Month: January 2010

‘Browser Size’ Tool From Google Allows You To Track The Most Appealing Areas Of Your Website

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Google has announced the launch of “Browser Size” (@ http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/), the newest of Google labs features that lets you see your website using standard view as it appears to the typical visitor of your website.

It depicts the most visible parts of your website and the part of the website which doesn’t strike to the visitor at the first sight and that requiring a scroll of the page to bring it visible to the visitor.

Just visit Browser Size page, and key in your website URL, to check the visibility of your website/ webpage.It produces lines of different bands of colours for different visibility percentages.For instance if your support website has a button (call for action scenario) “Donate” that falls in the 80% band, it means that 20% of your visitors can’t find it at first sight and they are forced to scroll down to see that button.Browser Size Techrena screen shot

The above is a screen shot of the Browser Size tool test for techrena.net.You can test the results with choosing different opacity.The percentages here refer to the visitors coming to Google, like the “90%” contour means that 90% of people visiting Google have their browser window open to at least this size or larger.

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More "God Mode" Like Windows 7 GUID Shortcuts

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Excited about Windows 7 unseen ‘GodMode’, the age-old windows trick which has got new life last week in Windows 7 ?

GodMode shortcut can be easily setup by creating a new folder and rename it as GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} [Folder name can be anything you want, give it your desired name followed by a period (.) and then the GUID, here GUID part is {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} ]

Note: GUID stands for 'Globally Unique Identifier'

If “God Mode” alone isn’t enough for you, here comes Ed Bott with a nice collection of more such GUID shortcut tricks for you.His collection include tricks that work only on Windows 7 as well as some tricks can even work on Windows Vista too.I have put all of the tricks mentioned by Ed Bott in a nice table, so that it’d easier for you..Do make a note of these and you may bookmark this page for future reference.

1.Windows 7 Only (And Later Versions):

Shortcut GUID code
Action Center {BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}
Backup and Restore {B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Biometric Devices {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
Credential Manager {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Default Location {00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
Devices and Printers {A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
Display {C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A}
HomeGroup {67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57}
Location and Other Sensors {E9950154-C418-419e-A90A-20C5287AE24B}
Notification Area Icons {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
Recovery {9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861}
RemoteApp and Desktop Connections {241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Speech Recognition {58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}
Troubleshooting {C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}

2.Windows Vista And Windows 7:

These GUID shortcuts work on Windows 7 as well as on Windows Vista versions.

Shortcut GUID code
Administrative Tools {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}
All .NET Frameworks and COM Libraries {1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
All Tasks (Control Panel) {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
AutoPlay {9C60DE1E-E5FC-40f4-A487-460851A8D915}
BitLocker Drive Encryption* {D9EF8727-CAC2-4e60-809E-86F80A666C91}
Computer Folder {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Default Programs {17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
Ease of Access Center {D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}
Font Settings {93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}
Get Programs {15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Manage Wireless Networks {1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
Network and Sharing Center {8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}
Network Connections {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
Network Folder {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Parental Controls {96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B}
Performance Information and Tools {78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Personalization {ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
Power Options {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Programs and Features {7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}
Sync Center {9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}
System {BB06C0E4-D293-4f75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}
User Accounts {60632754-c523-4b62-b45c-4172da012619}
Windows Firewall {4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Windows SideShow** {E95A4861-D57A-4be1-AD0F-35267E261739}
Windows Update {36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}

* For Ultimate versions only)

** May Slowdown your system

Warning: Trying some of the above shortcuts created problems in some machines running 64-bit Windows, please do take note of it particularly if your machine is Windows Vista 64-bit version based.

The procedure is same as I had posted earlier for GodMode setup,

Create an empty folder

Use the shortcut name that you want to give it, ex: “Network connections” followed by a period (.) following it should be the corresponding GUID shortcut code.

Networks connection GUID GodMode code

Renaming for Networks connection shortcut

Networks connection shortcut

You can try any of the above GUIDs following the same method.

Source, ZDNet

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Fast Flip Comes To Google News Homepage

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Google today has announced that it has officially added Google Fast Flip to Google news homepage.Fast Flip, the article-reading service which was launched in September 2009 is still in Google Labs though. You can find Fast Flip at the bottom of the Google News Homepage (U.S).

Fast Flip grabs the screen shots of the newest articles from the popular news papers, magazines, blogs etc. (total news sources at present 90).Google decided to add this feature based upon the positive feedback that it got from the users (??).

Fast Flip in Google News Homepage

We’ve found that the speed and visual nature of the service encourages readers to look at many articles and, for the ones that catch their interest, click through to the story publishers’ websites.

Currently Fast Flip service in Google News is available only in the U.S. English version.

Funny: Microsoft Admits MSNbot is Slow !!

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We all know that Bing, the search engine from Microsoft indexes web pages at a slower rate than most of the other search engines (G and Y !! for instance).

But it’s interesting to note that even Microsoft admits the truth about their MSNbot 2.0 which they introduced in November 2009.

Brett Yount, Program Manager @ Bing Webmaster Center replies to the question put forward by an Indian webmaster about only one page of his site being indexed at Bing webmaster community forum.

See his reply in the below screen shot.

Bing MSNbot slow

It is well known in the industry that MSNbot is fairly slow

It’s indeed very much true that Bing indexing is too slow and never indexes a site properly.The good example to quote here would be our Techrena itself.

See these screen shots:

Google shows that it has indexed about 125 pages of Techrena.net

Google Indexing Techrena Bing Indexing: Indexed only 9 pages, out of which 3 are sitemaps !! and this has been static for more than 2 months now.

Bing Techrena Indexing

Perhaps it’s the time Microsoft should really think about increasing the indexing capability of MSNbot (for including in Bing).Are they listening??

via SE RoundTable

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“Near me now” On Google Mobile Homepage

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Google has just added a new feature called “Near me now” that lets mobile users find the business or services that are nearer to your current location.This uses your current location via phone’s GPS for search results that will be confined to area in and around you.

Mobile users can find this “Near me now” link just below the Google mobile homepage, when you click on the link, it’ll show a list of categories like restaurants, bars, ATMs etc. which are nearer to you.You can also find more details like how the service and menu would be in a restaurant for instance even before you enter the restaurant.This is possible via "Explore right here" option available.

Near Me Now in Google iPhone- Android

Clicking on “Browse more categories” gives you access to the various business categories listings under Google’s local search.

This new feature is currently available in US only for iPhone or Android-powered mobile devices.You must have enabled my location feature of your phone.

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Now You Can Chat On Google Translator Toolkit

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Google has added ‘Chat’ feature which allows you to chat with your friends in Gmail, right from the Translator Toolkit.

The chat would be same as that you’d normally see in your Gmail (web-based), with an ability to be ‘invisible’ to your friends(Note that Invisible mode is also available in web based talk gadget based services like Gmail).Just like Wave, this toolkit also is touted for collaborative work but between people whose languages differ.

 

 

Chat Inside Translator Toolkit

[Image: Official Google Blog]

To enable chat inside Translator Toolkit, go to Translator Toolkit settings, and you can toggle chat between ‘on ‘and ‘off’.

Google Translator Toolkit Chat Settings

There are many other improvements in Google Translator Toolkit, which you must check on your own, go visit Translator Toolkit

Via Official Google blog

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Tutorial: Enable Secret God Mode In Windows 7 & Windows Vista

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If you are using Windows 7, you might wonder if you come to know there exists a feature called ‘GodMode’ in Windows 7.

The name may sound as joke but it’s actually worth, taking into account access to the huge number of operating system control settings it offers at one place that makes you feel like god, when I tested it on my machine, it gave showed me a total number of 274 times in GodMode folder icon.

Procedure:

Warning: This procedure works well on 32-Bit based Windows 7 and Windows Vista machines.I heard that trying GodMode creates problems in 64bit machine, but it worked for some users though, my sincere advice is to don’t try this if you are using 64bit machine till someone officially announces that it’s safer to do this.

  1. Create a new folder
  2. Rename it to GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
  3. rename folder enter GodMode String
  4. You will now see the following GodMode icon
  5. GodMode icon
  6. You have now successfully created a GodMode icon, open it to see the various control settings that your windows can offer you all at one place.

Windows 7 GodMode control settings list

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Google India Search Quality Team Wants To Review Your Website !!

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Google India Search Quality team has called for a very interesting campaign called Google India Site Clinic, this is a real chance for webmasters to get their site assessed by Google Pros.

According to the campaign plan, interested webmasters can submit their websites to the Google Site Clinic.The Search Quality team will analyze the websites submitted and will provide advice on improving the accessibility and other factors that will in turn affect the visibility of your website in Google search results.

The Requirements:

If you are the owner of the website that you want to submit to Test Clinic, you must first have a verified Google Webmaster tools account associated with your site(If you haven’t yet, get an account from this page)

The website to be submitted must be in accordance with the Webmaster quality guidelines.

The Dates:

The Site Clinic will accept websites for analysis from Jan 6, 2010 to Jan 20, 2010.

The Benefits:

  • You get a chance to get your website reviewed and hear suggestions right from the Google employees.After all who else can give you better suggestions to make your website more Google friendly than the ‘big G’ guys??
  • If your website is worth for showing other sites to follow, your site may feature as an example in the future posts of Google India blog under Site Clinic campaign.

The Procedure:

To submit your website for Site Clinic, just fill out this Google Docs form.

Google India Site Clinic For WebMasters

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Google’s Nexus One Is Here

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Finally, the boss is here.Google nexus one, which has been receiving huge attention world wide, (thanks to the leaked pictures,documents and videos on the web) has been officially announced.

The phone runs on the latest Android 2.1 software.The phone is made in collaboration with the hardware support from the mobile phone manufacturer HTC.

Google Nexus one techrena exclusive

The most appealing features of the phone include:

  • A 5 Megapixel camera (With Auto-focus and LED flash)
  • Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz Processor
  • 3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touch screen
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
  • Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver
  • 512MB RAM & 512MB Flash Memory
  • Audio playback up to 20 hours
  • Up to 10 hours Talk time on 2G
  • Expandable storage memory up to 32GB (4GB microSD card included)
  • Tri-color clickable trackball (with notification LED-alerts you whenever new text messages/chats/emails arrive)

Pricing: The prices are the same as we have seen in the leaked documents

$ 529 Unlocked Version Without Service (Can be used with any GSM network)

$ 179 With Two-year contract from T-Mobile

With 1 GB processor included, the phone provides much faster multitasking environment, allowing you to seamlessly switch between the various applications.Google has already made available the following popular web applications into the phone  in-built.

  • Google Maps Navigation
  • Gmail : Can access multiple Gmail accounts
  • YouTube
  • Google Voice
  • Google Talk
  • Cooliris Gallery (With 3D interface)
  • Android Market : Access to huge number of other Android applications

ORDER ONLINE:

To purchase Google HTC Nexus One online, navigate to http://www.google.com/phone

Download WordPress 2.9.1 Release

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WordPress has released upgrade to its latest version 2.9, with WordPress 2.9.1 which has been made available for download just few hours ago at the time this post being written.

This new upgrade includes fixes for the minor issues with the last released version of this blogging software.

 

 

 

wordpress 2.9.1 screen shot

Excerpt from the WordPress official blog post about updates in the version 2.9.1

This release addresses a handful of minor issues as well as a rather annoying problem where scheduled posts and pingbacks are not processed correctly due to incompatibilities with some hosts.

Download WordPress 2.9.1 (Zip file size: 2.2 MB)

(OR)

To Upgrade automatically, login to your WordPress based blog’s dashboard and go to Tools->Upgrade menu and choose ‘Upgrade Automatically’.