Daily Gadgets, Computer, and Electronics News » blog http://www.funponsel.com/blog Daily Gadgets, Computer, and Electronics News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Google Blog Search Launched http://www.funponsel.com/blog/news/google-blog-search-launched.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/news/google-blog-search-launched.html#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:15:17 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/09/14/google-blog-search-launched/ Google Blog SearchGoogle has launched their own blog search engine. Not just one, but two. The first is special for Blogger sites, and the second goes worldwide. The end for Technorati, Feedster, or IceRocket?

Quoted from Google Blog Search official page:

What is Blog Search?

Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you’re looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.

Blogger user now could take advantage of their special Google Blog Search. Very nice strategy from Google to eliminate their competitor on free blog hosting market. With this new feature from Google, I’d probably make one or two blogs on Blogger.

Google Blog Search works by indexing blog feeds. Google said that the feeds will be checked frequently for new content. It means, using Blog Search will return fresher or newest result than their standard search engine. Also, according to Google, because of the structured data within site feeds, it is possible to find precise posts and date ranges with much greater accuracy.

You can also subribe to the top 10 or top 100 search results as either Atom or RSS feeds. Just take a look at the bottom of each page for the feed link.

[ Google Blog Search Official Page ]

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/news/google-blog-search-launched.html/feed 0 Make Pingoat Bookmarklet That Work For Any Blog http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/make-pingoat-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/make-pingoat-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog.html#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2005 16:00:33 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/09/03/make-pingoat-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog/ I’ve once posted about how to make bookmarklet for Ping-O-Matic which will automaticall ping all the services supported by Ping-O-Matic on current active website, so you don’t have to manually submit each website and create separate bookmark.

Unfortunately, the popularity of Ping-O-Matic makes this ping service sometime become slow or down. Another alternative to Ping-O-Matic is Pingoat. Pingoat is a good ping service which support 54 ping services. Here’s the bookmarklet code for Pingoat which, like my previous bookmarklet for Ping-O-Matic, will automatically ping all the services supported by Pingoat for current active website on a single click.

javascript:location.href='http://www.pingoat.com/index.php?pingoat=go&blog_name='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'&blog_url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&cat_0=1&id%5B%5D=0&id%5B%5D=1&id%5B%5D=2&id%5B%5D=3&id%5B%5D=4&id%5B%5D=5&id%5B%5D=6&id%5B%5D=7&id%5B%5D=8&id%5B%5D=9&id%5B%5D=10&id%5B%5D=11&id%5B%5D=12&id%5B%5D=13&id%5B%5D=14&id%5B%5D=15&id%5B%5D=16&id%5B%5D=17&id%5B%5D=18&id%5B%5D=19&id%5B%5D=20&id%5B%5D=21&id%5B%5D=22&id%5B%5D=23&id%5B%5D=24&id%5B%5D=25&id%5B%5D=26&id%5B%5D=27&id%5B%5D=28&id%5B%5D=29&cat_1=1&id%5B%5D=30&id%5B%5D=31&id%5B%5D=32&id%5B%5D=33&id%5B%5D=34&id%5B%5D=35&id%5B%5D=36&id%5B%5D=37&id%5B%5D=38&id%5B%5D=39&id%5B%5D=40&id%5B%5D=41&id%5B%5D=42&id%5B%5D=43&id%5B%5D=44&id%5B%5D=45&id%5B%5D=46&id%5B%5D=47&id%5B%5D=48&id%5B%5D=49&id%5B%5D=50&id%5B%5D=51&id%5B%5D=52&id%5B%5D=53&id%5B%5D=54&id%5B%5D=55&id%5B%5D=56&cat_2=1&id%5B%5D=57&id%5B%5D=58&id%5B%5D=59&id%5B%5D=60&id%5B%5D=61&id%5B%5D=62&id%5B%5D=63'

Drag this link to your bookmark toolbar to add the bookmarklet. To submit your website to Pingoat, go to the main page of your website, then click on the bookmarklet.

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/make-pingoat-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog.html/feed 0 XML-RPC Ping Services For Your Blog http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/xml-rpc-ping-services-for-your-blog.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/xml-rpc-ping-services-for-your-blog.html#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:34:46 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/?p=534 In the blogosphere, pinging is like telling everyone that you’ve just updated your blog. Well, not exactly everyone. There are certain services that scans blog regularly for updates and publishes the recently updated blogs. So you only need to tell these services once you’ve updated your blog by pinging them, and they will tell the world about your updated blog.

Most blogging software already have build-in ability to ping those kind of services. Usually, you only need to enter the address of the service, and everytime you publish a new post on your blog, it will automatically ping the services on the list.

A blog ping is just a piece of text, in simple words. It’ll contain your blog name and the url. A blog ping is usually sent in the XML format. The servers that accept ping have specialiced procedures for accepting and processing these ‘XML pings’. The API, a bridge between server and developer, available for XML format is XML-RPC. There is another API to ping the server, called REST.

There are several sources for the list of XML-RPC (and RPC2) ping services. EliottBack has a huge list of RPC and RPC2 services (over 56 RPC and RPC2). Emily (from HowToBlog) also put about 20-25 RPC and RPC2 service on her blog. Another one is from Ensight who has a list of around 43 RPC ping services.

The question is, do you have to use them all? In my opinion, no. Most of the ping services do ‘pararel’ ping, they also ping another ping service. So actually, you only need to choose several of them that, if combined, can cover the whole XML-RPC blog ping service. Or, choose the one that is reliable and popular enough.

My recommendation:

http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
api.feedster.com/ping
api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
ping.blo.gs/
ping.feedburner.com
ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
rpc.pingomatic.com/
rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
xping.pubsub.com/ping/

Pingoat is a good replacement for Ping-O-Matic (still down?). It covers over 54 ping services, including the other XML-RPC services I recommend above.

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/xml-rpc-ping-services-for-your-blog.html/feed 4 The Secret Behind the Elite Blogs http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/the-secret-behind-the-elite-blogs.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/the-secret-behind-the-elite-blogs.html#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:17:24 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/?p=501 Ever wonder how some blogs make their way to the top, entering the elite group, and leave others behind? Yuna’s Village has made a research about those elite blogs by comparing 10 random blogs from Feedster’s Top 50 list and another 10 random blogs from Technorati’s Top 50 list. Eventhough the final conclusion might not 100% correct (especially with some disappointment about Feedster Top list result), but it’s still worth-reading with several good information, such as:

How often do the top bloggers update their sites
7 out of the top 10 Technorati’s sites update daily with multiple posts. The rest of the site owners blog at least a few times a week.

After reading the article, I think, at least, these are what you should do to make your blog raise to the top:

  • Blogged about news and current events, even politics.
    I guess this is related to search engine. To know what people are currently looking for, check Technorati top search (available on their front page) or Google weekly top search on Google Zeitgeist. Current top search for Google, period 15 August 2005 – 22 August 2005 is Jude Law. People are currently looking for information and gossip about Jude Law and his split with Sienna Miller.
  • Write something original, not just copy-paste from other source.
    Even if you blogged about the current popular events, try not just copy-paste from other source. Give your own thoughts and opinions about that topic. That way, people will see something different from your post, not just a duplicate from the others.
  • Older blogs get a better change to hit the elite rank.
    Again, I guess this is still about search engine and popularity. Older sites usually have better rank than newer site since they already have some time to build their rank using every SEO techniques they know.
  • Update your blog often.
    Again, people love something fresh. If they see your blog updated regularly, they will also visit yours regularly. Oh, and according to Puji from JalanSutera, search engine crawler also like sites that update often.

[ Read Yuna's Village Article ]

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/the-secret-behind-the-elite-blogs.html/feed 0 Ooops, Category Messed Up http://www.funponsel.com/blog/wordpress/ooops-category-messed-up.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/wordpress/ooops-category-messed-up.html#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:06:21 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/08/30/ooops-category-messed-up/ WordPress LogoWhile playing around with my new Wordpress plugin, Extended Categories Management, I accidentally messed up with my posts category. Not a real big problem though, since I’m going to completely convert this blog from a category-based system into tagged-based, so the post category will be less used. But still, it was a stupid mistake :p

Anyway, I’ll talk about my new Wordpress plugin on another entry later.

Moral of the Story:
Always back-up your database before you test your own Wordpress plugin
]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/wordpress/ooops-category-messed-up.html/feed 1 Everything You Need to Know About Pencil http://www.funponsel.com/blog/funny-and-weird/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pencil.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/funny-and-weird/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pencil.html#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:39:04 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/08/29/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pencil/ Pencil Revolution - Pencil Pencil PencilPencil Revolution is not a usual blog. It’s a blog about pencil. Anything about pencil. From the history of pencil, the making of a pencil, pencil review, and even several famous people who use pencil a lot, such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Vincent Van Gogh. So, whenever you need to find pencil-related information, make sure you visit Pencil Revolution first.

[ Visit The Pencil Revolution ] [ Via Drawn! ]

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/funny-and-weird/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pencil.html/feed 0 Make Ping-O-Matic Bookmarklet That Work For Any Blog http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/make-ping-o-matic-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/make-ping-o-matic-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog.html#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:03:22 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/?p=418 Ping-O-MaticMost of you already know what Ping-O-Matic service is. If not, just visit their site here for an explanation about their ping service (errr… I’m not lazy to give my own explanation about Ping-O-Matic. Actually I already wrote it, then Firefox crashed. So it’s all gone, I have to rewrite this post, and no thanks, I don’t want to rewrite my long detail explanation about Ping-O-Matic again…). Wordpress and some other blogging engine, already have build-in function to automatically send notification to Ping-O-Matic everytime we write a new post, so it can send pingback to several ping services.

What if your favourite blogging engine doesn’t have that feature? Well, you have to do it manually from their site. Just enter the URL and the title of your blog, select which service to ping, submit. In the end of the ping processes, you’ll be offered to save or bookmarked a ‘unique’ link. Next time, if you want to notify Ping-O-Matic again, you don’t have to enter your blog URL and blog title again. Just activate that link and Ping-O-Matic will do the rest.

Now, the problem is, what if we have more than one blog that need to notify Ping-O-Matic manually? Using that ‘traditional’ method, you may end up with many links for Ping-O-Matic. What if we have just one link that work for all of our blogs? So no matter what your blog is, just activate the link, and it will automatically send notification to Ping-O-Matic.

Okay, first, here’s the code:

javascript:location.href='http://pingomatic.com/ping/?title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'&blogurl='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&chk_weblogscom=on&chk_blogs=on&chk_technorati=on&chk_feedburner=on&chk_syndic8=on&chk_newsgator=on&chk_feedster=on&chk_myyahoo=on&chk_pubsubcom=on&chk_blogdigger=on&chk_blogrolling=on&chk_blogstreet=on&chk_moreover=on&chk_weblogalot=on&chk_icerocket=on&chk_audioweblogs=on&chk_rubhub=on&chk_geourl=on&chk_a2b=on&chk_blogshares=on'

If you notice, I replace the title and URL with JavaScript function which will automatically recognized our blog’s title and URL. Next, simply bookmark this link or drag it to your bookmark toolbar (on Mozilla/Firefox) for quick access. Now everytime you finish updating your blog, just go to the main page of your blog, and hit that bookmarklet.

If you don’t want to migrate to Wordpress (or any other blogging engine that have automatic ping feature) yet, I guess this is the easiest way to work with Ping-O-Matic.

Right? :) )

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/make-ping-o-matic-bookmarklet-that-work-for-any-blog.html/feed 2 Inside AdSense – The Official AdSense Blog http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/inside-adsense-the-official-adsense-blog.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/inside-adsense-the-official-adsense-blog.html#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:13:00 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/08/17/inside-adsense-the-official-adsense-blog/ Google AdSenseFinally, an official AdSense blog from Google AdSense team, which called Inside AdSense. Previously, Inside AdWords, which is an official AdWords blog, has been released on May 2005.

Which is why we’re proud to announce the launch of Inside AdSense here at adsense.blogspot.com. We think you’ll find it useful and fun. We’ll cover all of the items listed above, plus anything else that can help you to grow your AdSense revenue.

You can look forward to posts around 2-3 times a week from an assortment of Googlers involved in the operation of AdSense – engineers, product managers, product marketing managers, and operations staff. We hope you’ll visit often.

[ Visit Inside AdSense ]

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/blogging/inside-adsense-the-official-adsense-blog.html/feed 0 Blog Search Engine List http://www.funponsel.com/blog/search-engine/blog-search-engine-list.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/search-engine/blog-search-engine-list.html#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:12:27 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/08/03/blog-search-engine-list/ Looking for a place to promote your blog? Found this huge list of blog search engine, where you can submit your blog, on BloggerTalk forum.

http://www.2rss.com

http://www.blizg.com

http://www.blogarama.com

http://www.blogdex.net

http://www.blogdigger.com

http://www.bloghop.com/search.htm

http://www.bloglines.com

http://www.blogmatrix.com

http://www.blogrunner.com

http://www.blogsearchengine.com

http://www.blogstreet.com/search.html

http://www.blogvision.com

http://www.blogwise.com

http://www.bloogz.com

http://www.boogieplay.com

http://www.daypop.com

http://www.fastbuzz.com

http://www.feedster.com

http://www.localfeeds.com

http://www.newsisfree.com

http://www.popdex.com

http://www.technorati.com

http://www.waypath.com

]]> http://www.funponsel.com/blog/search-engine/blog-search-engine-list.html/feed 0 Bubbler: Blogging and Web Site Design All in One Application http://www.funponsel.com/blog/news/bubbler-blogging-and-web-site-design-all-in-one-application.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/news/bubbler-blogging-and-web-site-design-all-in-one-application.html#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:54:03 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/06/15/bubbler-blogging-and-web-site-design-all-in-one-application/ This one looks great.

Bubbler is a unique cross between a blogging tool and traditional (and less approachable) Web site creation software. Its tabbed interface lets you easily post blog- style text entries, plus richer content. Also, easily manage podcasting, video blogging,RSS feeds, file sharing and instant messaging with this application.

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