How to fix site can't be reached error (with Image illustration)

Most time when you get the error message "this site can't be reached it doesn't necessarily mean that the site isn't available, it could be a DNS problem that could be solved from your device. But before you proceed with the fix I'm about to show you make sure the site is only down for you( that is, it's only not connecting on your device). If it's offline for everyone else, that means it's a server-side problem, but if it only happens on your device that means you have to change the DNS(Domain Name System) setting on your device.

Steps to follow:

1. On your browser click the options drop-down menu
    Scroll to and click settings.
   
   
   

   
   
   
2.  Then look for security and privacy( its shield and privacy or just privacy for some browsers)and click on it. 

   

   
   
   
3. Click on security and scroll to use secure DNS under advanced settings then chose your desired DNS provider. I recommend quad 9 or cloud flare.
   

   
   
   

 when you finish the problem should be solved and you should be able to view all the sites that displed the error message.

 for comments and questions use the comment box.

br/>

How to start a blog or website: Step by Step guide

How to identify scam websites

Recommended crypto wallets and their advantages

How to factory reset personal computer( for different makes of PCs)

RESET BOTTON

 A factory reset simply means totally deleting all information stored in a computer right from the first day it was used, leaving only the information the manufactory stored in it.

Why must anyone perform a factory reset?

 There are a number of reasons for that, it could be due to a chronic system or app malfunction, change of ownership or the user just has too much junk file, which he/she doesn't have time to go through the stress of deleting one by one, whichever reason it is, you can perform a reset in no time, with a few steps.

1. Step One

Backup any data which you wish to keep before performing a factory reset. You will probably want to copy everything from your user folders, including documents, photos, music, and videos. The factory reset will delete all these along with any programs you've installed since you got your laptop.



2. Step Two

Startup or reboot your laptop.



3. Step Three

During the start-up process, hit the appropriate F key or key the combination listed below for your manufacturer.

Note: There is often a small window of opportunity to strike the key so don't worry if it takes you a few attempts. I advise pressing the key multiple times.


• Acer – Alt + F10
  
  



• Asus – F9



• Dell/Alienware – F8



• HP – F11
  
  
  



• Lenovo – F11



• MSI – F3



• Samsung – F4
  
  
• Sony – F10



• Toshiba – press down 0 (not Numpad) while turning on, release the key when the Toshiba logo appears.
  
  
  


If these keys don't work then lookout for a message on the screen during startup which might indicate how to start the recovery process. You might need to check your recovery partition is enabled in the BIOS. It's also possible your laptop might not have a recovery partition (or it may have been deleted) so we're making no guarantees here. You might need to contact your manufacturer.



• Step Four

You should see instructions on the screen explaining how to proceed. Different manufacturers use different software to restore the 'disk image' from the recovery partition, so I can't provide specific guidance. However, the process is almost always automatic once you've confirmed you definitely want to proceed, so it might be a case of waiting for some minutes for the job to happen in one go, but some systems restore Windows first and then install drivers and programs automatically when Windows first boots. If that's the case, don't try to do anything until you see a message saying the restore has finished.
I hope this helps, warm regards.

High demand easy to learn digital skills

 High-demand digital skills for the future

Technology advances with each passing day, almost everything is getting digitalized. Each day people spend lots of time on their digital devices, engaging in activities of interest like working, connecting, and interacting with friends and family. Some people almost never leave their home to buy stuff anymore, they simply order or buy online and have it delivered to their doorstep.

Why you should be digitally skilled

 With the world growing more digitalized with each passing day, it's wise for each person to acquire at least one digital skill. A lot of skills are in demand right now, and demand will increase with time.

In this article, I will be covering some easy-to-learn digital skills that are in high demand and can also earn you good pay.

 Before going further, let's answer some important questions to better understand this topic.

Who is this knowledge for?

This information isn't for any specific set of persons; gender and age are not barriers, what you need is the will and motivation to learn. Will and motivation might come from the need to increase your finances because of growing responsibilities, or you are tired of what you have been doing and just want to try out a new thing.

What is Skill?

Skill is the ability to do something well. Skill is a very important thing every person should strive to have; skill is what makes you valuable and relevant.

Advantages of digital skills

1. It affords you the opportunity to work from anywhere; you only need a digital device




2. Ability to reach a wider targeted audience or group in no time, all you need is a connection to the internet.


3. You need digital skills to stay relevant and employable or to be able to supervise and manage your own business (online) effectively.







Below are in-demand, easy to learn digital skills you ought to acquire:




Video Editing:






 This is a very lucrative skill to have; its advantages are numerous. It opens you up to many job opportunities.

As a video editor, you can work as a freelancer and work for other people at your own convenience. You can edit videos for events, and edit videos for YouTubers.

 You will be able to open and manage your own YouTube or video hosting platform channel effectively.



How to create a YouTube channel brand account




A video editor can also work in the film industry. In fact, an editor is one of the most important people in the film industry, because, without them, all the coordinated sense you see in movies would not be possible.




Web-Development/JavaScript






As a web developer, your opportunities and earning capability are infinite. Web developers are like the super-heroes of the web, yeah, that's right, I call them super-heroes because of the power they possess, the power of being able to reach out to millions of people through the World Wide Web. These guys are influencers; they can do amazing things through the web pages they develop.

 Notice the JavaScript after the forward-slash on the subheading? I put that there because a web page is not complete without Javascript, this is what gives a webpage life (it makes a web page interactive), the relationship between a webpage and javascript is similar to that of the body and spirit, they can't do without each other, so it's good to learn them both if you want to be an effective web-developer.




Advantages of becoming a web developer




• You are hireable almost everywhere because almost every high-ranking organization needs a website.




• You can be an effective blogger because you need little or no help to manage your blog or website







Writing (freelance writing)






A freelance writer is a private professional writer who writes for a living. A freelance writer can be hired to work for media organizations like newspapers and media houses, create content for blogs or websites for an agreed price

How to start a website/blog




Advantages of being a freelance writer




• Ability to work from anywhere.




• Ability to become an influencer and public figure




Code Writing






I consider this a core digital skill because, without code writers, there wouldn't be anything digital (of course, combined with electronics). All digital devices we use and come across today are developed with code, from mobile phones, computers, and electronics in our homes and offices. These devices are programmed with different coding languages like Java, JavaScript, C++, c#, and many others.

How to learn to code

To learn how to code, you can register for code writing classes in code teaching institutions offline or online, or you can teach yourself by using online or offline resources (books and libraries).

Some of these code learning platforms are free, while some are paid for. Below is a list of online platforms you can use to learn how to code.

• developer.mozilla.org: This platform is owned by the Mozilla company, and its resources are free of charge. The platform covers a wide range of topics.


• Tutorials Point: Tutorials Point is an online platform that has both free and paid-for courses. This platform has tutorial material for almost any topic u can think of.


• W3Schools: W3Schools is a free online platform that teaches how to code. It focuses more on web development courses like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.


• Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a paid-for platform that has a wide array of tutorial material for different coding languages.






Digital marketing






Digital marketing is the ability or skill of selling goods and services online. This is a very important skill to learn if you wish to showcase your goods and services online.

Though the above-listed aren't the only digital skills available, I take them to be the most lucrative and easiest to learn.

If you think I left any important ones out of the list, please make your addition in the comment area.

Guide on Sports betting

Sports betting has been around for hundreds of years, originating from the Greeks and gradually spread around the world.

When it comes to sports betting there is so much about it that if someone should embark on writing all about it this might result in a book as big as an encyclopaedia, so I am going to keep it simple and restricted to the fundamentals and what you need to know in other to successfully place bets and be successful at it.

What is sports betting?

In case this is your first time coming across the word sports betting, it simply is selecting a preferred team or person to win in a competition with a stake of an amount of money, when the result goes according to your prediction, the money you stake yields a profit (profit might be X2, X10 even up to X100 and beyond of your stake).

 Sports betting affords you the opportunity to make money from your favourite sport, even if your not interested in any form of sports activity, it doesn't stop you from making money from it, all you need to know is how to read and understand the terminologies and codes involved.

In Betting the major outcomes that are staked upon are 1X2, over-under goals, double-chance markets.

 I know all these terminologies and codes listed above might be confusing for some, but not to worry it will be explained one after the other.

Below are the most used market for placing bets on football (soccer) betting

The 1X2 market

This simply means either the home team wins or a draw occurs or the away team wins.

The "1" in the code represents the home team.

The "X" represents a draw (meaning the game might be a draw).

The "2" means the away team might win the game.

Double-Chance market (1X, 12, X2)

The double chance is staking that any of the teams will win or draw.

1X means that the home team will win  or draw the game

12 means that any of the teams will win (there will be no draw).

X2 means that the away team will win or draw the game.

Over - Under market

this market has to do with the number of goals that will be scored in a game, whether it will be more than your specified prediction or less than it.

 In the over category:

* o0.5 means that at list 1 goal will be scored for you to win the bet
*o1.5 means that over one goal  most be scored for you to win the game

 These options are available up to o4.5 goals (over four goals).

 In the under category:

* u1 means that not more than 1 goal will be scored for you to win the bet
* o2 means that not more than 2 goals will be scored for you to win the game

These options are available up to u4 goals (under four goals).

 Aside from knowing how to stake a game with the most popular markets mentioned above, there are order factors that increase your chances of being successful as a punter.

 One of the factors that are most important is being able to study, understand, and predict the outcome of a particular game.

There are many systems used to aid the study and prediction of games which include:

 Watching matches on match days (watching on Tv is most preferable), Reading sports newspapers, and online statistics offered by online platforms.

Listed below are places online you can get helpful statistics and predictions of the outcome of upcoming games. 

• Predictz.com
• Forebet.com
• Flashscore mobile app
• Sofascore app

It's not like there aren't other places you can go for help but these are simply the best, I have used all of them, and they yielded good results. Though you shouldn't trust the predictions a hundred percent (100%) because the information you get from these platforms are mainly generated by computer auto calculations, you should be the one to make the final decision before staking your money.

Tips:

Sports betting requires a few things before you venture into it so as not to lose all your money. In sports betting there must be losses, but some precautions and skills must be applied to reduce losses and bring you profit.                                                                                                                                            

Below are the abilities or skills you have to build before going into sports betting:

Interest to follow and study the sports you wish to place bets on (even if it's just a little interest):

Don't just guess and stake, learn how to study the game, make time to watch the game at least once a week.

Discipline & patience:

You shouldn't just place bets because there are available teams to place bets on. there should be teams that you follow or monitor their success rate, these teams are the ones you should always place your bets on. makes research using the online platform of which I mentioned a few above this article, study sports newspapers.

Ability to understand betting codes:

You should be able to understand betting Codes before you think about venturing into it. I listed some basic ones above. There many of them some of which are complex but with time you will get to understand them.

Warning

Betting can be very lucrative but if not careful enough you can incur heavy losses, so be careful and be sure you know what your doing before venturing into it.

Website/blog promotion through online platforms and forums

When running an online business or still planning to start, whether on social media, blog, or website, visitor traffic matters a lot.  What's visitor traffic? Visitor traffic to your webpage or website is the number of visitors who explore your website at a given point in time.

Why does traffic matter?

The success of your business or brand online, aside from creating quality content, depends on how much traffic you can pull to it. Without visitors or the right amount of traffic, no business online can thrive.

To draw visitors to your online page, you have to promote your brand, which is what your website is all about, and definitely, people who need the services or information you provide will surely find you.

How to go about promoting your brand?

Brand promotion

When you go about promoting your brand online, you shouldn't just paste a link to your website and expect people to click on it, though you might get a few clicks. Link to your online platform should be accompanied by an introduction, explanation, or an article relating to the service you render, and your write-up should be informative. The link to your website or online platform should be a follow-up guide to a more in-depth solution to what the visitor is looking for
To gather traffic sounds like a lot of work, but if you know where to look or begin, it's not an impossible task. All you need is to identify and target where your potential audience is found online, those places where a large number of people gather online, blend in ( participate in whatever they do there), get the attention of the community, and in no time, traffic to your platform will start increasing.

Below is a list of some existing platforms with a high number of users.

With these platforms, you will be able to pull traffic from different parts of the world and grow your online business.

---

Quora

Quora is a forum website where people come together to share their thoughts and ask questions to be answered by the community of registered users.
When you post quality and exciting materials, you can get upvotes. This happens when people like your contribution, then vote it up, and this, in return, results in your post being popular and attracting more users to view it.
How can Quora help
You can use Quora to share valuable information or ask a question, and at the end or in between your article, add related links pointing to your blog or website. When people follow your post, they may also decide to follow the link pointing to your platform for more information.

---

Reddit

Reddit is a forum website, just like Quora, where you can share and get information.
As you participate in the different communities available, you get scores called karma. Karma score shows how active you are and the quality of your posts. When you have a high karma score, people tend to trust and read your post more.

---

Use the same formula of sharing links pointing to your blog/website to pull traffic.

Nairaland

Nairaland is an online community that enables users on its platform to share information and discuss different topics ranging from politics, webmasters, entertainment, Gaming, and so on.

You can promote your content by posting topics on groups that discuss issues relating to what your business offers, and this draws traffic to your website.

---

Twitter

Twitter is one of the fastest means of getting the word out about what you do or what services you have to offer. On the move, you can broadcast short messages or stories of what you do or have to offer to your followers.

---

Youtube

Youtubing is another way you can explore to promote your business by creating original content videos that reflect what you are all about or what you do.

Any video search relating to what you offer has the tendency to bring up your YouTube videos on different search engines.

---

Facebook Page

Facebook is not only for communicating with friends and loved ones, but it's also a means of selling your business to the world. This can be achieved by buying advert space on Facebook or creating a Facebook page. You don't have to create a new Facebook account to have your own Facebook page; there is an option for every Facebook account to create as many custom pages as possible for business purposes or for socialization for free.

---

Instagram

Instagram is all about pictures and videos. Use Instagram to promote your online presence through pictures and video clips relating to your brand.

Currently Paying Survey Websites

Survey Site That Pays

Survey websites are Platforms that conduct market research for client companies or organizations, to know what people think or expect from them.

They pay registered users on their platform for answering their questionnaire.
Though most of these survey sites aren't available for some countries and some make more surveys available for some countries than other countries or regions.
Income generated from these survey websites may vary depending on your region or country.

 I advise registering on multiple platforms at the same time if you want to earn a reasonable amount of money with the survey sites. Remember to register with the number you can manage so as not to be overwhelmed with the task of managing them all.

How to achieve a daily passive income

 If you feel your still not earning enough and not getting enough surveys in your area, you can explore affiliate programs that most of these platforms offer. Refer people to join and as they join using your personal link that is tied to your account, you earn matching rewards.

---

Though there are lots of survey websites available these are Tested Survey sites that work and pay:

my list is short, but they sure work

MOBROG

>>>Join MOBROG<<<

MOBROG is a survey service provided by SPLENDID Research GmbH, that allows their registered users to take part in online surveys. For each completed survey the user will collect money in His/Her account.

You will be selected to join surveys by the content of your profile information that you filled out during registration and invited via email to take part in their surveys. surveys can be taken on a computer or smartphone.

Withdrawal Option(s)

*PAYPAL
*SKRILL

Important notice:

• * Make sure that the email address with which you are registered with MOBROG is also the same as your PayPal account to allow MOBROG to identify you when it's time for payment.
• 
  
• * It is recommended that you fully complete your profile and always keep your details up to date. This will ensure that you are invited to surveys more frequently.
• 
  
• * Once you have clicked a survey, you won't be able to re-open or continue it using another device.
• 
  
• * You need to complete the entire survey to receive a payment
• 
  
• * Invite your friends to MOBROG now and receive USD 0.63 for every active member invited by you.

Join MOBROG

---

SwitchedOn

SwitchedOn is a survey site that rewards its members for actively participating and finishing online surveys on their platform.

participants who complete their surveys have the opportunity to win, SwitchedOn does a random draw one week after every round of completed surveys, to thank and reward their community members for participating. Some surveys have guaranteed rewards attached to them, where you are 100% guaranteed to earn either cash, airtime, or your favorite shopping vouchers simply by completing the listed activities.

JOIN SwitchedOn

NOTE:

*They pay via gift card (which can be redeemed through supported merchants(shop rite, Game stores, etc), Airtime recharge, Utility bill payment.

*Available countries are Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

*They pay via suregifts in Nigeria

---

AfriSight

AfriSight is an Africa-focused data collection company, it's only available for African country users. just like other sites mentioned above, you complete surveys and receive matching payments to your account.

Your earned money can be withdrawn via :

• PayPal
• Mobile recharge(which can also be redeemed as mobile data)
• shopping vouchers. 

---

SURVEYTIME

survey time is a survey site available worldwide and it has regular surveys available for its users that qualify to take the available surveys. Their system who qualifies for the available survey through their profile information submitted during registration.

payment options: Payoneer, Paypal Amazon

Join surveytime

---

PaidViewPoint.COM

Introduction

PaidViewpoint survey is operated by aytm.com Ask Your Target Market. AYTM, with your help, is revolutionizing the market research industry by making quality market research easily accessible and affordable to businesses large and small everywhere. AYTM is enabling today's entrepreneurs to succeed in building businesses that create jobs.

withdrawal option:

paidviewPoint only pays with PAYPAL for now

Important to note:

• they never screen you out once you've been invited into a survey.
• Get up to $1 bonus on registration.
• Get up to $25 dollars for every new member you invite.
• Do not miss answering their Taits survey whenever it shows up on your menu Dashboard :

Traits surveys are small collections of questions that help to better know you and your interests. Traits surveys are also an integral part of their TrustScoreSM system. By answering traits surveys, you create opportunities to raise your TrustScoreSM. Each small collection of traits questions includes a repetition of 1 or 2 questions that you already answered within the past few days. Answer these questions the same way and raise your TrustScoreS

• If you choose not to answer traits surveys, you miss out on the opportunity to raise your TrustScore and increase your earning potential. By achieving a high TrustScore, you will receive the maximum allowed number of market research surveys per month and increase the amount you get paid for each survey answer.

SignUP on  PAID VIEWPOINT

Ecoin

Ecoin

Ecoin is a crypto every one should try out because it's still fresh, and with its current steady growth, it might turn out to be another big one like bitcoin.

Ecoin is an email-based proxy Identity platform that rewards only one email per user, it uses an advanced AI engine, which ensures that one person can’t claim free tokens more than once.

*Ecoin is a cryptocurrency that was launched in early 2020. Unlike other cryptos expecting people to pay for something they don’t understand or trust, ecoin aims to give its tokens free of cost for everyone with a valid email.

Ecoin aims to remove these barriers created by other cryptos that expect users to either mine with expensive hardware or buy, all of which create huge barriers for easy adoption. 

Ecoin makes cryptocurrency available to everyone with an email. that will genuenly unleash the true potential of cryptocurrency.

Earning Ecoin is easy, Ecoin is given completely free of cost for everyone with an email.

 you can earn ecoins in different ways.

1.  You earn  Ecoins when you sign up with a verified email. 
*you receive extra ecoins more for signing up in the first hour of opening referral link.
*you receive extra ecoins for everyone whom you refer in the first 24 hours of your sign-up.
*you receive extra ecoins for everyone whom your friend’s sign-up. ( i.e level 2)
2. Apart from referring others, you earn additional Ecoin by locking your ecoin in the savings account which gives interest monthly.
3. You can also accumulate more Ecoin by buying it from others.

Get Ecoin

Note:

Wallet: wombat (get the wombat app link it with your account and store your Ecoin)

Exchange Ecoin on : PROBIT (signup to probit exchange)