Reading Time: < 1 minFor those of you that love the Google Toolbar, but have been missing it with Firefox 3, your wait is over! http://www.google.com/toolbar I figured we’d see it updated this week, since the public release of Firefox 3 is scheduled for tomorrow. I also expect we’ll see an update to the Google Earth plug-in very soon, […]
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Firefox 3 RC2 now available
Reading Time: < 1 minAbout three weeks after RC1 was unveiled, Firefox 3 RC2 has just been released. Get it here! No word yet on what’s new, but I expect it’s mostly bug fixes and things of that nature. If you know of any substantial improvements, please let us know in the comments. Given how great RC1 has performed, […]
Firefox 3 RC1 now available
Reading Time: < 1 minWe’re getting pretty close to the official Firefox 3 release, with the new release of Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1. The beta versions had surprisingly few problems, so I would expect that this RC would be pretty solid. You’ll probably want to install this program, if for no other reason than to make sure your […]
Woopra looks awesome
Reading Time: < 1 minGreekBrief.TV has a short video clip that introduces Woopra, a new analytics client. It’s similar to Google Analytics, StatCounter and others of that nature, but does a few things very differently: Stats are delivered to a client that you install on your PC. Stats are shown in real-time, with details about each visitor. You can […]
Benchmarking now live in Google Analytics
Reading Time: 2 minAbout two weeks ago, Google added an option to include your Analytics data into their beta benchmarking program. Today, that data is now available for use for those that opted in. From analytics, you simply go to [Visitors] –> [Benchmarking (Beta)] and the data will appear. By default it compares your site to “All sites […]
Google Chart API now does maps
Reading Time: < 1 minThe Google Chart API has just released a new version. Among the new features: No limit on the number of requests. Support for maps! USA state maps, other country maps, world maps, etc. It’s quite slick. Click on the image on the right to see a chart of the states I’ve lived in (the lighter […]
Internet Explorer 8 is now available
Reading Time: < 1 minIn a surprise move at the MIX08 Conference, Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download. The list of enhancements include: Facebook Integration — Get status updates directly from your browser eBay Integration — You can use their new “webslices” to subscribe to individual portions of a page. Live Maps Integration — […]
Google Analytics is adding Industry Benchmarking
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle Analytics is something that I use on every site of mine. A few of them employ other analytics beyond that, but they all use Google Analytics for a baseline. Today, Analytics is adding “industry benchmarking” to their site. If you choose to opt-in, this will do two things: Share your site statistics with other […]
Keeping up with new users on your message boards
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve built a few large forums over the past 6-8 years. I took one forum from scratch up a little past two million posts with about 125,000 users, and I have another one that’s getting close to the 100,000 user mark. However, I also have about a half-dozen small forums that are just getting off […]
Website to make good-looking charts
Reading Time: < 1 minI was looking for a way to make a good-looking chart for one of my sites. I made one in Excel, but it was pretty bland. Then I discovered the NCES Create A Graph website. It’s actually a kid’s site, but has some slick tools to make some good-looking charts and graphs. Combined with the […]