Is Facebook the Next Google?

October 12th, 2007

Technology

If you look back to the late 1990’s, the internet looked a lot different than it does today. Microsoft was the dominant company, Yahoo! was just getting started, and Google was just getting ready to be created. In the years since, Microsoft became content with their role in the world of internet/software and [...]

Users Guide to Google Webmaster Tools

October 10th, 2007

Technology

When I first logged into Google Webmaster Tools about a year ago, I was in awe at the tools that Google gives webmasters for control over their websites.   In that time, the Google has continued to add additional tools to help us out.
Last week I was setting up some friends on WordPress, so I [...]

Google PageRank Penalty Confirmed, Causes Blogger Panic

October 9th, 2007

Technology

It looks like the buzz all around the blogosphere today is the recent confirmation that Google is now penalizing sites for paid links. Google’s interest in paid advertising comes from how Google PageRank is calculated, which uses inbound links to determine page relevance. While this has been rumored to be in the works [...]

Add GMail to Facebook with FMail

October 8th, 2007

Technology

I’ve spent a fair amount of time talking about Facebook on this blog, especially since Facebook applications were released.  Since Facebook allowed developers to create Facebook applications, there have been some incredible applications created for us to use.   One thing that was always missing was the ability to integrate your e-mail into your Facebook page.
It [...]

How To: Adding a Custom Google Search Engine to Your Blog

September 28th, 2007

How To

Back when this blog was located on Typepad, I had no trouble setting up my custom Google Search engine. This was ideal because it allowed me to possibly earn money when people searched my site, but more importantly, it displayed better search results than the standard search box, and it did it all from [...]

GMail to Get a New Look Soon?

September 24th, 2007

Technology

It’s been almost 3.5 years now since Google’s beta version of GMail was launched.  In the time since the launch, it has received several improvements, but the overall appearance of GMail has remained the same for the most part. 
Today ZDNet has posted that while doing some basic translations into other languages, Google might have accidentally let [...]