I think it might almost be time to call this MakeYouGoHmm version 2.0! Over the last week here is a list of the new features that have been added (or changes made):

• added A9 custom column integration. If you visit A9 then you can add a column for search by keyword against the MakeYouGoHmm database.
• successful import from Pivot 1.24 to Wordpress 1.5 including all 1,550+ posts and 800+ comments, providing a much more dynamic and customizable future for the website
• past archives now seamlessly redirect to the new WP pages on MakeYouGoHmm. New commenting and trackbacks are allowed on all 1,575+ posts
• RSS feed available for comments made on any post or comments made on all posts (standard feature with WP)
• 16 new category full text RSS feeds, so you can keep up with only (or all) the category-specific content that you are interested in. Look under the archives tab on the home page or see pictured above.
• the custom Internet Explorer toolbar for MakeYouGoHmm search now includes total search results, pagination (1,2,3…10) and full integration with the new version of MakeYouGoHmm as well as all the archives. You can download this toolbar for free by clicking the banner below. No spyware.
• Custom search RSS feeds are available by keywords! This makes drilling down to find the content you are most interested in at MakeYouGoHmm entirely possible! Do a search through the toolbar or via the MakeYouGoHmm web search and then just right click on the orange XML icon to add to your favorite RSS reader. This is explained in more depth below

You, the reader, are in almost total control of how to receive and read the existing and new blog content at MakeYouGoHmm.

If you can think of any other way we can make it easier for readers to subscribe and quickly/easily find the information of interest on this website, please leave a comment.

Don’t have the MakeYouGoHmm custom Internet Explorer toolbar yet? Give it a try. I personally use this toolbar all the time (see screenshot below), and have gotten rid of a bunch of other toolbars like Google (you can search Google, AOL, Yahoo and many, many more through our MakeYouGoHmm custom toolbar). There’s other types of searches too like dictionary, images, shopping, weather and more.

Download this toolbar which is totally spyware-free and you’ll quickly find out what has ever been said on MakeYouGoHmm about Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Technorati, Feedster, and who knows, maybe even your blog.

Download the Official MakeYouGoHmm IE Toolbar

Here’s how to use the new MakeYouGoHmm search:

Let’s say you are Robert Scoble and want to keep up with what coverage MakeYouGoHmm has for the keyword “Microsoft” — easy. First, do a search and #1 in the picture above shows where in the toolbar to launch a search (make sure to choose MakeYouGoHmm as the default search source). This works just like Feedster. You do a search by keyword and then subscribe to the feed linked by the orange XML (#2 pictured above) and voila, subscribed! Now, any new MakeYouGoHmm blog post made that matches the keyword will be included in the feed. Also note the number of search results shown (#3) and the pagination at the top and bottom of each search results page. The default number of results shown at one time is 10.

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