This snippet of PHP code will show you how to get a Google page rank for a specific website. The function below will return the page rank as an integer. The code was pulled from the wordpress links directory plugin located here.
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There has been numorous websites expoiting Michael Jackon’s death. Scammers are setting up Phishing sites posing as “charity sites” in the name of Michael Jackson, asking for personal information only to scam you later on.
Chain mails are also being sent out via email in hopes that you will reply. Once you reply you can be guaranteed a spot on the spammer’s mailing list. Many Michael Jackson websites and blogs are also being targeted in effort to exploit viruses. These websites are processing other scripts in the background installing potentially harmful software, Spyware and Trojans.
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The following code is a basic example of how to use the Yahoo search API. An array of objects is returned containing the search results letting you create dynamic scripts to show images. This code could be used to make a simple plug-in for WordPress to show images based on tags in your posts or you can use it in any PHP script.
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Tonight I was really bored at work so I decided to write an online tool that will find all posts that support trackbacks based on a keyword or phrase. I tested the tool with “Michael Jackson” and it returned a bunch of results. The cool thing is all you have to do is remove the links you don’t want and copy/paste the rest right into your blog article. WordPress will automatically send pingbacks to those articles and you could possible get an inbound link out of it.
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Many of us have accounts all over the Internet; Ebay, Gmail, Yahoo, World of Warcraft, EVE Online and the list goes on. You can take just a few steps in making sure your online accounts don’t get hacked. With your personal information so readily available, hackers can easily hack almost any of your online accounts.
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Coming up with a domain name for a website can be a daunting task. You can spend hours at Dictionary.com looking up words and searching for available domain names. What if there was a better way to come up with a good domain name?
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Bing.com is Microsoft’s most recent search engine. First they started off with MSN.com, then they rebranded as Live.com and now they’ve rebranded yet again with Bing.com Submitting your website to Bing is as easy as going to this URL and submitting your site. It could take a few days, even weeks but your site should show up eventually.
If you are using WordPress you can get the Sitemap plugin which has an option to ping Bing every time you make a post. That plugin is located here.
If you’re a Photoshop user and want to stop paying huge fees, your in luck. Photoshop files can now be edited and created using the the GNU Image Minipulation Program ( GIMP ). GIMP is free software and is availible for MAC OSX, Linux and Windows and can create and edit virtually any file format.
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Syncing your Zune in Linux has always been an issue because of Microsoft’s proprietary methodology and lack of cooperation in the open source world. If you just can’t dual-boot into windows to do your music synchronization we may have a solution for you.
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At some point you may find yourself at a company that uses a Microsoft ISA proxy server. ISA is proprietary proxy server created by Microsoft that uses their own methods for authentication, making it difficult to integrate other operating systems. Microsoft decided to make it difficult for people to integrate by not using standard proxy protocols. Luckily there is a solution for Linux users.
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