Google reader full screen mode
Google Reader has done some extra coding to enable us see more content on the screen. This is a nice little move from Google that has uncluttered the classic layout with too many information to digest. All you have to do is press ‘f’ for full-screen mode. You get to see a collapsible navigation bar [...]
Two must watch videos to improve your blog’s SEO
Every now and then, Matt Cutts answers questions from webmasters, bloggers, and website owners and gives them tips on what may affect a blog’s/website’s SEO, and what doesn’t. The following two videos are aimed at clearing up the myths about the two often used features – tag clouds and Twitter stream (or lifestream). 1. Do [...]
Cool image sitemap plugin for your WordPress blog
It’s a good practice to use XML sitemaps to notify important search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing about the recent changes in your blog. It not only improves the speed at which the site-pages are indexed, but also improves the relevancy and ranking of the pages in Google, and other search engines. Text is [...]
How Google works – step by step (infographic)
Came across a cool infographic that gives a flow-chart type infographic on how Google actually works. You can see the tight integration of search results with the advertisement keywords (Adwords). This is one of the best both ways, ‘coz we get to see relevant ads, and Google gets to see $20 billion (US) per year [...]
Creating a 301 redirect for WordPress blog
There are zillions of how-to articles on creating 301 redirects. However, this brief article will focus on creating a redirect for non-WWW queries of your domain name to WWW, by editing the .htaccess on a WordPress blog. You may ask, why should I do this? Because, all search engines treat www.yoursite.com and http://yoursite.com as two [...]
Google’s search page tries Bing’s fashion statement
A couple of days ago, there was news about the inclusion of a new fancy feature on the plain old Google’s search page. Well, couldn’t call it a feature – just a splash of color to your search home page (no, not on the results page). Look to the bottom left corner of the Google [...]
How to create cool task lists on Gmail via Chrome and Firefox
Are you the type that creates to-do lists on a notepad? Well, how often do you remember to click on the to-do notepad and see the task list schedule for the day? Quite cumbersome, it is. Some people use Outlook calendar or the one on their mobile phones to create task lists, so that they [...]
Google Mail’s new status update feature!?
I just came across this news about Google’s upcoming addendum on Gmail.. Now, what’s on my mind? Here’s what Google might come up with if they are planning to compete with Twitter and Facebook status update features.. It’s just my imagination running wild. You got any ideas how this might look like when implemented?
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