20 Tricks to Make Facebook Better

Facebook is By Far the Biggest Social Networking Site on Web.These Cool Tricks and Tips Help you to Enhance Your Facebook Experience.

Tweak Your Facebook Settings :

1. Appear Offline to Certain Friends

By opening your Facebook chat window, clicking the settings icon in the upper right corner and then navigating to “Advanced Settings,” you can customize your chat experience by appearing offline to certain people on your friends list. This tweak will be especially helpful for those of you with chatty acquaintances who like to talk your ear off when you’re online.

2. Reposition Your Timeline Photos

When uploading a new photo, it might not always appear on your Wall the way you Thought. Particularly long or wide photos have a tendency to be cropped , but you can fix this rather easily.

By clicking “Edit Photo” from your Timeline page, you will gain access to a “Reposition Photo” option. Using this tool, you can move your photo around the preview window so that it appears as you intended.


3. Add Photos to Your Worldly Travels
If you’re a fan of Facebook’s “Places” feature, you can very easily decorate it with pictures to show off your various activities all over the world. On the main Places page, simply click “Add Photos to Map” and start tagging away! If you frequently upload photos directly to your Facebook profile using a mobile app for iPhone or Android, you might find that your map is already pretty well populated.

4. Easily Hide App Notifications

By going into your account settings, navigating to the “Notifications” tab on the left side of the page, you can browse the applications that have permission to populate your news feed. If find that a friend has spammed your feed with an excessive number of app notifications, simply deactivate the offending app. It’s easier than breaking off the friendship.

5. Upload Photos in High Resolution

Sometimes you’ll find that a gorgeous photo you wanted to share with your friends appears tiny and blurry after adding it to your social network profile. Remedy this by going into your Facebook albums and, before uploading a photo, click the “High Quality” box.

6. Use the “View As” Option to Tweak Your Appearance to Specific Friends

Knowing what your friends can see on your Facebook Timeline is an invaluable tool to ensuring your virtual reputation stays intact. From your Timeline page, click the settings icon next to “Activity Log” and then click “View As.” From here you’ll be able to see what specific friends see when they visit your page.

7. Download Your Entire Facebook History

Ever wanted to browse your entire Facebook profile at once — including every status update you’ve ever submitted? Facebook makes it easy. Under your Account Settings page, a small link will appear at the very bottom of the options list. Click “Download a copy of your Facebook data” to begin the process of securing your entire archive.

8. Forward Your Facebook Conversations

Having to repeat yourself is annoying in day-to-day life, and it’s even more of a bother when online. Rather than copying and pasting directions or instructions to multiple people, click the “Actions” tab at the top of any Facebook message thread to access the option to forward it to others. Ta-da! No more double-talk!

9. Turn Chat Sign-in Off by Default

Can’t stand endless chat when you’re simply browsing your status updates? No problem. Click the settings icon in the main Facebook chat window, and click “Turn off chat” to have all future messages sent to your inbox, rather than pop-up in realtime on your screen.

10. Use Facebook to Design Your Business Card

If you’ve put a lot of work into making your Timeline page reflect exactly who you are, consider using it as a pre-designed business card. Clicking the “About” link — located under your name on your Timeline — lets you browse your social network details. In the Contact Info window is a small business card icon that will direct you to Moo.com, where you can customize a Facebook-flavored business card and place an order.

Web Tools That Optimize Facebook :

11. Analyze Your Facebook History With Wolfram Alpha

For the most comprehensive breakdown of your entire Facebook history, Wolfram Alpha can’t be beat. Simply type “Facebook Report” into the main search bar, approve the app’s use of your Facebook data and wait for the system to break down your history. Once it’s finished, you’ll be treated to a seemingly endless number of graphs and data points showing your update history, most-liked photos and much more.

12. Schedule Facebook Updates With Sendible

Believe it or not, thieves are big fans of Facebook. By finding out when you’ll be away from your home, security experts believe would-be robbers target those who go on a Facebook hiatus. Sendible — an application that allows you to schedule updates even when you’re not near your computer — can keep your online persona active, even when you can’t.

13. Use Twitter to Update Facebook

Sometimes you just don’t have enough time to keep all your social networks up to date, but thankfully Facebook and Twitter play nice together with a little tweaking. Head to the Twitter app page on Facebook to begin the process of syncing your virtual social lives. After authorizing the Facebook app via Twitter, all your tweets will appear on Facebook as status updates.

14. Export Your Facebook Calendar to Your PC

Make sure you don’t miss any important events by exporting your Facebook calendar to either Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCal. Head to your Facebook calendar (located under the “Events” tab on the Facebook navigation bar) and click the settings icon. Click “Export,” and then choose either your Facebook birthday list or upcoming events. Your desktop’s calendar app should launch immediately, making the process even more streamlined.

Chrome Extensions for Facebook :

15. Facebook Photo Zoom

Using this extension, you no longer have to click on the photos in your news feed in order to view them in full size. Simply move your mouse cursor over the image thumbnail and the larger version will pop up right in front of you. You can even adjust the zoom by moving the mouse back and forth over the photo itself. It’s like magic.

16. Revert Facebook Photo Viewer

If you’re not into real-time photo zooming, this extension turns back the clock on your Facebook’s photo feature. Rather than displaying pictures in the new “Theater” layout, photos will appear on their own pages, complete with the full comments section and “Like” options.

17. Facebook Chat Notifications

Have you ever left a Facebook tab open on your web browser and missed an urget message from a friend?
This handy plugin produces a pop-up window on your desktop to notify you when someone needs to chat, ensuring you never miss an important bit of info.
Firefox Add-Ons for Facebook :

18. Like the Page

If you’re a Firefox user, you can use this add-on to instantly share any web page they come across, even when the site doesn’t have a built-in Facebook share button. A small “Like” icon will pop up at the bottom of every browser window, and all it takes it a click to share your find with the world.

19. FB Purity

This plug-in returns your Facebook to an earlier day, back when spammers and useless clutter wasn’t a hinderance to your browsing habits. You can hide any type of notification you wish, including birthdays, relationship updates, tagged photos, links and much more. You can make your social experience as simple as you wish.

20. Facebook Auto-Logout

Do you hate it when you accidentally leave yourself signed in to the social network, only to come back to missed chat messages and anxiety over whether someone else was browsing your digital life? This handy add-on will automatically sign you out of your Facebook windows if you’ve been inactive for too long, ensuring that nobody can snoop your info.

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The world's smartest energy efficient light bulb

A group of young Australian inventors has given the humble bulb a snazzy upgrade. 

They have developed "the world's smartest light bulb" that dims, changes colour, strobes, switches on automatically, and can be fully controlled from a mobile phone. 

The inventors secured almost a million pounds in funding to manufacture a 42 pounds light bulb that lets you have a disco in your kitchen. 

The LIFX light bulb will give users the power to quickly dim the lights for a romantic evening in - or switch on the disco strobe for an impromptu rave. 

At 42 pounds each with a lifespan of 25 years, the bulbs cost a staggering amount compared to normal energy-saving fluorescent bulbs, which can be picked up for as little as 2 pounds and typically last for around ten years. 

The project has, however, seen an astonishing level of support since it launched. 

Billed by company founder Phil Bosua as "the world's smartest light bulb", the bulb will screw into normal light fittings and function like a normal light bulb if you lose your phone. 

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The Basics of Blogging and How to Get Them

Most of the Bloggers Know What are the Basics of the Blogging. So What According to You the Basics Of Blogging ? so What are the Things that You Should Get Right To Become a Creative and Successful Blogger.Well if I Ask These type of Questions then i'll Get Different Type of responses.Some Will Say that Monetizing Blog and Some Will Say SEO.

The Thing is We Are habituated to Different Things That we are Forgetting the Real and Useful Basics of Blogging. So According to Me the Basics of Blogging :.

#What are Basics of Blogging ???

According to Me these are Some Basics of Blogging

Reading

Writing

Promoting 

If You Get these Common Things or "the Basics" Then You'll Get Everything Else.Automatically Your Traffic Will Increase and You Can Thereby Monetize Your Blog.

#How to Get these Basics ???

As i Said Above if You Get those Basics then You'll Get Everything Else.So Follow the Below Steps to Get to Know the Basics...

 #1. Reading :-

As We Do a Bit of Reading Daily.Before Writing the Content. Read Many Articles Related to It. Do a Bit of Research before Writing An Article.Why because it gives an idea about writing and you'll get Some Experience and you can learn a lot.

By Reading Other Blogs Under Your Niche Can Get you a Lot of ideas because they contain a lot of Innovative Ideas.

Reading Books Will Help You in Writing the Articles Because Most of the Bloggers Doesn't Post Their Articles in a Systematic Manner. They Don't Have a Specific Structure. By this Reader  Won't get a Reading Atmosphere Under Your Blog. So By Reading Books You'll Get an Idea On How to Write Articles.

Research: This is the Most Important Thing One Blogger Must Do, Whatever he May be The Pro Blogger or The Newbie. But Research is Important Task.So go And Surf About the Topics Under Niche Before Writing An Article.

#2. Writing :-

If You Follow the Steps Mentioned Above Then Writing is not a Hard Thing to do. Just Follow the Below Steps And You Can Write Easily.

Write Well in Your Articles if You Don't Know How to Write Then First Go and Surf Online Blogs Where Many Quality Articles Were Written. Carefully Observe How They Are Framing their Posts and Apply them On Your Articles. Write write and Write Until You Succeed. because it Gives you Experience And Good Writing Skills.

First Before Writing An Article If You Don't Get Any ideas on Article Then Take a Break and Open a Blank Document.. Then Think About it for 5-10 Minutes And Whatever You Think About it. Just Present them in the Blank Document. Attract Your visitors With Good Writing Techiques

Make Your Blog Unique By Writing Uniquely 

Don't Stop in Between After Completing the Document Just Go through it and You'll Find many ideas in it. Just keep in Mind the Ideas. So That It May BE helpful for Your Next Post.

Set a Schedule For Writing :-  Try to Write On Anything On Your Pc TO Practice Writing Well. Train Yourself In Such a Way that You Keep Writing As Well as You Can. Make a Correct Schedule For it And Balance Everything.

Proof Read Your Blog Posts Before Publishing Them. Check Your Posts Well Like a Reader But Not Like a Writer. It Makes You perfect. f You'gone Wrong Somewhere Then You can Fix it Easily.

Do whatever You Want: Do Whatever You Want. Doesn't Care About What Others Say. Just Write And Write On Your Own.

#3. Promoting :-

Well Promoting is One of the Biggest Things And Sometimes it is the Hardest One too. But it is Not Too Hard. Nothing is Impossible. Most of the Bloggers Fail When Comes to The Publishing and Promotion.If You Proper Promotion then Obviously Traffic Increases.

Always Promote Your Blog in Such a Way that Your Blog Will Get More People Reading Your Blog Through Social Signals.

Guest Post: Guest Posting is One of the Best Tactic For Gaining Huge Traffic. Guest Posts Can Help You in Getting Constant Traffic and Search Engine Optimization As Well.Also Know About the Guest Posting Do's And Don'ts 

Optimize Your Blog Posts For Search Engines Well. Because Search Engines Are the Source For the Largest Sources For Traffic.You Can Get a Good Amount of traffic if You Optimize Your Posts and Images For Them.

Leave Comments: Leave The Comments on Other Blogs. Wherever You Got Don't Just Come Back. Learn Something From them And Leave Comments on their Blogs. By Doing so You'll Get Some More Visits and Also Some Backlinks too. Always Comment on Do follow and CommentLuv Blogs to Get Some Backlinks. Dofollow, Commentluv Backlinks Matter a Lot.

Online Circle : Make a Proper Online Circle. Connect With Your Readers,Friends and Other Blogs Online. It will Increase Your Online Reputation and Makes a Correct Image For You and Your Blog. Share Your Blog Posts On Social media And Networking Sites As Much as Possible.Start Asking Users For Feedback.

So That's it For Now. If You Follow these Steps Carefully Then Soon You Will Become a Pro Blogger.

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Why To Use Long Tail Keywords For SEO

These Long Tail Keywords Are Not the New Term But Most of the Bloggers And Newbies Don't Know About Long Tail Keywords And How to Use Them.If You're Among Such Blogger s then This Post is Dedicated For You.So Before Talking About the Benefits of the Long tail Keywords i'd Like to Tell you What Exactly They Mean.

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Smooth Sliding Image Caption With CSS3

Check Out this Pretty Cool Sliding Caption For Images  It’s a caption that slides out at the bottom of the image only when the user moves his mouse cursor over anywhere near a small question mark located at the bottom of the image.

So far, the effect works without a problem with the latest version of Chrome, FireFox, and Opera but not with Internet Explorer.  It hasn’t been tested on Safari yet.

So how do you install it to your blog? 

Following are the simple steps to add the Styling :.

1. Go to Template >> Edit Html << Proceed, then check Expand Widget Templates.
2. Now Search for the ]]></b:skin> Tag in Your Template
3. Now Copy the Below Code and Paste it Above/Before ]]></b:skin> Tag.

.capblock { display: block; position: relative; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;}.capblock a { color: #fff; text-decoration: none;}.capblock a:hover { color: #ccc; text-decoration: none;}.tbicap { position: absolute; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; background: #000; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); padding: 10px 10px; bottom: 5px; left: -10%; max-width: 400px; overflow: hidden; opacity: 0; -webkit-transition: all 0.6s ease; -moz-transition: all 0.6s ease; -ms-transition: all 0.6s ease; -o-transition: all 0.6s ease; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 5px 0px 0px;}.tbicap:hover { left: 0; opacity: 1;}.capblock:before { content: "?"; position: absolute; font-weight: 800; background: #000; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.75); text-shadow: 0 0 5px #fff; color: #000; width: 24px; height: 24px; bottom: 10px; left: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 12px; -moz-border-radius: 12px; border-radius: 12px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; -moz-transition: all 0.6s ease; opacity: 0.75;}.capblock:hover:before { opacity: 0;} 

Now Save the Template and You're Done.

Note:- If the Caption is not Displaying Correctly then try to Adjust the Max-width :400px

HOW TO Use This For Images :.

If the Caption To Use the New Sliding Caption On an Image in Your Post,Just Make Sure that You're in HTML Mode as You Enclose Your Image Inside Tags With the Proper Attributes. As Shown Below

1. <div>
   <a href="IMAGE LINK HERE" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="IMAGE URL HERE"/></a>
   <div>
   <span><a href="POST LINK HERE">CAPTION HERE</a></span></div>
   </div>

Now Remember to replace all the necessary values with that of your own. Also, you can remove the <a href=”POST LINK HERE“> and </a> if you just want the caption without the link to render it unclickable.

Hope you guys enjoy this featured Blogger trick of the day.

Via AllBlog Tools

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Modern Warfare 3 Collection 4 launch Trailer for PC

Check out the launch trailer for collection 4 which is set to release on October 10 for the PC:

Stay alive in Decommission, as you traverse through a graveyard of ocean liners.

Take the fight out on the ocean in Off Shore, maneuvering precariously between three oil rigs. 

Take over an abandoned mining town as you do battle in the red rock terrain of Gulch. Have a little fun at your enemy’s expense in the beach wonderland of Boardwalk. 

Spice things up in Parish, as you fight through a militarized section of the famed French Quarter.

Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

Check out the Video :

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