Sevendiary.com - a website portal that showcase the talents, ability and true nature of the Northeast Indian.

The North-East India is composed of seven states in the northeastern hilly region of India. These 7 hilly states has been long forgotten by the central government and its people mainly due to its cultural and geographical barriers. Despite this fact, the people living in the region has been living  together with peace, harmony under unique culture , food, habitats and beautiful environment. 


It is an unexplored paradise with so much to be discovered and understood. The region possess a very unique and rich culture, heritage and environment which attracts largely unique flora and fauna in the region ....


Like everyone else, It also disheartened that the only news which mainstream media very often promotes about the region, is insurgency and violence, rather than promoting its rich culture, hospitality and it’s true beauty. In the process, such negative publicity has been portraying the region in a negative light and in fact, it has been turning away potential tourists and well-wishers of the region.

Thus , in order to showcase all the distinctive natures and blessings of the region, the said portal (Sevendiary.com) has been created that will bridged the gap between the reality of this wonderous region and the general perception of the world at large. The region has so much to share with the world like it’s   rich culture, unique tourist destinations, abundance of talent, it’s people and their lifestyle. Everyday there is so much happening back home, and we have seen an explosive growth in inquires seeking information on Tourism, cultures, festivals and logistics of travel etc. But sadly, no online magazine or website has come forward to provide a comprehensive and authentic coverage of this region.

Today, the region is witnessing an explosion of activity and awareness that is highlighting this once remote region, with ever increasing speed and bringing it to the notice of the rest of the nation and also to the world.

Their objective behind this portal includes the following list :

• To globally create online awareness about the northeastern region and its people .

• To offer creative opportunities to upcoming writers, photographers, athletics,  designers and artists to   use this unique land and it’s beauty to expose the true nature of this land to the world.

• To involve  the youth in understanding and thus helping in  the preservation of indigenous art, culture      and heritage of the northeastern  states.

•  To encourage young people in participating and collaborating in forums and discussions dealing with cross cultural views.

•  Instant direct online access to visitors to learn more about the region

• Pointing out online participation advantages:  more engaging and more compelling.—thus more rewarding and fulfilling to the participants.

• To offer the possibility of adding interactive content such as audio and video. This will add to the pleasure of using the audio-visual aids , thus imparting a more comprehensive understanding of various issues.

Visit the website sevendiary.com , and a little encouragement would help them a lot. :)

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Promoting your new blog post on social networks - tips & tricks

What are Blogs? Why have they become so popular especially for businesses?

Well, a blog is a journal which is updated frequently and reflects the writer’s observations and views about a particular topic or subject. Blogs have created quite a storm in the Internet world and is one of the most popular ways to spread your word around the world. It is not just sufficient to write a good blog but also to ensure that people notice it or get to hear about it and read it.

One of the mediums by which you can attract traffic to your blog is through Social Networking sites. Most people have not been able to resist the temptation of social networking sites and are completely hooked. Hence, if you can get word about your blog on these sites your readership numbers will only escalate.

So, how do you go about promoting your blog on social networking websites?

• Know where to go:  Twitter and Facebook have a lot of users, however they are not the only two social networking sites that you can go to in order to promote your blog. There are a quite a few other sites such as Bloggers, Trigger Street Labs, Writers café, etc. which are a haven for writers to get noticed on with an added bonus of learning a few tips on how to market your blog.

•  Stay Active on sites:  It is important to stay active by contributing on these sites. You can talk about your journal /blog, create an interest in the readers and subtly post links to your blog just in case they would like to hear more from you.

• Appealing online persona: Merely signing up at a social networking site and posting links to your blog is not enough. You need to ensure that your target audience is not only attracted to your blog / website, but will want to keep coming back as well as spreading the word around. You can do this by ensuring that the content of your blog is what your target audience is looking for. Including appropriate and high quality images will definitely boost the visual appeal of your blog.

• Link posts to your social media profiles:  For instance you can create your own page or group on Facebook or any other social media site and post your individual blog there. This will increase interactions between your readers as well as you, indirectly creating a sort of community bond.

• Install share buttons: Many a time, readers on social networking sites want to share interesting content within their network. By including share-buttons or plug-ins at the end of your post, you can make the sharing option as quick and easy for them to do so. Each share is going to increase awareness and chances of more traffic to your blog.

• Don’t go overboard: Over promoting your blog on social network sites can have an adverse outcome. Starting your every post with “Read my blog”, “Visit my blog”, etc. can get a bit of annoying to others in the community and can come across as being needy. Instead what you should do is talk about your views, contribute to the discussions going on, give a fair amount of credit to other people's views and contents. By doing so, you are going to build a good relationship with others and perhaps they would want to know more of what you have to offer and maybe even share your blog details with others.

In conclusion, I would say that the best way to promote your blog using social networks is to build a relationship with your target audience. Listen to what they say and incorporate it in your blog, appreciate what they have to offer by commenting on or liking their posts.

Create personal bonds by tagging names of the people in your circle on relevant posts. Keeping these little things in mind can ensure traffic to your website.

An article by:
Ryan Larkin authors for www.broadbandproviders.com - a site to get information about the best deals in broadband internet. He writes on topics like Social Media, Technology and updates on the Internet.

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Top 3 Facebook User Concerns

We all use Facebook, whether it’s on our desktops, laptops, or smartphones-- Facebook is with us where ever we go and always accessible. So any change or variation in the use or interface of the social networking site is obviously going to be directly proportional to our concerns. But when we talk about concerns, perhaps the foremost concern is that users are not informed before the site brings about a change in its privacy settings.  By the time a slightly haggard user actually figures out something is wrong, usually thanks to the influx of friends or acquaintances suddenly commenting and posting on otherwise restricted content, the damage has been done. All sorts of otherwise private content has already become public, and that too is rectified only after grappling with and trying to figure out how to adjust the new  privacy settings.

Well, we are informed they say. Once you sign on to use Facebook, the site’s policies are there for the reading. What those who are pro-Facebook initiatives neglect is that whenever change in settings actually occurs, it is not brought to the attention of users. Yes, shifts to Timeline and new FB interfaces are introduced, but the fine print on policy is even more technical and difficult to read than tax returns a recent survey concluded.  Sounds strange coming from a site where the goal is to make avenues of social communication easier for all. No wonder concerns are ripe when it comes to sudden changes and disregard in customized settings that users prefer to work with.

 A second concern is that the site seems to be getting more and more susceptible to hacking. A widespread spamming attack that involved pornographic images back in November 2011 is just one example of how illicit content reached the website and had many users distressed as to the platform’s credibility. One of the reasons that Facebook has gained (and retained) so much fame throughout all this time is due to its ability to host games and other intriguing applications on the site itself.

 The down side of this is that by giving such leeway to third party developers, the site has opened itself up to the possibility of further hacking and security breaches. Those consequences are just now beginning to register. What is irking users on a monumental scale is that Facebook does not seem to be taking the actions necessary (such as checking credentials of programmers for one) to stop this or cut down the possibility of hacking. The site is more focused on its own convenience rather than user convenience.

 A final concern can be described as a fear of having Facebook become nothing but a platform for advertising and never ending spamming. The new ‘subscribe’ feature and the somewhat old feature of ‘liking’ a post, seems to be reminiscent of a popularity contest. With subscribing, Facebook has opened its doors to spambots and ‘how to get more subscriber’ schemes. Allowing widgets onto the site has also boosted what we may call ‘spammy’ apps for mobile phone users.,

 It seems the entirety of user concerns center around privacy, and as an extension, to security. Whichever way you may be looking at it, anyone who is on FB is basically putting up personal information to the public, but that too with an expectation. The expectation is that the information will be guarded, protected, and not be used in any way that brings harm to the individual. In short, transparency is needed to overcome all concerns, regarding whatever they may be.

About the Author:

Natalia David is a technology specialist who has been in this field for a number of years now. Her extensive work on PC and mobile technology, Social networking app such as how to spy on whatsapp is credit worthy and has made her a favorite amongst readers who look forward to her work. You can also follow her on twitter @NataliaDavid4

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Turn your blog visitors into your facebook fan or twitter follower - brought to you by Likeboostr.

Hi guys , do you want to boosts your Facebook fans or Twitter or Google plus followers?
If you have a website or a blog, it is a must to have a good number of followers from the social  networking sites where most traffic are supposed to come. You might have kept a fan box, follow button or like button on your sidebars or elsewhere but most of the ungrateful readers left unnoticed  after they've enjoyed or benefited the piece of knowledge you've shared. Blogging is not an easy task. It takes hard work and dedication by sitting for hours and thinking, which after all you're going to share it for free to the masses. So, at least you want a piece of appreciation in the form of like or comment, right?

Well, there is a way to hide the resource from the seeker/reader. Until they "like" your page it's going to locked it. While surfing on the net , I stumbled upon a cool web application, likeboostr.com. I have experimented it and it works fine. Don't worry about the load time.With likeboostr, you can also locked a particular link, content or a video regardless of the whole webpage. This is really very useful when you want a particular link/content/video to be access only by your fans or followers. With Likeboostr, you can also view the stats, history,...and much more. All you need to do is to install a small piece of code into your website(template). Just go to Likeboostr.com  > Login with your facebook account > then follow the few simple steps next by next. It should take you a few seconds to complete. Everything is self explanatory.
In case , if you need a little more detailed explanation , just go through the following pictorial explanation.


1. Go to Likeboostr.com> Click on Login with Facebook account(as shown in pic below).

2. Continue by Clicking NEXT STEP.

3. Adding URL

* Social network: Choose any one of the three given social network which you want your follower(from the dropdown).
* Lock type: Here choose what type of content you want to locked, either the whole website, a particular or a viseo.
* Widget: Choose a default widget with respect to which social network you've choosen above.
* Title : Give your any prefer title.
* URL to like or follow: Enter the url of the page to like or follow. Ex- www.facebook/yourpagename or www.twitter.com/username .
Proceed to NEXT STEP

4. Set preference.

* Like/Follow amount: How many likes/follow you want to generate from likeboostr. Select any number.
* Geotraffic:  Set the geo(country) location where you want to gather fans/followers. The locker will  locked only to this specific location. You can can all countries if you want.
Proceed NEXT STEP.

5. Get the code.

Copy this piece of code and paste it in your template, just above </body> tag.
Then , Save the template . You are done.

→ You can uninstalled or removed this widget at anytime if you don't find it comfortable. Just delete the piece of code you have just inserted in your template. You can also removed it by login into your likeboostr account>widget > Checked the last Checkbox> Save.

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Facebook attracts mobile users in India with free talktime credits

It has been reported that Facebook India is currently holding a promotion offering free talktime credit of 50 INR for signing up via mobile phone. The social networking giant is also offering the same credit to the referrer  under which a new user is being sign up. Once a user signs up in this manner , the free talktime will be credited within three days of sign up. If by chance , the talktime is not credited the same user can email them at talktime@fb.com . . This sounds great for some, although the news has not been official confirmed.

In order to avail this opportunity the new user has to sign via mobile phone with the mobile number mandatory as registration details. Only the mobile number which has not been registered before,  will get this benefit . Signing up to Facebook with your mobile is so simple that you don't even need to provide email id. Once you submit the registration detail , you will get instant confirmation code via sms to your inbox. Signing up via mobile is not always necessary if you don't have a gprs enabled handset . Just go to this link using your PC or laptop and you are ready for sign up.
* Make sure you type the URL as http://m.facebook.com/tt  .

 This promotion seems to excite quite a number of new users and even the existing user as signing would benefit them with free credit. Well, also on the other hand it is not that the company are not concern about arising fake profiles out of this promotion. They knew it, though it is all about marketing strategies.. It can be noted that Facebook has already crossed 1 billion active users.

Why would they offer such promotion?  Well there are valid reasons and they knew it very well what they are doing. First of all this is one of their masterminding Marketing strategy .  They look each and every corner to market and expand their business. During recent analysis Facebook rose on reports of Mobile-advertising gains . Nearly 20% new Facebook fans come from mobile users alone . At present mobile users in India rose to 929.37 million subscribers. Besides ,Facebook users in India is still quite low as compare to some other parts of the world. This could be the good way of expanding their number .

          Read similar stories from other source :

• http://allfacebook.com/india-talktime_b102412

• http://fivepoint5.com/2012/10/facebook-giving-away-free-talk-time-for.html

• http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-offering-rs-50-talk-time-to-new-signups-via-mobile-281003

• http://trak.in/tags/business/2012/10/17/facebook-mobile-signup-incentive/

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Whose facebook profile is associated with this mobile number?

Now-a-days , as Facebook has become an immensely popular social networking site , I suppose almost 80% of the world population must be using Facebook(pardon me if  I am too much) particularly among the youngsters. Facebook can be access from almost any mobile with basic gprs facility. At the same time Mobile phone is also another thing which young people cannot stay a sec without it. People become so indebted with social networking sites that they cannot stay without login it every minute, every hour. It becomes indispensable , thus making a part of life.
 

Facebook makes it easy registration even from a "basic gprs enabled handset" with few registration details along with a mobile number . It gives a hassle-free to sign up even without an email ID. Thus most people used this way of signing up to Facebook(Particularly youngsters) .
 

And even if one would have sign up providing email IDs, there is a chance that they surely add their mobile number in their profile information... In this or the other way , you made your mobile number associated with your profile.
Yes ,privacy can be set up so that only you or your friends can  access your contact details. This is all about within Facebook.
 

However, say you want to find out someone's mobile number with whose Facebook profile is associated with. Then , no worry here's the way ,as Indian security researcher Suriya Prakash discovered recently. This could be boon in some way for telemarketers, hackers or spammers. Or you can used it in your own benefited way.

*Prakash found  that this was true for the desktop version of Facebook, but not the mobile one.

Here is how you do .

1. Log into Facebook on a desktop browser.

2. copy this URL and paste it into the address bar:

http://m.facebook.com/search/?query=1234567890

3. Then substitute the number string 1234567890 with the desired mobile number and hit "Enter."

(Be sure to include the country code prefix — "1" for the U.S. and Canada, "91" for India, "44" for Britain, "33" France and so on..)

If your Facebook friend's number or a particular mobile number  has listed on their Facebook profile,
or if he's got a Facebook app on his smartphone, it'll show right up.  In many cases, it works for "friends of friends" and for total strangers. See the below snap

Why? As Prakash found, the default Facebook privacy setting for "Who can look you up using the email address or phone number you provided?" is "Everyone."

(To see it yourself, click on the downward facing arrow next to the "Home" button in the upper-right corner of your Facebook page, then click "Edit Settings" next to "How You Connect.")

As contacted by TechNewsDaily, a Facebook representative said this was a feature, not a flaw.

"The ability to search for a person by phone number is intentional behavior and not a bug in Facebook," the representative wrote in an email.

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