Windows has just launched its new Windows Vista OS so I hear. To copy or not to copy is the question to ask. Is this thing really worth the full Microsoft retail value or is it worth it to copy it? Copy it! Microsoft is just too big a corporation now with a too big a worlwide monopoly with its top CEOs making far too much profit without doing anything. Its time to take back the internet and disperse the wealth. The Chinese have the right idea to sell copies for just about 3USD a copy. I've heard so many negative comments about Vista that perhaps selling copies for $3 may just be more worthwhile.

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I publish on several blogs and maintain several websites and I find the biggest problem with traffic generating sites like Blog Mad is they maximize the number of clickers rather than the number of real vistors. Clickers are just people who want the points for traffic for their site, basically the selfish type who profit for themselves. Real genuine traffic are people who really read your site. I wondered for a long time how to distinguish between the two, it really is not too difficult. If your site is properly tagged with meta tags, friendly towards search engines, has lots of fresh content and use use google analytics then you can see what keywords people are searching for and what people are reading etc etc. These are real visitors who find you using keywords that you write about. They are the visitors who are likely to spend more time, return to your site and sometimes even link you. Precisely what every web publisher wants. Ofcourse every web publisher who starts out new has to begin somewhere so traffic exchange sites offer a good starting point but do not always have very reliable traffic. If the clickers comment on your site it is often for their benefit and therefore the comments are somewhat stupid like: "Great site", "Cool", "keep up the good work" , and/or "do you want to create a link exchange". These are not genuine comments and are just for the clicker to gain extra points (traffic) for themselves. I can say I have caught myself doing this stupid habit but now I am kicking the habit. If you have nothing to say then don't comment rather than cluttering up the other peoples sites with trash.

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Watch out Google! Looks like China has come out with Baidu. The site design closely resembles that of Googlei’J‰Ì or gugej but is not the same site. The name Baidu is a combination of two characters gone hundredh@i•Sj and gtimeh or gfrequencyh@(“xj. The name comes from a Chinese poem written over 800 years ago during the Song dynasty. The poem is a representation of persistent search for the ideal. Isnft this what Google is trying to do too? Organize the internet. I have to say I like the name better than Google, Baidu too just rolls off the tongue it even has a more poetic feeling to the word compared to Google, which seems to just sound good.

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http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/
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http://www.baidu.com/
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http://post.baidu.com/
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http://site.baidu.com/
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http://mp3.baidu.com/

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[Le français suivi]
I recieved the new University of Alberta Faculty of Arts publication Work of Arts. At least this was the first edition that I recieved. One article that caught my attention was an article about a web-based grammar correction program for French called Le Patron. Reading the article quickly I noticed a familiar name, Professor of Applied Linguistics Terry Nadasdi. He was one of my former professors. I took a look at the site and typed a few sentences in French and sure enough it highlighted all the errors and offered suggestions. Le Patron is not a French language translation service or dictionary but a real tool for French language learners of all ages to help in recognizing common French language grammatical errors. Please see Le Patron and try it for yourself here: http://www.lepatron.caLePatron.ca

Grâce au site-web Le Patron, il est possible dfécrire les posts français. Jfécris près que toujours en japonais ou anglais. Jfai trouvé ce site-web Le Patron après avoir lu la revue gWork of Artsh une publication de la Faculté des Arts à lfUniversité de lfAlberta. Il est un outil qui permet dfidentifier des fautes dforthographe et de grammaire français que lfon trouve fréquemment dans les travaux écrits des étudiants de français langue seconde. Le Patron donne les explications claires qui mènent son utilisateur à être un participant actif au processus de sa correction et de révision. Allez maintenant au site-web http://www.lepatron.caLePatron.ca !

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