance to promote your site tactfully especially if you’ve range of website of different genre. There’s a corpus of knowledge growing there organized into different categories, you can share your knowledge and skills with others in specific topics which help you to expertise in your field.

MyBloglog: It is great blogger community now owned by yahoo, the community is based in part on interactions facilitated by a popular web widget that many members install on their blog, you can sign up for free accounts on MyBlogLog and can initiate a blog community for one or more blogs as an author, the widgets also contain links to visiting members’ community pages, and are one way in which users connect with one another.

Yahoo Groups: This is a large, thriving service from Yahoo! which offers free mailing lists, photo & file sharing, group calendars and more method to establish interaction with people. You can discuss hot topics, share interests, join online communities and  expand your visibility.

All these tips have helped people to increase the rankings of their websites but the way the search engines change their algorithms,a different new approach or in other words a different new method to the search engine optimisation might work or it is possible that it will not but find yet another one which effectively works out for you.

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Email marketing can be very useful to promote your website or in other words to bring your website higher in the SEO ranking so that you can increase the number of visitors visiting your website.

This can be easily done  by using auto responders which is a very cost effective solution if your budget is low for hiring professionals for this task.Auto responders can help you by creating a good relationship with the customers so that they opt-in  to receive Emails from the company which  definately helps to communicate with the customer.

The best and easy way to make customers happy is by giving them free gifts like Ebooks and some gifts  which is nothing but the double opt-in method which has proven to be the best method for effective results for Email marketing so far.Sending birthday and anniversary wishes to the customer can also build a goodwill of the company among the customers. Auto responders can then help by providing the customers the information about the companies current and upcoming products,schemes and services which might be able to create more interest among the customers for the purchase of the different products and services offered by the company. Also it can inform the customers about the various events organised by the company so that maximum number of customers participate in the event which is another way to increase the popularity of the company.

These factors have certainly helped the companies to establish a good relationship with the customers which has helped the companies to increase the sales of the products and services which is really important for a company to run and progress.

But make sure , as there is a drawback in every method this method of Email marketing also has some drawbacks.The most terrible drawback is called as Spamming in which unnecessary emails of schemes are sent to people which has become a very serious trouble for millions of web browsers all over the world.But if you are successful in establishing trust among your customers then Email marketing can be very useful for you to make a Mark of your online presence.

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