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Google Gears Reader

posted by pittfall in tools on May 30th, 2007

In an unexpected circumstance tonight, while going through my RSS subscriptions in Google Reader, I noticed something outside the ordinary. A nice little link in the upper right of my screen saying “offline” caught my attention. So, clicking on the link started off the installation of Google Gears for Reader:

After clicking on Install Google Gears [...]

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Nerd Test Meme

posted by pittfall in blog, fun on May 28th, 2007

I have not really ever considered myself a “nerd” per say, however, after being tagged by Bill at SEO by the Sea, I figured, what the heck, give it a whirl!
Much to my surprise, I ranked a bit higher than expected, 88 to be exact. I decided before taking the test, not to use the [...]

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Memorial Day

posted by pittfall in blog on May 28th, 2007

In honor of Memorial Day, and in remembrance of all of those who have given their lives to allow each of us to enjoy the freedoms that were granted us.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the Crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard [...]

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New Features from MyBlogLog

posted by pittfall in blog, tools on May 28th, 2007

MyBlogLog is a portal for social networking around blogs. Since Yahoo purchased them earlier this year, not many visible changes have happened, but recently Yahoo announced that they will be focusing more attention on building MyBlogLog to be a better portal and possibly re-branding them.
The first major addition to what MyBlogLog is offering has happened:
Tagging
Eric [...]

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Google Buys Feedburner

posted by pittfall in search engines, search tech, seo, tools on May 26th, 2007

The headline:
TechCrunch: Google to Purchase Feedburner for $100 Million Cash

What is so important about this acquisition?
Feedburner is famous for effectively and efficiently getting users to notify them of new content and it being published quickly and easily by publishers. It also offers great information to their members to monitor their feeds. The difficulty for Feedburner [...]

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