IE7 vs Firefox and Google Webmaster Tools

Just a quick update, IE 7 is out and Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3 is also out. May be a good time to compare and contrast. Matt Cutts tried it out and he prefers Firefox over IE7.

But I think you better try it out for yourself and then decide on which works best for you.

Google Webmaster Tools also had an update. It includes a Googlebot activity report, crawl rate control and enhanced image search.

Basically the Googlebot activity report generates a visualization of when Googlebot has crawled your site, the crawl rate control allows you to set how regularly Googlebot is to search your site so as to conserve bandwidth and lastly, the enhanced image search which will help to get your images get indexed and improve its search quality

Firefox 2.0 about to be released

I just had an update for the Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3 yesterday and was really thankful for the release of this one. It's much more stable than the previous release. I just converted to the 2.0 version last week since I was more fond of using the 1.5.0.7 version. When I first converted to the 2.0 Release, my first thought was, why the hell did I change? Minutes after running the 2.0 version, after a couple of tabs have been opened, Firefox just crashed. I though it was just a one time thing but I was proven wrong. Every 5 minutes, Firefox just crashes. So I was stuck with a seemingly incompetent version of Firefox for a day. Luckily the next day, an update came in and made my Firefox much more stable. But the program still crashes at least 3x a day so I was hoping of a better one. The first thing I noticed was the buttons for the home page, refresh and stop, together with all the buttons on top looked quite sleeker than before, and I liked it.

I was very thankful for yesterdays update to Release Candidate 3. Except for the fact that it is not compatible with several extensions(which can be solved by using Nightly Tester Tools to make Firefox 2.0 believe it is compatible with the extension) I am beginning to grow fond of this version.

With The release of Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3, Firefox 2.0's official release is really on its way.

Scrap IE7 and stick with Firefox :P

Protectmyphotos...from what?

I just stumbled upon this backup for pictures site called ProtectMyPhotos. Basically they say they offer unlimited backup space for your photos( they also allow files and videos backup but you need to specify it on your preference page).

What's tricky is that when they say unlimited, they only mean about 40,000 pictures. They say that only 1% of typical users need more than that amount. They don't even say if that's for the initial $39.95 service or for the free account. So what's the point of saying unlimited? When if you exceed 40gb you will need to pay another $39.95 a month.

All in all, I think the service is quite appealing to some, but they need to be clearer on how they actually bill the clients and on what the free accounts really get. I wouldn't subscribe to it myself but feel free to try it out, maybe it will work for you, maybe not. :D

PS: having backups of your images is one way of protecting it, but how protected are those pictures from being copied and duplicated?

If Friendster was bought by Google...

IF Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams accepted Google's offer of $30 Million back in 2003 for the site which is only a year old, what could have happened?

$30 million for a year old website which originally was meant to be a tool for Mr. Abrams to look for pretty girls on his friends networks may seem to be a good idea. However, due to certain reasons, which I think Mr. Abrams seriously considered back then was the offer of $13 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for a stake at the company and the promise that they will make Friendster into a money-making cow.

However, if the initial offer from Google was $30 million worth of stock, then according to some speculations from Google insiders, He may be easily worth $1 billion today.

Some say that Friendster could have been bigger than it is now and not lurking on the shadows of Myspace. I think Friendster is not on the way down just yet. It could still be as promising as it was before. With proper funding and management, it may just be able to do so.

PS: Just read Marc's post regarding the confirmation of Google setting up a shop in the Philippines and they are looking for Adsense Coordinators and persons in Engineering.

Adsense Coordinator sounds like a cool job. :D