Website uptime depends on your host. While most of the web host these days claim to have 99.9% uptime, but it’s really unfortunate to know that it’s not always true. It’s like whenever a web host setup his own website, the web designer gifts him a 99.9% uptime icon without even knowing whether the host will be really that good or not. Thumbs rule is to choose a host which is well known in industry and have been in business since long. Few names which come in mind are: HostGator, 1and1, godaddy, bluehost etc. Going with one of these means a good service and rare downtimes. Good uptime will make sure that your site is available for your visitors whenever they visit your site which is very important. If site shows unavailable then it gives a bad impression and one can notice a drop in hits and page views. I recommend WebCEO for monitoring your website uptime. They are really good in providing timely reports right into your inbox (no spam whatsoever, only reports) which is really useful as you can show it as a proof to your host if he is providing a bad uptime.

Hyundai Motor Company revealed its eco-friendly hybrid hatchback car ‘Santa Fe Blue Hybrid’ during Paris Motor Show, which is powered by a 2.4L Theta four-cylinder engine with 30kW electric motor. Featuring ISG (Idle Stop & Go) control system, the Santa Fe Blue Hybrid can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 10.6 seconds and reach a top speed of 170km/h. Acceleration is really slow and people driving car faster will feel it, while others cannot make out the difference. Hybrid cars are also priced much higher than their non hybrid version.

When it comes to prescription glasses, one name that always comes in everyone’s mind is Zenni. If you don’t know about Zenni Optical then let me tell you that they are well known for selling low cost prescription glasses and those glasses don’t look cheap at all. At the starting price of just $8, they are offering a good quality product which has satisfied everyone who purchased. You can look at the positive feedbacks of so many people here who had bought Zenni products. My personal opinion is that eyeglasses are still the best option for people with weak eyesight as they are completely safe and offer additional protection to eyes like from UV rays and dust etc. There are potochromic lenses available from Zenni which change color when you move out in sun and become darker to save your eyes from sun glare and UV rays while when you are in room, they become just like clear glass for ease of reading and better visibility in low light condition. So this way you don’t need to carry a sunglass with you always. Some people will ask why they are selling such good product at low price, reason is that they manufacture these glasses and frames themselves and do not include any middlemen for selling their product plus they don’t spend a lot on advertisement.

You are writing something worth reading everyday and also spend a lot of time gathering traffic for your blog but you are not getting much appreciation for you work! This means that not all the visitors are reading those texts on your blogs which you spend hours to write. Simply bringing visitors but getting no real response is just like winning that race but not getting the prize and acknowledgement. If you are facing this problem then do one thing, open your blog right now and look at some old post which you might have forgot and then for time being forget that you are the owner of the blog. Now try to read your blog as a visitor just like you read other blogs. Notice how user friendly your blog is, note down everything like font site, are they comfortable enough to read or not, any kind of flashy advertisement that may be distracting (or annoying), background color too bight or too dull causing eye strain (headache?) etc.

After you have done your research and complied a report, start fixing those issues and take a look again. Repeat until you are satisfied. You can also look at top blogs and take some hint from there. Ask some of your online friends (tell them to be honest) to check for you if they are experiencing the difference. Enjoy the better blogging (and rewarding) experience!

In this digital age, internet makes our life a lot easier than before. It has given us many things for free like email service, information and much more stuff. With every good thing, there are some bad things associated. In case of internet, security is a problem. If you computer is not connected to internet, its safe like a locker but as soon as you connect to internet, its open to world. Anyone with a little knowledge of networking and hacking can get into your system from any part of the world and steal your data. Trusted Internet connection is only available with those sites who use digital certificate and secure socket layer on servers but not every site has this feature. Sites with https link are secured and you know not every site you browse have that “s” after http. So people are looking into your system is a problem, ok but there is one more and that is as soon as you connect to internet, several applications try to access internet by connecting to some server. Now trusted applications are fine but you never know when an unknown and harmful piece of program (Trojan) connects to net and cause disaster in your computer. Simple and effective protection to this entire problem is to use a good antivirus and firewall. Some people don’t give importance to firewall but it’s a must have thing for every computer connected to internet. I personally use Comodo firewall which is very effective in keeping your computer safe from hack attempts and any kind of intrusion. The firewall learns with time and asks you every time it finds an unknown application trying to access internet, if you find it fishy, you can simply block it. All hack attempts are effectively blocked by Comodo firewall giving you peace of mind. For personal use, this firewall is free and I recommend every home user to try it.

Linux turns 17 today and in these 17 years it has evolved so much that it can be seen almost everywhere, from school books to office computers and hey even my smart phone runs on Linux! Today 6th October was the day when world saw its first Linux, it came to existence from a post made on usernet named Linux. No one would have thought that Linux will come to this stage giving trouble to software giant Microsoft. From the consumer point of view, Windows is still the preferred OS and home pc are always found to have windows installed but for commercial use where security is more important than ease of use, Linux is the way to go. This gave rise to Linux flavors like Red Hat which are premium and comes with support just like any other paid software.