Hi folks,

Did you ever use ASP.NET validation controls?

If you never heard or never use it before, see on the toolbox at the “validation” group.

Those are all validation controls.

- RequiredFieldValidator

- RangeValidator

- CompareValidator

- RegularExpressionValidator

- CustomValidator

- ValidationSummary

The main point of this control group is to be used to validate the input form entered by user before doing any postback.

But why?

As we can implement validation easily in code-behind.

Right?

It had to say Yes and No.

Yes, because validation coding in server-side (code-behind) is easier to code.

No, because while you know at the client that the data is invalid. Why you will let user postback to server?

Waste of bandwidth.

Totally waste!

This is the main reason why you have to use validation controls in your web forms.

Because it’ll help to reduce the unnecessary roundtrip between client and web server.

This will not affect much on the application that consumes less resource.

But it will be a big pain on the application that consumes much resource.

So, when you are dealing with input form.

Always use validation controls!

I know it will help you much.

Hi friends,

After I’ve read the book “Long-tail marketing” by Chris Anderson.

I found it’s very interesting and have a potential to generate an online profit from it.

So, I’ll share with you in this topic about long-tail marketing.

What’s long-tail marketing?

Recently there is a huge stir around the phrase “long tail marketing.”

It primarily deals with retailing online and makes some real interesting points you should consider.

The concept is by Chris Anderson and you can get his book at Amazon.

But what does it all mean?

It means get busy with keywords and content to get all the searches possible to your site.

People do search differently so you must consider all keywords that relate to you.

An example is a hobby site.

Imagine the “length of the tail” in how many keywords that could be.

Everything from backyards to zebras.

It’s the length of the tail when all of those keywords are connected that can bring you more business.

Think about a big tail on a huge animal, it covers a lot of ground and gets your attention when connected to an alligator!

So to coin a phrase, “get your tail moving” and leave no rocks unturned.

Some search for refrigerators and for some it is an ice box or the fridge.

Think about what people name things in other parts of the world that are the same thing in your world.

In keyword research it is easy to spot and grow niches.

Low search counts at the top 3 search engines can mean business for you when there is no competition.

Use Wordtracker to find out what these less used search engine searches can do for you.

So what if there are only 6 searches a month for an item?

if you happen to sell that item and no one else does, you want that business.

The long tail of search phrases will build traffic.

You can not count on 80% of your traffic coming from 20% of your top used keywords based on readings at Google.

Because competition for highly used words is so big, long tail marketing makes perfect sense.

If you are an Adsense publisher, imagine how many more relative ads you could display on all of those new low competition keyword pages.

It is the total searches from all of those less used words that make using them worthwhile.

Create your content with a broader base of keywords to see the effect.

Watch your site stats and be amazed at all of the new search terms you’ll be found with.

Many will tell you more content or more products would be easy to market.

With search engines today it is all about content and keywords, and Google flat out says so in their webmaster guidelines.

Long tail marketing is real easy with search engines.

All you have to do is know the words people use.

Did you better understanding about long-tail marketing Now?

I hope you are so.

Woo Hoo!

After I experience with Asus EEE PC for a week. Pheeewww!

Feeling very very valuable on this cheap gadget.

In this post, I’ll focus on “SIZE” comparison with another gadgets that I own.

It serve my needed for UMPC very well. Especially, I really love the tiny adapter. (Come with converter)

It can be flipped to made it smaller, easily fit into a tiny bag.

Now seeing it again, this time compare with an A4 notebook, pocket book and Compact Disc (CD).

Next, I compare to my small 12″ laptop. (Fujitsu P5010) Made a different and made my old one not UMPC for me anymore!

Next, I compare with my large screen 15.4″ laptop. (HP Pavillion dv5010tu) It look like a father with a son!

At last, I compare Asus EEE PC with my old Sony-Ericsson P900 and Sony PSP.

Conclusion

I just received the PDAir case today. I’ll take a photo and post here again.

Cool Gadget!

Folks,

Since the Asus EEE PC is irresistible! I just bought it from IT Mall Fortune last week but have no time to publish here.

I’ll put the photo here but not full review it yet as I’m very busy this week.

Sorry, photo have been removed when I moved to new host. Will update again!

At two last photos, I compare it with Fujitsu P5010 and HP Pavillion dv6501tu. More detail review later…

I just have only one thing to say.

“Value your money to get one!”

Hi friends,

Everyone may demand on a portable laptop, mostly they go to buy a main stream laptop which has 12″ - 14.1″ display.

Even thay already have a smaller size of laptop in the market but the price is too high to be a portable device for general peoplel.

(Try to see the price of Sony TZ series, Fujitsu U1000 …)

In the Ultra Mobile PC “UMPC” market, before the release of Asus EEE PC. They was no one dominate the market because this market is not so popular due to the actual demand of UMPC user.

The actual demand of UMPC user is to find a secondary laptop for on-the-go activities.

Which it had to be very easy to move with, easy to use and has a long enough battery life.

There are many UMPCs in the market that support this demand well.

But the key factor is the “price”.

It’s higher than a main stream laptop.

So, people decide to skip on this demand since it’s non sense to get a more expensive laptop to work as a secondary of the cheaper one.

Until Asus EEE PC released,

Everything was changed because the key factor was flipped from “high” price into “low” price.

Check the price yourself for Asus EEE PC and with its spec, simply enough to work on-the-go demand.

So, I don’t want to wait for long to get one.

Maybe next week I’ll get one.

From my opinion, here is the thing.

What’s best for me?

• Very slim, thin and lightweight
• Simply cheap even I’ve to purchase an additional RAM
• Very good Wi-Fi receiver
• Long battery life (3-4 hr)
• Solid State Disk (SSD), never serious about bad sector anymore!
• Large community user (Many hacks available!)

What’s bad for me?

• Keyboard is a little small, but it’s ok for on-the-go
• Too less built-in storage (4, 8, 16 GB - SSD)
• No built-in bluetooth
• No built-in DVD/CD reader

Conclusion

For full specification, you can see at wikipedia.

For me personally, this really a great piece to fullfil my demand well. It may not perfect but well it’s ok and it’s cheap!

I plan to buy a 4GB SSD + Web camera model with additional 2GB RAM and a 4GB SD card.

After I got it, I’ll write an in detail review here.

Hi friends,

This post will focus to somewhat just in the title.

How do you make more money in 2008?

I believe all my readers can do that, and you can do it good.

But how?

- Work harder?

- Work smarter

This is what I want you to thinks and setup as a plan for your 2008.

Everyone can do “work harder” to make more money including you and me.

I’m also plan to work harder in 2008 to make more money.

But now I’m just changed my plan to made myself “work smarter” instead of “work harder”.

I want you to setup yourself just like me.

If you want success, you need to “work smarter” not “work harder”.

If you understand the differences between these things.

You then surely be able to made more money while have more time to sleep in 2008.

And I wish you get that.

Thinks hard about this and then getting start on your new plan!

Thanks you for Patric Chan, my best coach all around to warn me about this thing.

Hi friends,

Just to remind you in case if you have no plan for your 2008 now. If you have no plan, it means you plan to fails on your life which i wouldn’t like to see.

Thinks about your life and try to set your plan on 2008. You’ll have a fun year to acheive. This will boost up your energy while you’re living in 2008.

Believe me.

If you’ve no plan, you’re useless!

To your success!