Several bloggers are now using Google’s MP3 wrapper in an inline frame to stream audio onto their sites. The same thing happens on Gmail. A new GMail feature lets you play MP3 files right inside the GMail interface without having to download the MP3 or open an external media player. As a result, when an MP3 appears in your Gmail inbox, you can listen to it right on the spot. Just click the button beside the file name and a stripped down version of Google Video Player will pop up and play the song.
If you want your blog to get listed on Google then adding a sitemap would be a good first step, especially if it is a new blog since it takes quite some time for Google to index your blog on its own. XML-Sitemaps.com is a tool that helps you generate Free Google Sitemaps with unlimited number of URLs per sitemap. When your sitemap is ready, you can download it in .xml, xml.gz, .ror, .html and .txt file formats. And when you’re finished creating your sitemap, you can simply submit it to Google.
WordPress just broke a new record having served up over a million downloads. The number will undoubtedly continue to exponentially grow and I congratulate the developers for their hard work and persistance.
That’s quite a milestone for a blogging software. Kudos to WordPress and the developers!! *woot*
If you’re like us and you check your AdSense stats around the clock every moment you get a chance to then you might’ve noticed the reminder AdSense has put up on their stats control panel. It seems like too many people are checking their stats too many times so Google decided to put a timer there to remind us to get a life. LOL.
If you’re like us and hate prefer not to use Microsoft’s products but can’t get away from Word (.doc) documents then this is a good thing for all of us.
ajaxWrite is a web-based word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word and other standard document formats. Anytime you need to open, read or write a word processor file, simply point your Firefox browser to www.ajaxwrite.com and in seconds a full-featured program will be available for you to open, edit, print and save.
The best thing is that it runs on Firefox (yay no IE) and it’s FREE! You can see some screenshots here or go straight to www.ajaxwrite.com to give it a test drive.
Simplicity is beautiful. iFeedReaders generates XML buttons/links for 32 different RSS readers. All you need to do is enter your blog’s RSS URL and it will give you one unified button. When you click on it you’ll get something like this.
The objective of this site is simple, create a one central place to send your feed and have all the subscription services coded and ready to go.
This is a perfect way to give your readers a lot of options while keeping your homepage nice and clean.
We’re always on the lookout for free MySpace layouts that we can share with you. Today we bumped across this page on About.com with a comprehensive list of websites offering Free Premade MySpace Layouts. I’m not sure when the page was compiled but the sites listed on it will keep you busy modifying your MySpace profile for a while.
We have all been there, “how the heck do they always get #1?” It is a constant frustration for many a client and, well, even myself occasionally. The fact is that much of the time there are a few solid reasons behind the search engine success of any website and it is important to learn what these reasons are before trying to compete. How is this done? Therein lies the subject of this article; how do you determine what your competitor has done to win the search engine war?
Knowing your competitor’s strategy is important if you want to catch up with them. The tricks Ross shared are nothing new but most of us are lazy when it comes to technical stuff so I hope this would be a good reminder to keep us on track with our web ventures.
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