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The ringer on my mobile phone, which is a first generation Apple iPhone, recently stopped working.

There was suddenly no ring tone for incoming calls, text messages and the click sound on the keyboard had also stopped working, nightmare!

The strange thing was that in the ringtone menu all the tones played fine, so it clearly wasn’t a problem with the speaker on the iPhone.

I scoured the internet, but I couldn’t find a solution, there are plenty of websites with information about problems with phones that have been “Jailbreaked” or unlocked, but my mobile phone was as it came out of the box from Apple.

Eventually (two weeks of no ring tone later) I noticed a switch on the side of the iPhone with an orange dot underneath, I flicked the switch and bingo, my ringtones returned.

Such a simple solution, next time I will be sure to read the instruction book!

FIFA 2009 will be released by EA (Electronic Arts) on 3rd October 2008, released on all main formats, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and Nintendo DS.

Billed as being the most authentic football simulation EA SPORTS have ever delivered and powered by the third generation of EA’s football engine, FIFA 09 features more than 250 core gameplay additions, changes and enhancements promising to deliver the most responsive, intelligent and realistic action ever.

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So, exactly when is the next Page Rank update?

Well, it looks like the next Google Page Rank update may well be underway right now!

I have had recent reports from several people that their Page Rank has suddenly dropped or increased, there are also many instances of positions within the Google search rankings changing dramatically overnight.

This site’s “real time” page rank is shown in the box below.

At the time of writing this “Do Follow” Blog was a Page Rank 3, I am hoping for at least a 4 or maybe a 5 when the latest Page Rank update hits my site.

Google has just allowed users to find out how many searches are made for a particular term or keyword, see screenshot below.

Never before has this been available, to get any idea of search volumes people had to resort to Overture, which wasn’t exactly accurate.

Check your search volumes using the Google Keyword search volume tool

This will be a great tool for users of Google Adwords allowing people to better plan their campaign and estimate how much traffic they will get and more importantly how much they could spend on clicks.

The keyword search volume tool provides statistics showing the number of searches in the last month and also gives the average monthly keyword search volume.

Whatever next Google? Will you be revealing how much competitors are bidding to get their adverts to the top of the sponsored results?

Get a free report on the state of your website’s online marketing and SEO campaign at Total SEO

Well worth taking a look in my opinion.

If you have a blog hosted by Wordpress there is a very simple way of setting up a contact form.

Just add: [contact-form] into the page or post and bingo, you have got a fully functional contact form that will be e-mailed directly to the blog administrator when someone hits “submit”.

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Here are ten great Link Building Tips that will help with your SEO campaign and hopefully get your site closer to the elusive top spot in the Google Rankings.

It is worth bearing in mind that having loads of links to your website or blog is pretty useless if the site itself doesn’t have decent and original content.

1) Do Follow Blog Comments - Leave comments on Do Follow blogs (like this one), this gets you a proper link very quickly indeed, if you can find blogs that relate to the phrases you are trying to promote all the better. If you have a website about cats, then leave try and leave comments on cat related Do Follow blogs.

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This is my list of the Top 20 Video Games of All Time that have appeared on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 & Nintendo Wii

I haven’t included Halo 3 or Gears of War as I have never played them!

I have also only included one version of EA Fifa Soccer & Tiger Woods PGA Tour, rather than have loads in the top 20.
 
If you are looking for the Fifa 2008 Skill Moves Guide - it’s here.

20 - Tomb Raider Legends

19 - Assassins Creed

18 - Call of Duty 3

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I love Gangster Movies, so I thought I should put together a list of my Top 10 Gangster Movies of all time.

Do you agree with my Top 10 Gangster Films list? Leave a comment, let the world know what you think about the list.

Top 10 Gangster Movies

10 - Once Upon a Time in America

9 - The Godfather (Part 3)

8 - The Untouchables

7 - Scarface

6 - Reservoir Dogs

5 - The Godfather (Part Two)

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You can use your Xbox 360 as a media centre by attaching an external USB Hard Drive, which you can use to view photos, play music and watch films on your TV via Xbox 360.

If you are looking for the Xbox 360 Fifa 2008 Skill Moves guide - it’s here.

Using one of the USB inputs at the front of the Xbox 360 it is possible to plug in a Mass Storage Device such as a USB External Hard Drive, this means you can watch films, listen to music and view pictures stored on the Xbox hard drive - here’s how to make it work…

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