Google Search Malware Glitch
Google, the leading search engine has hit a glitch, a very crippling glitch that at the time of this post is labeling every single website on the internet as malware. Twitter, blogs, forums and other online gathering spots are alive with talk of the Google glitch with search engine traffic from Google now non existent as the problem affects, every country, every OS and every browser.
Even the Google domain is being labeled as Malware
Edit: - As quickly as how it started the glitch has ended. Google search results are no longer labeling all results as malware and the buzz is begining to subside.
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 Ready
A near-final version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 was made available for download today. The free browser is only available for users of Windows Vista, Windows Server and Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed. Microsoft has been steadily improving Internet Explorer 8 which has been in development for a few years with Beta 1 and 2 versions of the browser being released in March and August last year respectively.
Although still the most dominant web browser Internet Explorer has seen it’s market share slowly being chipped away by Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox web browser and with Google’s recent and swift entry into the market with Chrome. Read more
Internet Population and Top 15 Internet Countries
Internet usage measurement and marketing service providers ComScore recently reported that total global Internet users aged 15 and older who access the internet from home and work computers surpassed 1 billion for the first time in December 2008 based on data accumulated by them.
Top 15 countries ranked by Internet population:
- China: 179.7 million
- United States: 163.3 million
- Japan: 60.0 million
- Germany: 37.0 million
- United Kingdom: 36.7 million
- France: 34.0 million
- India: 32.1 million
- Russia: 29.0 million
- Brazil: 27.7 million
- South Korea: 27.3 million
- Canada: 21.8 million
- Italy: 20.8 million
- Spain: 17.9 million
- Mexico: 12.5 million
- Netherlands: 11.8 million
Twingly - Seach Engine for Bloggers
Twingly is a recently launched search engine that only displays results from blogs when queries are made. Twingly prides itself on being spam free unlike similar blog search products and combines various social and web 2.0 features into a functional service.
Twingly has it’s own blog ranking system similar to Technorati that ranks blogs via popularity but takes it a step futher by seperating blogs into language categories, want to find the most popular German, Spanish, Sweddish, French or Danish blogs? Now you can with Twingly. Blog profiles, search result voting and link tracking are some of the other fearures of Twingly. Read more
Google Chrome out of beta only for Windows
In a surprise release Google has decided to drop the beta from Google Chrome and has enough confidence in the progress of the web browsing software for an official version ready for the browsing masses. Make no mistake that this is a buried release however, Chrome was released in beta format just over 3 months ago but has been revised, updated and re released over a dozen times since. It is very evident that Google had and continues to prioritized Chrome’s development.
Google Chrome Logo
Challenge to Internet Explorer and Firefox
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or IE is the most popular browser but critics argue that this is mainly because it comes bundled with Windows. IE is followed in a distant second by Mozilla’s Firefox which is mostly used by tech savvy users attracted to the speed and customizable nature of Firefox. Read more
WordPress 2.7 Launches - Coltrane
Wordpress has released a new version of their popular blogging platform. Wordpress 2.7 or “Coltrane” main new feature is an overhauling of the backend user interface of the software. Since the last redesign of the Wordpress interface in version 2.5 many users had been vocal with their dissatisfaction with the design and layout. It’s too early to say now but so far there have been nothing but praises for the new interface and new features such as sticky post - which allows bloggers to to “stick” a post to the top of their blog no matter it’s post date.
A very informative video was also released with wordpress 2.7 that details it’s new features, the inspiration behind the changes and much more.
Technorati Launches Beta Version of Ad Network
Well known blog indexing powerhouse Technorati has quietly launched the beta version of their blog targeted advertising network called Technorati Engage. There isn’t even official word yet over at the official Technorati blog but they have been hinting at in in recent weeks. Blog owners are invited to register Engage and sell space on their blogs to sell image ads, text ads and almighty blog friendly 125 x 125px button ads.
Technorati Engage offers bloggers another welcomed option when seeking to monitize their websites and website or blog owners the oportunity to advertise but it is still too early to tell whether Engage will be a successful undertaking. Blog owners who wish to become Publishers can sign up for Technorati Engage here.
Google Site Search offers new Index Now Option
Google Site Search is a hosted indexing solution that provides public businesses with access to Google’s search functionality and technology. For a while now however customers have complained about how slow the actually indexing of pages were especially for individuals with websites who often get updated with hundreds of pages at a time and need the information on these pages accessable to website visitors and potential customers as quickly as possible.
Now the Site Search is getting a much need speed boost with the introduction of On-demand Indexing, which lets users refresh search results for Web sites with the click of a “Index Now” button. Read more
Beta version of Google Chrome Browser launched
Google has official released their own web browser named Chrome. Google Chrome is an open source web browser which intends to provide greater stability, speed and security than existing browsers, while still remaining a simple efficient and easy to piece of software with a minimalistic user interface.
Google Chrome Logo
The Beta version of Chrome for the windows platform was launched today in 43 different languages with Linux and Mac OS X versions coming in the very near future.
Firefox 3 release candidate 1 launches
After many months of development, beta testing and according to Mozilla over 14, 000 updates the first release candidate of Mozilla Firefox web browser is now available for download and testing. Download and evaluate the latest beta version of the popular open source browser in your native language at the Firefox website and be sure to read the official RC1 release notes.
Release Notes Excerpt
This Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a preview release of Mozilla’s next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for testing purposes only.
Preview releases are published to collect feedback from Web developers and our testing community before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The final version of Firefox 3 will be released when we qualify the product as fully ready for our users.
