Posted on October 27, 2006
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Building forms to gather information is easy with Wufoo. Using forms online is a great way to gather information. Yet without knowledge of HTML, CGI, ASP, PHP, or some other scripting background building a form may be difficult. So where do you look if you don’t have the skills to create a form yourself? Wufoo has created a cool tool that makes it easy to build HTML forms online. Here’s a few facts about the Wufoo forms.
No programming experience needed to build forms.
To start building your own HTML forms visit Wufoo online.
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Posted on October 24, 2006
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Looking for a free search engine solution for your website? The Google search engine may be what you are looking for. With the Google search engine you have the flexibility to customize the search results for your own website. Search results can be displayed on google or your own website. In addition you can specify what sites are included, have a customized look and feel, invite your community to contribute, and even make money from relevant ads. Go ahead and give my custom search a try (below). If you would like to contribute to the custom search engine go ahead add your enhancements.
Create your own Google Search page visit this site.
For example, type in web 2.0, internet, wap websites, etc.
Posted on October 20, 2006
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Want to convert visitors to customers? Google recently launched a free website optimizer tool. This tool will assist you with your page content, headlines, promotional copy, and images on your landing pages. The optimizer will test different content and includes graphical reports to show what results in the highest conversions. This tool is built into AdWords and will test both AdWord traffic and any other traffic to your website.
The Optimizer tool is currently in beta and testers are limited. To apply visit the Google website optimizer page .
Posted on October 19, 2006
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Ready to do some searching on your Mobile Phone. I’ve mentioned Google’s mobile search now lets take a look at yahoo mobile search. Yahoo offers two ways to search the Internet on your phone. With Yahoo mobile search you can do a web search or an SMS search. Let’s take a look.
Yahoo Mobile Web Search, Image Search, and Local Search
Yahoo search gives you the ability to search local to find your favorite restaurant, find a business, and more. If you are looking for a picture simply type in “mountain”, “flower”, “beach”, etc. and select the image search button. If you want to search the web type in your search phrase and select the “Web” button.
SMS Text Messaging Search
Using the SMS search Yahoo has made it easy to find what you are looking for. Using the Y! Shortcuts you can quickly locate local listings, weather, stock quotes, dictionary definitions, Wifi Hotspots, area codes, and zip codes.
Ready to start searching on your cell phone? Visit the Yahoo Mobile site for more information. Or if you would like to read some more on what Yahoo has to offer check out this blog.
Posted on October 17, 2006
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Google Reader is now available for your mobile phone. Google reader will allow you to stay on top of all your favorite blogs and websites for new content. I know how difficult it can be trying to check all those favorites for new articles or content. With Google reader you won’t miss a thing. All from one location you can check the status of your favorite websites. Now that Google Reader is available for mobile phones you are sure to get the latest information no matter where you may be. To find out more about Google Reader visit their website.
Posted on October 14, 2006
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Are you on the out look for search engines that have mobile phone services? Let’s take a look at what Google has to offer for mobile phones. Using your mobile phone Google gives you access to Google Maps, Google Search, Google News, Googles Personalized Home Page, local information, and Gmail.
Google Mobile Web Search
Using Google Web Search you can search web pages specifically designed for mobile phones and other small devices.
Google Maps
Using Google Maps you can view maps and satellite images, find local businesses, get driving directions, and even get traffic updates on your phone.
- Detailed, step-by-step driving directions with estimated drive time
- Interactive, movable maps that let you zoom in or out, and move in all directions so you can orient yourself visually
- Satellite imagery for a bird’s eye view of your desired location
- Real-time traffic so you can see where the congestion is, and estimate delays before getting on the road
Google News for Mobile
Get access to the latest news in a format that is designed specifically to work with your mobile phone or small device.
http://www.google.com/mobile/news/
Google Mobile Local Search
With Local Search Google will give you local listing and driving directions for your mobile phone.
http://www.google.com/mobile/loc_search.html
Google Personalized Home
Access your personalized Google page from you mobile phone. Get the information you need all on one web page.
- Preview your latest Gmail messages
- See headlines from top news sources
- Get weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie show times
- Choose from a variety of popular RSS and Atom feeds.
Gmail for your mobile
I think this is great. Now you can read and reply to your Gmail email from a mobile phone or small devise. Check out what Google has to say.
- It’s free. (But your wireless plan might still charge, so you might want to check with your provider first.)
- It’s smart. It can handle attachments like photos and .pdf files.
- It also has these cool features:
- Automatically optimizes the interface for the phone you’re using
- Opens the attachments you receive in messages, including photos, Microsoft Word documents and .pdf files
- Lets you reply by call to people whose phone numbers are in your Gmail Contacts list
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about_mobile.html
Posted on October 13, 2006
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Digital photography is one of my favorite hobbies. Taking photos of the kids or an early morning sunrise is a great joy. But taking the shots is just part of the fun. Once they are on the computer I look forward to browsing, editing, and sharing them. So once those digital pictures are loaded on the computer here’s some cool things you can do with them.
Sharing Digital Photos with a Photoblog
This morning I came across an article at Photojojo titled Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way. The article talks about the benefits and how to of taking a photo a day and where to post it. This posting has a lot of good tips on creating your own Photoblog.
In the article the writer points about a couple photo sharing websites available. Those sites are:
Online Digital Photo Albums, Photo Sharing, and Digital Printing
There are numerous websites available online to share, print, create calendars, create greeting cards, and much more. Two that I have used are Shutterfly and Snapfish. These sites will allow you to do a great deal with your digital photos. Other photo websites are:
Organize Your Digital Photos
Organizing your digital photos can be done with Google’s Picasa.
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips.
There, now you have new cool digital photo tools to work with. Have fun!
Posted on October 9, 2006
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Looking for cool content to put on your web page? Google gadgets are now available to place on your web site. Google gadgets are little objects created by users to add dynamic content to web pages. Add calendars, Google Maps, Bible Verse of the Day, Weather, Driving Directions, and much more.
You can now use Google Gadgets to make your webpages even more interesting and useful to your visitors. For instance, you can add your city’s current temperature or a quote of the day to your own page. Just pick the gadget you want from our directory of “Google Gadgets for your webpage,” customize that gadget, and copy-and-paste the HTML into your page’s source code. Then, reload to see the gadget on your page.
To get started or to find out more about these web tools visit Google.
Posted on October 7, 2006
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If you are looking for a browser based tool kit then you should check out Zoho. Zoho offers a web based Office Suite, Productivity Tools, and Utilities. With these tools you can manage all your documents from either Firefox 1.0 + or IE 6.0+ or Mozilla. Now from any computer with an Internet connection you will be able to access your presentations, word processor documents, spreadsheets, and more. Check out what they have to offer:
Zoho Show
Online presentation tool to create, edit, publish, and show presentations.Zoho Writer
Online word processor with collaboration features.
No download, No install, just sign up to create documents.Zoho Sheet
Online alternative to traditional spreadsheet applications
with powerful features like charting, collaboration & more.Zoho Virtual Office
Zoho Virtual Office is a web-based collaboration groupware
that includes Email Client, Documents, Calendar and more.Zoho Projects
Project management software to create, manage & collaborate online.Zoho CRM
On-demand & On-premise customer relationship
management solution.Zoho Creator
Create Online Database Applications in minutes.
Build Forms, Collect Data and Manage.Zoho Planner
Online organizer to maintain your todo’s, reminders, notes,
attachments etc.Zoho Chat
Unique and intuitive way to make group decisions faster.
I took a few minutes to put together a demo using Zoho Show. This web tool is very easy to use. If you’ve ever used any sort of presentation software you should be able to figure this out. You can also upload photo’s or select photos from your flickr account. Once you’ve built your presentation you can export as HTML or mark them as public so you can share your presentation with anyone. I built this presentation in about 5 minutes and have marked it as public - click here .
To set up your own account and start creating your documents visit http://www.zoho.com/.
Posted on October 3, 2006
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Looking for a cool web tool for you and your college class to share notes? NoteMesh is an online wiki for individual classes that users can edit. Each student can contribute to the class by posting or editing lecture notes. This is a great tool for students to collaborate with classmates for their college classes. This cool web tool is free simply by registering. To learn more about NoteMesh visit their website.
We know what college is like. The lectures, the tests, the late nights in the library. Believe us, we’ve been there. We also know a few things about a successful college career - good note taking, studying, and getting to know your fellow classmates. That is why we invented NoteMesh.
NoteMesh is a website that allows students in the same class to collaboratively build a definitive set of lecture notes for that class. Miss a lecture? Misunderstood the key concept? Need to fill out your notes? Why not work with others in your class to create a definitive set of lecture notes that everyone can use?