Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:29 | Written by Jack Cola |
I’m doing what Bloggers shouldn’t. That is, checking your site statistics through Google Analytics and money earn’t through Adsense everyday. To help with my temptation of looking, I configured my router to blog the domains https://google.com/adsense and https://google.com/analytics.
After doing that, I go on the other addicting site Facebook and wonder, why isn’t this working. I try Google, Bing, Make Use Of – and none of them work. I check VOIP to see if the net is down, and I ping the above sites and everything is fine.
Then it hit me. I blocked Analytics and Adsense (yes I am forgetful, but it is late at night).
So I unblock the two URL’s, and bam, the internet is back to normal. This is because, my router blocks all websites that use the two domains that I blocked. Either websites use Adsense to display ads, or they use Analytics to track there site’s statistics.
To me, this has sparked an interesting realisation. Websites rely to much on Google. In a previous post, I posted a video of what Google Owns, or hopes to own in the future. I couldn’t believe it myself, that if I block two websites, almost every website on the internet does not work. It’s pretty amazing. So what happens if Google decides to implement destructive something on there servers? It will affect almost everyone as almost every single site uses Google for some reason. Not only this, what if the Government decides to block Google for what ever reason? Aren't they thinking about that in China now? Not only can you not access Google, you won’t be able to access any sites that use Google for statistics or advertisements.
So what do you think? Should blocking two websites block the entire internet? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:12 | Written by Jack Cola |
I very much like the way this video of Google has been put together. It makes you think about Google in a different way than what you may currently think of Google.
Visit this link to watch the video: http://vimeo.com/9925756
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 11:30 | Written by Jack Cola |
I just stumbled upon Digital Inspiration’s tip of How to export email addresses of all your Facebook friends.
It is an ingenious tip as most of the export contacts applications don’t allow you to download your friends email address. However, with this tip, you can. All you need is a Facebook and Yahoo Mail account.
First of all, go to your Contacts on Yahoo Mail. Click on Tools, and select Import. Click on the Facebook Logo and follow the prompts. From there, most of your contacts should be imported. All you have to do is then export your contacts to a CSV file, and you have your list.
Just visit this link, or select Contacts –> Tools –> Export –> Yahoo! CSV to export your contacts.
Download the file, open it, and you will have a list of most of your contacts email addresses.
Note how I mentioned most. This tip only downloads email address that are viewable in your friends Info page, and it does not download the email address that they used to signup with Facebook. If your friends don’t have an email address viewable, you want be able to download it.
Do you have any other tips to download information about your friends such as their names and phone numbers? Please share with us!
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 00:53 | Written by Jack Cola |
It comes to no shock at all. If you are downloading pirated movies using torrents, your data is being recorded along with your IP address.
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) have hired experts to monitor all downloader's of pirated movies.
They are recording every movie that you want, everyone who is sharing it, and everyone that has it on the computer hard drive.
If AFACT contact ISP with a list of IP addresses, and the ISP says that particular IP address is theirs, they will have access to all your person details you gave to your ISP.
This ultimately means, when you download a movie, your actions are being recorded and can be tracked down to your address.
So if you are a heavy movie downloader, just be warned.
Sunday, 28 February 2010 13:49 | Written by Jack Cola |
Silly me. I forgot to publish a list of posts that I wrote for Make Use Of in January. I got too excited after my first eBook got published on the site. It is called “How To Create Professional Reports and Documents”, so make sure you have a read of it.
The next post follows on from my previous post and talks about the Messenger Plus! Live, and the useful features it has to enhance your Windows Live Messenger Experience.
For my final post of the month, I showed you 3 websites where you can by cheap, brand-new gadgets. If you want to do this, then I suggest you check out the post.
Make Use Of for February
Since February is already over, if you have been following me over at Make Use Of, you would have noticed that I didn’t write any posts this month. I am having a break until April. So don’t worry, I haven't left. I have just been using this time to work on my own (new) website Create A Successful Blog – so make sure you check it out. Also, I have created another website called The Unknown Reviewer – it is still in development, so don’t expect to much from it. But please feel free to write a review.
Sunday, 28 February 2010 05:07 | Written by Jack Cola |
First of all, you watch the Youtube Video of sexy females, then you click the “See It In Action” and then extended “Video Demonstration” of what the females do after you have signed up.
I am not trying to offend anyone here, or at Chitika. It is just a bit of humor
1. Google Buzz 1.0 is better than Facebook after six or seven years. How is Google Buzz better? Its just like a different version of Twitter and Facebook combined. Looks like Google has copied those two sites.
2. Facebook's history is one filled with stealing other people's innovations and doing them better (i.e. Zuckerberg has stolen every idea Evan Williams and the Twitter team have released). How ironic now that Google has out "Facebooked" Facebook. And I can say, Google is threatened because Facebook is slowly catching up on Google to be the number 1 website on the internet, and Google's attempt at social networking in the past has failed. Another example is Google Knol - looks pretty much like a failed Wikipedia to me. And talking about theft, read point one again.
3. Google has an excellent privacy record and Facebook is a disaster. Most folks do not trust Zuckerberg and Facebook any more because of their privacy record (filled with lawsuits) and because they steal every good idea they see (i.e. Twitter's innovations and FourSquare's checking in). Have you been reading the news in the last week? Google has been hammered with privacy issues and concerns - emails addresses are being shown to the public, same with entire contacts lists of people.
4. Google Buzz auto generates your network--this is MUCH better process than Facebook's. I don't want people I don't know in my network - so how is this better? I think Facebook “Add a Friend” is MUCH better.
5. Google Buzz is way faster than the sluggish Facebook--this is a HUGE advantage. Buzz is not super quick either. It might be one microsecond faster then Facebook which isnt much. I am quite happy of the speed of Facebook too. It is also much quicker and easier to post a status update. Just visit Facebook.com and its there. Not like Gmail, where you have to login, wait to log in, then click on Buzz, then enter your update, then select who you want to read it, then hit submit… What sounds quicker to you?
6. Google Buzz puts relies and updates into your GMAIL as threads--this is BRILLIANT and a HUGE advantage. Um... IF YOU USE POP3 - YOU ARE SCREWED! This was the main killer of why I turned Buzz off. I don’t want my social life to interfere with my Business life. So I don’t see how that is a full advantage.
Facebook is going to see their traffic get cut in half by Google Buzz. Not really - people are already using Gmail. I think if Buzz had it own independent site, people will signup, using it for 30minutes and go back to Facebook, and no one will visit Buzz again
Friday, 12 February 2010 10:36 | Written by Jack Cola |
Blog, Read Write Web published a normal article on the 10th of February titled “Facebook Wants To Be Your One True Login”. Within hours it got hundreds of comments from people who say that they could not login to Facebook, why does facebook keep changing, and all these other hatred comments towards Facebook.
Little did they know they were not on Facebook, they were actually on Read Write Web. What happened was that their blog appeared in the top search results for “Facebook Login”. So when people went to login to Facebook, they couldn’t because they were on a different website.
I have to think to myself, are people really that dumb to not realise when there is a huge banner in red saying READ WRITE WEB that it is not Facebook? Read Write Web followed up with another post explaining more of the ordeal that hundreds of people had.
I can’t understand the fact that people don’t actually know how to use a web Brower properly. Google search finds websites and webpages. If you want to go to Facebook, move your mouse a few centimetres up and typing in http://www.facebook.com. If that is to hard to remember, type in Facebook and press control and enter at the same time.
I could carry on about this further, but I think will just offend more people. For those tech-savvy users, I am sure you are getting the message here, and you agree with me. For people to use the internet, I think they should all complete a course on how to use it properly. Agree?
And one more thing. After reading about this, I also found this conversation between a customer and a sale rep.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:11 | Written by Jack Cola |
So the day before its launch was the the first time I heard about Google new product Google Buzz. I heard from various sites that it will replace Facebook because 1, it is from Google, and 2, it integrates all of Google sites together. But I have to say, I totally disagree that it will replace Facebook.
For starters all I have figured out how to do is post status updates. There is nothing else to it. Not only that, I think it is a bit on the spammy side of things. I don’t want my Gmail inbox that I use everyday for work and business to be filled up with my friends Buzz updates. Is there a way to stop that? Probably, but I haven't worked it out yet. And I am sure my friends don’t what their Gmail inbox full of status updates too. And if you use POP for example, you can’t reply directly to the update – the message will appear just like an email.
And why would I want to stop using Facebook for? It has everything a social networking website has. And better yet, all my 150+ friends don’t get direct access to my email address unless I post it up there. But with Google Buzz– all your friends will get your email address – and I just don’t want that.
I think Google’s idea to incorporate it into Gmail was a bad idea – you should have made a completely new site that is away from my inbox. That way it lets you start from scratch, and it keeps my emails away from my social life. It would also allow you expand to include other apps without flooding the Gmail interface.
So what are your thoughts about Google Buzz? Like it, hate it? Will you use it? Do you agree with me?
Friday, 05 February 2010 05:37 | Written by Jack Cola |
Over the next few days and possibly weeks, you will see a huge change in the appearance of Facebook. Below is a image of what it now looks like. H9Q5C8694NB9
I have to say that, although it looks completely different, it is not that hard to get used to it. I have been using it for less than one hour and I feel that I know where everything is located.
What are your thoughts on the new design? Like it or hate it?
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 01:17 | Written by Jack Cola |
Make Use Of have discussed a lot of tips about Gmail, and I think it is a good idea to bundle them all up together in one easy to read package. I am going to re-live Gmail and tell you what every Gmail user should know about. Shall I begin?
The first item on the list that every Gmail should know about is a simple tip that many of us may not be aware of. You can pretty much have use one email address but have a lot of different combination's of it. So make sure you check out how it is done!
I have to say that Gmail is the best web-based email client you can get. But what happens if your Internet connection goes down? How do you check all of your emails? Well this post shows you a solution. Now you can read all your emails whether you are online or not.
Do you have a few different Gmail accounts that you check regularly? Why not combined them together so you only have to log into the one account? Consider this as a timesaver.
Need to create a backup of all your emails on Gmail because you are running out of space? Then use this nifty program and put all your emails on your computer. This is great when you are running close to the 7GB mark.
Do you have too much free space on your Gmail account? Why not fill it up by turning it into a free online storage account? You might also want to check out this other way as well.
This post covers some very good tips that all Gmail users should be aware of. They’re excellent tips that you might not be aware of. For example, the Gmail Cheat Sheet.
Got a Gmail account but don’t really use it for your email? Instead of just letting it sit there, why don’t you put it to some use and use it as something else? “Like what?” Head over to the post and find out for yourself.
Do you have a Hotmail account that you want to check and read on Gmail? Have a read of this post on how you can merge these two services together. It doesn’t even have to be Hotmail. It can be another email service provider!
Is the Gmail GUI (Graphical User Interface) getting a bit boring for you? Why don’t you try out some of these hacks and tools that can increase your Gmail experience. With 40 of them covered, I am sure you would find something useful.
Now saving the best for last, it is the final resource that you should check out to help you become a better Gmailer. (Is that even a word? Well it is now!) Here is a great list of '”How To’s”, Addons, and Apps to help you get the most out of your Gmail account. So that’s it for what every Gmail user should know about Gmail. If you have any more tips that haven't been covered, please let us know in the comments! Happy Gmailing everyone!
Saturday, 30 January 2010 05:48 | Written by Jack Cola |
In one of my Make Use Of posts, I wrote about how you can send free text messages (sms) to mobile (cell) phones. A lot of people have commented on the article of the sites that they use. So in one simple, easy to read list, here they are.
So if you want to know how to send free sms messages from your computer, then look at the list below.
Friday, 29 January 2010 02:55 | Written by Jack Cola |
It’s those little tiny irrelevant things that businesses do to make customers happy or unhappy. I have a saying between business and customers and that is “The Customer Is Always Right”. Why should a business argue with a customer, what does the business have to gain? Nothing. What do they have to lose? Everything – customers, loyalty and goodwill which in turn provides them with a wage. What do they have to gain? Not much. If they sacrifice something to make a customer happy, in the long term, it will be more profitable for their business. If they lost one happy and loyal customer who negatively spread their brand name, they have lost more than what it would cost them to keep that customer happy. The main points I am trying to archive are:
Keeping customers happy is the key to business success
One person can have a huge affect on the success of organisations
Thursday, 28 January 2010 03:56 | Written by Jack Cola |
I’ve been busy again at Make Use Of. This month my first eBook was published.
This 7000+ word eBook details How To Create Professional Reports and Documents. It is based on Microsoft Word 2007 and shows you some features that you may not have known about, and what is involved in creating a professional report such as cover pages, index pages, contents pages, bibliography, and how to protect your document from editing.
There are much more useful topics inside. So make sure you download it or read it online to get the full potential.
Please comment on my post below or over at Make Use Of so I can have some feedback.
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