Tutorial Garden-Developers Introduction Tutorials Garden has an open Application Programming Interface (API for short). This means that anyone can write their own program to present public TG data (like categories, tutorials) in new and different ways. One thing important! Tutorials Garden services are experimental and are currently offered to outside developers on an ad hoc basis with no guarantee of uptime or availability of continued service. Make your own tutorial system using TG API Anyone is free to write tutorial system with available TG data via our API. Ready Made App Yes its right, I have coded a PHP script that uses TG APIs to display, submit, rate and report tutorials. Available Services Following is the list of webservices that are currently available. 1. submitTutorial 2. reportTutorial 3. rateTutorial Available XML Tutorials Garden exposes some of its data through XML which can be further customised with additional parameters. 1. 2.
Google’s Secret Weather API It’s 54 degrees today in Mountain View, which any Googler could tell you by looking outside… or by using the company’s undocumented weather API. The service was created for use with iGoogle, but the interface is easily discoverable and covers a handful of other features, in addition to weather. Dennis Delimarsky compared several weather APIs and decided that Google’s is best, despite having no documentation or support from the company. One reason Delimarsky found it useful is that Google left little work to the developer: Unlike many others, the XML response for Google Weather API calls is quite explicit. Indeed, you just simply pass a city name or postal code, such as this Mountain View query: to get an XML response like this: And the reason for the human-readable XML goes back to the original purpose of this API. The API has been accessible for some time, but it’s as unofficial as can be. There are a handful of official weather APIs.
Stanford KSL Network Services Google Trends API: Developers Want It, Says Google Insights Google has two similar projects that show search trends over time: Google Trends for comparing keywords and Google Insights, which explores sub-searches within a trend. It can be difficult to determine the difference between them, but in comparing the keywords, we can tell you which one developers most want to have an API: Google Trends. Strangely, Google Trends was unable to provide the above graph due to insufficient data. However, Google Insights happily displays the current interest of each search term. Consistently, developers have been more likely to search for Google Trends API than Google Insights API. What developers want, they find a way to get. Of course, it’s dangerous to hang your hat on something unsupported. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
9 Web Apps for Gathering Customer Feedback This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Though the old adage that the customer is always right isn't exactly true, listening to feedback from your customers is important for small business success. Feedback isn't always easy to swallow, but it can be extremely valuable. Your customers are the ones who regularly use your products or services; their input and suggestions can help you make more sound business decisions. Further, encouraging customer feedback can also lead to better business relationships and stronger customer retention. Soliciting, accepting and organizing feedback can be a daunting task, however. The following tools are designed to help your business solicit feedback via the web and connect with your customers in more meaningful ways. 1. UserVoice creates a simple forum for your users to submit and vote on feedback. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
40 New Data Points In Google Analytics API Over the past year we’ve added many new features to Google Analytics. Today we are releasing all of this data in the Core Reporting API! Custom Dimensions and Metrics We're most excited about the ability to query for custom dimensions and metrics using the API. Developers can use custom dimensions to send unique IDs into Google Analytics, and then use the core reporting API to retrieve these IDs along with other Google Analytics data. For example, your content management system can pass a content ID as a custom dimension using the Google Analytics tracking code. Mobile Dimensions and Metrics We've added more mobile dimensions and metrics, including those found in the Mobile App Analytics reports: ga:appIdga:appVersionga:appNamega:appInstallerIdga:landingScreenNamega:screenDepthga:screenNamega:exitScreenNamega:timeOnScreenga:avgScreenviewDurationga:deviceCategoryga:isTabletga:mobileDeviceMarketingNamega:exceptionDescriptionga:exceptionsPerScreenviewga:fatalExceptionsPerScreenview
10 Online Tools and Tips for the Budding Entrepreneur Scott Gerber is a serial entrepreneur, syndicated columnist, public speaker and author of Never Get a "Real" Job. The content of this post was sourced from the Young Entrepreneur Council, a non-profit led by the world's top young entrepreneurs. You can submit your questions to this group on YoungEntrepreneurCouncil.com. Budding business owners should go virtual wherever and whenever possible. In a fledgling startup, the last thing you need to worry about is excessive infrastructure or expensive overhead. Your ego might try to get the best of you, telling you that your business needs that fancy schmancy corner office with a city view. Plain and simple: The vast majority of startups — and more established businesses for that matter — don't need a whole lot. 1. As someone who has built a completely virtual company with 25 employees, I can honestly tell you that reliable cloud computing is essential. - Shama Kabani Company Name: MarketingZen Twitter: @Shama Facebook: Shama Kabani: 2. 3. 4. 5.
Free Search API Are your looking for an alternative to Google Web Search API (deprecated), Yahoo Boss (commercial), Bing Web Search API (commercial) or Blekko API (discontinued)?Try our FREE Web Search API! Prohibitive search infrastructure cost and high priced Search API are market entry barriers for innovative services and start-ups. The dramatic cost advantage of our unique p2p technology allows providing a Free Search API. With 1 million free queries per month we provide three orders of magnitude more than the incumbents do. An open platform, enabling innovation, competition & diversity in search! Build your own mobile news & search app, news clipping, trend monitoring, competitive intelligence, reputation management, brand monitoring, search engine optimization, plagiarism detection, alternative search engine, research project and more! Web Search More than 2 billion pages indexed. News Search News articles from newspapers, magazines and blogs. Trending News Trending news, grouped by topic.
How Brands Can Make the Most of Facebook's New Pages The new Facebook Pages are finally here, but what does it mean for brands that have struggled to make Pages a business tool on a personal network? The first thing you'll notice is that Facebook Pages are once again made to look like Facebook Profiles. You have little differentiation anymore between the publicly viewable, often more commercial page, and an individual's private profile. This lack of distinction from an interface standpoint can be confusing to consumers. Below is a breakdown of the changes in the order that Facebook presents them in their new Page tour. 1. When the photos across the top of Facebook profiles first appeared, people were in a panic. Be strategic: If photographs are part of what you do, this is a nice showcase. 2. Not to sound the panic alarm, but tabs as we know them are gone. Be strategic: One thing that the new navigation forces you to do is to examine what superfluous tabs you used to hide next to your six visible tabs. 3. 4. 5.
Body Armor Guide For Dummies - Suburban Prepper Our friends over at have graciously provided us with a guest post this week. They have shared with us a prepper’s guide to body armor. I am sure you will find it very informative. Feel free to visit their website and tell them what you think. -SP Body Armor With SAPI Plate Pocket There’s no doubt that you know that the federal US government seems to intentionally violate US residents’ integral right for self-defense. There are two protection levels for stab proof armor that are managed by Home Office Scientific Development Branch of the UK, whereas protection levels for bullet proof vests range from level IIA to level IVA and are managed by the US National Institute of Justice. Kevlar was created by DuPont back in 1965. Most of the time, Kevlar is good at stopping bullets. The majority of ceramic plates (frequently referred to as trauma plates) are manufactured of a boron-carbide blend. Generally, ceramic plates are rated III and IV by the NIJ.
Joe's Goals - Free Online Habit Tracker Using REST to Invoke the API - Custom Search The JSON/Atom Custom Search API lets you develop websites and applications to retrieve and display search results from Google Custom Search programmatically. With this API, you can use RESTful requests to get either web search or image search results in JSON or Atom format. Data format JSON/Atom Custom Search API can return results in one of two formats. There are also two external documents that are helpful resources for using this API: Google WebSearch Protocol (XML): The JSON/Atom Custom Search API provides a subset of the functionality provided by the XML API, but it instead returns data in JSON or Atom format.OpenSearch 1.1 Specification: This API uses the OpenSearch specification to describe the search engine and provide data regarding the results. Prerequisites Search engine ID By calling the API user issues requests against an existing instance of a Custom Search Engine. API key JSON/Atom Custom Search API requires the use of an API key. Pricing
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