One of the most popular forms of exercise among many search engine optimizers—both the third-party firms that do it for others and the advertisers who spiff up their own Web pages for better natural search rankings—is a periodic workout called “chasing the algorithm”. The race begins when Google or Yahoo! updates some portion of the… Continue reading BigDaddy means big changes at Google

Some Web users are reporting seeing a reformatted Google Inc. results page that has the links to specialized search pages listed in the left-hand column instead of placed horizontally across the top of the search box. In addition, these links to the image, groups, news, Froogle and local search pages are each accompanied by a… Continue reading Google.com gets make over

In short Qoosa is a digg clone – A community news site where the users votes determine which articles go on the frontpage. However the difference is Qoosa only has around 5 members (at the time of this post) which means that unlike Digg, any articles submitted won’t be scrutinized by over 100 thousand picky… Continue reading Digg’s sister has been born – Qoosa!

Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country’s free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet’s fastest growing market. What happened to Google’s motto of “Don’t be evil”? 🙁

HandBrake is a free GPL’d multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. Its very useful for making dvds ipod compatible and also its a great way to backup DVDs onto your computer or external hard drive. * Supported sources: o Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (even encrypted) o PAL or NTSC… Continue reading Free DVD to mp4 (Ipod compatible) converter