Preparing for overseas fieldwork – what your supervisor forgot to mention

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Top 5 Ways of Providing Great Content in a Blog

Guest Post by Afzal Zaheer

“Content is rightly regarded to be the king” and its importance is certainly manifolds. Search engine takes in view the utility of words while gauging its relevancy. Therefore, highly sophisticated content binds the interest of readers. Or else readers do not get any reason towards sticking with your website. Search engine heavily values the following Top 5 ways of providing great content in a blog. Since, it will help your website towards ranking up as well.

Content should enhance interest

Visitor will always have a reason towards visiting your blog and it can only be possible if the content is highly informative, interesting and engaging. If possible make the best use of enriching graphics, high resolution images since it transforms the normal look of your blog to further heights. Your whole exercise should concentrate towards how you are making the best use of specific words and in what numbers as content is the backbone for a blog. Your blog is all set to be ahead of the rest if you post in quick succession by maintaining its originality as well.

Do not exaggerate words

Life is fast paced and visitors only have limited time towards going through the website of yours. Therefore, format the sentence in a short and simple way. Try to form the content in various paragraphs and if possible use bullet points. This will ease visitors while reading the post of yours since it is easier to be a proud witness to an awesome post if it is presented well. Isn’t it?

Maintain the freshness of the website

Freshness is synonymous with giving never ending zeal and enthusiasm. The website which has not been updated with the content for months together will rarely be visited. Polish your creative skills while writing great content since it speaks volumes about your website.

Proof Read

You cannot afford towards indulging in making various errors and mistakes as it creates a death knell for your blog. Therefore, to be at a safer side, it is important that you are required to proof read prior to publishing the post, since it is need of the hour.

Deliver according to your reader’s expectations

Don’t be technical while providing information as it discourages your target audience towards reading it further. Therefore, if your readers are at ease, then it will directly assist you in garnering the support of one and all as well. A quality blog has a tremendous reach since internet has made the world a smaller place and if your blog has quality content, then it effectively reaches millions of visitors across the globe too.

Finally, by reading the aforesaid Top 5 ways of providing great content in a blog, you can effectively ensure a life of ease and comfort as nothing matters more than working on the things which matters the most. In this way, your business ensures an effective, powerful as well as long lasting presence and you are all set to have never ending smiles as well. Great, isn’t it?

 Author Bio:

Afzal Zaheer loves writing on various niches and provides valuable information to the esteemed readers.

 

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Learn Mapping with Google(link)

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From June 10-24, Google is offering a new online course two geo-related areas: Google Maps and Google Earth.

Google Maps: Explore features of the new Google Maps. Learn to create and share custom maps using Google Maps Engine Lite. Taught by Google Maps Product Managers Daniel Demetri and Beth Liebert.

Google Earth: Discover the world using Google Earth. Learn how to create and share a tour of interesting locations that tells a 3D geographical story. Taught by Google Earth Product Manager Peter Birch.

The courses are self-paced, where one can watch videos (or read text lessons) and apply the skills you learn. You’ll be able to connect with experts during the course via Google+ Hangouts.

At the end of the course you’ll have the opportunity to complete a project and earn a certificate. You can learn more about the courses and register now on the Mapping with Google site

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GIS for Global Health: What a Difference 10 Years Makes

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Guest post by John Spencer, Senior GIS Specialist for MEASURE Evaluation

As a geographer, I find the growth of geographic tools in the global public health field fascinating to watch. I started doing GIS work at MEASURE Evaluation in 1999. At that time there were many challenges one had to overcome to map data. For example, geographically linked data was often limited, and without a link to geography, data can’t be mapped. Another challenge during that time was the limited availability of GIS software. The software that was available was relatively expensive, and difficult to learn. These factors hampered many organizations’ capacity for using GIS as a means to map and communicate data.

Fast forward ten years. Data is more available now than ever and GIS software is more accessible. The last several years have seen several key developments:

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