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How to See only Sponsored Links On Google

April 21, 2008Gadgets and Free Software

Thought you’d find this useful. http://www.google.com/sponsoredlinks   Go there. Type in         cell phones   You’ll only see the sponsored links. Not the organic listings. Very useful little ditty. Tom About the Author: Bill BakerInternet marketing professional working in Austin, Texas concentrating on search engine optimization, social media and marketing.

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Google Toolbar 3.0 Beta Good but …

April 21, 2008Gadgets and Free Software

I’ve loaded the new Google 3.0 toolbar and love it.  Briefly, here is what’s new: SpellCheck – Check your spelling whenever you type in web forms WordTranslator – Translate English words into other languages AutoLink (US only) – Turn street addresses into links to online maps The Spellchecker is awsome. It’s the same one used [...]

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At Last! Google Calendar – Beta – Has Arrived

April 13, 2006Google

Woke up, got out of bed, powered up and there it is – Google Calendar. Waiting for me to log in. First RSS feed article I read from ZDNet by Richard McManus is talking about Google Calendar and how it relates to Google’s longer-term strategy for a Google Web Office. I’m not certain at this [...]

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New Beta from Google – Host All Your Domain Email Addresses

February 10, 2006Google

Here is what they say: https://www.google.com/hosted/Home Bring Gmail to your domain. This special beta test lets you give Gmail, Google’s webmail service, to every user at your domain. Gmail for your domain is hosted by Google, so there’s no hardware or software for you to install or maintain. Gmail – 2 gigabytes of storage and [...]

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Google Releases Beta RSS Reader

October 8, 2005Gadgets and Free Software

Go to http://reader.google.com. I’m just starting to tinker with it.  I have exported the list of RSS feeds I have at www.bloglines.com to see how it handles 100+ feeds. It takes a few minutes for that to all work.  The user interface is very different. I think I’m going to have to give it some [...]

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Google and Sun Collaborate on StarOffice – Microsoft Office Replacement

October 4, 2005Google

Wouldn’t it be nice to finally have a cross-platform solution for basic office software tools for PC, Mac and Unix, and for it be essentially free?  If Gmail is an indication of what’s possible, then I’m excited. Stay tuned. There will be a lot of news about this later today. Tom About the Author: Bill [...]

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Using Google Earth to Plan Your Vacation

October 2, 2005Google

I borrowed this blog entry from http://googleblog.blogspot.com/   This is “beach-front”? by A Googler Posted by Bill Kilday, Google Earth team Have you ever wondered if that “beach-front” condo really is beach-front? Recently I planned a trip to Hawaii and saw one particularly breathless condo listing that described the property as being just 400 “steps” [...]

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Google Offers to Blanket San Francisco With WiFi

October 1, 2005Google

Verne Kopytoff, Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writers Saturday, October 1, 2005     Google Inc. has offered to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom’s effort to get all residents online whether they are at home, in a park or [...]

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Google Releases a Dedicated Search For Blogs

September 14, 2005Google

Wahoo!  Finally, Google released a dedicated search for blogs. Looks like Google stayed with the spartan approach to user interface, which is fine with me. Let me know your thoughts. I’m curious how others might be using this new addition. I haven’t had a chance to thoroughly check it out and compare it to other [...]

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Let's Talk – Google Talk

August 24, 2005Gadgets and Free Software

    Visit http://talk.google.com for more details and for a short review of Google Talk.   If you’re using an Apple computer (or Linux) you’ll have to wait for all the features. The Apple iChat works but no ability to make calls yet.   So go find a PC and check it out for now. Appears [...]

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