Sending attachments upto 10GB in Gmail and hello FAX

Gmail users can now attach and send up to 10GB of files hosted on Google Drive directly from the Gmail client.

You’ve probably had those moments of frustration because an attachment was too large to send via email. Today Google announced that by using Google Drive, Gmail users can attach and send files as large as 10GB. Yes, 10GB.
Before, Gmail users were only able to send 25MB attachments, making it difficult to send large Powerpoint documents to colleagues and sending us over to services like Dropbox or Box. Now all you have to do is upload and host your documents and files onto Google Drive, and click on a new “Insert files using Google Drive” button that you’ll find on the bottom of your email compose page right next to the paperclip attachment icon.
Note that this feature will only be available in the new compose page, which is a feature that you have to opt into. Otherwise you’re going to be stuck with the 25MBs.

An additional feature that Google is adding into the mix is based off of its “forgotten attachment detector,” which will identify whether the recipients already have access to those files that are being sent. You’ve probably seen the “forgotten attachment detector” in action already when you’ve tried to hit “Send” despite having forgotten to attach a file. Luckily Google had your back and reminded you of the missing attachment. The update to the detector, according to Google Product Manager Phil Sharp, will prompt users with the option to change the file’s sharing settings. This includes Drive links pasted into emails.
Before this, it was possible to attach Google Drive files in the body of emails, but this would have had to been done through Google Drive and not Gmail. When you open up a file in Drive, there’s an option to attach the document through “File” and “Email as attachment.” The update really is about the convenience of a one-click button in Gmail.
Google’s strategy is one that we’ve seen already from Microsoft, which in the past has based SkyDrive features into Hotmail, and now Outlook. Since many companies and individuals are on Gmail already and the update will more tightly integrate Gmail and Drive, this move could spur sales of extra storage space. Right now Google offers just 5GB of free storage space on Drive, which is accessible through Gmail and it’s going to be far more convenient to clock a single button in the compose page to attach large files.
The feature will be rolling out “over the next few days
Fax a document FREE using Google or Microsoft account. 

If you don't own a Fax machine and you need to Fax some document to some person, Then you have to go to some Cyber Cafe to do this. And of course, you have to pay much for this purpose if you have more pages to fax or you have to Fax your document Internationally. Well, there is an Online serviceHello fax providing quite good service to Fax your documents Freely.
Online documents sharing has been much popular these days, as Google offcially announced upto 10GB files attachments in Gmail.Google Drive has also been integrated with Hello Fax service.

How to use Hello Fax:

You need to have a Free Hello Fax account OR Google account OR Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, Outlook etc) to use this service.

• Once you logged In, Click on Send Fax tab.
• Then Upload your document. You can choose your documents from Google Drive, DropBox, or Sky Drive also.
• Once you uploaded your document, Enter the Fax Number of the Person or Organization whom you want to Fax your document.

Best Features in Hello Fax:

• It allows users to send 50 Fax per month for Free.
• It allows uploading documents from Google Drive, Drop Box,Sky Drive etc.
• You don't need to have own Fax Number.
• You can Email add more than one Recipients too.
• You can add signatures also to verify your documents
• If your crosses your Page limit, Just invite your Friends and both of you will get Extra 5 Pages.
• Its quick and Fast service.

There are some other Online Services too like FaxZero, MyFax, eFax etc. But Hello Fax provides best services than all others.

7-Minute SEO Guide

Despite the many articles, blogs, and books written on the topic, there are really only three main areas of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)–and I can explain them all in just 7 minutes!

1. Structure – the web language used, navigation, and rich media all have an impact on whether the search engines are able to crawl and understand the theme of your web site.

2. Content – search engine spiders are really quite dumb. Your web content needs to match-up with the user’s query or your site won’t be found.

3. Links – the search engines look at the quantity, quality, and relevance of the links pointing to a web site.

This outline is designed for the person that wants to cut to the chase. If you’re the type of person that doesn’t have time to spend hours a day learning SEO, this guide is for you.

For those of you seeking a more in-depth introduction to search engine optimization basics consider reading these guides:

• SEOmoz Beginner’s Guide to SEO
• Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day

.: Search engine friendly site structure

1. Make sure that your site is returning a “200 OK” code to the search engines. This is the standard response that informs Google that your site is OK to crawl. If you change the location of any page, use a “301” permanent re-direct to instruct Google’s crawler to spider the new location of the page. You can check the response from any of your pages

2. Avoid using lots of images or FLASH content, as these are virtually invisible to the search engines. Any text contained within an image or FLASH file is typically not as valuable as “real” text that is normally displayed on a web page.

3. Avoid using JavaScript or FLASH navigation. Google’s crawler typically moves from one page to another by following your links/navigation. It can easily navigate “a href=” links, but cannot always follow JavaScript or FLASH links—nor can it complete any forms on your site, needed to “view” a page. This is important if you have any web content behind a password-protected login.

4. The more code located within your page’s HTML file, the more “noise” Google’s crawler has to read before it gets to your important text. Move any JavaScript or CSS code to external files and ensure your most important text is towards the top of your HTML code.

5. Avoid displaying multiple pages with the exact same content, as Google will likely filter out all duplicates from its search results. If you have more than one page with the same text, consider changing it so that the text is unique to each page.

6. Make sure your web site is hosted on a reliable server, preferably on an IP address that is not shared with any other web site. If you’re trying to target visitors from a specific country, consider using a country specific domain name—such as .co.uk—and ensure the registration information is matched to an address in that country.

.: On-page search engine optimization

1. Do you know what your potential visitors are searching on Google? Avoid using industry “jargon” and also consider building pages that talk about your potential visitor’s needs—not just your solutions.

2. Use third-party tools to research which “keywords” your potential customers are using. You can find a simple, free tool here: http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html

3. Once you have determined which keywords best represent your web site, target these keywords on your web pages. It’s important to focus on different keywords for each page. Google understands that each page of your site is different, and including keywords targeted to each page, will help each individual page “rank” in Google’s search results.

4. There are four core areas where you should ensure you are using your targeted keywords.

i. The <TITLE> tag of each page.

ii. The name of the page file. While you should avoid re-naming any existing pages, you should pay attention to the naming of any new pages. For example; instead of using the page name “ourproducts.html” use the more descriptive “computer-desktops.html”

iii. Each page should have an <H1> heading to help Google understand the main focus of the page. It should be short and include the keywords you’ve identified.

iv. As already mentioned, Google cannot index images—or text in images—so it is important to include 250+ words of text on any page you wish to see “rank” in Google. For each 250 words of text, try to include 2-3 mentions of the keyword you are targeting for that page.

.: Linking strategies

1. Each link to your site from another site is a “vote” for your web page to rank higher in Google’s search results.

2. Obtain links from business partners, suppliers, clients, industry blogs, and news media. The link should preferably use “anchor text” that includes the keywords you are hoping your web page will rank for in Google. For example; instead of a link back to your site that says “Click Here” more beneficial would be a link that includes the text “Desktop Computers” (or your targeted keyword).

3. The same goes for the way you link from one of your pages to another—your internal links. Use keywords in your anchor text and avoid using links in images or ambiguous anchor text such as “click here” or “read more.”

4. If you do use a lot of image, JavaScript, or FLASH links in your site’s navigation, consider adding a “sitemap.html” page. This page should be linked-to from your homepage—using a regular text link—and should include text links to all of your pages. This will help Google discover and crawl your entire site.

10 Steps to Effective Online Marketing For Small Businesses

The Importance of Google – with approximately 80% of all searches being conducted via Google, it is critical to primarily focus SEO effort on this search engine. Yahoo and Bing, are less important but still an important part of search engine marketing.

Keyword Selection – Pick keywords that are relevant to your business but also fairly easy to rank for. Look for multi-word phrases or ‘long-tail keywords’ as they are usually less competitive

Content is King - Prospects are more likely to buy from you if you are a thought leader, so establish yourself as one by creating extraordinarily helpful content. Take decisive action to ensure prospective customers are attracted to your site as a place to find answers.

Generosity is Also King – Another key part to attracting customers is your generosity in giving away information, access to tools, etc., which also earns you inbound links which improves your search engine rankings.

Social Media – Focus on the top three social media venues: Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Remember, ‘be real’ and ‘be there’ to help the community rather than to push products.

Calls-to-Action – It’s important to provide something of value that solves a problem for visitors  in exchange for their contact information. Often traffic will not be ready to buy right away, but a tempting call to action will lead them down the sales funnel.

Landing Pages - Everything that has been done to draw qualified traffic to a site, from improving SEO, to generating great content comes to a head in the landing page. Leads should be confronted with an inescapable case for them to leave their carefully guarded personal information on the form. Having one offer, recapping benefits, and a short form are all key.

Lead Nurturing – follow up calls to action with a ‘thank you’ email and a lead nurturing campaign that further entices leads down the sales funnel with additional  free offerings– this is a free opportunity to keep touch with a lead.

Tracking Progress – Effective Inbound Marketing is all about experimentation. Select a strategy based on experience with customers and industry to get people to both visit and convert on the website. But anticipate that initial assumptions about keywords, or what it takes to get traffic to convert will not be right (or not right enough) and changes will need to be made. For this reason, it is essential to have a complete internet analysis tool-suite to help figure out what’s working and what’s not.

Patience & Tenacity – It’s easy to become discouraged and frustrated if Inbound Marketing is approached as a point solution. In reality, it’s a long term strategy only rewarding those who approach it with patience and tenacity

Social Media Management is Vital for SEO Solutions – Why?

here are a number of reasons why social media management is so vital. Finding an SEO company to help you navigate the nuances of Internet traffic is also essential. In order to generate the traffic you need, it is best to consult an expert who can help users optimize their search engine activity to land upon your web page. The more users who find your site the more money it will create for you, or if you are not interested in money, the more times your ideas will be found and disseminated. Either way, having an SEO specialist can benefit you in your online endeavors.

SEO optimization helps people find your website. Maintaining consistent updates and using the services of a search engine optimisation company will help your site function the way it is supposed to. It is also vital to make sure that your page is user friendly so that users will spend time there navigating the site and making use of it, hopefully helping you as site manager earn money or disseminate the key ideas you wish to convey.

With social networking increasing in importance, using an SEO consultant to help you maximize the potential of your online contacts will help your site grow and expand. Find out how best to work Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other important networking sites. Using these sites in the most productive way will help you achieve your digital goals and expand your financial and interpersonal networks.

Hiring an SEO consultant can help you maximize traffic to your page. SEO experts will know how search engines work and how best to attract traffic to your site through relevant techniques and strategies to recruit visitors.

Harness the power of the Internet with smart optimization strategies that do not involve key word spamming or deceptive practices which might ultimately prove counterproductive. You can engage in ethical practices and still make your pages noticeable to viewers from the web surfing public.

The most important aspect of any web marketing strategy is to develop quality relationships with other people and especially other web users who can link to your page as you link to theirs. Like any business, online businesses work best when you establish loyal relationships with other clients and other businesses. Bear this in mind when trying to develop a web-based clientele.

SEO experts can assist you in building and keeping those relationships so that your pages can grow. They can sometimes find ways to take a simple message and make it go viral so that your page receives thousands of web hits. With this assistance your page can enjoy increased influence through increased traffic.

There are many reasons why social media management is necessary in this competitive digital age. Hiring an SEO expert can help you make the power of the World Wide Web work for you. With so many competing social networking sites out there, you cannot afford not to hire an SEO consultant who knows how the system works. The consultant will also know how to make it work specifically for you and your needs.

3 Tips to Optimize Your Facebook Timeline

Profiles, Fan Pages, Business Timelines… can we ever be sure there isn’t another overhaul coming for our Facebook business profiles in the near future? Keeping up with all of the changes in social media has almost become a full time job so it’s no wonder many small businesses are throwing their hands in the air in frustration.

While Twitter, LinkedIn, and the newest social media “hottie,” Pinterest, go through simple upgrades and changes, Facebook seems to be the biggest offender and has the most obvious and significant changes that impact its users.

But here is some great news. In our efforts to “keep up” with the latest trends in social media, we have discovered thatthe latest changes, i.e. Facebook’s recent shift from Fan Pages to Timelines, are really big news for small business owners. With this new design, small businesses can highlight their products, interact with, and support their customers, and market to target audiences much more efficiently and effectively. Not to mention the fact that there are many other significant upgrades which you can take advantage of yourself.

The difficulty for an already busy, stressed out business owner comes in finding the time to utilize this new format. How do you keep up with social media trends or take advantage of new services and still have time to finish your too long “to do” list?

The answer is to find balance and make a plan. First decide which social media platforms make the most sense for your business. Then determine how and when you will utilize them.

You may be tempted to cross Facebook off your list simply because of the recent change to a timeline format, but truly that change was designed to help your business. Think about it, the hottest new social platform is Pinterest. Why? Because it’s visual. Timeline is designed to be more visual as well. It’s also designed to help fans get to know you and it encourages visitors to ‘like’ your page and to interact with you on your other platforms.

By carving out say an hour each week, you can take advantage of the new format and put your Facebook Business Timeline to work for you. And the first thing to do is to optimize your page. We have a few tips for doing that. Feel free to use this information to slowly transform your current Business Timeline or, if you prefer, contact us at ReclaimU to take advantage of our great “done 4 you services” (see link in the resource box below) that can help transform your social media marketing efforts.

Facebook Timeline Optimization Tips 4 You

Two simple and significant ways to maximize YOUR Timelines center around the images you select to use for your cover and profile. Both of these “pictures,” if chosen correctly, can help you capture the attention of potential clients, provide visual representation of your business and invite people to get to know you in a whole new way. The third way to maximize your Timeline is to turn visitors into fans and to keep them coming back with a few simple strategies.

Tip #1: When choosing a Cover photo there are a few important things to consider:

1. Your cover photo must capture what your business is. If you are a photographer, a collage of YOUR photos would be appropriate. Likewise, if you are an author, a cover that illustrates your latest book would work. The goal is to visually capture a snapshot of who you are and what you do.

2. It needs to evoke emotion and tell your story. Think about some of the cover pictures you have seen. Many of them are pictures of relaxing beaches, maybe a sunset or even a family portrait. And while the photos are nice and could be a good choice if you are a yoga instructor or a photographer, they lose their impact when a D.J. or marketing consultant uses them.

3. It must follow Facebook cover guidelines. The cover photo is affectionately known as “the land of no”. Facebook has a whole list of things that you may not include on your cover photo so be sure to follow their rules to avoid having your Timeline shut down.

Tip #2: Make your profile picture work for you:

1. Make your profile picture action oriented. This is the icon that the Facebook community sees every time you post. Your ‘friends’ and ‘followers’ see it and so do potential customers. Using an image that encourages them to click on it is the best strategy.

2. Add a call to action. All over Facebook people are clicking on profile pictures. They look and then add comments. But what do people see when they click on your profile photo? What if, when a potential client clicked on your engaging icon, they saw instructions on how to get more information, connect to your web site/sales page, or learn more about you or your services?

By making these 2 simple changes to your profile you are already on your way to getting more from your social media efforts.

Tip #3: Engage your visitors:

1. Talk to your visitors. It’s tempting to simply post your latest blog entry or press release, but Facebook is a social platform. Turning people into raving fans means engaging with them. So post questions and respond to their comments, and be sure to include their name in the response. Talk to them and make it personal.

2. Create a community. According to the research firm Razorfish, the #1 reason fans like a page on Facebook is to gain access to exclusive content, promotions and deals. So give them a reason to ‘like’ you! Use those tabs at the top of the page to ‘friend-gate’ information. This way only the people who’ve liked your page can access it. It’s a great place to post special deals, ‘fan only’ info, and other things that let your fans know you appreciate them and they’re considered insiders.

SEO Guide

1. choose the best keywords
   Time spent researching and selecting the best keywords will be time well spent. Get this step right and you can be sure your SEO efforts will be built on firm foundations. Without proper keyword research and due diligence your future efforts could be in vain.
2. Always use the Title tag
   The title tag is one of the most important tags when it comes to search engine optimisation. Write a unique title tag for each page on your web site. The title tag should accurately reflect the content of your page. It should make sense to visitors and should also include your keywords or phrases - ideally at the beginning of the tag.
3. Write a good Meta Description tag
   While the meta description tag will not improve your search engine ranking, this text is often displayed in the search engine results. A good description can dramatically improve the chances of a visitor clicking your link rather than your competitors.
4. Use your keywords in appropriate places
   Your keywords should be placed in your title tag, in header tags, in link text, and in your alt tags where appropriate. Ensure that your keywords and related terms also appear within the content of your web page - particularly near the beginning and end of the page.
5. Address structural issues
   Make sure your site is easy to use by providing a consistent navigation scheme. Use text links rather than img and provide a site map where appropriate. Avoid using frames or Flash and take steps to resolve possible problems with dynamically generated pages.
6. Validate your HTML
   By validating your code your site will be compliant with the latest web standards as recommended by the W3C. Standards compliant websites are more accessible to visitors and search engines alike. By adopting web standards and validating your code you will be adopting best practice and laying the foundations for a search engine friendly website. 
7. Check your links
   Broken links will cause problems for visitors and search engines. If a search engine cannot access a page on your site, it could easily be removed from the index. 
8. Submit your sites to the best directories
   Make sure you submit your site to the best web directories such as DMOZ, Best of the Web,UK Small Business Directory, Freeindex, Asia web index and others. Check the Google Page Rank of directories before you submit to ensure the site is in good standing with the search engines. Do not use automatic submission software.
9. Develop a good link building strategy
   A good link building strategy takes time to implement and needs to be ongoing. Start by submitting your site to the best directories. Write articles and press releases about your company, products and services and submit these to the relevant directories. Allow other people to publish your articles for free on their websites in return for a one-way link to your site. Request links from authoritative sites in your field or in a related field who already rank highly for your keywords. Use reciprocal linking in moderation and be careful which sites you link to. Take time to make useful contributions on blogs and forums related to your business. Generate interest in your business through social media.
10. Engage in local link building. Link building, whether through traditional efforts such as outreach programs or guest blogging, social media, and leveraging partnerships, will always be one of the strongest ways to obtain more favorable rankings. In addition to helping with rankings, the search engines will look at the origin of the links to help determine local relevance. For example, a Chinese site that has a large number of links coming from other China-based sites will have a stronger authority within the local China search engines. Having quality links coming from within the region will in most cases be slightly more beneficial than having them come from sites from other countries.