0 How To View Your Twitter Analytics!

So how are you doing on America's #1 social network?

Micro-blogging on twitter has become routine, a way of digital life for many of us. If you follow these instructions EXACTLY to the letter, you will get a real eye-opener as to how effective your tweets are. Just pay close attention to the directions, even if they don't seem to make any sense.

WARNING! There is a possibility you will be crushed when you see the results. If you can't stomach the truth, do not visit Christopher Penn's URL!

That is all!

0 How to install Chinese on Windows XP

Getting Chinese text in Windows is quite easy. Providing you have administrator rights, you can simply enable it in the control panel.

Chinese Resources

1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
2. (If the Control Panel is in "Category view") Select "Date, Time, Language and Regional options."
3. Open the "Regional and Language Options" icon.
4. Choose the "Languages" tab, and ensure the "Install files for East Asian languages" is checked, as per the screenshot below:
   
   
5. Click the "Details" button to open the "Text services and input languages" dialog.
6. If "Chinese" is not listed in the "Installed Services" box, click "Add".
7. In the "Input Language" list, choose "Chinese (PRC)". The "Keyboard layout" should default to "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0". Click "Ok" on both dialogs to return to the "Regional and Language Options".
8. Click "Ok", you will probably need to insert your Windows CD for the files to be installed.
9. The language bar should now have appeared in the bottom right of the taskbar. It should default to English - "EN".
10. Click on the "EN" button to show the available languages:
    
    
11. By changing the language to "CH", you can now type in Pinyin. You can change the current language by pressing "ALT" + "SHIFT" on your keyboard.

H/T to http://www.fozza.com/zhongwen/guides/text-windows.php

0 Post-Penguin Google Analysis

Have you adjusted to the new Google parameters? Did you know that back links should be your prime focus? Netizen Ryan Biddulph recommends "Building trust over links seems to be a very smart approach to me. Stop chasing numbers and start accepting quality links, and you will find yourself performing better with Google’s rankings." Blogger Dave Lucas recommends "Ignore all of the 'guru-driven' crap masquerading as 'advice.' Write quality material, upload interesting posts, give credit to and comment on other blogs when appropriate. Don't worry too much about the no-follow or do-follow argument. Good works rise above garbage. It was true for writers way before the Internet came along, and it is true now." Jerry Low has posted an interesting infographic on FamousBloggers.