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Computers & Technology > Internet Trends Does Cuil.com pose a real threat to Google?: 1 of 5
Many have tried before, and no doubt that many will try in the future. Recently there are two new players in the search engine market, Cuil, created by former employees of the world most famous website, and Bing, by Microsoft. Cuil is the main subject for this article. The Cuil team claims that their website is the world'... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Search Issues Is Google a monopoly or a near-monopoly?: 1 of 4
The World Wide Web is a relatively new concept. It was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, becoming publicly available in the middle of 1991. If it was a person, it would barely have the legal age to vote. Google's market is the Web, and although it's probably the number one player and the one with the strongest word about... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Software & Utilities Google search tricks for beginners: 4 of 15
Google is the world favorite search engine. It indexes everything that is allowed to and gives us the possibility to search its database for the indexed WebPages. Although this is basic and straightforward info, many of our searches are very basic as well. But the big G offers us the possibility narrow the searches using some... More..
Computers & Technology > Virus Protection & Maintenance Essential software everyone should have on their laptop: 8 of 24
For many, a laptop is an essential tool nowadays, but each owner has their own uses for his laptop, therefore each one of us has his own definition of essential. This article focuses on "software everyone should have in their laptop", meaning generic tools that more or less everyone needs now and then. PIM Software Consider... More..
Computers & Technology > Web Design The basics of creating a website: 8 of 23
When the web was born, to create a website would be a really expensive and time consuming activity, but there was still a lot to invent, almost all the websites were boring and static pages with a poor design, and anyone with an innovative idea, which he could put online, would automatically become a successful webmaster... N... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Search Issues Why is Google so popular?: 8 of 21
A rough estimate of mine tells me that at least 95% of web surfers are using Google on a daily basis. In fact, many people confuse Google with the World Wide Web itself. I've seen people typing urls in the Google search box. As an example, using Google Adwords Keyword Tool, I found that the word Yahoo, at the time of t... More..
Computers & Technology > Identity Theft & Internet Scams How to avoid online identity theft: 13 of 29
Identity theft is type of fraud that where someone pretends to be another person, in order to obtain some type of benefit, either financial or other. There are many particular kinds of Identity theft identified by criminal experts, but because of its simplicity, online identity theft, also known as phishing, is the most dange... More..
Jobs & Careers > Blogs & Online Writing Jobs Revenue sharing for writers: 6 of 13
In the past few years, we have been watching and contributing to the growth of a new paradigm in the web industry. Apparently, add revenue sharing programs are here to stay, and there's an all new marketplace in the job industry. The general idea of these programs is that if users contribute to the growth and maintenance of o... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Trends Where Internet memes come from: 2 of 2
Internet memes represent the propagation of some sort of digital content throughout the Internet, using methods like email, blogs, social networking tools and others. The meme term refers to "a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation another by non-genetic means (as by imita... More..