Exploited Web

Google Code Search

Jonathan — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:47:22 +0000

This Google feature is still in experimentation stage but is available for public usage. I am very much impressed they have thought of this developer-friendly search. The feature, unlike the usual web search, returns pages that includes individual files, mostly source codes of different programming languages. Upon searching again and again, I have observed that Google Code Search spider is crawling only files with codes available for public viewing, generally open source; even zipped, compressed libraries of files; and public SVN and CVS repositories. (more…)

YouTube videos are cached

Jonathan — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:22:42 +0000

YouTube is the first and the fastest free video depot for netizens. Various videos of interest are being uploaded and viewed by most net users around the globe. You might be asking “How can I save YouTube videos into my hard disk?” multiple times, then lots of third-party softwares and sites emerge having the same goal–to download the video from YouTube given the video URL into your hard drive. Sweet. (more…)

Blogging is a form of exercise

Jonathan — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:11:49 +0000

Blogging was popularized years ago when people decided to make an online diary of themselves, brag about almost anything they know and sell things by blogging. But the most important thing I realized, is its being a form of exercise. (more…)

I got hooked into Tribal Wars

Jonathan — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:15:00 +0000

Tribal Wars is a free web-based strategy game that is comprised of individuals in different tribes. Every individual is entitled of a single village at start. The player must grow that village until he is able to conquer another. He must balance the resources, train defensive and offensive troops, etc. (more…)

Thanks to WordPress and K2

Jonathan — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:59:05 +0000

As far as blogging is concerned, WordPress plays a big role. Being an open source blog-management software, most bloggers highly recommend this for being effective, efficient and easy to use, all at the same time. (more…)

Cloaking can be ethical

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:56:42 +0000

Perhaps another term other than “cloaking” should be made in reference to this kind of practice. Showing content with different presentation is not a bad habit. This is just optimizing your content to whatever device reading your content; examples are standard browsers, text browsers, WAP browsers, hand-held devices, screen readers and bots. (more…)

Sell yourself to the market

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:43:32 +0000

There are various ways to sell yourself to the market of your choice. First, you have to concentrate on the services and products you will offer. Always prepare quotes for different clients if needed. Second, introduce yourself to the market of your choice. Here’s how to do it: (more…)

Comply often with web standards

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:37:16 +0000

Why often? Because sometimes you should break a rule and surpass the standards if you want your page to be more effective. The standards I’ve been talking about are the set of rules enforced on marketing or developing your website. Examples of these standards are: (more…)