Iran Bans Google

In yet another affront by the Iranian government on it’s people, they have banned access to Google and Gmail inside the nation of Iran. These kinds of stories always catch my eye. Freedom of information is always key to the freedom of people, and you can always tell the governments which are suppressive by how [...]

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Blog News, Google Moons NASA

Google is apparently on the verge of releasing their “Powerpoint killer“. This is going to be a presentation package which is added to the mix of Google online office applications. So, we will have Docs, Spreadsheets and soon “Presently” (the name for the new app). I think this will be a cool addition to Google’s [...]

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Has Google Penalized Your Site?

YoungEntrepreneur.com has posted a quick piece about Google penalizing your site. In it, they mention that Google has, last week, reinstituted the practice of emailing webmasters in the event that they are blacklisted. They were doing that originally, but they had stopped in favor of simply posting notices into Webmaster Tools. The problem is that [...]

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Google Analytics AIR Beta Signup

Most of us know about Google Analytics, the web statistical package from Google. Well, it has an API, and one programmer named Nicolas Lierman has developed a desktop application using Adobe AIR to bring your Analytics reports to your desktop. Very cool, I say! He is getting ready to release as a public beta, [...]

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Does Facebook Represent a Google Killer?

I saw a really interesting (and controversial) viewpoint by Robert Scoble that I thought was very fitting into my look at Facebook this week. He contends that Facebook, along with Mahalo and Techmeme, represent a force that will spell trouble for Google within the next four years. Here, check out these videos by [...]

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Youtube Offers Custom Player and Other Goodies

I was over on Pirillo’s blog and I saw a quick mention of a new video player by Youtube. I logged into my account and, sure enough, they’re announcing a few interesting items. You Youtube’ers will like this.
Custom Player
You can now create a custom Youtube video player. You can give it a custom color scheme. [...]

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Google’s Empire Expands into Phone Service

Whenever there is money to be made with something, Google swoops in and buys it all. That’s my observation now that it seems Google has just acquired GrandCentral.
GrandCentral is a cool service. I have not personally used it, but it claims to be able to combine all of your existing phone accounts into one managable [...]

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Google Free Tools Keep Getting Better

Google is the king of free web-based tools. I make routine use of Analytics, Gmail and Google Docs. I am also using Google Groups for a new group for WebbyOnline. I have used Google Webmaster Tools for site diagnostics. In short, I’m a big fan of Google.
Google Docs Sports New Features
This morning I logged [...]

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What is Google PageRank?

This would make a good article topic, right? But, I’ll be honest, how could I possibly compete with the explanation of Google Pagerank I just ran across over at Smashing Magazine? This has got to be one of the most thorough write-ups I’ve ever seen on the topic.
I had to pass it on. Check it [...]

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Youtube Silently Sticks it to Director Accounts

As a little followup to my podcast earlier today as well as an excuse to vent, I have just found out today that Youtube has silently stuck it to Director accounts. It wasn’t long ago that you had to actually APPLY for a Director account. With the enhanced account, you would be able to do [...]

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