Posts tagged google
Klout Now Integrates with Google Plus
Sep 20th
Earlier today Klout announced that they have integrated Google Plus with the Klout system. Klout says that Google Plus was one a feature that was highly requested.
Naturally I had to integrate my Klout profile with Google Plus. It will take some time before Klout can accurately record my Google Plus usage. I will give an update on the new Google Plus features if there is anything worth reporting.
What is Google Plus?For those are not familiar with the Google Plus Network, the Google Plus Network is a new social media network by Google that has gown not only in size but More >
Google Plus Social Network, Is it a Social Media Game Changer?
Jun 30th
So it looks as if Google had more in mind than just adding the Google +1 voting system. Now that the Google +1 button is out and websites are adding the new buttons to their sites and articles, Google goes and creates the Google Plus social network.
To setup your account, all you need is an invite from one of your friends already using the service, this if you do not already have access to the Google Plus Network.
The social network made it easy to find your friends, work colleagues, and family by using your Gmail account. Then it lists all More >
What is SEO
Aug 4th
When I work with clients or talk about what I do and services we offer through Evolutionary Designs, I often get asked the question “what is SEO?” or “what is search Engine Optimization?” Once I explain, they ask “why would someone want that and pay for that service?” After answering so many times, I came to realize I never really talked about here. We never really go over what is and how it works. Today, I want to talk about the basics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), the more important terms and subjects related to SEO, and why it is More >
Free Market Research with Google Analytics
May 29th
Do you know about the free market research available from Google Analytics? Yes, free! 95% of businesses fall into one of two categories:
- They think that analytics is technical and just for the tech geeks.
- They installed analytics with all good intentions, and never bothered to look at the reports.
If that is you, then you are missing out on some powerful information about the online performance of your website and/ your business.
Why Google AnalyticsA lot of businesses use Google Analytics to track their website performance, but sometimes I get the question Why Google? Well, it’s pretty straightforward, so I’ll be frank: More >
Gmail Gets Drag and Drop Attachments and Insert Calendar Invitation
Apr 16th
Yesterday on Google’s Official blog they announced two new features were added to Gmail. For those that do not use Gmail, Gmail is a popular email system that has been growing with popularity since its invite only release in 2004. What different with about these new features is that it was rolled out for general use and is hard coded right into Gmail’s services instead of options that have to be installed through Google Labs. With most new features Google releases to the labs first. The features that were added are drag and drop attachments, and insert calendar invitation.
Drag and Drop Attachments More >Daily Delicious Posts for April 02, 2010
Apr 2nd
Today’s daily Delicious post is a short one. I found some links to Google Chrome extensions and some comic book wallpapers.
- 20 Best Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers Chrome Extension for Web Developers. (tags: GoogleChromeExtensions)
You Can Now Play Quake II with HTML5
Apr 2nd
Yesterday Google released a video of their engineers playing Quake II using Safari without using plugins. The Engineers used some of their 20% time to test the limits of HTML5. Their results were an HTML5 port of Id’s Quake II game engine! Normally I would not do a post on video games, but this game is programmed and setup to run via a web browser using HTML5. Run Quake II as the Google Guys set it up shows the potential of HTML5 and the future of web design. Running Quake II with HTML5 will only run on “modern browsers” such as Safari and Google Chrome.
Quake More >Digg Digg a SocialMedia Book marking and voting plugin for WordPress.
Feb 27th
Over the last few months I have been in search of a way to add voting tools to the blog post automatically and still look good. As most know if you want to add a Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Blog Engage and many other buttons there is a plugin for it. The issues I came across is, they were all different sizes and generally hurt the flow of the text or images. As a designer, I see this as a design flaw. So I tried to manually inserting the code in myself or not adding all of the voting tools. As More >
News Update: LeapFish is Integrated with Topsy
Feb 26th
Yesterday LeapFish search engine announced that they are integrating with Topsy. LeapFish is a real-time search engine that allows users access to live news, video and images in real time. Now that LeapFish has been integrated with Topsy, LeapFish has access to the Twitter stream, it can find the most popular links that are shared in displays them to the user in real-time.
As you can see from the images (please click on the screen shot to see full size and clearer (sorry)) that they have intregrated Twitter and Facebook into your home page. I then did a search on Evolutionary Designs and in the More >
Google Announces Improvements and Response to Feedback
Feb 12th
After two days with millions of users buzzing, Google announces changes to Google Buzz and explanations about how the privacy works. From a previous post I mentioned and showed you how to make your Google Buzz contacts private. Google explains why they made made the contacts the way they did and made some changes in the setup process to make it more obvious so you can easily turn this feature on and off. As for more information on this issue and to read the complete article, please visit the Google Gmail Blog.
Google explains how Buzz works “Like Gmail’s chat service, Buzz helps More >
Google Buzz Has Privacy Flaws!
Feb 11th
After several hours of playing with Google Buzz and doing research on my previous posts What is Google Buzz and How to Manually Install Google Buzz Submit Buttons, I came across several articles stating that Google Buzz has a privacy flaw. The flaw is that Google Buzz automatically sets you with followers and people to follow. Google told Business Insider that the followers are chosen by how often a contact email is used or how often the user chats with that person using Gmail.
This feature is great and can help a new user get started but, but by default the people you More >
Google Improves Collasping Comments for Google Buzz
Apr 2nd
Posted by James in google
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As many Google Buzz users know, occasionally there are times when a discussion gains in popularity, it can collect comments. As the comments collect, they collapse only after you view them. But all the new ones stay open until you view them. If a user doesn’t visit their stream for a while the popular posts can turn into a “skyscraper” post that takes over your entire screen. This gets old very quickly and can take time scrolling through all of the latest comments and new posts if a user hasn’t viewed their buzz stream lately. My account gets pretty jumbled quickly More >