Google Reader is the most popular and widely used RSS feed reader on the internet today. Google Reader comes packed with many powerful features that often go overlooked.. so I thought I would delve a little deeper and explore what it really has to offer. For those of you who have heard about RSS but [...]
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The Google Story
This video gives a very quick look back at the Google story over the last 11 years. From Stanford to Mountain View and around the world, featuring many different products, starting with BackRub (Search) up to Google Wave, StreetView and Chrome. Google Timeline and Google Milestones also provide a great timeline of Google’s History. Will [...]
Google Easter Eggs and Hidden Gems
An Easter egg is a hidden feature that the programmers have deliberately put in their software, often for their own amusement. Generally, it is something entertaining but hidden, and has been put there on purpose by the developer. A true Easter egg needs to satisfy the following criteria, Hidden and un-documented Reproducible Not malicious Entertaining [...]
Getting Noticed on Google – An SEO Guide
Everyone wants to get their blog or website to rank as high as possible in Google’s search results. Imagine if someone typed some search criteria into Google and of all the results that came back, your site was listed in the top one hundred.. or top ten.. or even better, number one! It’s not [...]
GButts: The All-in-One Google Button
[Update - This plug-in has been renamed to Google Shortcuts].. GButts is a Firefox add-on that bundles all of Google’s services into a single button. If you use Google’s services frequently this add-on simplifies things and de-clutters your toolbar. Head over to the GButts plugin page and click on <Add to Firefox>, Click on <Install [...]
How to Create Google Alerts
Google alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Google alerts are a great way to keep abreast of developing news stories, keeping an eye on posts about your business or competitors, etc. and are very easy to setup. Head over to [...]
Really Simple RSS Guide
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) has been around for a long time and is a very easy way to be notified of new content on a website. There are two ways you can check for new content on a website. Browse directly to that site and see the if there is any new content yourself Subscribe to [...]
How to Setup Multiple Twitter Accounts with One Email Address
Have you ever tried to signup for a second Twitter account using an email address that has already been used? You can’t, Twitter only allows you to have one account per unique email address. There is a way around this and I will show you how. The only thing you need is a Gmail address. [...]
How to Sync Facebook events with Google Calendar
I recently discovered how to sync your Facebook events with Google Calendar. Here’s how, Login to Facebook then click on Settings > Applications Settings, Click on Events, Click on Export Events, When the pop-up box appears copy the URL, Now login to Google Calendar. On the left hand side click on Add > then Add [...]
Feedburner – The feed does not have subscriptions by email enabled
I wanted to write a post on a Feedburner issue that was driving me crazy.. and from what I can see a lot of you out there as well. It is to do with when you go to subscribe via email to your feeds the following error appears, First of all you need to signup [...]
