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Archives for May 2012

Gimme a break “air asia”

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Here is what’s good  about air Asia

“Its cheaper than the rest”

Sadly thats where the goodness ends as i just found out. I did booking for  australia to Indonesia recently and  waited for my booking details to come through to my email as promised. In the meantime i did my hotel and insurance booking.

air asia fail booking problems

 

Booking problems with Air Asia

I waited, no  sign of my booking details coming through on email even though my credit card is debited. Frantically i go their website and try to check my booking with the confirmation  reference i got while booking ( Nothing showing up). I register with their site and login  to check ( nothing showing up).

I try  to call them on their  AIR ASIA  Australia Contact ( 1300 760 330 Operating Hours : 24 Hours)  phone line , they say high call volume  and try calling later.

I call again.I GET THE SAME MESSAGE AGAIN.

Contact AIR ASIA for problems

Finally i call and wait through the call with a auto message going on with a person speaking in a hard to understand tone and at eh end of the message it tells me to press 2 to enquire about a booking , and finally i got to talk  to a operator who confirmed my booking.

i tried their live support  chat , that was also offline ( LINK BELOW)

Got through finally to their contact line  the support guy then managed to also link my booking to my registered login  and put the booking on the website so that i could check it online.

surprisingly  my friend who flew last year also had the same problem , you think  they would fix something like this immediately. it definitely speaks for their poor service standards

This just proves that AIR ASIA has a crappy booking system, a crappy phone support system and the only thing good about them is their cheap rates.. sometimes makes you wonder if its worth it ?

some links for air asia problems solving

Air ASIA CONTACT LINKS AT BOTTOM SITE

E FORM TO CONTACT AIR ASIA , 2nd link Air asia form

Ultrabooks Vs Laptops: What’s the Difference between them

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There is not much different from a new laptop and a ultrabook with the basic Concepts, but when you look much deeper into the technology and features  you can clearly see the difference.

Difference between ultrabooks and Laptops

An Ultrabook is a higher-end type of sub notebook defined by Intel. Ultrabooks are designed to feature reduced size and weight without compromising performance and battery life. They use low-power Intel processors with integrated graphics, and unibody chassis to fit larger batteries into smaller cases. Some models have limited external ports (e.g. USB) due to their extremely thin profile.

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Image courtesy of Intel Free Press on WikiMedia

At a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show, an Intel Manager stated that market analysis revealed that screen size motivated some of the reluctance to switch to 13″ Ultrabooks. As a result, Intel is planning to ensure, through cooperation with manufacturers, a 14 or 15-inch screen on 50% of the 75 Ultrabooks that will likely come to market in 2012

 

Laptops and ultra books both have their unique features and options the laptop is the more traditional pc laptop, while the ultra-book is the more modern version of the laptop.

Flying Hovercraft for $190,000

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This vehicle “ glides over land and water yet also soars in the air up to 70 mph with the aid of integrated wings.” That’s what Hammacher Schlemmer is promising with the $190,000 flying hovercraft. This vehicle definitely falls in the big boys toys category.

Boa that flies and runs on ground – Hammacher Schlemmer

flying hovercraft

Amazingly this hovercraft can Operate in fresh- or saltwater and up to 30% inclines over sand, mud, grass, swamp, desert, ice, and snow.

Hammacher Schlemmer –Hovercraft that can fly

Its wings and horizontal elevator enable pilots to simply hop over water- or land-based obstacles up to 20′-high unsurmountable to a typical hovercraft.

The Flying Hovercraft [Hammacher.com]

Is this the new “Aussie facebook”

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Zurker is the newest sociial network on the scene and its got a very tempting offer for new users to join. I don’t know if this offer will last for long  as it sure sounds like a free give away  to get members for now.

What makes  Zurker different from Facebook is that its owned and run by its owners that is you and the privacy and other  features also get voted by you  to avoid over commercialisation of the network

ZURKER

When you sign on as a member you can earn Zurker Virtual Shares or vShares by recruiting other members. You get one vShare for every member you recruit.

zurker rules and profiles policy invitation

The Zurker rules  are quite strict on multiple accounts

Alternatively, members can buy Zurker vShares for $1 each if you are in the US. For Aussie members  there is no further information on buying shares yet.

Zurker is currently in beta testing, and is not available to the general public without an invitation. ( invitation Below)

-> JOIN ZURKER NOW

zurker invite social network

once You get registered , if you gets other members to sign up rapidly  within 24  hours you get bonus shares  which all adds up in value.

or you can get a invite from facebook

Even top 50 google search terms give you traffic

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Here is a snap shot of  my statcounter  stats profile for my blog . As you can notice that  in this screen grab  the term “Make me good in wordpress”  i am ranked #52 in google search for this term, funnily enough i get decent traffic for this term even though i am way beyond the  top numbers in Google search traffic

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Search for Fake chines cars, tixati torrent and Make me good in wordpress

The other two  topics fake chines cars ( #2 and #1 for many related terms for this post)  and tixati torrent (#5 in google search)brings in  decent traffic as well , but that is pure Google search traffic  as the articles are ranked much Higher than the #52

Seo For wordpress posts with google +

fake chinese cars and seo authorship google search results

Infamous chines car fakes post in Google search results

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