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A world without Net neutrality is one that would be hard to understand and accept. Click here for the full story. 

As children we all have uncountable dreams and belief level so high that we see nothing as impossible in life. As we grow up and face challenges and defeats, our belief level tends to die. Some people compromise on living mundane lives with no hopes, dreams and goals while others do remember their dreams but choose to do nothing about them. While the fact remains that nothing is impossible for the one who believes, it becomes hard to do so. The people who have no goals in life are definitely missing out the best parts of their lives and not living it to the fullest.

A dream becomes a goal when you put a date to it. Setting your goals fills your life with enthusiasm as you have something to chase, a direction to move towards and put your energies into. Once you set reachable goals, you also need to monitor your progress. You can divide your main goal into sub-goals, daily and weekly goals and see that you meet them. Make a list of things that you need to do in order to reach the goals you have defined. Acknowledge yourself when you reach the milestones to keep yourself motivated and in expectation of more success.

The author of this post is a webmaster at SynapseIndia, an offshore web development company from India.

How old do you think children should be before they join social networks like Facebook and MySpace?

If they have parental supervision and have a good record of heeding a parent’s warnings, I think one can be flexible on the age. Otherwise, at least 13.
   Are there not some networks just for kids?

We watched this (thanks again to Tanya) at the office a few days ago:

   Hyundai, which made one of the cars that got squashed by the 62-year-old woman in the BMW X5 (she has since been arrested), saw a publicity opportunity, and presented the owner with a brand-new i30 Wagon (Elantra Touring in Canada). I know, it’s an opportunity made for bloggers to blog about worldwide, but you know, I really don’t mind being a sucker on this and post this video knowing its purpose. It is a happy ending, as the company says, but it’s also a great brand equity-builder on a global level. It shows that Hyundai is responsive to web culture, and has given its concessionaires and subsidiaries the clout to pull these things off for the good of its customers. It ties in to a promise at the start of the recession that the company would help with customers’ car payments if they lost their jobs.
   One big mistake is that the Toyota Avanza (the car behind the lucky recipient) is in shot for a lot longer than the Hyundai that the owner, Todd Jamison, was presented with.

I received an invite this morning for Google Wave and with no idea what to do with it. So, I'm watching a Google video on what the intended use for Google Wave is. The video is an hour and twenty minutes long. *smh*

At first glance it seems like a glorified e-mail account, which is what I thought G-Mail was.

I don't know if I like the 'view text while typing' feature being a default setting. I'm a bit of a messy typist. I also wonder about the implications of data mining for users of this service. I am mostly concerned about how Google is planning to use, archive, catalog, and ultimately monetize this potential goldmine of user generated content (UGC) with a EULA (by using this product you consent to *anything the company wants to do*) agreement. I'm going to give it a chance and see what happens.

G-Wave users, what are your initial thoughts?

Building link popularity is a vital off-page search engine optimization technique. There are some things one needs to keep in mind while trying to build link popularity.

Firstly, whatever content is added to a website should be worthwhile and meaningful. Updating website content regularly is important but not at the stake of quality.

• Anyone linking to your website would want the links to be active and more people link to the websites that are active.

• It is okay to put lot of social media buttons on your posts. If you make linking simple, more people will link to you.

• Submit to online directories like podcast directories, article directories, blog directories, link directories etc. Make sure you choose the right categories for your submission as this defines the audience that will reach your link.

• Use the power of social media by telling everyone about your website through various social media sites.

• Visit popular blogs on similar niche and communicate with people on them and build your network. You can also request the blog owners to exchange links with you.

The fundamental tip about search engine optimization is to do whatever it takes to gain popularity, using ethical methods of course.

This is a actually shot of my frig and the beer that I will enjoy tonight. Cheers!