Kadang gerak tubuh bisa menceritakan semuanya dibandingkan ucapan yang keluar dari mulut seorang wanita, Banyak pria yang salah dalam membaca keinginan dan apa yang sedang di pikirkan seorang wanita.
Ternyata berdasarkan penelitian Charles Darwin dalam buku “ The Descent of Man” yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1871, “ Wanita cendrung menggunakan symbol dan sinyal dari gerakan tubuhnya, Wanita tidak perlu berbicara secara langsung jika mengatakan “Ya” atau “Tidak”. Hal ini banyak yang tidak dimengerti oleh kebanyakan pria. Disisi lain pria lebih senang mendapatkan jawaban yang keluar langsung dari mulut seorang wanita, padahal hal ini sangat susah terjadi.
Bagaimana mengetahui wanita mengatakan “ya” atau setuju dengan pendapat Anda. Dibawah ini beberapa sinyal jika wanita setuju dengan keinginan Anda.
Melirik tajam kearah Anda sambil tersenyum, hal ini terjadi jika pada saat berbicara posisi Anda tidak berhadapan langsung dengannya. Kadang tanda-tanda ini cepat sekali terjadi, jika Anda tidak sensitif, bisa jadi menganggapnya hanya gerakan biasa tanpa arti
Memandangi Anda dalam waktu yang cukup lama, tanda ini lebih jelas terlihat karena bisa terjadi beberapa detik bahkan bisa lebih dari 1 menit.
Memutar tubuh agar lebih mudah terlihat oleh Anda. Ini sudah menggunakan bagian tubuh seluruhnya, tanda ini memberikan sinyal bahwa tubuhnya menerima pendapat dan ajakan Anda kepadanya
Menunduk, lalu tidak berapa lama mengalihkan pandangan kearah lain biasanya tanda ini di miliki oleh mereka yang cendrung pemalu, tapi jangan salah orang yang pemalu pun tidak bisa menyembunyikan sinyal bahasa tubuhnya.
Merapikan rambut, seolah-olah ada yang tidak rapi dengan rambutnya, padahal pada saat itu rambutnya masih rapi, karena merasa harus tampil menarik untuk merespon ajakan Anda, maka cepat-cepat merapikan rambut agar tampak tampil seperti yang Anda harapkan
Kalau sudah menemukan sinyal seperti diatas, jangan ragu lagi, berarti ajakan Anda diresponya secara positif.
Lain halnya jika wanita tersebut, memberikan tanda-tanda dibawah ini. Lebih baik Anda segera meninggalkan wanita tersebut karena ia tidak suka dengan kehadiran juga ajakan Anda, Sebab tanda-tanda di bawah ini berarti kehadiran Anda menyebalkan untuknya, dengan kata lain “TIDAK” untuk Anda.
Tidak merubah posisi duduk ataupun berdirinya sama sekali, kalau Anda melihat tanda seperti ini jangan lagi diteruskan pembicaraan Anda, karena sia-sia saja.
Tidak menanggapi tatapan mata Anda, seolah-olah kehadiran Anda tidak ada di sekitarnya, ajakan Anda baginya tidak menarik, makanya ia tidak perlu melihat dan menatap Anda
Buru-buru pergi meninggalkan Anda, tanpa melihat kekanan dan kekiri, nah sinyal ini harusnya sangat jelas, jangan nekad jika Anda menemukan wanita seperti ini, baginya Anda hanya membuang waktunya saja
Menyilangkan tangan di dada, tanda seperti ini menunjukan bahwa ia menutup dirinya dengan Anda, artinya ia sangat tidak suka bukan hanya dengan ajakan Anda tetapi juga dengan kehadiran Anda.
Dari perbedaan gerak isyarat di atas, sudah selayaknya Anda bisa membedakan mana yang bisa diteruskan dan mana yang harus di hentikan, jangan sampai salah menentukan langkah selanjutnya.
akan “YA”
Kadang gerak tubuh bisa menceritakan semuanya dibandingkan ucapan yang keluar dari mulut seorang wanita, Banyak pria yang salah dalam membaca keinginan dan apa yang sedang di pikirkan seorang wanita.
Ternyata berdasarkan penelitian Charles Darwin dalam buku “ The Descent of Man” yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1871, “ Wanita cendrung menggunakan symbol dan sinyal dari gerakan tubuhnya, Wanita tidak perlu berbicara secara langsung jika mengatakan “Ya” atau “Tidak”. Hal ini banyak yang tidak dimengerti oleh kebanyakan pria. Disisi lain pria lebih senang mendapatkan jawaban yang keluar langsung dari mulut seorang wanita, padahal hal ini sangat susah terjadi.
Bagaimana mengetahui wanita mengatakan “ya” atau setuju dengan pendapat Anda. Dibawah ini beberapa sinyal jika wanita setuju dengan keinginan Anda.
Melirik tajam kearah Anda sambil tersenyum, hal ini terjadi jika pada saat berbicara posisi Anda tidak berhadapan langsung dengannya. Kadang tanda-tanda ini cepat sekali terjadi, jika Anda tidak sensitif, bisa jadi menganggapnya hanya gerakan biasa tanpa arti
Memandangi Anda dalam waktu yang cukup lama, tanda ini lebih jelas terlihat karena bisa terjadi beberapa detik bahkan bisa lebih dari 1 menit.
Memutar tubuh agar lebih mudah terlihat oleh Anda. Ini sudah menggunakan bagian tubuh seluruhnya, tanda ini memberikan sinyal bahwa tubuhnya menerima pendapat dan ajakan Anda kepadanya
Menunduk, lalu tidak berapa lama mengalihkan pandangan kearah lain biasanya tanda ini di miliki oleh mereka yang cendrung pemalu, tapi jangan salah orang yang pemalu pun tidak bisa menyembunyikan sinyal bahasa tubuhnya.
Merapikan rambut, seolah-olah ada yang tidak rapi dengan rambutnya, padahal pada saat itu rambutnya masih rapi, karena merasa harus tampil menarik untuk merespon ajakan Anda, maka cepat-cepat merapikan rambut agar tampak tampil seperti yang Anda harapkan
Kalau sudah menemukan sinyal seperti diatas, jangan ragu lagi, berarti ajakan Anda diresponya secara positif.
Lain halnya jika wanita tersebut, memberikan tanda-tanda dibawah ini. Lebih baik Anda segera meninggalkan wanita tersebut karena ia tidak suka dengan kehadiran juga ajakan Anda, Sebab tanda-tanda di bawah ini berarti kehadiran Anda menyebalkan untuknya, dengan kata lain “TIDAK” untuk Anda.
Tidak merubah posisi duduk ataupun berdirinya sama sekali, kalau Anda melihat tanda seperti ini jangan lagi diteruskan pembicaraan Anda, karena sia-sia saja.
Tidak menanggapi tatapan mata Anda, seolah-olah kehadiran Anda tidak ada di sekitarnya, ajakan Anda baginya tidak menarik, makanya ia tidak perlu melihat dan menatap Anda
Buru-buru pergi meninggalkan Anda, tanpa melihat kekanan dan kekiri, nah sinyal ini harusnya sangat jelas, jangan nekad jika Anda menemukan wanita seperti ini, baginya Anda hanya membuang waktunya saja
Menyilangkan tangan di dada, tanda seperti ini menunjukan bahwa ia menutup dirinya dengan Anda, artinya ia sangat tidak suka bukan hanya dengan ajakan Anda tetapi juga dengan kehadiran Anda.
Dari perbedaan gerak isyarat di atas, sudah selayaknya Anda bisa membedakan mana yang bisa diteruskan dan mana yang harus di hentikan, jangan sampai salah menentukan langkah selanjutnya.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Berfikirlah seperti orang bijak tapi berbicaralah seperti orang kebanyakan
kata kata diatas saya ambil dari William Butler Yearts sepertinya sangat sering kita mengalami, entah kita sendiri yang melakukan atau orang lain yang memperlihatkan
banyak dari kita termasuk saya sering berfikir seperti orang kebanyakan, "ya sudah umumlah begitu",atau " abis mau gimana lagi yang lain juga begitu" ini termasuk salah satu cara berfikir seperti orang kebanyakan. yang akibatnya otak kita menjadi tumpul dan hanya mengikuti kata dan tindakan orang kebanyakan.
Padahal katanya kreativitas lahir karena kita berfikir tidak seperti kebanyakan orang, berarti selain kita menjadi kreatif kita juga menjadi bijak..bener engga ya..
coba kita main-main dengan kata-kata dan sedikit berfikir tidak seperti kebanyakan orang ;
Kenapa orang harus kerja ?
jawaban orang kebayakan : "ya supaya dapat uang untuk kita hidup "
Jawaban orang bijak : " karena dengan bekerja kita bisa membantu orang untuk hidupnya lebih baik dan kita sendiri mendapatkan kepuasaan atas hasil jerih payah kita. disisi lain tidak ada waktu yang terbuang percuma, karena diisi dengan karya-karya yang membanggakan yang pada akhirnya menghasilkan kebahagiaan.."
ayo pilih yang mana ?????
banyak dari kita termasuk saya sering berfikir seperti orang kebanyakan, "ya sudah umumlah begitu",atau " abis mau gimana lagi yang lain juga begitu" ini termasuk salah satu cara berfikir seperti orang kebanyakan. yang akibatnya otak kita menjadi tumpul dan hanya mengikuti kata dan tindakan orang kebanyakan.
Padahal katanya kreativitas lahir karena kita berfikir tidak seperti kebanyakan orang, berarti selain kita menjadi kreatif kita juga menjadi bijak..bener engga ya..
coba kita main-main dengan kata-kata dan sedikit berfikir tidak seperti kebanyakan orang ;
Kenapa orang harus kerja ?
jawaban orang kebayakan : "ya supaya dapat uang untuk kita hidup "
Jawaban orang bijak : " karena dengan bekerja kita bisa membantu orang untuk hidupnya lebih baik dan kita sendiri mendapatkan kepuasaan atas hasil jerih payah kita. disisi lain tidak ada waktu yang terbuang percuma, karena diisi dengan karya-karya yang membanggakan yang pada akhirnya menghasilkan kebahagiaan.."
ayo pilih yang mana ?????
Thursday, December 4, 2008
SUDAH BEST SELLER
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Get Paid for Providing Marketing Research Data
Consider the following facts and questions;
* The life blood of many companies is to have current market research at their fingertips in order to keep tabs on their markets and competitors
* To this end they are always looking to get a wide range of people's opinions from all walks of life - in fact they are so desperate for this that they are willing to pay for it.
* This is why getting paid for providing your opinion in the form of marketing surveys is such big business and is a totally viable way to make some extra cash or even a steady income.
* How much can I make?
The amount you can make obviously depends on how many market research surveys you complete - they generally pay between $5 and $75 for each survey completed - so work it out for yourself, the earning potential is fairly significant.
Participating in focus groups can net you $150 an hour and phone surveys at $120 an hour.
* Will I have enough surveys to do?
The trick therefore is to be able to get a constant supply of surveys to make it worth your while. So even if you are a survey recipient with some of the biggest market research companies you still may not have enough volume to be able to make enough money.
* How to ensure I get enough surveys?
The best way to make sure you have enough surveys is to sign up with a legitimate survey company that makes it it's business to provide it's subscribers with a constant flow of surveys, focus groups, shopping assignments, etc.
* Where to find a legitimate Survey Company?
Check out Survey Scout - they have been around for ages and have a good reputation in this industry that has seen many scams.
...or, Maximum Paid Surveys who have an excellent reputation in providing enough quality surveys to make decent money from.
In conclusion this is not only a legitimate way to make money online, you can start immediately without needing any sort of internet expertise or experience.
* The life blood of many companies is to have current market research at their fingertips in order to keep tabs on their markets and competitors
* To this end they are always looking to get a wide range of people's opinions from all walks of life - in fact they are so desperate for this that they are willing to pay for it.
* This is why getting paid for providing your opinion in the form of marketing surveys is such big business and is a totally viable way to make some extra cash or even a steady income.
* How much can I make?
The amount you can make obviously depends on how many market research surveys you complete - they generally pay between $5 and $75 for each survey completed - so work it out for yourself, the earning potential is fairly significant.
Participating in focus groups can net you $150 an hour and phone surveys at $120 an hour.
* Will I have enough surveys to do?
The trick therefore is to be able to get a constant supply of surveys to make it worth your while. So even if you are a survey recipient with some of the biggest market research companies you still may not have enough volume to be able to make enough money.
* How to ensure I get enough surveys?
The best way to make sure you have enough surveys is to sign up with a legitimate survey company that makes it it's business to provide it's subscribers with a constant flow of surveys, focus groups, shopping assignments, etc.
* Where to find a legitimate Survey Company?
Check out Survey Scout - they have been around for ages and have a good reputation in this industry that has seen many scams.
...or, Maximum Paid Surveys who have an excellent reputation in providing enough quality surveys to make decent money from.
In conclusion this is not only a legitimate way to make money online, you can start immediately without needing any sort of internet expertise or experience.
Tips to make money more than $100 a day from google adsense
* Earning Ambition
It's worth mentioning this as many Adsense publishers don't believe that their website is worth more than a few Adsense dollars a month &, whats more, they are satisfied with that.
This is a load of rubbish because the more you believe & want to earn big money from Adsense the better chance you have of achieving this goal.
Just remember that the amount of your effort & commitment to your goals is directly proportional to what you get out - little input = little earnings.
* Adsense Positioning
If your ads are hidden away & out of site its unlikely that your site visitors will be clicking on them which means that you will be earning zero Adsense income.
Generally you should ensure that you have some ads displaying above the fold, ie on your page where your site visitor won't have to scroll down to see them.
However it's useful to have a skyscraper down one of the sides as well - also check out Google's heat map which gives a good insight into the most popular ad placement positioning.
* Your Website Niche
You need to target a niche that is both popular & not too competitive - difficult to achieve this, I know, but try & get the right balance.
If your topic is on something like the mating habits of the north sea clam I don't think you will have many site visitors, let alone any advertisers for Google to serve up Adsense ads on this topic.
The above are just 3 tips that can influence your Adsense earning potential however there is still a lot you need to know to make serious money with AdSense.
And if you don't have that information, you're just throwing money away by not maximizing your Adsense earning potential with new or existing sites.
A word of caution - whilst Adsense is an easy way for website owners and bloggers to make easy money do not bite the hand that feeds.
Be sure to read and fully understand the Adsense ToS (Terms of Service) because Google is ruthless to those who contravene their terms and usually banish them to finding a far less easy way to earning money online - once you've had your account disabled there is no way back.
Google's sophisticated systems will know whether you've employed some dodgy system to click your ads (for example) so do not try and cheat - Google will always catch those who think they can beat the system and summarily close their accounts - which is understandable as Google doesn't want their advertisers to be paying for fraudulent clicks.
For instance if you are making $15,00 a day you could practically double that (without increasing your traffic) by implementing a few simple strategies which are revealed in Joel Comm's Adsense Secrets book.
Joel Comm is generally accepted as the internet's leading authority on Adsense so if you want to claim your piece of the $3.2 billion Dollar Google Cash Machine you should listen to what Joel has to say.
Without giving too much away by implemeting some of his tips and tricks some publishers increased their daily revenue stream by 1600% - they went from $30 a day to over $500 a day - how's that for a real impact on Adsense earnings.
Every chapter of his ebook is overflowing with practical advice, screen-shots of actual web pages and a rare insight into the nuts-and-bolts that drive a successful AdSense business.
So if you are just starting out with Adsense or have been an Adsense publisher for years you will be able to significantly maximize and increase your Adsense income by implementing the strategies in Joel's latest book - Adsense Secrets 4 - and what's more is that it is currently selling for just $9.95
www.internetbusiness.co.za/adsense-tips.htm
It's worth mentioning this as many Adsense publishers don't believe that their website is worth more than a few Adsense dollars a month &, whats more, they are satisfied with that.
This is a load of rubbish because the more you believe & want to earn big money from Adsense the better chance you have of achieving this goal.
Just remember that the amount of your effort & commitment to your goals is directly proportional to what you get out - little input = little earnings.
* Adsense Positioning
If your ads are hidden away & out of site its unlikely that your site visitors will be clicking on them which means that you will be earning zero Adsense income.
Generally you should ensure that you have some ads displaying above the fold, ie on your page where your site visitor won't have to scroll down to see them.
However it's useful to have a skyscraper down one of the sides as well - also check out Google's heat map which gives a good insight into the most popular ad placement positioning.
* Your Website Niche
You need to target a niche that is both popular & not too competitive - difficult to achieve this, I know, but try & get the right balance.
If your topic is on something like the mating habits of the north sea clam I don't think you will have many site visitors, let alone any advertisers for Google to serve up Adsense ads on this topic.
The above are just 3 tips that can influence your Adsense earning potential however there is still a lot you need to know to make serious money with AdSense.
And if you don't have that information, you're just throwing money away by not maximizing your Adsense earning potential with new or existing sites.
A word of caution - whilst Adsense is an easy way for website owners and bloggers to make easy money do not bite the hand that feeds.
Be sure to read and fully understand the Adsense ToS (Terms of Service) because Google is ruthless to those who contravene their terms and usually banish them to finding a far less easy way to earning money online - once you've had your account disabled there is no way back.
Google's sophisticated systems will know whether you've employed some dodgy system to click your ads (for example) so do not try and cheat - Google will always catch those who think they can beat the system and summarily close their accounts - which is understandable as Google doesn't want their advertisers to be paying for fraudulent clicks.
For instance if you are making $15,00 a day you could practically double that (without increasing your traffic) by implementing a few simple strategies which are revealed in Joel Comm's Adsense Secrets book.
Joel Comm is generally accepted as the internet's leading authority on Adsense so if you want to claim your piece of the $3.2 billion Dollar Google Cash Machine you should listen to what Joel has to say.
Without giving too much away by implemeting some of his tips and tricks some publishers increased their daily revenue stream by 1600% - they went from $30 a day to over $500 a day - how's that for a real impact on Adsense earnings.
Every chapter of his ebook is overflowing with practical advice, screen-shots of actual web pages and a rare insight into the nuts-and-bolts that drive a successful AdSense business.
So if you are just starting out with Adsense or have been an Adsense publisher for years you will be able to significantly maximize and increase your Adsense income by implementing the strategies in Joel's latest book - Adsense Secrets 4 - and what's more is that it is currently selling for just $9.95
www.internetbusiness.co.za/adsense-tips.htm
Google's 3Q profit still rises
The economy is sputtering, but Google Inc.'s profits are still accelerating at a rate that suggests the Internet search leader can remain a marketing magnet even when advertisers and consumers aren't in a spending mood.
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Google provided the latest evidence of its moneymaking prowess late Thursday with the announcement of a 26 percent increase in third-quarter profits that surpassed analysts' forecasts.
The performance drew a sigh of relief from investors, who had become convinced that Google will suffer along with just about everyone else as the U.S. economy sinks into what is widely expected to be the deepest recession in a quarter-century.
Google shares surged $36.97, or 10.5 percent, in Thursday's extending trading after finishing the regular session at $353.02, up $13.85. It marked a dramatic change in sentiment from earlier Thursday as a cascading wave of pessimism pounded Google's stock price to a three-year low of $309.44.
"People suddenly realized that if there a stock you are going to own through this uncertainty, (Google) is the one," said Canaccord Adams analyst Colin Gillis.
But not even Google feels immune to the worst financial crisis to grip the world since the U.S. stock market crashed in 1929.
Things are looking grim enough to prompt Google -- renowned for its free-spending ways -- to hunker down and start scrimping more than it has in the past.
"This may turn out to be the quarter (Google) grew up and proved it can control expenses," Gillis said.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt also offered some of his most sober commentary yet about the state of the economy. "We're all sort of in uncharted territory," Schmidt told analysts during a Thursday conference call.
Google nimbly navigated through the shoals in the third quarter, earning $1.35 billion, or $4.24 per share. That compared to net income of $1.07 billion, or $3.38 per share, at the same time last year.
Excluding costs for employee stock compensation, Google said it would have made $4.92 per share. That figure surpassed the average estimate of $4.75 per share among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue climbed 31 percent to $5.54 billion. After subtracting advertising commissions, Google's revenue totaled $4.04 billion -- about $20 million below analyst estimates.
Google executives have maintained that the company can still thrive because its technology does a better job of finding customers at a lower cost to advertisers than traditional marketing campaigns. Those factors, Google argues, means it could receive an even bigger slice of advertising budgets in a crumbling economy.
What's more, consumers scrambling to make ends meet may be more likely to use the Internet to hunt for bargains -- a quest that could increase the Google search requests that spit out ads.
Schmidt, though, acknowledged that even the Internet's most profitable company is facing a more daunting challenge now than when the third quarter began.
"It is pretty clear the economic situation today globally is worse than people were predicting a month ago," he said during the conference call. He and other Google executives dodged questions about how ad sales have fared as the economic outlook darkened during the past month.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin predicted the company will emerge from the turmoil even stronger. "My favorite time to manage is during a bust," Brin said in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press. "It brings more clarity about what your customers need and what your priorities should be."
Keeping a closer eye on expenses is a change for Google, which takes pride in spending heavily to treat its employees to free meals and expand the capacity of its data centers that run its search engine, e-mail and other products.
While Google plans to continue feeding its employees for free, the company already has shortened the operating hours of some cafes and, in some instances, is offering two entrees instead of three, Brin said. The company also is reducing the number of contractors it uses.
In another indication of a tightening budget, Google's capital expenditures in the third quarter totaled $452 million, an 18 percent decrease from last year.
That's the lowest amount Google has spent on capital expenditures since the fourth quarter of 2006. Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette attributed the sharp decline to the company's fluctuating needs for additional computers, and said spending in that area could rise again.
Google clearly is managing its payroll more carefully. The company hired another 519 workers during the quarter, down from an increase of 2,130 employees at the same time last year. The company now has 20,123 employees.
Even as it curbs its costs, Google's bank account is swelling. The company ended September with $14.4 billion in cash, up from $12.7 billion in June.
Google also is vying to become an even more dominant force on the Internet by selling ads on behalf of its slumping rival, Yahoo Inc. The alliance has been delayed by an U.S. Justice Department investigation into whether the partnership would undercut competition in the Internet advertising market. Schmidt said he hopes to resolve the fate of the Yahoo deal soon.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081017/earns_google.html
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Google provided the latest evidence of its moneymaking prowess late Thursday with the announcement of a 26 percent increase in third-quarter profits that surpassed analysts' forecasts.
The performance drew a sigh of relief from investors, who had become convinced that Google will suffer along with just about everyone else as the U.S. economy sinks into what is widely expected to be the deepest recession in a quarter-century.
Google shares surged $36.97, or 10.5 percent, in Thursday's extending trading after finishing the regular session at $353.02, up $13.85. It marked a dramatic change in sentiment from earlier Thursday as a cascading wave of pessimism pounded Google's stock price to a three-year low of $309.44.
"People suddenly realized that if there a stock you are going to own through this uncertainty, (Google) is the one," said Canaccord Adams analyst Colin Gillis.
But not even Google feels immune to the worst financial crisis to grip the world since the U.S. stock market crashed in 1929.
Things are looking grim enough to prompt Google -- renowned for its free-spending ways -- to hunker down and start scrimping more than it has in the past.
"This may turn out to be the quarter (Google) grew up and proved it can control expenses," Gillis said.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt also offered some of his most sober commentary yet about the state of the economy. "We're all sort of in uncharted territory," Schmidt told analysts during a Thursday conference call.
Google nimbly navigated through the shoals in the third quarter, earning $1.35 billion, or $4.24 per share. That compared to net income of $1.07 billion, or $3.38 per share, at the same time last year.
Excluding costs for employee stock compensation, Google said it would have made $4.92 per share. That figure surpassed the average estimate of $4.75 per share among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue climbed 31 percent to $5.54 billion. After subtracting advertising commissions, Google's revenue totaled $4.04 billion -- about $20 million below analyst estimates.
Google executives have maintained that the company can still thrive because its technology does a better job of finding customers at a lower cost to advertisers than traditional marketing campaigns. Those factors, Google argues, means it could receive an even bigger slice of advertising budgets in a crumbling economy.
What's more, consumers scrambling to make ends meet may be more likely to use the Internet to hunt for bargains -- a quest that could increase the Google search requests that spit out ads.
Schmidt, though, acknowledged that even the Internet's most profitable company is facing a more daunting challenge now than when the third quarter began.
"It is pretty clear the economic situation today globally is worse than people were predicting a month ago," he said during the conference call. He and other Google executives dodged questions about how ad sales have fared as the economic outlook darkened during the past month.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin predicted the company will emerge from the turmoil even stronger. "My favorite time to manage is during a bust," Brin said in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press. "It brings more clarity about what your customers need and what your priorities should be."
Keeping a closer eye on expenses is a change for Google, which takes pride in spending heavily to treat its employees to free meals and expand the capacity of its data centers that run its search engine, e-mail and other products.
While Google plans to continue feeding its employees for free, the company already has shortened the operating hours of some cafes and, in some instances, is offering two entrees instead of three, Brin said. The company also is reducing the number of contractors it uses.
In another indication of a tightening budget, Google's capital expenditures in the third quarter totaled $452 million, an 18 percent decrease from last year.
That's the lowest amount Google has spent on capital expenditures since the fourth quarter of 2006. Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette attributed the sharp decline to the company's fluctuating needs for additional computers, and said spending in that area could rise again.
Google clearly is managing its payroll more carefully. The company hired another 519 workers during the quarter, down from an increase of 2,130 employees at the same time last year. The company now has 20,123 employees.
Even as it curbs its costs, Google's bank account is swelling. The company ended September with $14.4 billion in cash, up from $12.7 billion in June.
Google also is vying to become an even more dominant force on the Internet by selling ads on behalf of its slumping rival, Yahoo Inc. The alliance has been delayed by an U.S. Justice Department investigation into whether the partnership would undercut competition in the Internet advertising market. Schmidt said he hopes to resolve the fate of the Yahoo deal soon.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081017/earns_google.html
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
8 Cara Jitu Menangkal Penipuan Situs PALSU
Peredaran situs aspal (asli tapi palsu) untuk mencari mangsa di internet sudah jamak terjadi. Pelaku seakan tak mau berhenti dengan kerap melakukan penjiplakan terhadap situs-situs yang penggunanya memiliki data sensitif.
Pihak institusi semisal bank tempat pengguna itu bernaung tentunya kerap memberikan peringatan akan hal ini. Pun demikian, dibutuhkan juga kewaspadaan dari pengguna agar aksi penipuan ini bisa ditangkal.
Berikut adalah 8 cara jitu untuk mencegah aksi tipu-tipu yang biasa dilakukan lewat situs palsu yang dihimpun detikINET dari berbagai sumber:
1. Selalu ketikkan URL yang lengkap untuk alamat situs yang Anda tuju di browser. Telitilah, meskipun hanya berbeda satu huruf, namun bisa jadi Anda malah akan dikirim ke situs jiplakannya.
2. Jangan pernah memberi tahu User ID atau PIN Anda pada orang lain. Bahkan pada staf bank tempat Anda bernaung sekalipun. Sebab, seharusnya pihak bank tidak pernah menanyakan nomor PIN untuk alasan apapun.
3. Jangan mudah percaya jika mendapatkan e-mail yang berisi pemberitahuan bahwa pihak bank akan menutup rekening atau ID Anda jika tidak melakukan konfirmasi ulang dengan data-data pribadi Anda. Pastikan lebih dulu dengan menghubungi bank yang bersangkutan dan jangan me-reply atau mengklik link yang ada pada e-mail tersebut.
4. Jangan terpancing untuk mengikuti anjuran melakukan transfer ke rekening tertentu, dengan tujuan mendapatkan hadiah undian. Sebaiknya cari keterangan lengkap dengan cara langsung menghubungi pihak bank langsung.
5. Sekilas, halaman situs aspal nyaris sama dengan situs resmi milik institusi/lembaga yang resmi. Bahkan tampilannya pun terkadang terlihat kembar. Namun, jika Anda lebih teliti lagi ada perbedaan mendasar, yaitu dari alamat URL ataupun domainnya. Bedakan dengan URL dari alamat situs resmi institusi tersebut, mempunyai subdomain yang sama atau tidak.
6. Pembeda lainnya adalah pada kata depan 'http' dan 'https' di URL. Akhiran 's' pada 'http' tersebut menandakan bahwa situs ini adalah benar-benar telah 'secure', karena dilindungi oleh teknologi enkripsi data berupa Verisign SSL.
7. Meskipun pada halaman situs aspal tercantum pula logo 'Verisign Secured'. Bagi orang awam, tentu sulit membedakannya. Yang dapat menjadi patokan kesahihan sebuah situs e-banking selain tertulis 'https', di bagian kanan bawah browser juga ada gambar gembok yang terkunci.
8. Lebih baik memastikan segala sesuatunya ke institusi terkait secara langsung. Tinggal menghubungi customer service-nya, daripada malu bertanya malah menjadi korban penjahat cyber.
sumber detik.com
Pihak institusi semisal bank tempat pengguna itu bernaung tentunya kerap memberikan peringatan akan hal ini. Pun demikian, dibutuhkan juga kewaspadaan dari pengguna agar aksi penipuan ini bisa ditangkal.
Berikut adalah 8 cara jitu untuk mencegah aksi tipu-tipu yang biasa dilakukan lewat situs palsu yang dihimpun detikINET dari berbagai sumber:
1. Selalu ketikkan URL yang lengkap untuk alamat situs yang Anda tuju di browser. Telitilah, meskipun hanya berbeda satu huruf, namun bisa jadi Anda malah akan dikirim ke situs jiplakannya.
2. Jangan pernah memberi tahu User ID atau PIN Anda pada orang lain. Bahkan pada staf bank tempat Anda bernaung sekalipun. Sebab, seharusnya pihak bank tidak pernah menanyakan nomor PIN untuk alasan apapun.
3. Jangan mudah percaya jika mendapatkan e-mail yang berisi pemberitahuan bahwa pihak bank akan menutup rekening atau ID Anda jika tidak melakukan konfirmasi ulang dengan data-data pribadi Anda. Pastikan lebih dulu dengan menghubungi bank yang bersangkutan dan jangan me-reply atau mengklik link yang ada pada e-mail tersebut.
4. Jangan terpancing untuk mengikuti anjuran melakukan transfer ke rekening tertentu, dengan tujuan mendapatkan hadiah undian. Sebaiknya cari keterangan lengkap dengan cara langsung menghubungi pihak bank langsung.
5. Sekilas, halaman situs aspal nyaris sama dengan situs resmi milik institusi/lembaga yang resmi. Bahkan tampilannya pun terkadang terlihat kembar. Namun, jika Anda lebih teliti lagi ada perbedaan mendasar, yaitu dari alamat URL ataupun domainnya. Bedakan dengan URL dari alamat situs resmi institusi tersebut, mempunyai subdomain yang sama atau tidak.
6. Pembeda lainnya adalah pada kata depan 'http' dan 'https' di URL. Akhiran 's' pada 'http' tersebut menandakan bahwa situs ini adalah benar-benar telah 'secure', karena dilindungi oleh teknologi enkripsi data berupa Verisign SSL.
7. Meskipun pada halaman situs aspal tercantum pula logo 'Verisign Secured'. Bagi orang awam, tentu sulit membedakannya. Yang dapat menjadi patokan kesahihan sebuah situs e-banking selain tertulis 'https', di bagian kanan bawah browser juga ada gambar gembok yang terkunci.
8. Lebih baik memastikan segala sesuatunya ke institusi terkait secara langsung. Tinggal menghubungi customer service-nya, daripada malu bertanya malah menjadi korban penjahat cyber.
sumber detik.com
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