Today I have something very unique to share with my readers and fellow bloggers. I will be providing a simple tutorial on how to make Ajax Slideshows with the Google Ajax Feed API and how to easily embed them in your website or blog.

Google Ajax Slideshows

For those who don't know Google Ajax Slideshow is a simple application of the Google AJAX Feed API that is designed to let you add photo slide shows to your pages, sites, and blogs. The slide show control takes photo feeds from all popular sites, such as PhotoBucket, Flickr, and Picasa Web Albums. Any feeds that use Media RSS can be used without customization.

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Though the inclination towards Windows Vista is very less even after its release but this does not keep loyal Windows XP users to test out the great looks and features of Windows Vista. Vista Transformation Pack is a software that allows Windows XP user to make their XP look and work just like Vista and finally there is a new Vista Transformation Pack version in town.

Windows Vista Transformation Pack 7

Finally after this long wait the Windows Vista Transformation Pack 7 is here. I am personally a very big fan of this software as it keeps me from the hassle to buy and install Windows Vista and to my delight the new version is out. The latest customization pack gives you the vista experience and indeed is the best than any other shell software.

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There is no end to technology and similarly there was no start to it. Technology is just another name of evolution and evolution comes through time and prediction. Recently WebOwls published an article which stated that Google and other similar search engines might have been predicted in 1964 or even before.

Google Predicted in 1964

This piece which you see above has been extracted from the book "Childcraft Volume 6: How Things Change" published by Field Enterprises Educational Corporation in 1964 and gives an insight about the concept of search engines way back in the 20th century.

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I am a very big wordpress fan but to be very honest I do not like the search functionality that comes in wordpress by default. If you have a popular or well-read blog then you need a search functionality for your blog thats fast and reliable and thats where Google Ajax Search For Blog comes in.

Google Ajax Search For Your Blog 

Some time ago I gave 5 Reasons To Use Google Coop on Your Blog which are quite similar to the ones that I am going to present now for Google Ajax Search. Wordpress users are lucky in the sense that they have a Google Ajax Search Plugin which can be installed in a second. Please refer to my How To Embed Google Ajax Search in Your Blog guide in order to get complete instructions on how to add this feature to your blog.

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Firefox is the best browser on earth and there is no doubt about it. Not only its easy to use interface and interactive features win the heart of users for also its speed optimization techniques and better browsing experiencing have knocked out Internet Explorer out of the Browser industry. But what is you could tweak your firefox a bit more to get the most optimum browsing experience.

FireTune: Optimize Your Firefox Browsing Experience 

FireTune is a great Firfox extension designed specifically to optimize your Firefox Browsing Experience. It automatically tweaks your Firefox for the best performance so that you can browse at a faster speed. Try the Website Stopwatch to check your browsing speed before and after installing this extension and you will definitely see the difference.

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Being a blogger and a webmaster we definitely know the importance of Google Pagerank technology. Google Pagerank has now become the most important factor that calculates the importance and popularity of a site.

Check Your Google Pagerank on Your Desktop

There are hundreds of sites available that will help you check your Google Pagerank Online but what if you wanted to do the same through your desktop without opening any browser. Google Pagerank changes permanently every 3 months but there are slight changes in it that occur randomly. So for the ease of bloggers and webmasters I have reviewed 5 of the best utilities through which you can check a site's Google Pagerank on your desktop.

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Google is my Internet love as well as my worst fear on the Internet. The reason why I am so much afraid of Google at times is because it has the power to ban me completely. Getting a Google ban is more like getting a life sentence in jail where you are alive but you life has no more meaning.

Reasons Why Google May Penalize You

Google Penalty is the practice of black listing a particular site or blog. It is considered as a very big punishment for webmasters and is done to keep the Internet clean and free of bad sites. There are a lot of reasons which may trigger a Google Penalty and I have tried my best to explain each one of them below. To ensure your blog does not get penalized by Google make sure you read all of them and avoid perpetrating them.

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lol I never knew that reading blog comics can be this much fun and addictive. Blog comics are far more than just laughs. For me they are more like an overview to the evolving Internet trends and give an insight to the world of blogging. Here are some of the 5 things I learned from 5 hilarious blog comics in the past week.

1. Blogging is a Life Time Commitment

This is the first lesson I learned. You can definitely infer this from the comic above that when you start blogging you commit your soul and life to it. So if you can't be loyal to your blog then you are not loyal to your soul.

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Recently I have noticed that the search engine traffic for this blog has accelerated to a huge extent and this has happened because of my new experimentation. I have also noticed that I this blog is being ranked number 1 on Google for some good keywords and is also ranked in the top 10 search results for some keywords on Yahoo and Live search.

Tips To Increase Search Engine Ranking Position

Search Engine Ranking Position or SERP, as most of you already know, refers to the search result position of your blog/site for certain keywords on search engines like Google, Yahoo and Live search. The higher search engine ranking position you have the more traffic you get and similarly you can make more and more money online. Moreover this gives you a consistent traffic unlike those social networks traffic which die away after some days.

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Some time ago there were rumors on the Internet about Google Phone to be launched soon. I took this to my least attention as I thought Google would never dare step in to the hardware industry with competitors like Apple etc. But I guess RegHardware just proved that perhaps I was wrong.

Take a Look at The Google Phone

The LG's KU-580 handset is the Google Phone for which we all have been waiting for. This great piece of gadget has all the Googe services you could imagine e.g. Google Search, Google Mail and Google Maps. The phone has got a similar scheme to the very famous LG Chocolate and has a 2 inch widescreen LCD to enhance your Google Phone experience through a 3G Connection.

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