I don’t know how the Google Maps sidebar decides what to show, but it’s always changing. Every time it changes, I wonder what it is I’ve done that made it want to show me that particular map. I’m afraid it’s random, which would just take the fun out of it.
Like everyone else on the planet (judging from how slow the service is right now), I signed up for Google Analytics today and put their tracking code in the header of some of the sites I run. It takes hours before you can see the results of the tracking so I can’t say anything more […]
I have a number of websites that I run. One of them, the Restaurant Thing website, gets a lot of traffic and has quite a few outside links to it. Another, the Ottawa Events site, has no links to it save the ones on this very blog, and it’s not linked to very much, so in Google’s […]
You know Google’s having trouble rolling out a new service when even the FAQ page gives an error. Oops… We didn’t understand that. Your have tried to access a non-existent page. It’s funny watching the media make up stories about what Google Base is. Beta News seems to be on the right track. It is […]
Google has a new product, called Google Base. Here’s a bit of their description: Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free. Examples of items you can find in Google Base: • Description of your party planning service […]
Cool reuse of Google Maps.. UFO Maps!
It’s nice to see Google unifying the authentication schemes for all their sites – you can now use your Google Account for Gmail, Orkut, home page personalization, Groups, Talk, and Video Upload. Google has access to all sorts of personal information, tying all these services together, and nobody really thinks about the privacy implications or […]
Here’s a short Review of Google Reader.
Google now has Google Reader in beta. When I heard the name Google Reader, my first thought was some new take on the Adobe Reader, or an eBook reader.. I’m not sure the world needs yet another feed reader, but Google’s stuff so far has been top notch so I’m willing to give it a […]
The big mega announcement that was rumoured to change the world… is that Sun is bundling the Google toolbar with the Java runtime? No seriously.. This is a joke, right?