Posts tagged: google

A while ago, I wrote a very simple nofollow extension for Google Chrome. When enabled, it marks all no-follow links with a red highlight. Despite it’s simplicity, it has been downloaded a few thousand times!
So, with the release of Safari 5 and it’s new extensions system, I thought I’d knock together something that does the [...]

We had an interesting conversation about Google Webmaster Tools, and it’s “top search queries” section, at work today. We’d read a lot of articles suggesting that the updated version of this page shows the overall impressions you could expect for each of the positions for keywords you rank for, but that didn’t quite sit right [...]

I’m sure by now, if you work in web development, you’ll have heard of Google Chrome Frame. The plugin for Internet Explorer that replaces the entire rendering engine with Google Chrome, on demand.
Whilst I understand that this is a less than ideal solution, as if a user can install a plugin, they can probably replace [...]

I posted on Wednesday, just as Google Buzz was announced, asking whether Google Buzz was just Google Wave done right. I’ve now had Google Buzz in my GMail account for just over 24 hours, and I think I can answer the question: Not quite yet.
Why?
Google Buzz has a lot of the hallmarks of Google Wave. [...]

I’m sure those of you who read this blog will have heard what Google Buzz is already. If you haven’t, Buzz is a real time sharing service, much like Twitter. It allows you to post status updates, like Twitter, but what it adds is the ability to share pictures and videos directly. Services like TwitPic [...]