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5 Incredibly Simple Things You Can Do to Increase Traffic to Your Website or Blog

Dave Bonds — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:31:26 +0000

I was asked by the folks at Life In Sherman Oaks to write a guest blog post about how to increase traffic to your website. Take a look at the article on their site titled “5 Incredibly Simple Things You Can Do to Increase Traffic to Your Website or Blog”

You can also follow Life In Sherman Oaks on Twitter at @shermanoakslife

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Like Tabbed Browsing? Bring Tabs to Microsoft Office

Dave Bonds — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:59:16 +0000

For Windows Microsoft Office Only:
If you’re like me, you can’t live without tabbed browsing in Firefox. What if you could bring tabs into Microsoft Office?

Well now you can. Using this Microsoft Office plug-in OfficeTab, instead of having separate windows for each open document, you can have tabs for all your open documents in either Word, Excel or Powerpoint.

As Lifehacker points out, you’ve got to wonder why Microsoft doesn’t include this feature by default.. maybe something to look forward to in the next version of Office?

The Lifehacker article also warns of a Visual Studio prompt, however, after installing it on my machine I had no such errors and it works problem free.

To download it you can visit the Google translated download page at OfficeTab or alternatively I have provided a download link here. (OfficeTabv1.20.zip)

via Lifehacker via DownloadSquad

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Last.fm Tips and Tricks

Dave Bonds — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:06:56 +0000

If you’re like me, you love last.fm, the site for streaming music from your favorite artists for free. Well who knew there’s a plethora of tools available to make last.fm the ‘last’ place you need to go for your music? Check out build.last.fm/ for all kinds of tools for your computer, website, social network and more.

Donald Bell from cnet writes:

The site allows devoted music fans from around the world to compare tastes, stream music from their favorite artists, stay up to date on local shows, download free MP3s, and create their own custom radio stations.

Donald has also put together an article (link) and video (below) to help you get the most out of your last.fm listening experience.

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Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts

Dave Bonds — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:47:26 +0000

Lifehacker once again presents us with a great Gmail tip to make your internets better.

Because Gmail ignores periods in your email address, you can sign up for multiple accounts on websites that only allow you to register an email address once. Just insert a period anywhere in your Gmail address.

Link to the article:
Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts – Gmail – Lifehacker.

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The Definitive Guide to Finding Free Wi-Fi

Dave Bonds — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:53:50 +0000

Lifehacker posted a Definitive Guide to Finding Free Wi-Fi.

Now you’ll never have to be without your internets again.

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