The buzz around Buzz

Of course I’m going to talk about what everyone else is talking about Google Buzz. What’s the big deal? Is it worth it? And do how you go about getting the best from it?

I’m not sure that I have all the definitive answers to these questions. But it is quite fun to speculate. So, without further adieu, let us segue into my user’s experience of Google Buzz.

Day One
Twitter and Facebook is full of references to this Hot! New! Thing! called Google Buzz. I don’t know what it is, but I know I must have it. Everyone else seems to be having the same reaction. Rumours on the block is that it will finish off Facebook and Twitter completely, obliterating them from our memory. Read on» » » »

Worth a visit

Need to jazz up your blog but don’t know how? Here are three websites that can help you

Some months are slow months. And yes, I know it’s about time I dissect your blogs and give you feedback. But I just haven’t gotten any interesting mail this past month. So, instead, this week I’m going to offer three awesome blog-related websites that are worthy of your time.  Read on» » » »

Got a question? Ask in the forums

First of all, we wish to thank each one of you for your interest in riyaz.net. Over the last one year, there has been an overwhelming response to the blog articles on riyaz.net, especially from the SAP XI/PI community. Many users wrote in to let us know that they found the content very useful. A number of readers have subscribed Read on» » » »

Which is Better - Shorter URLs or Long and Descriptive Ones?

Having shorter URLs to your blog posts has its advantages -

• Shorter URLs can be used by the print media like newspapers/magazines to link to the online content
• Readers can quickly share shorter links via email/IM to their friends without worrying about sending incorrect URL due to formatting errors during copy-paste

At the same time, short URLs do not describe the content of the page and hence are not as search engine friendly as longer ones. SEO experts suggest using descriptive URLs. These are useful for search engines but for the readers they may not be easy to use. Long and huge URLs may scare some of your readers.

So how can we provide a page which has the advantage of being SEO friendly at the same time providing ease of use to the readers? Read on» » » »

cforms - A Wonderful Forms Plugin by Delicious:Days

I love to connect with my readers in ways they like. I was looking for a contact form that I could readily add to my site so that people can easily get in touch with me. I was previously using a custom contact form written by myself. However, now as I have moved to WordPress, I wanted something that I could handle from within WordPress. Read on» » » »