Ramanean’s Blog

Google ’s knol is a collection of user written articles from various topics ranging from history to General topics.And also it is mostly seen as a competitor to by Wikipedia  started by Google. In  Addition to this you can use your Google adsense account to  display Google ads on knol so that you get paid whenever someone clicks ads on it or according to no of views..

To Sign in to knol you just need to use your Google account and after that you will get a verification mail to your google account ,after getting verified you can start posting articles on Google’s knol

And also your name will be displayed as verified if you get yourself verified by Phone or credit card… so you will be differentiated from others

Though it is a good project started by Google ,some questions have rised with regard to spam and how to differentiated Good articles from badly written ones!

 Today I found out an important security loop hole in Google groups which is related to posting of messages

I am a owner of a small Proxy Google group  with 1000 members  and only I had the right to post and moderate messages.Today a  noticed a couple of management tasks pending(Pending messages) in my Group,even though I have not given posting permissions to anybody…

After that I  reviewed the messages which were spam sent through anonymailer.net

Google groups has a  posting defect which allows any non-moderator and non google account holder to post messages directly by using the Group owners email address…

To check this I also sent out a mail to my proxy group using  a php script by using my mail address (Group owner mail address)

To check for yourself   go to

http://www.anonymailer.net/

Example: http://groups.google.com/group/unblocktheblocked ( I am taking this proxy group as example)

From address:unblocktheblocked@gmail.com (Owner address)

To address  :unblocktheblocked@googlegroups.com

subject: New asdpasdpaspdasd (Any thing)

Message: asdasdasdasdas(Any thing)

Sender :unblocker(some name)

then  submit it  and after few minutes you will notice a new post  http://groups.google.com/group/unblocktheblocked

Thus it Google  groups allows even a non google account holder to post message where it should not allow emails from masked addresses….

All of you would have visited a IP address lookup site to know the ip address of your competitor site or anyother site.Here is another simple way to find out IP address of a website using your command prompt which is one of the easiest one

Just go to your command prompt

If you do n’t know how to go to your command prompt

Click on start->run->Type  cmd        and Click on ok button…

and enter cd.. to be at c:\>

After that enter nslookup followed by the domain name (www.site.com) for which you need to find the IP Address.

This is a cool tip and it’s also very useful

I downloaded firefox 3 today and when compared to firefox 2 it’s somewhat better than the latter  in all aspects,but the problem is  most of the toolbars are not working .For example Take Google .their Google toolbar is not compatible with firefox 3,So most of the userswho downloaded would not have used Google toolbar so they may be losing atleast a million in search revenue as Google toolbar generates a lot of revenue for them in searches  and same can be said about others.

Other than compatibility no others issues are there…

Today I received a email from Paypal stating your account has been limited due to a particular activity ,I got shocked by this and then I got relieved after I had a look at header of the mail ,It has been sent from “PayPal, Center.” <mdia@paypalus.com> obviously which is not a paypal site then only I realised it’s fake email to trick me into login and then to steal my password

Here is the text of email I received!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding
your account.
Case ID Number: PP : 110-397-1049
For your protection, we have limited access to your account until
additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

Resolution Center

: Your account

access has been limited.
Click here to

resolve the problem
——————————————————————–
PayPal Email ID PP : 3098

Just go to

http://sitereview.bluecoat.com/sitereview.jsp

and type your website/proxy and click on submit button

You get something like this…

The page you want reviewed is http://www.a1001.co.nr/ (Check another site)
This page is currently categorized as Proxy Avoidance
Last Time Rated/Reviewed: > 7 days

For one of my sites www.a1001.co.nr I got it as Proxy avoidance which means it has been actaully blocked by the same way you can check out for anywebsite to see if your site is blocked or not (Gaming sites etc.,)

I just signed up for get paid to blog.Their approval system is very fast and they usually approve the blog within 2-3 business days which is remarkable when compared to others and also they have also reduced the minimum no of posts to 10 and life of the blog should be atleast 30 days inorder to getaccepted into their system which is great for new bloggers who do n’t have to wait so long to earn money via blogs.This would be also good for advertisersas they will get more good quality review posts for them and also good traffic from these
new blogs

To Signup for payper post:

All You need to havevis

a) A blog
b)Paypal account

and the Blog must be alive for 30 days with minimum of 10 posts

That’s it.

After Signing up you need to wait for just 2-3 days to get your blog approved .After that you can take available opportunies for your blog and start reviewing them.Suppose if you need time to review a product/anyother thing you can reserve the available opportunity and then you can submit your post within 6 hours from the time you reserved the opportunity.

Opportunies will be available to you on the basis of factors like Page Rank,Alexa Rank and Payperpost tracking (given by advertisers) So some opportunitiesavailable to you may not be available to others.

Also there are also other ways to monetize your blog even before you get approved into the system

a)Referrals:
The first one is Referrals.You can start referring your friends and visitors to your blog even before your blog gets approved by the payperpost.You will be paid $15.00 each time you when your referral gets his first blog post reviewed and approved.

b)Payperpost Direct:
PPP Direct is a unique feature in payperpost which will allow Advertisers to directly find your blog and negotiate with you on price and scope.It’s a win-win opportunity for both theadvertiser and blogger as advertiser may easily find a suitable blog of his choice to get reviewed and also blogger can earn more withoutwaiting for opportunities in the market place.Also all the PPP direct blogs will be listed in PPP directory as it will be easy for advertisers to find the suitable blogsfor them.

c)Review my post:
Review my post is another feature which will other bloggers to review your post without getting paid by you.You can simply put a badge at the bottom ofevery post and when a blogger clicks on the badge and signs up with payperpos to review your blog ,you get paid $7.50 each time.By this way you can generate 1000’s of backlinks and at the same time you can also earn more as you will be paid $7.50 for each review on your blog

The best thing here is you do n’t even have to wait for your blog approved and you can start earning as soon as you signup.Also they have a very easy interface which will show all the available opportunies to you first ,so you can easily choose any one of them.Also if you are newbie you do n’t know anything about payperpost after signing
up just have a look at here and also if you any problem you can always contact
them through their support (Customer love ) who are always read to help you with clarifications.

Here is the Geo-IP code of all the countries

A1,”Anonymous Proxy”
A2,”Satellite Provider”
AD,”Andorra”
AE,”United Arab Emirates”
AF,”Afghanistan”
AG,”Antigua and Barbuda”
AI,”Anguilla”
AL,”Albania”
AM,”Armenia”
AN,”Netherlands Antilles”
AO,”Angola”
AP,”Asia/Pacific Region”
AQ,”Antarctica”
AR,”Argentina”
AS,”American Samoa”
AT,”Austria”
AU,”Australia”
AW,”Aruba”
AZ,”Azerbaijan”
BA,”Bosnia and Herzegovina”
BB,”Barbados”
BD,”Bangladesh”
BE,”Belgium”
BF,”Burkina Faso”
BG,”Bulgaria”
BH,”Bahrain”
BI,”Burundi”
BJ,”Benin”
BM,”Bermuda”
BN,”Brunei Darussalam”
BO,”Bolivia”
BR,”Brazil”
BS,”Bahamas”
BT,”Bhutan”
BV,”Bouvet Island”
BW,”Botswana”
BY,”Belarus”
BZ,”Belize”
CA,”Canada”
CC,”Cocos (Keeling) Islands”
CD,”Congo, The Democratic Republic of the”
CF,”Central African Republic”
CG,”Congo”
CH,”Switzerland”
CI,”Cote D’Ivoire”
CK,”Cook Islands”
CL,”Chile”
CM,”Cameroon”
CN,”China”
CO,”Colombia”
CR,”Costa Rica”
CS,”Serbia and Montenegro”
CU,”Cuba”
CV,”Cape Verde”
CX,”Christmas Island”
CY,”Cyprus”
CZ,”Czech Republic”
DE,”Germany”
DJ,”Djibouti”
DK,”Denmark”
DM,”Dominica”
DO,”Dominican Republic”
DZ,”Algeria”
EC,”Ecuador”
EE,”Estonia”
EG,”Egypt”
EH,”Western Sahara”
ER,”Eritrea”
ES,”Spain”
ET,”Ethiopia”
EU,”Europe”
FI,”Finland”
FJ,”Fiji”
FK,”Falkland Islands (Malvinas)”
FM,”Micronesia, Federated States of”
FO,”Faroe Islands”
FR,”France”
FX,”France, Metropolitan”
GA,”Gabon”
GB,”United Kingdom”
GD,”Grenada”
GE,”Georgia”
GF,”French Guiana”
GH,”Ghana”
GI,”Gibraltar”
GL,”Greenland”
GM,”Gambia”
GN,”Guinea”
GP,”Guadeloupe”
GQ,”Equatorial Guinea”
GR,”Greece”
GS,”South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”
GT,”Guatemala”
GU,”Guam”
GW,”Guinea-Bissau”
GY,”Guyana”
HK,”Hong Kong”
HM,”Heard Island and McDonald Islands”
HN,”Honduras”
HR,”Croatia”
HT,”Haiti”
HU,”Hungary”
ID,”Indonesia”
IE,”Ireland”
IL,”Israel”
IN,”India”
IO,”British Indian Ocean Territory”
IQ,”Iraq”
IR,”Iran, Islamic Republic of”
IS,”Iceland”
IT,”Italy”
JM,”Jamaica”
JO,”Jordan”
JP,”Japan”
KE,”Kenya”
KG,”Kyrgyzstan”
KH,”Cambodia”
KI,”Kiribati”
KM,”Comoros”
KN,”Saint Kitts and Nevis”
KP,”Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of”
KR,”Korea, Republic of”
KW,”Kuwait”
KY,”Cayman Islands”
KZ,”Kazakhstan”
LA,”Lao People’s Democratic Republic”
LB,”Lebanon”
LC,”Saint Lucia”
LI,”Liechtenstein”
LK,”Sri Lanka”
LR,”Liberia”
LS,”Lesotho”
LT,”Lithuania”
LU,”Luxembourg”
LV,”Latvia”
LY,”Libyan Arab Jamahiriya”
MA,”Morocco”
MC,”Monaco”
MD,”Moldova, Republic of”
MG,”Madagascar”
MH,”Marshall Islands”
MK,”Macedonia”
ML,”Mali”
MM,”Myanmar”
MN,”Mongolia”
MO,”Macau”
MP,”Northern Mariana Islands”
MQ,”Martinique”
MR,”Mauritania”
MS,”Montserrat”
MT,”Malta”
MU,”Mauritius”
MV,”Maldives”
MW,”Malawi”
MX,”Mexico”
MY,”Malaysia”
MZ,”Mozambique”
NA,”Namibia”
NC,”New Caledonia”
NE,”Niger”
NF,”Norfolk Island”
NG,”Nigeria”
NI,”Nicaragua”
NL,”Netherlands”
NO,”Norway”
NP,”Nepal”
NR,”Nauru”
NU,”Niue”
NZ,”New Zealand”
OM,”Oman”
PA,”Panama”
PE,”Peru”
PF,”French Polynesia”
PG,”Papua New Guinea”
PH,”Philippines”
PK,”Pakistan”
PL,”Poland”
PM,”Saint Pierre and Miquelon”
PN,”Pitcairn”
PR,”Puerto Rico”
PS,”Palestinian Territory”
PT,”Portugal”
PW,”Palau”
PY,”Paraguay”
QA,”Qatar”
RE,”Reunion”
RO,”Romania”
RU,”Russian Federation”
RW,”Rwanda”
SA,”Saudi Arabia”
SB,”Solomon Islands”
SC,”Seychelles”
SD,”Sudan”
SE,”Sweden”
SG,”Singapore”
SH,”Saint Helena”
SI,”Slovenia”
SJ,”Svalbard and Jan Mayen”
SK,”Slovakia”
SL,”Sierra Leone”
SM,”San Marino”
SN,”Senegal”
SO,”Somalia”
SR,”Suriname”
ST,”Sao Tome and Principe”
SV,”El Salvador”
SY,”Syrian Arab Republic”
SZ,”Swaziland”
TC,”Turks and Caicos Islands”
TD,”Chad”
TF,”French Southern Territories”
TG,”Togo”
TH,”Thailand”
TJ,”Tajikistan”
TK,”Tokelau”
TL,”East Timor”
TM,”Turkmenistan”
TN,”Tunisia”
TO,”Tonga”
TR,”Turkey”
TT,”Trinidad and Tobago”
TV,”Tuvalu”
TW,”Taiwan”
TZ,”Tanzania, United Republic of”
UA,”Ukraine”
UG,”Uganda”
UM,”United States Minor Outlying Islands”
US,”United States”
UY,”Uruguay”
UZ,”Uzbekistan”
VA,”Holy See (Vatican City State)”
VC,”Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”
VE,”Venezuela”
VG,”Virgin Islands, British”
VI,”Virgin Islands, U.S.”
VN,”Vietnam”
VU,”Vanuatu”
WF,”Wallis and Futuna”
WS,”Samoa”
YE,”Yemen”
YT,”Mayotte”
ZA,”South Africa”
ZM,”Zambia”
ZR,”Zaire”
ZW,”Zimbabwe”

It would be useful when querying a database like this

http://lacnic.net/cgi-bin/lacnic/whois?query=1.2.3.4

Suppose if you have ip address and you have to find where it is originating or where the visitor is from?

Most people go to Geobytes or some other websites to find it out and in those some times you may not be able to find the country name for a IP address

In those cases you can use this

http://lacnic.net/cgi-bin/lacnic/whois

where it will display country of the ip address and ISP the ip is using…