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Googles Chrome Browser - Features and alternative Firefox Plugins

Google launched their first public version of open source browser named Chrome. As of now available only for Windows, this browser will most probably eat into Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s market share. Well this is good news for web developer guys as IE always made it hard to develop Continue reading

AdSense Referrals Program Retired. What to do next?

Just noticed on my blog that AdSense referrals units are showing blank space. As Google announced earlier about AdSense referral program’s retirement, this came as no surprise. Speaking for this blog specifically, apart from Firefox referral, AdSense referral program never worked well. I Continue reading

Orkuts New Event Feature. Google Calendar Coming to Orkut?

Just noticed half-baked events feature on Orkut in left sidebar as highlighted in screenshot below. Technically this feature is completely useless as of now. I tried adding events to it but failed to find option to do that in the first place. It looks like this event feature will act like a Continue reading

Be a Gmail Power User : Use Advance Search Operators in Gmail Search

What do you do when you want to search something? We google it. Why google? Because of its amazing search techniques to deliver accurate results. Google provides the same searchability in Gmail too. Within Gmail searchbox, you can enter a word or multiple words that appears anywhere in your Continue reading

AdSense for Feeds – FAQ & Guide

Few days back, AdSense opened their feed advertising program for all publishers. I put AdSense ads in some of my feeds. The whole process of adding AdSense codes in feeds is not that simple as it may seem. Here I am listing few resources, which can be helpful for all bloggers/publisher who still Continue reading

Adsense for Feeds is here… :-)

Just checked my AdSense account and delighted to see AdSense for Feeds enabled on it. But putting AdSense ads in feed will take time for me. Although Google brought FeedBurner, there is no automatic way to integrate AdSense and Feedburner. This has to be done manually by AdSense support team. I Continue reading

Google AdSense Video Unit Available in India

Google AdSense’s video unit appeared for the first time in Indian publishers account. I just checked my AdSense account and its there for the first time. About Earning from Video Unit… When you place a video unit on your website, you’ll earn revenue from two types of ad Continue reading

Bug in Google Talk’s Invisible Status Feature

Our reader, Anirudh Mehta, discovered a bug in Google Talk’s invisible status feature available in its Gmail Chat version. If use smartly, you can figure out if the girl next door is really invisible or avoiding you. Here are steps: Set the chat as off the record with target user (how?). Continue reading

Google Talk tricks and keyboard shortcuts

Google Talk Tricks: Change the font size - While holding the control key, move the scroll wheel on your mouse either up or down. This trick works while being focused in either the read or write area. Insert line breaks - If you Continue reading

Speed Up Wordpress 2.6 with Google Gears

Yesterday I spend lots of time playing with new Wordpress 2.6 and one feature I liked most is support for Google Gears which really speeds up admin panel tasks. I feel everyone must use this feature which once enabled transparently speed up your wordpress dashboard, so here are step-by-step Continue reading