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Software Testing - Part1

How to write a Software Test Plan With different types of complex software systems been made these days, it is important to have a software test plan in place. The test plan will ensure that most of the functionalities of the system are tested. However, one has to know how to write a such a test plan to be able to devise an effective testing strategy. It is not uncommon to see that some software defects are encountered when it is time for the system to be delivered. This is often caused due to an ineffective test plan. One may have sufficient knowledge about software testing but when it comes to writing a good test plan, people often make blunders. It is a skill which can be achieved with detailed analysis of the system along with some experience in the field of software testing. Now this brings us to the matter of why a test plan have such an important place in the field of software testing. Well, it is the test plan which is a reflection of the testing schedule and

Software Testing - Part3

Software Testing – Brief Introduction to Security Testing Security testing is an important process in order to ensure that the system/applications that your organization is using meet security policies and are free from any type of loopholes that can cause your organization a big loss. Security Testing of any developed system (or a system under development) is all about finding out all the potential loopholes and weaknesses of the system, which might result into loss/theft of highly sensitive information or destruction of the system by an intruder/outsider. It helps in finding out all the possible vulnerabilities of the system and help developers in fixing those problems. Need of Security Testing Security test helps in finding out loopholes that can cause loss of important information and allow any intruder enter into the systems. It helps in improving the current system and also helps in ensuring that the system will work for longer time (or it

Software Testing - Part 2

Software Testing - Black Box Testing Strategy  Black box testing is not a type of testing; it instead is a testing strategy, which does not need any knowledge of internal design or code, etc. As the name "black box" suggests, no knowledge of internal logic or code structure is required. The types of testing under this strategy are totally based/focused on the testing for requirements and functionality of the work product/software application. Black box testing is sometimes also called "Opaque Testing", "Functional/Behavioral Testing" and "Closed Box Testing". The base of the black box testing strategy lies in the selection of appropriate data as per functionality and testing it against the functional specifications in order to check for normal and abnormal behavior of the system. Nowadays, it is becoming common to route the testing work to a third party as the developer of the system knows too much of the internal logic and codi

What is Backlinks

What is backlinks? A back link is an inward link to your site that may or may not be reciprocated with an outward link back. If page A links to page B then a back link would be a link which goes from page B back to page A. For example let’s consider you find an interesting article on web and you require the article to be displayed on your website hence you link the article to your website. Now your website acts as a back link to that article or to the URL where the article is originally located. Check your website backlinks with  Back link Checker tool  that enables you to know the number of websites who have given a link to your website or webpage. Back links are inward links to a website or a webpage; it acts as one of the key factors in determining the ranking of your website. It helps you to have a track of the other websites on the web that link to your URL. How to Build Backlinks It is out of question that quality backlinks are crucial to SEO success. Mo

Off Page SEO

What is Off Page SEO?     Off page SEO or search engine optimisation is doing things off site to improve your sites search engine rankings. The only thing you can do off site to incraese your rankings is build up more links. More links will generally lead to better Google PageRank and better search engine rankings.> When you are trying to get more links you need to think about quality, not all links are created equal and links from low quality sites will have little or no impact on your rankings. The best types of links that you can get are from trusted sources such as universities, newspapers and even some of the top notch directories such as dmoz and Yahoo. It is sometimes difficult to spot the good links; here are a few questions you should ask yourself when you are looking at sites or pages to get links from:           Is this site or page relevant to what I do?           Is this site linking out to any low quality off topic sites?           Is this site