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Some Major Internet Error Codes and their Meanings

Internet is a place where everything is changing on minute basis, so something is available right now it might not be accessible after sometimes so that’s normal because it’s the nature how internet works. So normally you come across many online internet errors but few are the common and major ones I have listed below. These are caused on normal basis and if you do not have pretty much knowledge on what these are and what these error means than check out below errors. # 400 400 error is simply a bad request error, as you might be typing some unknown URL that server could not understand, so make sure that URL you are typing is write. # 401 If you try to access some unauthorized website than you might see this 401 error, so make sure you have entered correct username and password. # 402 402 error is specified for any kind of payment errors you receive, so if you attempting any transaction and you forgot to add payment information than you might face this error. # 403 403 error can cause ...

5 Ultimate Sites to Download YouTube Videos

YouTube is one of the most crowded websites that contain plenty of videos. It is the most appreciated site and got a huge number of visitors because of its HD video qualities that cover videos on almost all kind of topics. You can find there videos beginning from the oldest to the latest and even upload and share them. The only thing YouTube doesn’t offer is to download their videos officially. In that case visitors need to use third party applications and  softwares  in order to download YouTube videos. There are a number of unofficial sites that offer downloading such videos free of cost and without any hassle. Simply copy and paste the video url in the site to download your desired videos and enjoy them offline anywhere. Below listed are the best sites that offer downloading Youtube videos. 1.  Keepvid :  Apart from downloading YouTube videos, Keepvid supports other popular websites like Dailymotion, 4shared, Facebook, Metacafe, Vimeo and other popular sites for d...

Increase IDM Download Speed using IDM Optimizer

Internet Download Manager as we said is the best download manager right now available as compared to any other download manager like DAP, Microsoft Lightweight Download Manager, Orbit and many others. Well we just got our hands on IDM Optimizer, it’s a small utility which boosts your IDM speed by modifying some registry entries like it will change Connection Speed, Connection type, Max Connection Numbers and some other few entries. So this is what above kind of Window you will see when you will fire up the IDM Optimizer software. So it has a simple Maximize Now button which when clicked will popup a note to restart IDM so that it can take effect. Well you can see it also has a Restore Default button which will restore all the settings which IDM came with you can use that if you think that you are not getting good speeds.   Download  IDM Optimizer Tool Now make sure IDM is installed on your PC, as this tool will only optimize IDM if its physically present on your system. Now ju...

Youtube Missile Game Trick

Today i will share an amazing trick that i came across we will call it youtube missile trick. Since google is celebrating geek week it introduced this trick. How To Do ?    1. Open youtube and click on any video you would like to play    2.  Pause  the video.    3. Now type  1980  and see the magic. Once you start this game missile will start coming from the top. The job of missile is to destroy the video. You can protect the video by firing back using your mouse.

How to get your website ranked on search engines

There are many factors involved in getting your website ranking on   search   engines. Below are some key things to take into consideration, and we hope that it will help you to increase traffic on your blog website or forum  Anchor text The anchor text of inbound links coming to your website is very important as search engines use this to determine what your site is about and what it should rank well for. Your anchor text should be your keywords that you want your website to rank for. For example, instead of using your company name or your website URL for inbound links, consider using keywords as your anchor text. Use keywords in your title tag and other meta tags Meta tags still have an impact on where your website will rank on search engines. The weight of the meta tags may be minimal, but it is still recommended that you choose keywords relevant to each webpage. It is an effective way for search engines to categorise your webpages and gives search engine spiders an...

Identify and Avoid Phishing Scams

  Phishing is a form of social engineering technique used by hackers to gather sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by posing as a trustworthy person or organization. Since most online users are unaware of the techniques used in carrying out a phishing attack, they often fall victim and hence, phishing can be very effective. With the dramatic increase in the number of phishing scams in the recent years, there has also been a steady rise in the number of people being victimized. Lack of awareness among the people is the prime reason behind such attacks. This article will try to create awareness and educate the users about such online scams and frauds. Phishing scams usually sends an email message to users requesting for their personal information, or redirects them to a website where they are required to enter thier personal information. Here are some of the tips to identi...

Identify Safe Websites on the Internet

  On the whole Internet, there are approximately more than 150 million active websites up and running. As a result, it often becomes a real challenge for the users to identify safe websites that are trustworthy and reputed. Have you ever wondered to know the reputation of a website before placing the order? Need to know whether a given website is child safe? Well, here are some of the ways to identify safe websites on the Web. 1. WOT or Web Of Trust ( www.mywot.com ): WOT is a great place to test the reputation of your favorite website. WOT gives real-time ratings for every website based on the feedback that it gets from millions of trustworthy users across the globe and trusted sources, such as phishing and malware blacklists. Each domain name is evaluated based on this data and ratings are applied to them accordingly. A snapshot of WOT ratings for gohacking.com is shown below: As shown in the above snapshot, the reputation of each website is show...

10 Tips for Internet Security

  With the sudden rise in the Internet usage across the globe over the past few years, there has also been a rise in the amount of online scams and frauds. Today, most of the Internet users are unaware of the most prevailing online threats which pose a real challenge for their safe Internet usage. As a result, the security has become a questionable factor for the most Internet users. However, it is still possible to effectively combat insecurity on the Internet provided that, the users are well aware of the common scams and frauds and know how to protect themselves. A study shows that over 91 percent of the Internet users are unaware of the online scams and are therefore worried about their security. If you are one among those 91 percent, then this post is just for you! 10 Tips for Internet Security: Here is a list of 10 simple Internet security tips to maximize your online protection: Always install a good antivirus software and keep it up-to...

Change Your IP In Less Than 1 Minute

  In my post i will show you how to change your   ip address in less then a minute. For now it will take 2 to 3 minutes but with some practice you can do this within a minute. Click on " Start " in the bottom left corner of the screen. Click on " RUN " Type in " command " and click OK        You should be now at MSDOS prompt Screen Type " ipconfig /release " just like that, and press " enter " Type " exit " and leave the prompt Right-click on " Network Places " or " My Network Places " on your desktop. Click on " properties "   Now you should  be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something  similar to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.  Right click on " Local Area Connection " and click " properties " Double-click on the " Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) " from the list under the " General ...