10 warning signs that you may be addicted to Facebook

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Salam,

Thanks to Tara Stiles from the Huffington Post for sharing this.

Now this is extremism.

1. Facebook is your home page.

2. You update your status more than twice a day.

3. You have over 500 “friends” half of whom you’ve never actually met.

4. As soon as you step away from your computer you’re on FB on your phone.

5. You are a FB stalker. You qualify as a FB stalker if you

a) click on someone’s profile more than once a day even if they haven’t messaged or tagged you in a photo.

b) have dragged and dropped more than 3 FB photos (not from your own profile)

c) actually go to a place mentioned on someone’s page in hopes of seeing them in real life…creepy!

6. You change your profile picture more than a 12-year=old girl.

7. You have checked your FB page while reading this article.

8. You clean up your “wall” so it looks like you spend less time on FB.

9. You are a member of more than 10 groups and respond to every event invitation “attending” even if you have no intention of going.

10. You change your relationship status just to mess with people.

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Fresh New Look (for the kid’s)

Salam Yo,

I finally got bored of this theme and I know you guy’s were getting depressed seeing my site without any flavor so I finally changed my theme, ahh deep breath. It’s fresh like the johnson and johnson baby. I think I will stay with this one for a while. What do you think? It’s the extreme halal makeover, website edition. As you would probably know, in web design your appearance and layout is highly important to catch visitors. Sort of like your house, if your house is dirty and doesn’t look organize then people won’t feel comfortable staying.

To all my bloggers and visitors out there, you gotta take this into consideration. I’m not a professional web designer, but if you want to build a decent return rate on your visitors you are going to have to start making power moves. There is way too much competition out there to be slacking, pick up your game if you seriously want to take your blog in a certain direction.

Yea I changed my logo temporarily and Inshallah look out for some adjustments on the site. I know I’ve been weak on consistency but my brain is dead lately due to dunya stress and lack of time. Sometimes when I get this rush in my soul I start writing till my hand’s get athiritis. Calm down, it’s not that serious. But yea stay tooned folks for the halal rice crispy treats. Make dua for me, I will do it for all of you. Don’t worry dua is free and when you do it for a fellow brother or sister, the Angels make dua for you. Isn’t that amazing? so get busy. Life is short like elf’s.

May Allah swt give us all patience and increase us in knowledge and positive halal actions. Ameen!

AND OH YEA, FOR EVERYONE WHO LEAVES COMMENTS, the link is on top of the post, it say’s (comments). So click that and leave a comment. My bad, It got flipped from my last template.

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Making the Best Muslim Blog

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Now i want to just quickly say my suggestions and insights aren’t just for Muslims, they can be helpful God willing to Non Muslim bloggers also. Most of my readers are Muslim, so i figured i write my title geared towards that specific crowd. Thank You, want some halal meat? Okay let me start.

With the spark of 50 million Islamic blogs, all mashallah trying to give dawah and i guess brand themselves. I wanted to talk a little about blogging and how to make a good blog and discuss my views on certain blogs which i have come across. I have to say their are few blogs which i really like and am astonished by due to the fact they consistently bring out quality content as well as developed a decent fan base. Running a blog is no joke, ask any blogger who is serious about his or her blog. They will tell you how much time they put into it, it’s practically a job that pays off with halal bucks . IF you manage to make it that far. If you don’t get the money, at least you tried to help people change for the better. Most Muslim bloggers i have seen so far use Wordpress or Blogger…we all know Wordpress is the best =). Right, Right?

One thing which helps me write more is support from emails which i get from different people around the country and the world. It motivates me alot and what i learned from experience is you can do anything you set your mind to. If you feel you have some talent or skills then i think you should use it for halal purposes and you will see a successful outcome Inshallah.

One of my hobbies is analyzing different types of blogs, I like seeing blogs develop as well as fulfill their purpose. As a business major, hoping inshallah to be an honest businessman one day, i love thinking of new ideas to write about or just in general of ideas that can go far. A philosophy in business tells us that “an idea is no good unless it is put into practice”. So if you think of something, put it into practice!

Now my site is definitely a blog, but i think i just want to keep coming out with articles to help the youth. As you might know the purpose of my site is help those who are in trouble by sin’s, in addition helping humans develop the Chill Yo Islam Yo mentality, basically saying no smoking drugs, drinking alcohol, staying away from fornication. Most of all God consciousness and realization that we aren’t going to be here forever.

Now running a site just for Muslims isn’t that easy, because you have begun to market just to a particular audience but on the other hand if one has the ability to write a certain way, connect with individuals on a certain level, bring up issues and story’s that are appealing then perhaps you can develop into that site you wish to become. Nowadays if want to make money you can use Google Adsense which everyone loves. I use it also as you may have seen, my tip to all of you is make sure you filter out the haram advertisements, i wrote an article on that Here. In addition to adsense their are many other options such as Widgetbucks, Text Link Ad’s, Chitika. Where you place your ad’s is another challenge, what color should you make your ad’s, does it go with your theme? Just some stuff you should think about before jumping ahead of yourself. Trust me, i keep learning from my mistakes.

Some blogs which i visit often are Mujahideen Ryder, Azeem Khan, Hahmed, Maniac Muslim, Muslim Matters, and many others especially the ones on my BLOG ROLL, but i think the ones i mentioned specifically because of dedication, growth, and interest, (not the haram interest in the bank) Making your website means making a positive image of yourself, so that every time you come out with a post people run to see it. Their are many aspects which Inshallah i will discuss later on but some things to keep in mind is quality, consistency, and trust in Allah.

One thing which i have seen over time is People who start blogging but die out quick, No! you must put in time and work to be successful. Overall what i am basically trying to say is i believe we all can improve the image of Islam if we write educated posts with the intention of bringing about positive changes inshallah. Everyone is starting to listen to us, people are reading, the internet is amazing, let’s use it for our advantage.

Alright so that wraps it up, Inshallah i will write more about this later on, this was just literally scratching the surface, i want to continue to help people write and make their blogs better as well as mine. Got ideas? Questions? Criticism? comment below and let me know what you think…….

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Filtering Haram Ad’s On Google Adsense…

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If anyone has been visiting my site to learn something on Islam and has been distracted by the google ad sense displaying Haram ad’s, Inshallah please forgive me, i know its real uncomfortable to see it in the first place considering your in search of something much better.

I recommend all the Muslim Bloggers who are using Google Adsense for Halal Consumption to really make Halal Money off it. Why? Because there is no point of a Muslim blog if there is an ad on the side which says www.datemuslimgirls.com, seriously.

So how can you filter the Ad’s? Not hard at all, Inshallah go to your google adsense account and once you enter click on Adsense setup then click on competitive ad filter, Once there you can add however much specific ad’s you wish to filter.

Me and brother Mj Ryder have filtered these ad’s so far..Inshallah if your a Muslim Blogger I recommend you do the same. Below is a list of the Ad’s which should be filtered. Now these Ad’s will keep reoccurring unless you take some action because we all know how google adsense works, it takes keywords and basically throws an ad for it, thats how the intelligence of the script is designed.

Please send me any Ad’s which I don’t have….

www.answeringmuslims.com/
www.arablounge.com
www.datemuslimgirls.com
www.datemuslimgirls.com/
www.desipinkpal.com
www.eshakti.com
www.everystudent.com/wires/radical.html
www.gnmagazine.org/middleeast
www.jeevansathi.com
www.jeevansathi.com/
www.mate1.com
www.mate1.org
www.muslima.com
www.muslims4marriage.com
www.nayarishta.com
www.ofpromisesandpreviews.com
www.onefamilyfund.org
www.salaamlove.com
www.singlesnet.com
www.sixpacksforsoldiers.com
www.twomuslims.com
www.whatthewestneedstoknow.com

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