Oct 22nd, 2009 by MrGroove
Microosft has released a Free Windows 7 eBook / Magazine based on Resource Kit and Technet magazines covering topics on Planning for and deploying Windows 7. It also touches on App Compat and common issues you as an IT tech should be aware of.
I just started turning the pages and so far, it’s a good read.
Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance [via LifeHacker.com]
Sep 14th, 2009 by MrGroove
Today Google began the first in a series of articles talking about how you can increase your Videos ranking in Google Search. In the past they focused on the importance of submitting a Video Sitemap or mRSS Feed and today they announced support for FaceBook Share and Yahoo! SearchMonkey RDFa.
All very interesting and defiantly worth a read if you produce video on the web.
Supporting Facebook Share and RDFa for videos [Via Webmaster Central Blog]
Sep 3rd, 2009 by MrGroove
As I was reviewing the groovyPost traffic analytics for the month of Aug. 2009, when I noticed an interesting data point in regards to organic search. For the first time since it’s launch, the Microsoft BING search engine referred more traffic to the groovyPost family of sites than the Yahoo! search engine. Here’s a look at the metrics:
Aug 27th, 2009 by MrGroove
It seems Google is adding features to their Online Google Apps service daily. Yesterday it was an improved Contact Selector Tool in GMAIL and today it’s a new Translation feature for Google Docs.
Aug 26th, 2009 by MrGroove
This evening Google Announced an upgrade to their Auto-Complete function in GMAIL. Simply Click on the TO: link (or CC, BCC) when writing a new email and a new Menu will popup allowing you to more easily Search your contacts and select one or many to send the email to.
Aug 25th, 2009 by MrGroove
Well that’s nice! 
Today Google Announced they will begin inviting individuals with popular videos into their YouTube PartnerShip Program (YPP). Now when you upload a video to YouTube and it becomes popular, Google will invite you to monetize the video and start earning cash from the advertising place in and around the video. Here’s an excert from their site:
Aug 5th, 2009 by MrGroove
Earlier this week I talked about the upgrade of the Delicious Bookmarking service that allows users to post their bookmarks and comments to their Twitter page. Well, after using it for a few days and testing out the new features it appears as though they might have left a few settings set to their default values when calling the Twitter API:
Aug 4th, 2009 by MrGroove
The Google Voice Blog today announced they will be giving Google Voice accounts to US Military Serviceman in order to help them communicate with their families. To sign-up, ACTIVE U.S. Service Members with a .mil email address simply need to register at http://www.google.com/militaryinvite.
Aug 4th, 2009 by MrGroove
Today my favorite link bookmarking site Delicious updated it’s service to include new Twitter and Email Sharing features (among other updates). I found about the update when Firefox prompted me to install the new Plugin (sorry… No love for IE users as of yet… Yahoo?? Any update on that?)
Jul 27th, 2009 by MrGroove
Today Google Announced a new RSS Feed has been created to track the Google Apps Status Dashboard. The dashboard tracks all the primary services which make up both the FREE Google Apps Standard Edition and the Premier Google Apps service.
For most people, not very exciting however for guys like me who host a few email domains with Google Apps, I appreciate the data.