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Bye Bye iGoogle!
Tags: Google

After being my home page for over 6 years, iGoogle will be retiring tomorrow.   I will miss it so much! 

I had my favorite shortcuts right there, and some CNN breaking news, a quick look at my Inbox...   did I mention that I will miss it? 

Any suggestions on what I should replace it with?   I've been looking at http://www.reddit.com/r/drupal/ and Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/ but I still haven't found the best home page. 

Bye Bye iGoogle, my friend!  

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Google's Instant Preview Feature
Tags: Google, Online Marketing
Google’s Instant Preview feature gives new meaning to the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words.” 
 
The Instant Preview feature was rolled out without much fanfare so you may or may not be aware of it. Opinions vary on how much it affects SEM (Search Engine Marketing) or SEO (Search Engine Optimization,) but most strategists agree it places much more importance on design than ever before.
 
The Instant Preview feature provides a graphic overview of search results and enables people to preview the results right on the results page. This is done through the use of a magnifying glass icon to the right of your search results.
 
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Google Apps Has a Major Down-side
Tags: Google, Online Security

I've become more and more comfortable putting important personal and business information on Google Apps.  It's very convenient to create a document and share it with my wife or other associates of Broadstreet Consulting.  More and more, when I need to create a document that is to be shared, I will create it with Google Docs and then share it. 

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Google Analytics to Monitor Site Traffic
Tags: Online Marketing, Google

 Google Analytics is my tool of choice for viewing and analyzing site statistics. Here is an image from a recent report about Tyler Brothers, showing the impact of a permission-based email that was sent to about 500 Tyler Brothers customers. You can see that site visits doubled on days when the emails were distributed.

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