smart computer use?

I’ve been using the Wordpress stats plugin for approximately 2 days, so this commentary may be a bit premature. I like it. So far Wordpress.com stats is good.

FireStats?

I used to use the FireStats plugin for Wordpress. At least, as a stat tracking plugin, FireStats was my stat tracker of choice. It was nice. It made my database huge after a while though.

Granted, there is a satellite version of FireStats, but I never have used it. I probably would alleviate the hosted stats taking up a large part of these database issue.

Wordpress.com Stats hosted on Wordpress.com

I like the fact that the Wordpress.com Stats plugin hosts it’s data on Wordpress.com. It really helps take some server load off your server. And it gives you stats right on your Wordpress site dashboard. Good stuff mainerd.

Google Analytics?

I like Google Analytics. It’s very easy to install on a Wordpress site. Easy installation is due to the fact that nearly every single Wordpress template has a footer include to easy install the Google Analytics tracking code into.

I consider Google Analytics to be the backbone of my web site stat tracking endeavors. Stuff like Wordpress.com stats simply allows me to see stats realtime, on the fly, on a day-to-day basis if needed.

If I wasn’t using Google Analytics, I’d probably consider using FireStats Satellite hosted feature to run that stats system in my Wordpress sites.

Blocking the traffic I create on my own site

I like the ability to easily block the traffic that I create on my own sites. With a newer site, my development traffic always overshadows the actual traffic of the site.

I have been using the filters available in Google Analytics to block the my traffic to my web sites. I wanted to be able to do the same with my Wordpress.com Stats.

After a little bit of investigating, I found that the Wordpress.com Stats plugin does not show any stats that I create if I am logged into my web sites. That is pretty cool, and pretty easy to deal with.

So, for Google Analytics I’ll need to remember to keep my filtering IP addresses updated. For Wordpress.com Stats I just need to remain logged in to my web sites. Easy enough.

Yeah.

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Lots of speculation is being thrown around about what the Google Phone will be like. Here’s yet another interpretation:

It seems like the only people who know for sure are those who work for Google, and they aren’t talking. But that hasn’t stopped analysts, journalists and bloggers from writing about what they think Google has planned for the mobile device market. But before we venture into wild guesswork, let’s look at what we know for a fact.

Read the rest of the article here.

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Sometimes, I wonder how much time I spend on my computer just looking through folders, documents, or text to find what I really am looking for.

The Problems

Example…

I want to see a particular picture, so I start browsing my file system, only to realize that I forgot where I actually put.

Or…

I’ve just done a search using Google. There is a particular search result that looks like it has the info I was searching for. I click through to the site, only to find that the particular page I’ve arrived on contains about 1500 words and is jumbled as hell. Now I gotta scan the text to find what I’m looking for.

Or…

I just opened an HTML document and want to make some quick edits. I’m looking for a particular bit of the code to edit, but need to scan a jumbled mess of Javascript, HTML tables and inline CSS to find the spot to edit. Now I gotta have sharp eyes to pick out what I’m looking for.

Stop there.

All these situations can be made easier by simply clicking CTRL+F on the keyboard (The Control Key plus the letter F key), and using the resulting search feature that magically appears.

The Solutions

In Windows, if you are browsing a folder or have Windows Explorer open, just hit CTRL+F to bring up the search pane and simply search for the file. Don’t waste your time browsing files unless you simply just feel like browsing through your files. Simple and smart.

In Firefox, if you are looking at a web page with tons of text, simply hit CTRL+F to bring up the search box, type in the bit of text your looking for, and Firefox just jumps to that part of the page and highlights the text. Simple and smart.

In pretty much any code editor, hit CTRL+F to bring up a search window. In some code editors you might even get an extra bonus with a search AND replace option, which is too sweet once you embrace that power. Simple to use and smart.

Save time and get used to searching and using the good old CTRL+F combo on your keyboard.

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There is currently an easy way to exploit Google duplicate site content handling using proxy sites. There are also ways to defend against the Google proxy exploit if you feel the need to implement preventative measures into your website(s) or need to fix an issue already affecting your site.

From the article at SiteProNews.com, written by Sophie White:

There is a current and active way to knock a website out of Google’s search engine results. It’s simple and effective. This information is already in the public domain and the more people that know about it, the more likelihood there is that Google will do something about it. This article will tell you how it works, how to get a website knocked out of the search engine rankings, but most importantly, how to defend your own website from having it happen to you.

If anything, this is just a latest example of the ongoing evolution of search engine technology. There will always be exploits for ranking site and and un-ranking sites on various search engines. The good news is that the people behind the search engines are always working on their algorithms to ensure that exploits do not have a major impact on natural and organic search results.

Talk about an ongoing battle.

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Google already does a bunch of other stuff pretty damn well.

A Google operating system? Some are dreaming. I would venture to guess that an operating system engineered by Google would probably be pretty useful.

Anyways, click here to read more and to get excited about the possibility of a Google operating system.

Based on the products that I already like from Google, I bet I’d like an operating system that they came up with. But at the same time Linux is very nice.

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