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14 Google Tools You Didn't Know Existed

14 Google Tools You Didn't Know Existed
Now that you've written your eulogies for Google Reader, it's a good time to remember that Google has an abundance of other resources that may not be as popular but still deserve a spotlight. We rounded up some lesser-known Google tools and applications that could help you cope with the loss of Reader and rekindle your love for Google. From fun tools like Google Ngram Viewer to useful resources like Full Value of Mobile Calculator, you'll find an array of tools for developers to small business owners to the average consumer. Take a look at the gallery and let us know what your favorite Google tool is in the comments. Image courtesy of Flickr, Scobleizer.

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Beautiful web-based timeline software Verification Tools for Journalists Originally published on Emergency Journalism. Republished with permission. People • WHOIS Finds the registered users of a domain name and details the date of registration, location and contact details of the registrant or assignee. • Spokeo A people search engine that can find individuals by name, email, phone or username. The golden rule, say Hub veterans, is to get on the phone whoever has posted the material. Places • Google Maps An online map providing high resolution aerial or satellite imagery covering much of the Earth, except for areas around the poles. In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art… Journalism alone is focused first on getting what happened down right. - Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, The Elements of Journalism (2001) Images Related Articles

Simple Map Making With Google Fusion Tables A quicker than quick recipe to make a map from a list of addresses in a simple text file using Google Fusion tables… Here’s some data (grabbed from The Gravesend Reporter via this recipe) in a simple two column CSV format; the first column contains address data. Here’s what it looks like when I import it into Google Fusion Tables: Now let’s map it:-) First of all we need to tell the application which column contains the data we want to geocode – that is, the addrerss we want Fusion Tables to find the latitude and longitude co-ordinates for… Then we say we want the column to be recognised as a column type: Computer says yes, highlighting the location type cells with a yellow background: As if by magic a Map tab appears (though possibly not if you are using Google Fusion Tables as apart of a Google Apps account…) The geocoder also accepts hints, so we can make life easier for it by providing one;-) Once the points have been geocoded, they’re placed onto a map: Here’s my map:-) Like this:

Etherpad Crea imágenes ampliables con Zoomify Photoshop cuenta con un buen número de funciones de sobras conocidas por todos. Pero también con un buen número de perlas escondidas entre sus decenas de menús. Una de ellas es Zoomify, un comando que nos permite crear imágenes ampliables mediante zoom en páginas web. Su funcionamiento no podría ser más simple y los resultados son más que dignos. Abrimos Photoshop y una imagen que queramos publicar en nuestra página web personal, por ejemplo. A continuación nos dirigimos a Archivo > Exportar > Zoomify. Inmediatamente después se nos abrirá la ventana emergente de la Exportación Zoomify. En primer lugar, podemos seleccionar entre distintas opciones el tipo de plantilla que queremos. También podemos seleccionar la carpeta en la que guardaremos todos los archivos generados, la calidad de las opciones de azulejo de la imagen y activar o desactivar la función de optimizar tablas. Para terminar, pulsamos en OK y una vez más Photoshop obrará su magia.

Herramientas para el análisis web: Omniture SiteCatalyst (Parte 2) En una entrada anterior , os hablamos de la herramienta de análisis web de Google, Google Analytics . Pero no sólo encontramos la herramienta de Google; hoy os hablamos de Omniture SiteCatalyst , la herramienta de Adobe Systems líder en medición web. Omniture Business Unit, creado por Adobe Systems, es un conjunto de programas que miden el marketing online y la analítica web que realizamos en nuestra tienda online. Utilidades Las herramientas principales que nos proporciona la aplicación SiteCatalyst son las siguientes: - Datos en tiempo real : La aplicación nos muestra una instantánea a tiempo real de los visitantes de nuestra web. Cómo funciona De la misma manera que Google Analytics, se implementa un código en nuestra web que será la encargada de contabilizar todos los datos. Ventajas Inconvenientes Omniture SiteCatalyst es la herramienta líder del mercado en análisis de webs. ¿Vosotros que pensáis de esta herramienta de Adobe? Para más información: ¡Visita la página oficial de Adobe!

Edit Central Contents Introduction: On Writing Style and Diction Tools Sponsored Links Reference Books Technical Notes Privacy Policy Contact Introduction: On Writing If you want to become a better writer, you need to do the following, in order of priority: (1) write a lot, and (2) seek ideas and inspiration, and (3) get the technical details right. It should not be a surprise that to improve your writing you should write a lot. Inspiration does have a role to play, particularly if it can get you to write more. Lastly, there are the rules of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Style & Diction This is an interactive section for checking a sample of writing. The Flesch reading ease score is based on a range of 0-100, with lower values for harder text and higher values for easier text; the other scores show the approximate (US) school grade of the text. Click the "Submit" button to look for possible problems in the text. Click the "Demo" button one, two, or three times to see different samples of text.

Readability Test Contents Readability Tests Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease, and Flesch-Kincaid are reading level algorithms that can be helpful in determining how readable your content is. Reading level algorithms only provide a rough guide, as they tend to reward short sentences made up of short words. Whilst they're rough guides, they can give a useful indication as to whether you've pitched your content at the right level for your intended audience. [Back to the contents] Test the Readability of a Website Interpreting the Results This service analyses the readability of all rendered content. Philip Chalmers of Benefit from IT provided the following typical Fog Index scores, to help ascertain the readability of documents. Gunning-Fog Index The following is the algorithm to determine the Gunning-Fog index. The result is your Gunning-Fog index, which is a rough measure of how many years of schooling it would take someone to understand the content. Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid grade level Further Reading

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