Google Mac Blog
Mac fans get a new RSS feed to watch thanks to the release of the new Google Mac Blog. The first blog post also directs you to the Google Mac downloads page where Mac users will find an excellent list of goodies.
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New gadget for feed junkies
Don’t want to use up the space on your desktop for feeds? No problem, just plug in a Mister Tipster and let it do all the work externally. The device receives the feeds of your choosing and displays them on the reader via USB port. RSS feeds couldn’t be simpler!
Hat-Tip: Gizmodo
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Hot tips and tricks for bloggers
I’ve started working on my upcoming “Guide to Making Money Blogging” and have a few odds and ends that I can go ahead and release for your viewing. These documents are in their very young stages and we’ll be changing them often over the next few weeks. Also, we’re on the hunt for folks to give us a hand in putting each section together. If you give us a hand with one of the sections we’ll gladly give you credit and link love in return.
The first section that’s available for reading is Tips & tricks that help you find the latest news. This section explores most of todays fastest news and press release sources that can help you stay one step ahead in the game of information dominance.
I’ve also put section one, two and three of the main guide online. These sections are incomplete but well on their way to a good start.
Again, if you see a place where you could contribute please let me know.
- Eric
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Proof that images help target your Adsense ads
As you can see I try to work in a lot of images when posting. It’s a habit I’ve wanted to obtain so this blog is a good place to practice. eRodTech.com is fairly new, but it’s already given me the chance to learn a few things about targeting the Adsense ads that display on the site.
Earlier today I caught the following ad on this post.
The image was tagged “firefox2″ and sat directly above the ad. If this isn’t targeted, I don’t know what is.
Now to get that sidebar ad to align with the content of the site…
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Zune looking for a date…
Zune’s very own Cesar Menendez is putting together yet another “Zune and soup” meeting.
Last Wednesday Cesar met with his blog readers to show them his Zune and enjoy some small talk. According to Cesar’s blog he’ll be back at the Coffee Chop in Seattle this next Wednesday for another cup of soup and some show and tell with the new Zune. I’m no fan of the Zune, but it’s good to see Microsoft getting its people out in the real world.
In case you’re new to the Zune storm, Zune is Microsoft’s stumbling attempt to challenge iPod for the king of the media players trophy.
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Firefox Extension – infoRSS
This will probably come to many of you as old news. If it does, I think you’ll agree it still deserves attention. Here’s my take on infoRSS for Firefox.
infoRSS for Firefox
I started using this extension two weeks ago and I’ve had it hard at work for a good 13 hours a day since. The infoRSS extension creates a scroller that sits in your status bar and gives you the feeds of your choosing as they update. You can switch through feeds with the click of a button that sits next to the scroller. You can also add the feed of any page that has one with the single tap of the mouse. The status bar includes a small menu of icons that help you navigate through the options with ease.
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Google and YouTube sitting in the tree…
I just woke up after a long night of blogging of working on my blogs and very little sleep, and the first RSS feed to drop in is the big Google meets YouTube story. It’s not only making its way across the blogosphere, it’s also on Fox News and a plethora of other sources. This is BIG news.
YouTube, a video hosting site with millions of visitors, has been smelling trouble on the horizon for some time now. The struggling company is not far from an arsenal of copyright lawsuits and it knows it needs to move and fast. I think this particular direction is the right way to go.
From the looks of things, Google will buy YouTube for $1.6 billion. What this means is that you can plan on seeing Google video take the lead in vlogging and free online video hosting. With Google in the lead we’ll no doubt see many innovations moving forward.
I think this is good for YouTube and good for Google. Everyone comes out in a little bit of a better position.
Good stuff!
Hat-Tip: Gizmodo
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Get PAID to post in forums
No I’m not talking about those silly firms that pay you something like .12 cents per post. This is more of a contest style pay that is 100% up for grabs at all times. Plus, the forums are a pretty good place to learn about making money online.
The contest is run more like a lottery in that whoever lands on a specific number while posting, (and I’m talking about the overall forum post count by the way) takes the win. Check out the set up.
Round 1
128,000th Post = $25.00
128,500th Post = $35.00 (round 1 just ended so we’re now in round two)
Round 2
139,996th Post = $75.00
139,997th Post = $100.00
139,998th Post = $110.00
139,999th Post = $120.00
140,000th Post = $150.00
Round 3
149,996th Post = $160.00
149,997th Post = $170.00
149,998th Post = $180.00
149,999th Post = $190.00
150,000th Post = $300.00
Bonus prize!
If one person gets the 128,500th post, 140,000th post and 150,000th post, that person will win a $2,000.00 bonus!
We’re talking $2,500.00 bucks plus here! Do they pay? Well, I work for them and can say that they have a steller reputation. Besides the forum is owned by preCharge, a fraud protection firm, so you can bet these guys are constantly on their feet.
My user name over there is Eric. We’ve got a new template coming and a lot of other cool goodies on the way. The forum is geared toward everything related to SEO, graphics, business, marketing, tips & tricks, programming, etc… it’s all there. Check it out.
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Google ping service announced
I love seeing new ping services come into play, and this one comes from the big daddy of the search engine industry, Google. As confirmed on the official Google Blog, Google is now offering a ping service for bloggers. From the sounds of things the results may even be worked into the main indexes.
Google sure is coming out with a lot of nifty tools as of late. My questions still remains… Google, when are you going to fix the search engine?
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