Internet Tools For Your Blog And Website

My Twitter account +Harisfazillah Jamel  is about this blog. Internet tools thats we as a webmaster can use to improved our websites. I need to update this blog. :-)

Find Anyone's First Tweet. Just Enter The Username to get started — Where It All Started.

@linuxmalaysia found my #FirstTweet: https://twitter.com/linuxmalaysia/statuses/239074432. What was yours? http://first-tweets.com #linuxmy

Looking for a integrated social network comments platform? DISQUS can be suitable for your blog and website. DISQUS is a comments platform that helps you build an active community from your website's audience. It has awesome features, powerful tools, and it's easy to install. DISQUS is fully integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and more social network websites and tools. Let people login, comment, and share your blog and website by using social services they already use and love.

As example, lets visit MOSC2012 Blog post that already intergrated DISQUS by using Javascript module.

Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 QR Code

http://blog.mosc.my/2012/02/malaysia-open-source-conference-2012-qr.html

MOSC2012 Blog is using Blogger.com and custom domain its link with own domain.

Register yourself and your blog with DISQUS.

http://disqus.com/features/

Buzz Your Update With Google Buzz

Have you tried Google Buzz! If you don't visit Google Buzz website to register yourself.

If you have use Twitter and Facebook, Google Buzz is a status updates facility combined with a Gmail. You can share your views publicly or privately to your friends. In fact, you can share articles, links, pictures and video with Google Buzz.

Another interesting facility is you can combine blog from blogger.com that belong to websites updates thats can be display in the Google Buzz. Just select "Connected Sites" from Google Buzz options. You can also combine your updates from Twitter web site, Picasa, Flickr, and Google Reader.

Interesting ?

Register yourself and invite your friends to join and keep your personal information private and carefull with what you are going to update.

Your Google Buzz update can be view from your Google Profiles. Visit the link below to create your Google profile.

Your buzz can be view by click the Buzz tab and you can use RSS feed reader like Google Reader to view RSS feed.

Example for Google Buzz

Interest with others Buzzing with Google Buzz try Buzrr. Visit http://www.buzrr.com/ to view what others are buzzing.

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What is Google Buzz

How To Link And Connect Google Latitude With Foursquare

How To Link And Connect Google Latitude With Foursquare

From Hubpages Tipswanita

I have problem to update foursquare using my Nokia Handphone (Still E71). Its still use Symbian S60. This are steps how connect my Google Latitude to Foursquare.

1) You have to create Google Profile like myself by visiting this link.

Example of Linuxmalaysia Google Profile : http://www.google.com/profiles/linuxmalaysia

2) You have to register with Foursquare

like mine http://foursquare.com/user/lovhafnie

by visiting http://foursquare.com/

3) You have to activate Google Latitude by using Igoogle

Click on Igoogle Badge (Add Latitude to iGoogle)

and visit Igoogle page to set your location.

You must login with Gmail or Google account and set your location in Igoogle before doing the next step.

Set your setting

4) Activite update to your Google Talk and Gmail Chat

5) Login into your Gmail account and click on Google Buzz to make sure your setting in Google Talk and Gmail Chat status will update in Google Buzz

Select Connected Site and Add Google Chat Status

Visit this link for more information

6) Register yourself with Twitterfeed

Visit http://twitterfeed.com/ and register. You need to get RSS link for Google Buzz

Refer to this blog post

You need to create Feed that link to Hellotext account.

If you hit problem getting the RSS link. I have used Google Reader to find the right link.

visit http://www.google.com/reader

and submit my Google profile link

by using Add A Subscription Button. Google Reader with auto detect the RSS link. Select Google Buzz Public Feed from the menu (left pane) and click Show Details (right pane)

7) Link Twitterfeed with Hellotext

Register yourself with http://hellotxt.com/

and add Foursquare as your Networks. You can add your Twitter or Identi.ca account if you want to.

Visit this blog post for more information how to link Twitterfeed with Hellotext

This is Linuxmalaysia Hellotext

You need to activite Apps for Twitterfeed in Hellotext by click Hellotext Applications link.

8) Test the Setup and download Google Latitude on Mobile

Test the Google Buzz by login into your Gmail account and click Google Buzz. If its work and your Google Buzz status update in your Foursquare you now can download Google For mobile Maps application.

How To Download Our Information From Facebook

Login your Facebook and click

You will get this page :-

Download Your Information

Get a copy of the data you've put on Facebook.

This tool lets you download a copy of your information, including your photos and videos, posts on your wall, all of your messages, your friend list and other content you have shared on your profile. Within this zip file you will have access to your data in a simple, browseable manner. Learn More about downloading a copy of your information.

This is a copy of all of the personal information you've shared on Facebook. In order to protect your information, we will ask for authentication to verify your identity.

WARNING: This file contains sensitive information. Because this download contains your profile information, you should keep it secure and take precautions when storing, sending or uploading it to any other services.

More info

For Google Latitude users https://www.google.com/latitude , you can use Google Public Location Badge to show where you are. You need to register with Igoogle http://www.google.com/ig and use the Google Latitude above to register for Google Latitude. Select Apps tab and Google Public Location Badge can be configure.

The FinderFox widget

http://smarterfox.com/widget/

FinderFox is a simple, unobtrusive widget that you can insert into your websites. It is similar to the "Lookup Word" button on NYTimes.com, but has more features!

* Your readers will be able to tweet a quote with a single click.

* Your readers will be able to look up unfamiliar terms quicker.

* You will engage your visitors better by increasing the usability of your site-specific search.

* Your website will stand out and look cooler!

* Because FinderFox loads asynchronously it should not negatively impact your page's load time.

* Results open in a new window so your visitors will not redirected away from your site.

FinderFox adds a "search bubble" that pops-up when your visitor selects/highlights a part of the text on your website. You can customize the search bubble to include your own site-specific search engine. FinderFox is also available as a Firefox extension.

Why you need to be at MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2009?

MSC Open Source Conference 2009 will be held at Berjaya Times Square on the 31st May – 3rd June 2009. It will be the largest gathering of its kind in Malaysia and will attracts IT Executives, developers, coders, companies, multi-million companies and multi-billion companies from around the world to share, train, showcase and maybe hire the bright minds in the Malaysia Open Source Ecosystem. This is a guide of what to expect from this event from the perspective of roles below:-

*** 31 May 2009 is Free Entry To all ***

Computer User

* See first hand the power, user-friendliness and robust from Viruses of Open Source Operating System powering your desktop, laptops, netbook, home server and handphones (even toaster, serious).
* Learn from experts howto tune your Open Source Operating System and detect missing driver, slow performance and guides on the best application that open source can offer.
* Save your expenses for more important matters in these tough times (girlfriends, food and wedding) rather than wasting time and money installing and buying those antivirus, Operating System and Productivity Applications.
* Learn the fundamental of Linux and Unix-based system and how they are different from Wisdows to impress friends, girlfriends, teachers and off course enemies / rivals.

Business Owner

* Do you want to save / monitor your company cost by using the best of breed ERP Solution? Checkout Open Source ADempiere Business Suite. Its the world’s number 1 Open Source ERP Project in the world and delivering solid business experience in a wide range of industries.
* Learn from the expert: World reknown leader of ADempiere, Mr Red1 will be there at MSC Open Source Conference to share and teach you how easy and complex ADempiere Business Suite and howto cater it to your business.
* Wanna save more dollar and cents? Lookout for the Open Source Desktop and Open Source Applications around you. The community and vendor are more than happy to help and guide you to the wonderful (money savings) world of Open Source.

Executives

* You’re an executive being pressured to look for more cost saving, dealing with reduce IT budget and dont know where to look? Look no further, MSC Open Source Conference is for you. We will showcase Virtualization, Open Source Desktop, Open Source Development Kit, Open Source ERP, Open Source Development Framework and Open Source T-Shirt to show your spirit. There will something for everyone at MSC Open Source Conference 2009.
* We will also share with you Open Source success stories, case studies and howto build your business case towards Open Source Migration.
* Some of the big Open Source and Open Source-Friendly company will be there on show to show you the FOSSnovation and like-for-like replacement for your current infrastructure.

Parents

* Yes parents also got their fair share of stake in the Open Source Community. We will be showcasing the Sugar OLPC (yes the famousOne Laptop Per Child) live CD for the parents to give their loved ones. This CD can run in any notebook and PCs for the children 1st iteration to the world of computing and application in the safest and enjoyable environment.
* Also some education-oriented games will be showcase to show how wide variety Open Source ecosystem is.

Undergraduate

* So you are looking for jobs or will be graduating soon? and wanna be in the Open Souce boat? Jobstreet will open up booth on the event floor. Go there and show the world how good you are!!
* Heard of Open Source but never really sure what it is? Do you know that most graduate with Open Source skills are far better at getting jobs than those that aren’t? Come over and we show you what the fuss is all about !!

IT Companies

* Business stagnanting? Solutions not being accepted well in the market? We show you the latest trend and where the market is heading in terms of technology, demand and innovation.
* Looking into Open Source-related business but don’t know where to look? Head over to all the participating companies booth and illustrated speakers and strike some deal / enquiries moving forward. Those coming are some of the biggest in the game e.g. Redhat, Novell, Canonical, Sun Microsystem and Google Inc.

Coders / Developers

* Looking for new code to hack? new itch to be scratch? Checkout the Developers track where some latest and biggest Open Source Project showcasing their shiny codes and over-the-top applications.
* Share your knowledge either formally or informally either during the hackathon or the lightning talks session. Be an instant celebrity here, only in MSC Open Source Conference 2009!!

Open Source Community

* Meet new and online-only friend here at MSC Open Source Conference and share a drink. Its been a while since the last big gathering of Open Source Community in Malaysia.

Here’s to the big event.

REGISTER NOW!!

http://www.mscmalaysia.my/osconf

Date : 31 May till 3 June 2009
Time : 9 am till 5 Pm

Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Centre
Tingkat 14, Berjaya Time Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

MSC MALAYSIA Client Contact Centre (CLiC)
1-800-88-8338 (within Malaysia)
+603 8315 3000 Email : clic@mdec.com.my

Facebook Fans Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kuala-Lumpur-Malaysia/MSC-Malaysia-Open-Source-Conference-2009/97810422651

Free entry to all on Hackathon day 31 May 2009 .... Join us ... Walkin Registration same place.

Original post

http://linuxriola.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/why-you-need-to-be-at-msc-open-source-conference-2009/

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Author : Sumit Sharma

Alexa Ranking For You Blog

You can view your rank in Alexa. For example my blog

http://blog.harisfazillah.info/

as at 7 December 2008 rank 1,470,814 for Alexa World ranking and 88,124 for Malaysia. You can view more information from Alexa page for my blog

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/blog.harisfazillah.info

You can review you blog and website using Mozilla Firefox Alexa Sparky Add-on

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5362

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It's not related to tools for Blog but It's can help you to manage numbers of tools, websites and social networking to help you promote your blog.

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 Hey, try out Flock

Include your blog into BlogFooBar.com

http://www.blogfoobar.com/

This will monitor your traffic and rank you with other blogs that register with BlogFooBar.com. The information about your blog traffic like unique visitors, page Views and give you points base on that information.

It happens to everyone at some point in time. You have a great idea for a blog, on a new niche topic. You create the blog; you post interesting and creative posts to it each day, and then nothing.

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The issue with using a manual feed submitter, or using an individual RSS submitter, is that it is very time consuming to deal with on a consistent basis. Most bloggers want to write their posts and be done with their work for the day. They do not want to spend a half-hour writing a post and then three more hours trying to submit their RSS feed and content to directories in hopes of bringing in some readers and sneaking up their search engine rankings.

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If you are a blogger interested in publishing RSS feeds, XML feeds, and getting your feed out into the RSS databases of the world, I would highly suggest that you check out some of the amazing new RSS software tools available to you today on the market. Choose a tool that is easy to use and one which will allow you to reach the maximum amount of directories possible for the least amount of work.

Writing your blog posts should be the hardest part of blogging, not trying to get noticed and dealing with SEO. Thankfully, the advent of semi-automatic feed submitters allows you to spend your time doing your writing and not dealing as much with promotion.

What is Naymz?

There is little that is as important as your good name. The importance of your name and online reputation is steadily increasing as more and more people flock to the Web. Naymz is an innovative Reputation Network that lets you establish and promote your good name online. Join Naymz to make your good name work for you!

http://www.naymz.com/search/harisfazillah/jamel/1216737

Skribit is a user-generated content suggestion application for blogs. Effortlessly assemble what your readers really want to hear.

Why Skribit?

Bloggers

Blog Catalog is the premiere social blog directory on the internet. Whether you're looking to promote your own blog or find blogs on various topics, this site is for you.

My BlogCatalog Profile
http://www.blogcatalog.com/user/linuxmalaysia