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How to Redirect Traffic from Blogger to WordPress without Migration -

I have seen some most popular tech sites that have changed their blogging platform from blogger to WordPress. Most Probloggers advice to use WordPress rather than blogger, but if you have published more posts in blogger, how you’ll be able to redirect them to WordPress from blogger? Here’s a simple trick that helps you to redirect your blogging platform to one another. The main advantage of this trick is, you’ll get the same traffic to your new blog as you get earlier for your old blog. To see the demo, slightly visit way2blogging.blogspot.com (which is currently diverted as way2blogging.org) and labnol.blogspot.in (currently diverted as labnol.org). Digital Inspiration don’t divert to labnol.org automatically, but when you click HOME button, it diverts to labnol.org. Please Note: I Prefer you to use this trick only if you don’t wanna migrate your blogspot blog to WordPress blog. Also you can contact Harsh Agarwal for any kind of help that you need with your blog migration. For this purpose you’ll be able to contact ShoutMeLoud’s service page. Though blogger has the option for Custom Redirects, (in case of permalink error) never has the option for blogging platform redirects. So as this post’s title mentions, this idea is to redirect your blogger (blogspot blog) to your new WordPress blog with out any migration. So follow the steps given below and enjoy your traffic!

 Step #1: Go to Blogger Dashboard → Template → Edit HTML → Proceed (no need to check Expand Widget Templates) and use Ctrl+F to find the code below in your template. 

<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/> - 

 

replace this code with this one :

<meta content=' 0; url=http://www.1softonic.blogspot.com' http-equiv=' refresh'/>

WordPress Hackers Exploit Username 'Admin'

Attention, WordPress users: If you have a WordPress username set to "admin," change it immediately.

That warning was issued Friday by WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, in the wake of reports that thousands of WordPress sites with an administrator username set to "admin" or "Admin" had been compromised via large-scale brute force attacks. Service provider HostGator, notably, reported Thursday that "this attack is well organized and ... very, very distributed; we have seen over 90,000 IP addresses involved in this attack."

According to survey website W3Techs, approximately 18% of all websites -- by some estimates, about 64 million sites -- run WordPress.

[ Could a hacker use a smartphone to bring down your plane? Read Airplane Takeover Demonstrated Via Android App. ]

Successfully exploited sites get a backdoor installed that provides attackers with ongoing access to the WordPress site, regardless of whether a user subsequently changes the password guessed by attackers. Exploited sites are then used to scan for WordPress installations, and launch the same type of attack against those sites.

Thankfully, a quick solution to the attacks is at hand: ensure no WordPress site uses any of the targeted usernames, which include not just admin and Admin but also "test," "administrator" and "root."

Anecdotal evidence suggests that many WordPress installations are still using the default setting of "admin" for their administrator account. "Almost 3 years ago we released a version of WordPress (3.0) that allowed you to pick a custom username on installation, which largely ended people using 'admin' as their default username," said Mullenweb in a blog post. "If you still use 'admin' as a username on your blog, change it, use a strong password, if you're on WP.com turn on two-factor authentication, and of course make sure you're up-to-date on the latest version of WordPress."

But what are attackers after? "The discussion at the moment is the creation of a large WordPress botnet. While we haven't seen evidence of this, it's an interesting theory," said Tony Perez, COO of security firm Sucuri, in a blog post. He noted that WordPress botnets have already been used by brobot -- aka itsoknoproblembro -- toolkit-using attackers who've been compromising large numbers of legitimate sites and using them to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against U.S. financial institutions' websites. A self-described Muslim hacktivist group, al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, has taken credit for the months-long attack campaign. But there's no evidence that the WordPress admin-account attacks are being conducted by the same group.

The WordPress "admin" attacks aren't new, but they've recently tripled in volume. "We were seeing 30 to 40 thousand attacks per day the last few months. In April 2013, it increased to 77,000 per day on average, reaching more than 100,000 attempts per day in the last few days," said Sucuri CTO Daniel Cid in a blog post. "That means that the number of brute force attempts more than tripled."

According to Cid, of the approximately 1,000 different password guesses used by attackers, the six most commonly guessed passwords are "admin," "123456," "666666," "111111," "12345678" and "qwerty."

The advice to change frequently used admin-level credentials -- and to use a strong password -- applies to users of both the hosted WordPress.com site that offers hosted blogs, as well as the standalone WordPress software that is downloadable from WordPress.org. To date, however, only WordPress.comoffers two-factor authentication built in. But two-factor authentication can be added to standalone WordPress installations using software from Duo Security that can generate one-time codes for log-ins, via either a smartphone app or SMS.

Other defenses against the WordPress attackers include using a Web application firewall to block the attacks. Other users, meanwhile, have reported using a variety of WordPress plug-ins -- including Lockdown WP Admin, Better WP Security and Bulletproof Security -- or simply restricting access to wp-admin, which provides access to the WordPress admin console, to approved IP addresses.

Eliminating the account names most often targeted by attackers, however, might be the quickest and least expensive solution for most users, at least in the short term. "Do this and you'll be ahead of 99% of sites out there and probably never have a problem," WordPress founder Mullenweg said. "Most other advice isn't great -- supposedly this botnet has over 90,000 IP addresses, so an IP limiting or login throttling plug-in isn't going to be great (they could try from a different IP a second for 24 hours)."

People are your most vulnerable endpoint. Make sure your security strategy addresses that fact. Also in the new, all-digital How Hackers Fool Your Employees issue of Dark Reading: Effective security doesn't mean stopping all attackers. (Free registration required.)

Create Free Email address Using Your Domain name

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One of the very first things that any web owner likes to do after purchasing a domain is setting up a branded Email address ending with the domain name. Blogger users who purchase a domainoften find it difficult to set the MX records in their webhosting account, thus they don’t bother using a branded email address. If your website address is www.example.com then your branded email Id would look like yourname@example.com. You will be able to access it using the addressmail.example.com. The best thing about todays’ tutorial is that we wont be using inefficient webmail services like roundcube, squirrelmail or horde that you often find in your hostgator webmail clients. We will be using Gmail, which means you will manage all emails received at your website’s email address straight in your very own custom Gmail account. You can also create up to 10 email addresses using your domain without paying a penny with Google Apps. You will stay safe, protected and most importantly served well.  Lets now create a Gmail account for your company’s website or blog and connect it to your web host in easy steps.

Note: This service is no more free. Google now charges in dollars every new signup!

Google Apps Services

Part1: Create Free Email address For your domain with Google Apps

Part2: Google Short Links – Create Shortcuts to URLs

Part3: Create short URL For Email & other services in Google Apps

Part4: Connect your Website Emaill address To Gmail

Note: This post may seem too much techy but its really simple to apply and all fun! So act like tomb boys and give it a try. 

Steps To Create a Gmail Account For a Website

You will get a free 10GB storage to save all your emails no matter how loaded they may be with rich media.
Follow these easy steps:

1. Go To Google Apps for Domains
2. Submit your website address without typing http://
3. Then fill up the vacant blanks with required information. Keep your username simple because this will be attached to your domain name to create your custom Gmail account username. In my case I choose Mohammad for my sister blog.

4.  Keep Alternate email address the same as your personal Gmail ID or any ID  that you use frequently.
5. Click the submit button to create your account

6. You have now successfully created an account with Google apps. Now you need to verify that you actually own the domain. You will be given two options Express andCustom. Choose express.

7.   Click the next buttons till you get to Domain verification page. Here you get 5 options to verify your domain which are:

1. Upload HTML File      (Recommended Method)
2. HTML Tag            (under alternate Methods tab)
3. Google Analytics       (under alternate Methods tab)
4. Domain Name provider       (under alternate Methods tab)

Choose the second option of HTML Tag because it is the easiest of all. Copy the simple Meta tag and paste it inside your template just below <head> section.
Tip for Genesis Users:
Once done, hit the verify button and you are half done.

Click the continue link and you will be taken to Google Apps Setup wizard. You may keep all options default and keep clicking next till you reach setup Gmail:

Choose other from the drop down box which says “Choose your Host” Click Next
Setting up MX Records
Here you will be given four MX entries that you need to submit to your webhost.

You will need to log into your web host account and navigate to DNS Manager or DNS settings. DNS zone is also called DNS Management, Mail Server Configuration, orName Server Management, depends on your webhost. I will be sharing here the settings for hostgator here which will give you a clear observation on what to do.
Setting For HostGator:

1. Log in your Control Panel
2. Click the MX entry icon just under Mail
3. Choose your domain
4. Set Email routing to Automatically Detect Configuration
5. Now enter 5 MX entries one by one inside the Records box.  These MX entries are given to you by Google apps. While entering the destination remove the dot in the end. For example ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. should be entered as ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

5.  When everything has been entered correctly it will look like this:

Note: If an MX entry exists by default, you may delete it and keep only the above 5 MX entries. It will take 24 hours for your Email to connect to Google servers so be patient
Go back to Google apps and keep on clicking next till you complete the wizard. Though completing the setup wizard is not necessary but to avoid the irritating prompting messages better complete it.
Congratulations! You have now successfully created a custom Gmail address for your website. .

Create Custom Email Web Address

To access your account you will need to follow a standard long web link. Ours looks like:

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/smartearningmethods

In our coming tutorials we will learn to create a more professional and short web address like this one:

mail.smartearningmethods.com

Stay tuned!

Connect your Gmail Accounts

The Gmail account you just created is different from your primary Gmail account that is used for personal use. In order to manage this new account using your primary account we will need to connect these two accounts so that all mails sent toyourname@example.com are received at yourname@gmail.com. For this you will need a Gmail account as your primary mailing service. It wont work with Hotmail or Yahoo. To learn how to do this please stay tuned for tomorrow’s tutorial.

activate google adscence in new website easily

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Microsoft is working on a earbuds that plays songs according to your mood!

Good day, bad day, let your emotions decide which music you’ll be listening today. Music makes a fundamental part of our every day life, and we all like it differently, however, we all tend to listen to certain songs based on our mood. MusicalHeart is a bio-feedback based, context aware, automated music recommendation system for smartphones. MusicalHeart helps the user achieve a desired heart rate intensity with an average error of less than 12.2%, and it’s quality of recommendation improves over time. Microsoft is working on a headphones that plays songs according to your mood, health and situation. This way your body will be able to receive every kind of stimulus that can help it depending on it’s current mood and health performance.

Li-Fi to replace Wi-Fi in China !!!

BEIJING: Chinese scientists have successfully developed a new cheaper way of getting connected to internet by using signals sent through light bulbs instead of radio frequencies as in Wi-Fi, a move expected to radically change process of online connectivity. Four computers can be connected to internet through one- watt LED bulb using light as a carrier instead of traditional radio frequencies, as in Wi-Fi, said Chi Nan, an information technology professor with Shanghai’s Fudan University. Under the new discovery dubbed as ‘Li-Fi’, a light bulb with embedded microchips can produce data rates as fast as 150 megabits per second, which is speedier than the average broadband connection in China, said Chi, who leads a Li-Fi research team including scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The term Li-Fi was coined by Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh in the UK and refers to a type of visible light communication technology that delivers a networked, mobile, high-speed communication solution in a similar manner as Wi-Fi. With Li-Fi cost-effective as well as efficient, netizens should be excited to view 10 sample Li-Fi kits that will be on display at the China International Industry Fair that will kick off on November 5 in Shanghai. The current wireless signal transmission equipment is expensive and low in efficiency, Chi said. “As for cell phones, millions of base stations have been established around the world to strengthen the signal but most of the energy is consumed on their cooling systems,” she said. “The energy utilisation rate is only 5 per cent,” state-run Xinhua news agency quoted her as saying. Li-Fi was touted as a boon to China netizen community, the highest in the world with about 600 million connections. Compared with base stations, the number of light bulbs that can be used is practically limitless. Meanwhile, Chinese people are replacing the old-fashioned incandescent bulbs with LED light bulbs at a fast pace. “Wherever there is an LED light bulb, there is an internet signal. Turn off the light and there is no signal,” Chi said. However, there is still a long way to go to make Li-Fi a commercial success. timesof india ! “If the light is blocked, then the signal will be cut off,” Chi said. More importantly, according to the scientist, the development of a series of key related pieces of technology, including light communication controls as well as microchip design and manufacturing, is still in an experimental period. source: www.technology.echonepal.com