Recent Posts Tagged With 'google'

• Swine Flu + Google-Fu = Monkey Wank Fever

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 11:30 in search, news, google, Ajax, lab, api, swine flu, monkey wank fever

  I think something must have clicked in my brain when I read this tweet: If it was Monkey Wank Fever going around, rather than swine flu, I think the national mood would be a lot more buoyant. Graham Linehan I knew that I had some code sitting around ...

• Google Analytics API Launched!

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 04:07 in google, web, data, analytics, api

  I ranted about the lack of an API for Google Analytics back in November last year, now at last we have an easier way to use our analytics data. A Google Analytics API has long been one of our most widely anticipated features. Today we’re please...

• Building a YouTube Dialog

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 11:38 in google, Ajax, youtube, asp.net, lab, user experience, api, user interface, jquery, search videos

  For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working with the YouTube API in order to build some new functionality into Ackura PressRoom. The aim was to build a dialog to browse or search videos from YouTube in order to select one for inclusion in a...

• Google shutting down services

  Posted on Thursday January 15th, 2009 at 03:43 in news, google, google video, Jaiku, twitter, google notebook, dodgeball, google mashup editor, google catalog search

  Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land writes: Google’s announced they’re closing or ceasing development of a variety of products as part of analready continuing move to keep efforts focused on other products with greater usage. These include an e...

• Web Advent Day 19 - Cheatsheets

  Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 04:00 in php, css, javascript, google, java, web, web development, asp.net, c#, pdf, xhtml, xslt

  I’m a big fan of cheatsheets, one of the main problems with working in web-development is that you are constantly switching between different languages and platforms. Inevitably I find that my mind goes blank at certain points when I’m tr...

• Web Advent Day 18 - iPhone Apps

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 04:00 in google, Mobile, web, bbc, iphone, applications, web apps, web browser, twinkle, online app, favourite iphone applications, location-aware social network

  I love my iPhone, ever since I took the plunge (having waited until the launch of the 3G) I finally feel that I have a mobile device which lets me use online systems without jumping through hoops, by which I refer to tiny screens and that godawful, a...

• Web Advent Day 10 - Open Source Software

  Posted on Wednesday December 10th, 2008 at 04:00 in google, windows, web, content management system, web applications, instant messaging, mozilla foundation, miro, paint.net, web developers, open-source software, web content management system

  Although there are many arguments over the safety of  open-source software over proprietory systems, most studies show that open-source software does have a higher flaw discovery, quicker flaw discovery, and quicker turn around on patches. Open-Sour...

• Web Advent Day 7 - Analytics

  Posted on Sunday December 7th, 2008 at 04:00 in google, web, web analytics, analytics, social media marketing, api, mint, clicky, crazyegg, enquisite, search ads, woopra

  Building a website which performs as well as possible, rarely happens by accident. constant monitoring is required to pinpoint problem areas and improve them. Web analytics used to be just a way of querying server logs, these days there are many diff...

• Web Advent Day 6 - Mashup Tools

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 04:00 in html, google, web, Microsoft, yahoo, business intelligence, api, sun microsystems, popfly, dapper, social applications, business intelligence tools

  Mashups are no longer interesting technical exercises, they are creating entirely new business models and also form an essential method of creating business intelligence tools. Here are six tools to assist in tinkering with the workings of the web. Y...

• Web Advent Day 1 - FeedBurner

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 04:39 in google, web, christmas, web resources, advertising network, media distribution, audience engagement services

  As the kids were tucking into the chocolate from their advent calendars this morning I decided that I would try and do something similar on this blog. Every day from now until Christmas, I’ll try to present a number of web resources. Some of th...

• Why doesn’t Google analytics have an API?

  Posted on Thursday November 6th, 2008 at 07:29 in javascript, google, Opinion, analytics, xml, api, google inc., chris riley

  I really want an API for Google analytics, I have some specific ideas for combining analytics data with other data available via external APIs but for some reason Google are jittery about people publishing the data collected about their site traffic...