الثلاثاء، 11 يناير 2011

Best 10 Really Strange Places of the World

Here is a really interesting list of strange and remote places of the world.Each of the place has some special quality associated with it.Hope you would like the article.
1. Aurora Borealis

The local people call The Dance of the Spirits; the sight of this light formation on the sky is indeed mesmerizing. This phenomenon can only be observed at the North Pole and the formation Aurora Australis at the South Pole also has similar properties. In southern areas it is only visible from a very high altitude.


2. Spain, Rio Tinto

Scientists believe that the vast mines of Rio Tinto are geologically identical to the terrain of Mars. This river being acidic in nature has destroyed acres of land in the surrounding region and has also forced the nearby villagers to flee. This region is of great interest for the scientists because it is helping them to understand the geological terrain of other planets in our solar system.


3. McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica

The McMurdo dry valleys do not seem to be a part of this world. The terrain is very different and some weird species of organisms which are never seen anywhere else were found here. The amazing feature is the presence of Vida Lake and Onyx River which is the largest in the Antarctica. The Valleys are near the McMurdo station a home to researchers around 1,200 in number, so, the scientists come here usually to study the terrain.


4. The Richat Structure

This structure found in the Sahara desert is circular in nature and has a diameter of about 50 kilometers. It has attracted many of the scientists for the past few decades and the research is still being carried out to find the reason behind the formation of this structure in the middle of a featureless desert.


5. Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua is a city is city in New Zealand located on the Northern Island. The Rotorua city is famous for the aroma it produces similar to the aroma of rotten eggs. Such aroma is created when the sulfur compounds from the earth are released into the air due to the geothermal activity in the region. Geothermal activity in the region is also responsible for the creation of mud pools and hot springs. Waters with partial color changes are also visible in some areas.


6. Fly Geyser

There are two such geysers in the Fly Ranch. One fly geyser is dormant and was formed centuries ago while the other was accidentally formed while digging a well and hitting a geothermal source. The fly geysers spray hot water continuously. The area is a private property so no visitors are allowed.


7. Spotted Lake, British Columbia

This is weird lake located in British Columbia. It is considered to be comprising of Alkali minerals. In extreme summers when the water from the lake is evaporated, only the minerals are left behind, which form huge spots of different colors depending upon the composition of the minerals.


8. The Bermuda Triangle

It is located in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean and is also considered called the Devil’s triangle by the local people. The Bermuda Triangle has baffled the scientists for centuries because all the ships or passing through this triangle are crashed and the disappeared for an unknown reason. After carrying out many research expeditions, scientists now believe that due to certain geological and atmospheric activities, the electronics of the ships and planes are jammed and are crashed. However, many are still working to find a justified solution for this mystery.


9. Kauai, Hawaii

It is the probably the oldest island in Hawaii. The lava ledges formed hundreds or thousands of years ago make small water falls within the sea. This island is visited by thousands of tourists every year.


10. Mount Roraima, Venezuela
It is the strangest of the mountains found in the world. Located in Venezuela, it is home to many mythical stories by the local people. The mountain is surrounded by 400 meter high cliffs from all the sides, and the only way to get to the top is by the natural staircase formed on the Venezuelan side of the mountain. On the top it rains almost every day, thus, taking away the nutrients of the plants to grow and leaving the land barren with a beautiful landscape.



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الثلاثاء، 4 يناير 2011

Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates

arlier this year we simplified the process for monetizing your blog by adding a “Monetize” tab in the Blogger app. We started with AdSense, which allows you to add contextual advertising to your pages; more recently we added AdSense for Feeds to help you generate revenue from the distribution of your blog via RSS and Atom. Today we launched a third option: direct integration with Amazon Associates to search Amazon’s product catalog and add links to products that earn you commissions when your readers buy products you recommend.

With this feature, you can search Amazon directly from the Blogger editor and add pictures and links to Amazon products right into your posts. Your readers will earn you commissions whenever they buy the products you recommend, and if you don’t already have an Amazon Associates account, you can sign up for one for free without leaving Blogger.

If you’ve ever written a blog post about a book, recommended a gadget, or reviewed a toy you bought for your kids, you’ve likely gone through the process of drafting the post, opening up a separate window to go to find a site that sells the product, then going back to Blogger to paste the link to the product into the post editor.

Starting today, you can search the Amazon product catalog without leaving the Blogger interface and insert links to the products you find into your posts. Not only is the process of linking to products more efficient, but Amazon makes it easy for you to earn money whenever your readers actually buy the products you write about. This is known as an “affiliate program”, and it’s designed to let you recommend products you like to your audience — if they buy the product, you’ll earn a commission on that purchase. (For more on affiliate programs in general, here is a good overview at ProBlogger from this summer, and Darren’s “11 Lessons Learned” post about Amazon Associates is a good review of how to get the most out of the program.)

To get started, click on the Monetize tab for your blog and click “Amazon Associates”. Walk through the setup wizard, and add the Product Finder once you’re done.




Now for the fun part: when you are writing a post on Blogger, you’ll see an Amazon gadget to the right of your post editor (the “Product Finder”). You can search the Amazon product catalog from within Blogger — type in the name of the product you are writing about, and insert a link to the product, an image of the product, or an iframe containing the image, price details and a “buy it now” button. Every link that’s created contains your unique Associates ID, ensuring that Amazon will credit you for any purchases that result from readers clicking the link on your blog.



If you’re an existing Amazon Associate, completing this setup simply makes the Product Finder available on Blogger for you — you continue to earn the same referral rate from Amazon. New Associates receive the same referral rate from Amazon that they would have received if they signed up directly. If you’re not interested in earning a referral, you can still install the Product Finder: from the “Amazon Associates” page under the Monetize tab, click “I'll do this later — show me more Amazon options” and then click “Add the Product Finder” button.

A quick note about trust: affiliate programs work well when readers trust you. You should avoid promoting products simply because of the referral fee you might earn — readers may lose some of that trust if they sense your posts exist solely to make you money. You may also want to disclose to your readers that you will earn a commission on their purchase — some readers even prefer knowing that you benefit from their business.

There’s more information about this integration at Amazon.com, and the Amazon Associates blog has some more details. This integration is the result of months of collaboration between the engineers at both companies, and we’re very excited to share the results of this collaboration with you. Happy blogging!