Google has introduced this very cool new feature imbedded into search results which we will call Scrolling Latest Results.
Check out the search results for the word melbourne below to see the scroller about a third of the way down the page.
melbourne – Google Search
The scroller displays from news, blogs, twitter!
If Google can change their favicons, so can we.. You may have noticed that Google has a new favicon, the small icon you see in your browser next to the URL or in your bookmarks list.
Google wanted to develop a set of icons that would scale better for new platforms like the iPhone and [...]
The Google Gadget eBar from eBarster displays eBay content in a Google widget on your web site.
It conforms to both the Google Gadgets Api and the OpenSocial Api, making it easy to install on any website, including social networking sites that support the Google Gadgets Api or Orkut and is linked to your eBay Campaign [...]
Any good page optimisation must include adding a description to every picture on your page. This in turn tells search engines what the picture is about.
This is done using the ALT tag.
Example: <img alt=”a description of this picture” src=”filename.jpg”>
In the video below, Matt Cutts gives a quick and useful overview of what the ALT tag is and how [...]
Google has introduced this very cool new feature imbedded into search results which we will call Scrolling Latest Results.
Check out the search results for the word melbourne below to see the scroller about a third of the way down the page.
melbourne – Google Search
The scroller displays from news, blogs, twitter!
We recently developed a mobile version of one of our web sites publishing and treating it as a sub-domain of the main web site. It was actually fun creating this mini version of the web site ensuring everything displayed properly on a mobile phone. We used my LG U990 mobile phone for testing purposes.
A few weeks after its [...]
Google is celebrating it’s Toolbar’s 8th birthday by announcing the latest release of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, launching out of beta and available in 40 languages.
Here are just a few things you can do with this latest version:
- Add gadgets to your Toolbar to bring content from your favorite websites closer to you
- Synchronize your settings [...]
If you are like me, you are always on the lookout for new ways of making a dollar, specially where it is automated and seemless!
I pointed out in a recent post Making Money from Publishing that the eBay Partner program coupled with BANS was one very good revenue generator, and now I have found another!
Introducing [...]
First it was books, Google saying they wanted to publish online every book ever printed and now its newspapers.
Google announced today, we’re launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives.
Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time
9/08/2008 09:33:00 [...]
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In unique Google fashion, the search engine giant has launched its latest product Chrome, with a cartoon that explains the background of the open source browser based on WebKit.
Unlike other modern web browsers, which can only run one process at a time, Google Chrome gives each tab its own process. This speeds up overall performance [...]
AUSTRALIA today became the third country to have its cities, streets and landmarks “scanned into” Google as the search giant unveils its most ambitious Street View project to date.
Google Street View is an online tool that lets users take a virtual tour of landscapes from their computer by perusing an interactive database of millions of [...]
The Google Gadget eBar from eBarster displays eBay content in a Google widget on your web site.
It conforms to both the Google Gadgets Api and the OpenSocial Api, making it easy to install on any website, including social networking sites that support the Google Gadgets Api or Orkut and is linked to your eBay Campaign [...]
One of the easiesy ways of making money from publishing is with the new eBay Affiliate Program.
eBay recently split from CJ (Commission Junction) and now run their own Affiliate Program, but with some mighty powerful tools.
The pitch on the eBay Affiliate Program website says “With just a little effort, you can earn a lot of [...]
Google’s Affiliate Network (previously DoubleClick) was launched today.
Google Affiliate Network powers performance-based online marketing and offers you the chance to earn incremental revenue from your visitors. Apply to become a Publisher and access offers and links for Google Affiliate Network’s top-tier, big-name Advertisers.
Complete this online application and get started. It’s that easy!
