about 3 years ago - No comments
Google Maps is a great resource to get to those hard to reach places. The Street View feature is a definite cool advantage that pushes Google Maps to the top. But every once in a while some amazing and hilarious shots are captured on camera. Here is a view of Lincoln Tunnel entrance next to…
about 4 years ago - 4 comments
Google Christmas logo is not the only thing new today. For the first time in years Google changes the default homepage of Google.com and introduces various search options. This is only available for users logged in using a Google account. As the above screenshot shows Google introduced the following options directly on the homepage. –…
about 4 years ago - 6 comments
At the end of the day Google is an artificial engine based on a search algorithm. This algorithm gets tweaked and perfected by Google engineers every so often. But that can never eliminate the human element. Several SEO’s, both blackhat and whitehat have techniques which give you better search results for specific terms. Google takes…
about 4 years ago - 4 comments
Have you ever arrived at the airport on time to pick up that annoying aunt only to find the flight is delayed for 3 hours? You might have rushed out of a business meeting or didn’t get to finish your lunch or spilled hot Starbucks during your drive and rushed to the airport to find…
about 4 years ago - 5 comments
No more boring sitemaps for your website. Now you can have video sitemaps thanks to Google Webmaster Tools. The Webmaster Tools team released this new feature on Monday evening and announced it on their blog. But the credit does not only go to the Webmaster Tools team as the Google Video team put in significant…
about 4 years ago - No comments
How many Google services do you use? One, two or more. Google is now making it easier to keep track of the various Google products you use with Google Profile. No need to bookmark and update the About Us section. This service will let you share as little or as much information you would like…
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Google toolbar brings with it a lot of interesting and handy features. Now the Google Toolbar team is publicly releasing the next generation of the toolbar for beta testing. If you head over to the Google Toolbar site you will notice a blue box promoting users to try out the new version. Or just go…
about 4 years ago - No comments
Google’s highly intelligent search engine algorithm has made it a famous brand. Now Google maybe moving away from the artificially intelligent search results and embrace the power of users. Google is experimenting with a Digg like system which allows users to basically rate search results on any subject according to their preference and perception. This…
about 4 years ago - No comments
Adobe acquired Virtual Ubiquity on October 1st of this year and welcomed Buzzword into the Adobe family. According to Adobe Buzzword will be built on the cross operating system runtime codenamed AIR and eventually be integrated into Adobe’s online document collaboration services. What is Buzzword? In simple terms Buzzword is an online word processor. It…
about 4 years ago - 1 comment
Google has been pushing Google Checkout since the day of its launch. With coupons and rebates it has been fairly popular. And why should it not? They offer some discounts on stuff that you would buy anyways. If I get the same item for $50 with Google Checkout instead of $80 with Paypal why not…
about 4 years ago
Interesting… all these blogs everywhere that are saying Google Maps is showing live results!
Bullshit. it’s not happening. Just go to the Des Moines Register (desmoinesregister.com) and click on the caucus page. They are updating live results with counts, and more. Google Maps is a TOTAL let down on this.