How to quickly find out if a link is “DoFollow” or “NoFollow”
If a link on a web page points to your website and it does not contain a “rel=nofollow” attribute, it may help you in getting Google PageRank juice for your website; so, it is useful from the SEO point of view. If a link does not contain a “nofollow” attribute, it is generally referred to [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 released – faster, personas, form complete
Mozilla has released the latest 3.6 version of the popular browser Firefox after months of testing beta versions and release candidates. Mozilla claims that the Firefox 3.6 version is 20% faster. One of the major changes made is the Personas feature that allows you to personalize the look of Firefox by selecting the persona [...]
Add HTML signature with logo & images for email in Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail
WiseStamp is a free add-on for Mozilla Firefox browser that can be used to create and add HTML or rich text signatures for your email accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL, etc. Moreover, you can easily add your logo and images in your signature with the help of this add-on. You can [...]
Google Chrome now third most popular browser
In December, 2009, Google launched Chrome for Mac and Linux operating systems (the Windows version was released earlier in 2008); and moreover, it also launched browser extensions for Chrome. These efforts appear to have paid rich dividends to Google Chrome, as now it has become the third most popular browser by usage share for the [...]
Evernote Web Clipper – save notes from Internet
While browsing the Internet, you come across many interesting things that you may like to copy or save for future reference. Evernote Web Clipper is one service that allows you to save notes from the interesting web pages on the Internet to a central place. No need to bookmark or save the full pages [...]
Firefox 3.5 becomes the most popular browser
The popularity of Mozilla Firefox has been on the rise continuously, courtesy its rich features and a rich set of more than 7000 add-ons that further enhance its features. However, it has always lagged behind the Internet Explorer in market share. Now, the latest data released by StatCounter, widely-used web-analytics site, shows that for [...]
WOT – Browser add-on for safer browsing – warns about risky sites
There are several free online services offering you information about the safety of the website about to be visited by you. I’ve written about some of these services earlier: McAfee Site Advisor and Google Safe Browsing. These services depend mainly upon various algorithms to check the safety and security of a website. On the [...]
Google Chrome may get extensions soon – may improve its market share
Google Chrome is already the fastest browser. In fact, it is faster than other browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox by a big margin. This fact has been admitted by Microsoft, though indirectly, see Internet Explorer 9 to improve speed, graphics rendering. In spite of the fact that Chrome is a [...]
How to disable automatic web page refreshing in Firefox
There are certain websites or web pages which automatically refresh or reload after regular intervals of time, say, after every two minutes. There are certain sites where you may like to have the refresh feature, for example, a web page displaying stock quotes or showing live scores in a match. However, auto-refresh feature in [...]
Internet Explorer 9 to improve speed, graphics rendering
Less than a month back, Microsoft released Windows 7. Thereafter, work has started on Internet Explorer 9, the next version of the most widely used browser in the world. It is too early in the day for IE9 but Microsoft has revealed some basic details of what the focus areas are for IE9. It [...]