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My first cordless telephone was a NOKIA 5190, black and green screen, with no user functionality. The key most often used on my phone was 2 for Mom. It was actually a pretty good function - it usually got me a ride somewhere. Now that I'm older, I no longer have to depend on mom to get me to or fro. I have GPS for that.

The New York Times blog, BITS broke the story last week that Google is now testing video ads in search results in order to offer even more diverse opportunities and media expansion for AdWords advertisers.

Despite many objections, Google Page Rank is an inescapable metric in the online community. Two forms of Page Rank exist online: what Google lets you see in the Google Page Rank Toolbar and what your Page Rank actually is in the Google servers. The Google Toolbar PR is seen by many on the Internet as a be-all and end-all in gauging the credibility of a particular site.

Everybody's got to have a gimmick, a shtick. Pizza Hut has the cheese crust, car dealerships throw in the key chain, and in the online marketing and seo industry, one of these gimmicks is the free marketing tools offered by websites that guarantee to yield results for the marketing team lucky enough to find them first. Over the past year, many sites and marketing tools have been used and discarded, however a few gems have managed to woo us into regular usage.

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Google Experimental, a new division of Google Labs, is currently testing the idea of letting the user delete and add sites listed in his/her personalized search results using Digg-style features.

XSL, ASP, ISP, SQL, POP, PHP...... Don't they drive you crazy?! They do me. I constantly hear them thrown around the office in all kinds of situations. Here is another, API. What in the heck does this one mean? Well, API is one of the few I do know. API stands for Application Programming Interface. Wikipedia defines API as "a source code interface that an operating system or library provides to support requests for services to be made of it by computer programs." Wow! Isn't that a mouthful?

Google, Inc. officially announced Monday plans of next year's release of the highly anticipated open-source mobile platform after months of Google Phone rumors and mania. Taylor gives more detail on her post earlier today. Below is the brief version as well as another exciting Google announcement.

Without doubt, this has to be the coolest new Google Gadget. I love the idea of having a pet at the office, but putting a live goldfish in a tiny bowl just seems cruel. These little guys are just as fun as the real thing but without the guilt. Once you add them to your site you can get new fish, change their color, and even feed them by clicking your mouse!