Google tips, tweaks, and tidbits...

March 26th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Don’t Give Out Your Gmail Password. Ever.

Time and again I have received different email invitations to join a social networking site, social bookmarking site, or an online classmates/alumni directory. Indeed, I have ...

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March 17th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Quick Google Calendar Tip: Add by URL

Adding public and friends' calendars to your own Google Calendar account is quick and easy, as we have explained before. But what if the ...

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March 11th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

New From Google Docs: Email Forms

Here's a new quick tip for Google Docs. If you want to get instant results from surveys or polls, you can use Google Docs and Spreadsheets ...

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March 5th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

AdSense Tip: Western Union Payouts

If you're an AdSense publisher residing in the United States, then it's easy for you to receive funds. Most accounts will have access to Electronic Fund ...

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March 4th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Quick Search Tip: Booking Flights Online

Here's a quick Google search tip for frequent flyers. If you're fond of booking your flights online rather than calling up a travel agent to do ...

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February 26th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Quick Google Documents Tip: One Click Rename

If there's one thing I like about Google Docs and Spreadsheets, it's the fact that I get surprised with new discoveries every so often. For instance, ...

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February 19th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Easy WordPress and Google Calendar Integration

Google Calendar was meant not only to make your life easier with a free, easily-accessible online calendar. You can also use Google Calendar to collaborate and ...

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February 11th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Quick Google Calendar Tip: Add Local Weather Information

I'm a weather widget junkie. While in my opinion the best way to tell the weather is by looking out the window, it also helps to ...

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February 4th, 2008
Mark O

How to publish a blogroll of your Google Reader RSS feeds

Google Reader has a neat feature where you can publicise your RSS subscriptions in a "blogroll". A blogroll is a list of links and when you ...

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February 4th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Google Calendar: Quick Printing Tips

I admit it. I'm sometimes a hard-copy junkie. For all the technological advancements we humans have achieved, and for all the high-tech gadgetry I've acquired through ...

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February 1st, 2008
Brian Wallace

How the Microsoft / Yahoo Merger Could Affect Google Socially

No doubt by now you have heard the unsolicited bid that Microsoft has made of $45 billion ...

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February 1st, 2008
Mark O

Suggest new features to Google for Google News

I am a daily visitor to Google News - I use it mainly when researching what stories to blog about and although ...

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January 31st, 2008
Mark O

Monitor your Google PageRank with PaRaMeter

I have begun to take a closer interest in monitoring the Google PageRank for my websites.   There are many tools out there that ...

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January 30th, 2008
Mark O

Making a mobile version of your blog with Google Reader

Digital Inspiration has posted a fantastic post on how to instantly make a mobile phone version of your blog using Google Reader. ...

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January 28th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Quick Google Calendar Tip: Setting Default Notifications

Google Calendar notifications rock! Not only do I get alerts by email and browser popups, I also get event alerts on my mobile phone via SMS. ...

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January 26th, 2008
Mark O

Google Docs releases free uploading tool

Google Docs and Spreadsheets has released a nifty little tool to upload new files to your Google DS account. After downloading the tool, you ...

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January 25th, 2008
Mark O

Google Reader’s new timestamp feature

Google Reader has introduced a feature where you can see the timestamp of each post.   The timestamp shows both when the post was published on ...

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January 23rd, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Real Time Collaboration with Google Docs and Spreadsheets

Wikis have been among the more popular choices of online content management systems of late, particularly because of their collaborative nature. For instance, Wikipedia has grown ...

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January 21st, 2008
Mark O

Two Google search tricks for international business

With Google being my search engine of choice, I am always looking for more ways for the search engine to make my life easier.    Today I ...

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January 18th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

Quick Google Calendar Tip: Adding a Friend’s Calendar Into Your Own

Sure it's easy enough to share your Google Calendar with friends and colleagues (or you can even make it public-access). But did you know it ...

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January 18th, 2008
Mark O

Lifehacker releases an update to Better Gmail

In a long-awaited and highly-anticipated move, Lifehacker's Gina Trapani has released an update to the Better Gmail extension for Firefox. The popular extension, which ...

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January 18th, 2008
Mark O

Viewing TV show trivia on Google Maps

If you're a big fan of TV shows then you will find these Google maps interesting. Choosing from shows such as Lost, ...

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January 17th, 2008
Peter Jalbert

How-to add Public Calendars to your Google Calendar

I'm one of those people who think that Google Calendar is the best invention after sliced bread and indoor plumbing (and Gmail, of course). I've ...

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January 17th, 2008
Mark O

Had enough of Britney Spears or Paris Hilton in Google News?

If you're like me, you will have had more than enough of the antics of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.   Barely a day ...

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January 16th, 2008
The Tutor

You can now subscribe to GT comments by email

Thanks to my buddy Andy Beard who bugged me about this a while back you can now follow the discussion in comments by email, ...

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