Google puts the s into search
Making a quick search on Google is simple enough and the average person simply takes it for granted that the results are best that the search engine can come up with, but people who use Google for work and other related searches are not so sure that the results are how they should be.
The common [...]
April Fools Google Style
The 1st April always throws up some interesting news stories or are they, this is the problem with April Fool’s Day, and it’s one of those occasions when almost any announcement or breaking news story is treated with suspicion, no matter how true it may be.
There are some carefully prepared pieces that get people thinking [...]
Boss of Google UK has house removed from street view
While the complaints come rolling in about Google’s Street View feature the boss of Google UK has made sure that his £2 million home in West London is not visible through the service.
Street View allows you to virtually stroll down any street on the database and at anytime turn 360 degrees as if you were [...]
CBS complain about YouTube bloggers
There many media groups who utilise the video site YouTube for clips and even reporting, yet one media organisation The Hoop Doctors have found that their YouTube account has been suspended causing them serious problems.
The problem starts with the complaints from CBS who have filed copyright complaints regarding a clip from a basketball match.
This is [...]
IE slips down even more
The world browser market Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has slipped back a little bit more against the other choices available. IE has a 67.55 per cent market share, which is a drop of around seven per cent.
Firefox by Mozilla has 21.53 per cent where three months ago they stood at 20.78 per cent, Apples Safari was [...]
Does anyone care about the cost of search?
Recently there have been reports on the cost of a Google search on the environment; apparently, there are some sources that claim two search enquires use up as much energy as boiling a kettle of water.
However, these figures are relative, this does not mean that it is costing the computer user lot of cash, the [...]
Google search not so green
It has been estimated that a simple search on Google will produce around 7g of carbon dioxide, whereas boiling a kettle of water will produce around 15g of carbon dioxide.
These shocking figures have been produced by Dr Alex Wissner-Gross, a physicist from Harvard University, who says that the emissions are produced by the electricity used [...]
At last Google-Linux desktop
Is Google gradually taking on Microsoft through the back door, they have been doing this through various tactics but most could be considered to stealth, rather than directly advertising the fact that they are looking to become the world’s largest tech company.
Now with the introduction of Google Chrome, this finally showed to the world that [...]
Chrome loses beta label
When Google launched the browser, Chrome there was a great deal of interest, yet now things have settled down they have a market share of just one per cent, most users would have thought that this would have been larger but there it is.
However, this may begin to change with the beta tag being removed [...]
They were supposed to be killer apps
Whenever there is a highly successful website or application there are always going to be the pretenders to the thrown who according to their founders and supporters will be the next killer application.
Like Google for instance this is a business that many have tried to copy and yet Google still survives and is getting stronger, [...]
Now Gmail offers auto response
At last for some users of Gmail they can sit back knowing full well that their email account will be looking after their friends and colleagues with an auto responder with attitude.
In the same way, that Gmail will not allow you send an email when you have had a late night out, this service allows [...]
Linux gets Google gadgets
For the first time Google are providing their famous gadgets for the Linux operating system, this is great news for most Linux users who could be forgiven in thinking that they have been left out by Google in the past.
From now on Linux users will be able to use the gadgets that have been initially [...]
Boys Google logo a big hit
When Google announced that they would be holding a competition for youngsters aged between four and sixteen to design one those logos, which Google occasionally use to show different celebrations or events.
The theme for this Google logo was “My Community” and the winner was a schoolboy from Surrey called Daniel Thorne who is aged fifteen. [...]
What to do after a Google update
Every time a Google make a page rank update, most website owners and webmasters hold their breath to see what the outcome is going to be. However, it is always going to be a nightmare for some and a disaster for others, so what can be done about it?
Bookmarking
Link Development
Leave Comments on Other Blogs
Write Better [...]
Gmail’s security measures
With millions of users you would have thought that Gmail would have got their act together by now, well in some circumstances they already have, by adding improved security features this makes account hijacking much more difficult.
But many thousands of users are being locked out their own email accounts with no easy way of getting [...]
YouTube increases file sizes
Not much has been happening around YouTube recently, well not up front anyhow. However, behind the scenes there has been some frantic action involving the new video upload tool. What this will enable the user is editing the clips metadata while it is still uploading.
While they have been making these subtle changes, which will clearly, [...]
First Chrome update available
As the Google browser Chrome is open to developers, it should come as no surprise that the first update has been released.
The way that Google have done things is quite interesting, users get the choice of test the Beta version which is going to be more user friendly or the Chrome developer channel, this is [...]
Things to add to Chrome
So far, there have been a mixed bag reviews and complaints, some have been positive and others have been well positively against the new browser. However, forgetting about the complaints and dislikes of the browser, there has been a list created of things that Google Chrome appears to left off.
The problem for users is that [...]
What is so good about Chrome?
There are reasons for switching browsers, this could be not liking the software or even the producer of the software, but as Google is the number one in search and has made great steps to get involved in the many arenas throughout the internet, their browser Chrome is bound to be hit. So what is [...]
September 3, 2008Google not so green after all
It would seem that Google may not be that green after all. They are quick to publicise their investments in green technology, like the recent geothermal project. Nevertheless, when it comes to eco friendly search, then it is a different story.
This has come because the largest search engine in the world has ended its relationship [...]