Archive for August, 2006
· August 31, 2006 at 6:04 pm · Hot Web Topics
Tags: browser-wars, Firefox-2.0, IE7, sucks, turd
Internet Explorer 7 still just does not do it for me. I have been playing around with the latest release for a few days now, and I can’t get into it. The interface is OK, but nothing to write home about. In fact, it looks like what Firefox would have looked like - if the Microsoft team developed it.
There is no reason to soften the blow, it is a turd with a pretty pink bow. Simple as that.
I finally had to give up on it today though, because I realized it was the cause for FeedDemon going all screwy on me. I went back to IE6, and my problems went away.
On the other hand, I have been using the latest betas of Firefox 2 and I have to say I like what I see. New features, faster loading (for me, at least) and pretty to look at. Where could you go wrong? Then again, when it comes to Firefox, I have all my facts straight.
· August 31, 2006 at 5:05 am · Online Tools
Tags: awesome, customer-support, FeedBurner, problems, resolved, RSS
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I have had problems with my RSS feed updating through FeedBurner. It looks like all is working well again, and I only have one team to thank for that. FeedBurner bended over backwards for me while I was having the problems. Having a free service do what they can to make me happy is a nice thing to see these days. It almost makes me want to buy a paid account just to say thanks!
I have been a user of FeedBurner almost since their launch, and I have to say those folks are good at what they do!
· August 30, 2006 at 10:48 am · Web Hosting
Tags: experts, hardware, join, panel, software, Web Hosting, web-hosts
I have always wanted to see more union inside of the Web hosting industry. Now there have been ideas (I have been apart of them) of creating a elite group of Web hosting related Web sites before. This is the first time I have seen anybody looking for an elite hosting panel.
Rutledge Consulting (rutledge-consulting.com) is putting together a new panel of Web hosting IT professionals called the Elite Hosting Panel (elitehostingpanel.com) to help create a direct channel of communication between Web hosts and hardware and software vendors developing future products.
I don’t know if a lowly media rock star of the Web hosting industry will be accepted, but I joined anyways. Even if I am not accepted though, I’ll be interested in seeing what they produce.
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· August 29, 2006 at 9:47 am · Web Hosting
Tags: answers, comments, labor-day, podcast, questions, special, Web Hosting
On Labor Day, the Web Hosting Show is going to be doing another Q and A special. Send me your questions, and I’ll do my best to answer every single one I get. Now you have two choices when it comes to sending me your questions.
You can drop me an E-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and leave me your questions there or you can send me an audio voice message via Odeo. No matter which one you pick, I’ll put it and you on the show and give you an answer. Also, don’t be scared to send me your Web site link as well. I would love to check it out and put a cheap plug in the podcast for it.
· August 29, 2006 at 9:25 am · Online Tools
Tags: extensions, Firefox, safety, security, TrackMeNot
With all this talk about your privacy being attacked and people snooping on what you have been searching about, you are bound to feel a little paranoid. You might be watching over your shoulder as you type. You might be turning the lights out before you get Online. How can you protect yourself from being tracked in your searches though? If you use Firefox, you need the TrackMeNot extension.
Here is what the developer of the extension has to say about it.
TrackMeNot runs in Firefox as a low-priority background process that periodically issues randomized search-queries to popular search engines, e.g., AOL, Yahoo!, Google, and MSN. It hides users’ actual search trails in a cloud of ‘ghost’ queries, significantly increasing the difficulty of aggregating such data into accurate or identifying user profiles. TrackMeNot integrates into the Firefox ‘Tools’ menu and includes a variety of user-configurable options.
With how the world is going these days, I might also be inclined to ask the Firefox folks to put this feature into the next version of Firefox by default. With TrackMeNot, actual web searches, lost in a cloud of false leads, are essentially hidden in plain view.
This Firefox extension is for versions 1.5 and up of the browser. To pick up your copy all you need to do is download it via the Mozilla Add-ons Web site.
· August 28, 2006 at 6:00 am · Web Hosting
Tags: ads, cheap, clients, news, podcast, tech, Web Hosting, web-hosts
What is the number one best way to get more clients coming in to a Web hosting company? You have to get folks talking about you. On today’s show I’ll talk about a few cheap methods on how to get that done as quickly as possible.
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