I am sorry I have not been regular to this blog as I am really busy with this event company I have started. This company aims to bring the best and the hottest parties in India. I have already organized two parties and both the parties rocked. After my local city I am heading towards different cities, I have few plans to organize parties in different cities. Our party was really appreciated by the crowd and was covered by the media. We would soon be doing GiG’s in Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Etc.. If you stay in one of these cities. Get in touch.

My experience has been pretty good with this event company and I have made great money in the last 2 parties. Event managing is fun but at the same time its very hectic you have to work a lot but hard work brings in the fruit. I am working hard to make this company popular all over India. Any suggestions? shoot’em

Always write down your thoughts – When someone comes up with an idea, they typically try to remember what it is mentally and never write it down unless it’s something they can find again later on, which I do myself sometimes. If you have a good idea, get to a computer or write it down on paper and save it, even though you may not have fully thought it out. Saving your ideas is important when writing because you should always have a lot of topics and content to choose from, and you can simply cross out or delete ideas that don’t sound as great the second time you read them.

Referencing your paper and read other articles that are similar to your topic – When writing about a major news event or breaking story, it is important that you carefully read reports and other information about the topic. This will help you write more and cite a lot of important facts and key points that other bloggers may have missed or forgotten. If another blog manages to post an article about the same topic before you, take a moment to read what they have. You may end up realizing you left something out of your article or they missed a key point that will help make your article better than theirs.

Using the Six Traits of Writing – Although this may make your work seem like  an English or Language Arts paper, using these traits will help you write a better article, whether you know it or not. The six traits of writing are: Ideas & Content, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Organization, and Conventions. These are the six key points to everything you’ll write, and it’s important to check your paper over and over to make sure it flows well and is truly a good piece of writing. I always read my posts twice to make sure I didn’t misspell a word or Microsoft Word didn’t change a word to something else by mistake. Also, send your paper to trusted friends or an adult and have them critique your work, because sometimes it takes another pair of eyes to catch our mistakes.

Try to be unique, not just mainstream – If you’re a professional blogger, you know that writing about mainstream news and information is important if you want to compete with larger sites, but it’s also important to include a fair share of unique content that’ll make you stand out from the crowd. Those that blog for fun always share their own ideas, stories and tips, so it’s actually a good idea to learn from some of the smaller bloggers, because even though they don’t have a large audience, you could take a skill they have and apply it to your professional blog.

If you aren’t enjoying what you’re writing, what’s the point? – All bloggers should enjoy what they are working on, because the purpose of maintaining and writing a series of blogs and articles is to have fun and take a break from other activities that may not peak your interests. There are times when some professional bloggers write about things that aren’t necessarily interesting to them, but it is important to enjoy your line of work most of the time. If you’re constantly bored while writing a blog, then perhaps this kind of hobby just isn’t for you.

Include opinions, not just facts – Unless you’re writing about a national or world news event, you should typically include your thoughts and opinions. You should be willing to see why others may disagree with your opinion, not just write in a biased format and never let your readers share their thoughts. However, articles should be based mostly on fact with less opinion, but some topics may call for mostly opinion and smaller amounts of facts.

Presenting your article to the public – After you have put your piece together, you must now decide how you want to organize your article, whether or not you want to use images, etc. Blogs should use some HTML and images when necessary, but try to post professionally unless you’re writing about things that are based on decoration and home improvement. Still, nearly every article could use a little extra design, so if you avoid overdoing it with colors and graphics, you should be fine.

Although many of you apply these tips to the articles you regularly post, it’s still important to analyze your previous articles and improve upon them in any way you can. I don’t think it’s possible for any blog to be completely perfect and polished, but there’s definitely room for improvement most of the time

More than 63% of U.S. Web traffic on mobile devices is to social networks, which means that networking through a mobile device is growing rapidly. Social networking through mobile devices experienced a 152% increase between November 2007 and November 2008 alone, and by the end of the year, that number has been expected by some to rise as high as 400% from 2008.

The three main networking giants, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, have all launched mobile versions of their websites and made them easy to use and navigate, which is good news for social junkies. However, many features available on the desktop version of the websites are not available on mobile versions, including Facebook and MySpace IM, editing profile information on Twitter, etc. However, all three websites are currently working on improving the desktop and mobile versions of their site to meet the needs of the future Web 3.0

For example, MySpace President & Co-Founder Tom Anderson is constantly working on reducing advertisements and improving the sections of the website that make it unique, such as MySpace Music. Tom also recently spoke about plans for an updated homepage, along with several new additions to the Music section, although nothing has been formally announced. Twitter recently launched a Spanish and Japanese version of their site, along with enabling SMS to the expanding Internet userbase in India. As for Facebook, no recent changes have been made aside from the homepage redesign that is still creating outrage among the community, which we reported on last week.

Many of these websites are taking steps to meet the future of Mobile Web users, but they all have a long way to go before the needs of every Web user will be satisfied.

Social Media – As we all know, everyone is always looking for the latest social media and popular culture news, and websites like TMZ are always first to break the biggest stories concerning celebrities, etc. If you want readers to really be interested, be sure to include your personal opinions, because people find your own ideas far more interesting than just a repost of an article in different words.

Technology – Next up, we have technology. I’m sure many of you have heard of Mashable at one point or another, and they are one of the leaders when it comes to reporting on technology, and are one of the biggest websites on the Web right now. Technology is important to our modern society, and people really want a solid review on a product or application before they think to spend, especially during this recession.

News & Politics – The idea of a political blog is a little more complex, yet may be more promising. This is where you’ll want more opinions than coverage, but when writing, don’t modify quotes from articles or write an article that’s based purely on bias. Everyone wants plain, simple, and fair news, and in addition to companies like CNN, FOX News, etc, bloggers are becoming the main source for breaking news.

Online Business & Website Design - While it’s difficult to write tutorials and long articles on how people and entrepreneurs should go about their online business, this niche is becoming more and more popular among readers and bloggers alike. With so many ways to make money on the Internet, people are constantly searching for reliable sources, systems and information, and there aren’t too many of these blogs out there. So, if you are writing tutorials on SEO, making money online, etc, then you should be able to use your knowledge to promote your blog with some of the tools you write about and attract thousands of visitors and hopefully hundreds of unique visits. Either way, you’ll always receive a few hits if your articles are helpful.

Tips and Tricks on Blogging - Although blogging about blogging itself may sound weird, it’s actually great when trying to write an interesting article. People are constantly wondering why they have no readers, and there are blogs that specifically help those people, whether it’s with promotion or how to write a great article in general. Passing on what you know is great for everyone, and your readers will definitely appreciate it.

These are merely ideas of what your blog should cover, but the most successful blogs on the Internet typically cover one or more of these topics, so it wouldn’t hurt to post an article about one of the topics mentioned above on occasion. Even if you choose to write about something not listed above, make sure each and every post has quality content, because that’s what readers want. Hey, that’s the reason why you visit our website every day, right?

Facebook hasn’t been known to make large amounts of design changes to their website, and when they have, it wasn’t a huge deal. However, the News Feed separation seems to be creating the most dissatisfaction. The Live Feed shows everything your friends are doing now, while the News Feed is for older events from the days before. Many say this is a small replication of the Twitter stream and so users who may not have been able to access the website for a day or two can catch up on the best news and updates from the previous day. However, many people disagree and prefer the old feed just the way it was and hate the new design, but it did not cause a significant traffic drop.

This displays the News Feed section, which shows older posts. The Live Feed, blank in the image, would show posts friends make while you’re online or throughout the course of the day.

Although Facebook executives plan to keep things the way they are, many users are still sending in their complaints. Many are comparing this to the dramatic changes made to MySpace that caused many users to leave or spending less time on the site, but many aren’t expecting people to leave over something like this. There are also rumors that Facebook will make more changes to profiles and their design by December, but there has been no conformation thus far.

Personally, I don’t like these changes, although change is important when you’re a site of this magnitude.

However, just a short while ago, Google announced that they have reached a deal with Twitter to include tweets in search results as well. While not much has been announced, the staff of Google made a few statements on the deal.

Quote from the Official Google Blog: http://www.googleblog.blogspot.com

“At Google, our goal is to create the most comprehensive, relevant and fast search in the world. In the past few years, an entirely new type of data has emerged — real-time updates like those on Twitter have appeared not only as a way for people to communicate their thoughts and feelings, but also as an interesting source of data about what is happening right now in regard to a particular topic.

Given this new type of information and its value to search, we are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results. We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of this up-to-the-minute data, and we look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months. That way, the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information.”

MySpace – Likely the most well-known of the three websites, MySpace was founded in August 2003 by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson. In 2005, it was purchased by News Corporation for $580 million dollars, and while many people it was the end of the MySpace era, is became the most popular social networking site in the United States in June 2006, but was surpassed by Facebook for worldwide unique visits in 2008. The website is believed to be best known for revolutionizing pop culture and launching the still widely-popular MySpace Music service.

However, in recent months, MySpace’s unique visitor average has dropped from 55.6 million unique visitors in August to 50.2 million in September, and the company has dropped 20% in US traffic since June, and because of this, MySpace’s net value is decreasing greatly. There are still millions of people that use MySpace, but if you take a look at their traffic now compared to 2006, it’s dropped rapidly. Personally, I still prefer MySpace over Facebook, but as traffic drops, you’ll begin to notice more advertisements and some of your favorite features may start to disappear over time. However, the one website that has been gaining traffic while MySpace is slowly becoming irrelevant is Facebook, our next website to discuss.

Facebook – On February 4, 2004, Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University, along with several of his roommates. It started out as Thefacebook, but it has transformed into the second most viewed website, second only to Google. The website currently has more than 300 million active users worldwide, and while met with controversy, is widely popular. In January, a Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social network by worldwide monthly active users, followed by MySpace. So, what is Facebook all about, and why should you use it?

Facebook has recently been rapidly expanding over the past two years. The reason? Facebook was originally designed for college students, but over time it has become a place for people who are typically older, whereas MySpace has become the social hub for a younger audience, although statistically speaking, the average MySpace user is 32, while the everyday Facebook user is 35 and older. Many older people are making the transition from MySpace to Facebook, though, so we can expect the numbers to change over the next few years. As of last month, Facebook is receiving 82.9 million unique visitors, which is about 33 million more than MySpace and almost 76 million more than Twitter. Facebook has a much simpler interface than MySpace and makes connecting with relatives and friends a lot easier than Twitter, so it’s fairly easy to see why people choose it. So, now we’re left with Twitter, the smallest of the three, yet what also appears to be the most promising.

Twitter – By now, you’ve probably heard of Twitter, whether is was mentioned by some celebrity, news corporation, etc. You may also hear people mention something about things called Tweets, and either it sounds like something ridiculous or a thing a bird would do. Originally founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone, it is created purely from private funding, which keeps the website running smooth and advertisement free. Twitter is known for 140 text-based messages and for sharing video, pictures, and links to cool web pages. So, what makes Twitter so unique? Let’s find out.

Although Twitter receives 55 million hits monthly, only about 6 or 7 of these are unique hits, which mean not many people are registering, but just a year ago, you would’ve never guessed Twitter would be such a huge hit. Over this past year, Twitter had a monthly growth of 1,382 percent, and no other website has come close to that kind of growth; Facebook, the second closest website, is trailing by over 1,000 percent. With an incredibly simple interface, the fastest growing network on the Web and one of the best ways for people to connect through short messages, Twitter is one of the most revolutionary websites we’ve ever seen, and it’s a great tool for anyone, including us at AbleBlogger.

So, with all of the new social networking buzz, it appears that Twitter and Facebook will soon dethrone MySpace as the “King of Social Networking” and fiercely compete for the title of best social networking website.

The new mobile version comes as a component for those who regularly tweet from Japan. Many of the Japanese features are not compatible or fully functional with the English mobile website, but with the new service, Japanese users can rely on the actual website instead of using third-party applications that support their needs. Still, tweeting in Japan has not become a significant part of the website. Statistics show that less than one million people use the service and very few celebrities have an account. Plus, culture-related concerns like contacting strangers are not popular with many of the people, which may be a cause for concern in the future.

As far as India’s new SMS deal is concerned, this may actually end up being the bigger of the two stories. Mobile consumers in India do not have a data plan, which means they cannot use third-party applications like TweetDeck, etc. Although texting in updates will still cost India users money, receiving SMS updates is completely free, which is great news for those who really want to start tweeting but don’t believe they can ever really use it to its full potential.

Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone said: “There are over one billion people with internet access on the planet but there are more than four billion people with mobile phones and Twitter can work on all of them because even the simplest of these devices feature SMS.” This is key for future development, and if Twitter truly wants to become the epicenter of social communication, they must utilize all tools they have access to.

Meebo was founded in 2005 and its investors include Investors include Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JAFCO Ventures, Time Warner Investments, and KTB Ventures, which allows the website to be advertisement-free. With Meebo, users can communicate across many IM platforms, including AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, MySpace IM, Facebook Chat, and many more. Plus, by creating one account, you can sign into four services at once, which eliminates the need to create multiple email accounts for those who have friends using both AIM and MSN, etc. Plus, there’s absolutely no software needed, and thanks to Meebo’s investors, the service is completely free.

So, with all of these features, Meebo must sound like a perfect website, right? Well, the truth is, like many websites, there are flaws to it. Like most programs or websites that allow users to use multiple IM services simultaneously, Meebo does not currently support Skype, which is likely because of how much data their servers would have to process, which is a lot more than members may think. Plus, there are occasional issues with accounts timing out when attempting to sign in, but most of the time, you’ll never have a problem with the service.

We think it’s safe to say that any free service that offers IM, video/audio chat, and multiple IM services is definitely worth using, whether you use instant messaging regularly or are just starting to get used to it. Meebo is one of the simplest and most useful IM websites there is, and we have almost nothing negative to say about it.

What information does a Google Sitemap hold about my Web pages? In a Google sitemap you can include parameters. Some examples of these parameters are the URL of your Web page, the date you last updated your Web site , how often the Web page is updated , and also that specific Web pages priority in the site.

What do I do with it? All you need to do is create this file, pass it off to Google, and Google will finish the rest.

What does Google do with it? No one really understands how Google uses this XML file. After you submit the file, Google basically says that it gives no guarantee on traffic/rank increase. However there have been many people who have claimed significant increases in their Google ranking.

How do I produce a Google Sitemap?

Just do these following steps:

The first thing you need to do is create your XML file. Don’t worry though; there are many of utilities that do this for you AND they are for free online. One of the ones I like is at www.sitemapbuilder.net.
The next instruction you need to do is get the XML file you just created submitted to Google. All you have to do is visit www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login and login with your Google account. Once you’ve logged in you can add as many Sitemaps as you like.

The most important thing to do is remember to keep your site map current. Remember that every time you make a modification to your site you will need to repeat this process again.
That’s it. I hope this was an easy walkthrough on how to generate your very own Google sitemap. Hopefully you will be able to increase your ranking on Google with this easy technique.

Remember: Google is introducing their new Mobile Sitemap program. If your site is mobile-friendly then I would also recommend generating sitemaps for that program as well.