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Semantic Search vs keyword search This expression ‘semantic’ is often heard when people discuss latest SEO practices. It is said that modern search engines are capable of semantic search. If you are new to blogging/ web technology, SEO is search engine optimization or actions that help web pages in being shown high on search results. To de-jargonize ' semantic ', let's see the simple dictionary meaning of this word. This word means ‘relating to meanings of words and phrases ’. So, big search engines like Google and Bing do not look at a word or phrase blindly but try to find the true meaning of the word/ phrase used in search query . That's it: semantic search = search based on understanding the meaning of search terms. Though semantic web was conceived around 2003, it was not until 2013 that the concept was used effectively by search engines. In that year, Google came with its Hummingbird algorithm update and changed the way search was carried out by the search ...

Fashion blogging is one of the most visible niches in blogging. It is dominated by ladies, but there are some prominent male lifestyle bloggers too. In India, fashion blogging by/ for males came a bit late and we don't have many blogs devoted to male fashion. I showcase here two top male fashion bloggers from India. Each of them excels in fashion and - as is the basic principle of success in blogging of any type - they are passionate about fashion. Purushu Arie Purushu Arie is a fashion designer, illustrator, stylist and fashion blogger since 2009 and "founder of India's first gender-neutral label". He is a strong votary of neutrality of gender, age, race, appearance and other cultural differences. On the blog, Purushu not only talks of contemporary Indian and global fashion, he talks of history of fashion and cultural influences on fashion (and vice versa ). As he claims, his posts also cover gender neutrality in fashion. bowties and bones This lifestyle...

We at IndianTopBlogs are big fans of professional image software such as Photoshop. In the hands of an expert, these create fascinating, stunning images. However, we also are aware that for many real-life jobs that do not need image editing finery, these sophisticated software are not required. In fact, they take much more time and energy than you may have at hand. Luckily, modern-age cloud-based software are often much easy and fast and yet produce almost as good results! Let us talk of graphic designs. As a graphic design professional or a design or art-work agency or an avid social media user or a  marketer/ one who needs to make presentations, you need to create designs/ art-works that look professional yet do not take all your time. Traditionally, there was monopoly of some design suites. These were very expensive, and a lot of practice was needed before you mastered them. Whether a simple graphic or a complex one, unless you  mastered the software, your product would app...

Making money from a blog depends upon a number of factors. But the niche [or area/ subject of blogging] comes on top because unless the niche is an 'earning' niche, other efforts do not yield good results. So, on this post I share a list of blog niches that make money in 2020. Please note that COVID-19 has changed the online behavior of people altogether. It has also changed people's priorities. It has posed restrictions on hobbies and recreations. So, if before the coronavirus pandemic, travel was one of the top earning blog niches, it has become nearly the worst.  Within a particular niche, some activities are getting better traction after COVID-19, while some others have tanked miserably. For example, more and more people are posting on social networks their experiments with cooking food. People are also looking for healthsome foods and recipes. On the other hand, some bloggers who had started food chain or cooking classes after becoming popular through blogging have suf...

This is a compendium on VPS web hosting, the most common type of web hosting for individuals and small firms. But many of its details are not known to users, which might lead to poor decisions and consequent lack of good services and loss of money. With the index below, you can jump to a particular section if you're in a hurry. For keeping the article for reference, you can think of bookmarking it. - What is VPS Hosting? - How does VPS differ from shared hosting? - How does VPS cloud hosting differ from VPS hosting? - Is dedicated hosting necessarily better than VPS? - When do you need to upgrade to VPS from shared hosting? - Why not go for unmanaged VPS web hosting? What actually is VPS Hosting?  As the name suggests (VPS= virtual+private+shared hosting), this type of web hosting gives you private space in a virtualized server. What it means is that your website is in a shared server but you still have your private space. Consider it as living in a joint family but with a bedroom ...

Blogger (the blogging platform) sometimes behaves weirdly. Not that there are bugs or it gets confused, but mostly because we are not familiar with its tools. Though there are Blogger help and Blogger community help sites that are run by Google/ Blogger, they are not regularly updated.  Blogger tips and tricks that actually work I have listed below some issues that bloggers usually encounter and given their solutions: I do not see all editing tools on top of post/ page editor.  The editing tools will be there, hidden from view. If you see three dots at the end of the tool bar, click on it. If the dots are not visible, resize the browser to a smaller size. ( On Mozilla and Chrome, you can do so by pressing ctrl and minus keys together.) If the blog is a multi-author blog and you do not have editing rights, you will not see the editing tools. On posts, I apply Heading tag on my sub-titles (using the tool on the tool bar). The font becomes ALL CAPS, which I don't like. If you do ...

The Blogger blogging platform has brought out a number of changes in the recent months in stages. A number of features give it standard look akin to modern sites. Some features have been modified to make the code compatible with new web rules and some to make the code work on mobile devices. Some others are embellishments. During this process, the flexibility and ease of the old Blogger is lost and many bloggers are complaining about it. Blogger asked for feedback from users. I too gave it many suggestions, and I am happy to share that the platform has made changes after considering some of them. I give here a list of main features of 'the new blogger interface' that has been released in June-July 2020. Then I will share some very useful tips and tricks specifically for this platform, from my own experience. If you want to jump to the tips section, click here: Blogger Tips & Tricks . The post is updated as of September 2020. Since Blogger is in the process of changing the ...