Comments on: Google calendar major weakness is being a web app http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Make You Go Hmm: » CNET ranks top 10 Google services, what does your top 10 look like? http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-194187 Make You Go Hmm: » CNET ranks top 10 Google services, what does your top 10 look like? Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:47:08 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-194187 [...] 1. Google Search - Microsoft, Yahoo and countless others keep trying to wrestle away the search market, but Google also dominates the traffic market which often gets lost in the discussion. The #1 way to get more webmaster attention is to send them more traffic and I’m still not convinced Microsoft or Yahoo understands and is willing to do this. 2. Google Adwords and Adsense - the de facto advertising standard for small and even some large web advertisers and publishers. Despite others trying to knock them off, Adsense still dominates 3. Gmail - It’s not my primary email client, but it’s a strong second place and useful for signing up for services with tagged emails like yourname+domain at gmail dot com. Some have criticized the concept of ads alongside email, but I think those cries have largely been ignored or treated as a non-issue by Gmail’s userbase. 4. Google News - when they provided RSS feeds they took a useful aggregation service and made it extremely useful. 5. Google Personalize (homepage, search, bookmarks, trends, etc) - some people are concerned about privacy implications here but I find these services worthwhile. If I bookmark and tag something I can go back and find it quickly and easily. Also can see what things I’m searching for so I can relocate recent searches and follow the clicked results. A valuable research and reference tool. I’m sure it has ads (?), but they are so low key I don’t even see or remember them. 6. Google Calendar - even though I criticized web calendars in general during our Google Calendars review, I have warmed up to this service, especially the ability to share calendars with others. 7. Google Talk - I don’t use the standalone app, but I have used it integrated with Gmail and like it 8. Google Co-op - I like the ability to serve up targeted results in XML via subscribed links for those who choose to subscribe. This is a good way to point out pages Google search doesn’t find or have not yet been spidered. 9. Blogger - have had a blog posted on blogspot and one offsite as test for years, although my interest in this service has largely been ruined due to the rampant, although slightly improving splog problems. Listed here more as a reminder that yes, Google does have a blog hosting service. 10. Google Spreadsheets - panned by many critics, but I found it somewhat useful for our VTOR group [...] […] 1. Google Search - Microsoft, Yahoo and countless others keep trying to wrestle away the search market, but Google also dominates the traffic market which often gets lost in the discussion. The #1 way to get more webmaster attention is to send them more traffic and I’m still not convinced Microsoft or Yahoo understands and is willing to do this. 2. Google Adwords and Adsense - the de facto advertising standard for small and even some large web advertisers and publishers. Despite others trying to knock them off, Adsense still dominates 3. Gmail - It’s not my primary email client, but it’s a strong second place and useful for signing up for services with tagged emails like yourname+domain at gmail dot com. Some have criticized the concept of ads alongside email, but I think those cries have largely been ignored or treated as a non-issue by Gmail’s userbase. 4. Google News - when they provided RSS feeds they took a useful aggregation service and made it extremely useful. 5. Google Personalize (homepage, search, bookmarks, trends, etc) - some people are concerned about privacy implications here but I find these services worthwhile. If I bookmark and tag something I can go back and find it quickly and easily. Also can see what things I’m searching for so I can relocate recent searches and follow the clicked results. A valuable research and reference tool. I’m sure it has ads (?), but they are so low key I don’t even see or remember them. 6. Google Calendar - even though I criticized web calendars in general during our Google Calendars review, I have warmed up to this service, especially the ability to share calendars with others. 7. Google Talk - I don’t use the standalone app, but I have used it integrated with Gmail and like it 8. Google Co-op - I like the ability to serve up targeted results in XML via subscribed links for those who choose to subscribe. This is a good way to point out pages Google search doesn’t find or have not yet been spidered. 9. Blogger - have had a blog posted on blogspot and one offsite as test for years, although my interest in this service has largely been ruined due to the rampant, although slightly improving splog problems. Listed here more as a reminder that yes, Google does have a blog hosting service. 10. Google Spreadsheets - panned by many critics, but I found it somewhat useful for our VTOR group […]

]]> By: jibzy http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-87386 jibzy Thu, 18 May 2006 14:10:18 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-87386 Its Trumba and 30 boxes and now Gcal. now it mustta been tested and used by people around the globe, here my take, easy and fun to use , click and drag around no sync with my mobile :( SMS reminders...well in states , when do we get it ?? I think sync is must feature, see zyb.com as they have already a good calendar (more like google) sync to mobile for calendar and phonebooks and sharing as well with no charges. What is google waiting for come onnn.. Its Trumba and 30 boxes and now Gcal. now it mustta been tested and used by people around the globe, here my take,

easy and fun to use , click and drag around

no sync with my mobile :(

SMS reminders…well in states , when do we get it ??

I think sync is must feature, see zyb.com as they have already a good calendar (more like google) sync to mobile for calendar and phonebooks and sharing as well with no charges.

What is google waiting for come onnn..

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-68281 TDavid Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:16:06 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-68281 ejas - Thanks for the head's up, I'll correct that :) ejas - Thanks for the head’s up, I’ll correct that :)

]]> By: Tejas Patel http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-68275 Tejas Patel Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-68275 Hi David, actually you can make appointments the other way as well. You can just type down the precise time you want instead of default in the box where time is provided and it will take it from there. It works. Hi David, actually you can make appointments the other way as well. You can just type down the precise time you want instead of default in the box where time is provided and it will take it from there. It works.

]]> By: Computerworld Blogs http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-67902 Computerworld Blogs Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:23:43 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-67902 <strong>Goooooogle Caaalendaaar (and choccy bunny)</strong> Happy days -- it's IT Blogwatch, in which we make a date with Google Calendar [You're fired -Ed.] Not to mention chocolate bunnies... Goooooogle Caaalendaaar (and choccy bunny)

Happy days — it’s IT Blogwatch, in which we make a date with Google Calendar [You’re fired -Ed.] Not to mention chocolate bunnies…

]]> By: Velvet Sea http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-67800 Velvet Sea Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:56:58 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-67800 <strong>Google Calendar Good but Needs Work</strong> The Google Calendar web application was released yesterday in beta form (MYGHmm has a nice rundown of the features). I immediately tried it out and right away ran into problems. Google Calendar Good but Needs Work

The Google Calendar web application was released yesterday in beta form (MYGHmm has a nice rundown of the features). I immediately tried it out and right away ran into problems.

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]]> By: SiliconBeat http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-67678 SiliconBeat Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:13:04 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060413/3152/#comment-67678 <strong>Google Calendar unleashed</strong> Updated We mentioned earlier that Google Calendar was coming. It is here, as of this morning. We tried it out. It has a bunch of things you'd expect. You can create events, open them up to friends to look at, or participate in (by inviting them with a... Google Calendar unleashed

Updated We mentioned earlier that Google Calendar was coming. It is here, as of this morning. We tried it out. It has a bunch of things you’d expect. You can create events, open them up to friends to look at, or participate in (by inviting them with a…

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