US Visa Types for Temporary Visitors

Check out the types of  Visa for Temporary Visitors into US

*What the abbreviations (above) mean:
Before applying for a visa at a U.S. Embassy abroad the following is required:
DOL = The U.S. employer must obtain foreign labor certification from the U.S. Department of Labor, prior to filing a petition with USCIS.
USCIS = DHS, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) must approve a petition, filed by the U.S. employer (or U.S. citizen, for fiancé petitions)
SEVIS = Program approval entered in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
(NA) = Not Applicable – Means that additional approval by other government agencies is not required prior to applying for a visa at the U.S. Embassy abroad.

Source: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1286.html

Social Media Sites

Social Networking

1. Digg-:

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users.

2. Flickr-:

Flickr – almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world

 

3. FriendFeed-:

FriendFeed is a service that makes it easy to share with friends online. It offers a fun and interactive way to discover and discuss information among friends.

 

 

4. LinkedIn-:

LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries

 

5. Twitter-:

Twitter is a privately funded startup with offices in the SoMA neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. Started as a side project in March of 2006, Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices.

 

6. YouTube-:

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience.

YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.

7. reddit-:

Users like you provide all of the content and decide, through voting, what’s good and what’s junk.
Links that receive community approval bubble up towards #1, so the front page is constantly in motion and (hopefully) filled with fresh, interesting links.

50 % of ISO 27001 Companies don’t care about Security Rules

Almost half of businesses that claim compliance with ISO 27001 are sharing privileged user accounts and breaking other standard guidance.

Some fiagures:

Some 47% of firms in the UK said they were compliant with the standard. But 41% of these said that they were using various non-compliant practices.

Bad Practices:

• Included use of
• Default user names and passwords,
• The granting of wider access than is necessary,
• Failure to monitor the users, and
• An ignorance around the existence of privileged users in the first place.

Who all were surveyed?

270 – European IT managers (including 45 in the UK)
Survey Conducted by – Quocirca

29% of firms in the UK rely on manual control of privileged users, who include system administrators, application service users, and privileged personal users.

Only a quarter have implemented privileged user management software, which aims to help businesses enforce and track policy. Around 20 percent plan to implement the software.

UK firms saw privileged users as a medium threat, rating them on average at 2.5 on a scale of one to five, where one meant no threat and five represented a very serious threat.

Source:

1. http://whitesock.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=24877
2. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102209-almost-half-iso-27001-compliant.html?hpg1=bn

Looking for companies information before Interview?

Almost everyone does the research about the company before you for interview, and its always good also. By doing research about the company you can get well prepared in advance and prepare yourself how you are going to add the value to the company after you join.

1. Google
2. Linkedin
3. Business Wire
4. WetFeet.com
5. Hoover’s Online
6. Annual Reports Library
7. Forbes Lists of Best Companies
8. Thomas Register
9. Wright Research Center
10. EarningsWhispers.com

Federal Trade Commission behind Bloggers?

What does the rule says?
The new regulations are aimed at the rapidly shifting new-media world and how advertisers are using bloggers and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to pitch their wares.

The new rules also take aim at celebrities, who will now need to disclose any ties to companies, should they promote products on a talk show or on Twitter.

Going to be effective from Dec. 1

The FTC said that beginning Dec. 1, bloggers who review products must disclose any connection with advertisers, including, in most cases, the receipt of free products and whether or not they were paid in any way by advertisers, as occurs frequently.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/ites/Are-you-blogging-FTC-wants-to-know-if-you-are-being-paid/articleshow/5093840.cms

SEO Tools

I tried to put down list of few SEO tools, which are going to be useful to anyone who is looking to learn or working on SEO

1. Search-based Keyword Tool

The Search-based Keyword Tool generates keyword and landing page ideas highly relevant and specific to your website.

In doing so, the tool helps you identify additional advertising opportunities that aren’t currently being used in your AdWords ad campaigns.

The tool goes one step further by tailoring the keywords and other data (such as the amount of competition for the keyword, the suggested bid, and more) based on your language or country/territory settings.

2. Wordtracker

Wordtracker helps website owners and search engine marketers identify keywords and phrases that are relevant to their or their client’s business and most likely to be used as queries by search engine visitors.

Marketers can also determine how many competing sites are using those keywords and can identify the phrases that have the greatest traffic potential.

3. SEO Book Keyword Tool

keyword tool is powered by Wordtracker’s API. You can explore more keywords by subscribing to their powerful keyword research tools.

4. Keyword Forecast

This tool forecasts the impression count and predicts demographic distributions of keywords. Enter keywords separated by semi-colons and click the submit button.

5. Trellian KeywordDiscovery

keyword data is compiled and collected from a number of search engines to provide a far more accurate cross section of searches performed world wide.

Simply type a seed keyword in the below field and have KeywordDiscovery generate the top 100 keywords for you.

6. Keyword Density Analyzer Tool

keyword density is a fairly meaningless measure of relevancy. However, using a keyword density analysis tool on a competitor’s website can help you discover some good keyword phrases to use that you may not have noticed at a cursory glance.

When & why should you switch jobs in your career?

1. I believe that changing jobs in your 1st 3 years of your career is good for your career.

Reasons

1. New projects / work
2. Chance of learning more
3. Chance of working with big companies
4. Better Salary (Its important.. but not always..)

2. After working for 3 yrs till now you come to know which domain/field you want to take your career, for example I thought of moving from software developer field to Marketing/Sales well its all depends on your strengths and interest in field you want to be.

3. And now after working for 6 or more years, now you should try to look into more challenging job and start looking yourself at middle level management along with good package.

4. Now once you have experience of 9+ years of experience you should try to move from job when you get top management level offer where you can add value to organization from your past experiences.

YSR Reddy’s body found: Sad news

YSR Reddy’s body found along with 4 others after commandos reach his helicopter, which crashed on Wednesday on a hilltop.

1. Commandos reach YSR’s chopper, say no survivors
2. 5 bodies found, including YSR’s
3. Chopper found wrecked after crash-landing
4. Chopper found on Rudrakod Hill, 10 kms from Atmakur

Source: http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_live.php?id=LIVE_BG24×7

2009 FIA Formula One World Championship Race Calendar

2009 FIA Formula One World Championship Race Calendar -http://www.formula1.com/races/calendar.html

Fisichella gives Force India first pole in Belgium

Giancarlo Fisichella took pole position for Force India ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld.

Fisichella had already been quickest for a while in Q2, but his 1m 46.308s had everyone gasping, especially when Trulli, who has been fast all weekend, came up short with 1m 46.395s as he edged out Heidfeld’s 1m 46.500s.

The Official Formula 1 Website