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Google, now in realtime

Quintus van Rensburg — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:00:10 +0000

It’s not perfect, but it’s here: Google realtime.

It does beat Twitter’s current search implementation and I guess Facebook is next on the list.

Concern about the Protection of Information Bill in South Africa

Quintus van Rensburg — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:43:36 +0000

The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) have issued a statement with regards to our stance on the Protection of Information Bill.

The statement is available on the LIASA homepage and the LIASA blog. It was also forwarded to the press and also to the Chair of the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee.

Bellville Running Club Rate Card

Quintus van Rensburg — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:06:04 +0000

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Google more localized

Quintus van Rensburg — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:20:10 +0000

Google have become better at interpreting search requests after the latest three updates.

Google Suggest are now drilling down further than just the country. The service is now tailored to specific metro areas in the U.S.

Page Summaries in Search Results

Quintus van Rensburg — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:24:38 +0000

Bill Slawski has written a great article on why a search engine might choose something other than meta descriptions for page summaries in search results.

Why a Search Engine Might Choose Something Other Than Meta Descriptions for Page Summaries in Search Results

Popular Science Archive

Quintus van Rensburg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:21:15 +0000

Popular Science have made their entire 137-year archive for free browsing on the Internet.

“Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements.”

A fantastic resource.

Popular Science Archive

Google Reader now in real time

Quintus van Rensburg — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:29:15 +0000

Google Reader now publishes feeds in real time. This means posts appear in Google Reader as soon as they go live on a site. These real-time updates will however only work for PubSubHubbub-enabled blogs.

Every blog on Blogger and Posterous supports PubSubHubbub. If you want to enable PubSubHubbub on a WordPress blog you need to install the PubSubHubbub plugin.

If you use Feedburner to publish your RSS feeds, you can turn on Google’s PingShot service and sent out PubSubHubbub announcements in real time.

Follow site changes to any website

Quintus van Rensburg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:03:15 +0000

A new update to Google Reader allows you to follow changes to any website.

Google Reader will create its own custom feed for sites without a RSS feed.

Google on location

Quintus van Rensburg — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:42:58 +0000

If you use Google on a mobile device you might find that the search suggestion list makes provision for your location.

The search suggestion list is the terms that appear below the text entry field on Google.

For example:

If you are in London and are looking for a sushi restaurant, first on the search suggestion list will be something like “sushi restaurants in london”.

Across the channel in Paris the same query will have as a first suggestion “sushi restaurants in paris”.

This new mobile functionality will currently only work on iPhones and Android-powered devices.

Google Docs for storage

Quintus van Rensburg — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:17:09 +0000

You an now upload any kind of document up to 250 MB to Google Docs. Larger files can be stored for a small fee. This new functionality adds to the collaborative uses for Docs.

This is just another example of how traditional storage devices is bypassed by online alternatives.