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The Bank Robbery XI- Getting Nervous

This is the eleventh part of the series that began here . If you like it, and would want to be updated whenever I post the subsequent parts, you might want to subscribe to the posts via email)

Rahul was clearly amazed to see Vikas like that and, I am sure, he also realized the inadequacy of his own disguise.

“Don’t you think we might need a vehicle for this?” Rahul enquired.

“No we don’t, a vehicle can be traced, and its hard to find a vehicle that can’t be trace. If we have to, we will use the vehicle they are coming in.”

“When were you planning to tell us this?”

“As soon as you asked me the question,” Vikas laughed.

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Google PR Vs. Alexa Ranking – I

This is the first of a series of posts that I intend to write about Google PR and Alexa Ranking. I am no expert in SEO, nor do I have a blog with a really high PR or Alexa ranking (this blog has a PR of 4 and an Alexa ranking of 993,641- at least for now), yet I find this topic quite interesting, and of some relevance to each and every blogger.

Google Page Rank was one of the most important statistic that a blogger might have been interested in. The best part was that there were ways and means to improve a blog’s Page Rank. If you exchanged links, posted often, used search engine relevant words, you would , more likely than not, see an increase in your PR.

But all that is a thing of the past. With the not-so-recent changes that Google made in it’s PR policy, it seems, a lot of bloggers found that their blog’s PR had taken a beating. The methods that worked before, did not work anymore.

Whatever the reason for this change might be, the result has been that a lot of bloggers have shifted focus from Google PR to Alexa Ranking. Alexa Ranking, as most bloggers would already know, is another measure of a blog’s popularity. Earlier, not a lot of people paid a lot of attention to it, because it was – and still is – a very unreliable method of judging a Blog.

And, there are ways and means in which a blogger can improve his or her blog’s Alexa ranking , especially if your rank is not very good at present. All you have to do is search for “tips to improve Alexa Ranking” and you will find many good posts on the topic.

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The Bank Robbery X- Getting There

(This is the tenth part of the series that began here . If you like it, and would want to be updated whenever I post the subsequent parts, you might want to subscribe to the posts via email)

“Yes!” I heard said on the other side and, then something more, which I could not make out.

Then it was Vikas’ turn to say “OK,” and hang up.

He looked grim, and the expression on his face made me wonder – not for the first time – if he was actually new at this or, had he been involved in similar affairs before. But, then, he was an engineer, and what I had gathered from observing him at work, I thought he was good at his job. As often happens, someone who is good at one thing, is good at a few other things as well. The same, it seemed, was true for Vikas. He was good at quite a few things, and maybe that rubbed off on to his skills at crime too. Be it as it may be, till now, I could not detect any chink in the armor. Vikas was smart enough not to bring up the matter of guns before Rahul and Ramesh, for they would have freaked out just at the mention of guns.

But, Vikas had asked for two pistols, and it was clear that he meant for Rahul to have one of the two pistols. All he was waiting for was the right opportunity to hand him one.

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The Bank Robbery IX- Final Touches

(This is the ninth part of the series that began here . If you like it, and would want to be updated whenever I post the subsequent parts, you might want to subscribe to the posts via email)

“No, I am worried about him, I don’t want him in that vehicle, if he does or says anything during the job, it might raise suspicion and then he will be caught, and if he gets caught, we all get caught… I have half a mind to take him out first, but we might need his help. He is a weak point though.”

“I agree. That’s why I asked.”

“And I really don’t know the answer, we will find out in five days, till then let’s follow our plan. I think it is the best we can do. Though I know one thing… Ramesh has his eyes set on the money, and he will do any thing to get his hands on it.”

“That I agree with, and that’s what worries me too, what if he gets too greedy?”

“There are always a lot of things that can go wrong, let’s just focus on the things that can go right for now, and hopefully it ends the way we want it to. Let’s just hope that Murphy’s Law doesn’t apply to us, at least not this time.”

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The Bank Robbery – VIII

(This is the eighth part of the series that began here (I posted this before, but lost that post due to an unexpected glitch) . If you like it,  and would want to be updated whenever I post the subsequent parts, you might want to subscribe to the posts via email)

“For one, the darker it gets, the better it is for us… but if it does not get dark, we can at least delay them till  the last bus on this route is gone. One less thing to worry about. As for any surprise traffic we will deal with it, as it comes,” Vikas replied, “But the later it is, the lesser chance of a vehicle coming and surprising us.”

Rahul nodded his head in agreement, and Ramesh, as usual, was impressed by Vikas’ foresightedness.

“After that if possible you have to take out the exchange, or better still do it well before the day, maybe in the morning, in a way that does not say sabotage. Something simple but even if you can’t, it is a big worry, so just do the best you can.”  

“Ok!” Ramesh said.  

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