GahooYoogle?

Stumbled upon this site yesterday. Kinda funny how they interchange the Y and G. Other than that. It is really a simple page. It just shows results of your search query in Google and Yahoo in an equally divided page.

However, this page has become quite popular with some "amazed" users that they simply keep on linking to it :D Nice idea, but I would prefer something like combined results for both search engines, maybe better if MSN Search (LIVE) would be also included. But that's just me :)

Firefox 2 is not included in the Google Adsense referal program. That means you cant earn money from referring Firefox 2 as of the moment.

Ever Wondered how to use Google in a sentence properly? The Official Google Blog answers that question.

Here are examples on how to use Google in a sentence:

Usage: 'Google' as noun referring to, well, us.
Example: "I just love Google, they're soooo cute and cuddly and adorable and awesome!"
Our lawyers say: Good. Very, very good. There's no question here that you're referring to Google Inc. as a company. Use it widely, and hey, tell a friend.

Usage: 'Google' as verb referring to searching for information on, um, Google.
Example: "I googled him on the well-known website Google.com and he seems pretty interesting."
Our lawyers say: Well, we're happy at least that it's clear you mean searching on Google.com. As our friends at Merriam-Webster note, to "Google" means "to use the Google search engine to find information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web."

Usage: 'Google' as verb referring to searching for information via any conduit other than Google.
Example: "I googled him on Yahoo and he seems pretty interesting."
Our lawyers say: Bad. Very, very bad. You can only "Google" on the Google search engine. If you absolutely must use one of our competitors, please feel free to "search" on Yahoo or any other search engine.

So that means we cant Google on Yahoo or Live, I wonder if we can Yahoo on Google?

Blogger is Down!

At around 9:00AM this morning I opened up Blogger to add another post to my blog. As I am currently writing this, Blogger is still down.

Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who took notice of this, there is a thread at the Digitalpoint’s forum regarding this matter.

Thankfully, Blogger Beta is up. Now, Im really glad I switched.

I also stumbled upon some data regarding Google employees. It seems that Googlers are rapidly increasing in number, from 2000 in 2004 to 9000 today. Wow, wish there was a Google branch here in the Philippines J. I only know of one person associated with Google in the Philippines and she is part of our Yahoo Group.

Ms. Aileen Apollo, Google Philippines Country Consultant, will be present on the upcoming SEO Philippines BeerCon 2006 which will be held at Jill’s Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig on October 28, 2006 at 7 PM

It will also be the launching of the second SEO contest handled by Marc Macalua.

Thanks to Mr. Macalua for making the event possible.

Firefox 2 is officially out

Finally, after waiting for some time, I will be able to use Firefox 2. I heard that there have been some improvements to it as compared to the Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3 like the inline spell checker which makes misspelled keywords in text areas appear underlined with red dots.

Other improvements include improvements in the theme and user interface, Extended search plugin format, improved tabbed browsing and so much more.

They also fixed the bug in the find in text area which was quite troublesome for some time (does 2 years qualify for "some time"?" :D)

I have already downloaded it and will install it as soon as finish this post, I'll keep you updated for other info that I'll find out after using it for a day. I might just have to say goodbye to my Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3 :)

Yahoo Search Marketing Enhancements

Apparently Yahoo has been having some improvements on their Search Marketing service. If you are a publisher not currently using this service, it will only affect you in small ways like:

• The removal of ellipses (…)
• Fewer truncated words
• The inclusion of 40-character titles on certain ad units
• A change in the number of ads displayed on certain ad layouts

People at Yahoo say that other than this changes, nothing else will change like its usability in the short run. However, in the long term, these changes will make your ads more relevant.

Yahoo Search Marketing users will be able to take advantage of some useful enhancements like:

• An intuitive new control panel
  Using this completely redesigned, easy-to-navigate control panel will help you see what’s working and what’s not.
• Fast ad activation
  Most ads should now go live within minutes.
• Easy ad testing
  You’ll be able to test multiple versions of an ad to find the message that works best.
• Geo-targeting
  Target your customers as broadly or narrowly as you want on a geographic basis, and customize your ads to help control costs.
• Campaign budgeting, forecasting and scheduling
  You’ll be able to create, budget and schedule your individual advertising campaigns for greater control over your advertising strategy and spending.
• See-through visibility
  The new interface can will help you understand how well your ads are performing relative to your competitors.

So if you are tired of using Google Adwords or just curious to try alternatives, I suggest you check this out.

Paint.net - an alternative to Photoshop

I've recently come across this software that is an alternative to Photoshop named Paint.net. It was originally created to replace MS Paint that comes with Windows, however, it has developed into something more useful and powerful.

It was developed using C# and C++.

So I suggest you give it a try, it is just a 3.6 Mb download. Who knows, you might just find it more useful than Photoshop. It is also open source so it means the code is available to be toggled with.

If you ever decide to try it out, download the 3.0 version. It loads pretty fast and has the most features