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The easiest way to incorporate Adsense into your site is an Adsense Ready Wordpress Theme. The Ultimate List Of Adsense Ready Wordpress Themes lists down 24 such Adsense ready themes.I decided to use AdsMinded Adsense Theme - Wide Version for my RubyLearning.com blog. The features I liked of this theme were:High CTR AdSense layoutSearch Engine FriendlyAdvertisement SequenceBetter Ads

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I was working on adding an opt in list to my Ruby Study Notes Download page, when I saw a New Adsense ad. The ad says - View ads about and then shows a search box below it. This is the first time I have seen such an Adsense ad. Anyone else has had a similar experience? I want to check it out but can't on my own site!Update: A discussion on this topic at Digital Point says that - A search box

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The new Google Analytics (GA) website states that:GA makes it easy to improve your results online. Write better ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives, and create higher-converting websites. Google Analytics is free to all advertisers, publishers, and site owners.The current problem with GA is that it's:'too big a beast',there is 'data overload' (who needs so much information, apart from the

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What's Adsense?Google AdSense matches ads to your site's content, and you earn money whenever your visitors click on them.Why read Adsense Blogs?As mentioned earlier, the purpose of using Adsense is to earn money and obviously the reason for reading someone else's Adsense Blogs is to gather tips and knowledge on how to earn more with Adsense!.My ListInside Adsense - The official Adsense blog from

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I have been busy building and promoting my RubyLearning website that helps beginners in programming, learn the Ruby programming language.Recently, I have been using HitTail the only product that reveals in real time which keywords people use to find your website. When acted on, they can increase the natural search traffic to your website. Using HitTail I have also been monitoring my incoming

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Backlinks play a very important role in determining your ranking position on Google, Yahoo and MSN. Obtaining quality inbounds link will influence your search engine rank immensely. One of the most used ways to obtain back links is to submit your link to web directories. Online directories exist for the sole purpose of providing quality links to web users to various sites categorized under

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Adsense publishers are always looking at ways to increase their Page CTR (CTR stands for 'click through rate'. It's expressed as a percentage of the page impressions that resulted in somebody clicking one of the AdSense ads. So, for example, if you had 1,000 page impressions, and those 1,000 page impressions resulted in 100 clicks on the ads, that is a 10% Page CTR) and their income from Adsense.

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Are you safe? Rather, is your DATA safe? Worried about back-ups? Well, here's an ideal solution and that too free.Mozy is a secure, automatic remote backup service for any PC in any home or office. It's simple to install and configure. No external hard drive, expensive subscription services, CD's or DVD's to burn. All you need is a broadband connection and you are ready to go!I've been impressed

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Andrew Bourland's blog is taking a closer look at 'Get Rich Quick' eBooks. In the coming days and weeks, he will be reviewing the content he receives from places like Adsense Empire, AdSense Gold, Article Miner, CashKeywords, The Rich Jerk and WordPress Elite. Andrew Bourland is now consulting with a major internet publisher and his wide experience should help us get a perspective on the eBook

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I have just added Google Analytics as a tracker tool, to track my Chess Online Blog. The service will be activated in another 12 hours from now. Google Analytics shows you which keywords perform and which ones you should cut, whether you use AdWords or not. Google Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site. It's

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Today, I received an email from Clicksor announcing their new real time keyword optimization tool for all the CPC ads (text banner and text link). Publishers can get to choose the keywords/phrases (up to 5) manually for the ads they want to appear on their site/blog. Once the 'Clicksor_search' line is inserted, the system will deliver ads based on these keyword(s) that's being entered.This

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Dave Taylor mentions in his blog that SEO Book's Aaron Wall was sued earlier by Traffic-Power.com for alleged inaccuracies and lies appearing in comments other people have left on his blog. Dave suggests that anyone in the blogosphere who is worried about potential liability issues should use this disclaimer or a variant thereof - "Because I value your thoughtful opinions, I encourage you to add

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Qumana Software has just released AdGenta, an advertising network focused on inserting ads into blog posts. They claim that their ad network is based on gathering the best of other ad networks, and invidual partners, into one central location. This would give you the best inventory, the best CTR, and the greatest opportunity to earn money.Some features:The ads are images, so they flow from blog

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The Chitika eMiniMalls background color can now be changed. The option for that is now in the control. But if existing users want to hack the code, they can do use using a line like this:ch_color_bg = "#CCCCCC";If you get to Chitika.com by clicking this link your earnings remain unaffected but Chitika pays us a commission.Technorati Tags: Customizable background colors for eMiniMalls, Chitika,

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SitePoint talks about a great new Adsense Tool that scans the page you're thinking of inserting Adsense on. Adsense Preview shows you what ads will most likely be placed on the page in question - it gives you a good idea of what to expect from the Adsense service ahead of time. Adsense also offers a 'Competitive Ad Filter', which you can use to block domains, sub-domains or specific pages.

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I have been experimenting with Web CEO for Search Engine Optimization (SEO), for my Chess Online Blog. I have been using it for sometime now and the results are encouraging. For example, if you search for "Chess Blogs", you will find that my blog is listed 2nd on MSN search and 15th on Yahoo search. Not bad at all. This was possible by the various suggestions made by Web CEO. I know that I can

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Alexander Wolfe writes that Microsoft has signed on to promote a new programming language - The Kid's Programming Language, or KPL, intended to replace BASIC as the first step students take towards learning how to code. Indeed, KPL's affinity for .NET, and the fact that it runs only on Windows, may be the big reason Microsoft is supporting the new language. KPL, was developed under the direction

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I have been slow in investing in Indian Mutual Funds but have realised that in today's context this is the best option. Value Research Online has helped me in this effort.To monitor my portfolio, I have built an Excel spreadsheet that keeps track of my Mutual Fund investments and also automatically pulls the latest NAVs from the Value Research Online site. Those interested, can comment to this

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Google's Adsense Section Targeting allows you to suggest sections of your text and HTML content that you'd like Google to emphasize or downplay when matching ads to your site's content. By providing Google with your suggestions, you can assist Google in improving your ad targeting.To implement section targeting, you'll need to add a set of special HTML comment tags to your code. These tags will

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Spark Armada is promoting August 31st 2005 as 'International Blog Day'. On this day, every blogger will post a recommendation of 5 new blogs. Hopefully, on this day all Blog web surfers will find themselves leaping and discovering new, unknown blogs. Nir Ofir of Spark Armada is also holding a BlogDay design Contest for that day and I was hoping that some Indian web designer would create a design

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Blogger has just released a free plug-in that works with Microsoft Word. They call it Blogger for Word. I have downloaded and installed the same, though I still need to try it out. Blogger claims that the plug-in allows you to publish, edit, and save as draft from within Word.Update: I won't be using this plug-in. The html generated is awful.Technorati Tags: Blogger for WordBlogs linking to this

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I have not been able to blog recently, due to some pressing commitments related to work. Hopefully, I shall be able to do so after 16th August.

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Last week my blog got approved by Chitika BlogContext beta program. I had seen some blogs that were using both Adsense and Chitika, but I was not sure. So I wrote to Adsense Support to find out whether I could use Chitika BlogContext Ads along with Adsense Ads. Here's their reply - We kindly ask that you not place Google ads on the same pages as ads that display 'Chitika BlogContext' ads.To be

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Would you like to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA? Maybe you had dreamed about it, but circumstances prevented you from studying there. Whatever be your reason, take heart. MITOpenCourseWare is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. Through MIT OCW, educators and students everywhere can benefit from the

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Nvu (pronounced: "n vue") is an open source, cross-platform, standalone WYSIWYG complete web authoring system. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. It has a standards conformant engine maintained on a daily basis by a wide community of developers and has remarkable support for XML, CSS and JavaScript. Check out it's features and

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Now you can get all Appliblog posts in your email inbox as soon as they appear online. Thanks to Google Groups and the BlogSend feature of Blogger, we can set-up an announcement-only Google Group by specifying a name, email address, and short description. A 'Subscribe Via Email' form now appears on my side-bar. For full details on how this can be achieved, check out Inside AdWords.Technorati Tags

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How many times had you wanted to send very large files to someone and could not? Jim Edwards suggests using YouSendIt, an absolutely free service. No registration is required and it's secure. The service works like this - you use this service to upload a file to their server and give an email id of the recepient. The recepient receives an email from them, which gives a link to this file, stored

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology is conducting a general social survey of the greater weblog community. Their goal is to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way we communicate with each other. Specifically, they are interested in issues of demographics, communication behaviors, experience with weblogs and other technology, and the meaning of various types of social links

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The enhanced for makes it easier to iterate over all the elements in an array or other kinds of collections. Look at this simple example:public class EnFor{ public static void main(String[] args) { String[] cities = {"Pune", "Mumbai", "Bangalore", "Hyderabad"}; for (String name : cities) { System.out.println(name); } }}If we analyse the for code, then the following

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Sun defines 'Internationalization' as the process of designing an application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes. Sometimes the term internationalization is abbreviated as i18n, because there are 18 letters between the first "i" and the last "n.". Let's write a simple Java program to say Hello to a person and Welcome that person to India, in

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Do you hate to type Java code? Static imports helps you save some typing. If you are using a static class or a static variable, you can import them and save some typing. The simple example below, should clarify this concept: import static java.lang.Math.*;import static java.lang.System.out;public class MyMath5{ public static void main(String[] args) { // returns a double between 0.0 thro' (

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Wondering what Boxing's got to do with Java? And I didn't mean Laila Ali, the first woman to win a World Boxing Council title, either! You wouldn't like to mess with her, would you?So, what is Boxing in Java? Boxing refers to the automatic conversion from a primitive to its corresponding wrapper type: Boolean, Byte, Short, Character, Integer, Long, Float or Double. Since this happens

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I want to ensure that the html of my blog is conforming to W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN standards. When I validate my markup using the Free W3C Markup Validation Service, I get errors for html code related to Adsense. I had written to Adsense Support about this and here is their reply. We do allow modification of our code to comply with W3C HTML and XHTML standards. In order to make your code

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If you've had trouble getting your tagged posts appearing on Technorati's tag pages, and you feel you've done everything you should to tag them in the right way, then the problem is probably down to Technorati, not you. A post in A Consuming Experience details out the various problems and likely solutions to this. In my earlier post, I had mentioned that Technorati support is slow or non-existing

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QumanaLE, released today, is a free blog publishing application that offers bloggers choice and control when writing for the Web - creating posts and inserting Technorati tags into individual items.QumanaLE helps writers quickly capture, organize and edit chunks of content. Users drag-and-drop pieces of text, links, pictures or images. Then, with one click you can add Technorati tags.Edit and

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It is important to analyse your blog traffic and a post on Quick Online Tips - Tracking My Site Traffic: How to Analyze for Blog Optimization was very informative. To quote:"This blog is not so big that I should attempt to consider analyzing web trends based on my site statistics. I came across several important indicators of my traffic so it is my humble effort to share them with you. We all

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First what's a blog? A blog is short for weblog, a kind of web page that makes it simple to post your thoughts and opinions online.Here are some of my thoughts:Read up on the various terms used in blogging and understand their meaning. Read (a) An introduction to weblog terms for weblog readers. (b) So what is a "blog," anyway? (c) Blogging BasicsWhat's your reason to blog? Is it because it's the

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I would like to post here some of the blogging tips that I came across.(1) I recently discovered Web CEO, an excellent tool for search engine optimization. What I love about this program, it gives me everything I need to run and promote my site. I recommend you to download the Free Edition from their Web site. Updated: 10th June 2005(2) If you want to optimize your blog for search engines,

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This is great news! Technorati announced the launch of its public beta - a major redesign of the Technorati service. I am still digesting the various new features introduced by them. It's a thumbs-up from me. Well done.Technorati Tags: Technorati public beta releasedBlogs linking to this article

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An article I wrote for IndicThreads last year, is on the front page of java.net today (9th June 2005). java.net is the Source for Java Technology Collaboration.Feels good.Technorati Tags: My article 'Quick Hibernate' on java.net, java.net, J2EE, HibernateBlogs linking to this article

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Gaurav's created a nice banner and is requesting all Indians who have blogs, to put up this banner on their site - Join "I Love India" campaign. I have put up the same on my blog. Have you?Technorati Tags: I love IndiaBlogs linking to this article

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This is Part 1 of the article.A. Assumptions -1. This article is meant for Java programmers wanting to try out the Struts Framework. There are many good books available on Struts like Programming Jakarta Struts, Second Edition by Chuck Cavaness and you must be aware of the theory behind Struts. This article is a no-nonsense, hands-on guide to get you started with Struts. The application is quite

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Some blog for fun, some for money and some like me for both! And why not? So, I decided to post some articles /links here, that could earn you some money, hopefully to cover some of your costs - hosting, domain name etc.I came across GreenZap that pays you some money for free! GreenZap is a global online payment solution provider. They provide a fast, easy-to-use and secure way for you to safely

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I want to write an article, but I can't. I have a few articles in mind that I desperately want to get out, but, every time I sit down to it, I can't. Why can't I write?Is it lack of Time? Not true. I spend hours going thro' the different blog feeds (170 to date) I have subscribed thro' Bloglines; surely I can devote some time from this to write.Do I need a vacation? Again, not true. Very recently

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Podcasts are audio blogs that people create as an alternate form of online expression. Some are professionally produced, like talk shows and music broadcasts, while others are less formal daily diaries and running commentary between friends. If you've got an iPod or other portable media player, and are interested in getting free, unique content to listen to, podcasting is for you. The name iPod

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Last night during my Google searches, I stumbled upon Findory, a personalized news / blog aggregator. What I liked about it was that there were no profiles to fill in and no groups to join. Every time you click on an artile to read, the site takes it as an indication of your interest. When you return to the home page, it would have adjusted the number of articles it thinks you care about. If you

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Vaspers the Grate posted some constructive criticism on my blog about it's look and feel, tagline, focus and what should appear in the right column. I have incorporated a lot of Steven's suggestion and changed the focus of the blog too, as should be obvious from the new tagline. Sebastian has suggested opening a new browser window, when someone clicks on my links. What do you think about the 'new

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A hands-on approach:a. JSTL 1.1.2 requires a JSP container that supports the Java Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications. Jakarta Tomcat 5 supports the new specifications.b. Download and install JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) version 1.1.2c. From the jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2\lib folder:Copy the jstl.jar and standard.jar into your applications WEB-INF\lib folder and copy the

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41 Blogging Questions, you ask? Well, why not? Here are some nagging questions related to blogging that are at the top of my mind. Hopefully some of you, would provide me with answers / pointers. Don't worry, I am a grateful person, and will mention your name and the solution here. Remember I am using Blogger and Blogspot and that this post is a work-in-progress. So here goes:How do I - know more

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Advanced Business - Blogging in its recent post talks about Three developing trends that will significantly impact your business blogging effectiveness.Point 1 states 'Readers (and advertisers) want relevancy - so give it to them with a mix of longer posts mixed in with shorter ones'. ProBlogger too, in it's recent post Frequent Short Posts - A Secret of A-List Bloggers Success talks about the

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I have started reading Steven Streight's blog - 'Vaspers the Grate' regularly. His current post 8 Ways To Decide What To Blog About Next makes an interesting read. The eight ways according to him are: CONTEMPLATEINNOVATEIRRITATEILLUMINATEIMAGINATEEMULATEMEDITATESPECULATE Good food for our thought process. Read on.Update: I found this related, informative post 10 Ways To Get the Creative Juices

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I love to see children,Playing at the garden side.They create new and fun games,To be played with each other,Games that are to be seen and heard,For the years to come ahead,I would like to see these games treasured.For it is children's games,Which enlighten our load;So that we may see a brighter tomorrow,On the morrow to home.Credit: Swati Satish TalimTechnorati Tags: Children

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I have about 114 feeds in Bloglines, that I read every day. However, some of the blogs I definitely read are:Darren Rowse's blog at ProBlogger. It's a blog that Darren says 'helping bloggers earn money'.Improbulus' blog at A Consuming Experience. The blog, as she says, are her thoughts on her experiences as a consumer of products, services, from reviews to raves, rants and random thoughts -

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IndicThreads is a Java/J2EE portal with a distinctly Indian touch, brought to you by Harshad Oak. Some time back they had interviewed me and I even wrote an article on 'Quick Hibernate' for them. Harshad the site is very informative. Keep up the good work.Update: You can now download the Quick Hibernate tutorial.Technorati Tags: IndicThreads, Harshad Oak, Quick Hibernate

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Technorati support is slow. For the past four days, I have been trying to get help from the Technorati support team but I have had no luck at all. I tried to search for any Technorati support forum but again no such luck. As a member of Technorati, I want to claim my blog, Satish Talim's Personal Blog. When I type in the URL and click on the 'Claim this weblog' button, I get a message Missing

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A little known fact is about E-Governance Pune Municipal Corporation. This website is useful for all of us staying in Pune, to know the status of say our Property Tax, Birth/Death Certificates, Water Meter etc.Technorati Tags: E-Governance Pune Municipal Corporation

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This post is dedicated to Vernon and Doris Logan and all the friendly people at Hope Oasis. We have benefited a lot by the discussions in the forum and their timely help when medicines where not available in India. Thank you guys!Addison's disease (condition) is a rare endocrine, or hormonal disorder that affects about 1 in 100,000 people. It occurs in all age groups and afflicts men and women

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I had been wanting to create my Family Tree website, for long. Today, during one of my searches on Google, I ran into a terrific free site TribalPages. TribalPages is a free online service that lets you document and view your family history and ancestry online. Your data will be stored securely on their servers. Give it a shot!Technorati Tags: Create your Family Tree for Free, Family Tree,

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Did you know that virtual shares of your blog site are being actively traded? No? Well, go to the link provided and search for your blog in the URL box provided.BlogShares is a fantasy stock market where weblogs are the companies. Players get to invest a fictional B$500 on shares in blogs. Blogs are valued by their incoming links and add value to other blogs by linking to them. Prices can go up

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Oh! I got it too, thanks to Amit Karmakar. Right then, here's mine -Total volume of music files on my computerLOL. One full hard disk; size you guess.The last CD I bought wasI never buy CD's. Shhhhh. Well, my daughter gifted me Mahamantras - Pandit JasrajSong playing right nowAn oldie. To Sir With Love - LuluFive songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to meWhat five? I have a big enough list

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Calling all Pune Bloggers - how about setting up a loosely coupled distributed blogging network type thing, using Technorati's new tagging feature? How about using a virgin tag like PuneBlogs?Then apply the same tag to our Flickr photos, Del.icio.us bookmarks and so on, and hey presto - a new Pune group blog. 'How to put Technorati tags on your posts'. Well, you can check out ConsumingExperience

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It's been nearly three weeks since I started my blog on Chess. It has been a great experience.Today, most of my free time is spent on reading other blogs, writing for my Chess blog and playing chess. Professionally, I have been in the Information Technology and Training field for over two decades.The last couple of weeks I have been working to get this blog going. I have been thinking about the

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