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Guides, reviews, and comparisons of must-have free and paid tools for search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, social media marketing, and content marketing.
Google Docs Presentation Adds Embed Feature
This article was updated in 11/2016 to reflect changes in the industry. When Google Docs Presentation was launched in September, it was a much-awaited tool...
Google Services Bugs and Usability Issues That Spoil My Holiday Spirit – Part I
It’s the end of the year and I have a little gift for Google for the year 2008. It’s a summary of issues and bugs...
3 Top Search Engines’ Webmaster Tools: Which Gives the Better Site Data?
Webmaster tools are used by site owners and developers to determine how search engines see their sites in terms of inbound and outbound links and...
Microsoft to Acquire Musiwave
Don’t look now, but it seems Microsoft is off to something with its announcement of intention to buy Musiwave, a mobile music entertainment service company....
Top Search Queries in Google Webmaster Tools
Google’s Webmaster Tools’ top search queries just got better with the expansion of its time coverage, top query percentage and search data upload via CSV...
Microsoft Unveils HealthVault, Online Health Info Storage
Looks like Microsoft has taken one step ahead of Google this time, when it officially unveiled the company’s latest online offering, the Microsoft HealthVault. The...
Picasa Web Albums Updates, New API Features
Google’s free web album, Picasa introduces some great new features which were the top requests of Picasa Web Album users. Google’s Data API blog enumerated...
Introducing Google Mapplets, A Mashup of Mashups on Google Maps
I know that’s a lot of “maps” there in the title. It’s a bit of an exaggeration actually but that’s how I see this new...
New Google Maps Drag and Drop Feature
Google added last Thursday a nice little video to their YouTube account without mentioning anything significant to their blogs as they usually do for announcements...
Trellian Keyword Database Change
The popular keyword research tool from Trellian, called Keyword Discovery, changes their database to rely on their tool bar users only (like Alexa) instead of...
Ranking Factors Simplified Quick Reference
Just for the sake of it did I create a simplified version of the much more detailed search engine ranking factors 2007 document, which was...
Google Spreadsheets Launching Today
Google Spreadsheets Launching Today In what may be a nice break from all of the unusually boring, complicated and ‘over your head’ releases from Google...
Microsoft Business Desktop Search
Microsoft Business Desktop Search Google has Google Mini and Google Search Appliance products for business users looking for solutions to searching for content on their...
Search For Singles Hotties Using Google Maps
Search For Singles Hotties Using Google Maps Talk about using the Google Maps API for the good of mankind. San Francisco software firm Frozenbear has...
Yahoo Desktop Search Update Supports Mozilla Thunderbird Mail
Yahoo Desktop Search Update Supports Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Yahoo updated Yahoo! Desktop Search today to provide support for Thunderbird, the Mozilla open-source mail client. Thunderbird...
Instant Messenger Attacks on the Rise
Instant Messenger Attacks on the Rise A research study released by security firm IMLogic says that the hack attempts through the popular instant messengers is...
Google Desktop Search 1.0 Searches More Files
Google Desktop Search 1.0 Searches More Files Google Desktop Search is now available as a final 1.0 version, which is freely downloadable from the Google’s...
Google AutoLink and The New Google Toolbar
Google AutoLink and The New Google Toolbar Last week, the world of search was somewhat shocked to learn that Google has included a feature on...
Search Multiple Search Engines With TurboScout
Search Multiple Search Engines With TurboScout If you’re looking for a way to compare search results from multiple search engines for web, blogs, images, audio,...
Microsoft MSN Desktop Search Is Out In Beta
Microsoft MSN Desktop Search Is Out In Beta As expected, Microsoft has finally released a beta of their Desktop Search software. It is integrated with...
Google Spyware? Bad Guys & Spies Using Google Desktop Search
Google Spyware? Bad Guys & Spies Using Google Desktop Search I suppose I was naive when I cheered the new Google Desktop Search tool thinking...
Google Desktop Search versus Microsoft Windows Search
Google Desktop Search versus Microsoft Windows Search Google Desktop Search Software can’t find your lost keys or tell you where you left the Tivo remote...
Google and Instant Messenger
Google and Instant Messenger Google already dominates the search engine market, where once Yahoo! ruled user’s browser. With GMail and Google Desktop Search, they are...
Google for your Desktop Search
Google for your Desktop Search Google has been working on this one since some time now. We speculated in May that Google would be getting...
GMail Notifier Enhanced
GMail Notifier Enhanced Google enhanced their GMail Notifier client some days back. Unfortunately, the client did not auto-upgrade as I had originally expected it to....
Microsoft Entering the Anti-Spyware Market
Microsoft Entering the Anti-Spyware Market Microsoft decided to enter the Anti-Virus market sometime back when they bought Romanian antivirus firm GeCad in 2003. And they...
MoreGoogle : Enhances your Google Experience
MoreGoogle : Enhances your Google Experience Google seems to be the world’s favorite search engine. It is famous for its bare interface that focuses more...
Adware – Are Downloads Safe?
Adware – Are Downloads Safe? Developers offering downloads are paying the price for the malformed truths that have been put forth regarding downloads. While not...
Google Toolbar Using Browser Keywords Function
Google Toolbar Using Keywords Function Looks like Google is trying to assure placement within the browser one step at a time. The latest update of...
Firefox Toolbar: A set of search toolbars for Mozilla users
Firefox Toolbar: A set of search toolbars for Mozilla users Yet another search toolbar! But fortunately unlike most Internet Explorer only toolbars it is for...