How to create A Quick LAN Connection Between Two Computers In Windows

First go and buy the straight patch Ethernet LAN cable(make sure that ‘patch’ or ‘crossover’ is written on the cord) and connect them to both computers.

In Windows XP: Go to Network Connections Control Panel, right-click Local Area Network connection and select Properties. Now select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click Properties.

In Windows Vista: Go to Network and Sharing Center, select Manage Network Connections, right-click Local Area Network connection and select Properties. Now select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.

Now once you are inside the TCP/IP properties of your computer, click Use the following IP and enter 192.168.0.1 as IP address and 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask. Leave the other details blank and click OK.

Internet Protocol IP Properties

Now go to TCP/IP properties of the second computer and enter the same details except the IP address, which should be 192.168.0.2 and click OK.

Internet Protocol IP Properties 2

Now the networks are ready, you might need to restart both computers in some cases. If you are looking to share the Internet Connection between two computers, go to Local Area Network properties again and click on Sharing tab. Here you can select the enable internet connection sharing.

local area connection internet sharing

To share files and folders between the two computers, go to the properties of that file/folder and select Sharing tab. Click Share to being sharing it on the network.

sharing properties

Let me know if this works for you. Enjoy!

Recovery of External HDD after worm attack

Recovery of External HDD after worm attack
I have a Seagate 500 GB External Hard disk which I share between office & home. Recently, I noticed for the HDD, there are shortcut links for all the folders . I could open the folders in a new explorer window. Next day, my office computer antivirus detected attack in the HDD with Worm:Win32/Dorkbot!lnk. It deleted all the shortcuts. Now I can not find/open the folders though the files are there. I can understand the files are there during virus scanning or though disk usage.
Please help how to recover the data?

see if they are made hidden ?
Use Recuva and recover lost files.
Recovery of External HDD after worm attack.

How to install Google Maps on Nokia phone

Has Nokia barred Google maps on Nokia phone ? My phone Nokia 5800 Xpress Music. When I take send to the no. it says Invalid phone no. Please help. Google maps is not available on Ovi store too.

Its available on our S60 phones :D but not on Nokia Store.

Use your phone's Wi-Fi or 3G/EDGE connection to go to m.google.com and choose Maps from there. Then you can download maps from there on the phone itself.

Google's New Privacy Policy change, Good or Bad ?

Google Privacy policy change is a bit of concern for some sectors but people ignore that Facebook has openly admitted that it tracks user browsing pattern even if they are logged out and keeps pages long data about their customers. I personally trust Google as my email IDs been with them since a long time and nothing wrong happened to me till date. I continue to use Gmail and has no plans to stop as other services are not so popular. My contacts are on gtalk and I will be using it onwards. It is a bit of concern that is someone else bought Google, they may be not like the current management. But we must not forget that all those internet is built on Google's money. The search we do, the sites which offer free guides and solution through search results, the web industry and people who depend on that for livelihood etc. It would not have been possible for every individual to get ads for a useful site and imagine a life without Google. Google of course is doing a business and it earns heavily from it, but on the other side, we are getting benefited 10 fold that too for free.

If some other provider was in Google's place, first 10 searches per day will be free and then Rs. 10 or $ 1 per search. That is how things still work outside. Free is something we started to hear after Google. Though I would like people to make their concern reach Google and they take some steps to lessen the concern, it would be a bit harsh to criticize Google when it asks in Google Chrome that would you like to keep as default search engine for Chrome. Which other browser asks us whether or not to choose a provider that is not as profitable as the search page they offer ?

How To Increase Your Adsense Earnings 94% Overnight

Some tips on using Split Testing to increase your AdSense earnings.

Long time readers of ProBlogger know that Darren is a big fan of split testing ads to improve your earnings. I took this advice to heart, and wanted to show you some real world results that I got on my own blog.

Feel free to take these results and apply them to your own site. Or better yet, do some of our own testing and improve on them even more!

I split tested 3 separate regions of my site and looked mostly at eCPM to compare them. If you aren’t sure what eCPM is click here. I think it’s better to use eCPM than click through rate (CTR) because it incorporates not just how often it’s clicked, but also how much you make per click.
Right Aligned vs. Left Aligned Ad In Post Body


This ad region makes the most money for me, and was smack dab at the top of each individual post page (but not on the homepage).

The right aligned ad got a 0.78% CTR and $1.41 eCPM
The left aligned ad got a 1.30% CTR and $5.31 eCPM

Clear winner: left aligned (276% improvement)

It’s hard to say why this is exactly. Maybe the left aligned ad looks more like it’s actual content instead of an ad. Whatever the reason, the difference was substantial.
Top Right: image vs. text

This ad resides at the very top right of every page. I had been running it with image ads for a while and decided to test it against text ads (with some appropriate color choices).

The image ads got a 0.35% CTR and $1.74 eCPM
The text ads got a 0.33% CTR and $2.15 eCPM

Interesting to note here that although the CTR went down slightly, the eCPM went up. This seems to indicate that the text ads were paying more per click. So even though it was clicked slightly less often it still made more money overall.

Winner: text ads (narrowly)
Under Posts: image vs. text

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This ad was placed at the bottom of each post page and also on the homepage under the excerpts. I again decided to test some text ads against the incumbent image ads.

The image ads got a 0.58% CTR and $1.86 eCPM
The text ads got a 0.43% CTR and $2.27 eCPM

Again here the CTR went down and the eCPM went up. Also worth noting is that the color scheme I used on the text ad block is consistent with my site. “Blockquote” tags on my site use a similar color scheme.

Winner: text ads
Conclusions & Next Steps

For those who are curious, here is the actual data from an excel spreadsheet. You can pull this out of Adsense under the “reports” tab if you use different channels to compare different ads.


Overall these results were impressive. The site-wide eCPM from these three ads went up overall from $5.01 to $9.73 which is a 94% improvement.

I could just convert all ads to the better performing version and call it a day, but what I’ll do instead is continue testing….forever.

There are plenty of other things to test, such as…

Trying text ads in the post body (since they performed better elsewhere)
Left aligning ads under the posts
Trying different color schemes
Trying other types of ads (Amazon, Performancing Ads, Text-Link-Ads, etc)

Most people focus on growing their blog’s readership to boost earnings. This is a critical component, but don’t forget about the other major tool in your arsenal: split testing.