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Paid hosting, you know, is much better than free hosting for blogs and websites. By that logic, if you want lots of videos on your blog or want to have a vblog or vlog outright, you MUST have a self-hosted blog with the facility to host a number of videos. Add to that, the fact that videos are difficult to edit (and professional editing tools and skills cost a ton), come in different formats and not all open on all computers or mobile devices, cannot be viewed when the computer or mobile phone does not support that format, take a great deal of space (and web space is an expensive commodity), can become unusable when new technology and formats are used by browsers (and converting individual videos and reloading them after a few years is a big job). Now juxtapose this with the hosting realities: Between the two major free blogging platforms, Blogger allows you to post videos free on your blog; Wordpress (free) does not allow that. Web hosts charge for space (and videos take...

हिंदी के सर्वश्रेष्ठ ब्लॉग्स (top Hindi blogs) की डायरेक्टरी का 11वां संस्करण आपके सामने है. हिंदी ब्लॉगों के संसार में जो नया पाया और जो चल रहा है, उसपर चर्चा कुछ समय बाद करेंगे. बस इतना कहना है कि इंटरनेट/ वेब पर सोशल नेटवर्किंग और वीडियो शेयरिंग के आधिपत्य के बावजूद जो लोग ब्लॉगिंग जैसे गंभीर और टिकाऊ माध्यम से खुद को अभिव्यक्त कर पा रहे हैं, वे प्रशंशा के पात्र हैं.  संचार या इंटरनेट की टेक्नोलॉजी पर भी हिंदी में ब्लॉग लिखे जा रहे हैं, लेकिन वहां अभिव्यक्ति या ज्ञान का आदान-प्रदान नहीं, व्यवसाय मुख्य उद्देश्य है. हम टेक्नोलॉजी पर ऐसे ब्लॉगों को इस लिस्ट में सम्मिलित नहीं कर पाए जो पूरी तरह से व्यावसायिक हैं, हालाँकि ऐसे ब्लॉग धनार्जन की कसौटी पर इस डायरेक्टरी में सम्मिलित अधिकतर ब्लॉगों से ज़्यादा सफल हैं.  जैसा कि आप जानते होंगे, इस डायरेक्टरी में पूर्णतः व्यावसायिक और फ़र्मों/ कंपनियों द्वारा चलाये जाने वाले ब्लॉग सम्मिलित नहीं किए जाते. ऐसे ब्लॉगरों के ब्लॉगों को भी सम्मिलित कर पाना मुश्किल हो जाता है जो अपना परिचय पूरी त...

If you are new to the world of managing a website or blog, words such as HTTP and HTTPS might confuse you. So, this article starts with the very basics such as "what is HTTPS". If you are already there on the scene for long but have ignored implementing HTTPS on your website or blog, you better brush up your knowledge and install HTTPS on your website without losing time. For easy understanding, I have broken this article into sections. You can jump to a section by clicking on the link here: What is HTTPS? What is SSL? How does HTTPS work? Types of HTTPS How to install SSL certificate on your website?       WHAT IS HTTPS HTTPS is a secure way of transmitting data between a website and a web browser. The first expression in any web address or URL is http:// or https://. Even if the browser at times does not show this, it is there, hidden from our view.   Websites (static websites, portals, blogs, forums, social media entities are all different forms of websites) can b...

We have been introducing good free software and online tools, after testing them for various parameters. The two most important aspects that we keep in mind before recommending a piece of software is its being (i) free from harmful code and (ii) sturdy and dependable.  In this post, let's talk about a free, open-source sketching tool, Pencil , that can make documents with different shapes. [Before we move further, let us be sure to download it from the official website; on the web, old versions with limited features are available, which might not work properly.] Pencil is very simple and highly resourceful for some simple tasks for which we do not need to buy expensive and hard-to-learn software. The tasks that Pencil can do beautifully and easily include: Drawing flowcharts and similar diagrams . If you have MS Word or any other Office Suite installed on your computer, you can draw such diagrams using them. However, shapes do not always behave normally on Word, etc when you try to...

Instagram is one of the fastest growing social media platforms with a vast potential for marketers to grow their business. Since Instagram has more than one billion active users monthly, you need excellent marketing tips to stand out from the crowd. Engagement is the primary tool for your business on Instagram that leads to success. Without the right content suitable for your target audiences, it isn't easy to make your brand popular among broader audiences. The brands involved on Instagram have reached heights with correct marketing strategies suitable for their business. Instagram users aren’t only active, but they also engage themselves with exciting things. Among the active users on the Instagram platform, 59% of users visit this app daily and spend 7 hours per week interacting with their friends and brands and browsing the content. Instagram helps to increase brand awareness by promoting your business and helps to reach your new product to millions of people. The below points ...

The 11th edition of the  Directory of Best Indian Blogs  [in English] has been released today, the 15th of June 2021. The Directory has about 242 top Indian blogs. These blogs excel in content quality, regularity and overall blog resources, and meet a minimum design standard. They also show the blogger's commitment to blogging.  While we call the blogs listed in the Directory as the best blogs in India, there are many more that go under our radar or we have to exclude them. It is partly due to their content or regularity not meeting our standards. Partly it is due their becoming too business-like and maintenance of the blog like a stand-alone website (a static home page/ no archives/ etc). Yes, it is also partly because we have not been able to discover them. We look into blogrolls, other lists of good blogs, recommendations... We also receive hundreds of submissions on email. But we have to be discreet in choosing 'the best blogs in India'.  If you are an Indian blo...

This post is for Hindi bloggers. Bloggers who understand Hindi but write blogs in some other language (not English) will find it equally useful. यह लेख विशेषकर हिन्दी भाषियों और हिन्दी ब्लॉगर के लिए है।  यह लेख  कुछ बड़ा होने वाला है इसलिए इसे 3 खण्डों में  बाँट दिया है।  आप मानेंगे कि ब्लॉगर या अन्य साथी जो हिन्दी भाषी हैं और वेब (इंटरनेट) में हिन्दी भाषा में लेखन में रुचि रखते हैं, उनके रास्ते में सबसे बड़ा व्यवधान होता है हिन्दी में टाइप करना। साथ में, अंग्रेजी के शब्दों, विशेषकर टेक्निकल शब्दों, को हिन्दी में सोचना, लिखना और समझाना कठिन होता है। इसलिए कई बार  हिन्दी के लेखक (साहित्य के लेखकों को छोड़कर) अटक जाते हैं। और जब वह अटकते हैं तो ऐसे शॉर्टकट अपनाते हैं जिनसे उनके ब्लॉग या लेख का स्तर गिर जाता है।  इस पोस्ट में हम देखेंगे कि किस तरह नए उपकरणों/ टूल्स और मेहनत से हम अपने लेखों का स्तर ऊंचा रख सकते हैं।  हिन्दी में ब्लॉगिंग का अपना विशेष स्थान है, और बहुत सारा मूल लेखन हिन्दी ब्लॉगों पर देखने को मिलता है, इसलिए इसका जिक्र करना जरूरी है...