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Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

Monday, April 30, 2012

Aside from the annual April Fool’s Day pranks and hoaxes, Google is known for hiding virtual easter eggs on their products. The latest Google easter egg is themed after one of the most popular computer strategy games ever – Starcraft and can be found by doing a search for the keywords “zerg rush” on Google [...]

Google +1 Button WordPress Plugin

Thursday, June 9, 2011

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Google officially released the +1 Button last week and you’ve probably already seen it on some of your favorite websites or blogs. Google has also released the code and provided the resource for webmasters to create a customized version of the +1 button. However, customizing and adding the +1 code takes some time and can [...]

Google +1 Now Available

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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Have you heard about Google +1? Google first revealed this new feature – recommendations for search results last March. Plus One or +1 is kinda like Google’s own version of the Facebook Like button but specifically for Google Search results. Earlier today, Google has announced that the Google +1 button is now available to use [...]

A Google A Day – Daily Trivia Game

Monday, April 11, 2011

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Google earlier today launched a new online trivia game called A Google A Day. Unlike traditional trivia games that didn’t allow players to look up answers (using books, asking friends, searching the Internet), this daily trivia game not only allows looking up answers but actually encourages it. From the official Google blog: A Google a [...]

Google Censors Piracy-Related Keywords from Search Tools

Friday, January 28, 2011

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Last month, Google announced via the official Public Policy blog four changes to its copywright infringement-prevention policy. This was a response to the pressure by record labels, MPAA and RIAA on Google to censor search results. The recording industry consider Google as a major source of illegal downloads as torrent sites and other file-sharing services [...]

Google Zeitgeist 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Last week I shared with you Yahoo’s Top 10 Searches for 2010 and the Twitter Top 10 Trends for 2010 just moments ago. Now, I’ll be sharing with you Google’s annual compilation of the top searched topics or search queries or more commonly known as the Google Zeitgeist 2010. Before we proceed, some of you [...]

Google Instant Previews

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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On Tuesday, Google introduced a new search feature called Instant Previews. Traditionally, search results only display the title, URL and a snippet (short description) for each result. With Google Instant Previews, users can find information faster with the help of a visual preview of each search result. For webmasters and web developers, Instant Previews allows [...]

Google Instant – Faster Than The Speed of Type

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Yesterday, while I was doing some SEO (Search Engine Optimization) work on Google Search, I noticed that it behaved differently. I noticed that while I was typing the keywords, Google immediately showed me suggestions for what I was typing in, similar to how Google Suggest works. Since I was busy at that time and concentrating [...]

Google World Cup Easter Egg

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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Just found out about this earlier while browsing the web. To celebrate the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup which starts on June 11th, Google has created a World Cup easter egg on their search results pages. To find the World Cup easter egg, just go to Google.com, type in the keywords “World Cup” or “world [...]

HowTo: Create Your Own Minimalist Google Homepage

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Have you seen, heard or tried out Google’s minimalist homepage? Word about Google’s minimalist homepage prototype first came out around October last year. Screenshots were posted and shared across the Internet, including the line of code that was used to activate the homepage prototype. By copy and pasting that particular line of code, regular users [...]

WPLookup: WordPress Function/Tag Lookup Tool

Friday, March 13, 2009

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The other day, while I was tweaking my blog theme I was having an issue with a certain WordPress template tag. Whenever I need help with WordPress template and function tags, I usually do a Google search using the specific template or function tag. This time, I tried using WPLookup, a WordPress function/template tag lookup [...]