Your Google Wave Guide
by Brent Haeseker on 27/09/09 at 12:35 am
Since Google Wave is expected to have a limited release on September 30th, it is time to get an understanding of what this tool is, how it works, why it is revolutionary and how we might use it.
What it is?
Announced by Google on May 27th, 2009 as a “personal communication and collaboration tool”, Google Wave [...]
Click Fraud – The PPC Ying-Yang
When promoting your business, an attractive option is to use pay-per-click advertising. Using pay-per-click (PPC) advertising you can bid for placement in the search engines for the keyword phrases you know your customers are using when they are searching online. The most commonly known PPC platform is Google’s Adwords program, although Microsoft and Yahoo also [...]
Full StoryZoho – An Alternative to Check Out While Waiting for that Google Wave Invite
Ok, Google Wave was just recently released, and I still haven’t gotten my invite. What is a poor web consultant to do? Why, search the web for other things that I can play with now. This is where Zoho comes in.
First of all, Zoho is not new – it’s been around at least a few [...]
The Problem With Social Bookmarking Sites
They may be good at being social, but they need to work on their bookmarking features.
Ok, here is the setup of my premise:
I’m primarily a Firefox web surfer and for the last year or so I have been a big fan of the the Fast Dial add-on. If you don’t know what it is, basically [...]
Please Scam Me – Not
I know this is stating the obvious, but it is worth repeating. Don’t open file attachements from people you don’t know. No matter how creditable it appears, it’s simply not.
I have been seeing this one (see image) or some variation of it quite often lately. It is always formatted the same and includes a PDF [...]
Screenr – Share Screencasts Via Twitter
Screenr is a new online application is available that makes it easy to share screencast videos via Twitter.
“What’s a screencast?”, you ask.
It is when a user can create a video of what is happening on their computer screen while providing a voice over dialog via a plugged in microphone. They are typically used to create [...]
Cloud Computing on the Horizon
Cloud computing is on the horizon. And despite the jargony term, it’s more familiar than you think.
“Cloud computing”, you ask?
Well, you could consider this blog article cloud computing. Although you see the article on your screen and you are reading these words, this article doesn’t exist on your computer – unless you purposely copied it [...]
Internet Explorer 6? It's Time You Upgrade.
Are you still using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 to view websites? If so, it is time you upgrade. Internet Explorer 6 (also referred to as IE6) is a pretty ancient browser. I know it doesn’t sound that old, since the newest version is only Internet Explorer 8, but trust me, the number of years between [...]
Full StoryStar Wars and Spambots
Ever see Star Wars? Of course you have. Remember C-3Po, the annoying robot nobody wanted showing up to the party? Of course you do. I mean, come on, it’s Star Wars. How could you forget.
Well, if you have a website with a form on it, you likely have become acquainted with one of C-3P0’s distant [...]
Twitter Power Tools
Now that the hype has settled and the new website smell has faded, let’s take a look at Twitter and how to maximize it’s effectiveness via third party Twitter tools. These tools come in various forms; from websites, desktop apps to mobile phone applications, there are many ways to get your tweets in order.
Multi-Account Management
Twitter [...]
