Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Changing your password on Linux
I found this helpful tutorial on techie buzz which explains how you can change your password:
http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/change-your-passwords-in-linux-how-to.html
For more information on how to change your password check out the passwd man page Also there is a post on The Linux Blog about how to change your password with other methods that may be easier then the command line. You can check it out here: Linux Change Password
One thing that I have noticed while trying to optimize this blog is that Google seems to do search results for its blog search in order of date posted. I don't think that this is the best way a blog search should work. For example, when I searched for Linux Change Password in blog posts on the blog search page I got the techie buzz page that I just stumbled across. Then, when I scroll down I find the linux blog's post which was made in December 2007. I don't have much doubt that when this post gets indexed with the Linux Change Password keywords The Linux Blog's will be dropped from the search results page and be no more. I see this as a problem because if a topic is hot it should not be based upon how old it is, but how good it is. I believe that the Linux Blog's tutorial is a bit more in depth and had more thought put into it then the techie buzz one but they are both great tutorials.
Anyhow, hope your enjoying my twisted take on SEO and Linux technologies in this craptastic blog!
http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/change-your-passwords-in-linux-how-to.html
For more information on how to change your password check out the passwd man page Also there is a post on The Linux Blog about how to change your password with other methods that may be easier then the command line. You can check it out here: Linux Change Password
One thing that I have noticed while trying to optimize this blog is that Google seems to do search results for its blog search in order of date posted. I don't think that this is the best way a blog search should work. For example, when I searched for Linux Change Password in blog posts on the blog search page I got the techie buzz page that I just stumbled across. Then, when I scroll down I find the linux blog's post which was made in December 2007. I don't have much doubt that when this post gets indexed with the Linux Change Password keywords The Linux Blog's will be dropped from the search results page and be no more. I see this as a problem because if a topic is hot it should not be based upon how old it is, but how good it is. I believe that the Linux Blog's tutorial is a bit more in depth and had more thought put into it then the techie buzz one but they are both great tutorials.
Anyhow, hope your enjoying my twisted take on SEO and Linux technologies in this craptastic blog!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Linux Bloggers Everywhere Enjoy RealPlayer
This just in! Linux users now can enjoy the great buffering world of what is RealPlayer. The Helix Community announce that the version 11 of the linux player is now available! That is just fantastic, what this means is for the next couple of days on the Linux blog-o-sphere we will hear nothing but Helix this and Helix that. Fantastic!
Well, what is real player good for anyway? I mean what does it do that MPlayer doesn't? There is only one thing that I can think of and that is DRM. Go to moviemonster / aebn's streaming site and see for your self. You can't stream your porn with MPlayer, well at least not with a little hacking. Anyhow this topic is not about DRM if it were, this Linux blog would probably be more popular among the Linux community because it seems that every body wants to argue about something. Oh yea, and while we are on the topic of media, I want to see a partly open source version of itunes. I mean come on, they have so much freakin' music. Yea yea, I know there is Amazon but still, itunes is undeniably a great media player. Yea it has its quirks and horrible mac user look but its still a good player. So where is the Linux version? I mean Firefox 3 is basically an open source safari browser, so why can't some one make a good clone of itunes?
blah, read about the Helix Player Here:
https://helixcommunity.org/projects/player/news/907
Well, what is real player good for anyway? I mean what does it do that MPlayer doesn't? There is only one thing that I can think of and that is DRM. Go to moviemonster / aebn's streaming site and see for your self. You can't stream your porn with MPlayer, well at least not with a little hacking. Anyhow this topic is not about DRM if it were, this Linux blog would probably be more popular among the Linux community because it seems that every body wants to argue about something. Oh yea, and while we are on the topic of media, I want to see a partly open source version of itunes. I mean come on, they have so much freakin' music. Yea yea, I know there is Amazon but still, itunes is undeniably a great media player. Yea it has its quirks and horrible mac user look but its still a good player. So where is the Linux version? I mean Firefox 3 is basically an open source safari browser, so why can't some one make a good clone of itunes?
blah, read about the Helix Player Here:
https://helixcommunity.org/projects/player/news/907
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Linux Blog Browser Links?
If you are new to this blog don't worry since this is a new blog. Be sure to add it to your feed reader. If you don't have one check back to this blog for a long list of feed readers soon! You could also bookmark this blog.
Before you get indexed in Google you need links. Links to a-linux-blog.blogspot.com are greatly appreciated.
If you link to me, I'll link to you. Links is also the name of a program in Linux. It has a variation called Lynx. Basically they are text based web browsers and can be used from the command line. They are very useful for viewing pages when you are in a console. For example, you just set up Gentoo Linux and didn't get to compile KDE yet. You can use Lynx to check the news or download the source for some packages that may not be included in portage. To get started type Links.
While we are on the topic of light weight Linux browsers, I'll tell you a couple of other great browsers for Linux that are lightweight, use less resources and actually can perform better then their counter parts.
Firefox is the most popular browser. Little do people know that its actually quite bulky. Konqueror has a fast rendering engine that Safari is based off of but its not really that light weight.
I personally like the SeaMonkey suite. It is similar to Firefox. There is another lightweight browser called Dillo. It is pretty good so, give that a shot if your in the market for a lightweight browser.
Anyhow, If you read all of that I feel for you. It was more of a ramble so that this blog can get off of the ground. It's not really suppose to be serious but more of a test to see how quickly the Google indexes and adds site to the SERPS for Linux Blog topics. I have another blog on the web that is constantly on the second page for popular searches such as the term "Linux Blog" I figured I'd give blogger a go and see if it gets listed before my other site just because its in Google. There is a black hat SEO technique where you link lots of blogger blogs together to create a blog farm. I'm going to see if it works for just one Blog on the Linux topic. If not I doubt I'll take it much further than that. I mean after all, if this doesn't climb the search results whats the point?
Before you get indexed in Google you need links. Links to a-linux-blog.blogspot.com are greatly appreciated.
If you link to me, I'll link to you. Links is also the name of a program in Linux. It has a variation called Lynx. Basically they are text based web browsers and can be used from the command line. They are very useful for viewing pages when you are in a console. For example, you just set up Gentoo Linux and didn't get to compile KDE yet. You can use Lynx to check the news or download the source for some packages that may not be included in portage. To get started type Links.
While we are on the topic of light weight Linux browsers, I'll tell you a couple of other great browsers for Linux that are lightweight, use less resources and actually can perform better then their counter parts.
Firefox is the most popular browser. Little do people know that its actually quite bulky. Konqueror has a fast rendering engine that Safari is based off of but its not really that light weight.
I personally like the SeaMonkey suite. It is similar to Firefox. There is another lightweight browser called Dillo. It is pretty good so, give that a shot if your in the market for a lightweight browser.
Anyhow, If you read all of that I feel for you. It was more of a ramble so that this blog can get off of the ground. It's not really suppose to be serious but more of a test to see how quickly the Google indexes and adds site to the SERPS for Linux Blog topics. I have another blog on the web that is constantly on the second page for popular searches such as the term "Linux Blog" I figured I'd give blogger a go and see if it gets listed before my other site just because its in Google. There is a black hat SEO technique where you link lots of blogger blogs together to create a blog farm. I'm going to see if it works for just one Blog on the Linux topic. If not I doubt I'll take it much further than that. I mean after all, if this doesn't climb the search results whats the point?
Monday, April 14, 2008
Linux Blog
What does one have to do to get listed on the first pages in in Google? Well, the answer seems to be pretty clear all you have to do is start a blogger blog, and have the keywords that you want to come up for in your blog posts, blog title and content. Its kind of crazy. For example, we will take a look at the "Linux Blog" keywords. I am wondering how long it will take before I'm listed in the top 20. Apparently having a good blog is not good enough these days. The most content filled blog isn't always the blog that is in the top of the SERPS. I have read many blog posts about SEO and how people are bitching that they are not in the results and I some what agree with them. If this Linux related blog is even in the top 50 by the end of the week there is obviously a problem.
Any how, a-linux-blog.blogspot is a new blog dedicated to bringing you all the latest Linux news. You might want to book mark it, subscribe to the RSS or get a tattoo of the URL reversed on your forehead so that you remember to visit here on a regular basis and read all of the great Linux content. I would also recommend contributing by leaving comments. Of course you will get a free back link from a great Linux Blog that is growing fast! I can't wait to compare the traffic that this site gets to some of the other blogs that I run. Since this is a technology related blog I feel like it will be harder to climb up to the top since there is more competition. Anyhow, Ubuntu, Suse, Gentoo, Mandriva, you name it, I'll be blogging about it.
Any how, a-linux-blog.blogspot is a new blog dedicated to bringing you all the latest Linux news. You might want to book mark it, subscribe to the RSS or get a tattoo of the URL reversed on your forehead so that you remember to visit here on a regular basis and read all of the great Linux content. I would also recommend contributing by leaving comments. Of course you will get a free back link from a great Linux Blog that is growing fast! I can't wait to compare the traffic that this site gets to some of the other blogs that I run. Since this is a technology related blog I feel like it will be harder to climb up to the top since there is more competition. Anyhow, Ubuntu, Suse, Gentoo, Mandriva, you name it, I'll be blogging about it.
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