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The Digg Effect – Apologies for Site Downtime

To all my loal reader (s) I would like to apologise for the recent downtime on this site, it seems Servage are not as Digg-Proof as I currently thought as I found a warning and a site suspended email in my inbox when I returned from work a couple of days ago.

Yes it seems I was hit by the Digg Effect -  Although in this case at the instigation of Slashdot.

It seems my Article on Google Chrome was quite popular.

In the matter of 10 minutes my site was hit by 30,000 unique visitors and suspended by servage, after that in… Continue Reading»

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Google Chrome Review – Why I Love and Hate Google Chrome

Googel ChromeGoogle Chrome is Googles second foray into the world of Internet browsing software.

Google Chrome itself was released yesterday and is available to download at http://www.google.com/chrome for free.

The best thing about Google Chrome is undoubtedly its new Back End, unlike nearly all other internet browsers Chrome has the unique feature of running each tab and window with its own process, this has several significant benefits.

  • Memory Usage
  • Browsing Speed
  • Crash Protection (Not Recovery)
  • Visual Management
  • Security
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Google Chrome – New Generation Internet Web Browser

For those who keep abreast of Google’s latest announcements you may be aware that a google comic book (Here) was released to the public yesterday outlining Googles new internet browser – Google Chrome.

While there are no screenshots yet Google Chrome is set to have a beta released today!

So why should you go for Google Chrome? Well the Google comic points out all the pros of Google Chrome, but in a rather technical sense, so I am going to cut things down and make it all just a little bit simpler for you!

First off, Google Chrome… Continue Reading»

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Microsoft Offers Cashback to Search!

Microsoft Search Cashback Microsofts rather lax search engine Live is currently languishing in third place behind Google and Yahoo in the Search Engine Market. While this is simply because ethy failed to realise the Search Engine potential when they dominated teh Internet market they have recently tried to get back to the top.

To do this Microsoft have announced a Cash back option for users who shop via the Microsoft Live Search Engine. This is in my opinion going to be a boost for microsft simply because Advertisers will… Continue Reading»

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Who will be the next President of America – Google has the answer.

Till the elections end and we really come to know who the President will be, here is what Google and Indian Astronomers say about the next president. It is going to be Barack Obama. Continue Reading»

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Why use PirateBay when we have Google

Every one of us has used PirateBay one time or the other to download stuff off the internet. If you ask me, I am really a torrent freak (no pun intended) and download at least 5 torrents everyday. But if you want to use torrents at your college or any other similar place, there are chances the administrators may have blocked the major torrent search engine. We know we can use proxies to access blocked websites Continue Reading»

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Who else wants to learn more ‘Rel’ tags

More rel tagsIf you are under the impression that there is only rel=”nofollow” tag, you are about to learn many more of them.
I have come across these tags which I never knew existed. I was familiar with only couple of them like rel=”nofollow” and rel=”me”. I use ‘nofollow’ attribute quite regularly, for every single outgoing link. But with these tags I can indicate the search engines exactly what kind of page I am Linking to. Continue Reading»

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