Google Purchases Dot CO URL Address G Dot CO

July 19, 2011

Google is joining the dot CO fun. Google bought the URL address G.CO within the last week per their blog post.
Google is one of the most recognizable brand names out there, so what is Google planning to do with G.CO?
Well, it won’t be to launch another public URL shortening service. Goo.gl isn’t being [...]

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How To Personalize Google+ Profile URL With Google Plus Short URL Service

July 7, 2011

URLs for Google Plus user profiles are way too long to remember. The Google+ URL uses your profile account number, which is long, like 22 characters long. I have trouble remembering a friend’s 9 digit phone number, so there’s no way I’m going to remember a 22 character Google+ account number.
That’s why you [...]

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Lady Gaga and 50 Cent Promote Short URL Service

June 19, 2011

Okay, we’re officially in a start-up technology investing bubble. I’m calling it now. How do I know?
A new service to shorten URLs, like we need yet another one of those, is being endorsed by none other than Lady Gaga and 50 Cent. The new URL shortening provider is called Bre.ad. It’s [...]

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Fraudsters Change Web URLs To Match Account Numbers and Hack Citi Bank

June 19, 2011

It’s this easy for hackers now days huh? As the Saturday Night Live News anchor would say, “Really?!”
An unnamed security expert said to The New York Times that the thousands of Citi’s credit card customers that had their account information compromised last week, was due to hackers changing a few numbers in the web [...]

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How To Stay Safe While Socializing Online on Facebook & Forums

June 14, 2011

The net is lots of fun these days. Getting in touch with childhood friends, sharing pictures with friends and family near and far, playing games like Farmville, dealing with people ‘poking’ you, virtual zombies, birthday announcements and friend requests. These things keep people returning to the social networks.
Of course the biggest social network is Facebook. [...]

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New Appointment Slots In Google Calendar Use URLs To Share Availability

June 12, 2011

Google is rolling out a new feature for the Google calendar – appointment slots that use URLs.
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The new appointment slots allow you to set aside or reserve time in your Google calendar for future appointments. This new feature is activated by just clicking anywhere on the calendar and switching from Events to Appointment Slots [...]

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How To See The World’s Most Exclusive Website Web Page URLs

June 8, 2011

What in the world is this “The World’s Most Exclusive Website” that is a trending topic on Twitter? It even has Ryan Seacrest tweeting about the site’s exclusivity.
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I checked it out.  I couldn’t get past room #1 of the mysterious website post logging in with my Twitter login.  It looks the website lets [...]

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Automatic URL link shortening on Twitter.com

June 8, 2011

Remember when you used to be able to just plug in a URL, and Twitter would automatically shorten the URL for you? Well, guess what, the feature is back. Twitter re-introduced a new automatic link shortening for the Twitter.com website.
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How Does Automatic URL Link shortening Work?
Just paste a link of any length [...]

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URL Branding, More Than Just Domain Name

June 5, 2011

Once you’ve bought an available URL for your new website, there’s another important next step to take:
Go to Twitter, and register the @yourURL that matches your new URL.  Start a Facebook page with the goal of working towards securing the unique Facebook URL Facebook.com/yourURL that also matches your new website name (You will have to [...]

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Domain Name Humor| How Women Are Like Online URL Addresses via Reddit

June 2, 2011

So this post isn’t quite URL help or tips.  Well, maybe if the type of help you need is a good laugh.
Who knew there was such a thing as URL or domain name humor?  Apparently there is …
There’s an awesome thread on-going at Reddit called, “Girls Are Like Internet Domain Names“.  A summary of the [...]

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