Thanks to Gada.be I have made Blogware’s keyword function a little more useful. There is something that still bugs me about it though. For some reason, you can only have one word keywords. Instead of using “Internet Explorer” I have to use “IE7″. Instead of using “Web Hosting Show” I have to use “podcast”. This is fairly annoying.

Unfortunately there isn’t much I can do about the problem but hope that others have noticed the same issue. Don’t get me wrong, I like Blogware. I’d just like to like it better.

Everybody would like to make searching Google just a little better right? The only problem is that what I think would be better and what you think would be better is probably different. That is where this Firefox extension comes into play. The CustomizeGoogle extension does all the Google tweaks you would ever want, and then some.

Here is what the folks at CustomizeGoogle.com have to say about it:

CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhance Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).

Some of the features include: use Google Suggest (suggest words while you’re typing), Add links to competitors, rewrite links to point straight to the images in Google Images, removes image copying restrictions in Google Print, secure Gmail, switch to https, remove ads, anonymize your Google user id, add a result counter in search result, filter spammy websites from search results, add links to WayBack Machine (web page history), and remove click tracking.

So try it out and let me know what you think. Along with some of the other search results, I’d really like to see them add links back to Gada.be as well. Maybe we will see this feature in the future?

For those of you out there that might not understand the whole RSS feed thing, I wanted to make things a little easier for you. So thanks to some built in functionality with FeedBurner working with FeedBlitz, you can now get E-mail updates whenever this Web page is updated.

All you need to do is put in your E-mail address and hit “GO!”. After that you should receive an E-mail asking if you really want to subscribe. After you click the link in that, you are ready and set to get E-mail updates! Not that difficult at all. You can use the script right here in this very post or you can use the form on the side of any of the pages here on this Web site.

You can’t have your week start out without knowing the latest and greatest news and information from the Web hosting industry, can you? Another edition of the Web Hosting Show is up and running. This week we covered everything from a PSP Web server to the usual hosting tips and information. We even covered some of the better payment options out there for Web hosts to choose.

Who would have ever thought you could run a Web server from a Playstation Portable? I’ve got one and I have to say the thought has never crossed my mind. We have seen Web servers made from some odd things, but the PSP might be one of the oddest I’ve seen in a while.

The place you want to check out is PSPProject.net. They have a link to the PSP server itself as well as a plethora of information about the process itself. They also have a gallery section for all the screenshots of the PSP server.

Even if the idea is an oddity, it seems they are picking up some interest from the outside as well. I found this entry on the PSPProject.net Web site:

With all the press we have gotten for the PPSPS we actually managed to make some money. Some French start-up offered a price and being so broke as we are we had to accept. We are discussing terms on releasing parts of source but for a current version is a NO.

It will definitely be interesting to see what happens with this project in the future.

Over at Web Hosting Chat there is a thread going on right now about the best mode of payment Web hosts can use. So far it looks like PayPal is the winner. I never realized though how many payment processors there really are out there.

PayPal is in the lead because everybody and their grandmother has a PayPal account. It is quick and easy on both ends.

For credit card payment, 2checkout.com seems to be doing nicely. I have worked with 2Checkout before in some of my previous hosting jobs and I have to say there isn’t much to complain about. No payment processor out there is perfect just yet, but there are a lot of options to choose from.

So if you are a Web host looking for a payment processor recommendation, I’d say PayPal and 2Checkout are two good solutions. If your a Web hosting client who’s not happy with the payment processing at your Web hosting company, you might suggest these two to your Web host to use.

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Yeah I sold out. I went and joined MySpace.com a few weeks back just as an experiment to see how useful it really is. So far I have to say, it has been an alright experience. A few of my friends have found me since I signed up so that is cool. The entire experience could be a little easier for new folks to MySpace, but hey… maybe I am just a little thick headed. So if you want to add me to your friends list, or just want me in one more place feel free to check out the profile and talk. Any other social Web sites worth checking out?

All this talk about Web 2.0 is about to drive me nuts. It seems like any idea can pass as cool and innovative as long as you classify it as “Web 2.0″. It is becoming more of a social bother than “podcasts” were just a few months ago.

A venture capitalist walks into a office and says, “Got any new ideas?”. The folks in the office tell him that they have a search engine ready to go. The venture capitalist says, “That has been done!” with a look of disgust across his mug. Looking for an excuse to take his money, the office workers quickly reply, “but it is Web 2.0!”. What does Web 2.0 really mean? I think about three people in the world really know. The rest of use are left to just say…

“Ummm.. yeah, you know that thing?!”

Here are a few of my own Web 2.0 ideas. Let me know if you have any more to share or if you make any money from mine, lets just remember where you got your inspiration.

Toaster 2.0 – A dynamic Web site that allows you to toast bread online, and then share your crumbs with your friends.

Tagonopoly – By adding tags to your standard game of Monopoly you can track what property your friends playing with you have or track what property folks playing in Japan have. Is it useful? No! But it is Web 2.0!

Poopr – Add pastel gradient fades to the seat of your toilet to make it a Web 2.0 device. Set up a Web cam and let others share in your bathroom fun or look around to see what other folks do on the can.

There are a lot of Firefox extensions out there that bring Firefox together with another program or another idea. Think of it like mashing together two ideas and making them into one. FireFTP is one of those ideas. What is FireFTP? It brings the worlds of browsing the Internet and FTP clients together as one.

Now personally, I am very picky about what I use and don’t use as my own personal FTP client. There are a lot out there and a lot of them do the same thing. The interesting thing here is breeding Firefox and FTP into one big program.

Here is what the developers have to say about it:

Introducing fireFTP, a cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. NOTE: This program is still in ‘beta’ meaning that while it works just fine, it is still in development and there are still features and improvements to be made.

Since it is still in beta, I don’t know if I would rely on it to be my default FTP client. It does have a lot of promise and I’ll be interested in seeing how it develops in the future. Want to see FTP in a new light? Then go give FireFTP a shot.

I just posted another flash tutorial to the Web Hosting Show’s Web site. This time around I talked about the diffrences between Web hosting account types. From dedicated to shared hosting accounts, I have just about everything covered. Make sure you go and check it out and then come back to tell me what you thought.

Video Tutorial – Web Hosting Account Types

Want more? Then check out our video tutorial section over at WebHostingShow.com!

We all like to snoop on Web sites from time to time, right? Maybe you want to download a video or image that is embedded inside of the Web site. Maybe you just want to see what all the links are on one Web page. Well you can find out this information and more by using the “Page Info” information from within Firefox.

First I’ll show you how to find the Page Info pop up box. Right click on any Web page out there, then click on “View Page Info”. It should be under “View Page Source” but it might be somewhere different on the list depending on which extensions you have installed. Once you find that link, click on it and a new box will come up with lots of good information.

In the first tab, you will see all the general Web page information such as the URL, type of page, source, size and all that good stuff. On the next tab you will see information about the forms on the page. This tab is probably the least exciting of all of them. In the next tab, you will have listed for you all the links on the Web page. This could be helpful if you are looking for something specific within the Web page.

In the second to last tab, you have all the media that is on the page. By media, I mean all the video, audio and pictures that are seen. Scroll down to find the one you want to save, then click the “Save as…” button around the middle of the window. This will allow you to save audio, video and pictures from the Web site right to your computer. The last tab is for security information.

You see all this information is easy for you to find as long as you know where to look. Have any other Firefox tips you’d like to share? Make sure you let me know.

Here is a different sort of theme for all the Firefox users out there. At first this Longhorn Inspiriat theme didn’t warm up to me. The more I use it though, the more I seem to like it. Unlike the other skins I have featured here, this one I found over at DeviantArt.

It has a lot more to browse through as well if you are looking to give Firefox a face lift.

Back to this Longhorn Inspiriat stuff, putting aside the fact that it is hard to type and probably even harder to say, it looks pretty nice. It has that nice future “Vista” look to it. The only place where fluff comes into play are the really large back and forward buttons. I am not too sure if I like that at all.

All the icons also have that “Vista” look to them as well. It is pretty, but is it functional? I am still not too sure about that. I am fairly picky with my theme choices on Firefox, and the really big back button just bugs the heck out of me. Maybe I am just being overly anal about it though.

To install it, you need to download the .zip file from the Web site, unzip it, and then drag one of the .jar files into your “themes” window. It is as easy as that.

In any case, I think it is a theme that the entire family can enjoy. Check it out, let me know your feelings on this new look for Firefox, and if you have any favorite themes of your own, make sure you let me know!