How To Add Alexa Widget To Your Blogger website/blog

Alexa rank is one of the most popular after Google page rank. Alexa is owned by amazon company It will ranks the authors in the blogging world. Alexa will rank every website according to their algorithm. It only counts the hits which browsers have Installed Alexa toolbars. Many bloggers, geeks, are still searching for, how to improve Alexa rank of their website or blog. Now a days Alexa rank is getting more popular than Google page rank. One of the best thing you have to do is add Alexa widget to your website, because you can't tell everyone to Install Alexa toolbar on their browsers. By doing this you can make the Internet users and website audience aware of Alexa rank and advertisers know about your website.

Related To This Article : How To Increase Alexa Rank Of Your Blog In 2014

Before explaining how to add alexa rank widget to your blog/website, I want to share my experience when I tried to add Alexa widget to my blog. I started blogging few months ago as a newbie I searched for the posts how to add alexa widget but every time I click on the given link by the authors It displays OOPS! you can see that in below screenshot.

Then how to Install alexa widget to your website, here are the simple steps to add Alexa widget to your blogger blog.

Steps To Add Alexa Widget To Your Blogger Website

• Copy the code below

 Button (120 * 95) :

                                     <a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.techbulk.com/">
                                     <script type="text/javascript" src="http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/s/a?                                      url=http://www.techbulk.com/">
                                     </script></a>  

Vertical Banner (120 * 240) :        

                                 <a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.techbulk.com/">

                                 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/s/b?                                      url=http://www.techbulk.com/">

                                 </script></a>

Note : Replace "TECHBULK" with your website name

• Login into your blogger account.
• Click on layouts and select gadget where you want to place the alexa widget.

• Then click on add gadget.
• It displays pop up window scroll down until you see HTML/JAVA SCRIPT.

• click on that widget and paste the code. 
• Now alexa widget is added to your site.

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Youtube Coolest Tips And Tricks Everyone Should know

Youtube is the largest video streaming website, here all online public can express their views on shared videos. Registered users of Youtube can upload their videos regarding to the product, technology, health, movies, clips and also watch all Popular TV shows, funny videos etc.. In Youtube there are so many tricks which makes your experience better. But no one wants to spend whole time to know all the tricks because everyone is busy in their life. When you are watching videos on youtube channels you need to know these simple tricks that are very helpful.
Related article : Strategies To Increase Your Youtube Video Traffic

Useful Youtube Tips & Tricks Everyone Should Know

Auto Replay : In youtube you can replay your video as many times as you want by replacing youtube with infiniteloop in the URL bar.

Original Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdowpbU56U

Modified Link : https://www.infinitelooper.com/watch?v=5WOIk8oU0p4

It also have one special feature you can replay the video from particular part you want.

Feather Beta Feature : When you are using slow Internet It is very difficult to browse and mainly you could not see video easily. But there is a hidden feature in youtube that helps you to Increase video speed by removing bytes which will slow down the browser speed. Follow link to join 

Feather Beta Feature.

Exact Keyword : Youtube has large collection of videos, when you want to watch a video you will search according to the title but It displays unrelated videos also. To avoid this, type allintitle: before the keyword or title you want to search. Checkout below screenshot to get an Idea.

Play In HD : When you play any video on youtube It wills starts with low quality to Increase buffer speed.Youtube has Its default settings to play video fastly. If you have high speed Internet you like watch videos in HD just add Magic actions for youtube extension to your browser. It enables auto HD option for youtube videos.  This extension is available on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers.

Particular Start Time : If you are Interested to share a video with your friends but you want to highlight some part of that video that have to watch by your friends. For that you specify exact time when you share that video on social networking sites. But adding simple code to that link you can play that video at  exact time duration.You can see the link below how I edited It with code.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdowpbU56U
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdowpbU56U#t=09s ( Add #t=09s )
3. If selected video has 5 minutes duration or more. If you want to play that video at 2 minutes 15 seconds.
4. Add #t=01m09s

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How To Protect Your Facebook Account From Hackers In 2014

Facebook is one of the top most popular social networking site. Now a days everyone have their own Facebook account. But no one think about their Facebook account is secured or not. There are so many ways to damage your account. For example malicious software, Spam videos, unknown links that are Injected by cyber criminals to trap Facebook accounts, to access your account without your knowledge. There is no software's to secure your account, but If you follow some tips that will helps you to stay safe on Facebook. 

      Tips To Stay Safe On Facebook In 2014

These are the primary tips you need to know to secure your Facebook account.

Beware Of Spammers : In Facebook there are so many unwanted video links that are created by spammers. Social network is best choice to spread any video or Information, so spammers choose Facebook to spread links. If unfortunately you click on this link, It can access your account and comment somewhere without your knowledge to target other Facebook users to spread their spammy links.

Messages From Facebook : If you have Facebook pages you may get some messages like message from Facebook security team or team to make your page most secure click on this link. Don't click on that message links those are created by cyber criminals to steal your Facebook page. So better to Ignore such type of messages.

Application Permissions : In Facebook there are lot of application some of that are most dangerous which can access your account without your knowledge even you are not active on Facebook. So better to read permissions carefully before giving permission to that app.

Upgrade Notifications: Sometimes when you start video or watching video It may ask you to upgrade video plugins or codec. Actually those are already blocked by antivirus on your system because those codecs are Trojan horse that may harmful to your account. If you really want to upgrade your video codecs go to official sites.

Turn On Notifications : Turn on login notification, whenever you login in to your account, you receive e-mail from facebook with particular time, date, browser..

Change Your Password Frequently : Changing your password frequently is one of the best thing to keep your account safe and also use both upper case and lower case letters along with this use symbols and numbers that makes your password strengthen.

Don't Accept Friend Request From unknown Persons : I saw many people on Facebook they add others even they don't know their faces each other. Facebook ask you to recognize your friend where he is tagged in a photo for security. If you don't answer correctly your account may block by Facebook.

Add Phone Number : Add phone number to your account make it visible only me. If you get any problem with your account,you can easily get It back by typing the code sent from Facebook. Make sure that don't keep your mobile number visible because cyber criminals can access your phone number also beware of It.

Add Security Question : Security question is another option to get back your Facebook account. Add unique answer which you only know, make sure you should remember that answer.

2 Step Verification : In 2 step verification you need account password and other one is randomly generated code sent to your mobile as sms or to your app Every time you accessed from new browser/device. But this feature is not available in all countries. Facebook call it as Login Approval's. Facebook is providing 2 step verification for limited countries only. It's not available in some countries In India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri lanka, Philippines and many more countries. Click on below link to activate 2 step verification In India.

 Related articles :  To activate 2 step verification In facebook by using other country Proxy.
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How To Hide Last Seen TimeStamp On Whatsapp

Whatsapp is well known for every smartphone user. These days Whatsapp become one of the best free messenger for all type of android phones, smart phones, tablets and also for PC. It has about 450 million active users globally. This messenger got so many active users within a short time because people are looking to cut down text message charges.But most annoying feature in this app is other whatsapp user can see when you last seen their message. Sometimes you don't want to know others whether you checked messages or not. Now whatsapp has added a feature to hide last seen timestamp for android users. This feature has been available for Iphone users long time.

Remember that this feature is available If your android version is 2.1 or higher versions. But this feature cannot be updated through Google play store, you need to access your to unknown sources.  It means go to settings>> Application settings >> Allow Installation from  unknown sources. 

Steps To Hide Last Seen TimeStamp On Whatsapp For Android Users 

• Open web browser  go to www.whatsapp.com/android/ 
• There you can see android application file (APK).
• Click on download, It will show two options Package Installer  or Verify & Install.
• Select package Installer. ( You may notified that this application make changes to whatsapp messenger )
• Here you need to accept It to add "Hide last seen timestamp" feature.
• Below I uploaded screen shots to guide you to apply this feature on whatsapp.

Note: Remember that If you hide your last seen timestamp, you also restricted to see others timestamp.

Steps To Hide Last Seen TimeStamp On Whatsapp For Iphone Users 

Iphone users want to hide their last seen timestamp on whatsapp they don't need to go for any upgrades. Follow these simple steps to use this feature.

• Click on settings Icon >> Advanced >> here you can see the option Last seen timestamp. 
• Turn off this option.
• Here you should remember one thing once you turn off this option you will not do further changes for 24 hours.
• When you come to android there is no such type of cut back, you can edit settings as many times as  you wish.

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Add Password Protection To Your Google Play Store App To Avoid Unwanted Purchases

Google play store is a official android app store for all android devices. In this store both free and paid apps are available. If you associate any credit card or google wallet to the google play store, you can buy apps easily. Sometimes your android device in your children hands there is a chance to purchase app without your command.

 Actually google play store has password protection but this feature is tucked inside the settings section. so many of android users don't know how to setup password protection to avoid unwanted purchase and where google store settings are hidden.

Previously Google play store doesn't have password protection, Instead of this required password for every 30 minutes. Due to an Incidents take place in New york  a child spent up to 65 $ to purchase apps from his mothers android mobile. After that Google updated the play store with added password protection feature to avoid those unwanted purchase.

Here I explain you how to enable password protection to your Google play store app. For this you need Google play store version 4.6.16 or higher. To update your play store click on build version in the app settings.

Setup Password Protection To Your Google Play Store App

• Click on play store.
• Tap on the play store icon >>  Click on Settings

• In settings scroll down to user controls section.
• In that you can see Require password for purchase Click on it.

• Here you can see the three options.
• Select (for all purchases through Google play store)

• Confirm your gmail account password which is linked to play store.

• Now your Google play store app is password protected.

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Protect Your Android mobile From The Heartbleed Bug

In Internet there are so many bugs which affects your devices amd make it worse. Heartbleed is a ever known dangerous bug in android devices. Most of the  android devices may affect with heartbleed bug. It belongs to open SSL ( Secure Sockets Layer ). Actually It protects you and make the data secure.Heartbleed bug allows Intruder to access your sensitive data and causes severe damage. If you are still using failed open SSL your device or router is vunerable to heartbleed bug, still some enterprises are using failed open SSL to secure their outcome. 

You may think that what is open SSL? I will explain it simply. It has excellent software which uses good cryptography to secure private data online. It is an open source which Implements Secured Socket Layer and Transport Layer Protocols. I think now you understand about heartbleed bug clearly.

How To Check Your Android Device Is Vunerable or Not ?

• As per the survey of google  million of android devices are vunerable to heartbleed bug.
• To check your android device is vunerable or not use heartbleed detector released by "Lookout".
• Lookout is a security app It can trace lost android phone. If you want to learn how to trace lost android mobile through apps click here

Logout From Affected Applications :

• If your device is affected with heartbleed nothing to do, you have only one choice that is check out for updates regularly.
• Checkout from the affected apps and login after sometime, because when you logout old security tokens are replaced with new ones, which makes you safe.

Change Your Passwords :

• Change all passwords with new unique password, It means for every account you should create unique password. It doesn't match with other account passwords.
• Password should be  9 characters or more for better security.
• While creating password use both upper case and lower case letters ( symbols, numbers etc..)
• If websites are already vunerable to this bug better to don't access the site.

Use 2 Step Verification: There are some websites providing two step verification like gmail, facebook, yahoo mail, dropbox etc.. If you want to activate two step verification on Facebook Click here

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Best Computer Tips & Tricks Everyone Should Know

Most of the computer users want to learn latest tips and tricks to improve their skills. Some users don't show interest on that but these general tricks are very helpful to every user. To learn these tricks no need to sacrifice your precious time just follow the tips & tricks below. I definitely say that you learn important tricks that makes you good pc user. If you want to learn how to run pc/laptop faster and smoother then have a look at here .

General Computer Tips & Tricks Everyone Should Know

God Mode : It is nothing but windows hidden folder, god mode folder offers you a centralized control panel through that folder you can optimize all operating system settings and VPN settings, everything from desktop background. To create this folder just follow below steps.

• Create a new folder and rename it with God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
•  Automatically folder change into control panel Icon.
• Now you can change any settings of your windows operating system.

 Problems Step Recorder : Problem Step Recorder is one of the best handy tool to record your system errors. If you found any problems on your pc need to consult tech assist, before that record your problems through "problem step recorder". It helps you to record all your problems in screen shots. Send this information to the person helping you to solve the Issues. It makes the process easy to find the problems on your computer. Follow below steps to use Problems Step Recorder.

• Click on windows button and type Run.
• It will open run box and then type 'psr' and click on OK button.
• Now you can use problem step recorder.

Move Important Files To Cloud Storage :  Suppose If you are working on university projects or any other major projects, backup your files to cloud is best choice. Some times your local hard drives may not work properly at that time you can download your files from cloud which you stored before. Some of the cloud services are google drive, drop box, icloud, sky drive. Cloud storage is the best option to backup your data safely of course external hard disk is also better idea but backing up to the cloud will increase the advantage.

Must Known Keyboard Shortcuts : Every computer user wants to know more and more keyboard shorcuts to operate pc easily. For those here I written some must known keyboard shortcuts for every user.

• Generally If you want to take a screen shot we press "Print Screen Key". But Alt + print screen key copies only active window to the clipboard.
• Alt + Tab allows you to circle through all currently running programs. If you want more stylish try Windows + Tab definitely you like this method.
• Alt + Ctrl + Delete is the hot key to interrupt all programs which are running on pc through task manager. This key is useful If any of the running program is not responding properly then you will close that program through task manager. If you want to launch task manager directly use Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
•  Alt + F4 to close currently running programs.
• Windows + D to minimize all windows.
• To view system information Window + Pause/ Break
• If you want to setup a second display or projector use Windows + P.
• If you want change file name we do right click on that file and select rename. Press F2 to rename directly.
• To lock your windows without disturbing any programs Windows + L.

Run Programs On Infected Pc : So many times system may Infected with malware at that time computer cannot run specific programs. You can run those programs by changing the name of the .exe extension, even though it doesn't work change it with .com extension.

Private Browsing Window : If you want to surprise your family members like shopping for gifts use private browsing windows. It allows you to browse the web without saving Information about websites and pages you visited. But private browsing doesn't rescue from key-loggers or spywares that are already Installed on your pc. 

• Press Ctrl + Shift + N to launch new private window in Google Chrome .
• Press Ctrl + Shift + P to launch new private window in Mozilla Firefox & Internet Explorer .

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Strategies To Increase Your Youtube Video Traffic

Youtube is the largest video sharing website, here all online public can express their views on shared videos. Registered users of youtube can upload their videos regarding to the product, technology, health, online marketing strategies, movies, clips etc.. You can subscribe to the channel to get frequent updates. So many people upload videos according to their Interests, but if you want to maximize your youtube video traffic It is challenging to beginners. For those newbie's I suggest you the best strategies that are very helpful to increase your youtube video traffic.
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                 Strategies  To Increase Your Youtube Video Traffic

Link Back To Your Site: Link back is one of the best way to increase traffic and sales to your product. By adding external link at the end of your video you can increase the traffic of your website and youtube channel. Confirm that from where you are getting traffic to your website, youtube is most engaged traffic.

Select proper Youtube Companion: Choosing sutiable partner to your channel is also very important. There are so many users having thousands of subscribers, search for the users whose subscribers also may show interest to buy your product or interested in your tips & tricks. For example your channel is related to technology make partner with tech guru's.

Fill Out Descriptions Completely: In 2006 youtube was owned by Google, To make your video findable on first page of search engines you need to fill all empty boxes with proper keywords and descriptive. So make sure that before going to publish your video fill all empty boxes ( title, category, give credits, tags etc...)

Be Smart: Youtube marketing is becoming on of the huge online marketing source for almost all things, products, education purpose etc.. So before going to create a video of your own make sure that points you described should be unique, creative graphics and do what ever you can, to make your video outstanding.

Describe Your Brand: This is very Important before going to start any channel. You should describe about your product, brand, organization or any thing you are going to start. Through visualization is one of the best way to tell the story about your brand. If you have any tutorial, organization make video by involving fellow members and customers of that company. By making the video like this they will share the video to their networks and quickly become the hot trend.

Creative: Youtube videos are funky very easy to make and upload. Be creative, If you take one week time to upload a video you will get more visitors. It's that simple while creating a video you should remind all things which will helps you to increase your video traffic, such as creative graphics, filling out descriptions completely, shoot short videos ( videos less than 2 minutes make highest views in youtube).

Tell Your Fans To Make Video Reviews: Referrals are always best marketing strategy to get more traffic. Ask your fans to make short videos about their experiences with your brand. These videos tell our both sides positive and negative feed back. Positive reviews are always helpful and negative is also helpful to learn how to improve our brand.

Add Watermark To Your Videos: Adding watermark to your videos is one of the best way to increase subscribers along with video traffic. You can add branded watermark to all of your videos by using Invideo programming. Users can subscribe to your channel by clicking on this watermark. This is one of the best feature use it significantly.

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10 Useful Tricks for android phone Everyone Should Know

Now a days android devices are very popular they almost occupied 65% of the mobile market. Android is Linux based operating system it has rich functionality and user friendly. So many android users don't know the hidden tricks of android phone.Whether you are new to android operating system or not these tips and tricks may better your experience with your android device. Remember that steps may be dissimilar from one android version to another. It doesn't mean that these tricks will not work on all android versions try all the following tricks, definitely you will be satisfied with these tips and tricks..

     10 Useful Tricks for android phone Everyone Should Know

Rapid Google Access: Android phones are especially designed for Internet. You can access google search by clicking single button. Most of the users don't know this trick.
        "Hold Menu key couple of seconds and it will access you to Google search directly"

Force Restart: Sometimes android devices become unresponsive, frozen, black screen, doesn't respond to power button at that situation follow below steps to perform force restart or reboot. Hold Power Button + Home Button + Volume UP Button for few seconds..Device will reboot. Hold Power Button + Volume Down Button for 10-20 seconds.Device will reboot and restore your device to normal function.
Note: Forced restart or reboot will not delete the data and doesn't make change in Mobile settings.

Reboot Your Android Device In Safe Mode: Reboot in safe mode is one of the best feature for android devices. When you reboot your device in safe mode it will disable all third-party applications. After rebooting you can enable all applications.this is very useful if any third-party application is annoying you and also constantly crashing of your phone, just reboot your device in safe mode and uninstall the application.To reboot your android device in safe mode follow below steps..(This trick works on jelly bean or latest versions of android)
"Long press of power-off Button"(It will displays you "Do you want to reboot in safe mode? Tap on the OK option..)
Unlock Your Android Device By Face Recognition: Android is providing a way which you can unlock your android device by face recognition.By adding extra security to this feature jelly bean version comes with eye blinking.It means before it just recognize your face and unlock the device on jelly bean and higher versions they added extra security layer to it.You should blink your eyes that means by blinking your eyes android security system will confirm you are alive and it is not an illegal attempt to unlock the device. To activate this cool feature follow below instructions..
Tap the settings Icon>> Scroll down to personal settings >> tap on security(here you can see below options.)

• None -to disable unlock security.
• Face Unlock - Unlock your device by facial recognition.(Choose FACE UNLOCK)
• PIN - Enter pin number to unlock your device.
• Password - To unlock your device enter a password.

         "Now enjoy the face recognition feature to unlock your android device"
 Detailed Info About Phone Status: To know about full detailed information about your phone status just dial *#*#4636#*#*

• It will displays the information about:
• Phone Information ( Run Ping test )
• Battery Information ( Battery status, level, scale, health, voltage, temperature, technology, and finally shows you when was the last boot time )
• Usage Statistics ( usage time of an application, launch count and application name )
• Wifi Information ( Wifi API, Wifi configuration, Wifi status )

Moving Android Apps From Phone to SD card: You ever seen a warning message on android device your phone memory is full need to delete some data to avoid this just move your android apps to SD card. This method doesn't required rooting of your android device. If you want to move your android apps from phone to external memory (SD card) need to follow below instructions.
Tap on settings Icon >> Applications >> Manage applications >> select application you want to move to SD card >> Storage >>you can see the option Move to SD card. 
Reset Your Android Phone In Two Formats: Android devices will be formatted in two ways. This trick is very useful when the time you want sell your android phone.

• Factory Reset
• Hard Reset

Factory Reset: If you formatted your device by factory reset all the settings will go back to default settings of that device and internal data will be wiped out.to perform this dial *#*#7780#*#*

Hard Reset: Before performing this hard reset make sure if you have any important data on device backup it, because it will delete all the internal and external SD card data along with android phone settings. So better to don't do this for testing purpose and it doesn't ask for confirmation. To perform this dial *2767*3855# 

Organize Home screen In Android: Long press on home screen displays you additional features like add widgets, apps, shortcuts, folders.This option is just like a right click menu list in most of the operating systems.

Screen Shots: In android devices you can take screen shots without using any third-party applications.But this trick may not be similar in all android devices.To take screen shots in android device follow below instructions..

• Hold down both Volume down + Power Button for 1-3 seconds..
• Hold Down Home Button + Power Button for 1-3 seconds...

Android Version Animation: If you want to play with your android phone this is another cool trick do it when you feel bored it makes you smile. To perform this trick
Tap on settings Icon >> Click on About Phone >> Android Version ( tap repeatedly on "Android version" It display an art image. )

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How To Activate Or Enable 2 Step Verification In Facebook

We all know that google has giving maximum security with 2 step verification.Facebook also launched 2 Factor Verification but this feature is not available in all countries. Facebook call it as Login Approval's. Facebook is providing 2 step verification for limited countries only. It's not available in some countries In India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri lanka, Philippines and many more countries.

                                              

         What Is 2 Step Verification And How It Will Works

It means to login in to your account you need password. In 2 step verification you need account password and other one is randomly generated code sent to your mobile as sms or to your app Every time you accessed from new browser/device. Even though the person know your password he cannot get access to your account directly without knowing the randomly generated code sent to your mobile.

How To Activate OR Enable 2 Step Verification In India

It means Facebook has launched this feature in U.K and some other countries also.By using those countries Proxy we can enable this feature.Here I am using UK proxy.

Activate OR Enable 2 Step Verification In India:

• Open Mozilla Firefox browser.
• Now get UK proxy from here.
• Open menu>>options>>Advanced>>Click on settings.

•  In connection settings select manual proxy configuration.Enter HTTP Proxy and Port.Here I used UK Proxy.Tick use this proxy for all protocols.

• Save settings and login to your facebook account.
• Click on settings>>security settings>>here you can see login approvals. (If you can't see you may entered wrong proxy please try another one..)
• Just click on it.

•  It will pop up a window. Click on Get Started to activate 2 factor verification to your account.

• Here you can setup your phone to receive randomly generated code through facebook app then select "android, I-phone or I-pod Touch" option.
• If you want to get randomly generated code through mobile SMS select "other" option

• select other option and click on "continue". After click on continue button facebook sends you a text message to your mobile which you already registered with facebook.
• Just enter the code below which you received on mobile.

• After entered the code click on continue. Now you can enjoy 2 step verification feature on your account.

NOW: If any one try to login in to your account from unrecognized browsers with password, they cannot get access to your account without entering randomly generated code received on your mobile.

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