Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The Teaser Of ‘Airlift’ Starring Akshay Kumar & Nimrat Kaur Is Out & It Looks Promising

Amidst the Khans of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar seems to be slowly changing the name of the game that Bollywood is with movies like Special 26 and Baby. He has ditched his Mr. Funnybones title with recent films bringing back the focus on facets of life closer to ground reality. And Bollywood too, finally seems to be welcoming of more such subjects.
Akshay's upcoming movie, Airlift, also starring acclaimed actress Nimrat Kaur, is one such movie which talks about a lesser known incident - that of evacuation of 1,70,000 Indians from Kuwait during the Iraq-Kuwait War of 1990 - also called the largest human evacuation in history.
The official teaser of the movie is out and it looks promising. 

Monday, November 16, 2015

'Anonymous' hackers declare war on Islamic State

Hacker group Anonymous have apparently responded to the attacks onParis by posting a video declaration of war against the terrorist group that calls itself "Islamic State."
In the as-yet-unverified video, posted on YouTube, a spokesperson wearing the group's signature Guy Fawkes mask, said the group of hackers would use its expertise to wage "war" on the militant group.
"Expect massive cyber attacks. War is declared. Get prepared," the announcer says in French.
"Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go. We will launch the biggest operation ever against you," the spokesperson continued, according to translated transcripts of the video.
"Islamic State," or "IS" as it is also known, operates in parts of Syria and Iraq in its mission to establish a caliphate, but has recently orchestrated more attacks abroad, the latest being Friday's attack on various bars, restaurants and a concert hall venue in Paris.
A manhunt has begun in Europe to find those that helped the attackers, most of whom wore suicide belts. France retaliated at the weekend by launching more air strikes against IS positions in Syria.
An image from the video posted on YouTube, purported to be from Anonymous.
An image from the video posted on YouTube, purported to be from Anonymous.
In Anyonmous' latest video, the masked spokesperson says in French that "the French people are stronger than you and will come out of this atrocity even stronger," although the video was not on the group's official channel.
However, a tweet from the group's official Twitter account on Sunday said the group was at war with Daesh, (another name for Islamic State).

Piyush Goyal: Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Says India May End Imports of Coal by 2017




India's rising coal production will be "the end of the era of shortages," Goyal said Monday at a New Delhi energy conference. Reports show coal imports have steadily declined since 2014.

Paris: Police Conduct Over 150 Counterterrorism Raids in Wake of Deadly Attacks, Official Says



Manuel Valls confirmed the raids on RTL radio Monday. French police have issued an arrest warrant for Salah Abdeslam, 26, who allegedly took part in Friday's attacks that killed at least 132 people.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Top 100 Most Searched Topics on the Internet

Top 25 Most Searched Topics on Google

We’ve already previewed this list yesterday, but here it is again:
Top 25 most searched topics on google

2nd Group of Top 25 Most Searched Topics on Google (26th-50th Top Searched Topics)

Top 26-50 most searched topics on the internet

3rd Group of Top 25 Most Searched Topics on Google (50th-75th Top Searched Topics)

Top 51-75 most searched topics on internet

4th Group of Top 25 Most Searched Topics on Google (76th-100th Top Searched Topics)

Top 76-100 google most searched topics



Top Categories within the Most Searched Topics on the Internet

How much does a website with AdSense earn on average per 100,000 impressions?

There are a lot of factors that determine what you can earn per impression and really there is no accurate answer to that question.  Earnings fluctuate continually thanks to the nature of the dynamic auction, so even historic, site-specific data won't really answer your question.

The average earnings across the whole of the Google Publisher Network is often said to be $1 per 1,000 ad impressions.  Only Google really know how accurate that figure is, but if it were correct and your site performed to that average then you would receive $100 for your 100,000 ad impressions.

That average isn't a very good indicator though.  In practice performance varies hugely from one site to the next.   The only real way to know is to run adsense on your site, but you can get a good understanding of how your site might compare to that average by understanding the most important variables that impact performance: 

Click Through Rate (CTR) : Most AdSense bids are per click, so the Click Through Rate of your ad units has a huge impact on revenue performance.  Units that are in positions where they attract few clicks will have drastically different performance to those with high CTRs.

Your topic/niche : Most AdSense ads are contextually targeted. This means that AdSense will select ads that are related to the content of your page.  AdSense is an auction, so different niches will attract different levels of bid.  For instance, content about car buying or loans  is likely to attract higher bids than content about your cat.

Geography of users : Advertisers pay different amounts to reach customers in different regions.  Users in the  “tier 1” countries; USA, Canada, UK are generally require higher bids to target than in other countries.

Ad unit size : Advertisers prefer certain ad sizes .  Less common formats tend to attract less bids, and large formats tend to attract higher bids.  The same ad shown to the same user can achieve very different final rates across different ad unit sizes due thanks to the effect of upwards price pressure in more competitive auctions.  Don't get this factor confused with the ad unit impact on CTR, CTR and Demand can be separate issues.

Visitor behaviour and demographics : In addition to contextual targeting, Advertisers can target by user demographics and behaviour (retargeting).  Having a valuable audience who shop online can push up rates thanks to the extra bids and auction pressure these methods introduce.

How good your site is: If you have a site that advertisers want to be see on, then you might also attract placement targeted ads.  These ads, specifically targeted at your website, can be very effective in increasing demand and help pushing up rates.

These are just the main factors, there are others.  This makes it hard to give an answer to "what will I earn?" that has any value.

How much, and how do you, earn through your website? What is your pageview number?

How much is your advertisement income? What other income resources do you have etc.?
I run an online retail site with a buddy of mine that sells High quality tailgating gear for outdoor sporting events, parties, etc. It's a seasonal niche and we do most of our sales from September to January. When we started over a year ago we anxiously waited nearly a month before our first sale came though. We now average close to $10,000/m. This is before marketing, web hosting, and general operation costs are removed. It may not seem like much profit, but then again, we're still relatively new and have very little month to month overhead. All content, graphics, and daily operations are handled by either myself or my partner, while still working our 9-5 jobs. Our motivation is to obviously do this full time one day.

I'm a web designer by trade, having worked on various e-commerce projects in the past, and admit most of my experience has been put to good use in developing our business. The tough part is the actual day to day "business" side to it. These are areas that many may find either boring or difficult and most would rather avoid. These daily tasks are not very exciting and sometimes tedious, but very necessary for any business to succeed. We also had a tough time figuring out our marketing budget and how to put it to good use. We currently spend only 10% of our Net income on marketing. This is mostly google PLS/PPC but we've dabbled on others in the past. I'm not exaggerating when I say that you can easily blow your entire bank account on google and not see any real return on your investment if you're not careful. It takes much planning and a consistent strategy to maneuver the treacherous waters of PPC.

Although our experience has been anything but easy, it was definitely worth it and we are even planning on opening a second retail site within the next few months. Unless you have major funding on hand to hire a team of developers and sink most of it into marketing, things are going to take some time. In retrospect, I'm glad we decided to bootstrap this venture ourselves because it forced us to have laser beam focus and be purposeful in all our decisions.