Techie Buzz » Sidenotes http://techie-buzz.com Know your technology head on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:13:14 +0000 en hourly 1 Google Pagerank Update http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-pagerank-update.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-pagerank-update.html#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:57:57 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-pagerank-update.html You might also like: ]]> Google pagerank has been updated once again, disappointing us this time around with a PR drop from 5 to 4, well however this is a part of a webmasters life, seeing pagerank jump up and down.

Did your pagerank jump up or did it go down? Do let us know about it and meantime do take a look at a nice way to pump up your Pagerank.

If you are a user do check out our Techie Buzz tool to check pagerank from Google Chrome.



Google Pagerank Update originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Keith Dsouza on Thursday 2nd April 2009 12:57:57 AM. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-pagerank-update.html/feed 2 Google’s St Patrick’s Day Logo http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/googles-st-patricks-day-logo.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/googles-st-patricks-day-logo.html#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:22:24 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/googles-st-patricks-day-logo.html You might also like: ]]> Google has been known to change their logos to celebrate important events and festivals, and how could they miss St Patrick’s Day, the biggest Irish Festival.google_st_patricks_day_logo

Also taking this opportunity to wish all our Irish readers, and to whoever who celebrates this feast, a Happy St Patrick’s Day from Techie Buzz.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/googles-st-patricks-day-logo.html/feed 0 Offline Google Calendar http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/offline-google-calendar.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/offline-google-calendar.html#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:49:00 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-calendar-offline.html You might also like: ]]> We have been religiously using Google Calendar to get SMS alerts for important events, using it as Desktop Calendar, synching events with Outlook and back and getting Google calendar event alerts in .

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However the one missing feature in Google Calendar was the ability to access the events offline through a browser, but seems like  Google has finally made offline access to Google Calendar available to all users.

To activate the offline feature, click on the Offline beta link on the top of the page. However the features in this version is very limited and you can only browse already created events in offline mode, making it a read-only option, but you will definitely see more option in the coming future.

Note: You will have to download Google Gears first to get offline access to Google Calendar.

Offline Google Calendar [via Google OS]



Offline Google Calendar originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Keith Dsouza on Wednesday 4th March 2009 09:49:00 PM. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/offline-google-calendar.html/feed 1 Feedburner Hack To Increase Subscriber Count Artificially http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/feedburner-hack-to-increase-subscriber-count-artificially.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/feedburner-hack-to-increase-subscriber-count-artificially.html#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:47:29 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/feedburner-hack-to-increase-subscriber-count-artificially.html You might also like: ]]> Amit from Digital Inspiration has shared a simple hack he came across to inflate the Feedburner subscriber count overnight, though it’s doable we do not think it’s ethical to fool the readers. We recently begin sharing our subscriber count on Techie Buzz and we can assure that it’s not gamed and has genuine followers.

Take a look at the video below on how one can game Feedburner count to bloat their feed count, we wonder how many people have used this to gain subscribers overnight. Remember the John Chow vs Shoemoney contest, foul play anyone?

Till Google and Feedburner fixes this issue, many people will definitely start doubting the feed count numbers, but like we said the count here at Techie Buzz is genuine  and the 1000s of readers can vouch for us.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/feedburner-hack-to-increase-subscriber-count-artificially.html/feed 2 SiteMeter == Bad Request http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-bad-request.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-bad-request.html#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:55:59 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-bad-request.html You might also like: ]]> Following up on our earlier post where we told you about SiteMeter crashing 1000s of websites including the most popular ones, we tried to visit the site again for updates on the issue and found the site to be down.

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Too bad for a site that provides metrics to some of the most popular websites, we hope this would put some sense into users to use something like Google Analytics or Mint.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-bad-request.html/feed 2 SiteMeter Crashes Popular Sites in IE7 http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-crashes-popular-sites-in-ie7.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-crashes-popular-sites-in-ie7.html#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:09:42 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-crashes-popular-sites-in-ie7.html You might also like: ]]> Just in the news that SiteMeter a popular analytics software has been crashing several popular blogs like Problogger, Consumerist, PerezHilton and thousands of other blogs using the Sitemeter as their analytics tool.

Check out the screen shots below which confirms the sites are breaking in IE7, we just wrote a article on how you could fix the issues without being aware of the sitemeter crashes just a hour ago.

Check out the screenshots below which confirm the sitemeter crashes.

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Works in Firefox

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If you are using sitemeter as your analytics, please disable it till they fix this issue, or your visitors will not be able to navigate in Internet Explorer 7.

Thanks to the hat tip to our anonymous email tipper.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/sitemeter-crashes-popular-sites-in-ie7.html/feed 4 Join The Techies on Social Networking Sites http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/join-the-techies-on-social-networking-sites.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/join-the-techies-on-social-networking-sites.html#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:12:47 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/join-the-techies-on-social-networking-sites.html You might also like: ]]> We at Techie Buzz are always striving to impart the best information to our readers, but other than that we too have a different side where we talk, share and have fun with our friends.

We are always open to getting to know more and more people and social networking platforms are the best way to keep in touch. You can use the information below and keep in touch with our authors. Also don’t forget to show your support towards Techie Buzz by joining our communities on various social networks.

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Looking forward to catch up with the readers on the social networking sites. If you are looking to write for Techie Buzz or want to guest post, don’t forget to contact us by filling out the write for us form.



Join The Techies on Social Networking Sites originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Keith Dsouza on Wednesday 30th July 2008 09:12:47 PM. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/join-the-techies-on-social-networking-sites.html/feed 2 Know more about me http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/know-more-about-me.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/know-more-about-me.html#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:32:16 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/know-more-about-me.html You might also like: ]]> Just updated my personal home page with several details you should know about me.

I always want to be open about, who I am and what I do, so go ahead and know more about me by visiting this page. I actually found time to do it.. Finally!!!. Go ahead and visit it and let me know your views.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/know-more-about-me.html/feed 7 SEO Tips and Tricks From Matt Cutts http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/seo-tips-and-tricks-from-matt-cutts.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/seo-tips-and-tricks-from-matt-cutts.html#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:18:30 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/seo-tips-and-tricks-from-matt-cutts.html You might also like: ]]> If you don’t know Matt Cutts then you are probably unaware of SEO or for that matter Google, that said if you are looking to boost your search engine rankings here is a video Matt Cutts did with Jefferson Graham from USA Today which talks about basic search engine optimization for your blog or website.

 



SEO Tips and Tricks From Matt Cutts originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Keith Dsouza on Monday 30th June 2008 12:18:30 AM. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/seo-tips-and-tricks-from-matt-cutts.html/feed 4 Google Browser Sync Lives On http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-browser-sync-lives-on.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-browser-sync-lives-on.html#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:26:29 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/sidenotes/google-browser-sync-lives-on.html You might also like: ]]> Sometime back we had told you how Google had decided to stop development and support of the popular plugin Google Browser Sync, many bloggers and users alike were disappointed about the decision.

Google on the other hand had other plans for the plugin as they have decided to make Google Browser Sync releasing the source code of the plugin on Google Code. Though that may sound good news to many we still have to worry about the server support that Google will stop providing at the end of the year, which may render the plugin useless with no server to store your data on.

We definitely hope to see a newer version of the plugin that is compatible with Firefox 3 now that the source code can be edited by anyone.

Via: [Cybernet News and Download Squad]



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