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Google launched new +1 Button

Google +1 Button

+1 Button

Google has answered Facebook with their newest product in the shelf "Google +1 Button". With this new +1 Button your visitors can promote article, blog post, website or product on your website by simply clicking and +1 Button.

Google's +1 Button is more important and will beat Facebook Like in popularity because it will influence the search result and yes that makes a difference, big time. If you own a website for your personal blog, product or anything and being in search result is important for you, than don't wait to put "this" button on your website. Since it's launch I have seen lot of implementations.

To vote +1 up, user or visitor just need a Google profile/account, a standard one. Till date when I am writing this some of the Google Apps users are not able to use this feature but I am sure it will change in future as Google will migrate them and make all products available to them. For now you might get an error like "Oops... you need a Google profile to use this feature.Google Profiles is not available for your organization."

Placing a Google +1 Button on website is very simple and easy and there are not 2 ways like Facebook had either go for iFrame version of JS and markup. Just include JS and place a <g:plusone></g:plusone> and that's it you're done. There are choice for button size too, so you can choose one which fits your website design and spacing. Refer Google +1 for Webmasters to get started. I am sure no webmaster can afford to dislike +1 Button.

It's kind of Google Friend Connect but not exactly, influence on search results and it's appearance in search result makes the difference. It also shows up all +1d links on a users profile in a separate tab.

Checkout this video to understand Google +1 Button in more detail:

and yes don't forget to +1d Blogs@DiGiTSS if you like our posts. :)

 

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Google updates Google App’s maximum number of users for Standard/Free Edition

Google Apps

Google Apps

Today I have received an announcement from Google Apps team that maximum # of users for Standard edition (which is free) has been reduced to 10. Previously that number was 50 (really generous), with which many businesses don't really need to go and buy the Premier Edition which would cost $50/year per user (email account). Especially when they really don't want to go for signing up SLA for up-time and all that.

Now when Google has reduced back this # from 50 to 10, I am sure Google Apps will be big-time earning son (product) for Google. Because lot of businesses today are dependent on excellent set of tools provided by Google which includes Google Calendar as Scheduler/Reminder, Google Docs as an Online Office Suite which includes spreadsheet, drawing and presentation tools and Google Site with which one can build Company Intranet websites for various purpose.

Luckily for those who have signed up earlier they will be able to create more than 10 users, up to what Google has promised them. Read the rest of this entry »

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jQuery or non-jQuery Calendar Schedulers

Google Calendar

Google Calendar

If you're looking for Google-like Calendar for your next web-application than, here is list of jQuery/ non-jQuery but Javascript based Calendar Schedulers which you can use in your web-application to provide scheduling and/or event calendars.

1) jQuery FullCalendarFullCalendar is a jQuery plugin that provides a full-sized, drag & drop calendar like the one below. It uses AJAX to fetch events on-the-fly for each month and is easily configured to use your own feed format (an extension is provided for Google Calendar). It is visually customizable and exposes hooks for user-triggered events (like clicking or dragging an event). It is open source and dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.

Just recently FullCalendar 1.5.1 is released which is bundled with jQuery 1.5.2. It has all 3 Day, Week and Month view. You can see it's preview in screen-capture below: Read the rest of this entry »

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Google vs Content Farms and Spammers

Google frequently makes changes in Search algorithm, this count reaches somewhere around 350-400 changes a year. It means that there is some change in search algorithm everyday and it creates challenges for Search Engine Specialists and companies who are having SEO and SEM as their primary bread-and-butter. They just have to keep experimenting constantly to find out what works out best.

The change that Google made more than a month back made one of the most consequential algorithm change of last decade which has affected about 12% of search results.

But recently Google has done some major changes in the Search Engine algorithms which will stop bringing content-farms and spam results for the Search users. It means that end user wins and he's going to get best search results and nearly the exact information s/he is looking for.

There is wonderful video about Innovation@Google (it's about 52 minutes long) and in that they tell us how they keep innovating @ Google continuously. One thing I remember Douglas Merrill said during the presentation which was meant like "Search is the problem which is not solved yet or might not get solved ever". I agree it has to improve day by day.. as people change and so as their need and demands.

Innovation at Google

So ultimately both end users will win as they will get better results and original, pure and fresh content providers will benefit as well.

Here is the excellent info-graphic compiled by Focus Research. Read the rest of this entry »

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Penango – secure encrypted email w/ attachments for Gmail, Google Apps and Zimbra

Penango - secure emails

Penango - secure emails

Penango is a successor to free Firefox extension Gmail S/MIME, which let's you send encrypted emails using Gmail, Google Apps mail and Zimbra. As Google Apps or Gmail is not HIPAA complaint though it is running over Secure HTTP (HTTPS) protocol.

It comes as a Firefox, Maxthon and Internet Explorer extension.

Unlike Gmail S/MIME extension for Firefox, Penango is not going to be free but if you want to send signed emails (using email certificate) which are encrypted then I don't see any other alternates for Gmail or Google apps users.

See Penango's seamless integration with Gmail service, you can easily setup this for your Google apps email account too.

Penango's seamless integration with Gmail

Penango's seamless integration with Gmail

What all you need is download Penango extension for your browser and get free email certificate. That's it you'r ready to go. So far I am not sure about the licensing or pricing policies as Penango has not been publicly available so far.

Here I am providing you download information I have received while signing up for trial, you can either go and sign-up yourself or download Penango extension for your browser.

Download Penango from following location for your browser:

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Google Nexus S – the new smartphone from Google


Google Nexus-S

Google Nexus-S

Google has launched Nexus S this December,2010 after launching Nexus One in January same year. It seems pretty good and decent slick piece of hardware from Samsung.

It comes loaded with latest Android OS 2.3 (code named Gingerbread) and powerful 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor. See more of tech-specs at http://www.google.com/nexus. Specs are impressive, comes with 16GB internal memory and no expansion (which is okey...!)

It's edge to edge with iPhone 4 except display and on-screen keyboard, where it is difficult to beat iPhone 4.

It is priced at $529 unlocked and $199 on contract. If I was planning to buy a phone I would have chosen Google Nexus-S due to it's superior integration with almost all Google applications.

You can read detailed review on TechCrunch, if you're one of like me who's interested in finding out iPhone OS vs Android market-share then find it here on Mashable.

Watch this video on YouTube introducing Google Nexus-S (Pure Google). Pure Google sounds like Pure Gold.. :) It's more than 10 times cheaper than biscuit of Gold having same weight.

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Google adsense v3 – new adsense interface

Google Adsense

Google Adsense

Google Adsense has got new user interface (v3), it seems to be much faster and responsive than the earlier version but when one has been using it for sometime it takes little while to get used to the newer version.

Here is the list of changes described by Google as release notes.

What's changed

Our new interface is designed to help you get more out AdSense. We've added new features and made our existing features easier to use.

  • Comprehensive performance reports: View your daily stats in graph format, and gain insight into your performance with new metrics detailing the amount you're earning from different ad types, ad sizes, targeting types, and more. Learn more
  • Quicker account maintenance: We've streamlined the process for a number of common tasks to help you get things done more quickly. Whether you're updating your contact information or editing a number of ad units at the same time, you'll find that these types of tasks require fewer clicks and less account navigation than before.
  • Prominent help links: There's now help content available on every page, so you'll be able to quickly find answers to your questions while navigating through your account.
  • Easier access to online resources: Visit the redesigned Resources page, where you can find the latest content from the Inside AdSense blog, our YouTube channel, and our Twitter account, all within your own account.
  • Renamed features: We've updated the names of several features in your account, in an effort to more clearly explain their purpose. While we hope the new names are more intuitive, if you're unclear what they do, refer to the help links on the page or in the sidebar.

What hasn't changed

With all the enhancements to AdSense, you may be wondering if everything is different about the program. Some things we've left alone:

  • Payments: The payment methods and schedule have not changed.
  • Ad code: You do not need to update the code on your pages, and the process for adding the code to your site remains the same.
  • Ad targeting: Ads will continue to be matched to your pages as they have in the past.

New Google Adsense3 makes life easy by giving faster, more responsive user interface and efficient and effective reporting but in all this I miss one of the feature from the older interface :( which is View my Yesterday and Last 7 days earnings. Yes, there are reports which will make up absence of this feature but in my opinion it was very quicker to have a look at that in older interface. With this newer v3 version we have This month and Today's earnings on home page without making a single mouse click. But Yesterday and Last 7 day's earnings is the thing which I will miss in this new interface. Read the rest of this entry »

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