Internet has changed the way we do business. Day in and day out we deal with people we do not know about. Needless to say, most of the online transactions we do go by online reputation.
Just to quote a small example, let’s say you are buying a camera on eBay. You short listed 2 sellers who are offering you the product at the same price. One of them has a positive feedback from 30 buyers and negative feedback from none. Another one has positive feedback from 20 buyers and negative feedback from 2. Who would you go with? Read more
When I came across a shared web hosting plan starting at just $2.95 per month by Midphase, I said to myself – Wow! I must recommend it to my readers. So, I signed up for a 2-year plan to try it out. Unfortunately, the hosted site was constantly down here in India and I had to cancel the hosting under 30-day money back guarantee. Anyways, the intention of this post is not to review the web hosting services of Midphase. I just wanted to show you how cheeky the chat support can get and how to deal with it. Read more
There was a time when I thought getting to the top of the search page with a sponsored listing is a cakewalk. But when I ran my first Google Adwords campaign, I was proved wrong. With so many internet marketers out there competing to be at the top, there is more to it than just setting your budget right. As those of you already running your CPC campaigns might know, Read more
When I opened my mailbox, I was in for a shock. Barely 2 days ago, I had received a payment of $120 from my client. And now this stupid mail from PayPal said that the payment had been reversed. From the wording of the mail PayPal sent, it was quite clear that the problem pertained only to India. When I did a bit of web search, I found that many other bloggers and freelancers from India faced the same problem. Read more
(This is a guest post by Mary Ward, who writes frequently on various health topics)
We all need to rethink our health to some degree. These books can be of great help as they force you to think about some of the very things that define our health, and more importantly help us to change them up a bit. Read more
We bloggers have been publishing ads from various advertisers. But how would it feel to see our own ad on other blogs? Must be a great feeling for sure. But due to financial constraints or for any reason whatsoever, rarely do we get an opportunity to experience such a feeling. Thanks to Bidvertiser, this new year, eZaroorat offers you the opportunity to advertise free on this blog for up to $20. Here is how it works. Read more
Do you see a woman Hitler in your mother-in-law? If you do, then you must be good at anagrams. OK, let me not confuse you. All I mean to say is that if you rearrange the letters in ‘mother-in-law’, you get the phrase ‘woman Hitler’. Words or phrases like this are called anagrams. Find it interesting? Let’s embark upon the journey to discover the hidden meaning of some more words. Read more
“I’ve noticed that as I copy data/install programs on my laptop, the weight of the laptop increases. I have a bad back and am medically limited on the amount of weight I can carry. So I need to be very careful not to inflict injury upon myself.
I have also noticed my XBox feels heavier as well (the more games I save or purchase from arcade). I generally don’t travel with my XBox. So that is not an issue for me, but note that I am having the same results. Read more
We use them in our day-to-day communication. Yet, most of us don’t know them by name. Words like because, and, if, else, then, etc. are called conjunction since they are used to (con)join sentences.
‘Because’ is one conjunction we use so often. Can you think of a sentence ending in ‘because’? If you do, do let me know because as of now, everybody thinks: Read more
A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Did you notice something special about this sentence? It contains all 26 letters of english language, right from a to z. Sentences like this are called pangrams. Apart from being ‘fun to know’, pangrams are widely used in practicing typewriting. Don’t have a typewriter? Don’t worry, you can use them for sharpening your keyboard skills as well. 
I have collected some pangrams which look like any other normal sentence. Check out how long it takes you to type each one of them… Read more
