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Yahoo Opens Up BrowserPlus Web Software
After being in stealth mode for a year now, Yahoo suddenly offered the public a chance to take a “sneak peak” at its new software,...
Google to Open App Engine, Announce New Pricing Plans and API
In the Google I/O developer conference today, Google is set to announce that the door to its App Engine will now be open to developers....
Google Reader Gets More Social with New Sharing Features, and we love it
Google Reader has just rolled out some new features, which obviously is geared towards making Google’s RSS aggregator more social. So, here’s a run down...
Making Sure Your Content Looks Good to Google
Very often if you have some issues with Google ranking your site, you should search for problems with your own site (instead of rushing to...
More People Are Using Google to Navigate, Not Just Search [Data]
Google users know where they want to browse to, and use the search box to get the link to click.
Backlink Checkers that Actually Help
What do I usually want to see in a good tool? Contrary to what you might think, I never expect a tool to do part...
YouTube Rolls Out Some New Features
YouTube has started rolling out some new features to help us better manage our YouTube accounts. But I would like to think that it is...
Microsoft launches Live Search News, Google News killer?
Microsoft Live Search has unveiled its new web service, the Live Search News (LSN). The Live Search News is very similar to Google News, or...
Six Interesting Printed Books (the Ones Made of Paper, Not PDF eBooks)
In this day and age where blogs provide fast and up to date information about developments in the industry are conventional publication mediums such as...
Yahoo Launches Shine, Site for and by Women
Yahoo has just launched a new site that goes by the moniker “Shine”. It a new site by and for women. Everything you’d always wanted...
Google Brings Robot.txt generator to the Webmaster Tools
Google Webmaster Tools has a new tool that would certainly be useful to site owners in making their site Googlebot friendly – the Robots.txt generator....
Google Docs Becoming Web Version of Microsoft Word 2003
I don’t know if the Google Docs developers are intentionally doing it or is it really the way to develop Google Docs into a full-blown...
Mail Trends is a useful Gmail Trending Tool, if only it was easier to use
Mail Trends is a Phyton-based tool that lets you generate a visual representation of various statistics of your Gmail accounts. The code was developed by...
How To Compare Results on Different Search Engines
While it remains unclear how many major search engines we will end up with, it is still wise to track and compare your (and your...
Google launches open source code browser
The Google Open Source blog is announcing about the new source code browser for Google code’s project hosting feature. The browser features easier navigation through...
Repackaged Google Custom Search Launches as a New Vertical SE
At first look Topicle may seem to be a new vertical search engine. But taking a closer look would reveal that it is just a...
SEO Q&A : Should You Use Google Webmaster Tools?
Personally, I’m a pretty big advocate of using Google Webmaster Tools, Live.com’s Webmaster Center and Yahoo Site Explorer to upload XML Sitemaps and track the...
Industry Benchmarking and Data-Sharing Features in Google Analytics
Google just rolled out industry benchmarking and data-sharing features for its web analytics tools. Industry benchmarking lets analytics users compare their websites traffic data with...
Microsoft’s Bill Gates Slams Google Apps
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates doesn’t like Google, and never misses an opportunity to take a dig at them. In his latest jab at the Mountain...
Yahoo Announces New Mobile Content Service, onePlace
Yahoo continues its drive towards making a strong present on the mobile web with the unexpected announcement of the Yahoo onePlace. Touted as a revolutionary...
Microsoft Expands Online Business Services
The battle for online business application software is about to heat up as Microsoft is set to expand the coverage of its Online Business Services....
Google Resurrects Jotspot, Renames it Google Sites
Remember that Wiki Collaboration Software Jotspot which Google acquired in 2006? Finally Google has resurrected and renamed the collaboration tool into Google sites, Google’s own...
Yahoo’s Yang Finally Breaks Silence on the Microsoft Takeover
It might really be difficult to be at the helm of a giant web company that is being touted for takeover by another giant company....
Yahoo! Live is Alive but not Kicking
This what happens when you pre-announced an apparently cool and hip product and everybody anticipates its release. No matter how you want the live release...
Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting Limit Becomes Unlimited
Who says Yahoo is on the brink of collapse and badly needs a saviour? Well, I don’t think financial woes is hitting Yahoo right now,...
Create Forms in Google Docs Spreadsheet
Google Docs spreadsheet is introducing a new feature in its otherwise useful functionalities. Google spreadsheet now lets users create web-based forms. This is useful for...
Yahoo Launches Web-Based MP3 Player
Yahoo just release an update of its mp3 player that no matter how Yahoo wants to underplay it, still web analysts might see it as...
YouTube Videos and Picasa Web Going the HDTV Way
I know this idea may seem cool, but then would you really get excited about your newly bought HDTVs because of these features? Announced in...
Yahoo Launches Go 3.0, The Mobile Search Service Formerly Known as Go 2.0
Yahoo’s participation in the on-going Consumer Electronics Show is by way of the launch of its flagship mobile search service, Yahoo! Go 3.0 which is...
Spam for the Search Engines and a Smile for Matt Cutts
I wanted to call the post “Website Scraper, Trackback Spammer and Cloaking Bundle” at first, but then thought that the current one is a bit...