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Friday, 20 April 2012

CYPRUS

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An overview of the beautiful climatic

Conditions on the wonder island


A beautiful sunset on your dream destination with a romantic weather that charms
everyone is something, one cannot ask for more. Cyprus is a dream island for all the
tourists around the world. There are many sources of attraction on the island and one is
its charismatic weather.

Weather can be described as the climatic condition of a particular area, the
percentage of humidity and the wind and temperature level of the area. Cyprus is the
epitome of beautiful weather and a vivacious island with all desired facilities.

If we talk about the location of Cyprus, it is located on the eastern side of the
Mediterranean Sea and is the third largest island of the Sea. It attracts the tourists
because of the feasible climatic conditions as well as an adventurous and completely
exciting location.

The weather is a humid one in Cyprus, as it is not at extreme of both, not very hot
and not very cold. The average temperature is round about 10-29 degree centigrade and
usually is in the higher 20’s in the summer and in lower 10’s in the months of winter.
One can completely enjoy each and every weather on the island.

Rainfall is something that adds to the flavor of the weather and proved to be icing
on the cake many a times. The Cyprus Island has not got a big ratio of the rainfall days,
but on an average 4-5 days per month. The bright sunlight is also an exciting attraction
for the tourists, as they can enjoy sunbath and can relax on the island. On an average
there are 9.2 hours of sunlight on Cyprus.

People want many things as far as their wishes are concern, but for a dream
destination a beautiful unending sea, with the nature spreading its charms all over, a
fancy weather and a delightful evening is something not less than a wish come true for
an individual.

A climatic condition along with a perfect location is a good combination. Tourists
are attracted by all these things. Weather is purely because of the location and nature.
Different people like different kind of weather and conditions. Mostly people favor a
weather which is humid and Cyprus is a perfect choice of that vary kind of weather.

To be laconic, Cyprus is quite a beautiful island. Cyprus contains all those things

one desire for and conceives as it is full of life, nature and beauty. One can easily be
distracted by the charms of the land but to be honest, a land which is a beautiful one,
nature all around and a dark dense sea upfront is not less than a wonderland.

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Tuesday, 10 April 2012

What is SEO blogging?

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All Seo experts are well aware that writing a Search Engine Optimized article is the lifeline behind any SEO strategy. These articles have been customized and written so as to woo the search engines, who detect the certain keywords. These certain keywords are special worlds that are created by different SEO tools working on web and keep changing from time to time. Fro example if you want to talk about forex, you need to get news and keywords on that topic and if you want to speak about online gambling in Vietnam you need the related keywords.

Different statistical methods are used by the search engines as which are the most popular keyword under a specific topic. These keywords are then placed in an article while not changing the main idea of the article. The care is taken so that it does not look stuffed or unnatural in the flow of the article. It is wrong to think that stuffing more of these keywords in your article will get more notice form the search engines. Keep in mind that with the advancing technology, the search engines too are getting advanced and can make out a spammy article and doom the whole purpose of seo.

The same rules apply when writing for blogs. Read on to know more.

Blogging about news
If you place the latest news on blog with the latest news, you will not only make it more creditable, but update it regularly too. The news need not be very sensational but it should be interesting, simple and easy to understand. News blogging is a very important part of seo. For instance, players are always looking for the top online baccarat casinos, so you can give them news on that.

Be well organized.
A sensible3 and organized blog is like by all. It should carry brief and readable information as loads of text only discourages the most avid readers away. Google will also detect the reliability of the blog so as to give it goo results and higher ranking.

Be precise
Go straight to the point instead of beating the bush. Do not roll around in lots of literary fuss as people are looking for simple and direct information If talking about the new roulette online casinos, talk precisely about those. Remember the purpose of a blog is to simplify things and not to complicate them.

Keep these SEO tips for blogging in your mind and you will soon see a world of difference to the response your blog gets. Use the right keywords, make everything nice and simple and you will face less stress in maintaining your blog over all.

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Thursday, 2 February 2012

SEXUALITY

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Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex; "it also refers to an individual's sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviors expressing them, and membership in a community of others who share them."
Homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation, along with bisexuality and heterosexuality, within the heterosexual-homosexual continuum (with asexuality sometimes considered the fourth). Scientific and medical understanding is that sexual orientation is not a choice, but rather a complex interplay of biological and environmental factors.[1][3] While some religious organizations hold the view that homosexual activity is unnatural or dysfunctional,[4] research shows that homosexuality is an example of normal variation in human sexuality and not a source of negative psychological effects.[1] Prejudice and discrimination against homosexual and bisexual people, however, have been shown to cause psychological harm.[5]

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Monday, 5 December 2011

PAYPAL

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Let me start by saying that my personal experience to date with Paypal has been 100% satisfactory. I have never had a complaint and besides a sometimes difficult to navigate website the system has always done what I wanted it to do. I’ve processed over $20,000 worth of transactions and never had trouble accessing my money.
An online payment processor is one of the most important parts of an online business. Without the ability to receive money online you can’t really run an Internet business. Sure you could work only with offline payment methods such as money orders, cheques in the mail or cash, but all of these methods are slow and you will definitely be losing potential customers if you don’t offer some form of instant payment method that handles credit cards.

Paypal’s Bad Reputation

When I first hunted for a payments processor, which at the time was for a web hosting business I was planning, I came across Paypal. That was about seven years ago and I’d say my story is a pretty common one since Paypal was one of the first providers of “email currency”, a system where you could send money via email and there were not many options particularly for Australians back then.
As usual I conducted extensive due diligence before deciding to use Paypal. As I read forums and surfed around the web I quickly came to realize that Paypal had a terrible reputation, so bad that some of its detractors had set up a website called PaypalSucks.com, which still functions today.
As someone who has been hit several times by credit card fraud I’m particularly wary of chargebacks from customers who use Paypal to buy things from me with a credit card. To be honest I have very little confidence in Paypal to protect me from chargebacks, but that is more because of the way online transactions work – protecting the buyer, especially when no signature is present (as in all online transactions) – rather than the seller. The best chance I have, and this is where I would expect services like Paypal to protect me, is to stop fraudulent transactions before they occur.
Once the payment is made and the service or product is provided then it’s too late. Chargebacks hurt the bottom line of your business and chances are you won’t be able to beat a chargeback claim as an online merchant with no signature. However if a payment provider can stop a suspect payment using historical data and other fraud detection methods then I will not send the product or provide the service hence eliminating my exposure to loss from chargebacks.
I’ve written extensively about why I’ve recommended Paymate.com.au, an Aussie Paypal-style service, over Paypal in the past, and most of my justification was based on Paymate’s superior fraud prevention. I’ve since changed my mind during the last two years because Paypal has performed well for me and their fees are a good 30% or so cheaper than Paymate and now offer Australian-centric services. I still offer both services to my customers but prefer when they choose Paypal because it’s cheaper for me.
I’ve read the book Paypal Wars which gives a good explanation for why Paypal has such a bad reputation. In a nutshell there were times in the company’s past where it was the target of all kinds of criminal action and it suffered millions of dollars worth of losses. As part of the retaliation against these criminals many honest customers were affected, losing access to their accounts and later resulting in the class action lawsuit which cost Paypal $9.25 million dollars.
Paypal also suffered because of it’s tremendous growth rate. The managers of Paypal are largely to blame since they were focused on customer acquisition above all else during the growth phase of the business. This resulted in a company that simply could not handle the amount of customers it had to deal with and hence the poor customer service reputation.
Despite all the negative history Paypal managed to grow and maintain it’s de facto standard as the leader in online payments. The grumblings from users seems to have reduced in the last few years and my feeling is that the company turned a corner and now has systems in place to deal with fraud and customer support that are far superior to what they had in the late nineties and early two thousands. Paypal has matured through it’s growing pains, and while no doubt there are still issues, the bad stories just aren’t quite as frequent as they used to be (of course this could be because the publicity has been spun in a more positive light, but lets not be skeptical).

The Bad

The fact is there are some pretty bad horror stories of people booted from Paypal for no good reason, having their funds locked away (sometimes thousands of dollars lost) and many tales of poor customer service. I read many negative stories while researching Paypal and became very paranoid. In the end though, I still signed up to be a Paypal user because it had become the standard method of sending money online, which is tantamount to how strong their business model was despite all the negative stories floating around – you couldn’t afford not to use them. I had to offer this method of payment to my customers because I wanted to keep resistance to buy as low as possible, even if it meant risking being the next victim of a Paypal horror story.
Seven years later and happily I have no horror stories to tell. However since this is a review and I always like to discuss both the good and the bad I will tell you what I do and don’t like about Paypal in terms of my experience with it.
The customer service isn’t great. The website attempts it’s hardest to give you answers so you don’t have to query Paypal customer support via email, or heaven forbid, via the phone. Once I have tried to ask a question of their phone support but I gave up, it was just too time consuming. The email support is okay, but often has trouble answering your specific question and tends to send you preformatted template responses, which, if you are lucky, answer about half your question. Mind you the last time I required support was about two years ago and the service has likely improved. It had greatly improved over the previous two years when I last tried customer service so I think they were on the way up and may even be reasonable today.
The website is simply-complicated. Yes the design is simple, which I like, but often you can’t find the answer you want. If all you want to do is use the core functions then the Paypal website is a breeze. In my case I receive credit card payments regularly and spend money from my Paypal balance on auction items and other online purchases. Paypal is perfect for this. The more complicated your needs the more difficulty you are going to experience.
Sometimes the basic functions you would expect are not available or difficult to find. I’ve had trouble for example forcing a payment to come from my credit card and not my Paypal balance. Sometimes what you think would be an intuitive option just isn’t available and you don’t know if it’s because you couldn’t find it or because it doesn’t exist or has been deliberately made not available.

The Good

The multiple currencies system, which finally started servicing Australia recently, is fantastic and I love the way I can transfer balances in and out of different major currencies easily (you can do currency trading just within Paypal, although the rates aren’t great for short term profiteering).
The cut and paste shopping cart functions are ideal for me since I prefer to use very simple plain text “buy now” links. Once again the more complicated your online shopping cart needs the steeper the learning curve you will face integrating it with Paypal.
Paypal recently launched a merchant account service called Payments Pro that functions as a completely seamless online shopping system for your website. Provided you have the shopping cart software you can use Paypal as the gateway and payment processor and it’s completely private label, which means you can brand it as your own. I have not needed to use this service as yet so I cannot make a comment on how good it is.

Conclusion

All-in-all, for what Paypal does – primarily to allow you to send money through email and take credit card payments online – it does well. It makes what could be a terribly complex function, one full of potential security and privacy issues, and turns it into something as simple as sending email. For that they deserve kudos and I’m extremely happy with the core function and recommend it to everyone.
Yes there are customer service issues. Yes Paypal has a fairly rocky history. Yes you open yourself up to potential losses from chargebacks. The fact remains that Paypal is the largest online payments provider and you really can’t afford to not offer this method to your customers.
I recommend making other payment options available to your customers since it’s never good to rely only on one provider. I also recommend you regularly withdraw funds from your Paypal account and put that money to work for you. There is no interest in a Paypal account and you never know when you could be the next victim of a horror story or fraud attack so keep your money where you know it’s safe – in the bank or in investments.


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