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Tag, Your It!
Internet Search Engines spider and index billions of web pages
to make it easier for us to search for and find the
information we need. As the internet grows it becomes
increasingly difficult to maintain and develop these indexes.
Many website developers are tagging their content with the
belief that this will help search engines index their site(s).
Tagging is a form of book marking that allows visitors or Blog
readers to jump to other content that relates to what they are
already reading. Unlike social book marking where visitors
create their own links to content, tagging allows the creator
of specific content to determine what that content relates to.
Tagging can be links directly within specific content or a
separate set of links (often used by blogs) included on the
same page as the content directing visitors to other relevant
information related to the given subject.
No one knows for sure how much of an impact tagging has on
search engine placement but it does it make it easier for
visitors to find relevant content. With this in mind, it only
makes sense to use tagging as new content is added. So, it's
your turn, Tag....Your It! |
Goodbye O.E.?
Are you using Outlook Express as your mail
client? If so, You may want to begin looking for an
alternative to handle your email and news groups. There won't
be an O.E. 7 and the product support life cycle has ended for
the product on many operating systems. Security Updates for XP
users will continue until July 13, 2010.
Windows Live and other online or web
email programs may work as a replacement but you will probably
have to change email addresses when you sign-up.
There are a few free alternatives.
Thunderbird 2, the open source mail client from Mozilla, the
makers of Fire Fox, is more powerful than ever. Thunderbird is
a full featured mail client with advanced folder views,
message tagging, a search feature and more. You can easily
connect to most web mail programs. Automatic updating and spam
protection is also available.
There are several add-ons that can be
plugged in to enhance Thunderbird so you can customize the
program to suit your needs.
Thunderbird 2
Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop is a new generation
email and organizing software. Zimbra allows you to work
offline and send messages when an internet connection is
available. Zimbra is in the beta stage and is also an open
source product. Zimbra takes up a substantial amount of hard
drive space but it has many functions so you can customize the
program to your liking
Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop
These are a couple of the free alternatives
to Outlook Express. |
