Archive for December, 2009

Re: ‘Merry Christmas from Google’

Posted by Brendon on December 23rd, 2009 | 0 comments

I have just received an e-mail from Google, with a Christmas gift:

Hello,

As we near the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment to thank you for the time, energy, commitment, and trust you’ve shared with us in 2009.

With sharing in mind, this year we’ve decided to do something a little different. We hope you’ll find it fits the spirit of the Christmas season.

We’re looking forward to working with you to build lasting success in 2010.

With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,
Your Google Team

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Facebook to charge £14.99 per month

Posted by Brendon on December 22nd, 2009 | 1 comment

Facebook are to charge £14.99 per month to access the site, in plans to be implemented July next year. Or so a Facebook group says. READ MORE

Chat to Strangers on Facebook

Posted by Brendon on December 21st, 2009 | 1 comment

A few days ago, I was thinking of ways to drive more traffic to 22Talk. Unlike my other websites, 22Talk’s traffic is more time dependent in that more than 1 user must be online at the same time for it to work at all (and lots more for it to work effectively). READ MORE

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Enhance your 404 page with Related Pages

Posted by Brendon on December 5th, 2009 | 0 comments

Taxomation.com have just released ‘404 widget‘ — a useful tool for helping your site’s lost users. The widget looks at the URL a visitor tried to load, and extracts keywords from it. It then runs over to Yahoo! and finds related pages from your site — all just in time to be displayed to the visitor, who can choose a page or keep searching. READ MORE

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Google Launches OpenDNS Alternative

Posted by Brendon on December 3rd, 2009 | 0 comments

Today, Google announced the release of Google Public DNS — a complete alternative to the Domain Name System (DNS) offered by your ISP, OpenDNS and similar services. Google claims that their DNS service is fast, secure, and — unlike many ISPs and OpenDNS — they promise never to filter, block or redirect DNS responses.

From previous experience, it can be expected that Google Public DNS will only get better — but I believe that its openness and performance are reason enough for it to be adopted now. I have already switched, and you can do the same in a few seconds. READ MORE

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