by Stephen on December 19, 2008
There is absolutely no question about it, if you are running, developing or writing for a website or blog, the only browser you should be using is Firefox.
The reason for this is very simple – there is a massive community of programmers and developers writing addons which make it much more than a browser. It [...]
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Firefox,
Firefox Browser,
Internet browsers,
timesaver,
Tools,
Web Tools
by Stephen on December 18, 2008
StumbleUpon! is one of my favourite websites.
It works by people voting and recommending websites they “stumble upon” by clicking on an icon on the StumbleUpon! toolbar. Newly Stumbled pages (rather than sites) will be given high priority and will be frequently delivered to StumbleUpon! users over a fairly short period of time.
To gauge the likability [...]
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Advice,
information,
StumbleUpon!,
Tools,
Web Tools
by Stephen on December 18, 2008
It seems like everyone loves a list. Everywhere you go there are top tens for this and top twenties for that.
We were going to compile our own list of great WordPress plugins, but we have decided to compile a list of great WordPress plugin lists.
Here are 10 popular WordPress plugin lists:
21 of the Best WordPress [...]
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Tools,
Web Tools,
WordPress,
WordPress Plugins
by Stephen on December 17, 2008
If you are running AdSense on your website it is a good idea to keep track of the adverts being displayed on your pages.
There is a post on Webmaster World today about offensive adverts being displayed on a travel website. The adverts are pictorial and are for a website that finds husbands for Chinese brides.
This [...]
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AdSense tools,
competitive ad filter,
Google AdSense,
Google tools,
Tools
by Stephen on October 22, 2008
The Google Analytics blog is reporting that the user interface within Analytics has been cleaned up a little. A little color contrast has been added to make identification between the various areas easier to identify.
Google says it has also made the controls at the top of the report (for email, export etc) a little easier [...]
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Google Analytics,
Tools,
update
by Stephen on October 22, 2008
Following on from a previous post about focusing on a specific task, I would like to mention an automated system provided by Google which I find almost as useful as RSS feeds. It’s called Google Alerts.
You will need to have a Google account to use the Alerts system. Once you have that you can login [...]
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Google,
Google Alerts,
Search,
Tools,
Web Tools
by Stephen on October 22, 2008
Google has today launched a new feature for Gmail users entitled ‘Canned Responses’. It allows users to send automated responses to the emails they receive which ask the same question over and over and over again. You know the kind…
Gmail already lets you create filters based on a combination of keywords, sender, recipients, and more [...]
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auto,
automated,
canned responses,
email,
Google Gmail,
Tools,
webmaster