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What Is PDF

Developed by Adobe Systems, a file with the .PDF  file extension  is a Portable Document Format file. PDF files can contain not only images and text, but also interactive buttons, hyperlinks, embedded fonts, video, and more.  You'll often see product manuals, eBooks, flyers, job applications, scanned documents, brochures, and all sorts of other documents available in the PDF format. Because PDFs don't rely on the software that created them, nor on any particular  operating  system  or  hardware , they look the same no matter what device they're opened on. How To Open a PDF File Most people head right to  Adobe Acrobat Reader  when they need to open a PDF. Adobe created the PDF standard and its program is certainly the most popular PDF reader out there. It's completely fine to use it, but I find it to be a somewhat bloated program with lots of features that you may never need or want to use. Most web browsers, like ...

What Is SEO

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Make Your Site Appear in Google Great Content encourages people to link to your pages and shows Google™ your pages are interesting and authoritative. This leads to search engine success because Google™ wants to show interesting and authoritative pages in its search results. It's that  simple! Check our  SEO Explained in Pictures  page for a quick, simple overview. It's guaranteed to help you understand SEO. How Does Google™ Rank Pages? Google™ promotes authority pages to the top of its rankings so it's your job to create pages that become authority pages. This involves writing content people find useful because useful content is shared in blogs, twitter feeds etc., and over time Google™ picks up on these authority signals. This virtuous circle creates strong and sustainable Google™ rankings. A Simple  1-2-3  Guide to Getting Better Search Results Write fantastic, useful content that uses words and phrases used by people wh...

What Is Gluten Free Diet

If you have  coeliac disease , your immune system reacts to  gluten  and leads to damage to the lining of your gut. This causes symptoms of coeliac disease, including bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, tiredness and headaches. This only happens if gluten is eaten. By avoiding all gluten (some people also need to avoid oats), your gut can heal and your symptoms should improve. The gluten-free diet is the only treatment for coeliac disease. On the gluten-free diet you can eat any naturally gluten-free foods, such as: meat fish fruit and vegetables rice potatoes lentils. You can also eat processed foods which don't contain gluten, such as ready meals and soups. Our  Food and Drink Directory  lists thousands of these. Some ingredients are confusing as they can be made from wheat but the final ingredient is gluten-free, for example glucose syrup.  Read more about information on labels and ingredients like this. Our Gluten-free Checklist can h...

What Is YOLO

Question: What Is 'YOLO'? What Does '#YOLO' Mean? You've likely seen 'YOLO' or the  hashtag version  '#YOLO' on Facebook pages, Reddit links, and  meme photos . But what exactly does YOLO mean? Answer: 'YOLO' is 'you only live once', a modern exclamation of enthusiasm that has reached viral meme popularity since 2011. If you add the pound sign (hashtag), #YOLO becomes a searchable keyword on Facebook and Twitter. This expression is the evolution of the phrase 'carpe diem' ('seize the day'). It is used to inspire courage and bravery, or to  justify doing something idiotic and embarrassing . You will see YOLO spelled with its four letters, as well as with the pound sign hashtag '#YOLO'. Example of YOLO Usage: (Lusinda): So, the two of us have decided to bungy jump this weekend at the indoor waterpark. (Dirge): What? Are you crazy?  (Lusinda): YOLO! (Subzero): hahaha, awesome! I wish ...

What Is Twerking

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What is Twerking? Twerking or To Twerk is a sexual form of dance that involves a lot of grinding on each other. Often, it is the girl that does the twerking, which involves a low squatting movement so that she is grinding on the boy. Much of this dance has been learned from Miley Cyrus, which as many parents know, is someone that children look up to. As a result, when children see Miley doing such dance, they feel it is acceptable for them to duplicate it. Miley was on the Disney Channel as Hannah Montana, so if she does it, it must be okay. However, many children also do not realize that she is 21 years old and therefore classified as an adult. What a 21-year-old does is very different from that which someone who is younger should be able to do.This form of dance has been frowned upon for years and now that there is a word for the type of dance, it is being eliminated from school dances. Most schools will not allow such a dance to take place as long as there are chaperones ...