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  Document Collaboration Just Got Easier

  http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/05/14/document-collaboration-ju...
  71 days ago in Zoli’s Blog · Authority: 341

  I often need to share a document with a few reviewers / contributors, and I hate sending attachments. Attachments are redundant, wasteful, and if you start marking up different copies of the same document, then emailing them around, youre in for a major
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  Them's Fightin Words, Zoho

  http://thenullset.blogspot.com/2008/06/thems-fightin-words-z...
  51 days ago in Nullset v3 · No authority yet

  A couple of weeks ago, I read that online productivity suite Zoho now integrated with your Google ID. I thought that was pretty odd, since most people - like me - with a Google ID would probably already be using Google Docs. But as I read on, I saw this quote from Zoho evangelist Raju Vegesna One thing we noticed is, when users try both Zoho and Google, more than 70% of them prefer Zoho. It made sense for us to do this. We want more users to try our apps. So, it seemed like a good time to try Zoho. I had been initially annoyed by the dearth of features on Google Docs when I started with them over a year ago. But when I came back to good old Google about 6 months later, I was pretty pleased. However, as with all shiny new toys, eventually the love started to fade a bit and I began to see the flaws. Most annoying was the horrific tables support. When I tried to nest tables, everything just went to hell. And importing DOC and DOCX files with tables in them always yielded unexpected results. So I gave Zoho a go. I immediately saw that there were more buttons in the GUI, while Google hides all but the most common features behind menus. Unfortunately, two really important buttons appear to be missing (or very well hidden in the clutter) - Paste as Plain Text and Remove All Formatting. At first, I dismissed this as a little thing, but it has become more and more frustrating over the past two weeks. However, two great features far outshone this minor glitch. First is Templates. The second is Tables support. Google Docs has really abysmal support for nested tables. I know I mentioned that about a paragraph ago, but it really bugs me. What ultimately keeps me from making the switch is the unfathomable fact that Zoho does not auto-save as I work. Wha? That's just not right. Google Docs is constantly saving new versions that I can quickly revert to if I make a mistake. Why wouldn't Zoho do this, too? For now, I am sticking with both - using the appropriate tool at the appropriate time. Zoho is good, but not so good that I am willing to completely jump ship. PS I aspire to have the job title "evangelist" one of these days.
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  Identificación, portabilidad y disponibilidad

  http://www.anepisi.org/?p=33
  57 days ago in - · No authority yet

  Si hace un tiempo comentábamos el nacimiento de DataPortability, a día de hoy parece que está comenzando a dar sus frutos ya que diversas empresas como Zoho, Google, Yahoo!, eBay, Twitter, MySpace, Digg y Facebook, entre otros, están comenzando a mover ficha hacia la integración entre aplicaciones y servicios web. De cara al servicio web Para aquellos que estén desarrollando servicios web, deben comenzar a tener muy en cuenta a oAuth. oAuth es el proceso que están implantando las empresas nombradas con el fin de integrar los contenidos de los usuarios, portando todos sus datos, en otros servicios basándose en una identificación cruzada, pero manteniendo como origen el servicio web original. Por ejemplo, si nos identificamos con Google (registro de nuestro usuario), a partir de ahora podríamos entrar en Zoho sin la necesidad de identificarnos de nuevo, ya que el propio Google ID haría tal función. A su vez, podría portar nuestros contactos de Gmail y nuestros documentos de Google Docs a las aplicaciones respectivas en Zoho. Del mismo modo sucede con Data Availability, promovido por MySpace, por el que los usuarios de MySpace podrían migrar sus datos a otras redes como Twitter, eBay o Yahoo!, sin la necesidad de volver a introducirlos, o incluso aportando nuevos contenidos disponibles a través de la colaboración (suponiendo, mostrar nuestras canciones publicadas en MySpace en la barra lateral de nuestro usuario de Twitter). El movimiento de ficha por parte de Google es Google Friend Connect, que nos permite crear widgets donde los usuarios puedan identificarse con el usuario de otras redes diversificando los sistemas, descentralizando todavía más la autenticación que con OpenID, y permitiendo, a su vez, importar datos desde las mismas como han estado realizando Facebook con su Facebook Connect (proceso similar al de MySpace). De cara al usuario El usuario, a partir de ahora y según se incrementen este tipo de implementaciones, verá como con su usuario de la aplicación web X podrá migrar a otras aplicaciones, portar sus datos, mover a sus contactos de una red social a otra, etc. con un simple clic, del mismo y sencillo modo con el que damos acceso a nuestras imágenes con Flickr. Un simple clic. Ahora bien, también tenemos que pensar en cómo afecta esto a OpenID ya que si el registro de usuario se delega a este modelo, únicamente deberemos hacerlo en una red, por ejemplo con nuestro usuario de Google, y con él, identificarnos en otras redes ya sea a través de Google Friend Connect o con el acceso vía oAuth de un servicio web a nuestra cuenta, con lo que se estaría degradando en parte a OpenID como sistema de identificación. OpenID podría no ser ya necesario. Si el modelo es el de utilizar oAuth como sistema de identificación (por el momento, sólo ejecutado por Zoho) a partir de nuestros actuales perfiles de usuario, se estaría optando más por un modelo similar al promovido por Microsoft con su Windows Live ID, .Net Passport en su época, pero de modo descentralizado (más cercano a éste que a OpenID). La tendencia generalizada, por suerte, dista bastante de la acción de Zoho optando por una identificación con OpenID y la importación de datos vía oAuth, aunque la widgetización que plantea Google no termino de ubicarla como solución para desarrollos más allá de un usuario de Blogger. A título personal, los widgets (OpenSocial, Facebook Apps,…) son a la Web 2.0 lo que los GIFs animados fueron a la Web 1.0.
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  SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 14, 2008

  http://searchengineland.com/080514-152356.php
  71 days ago in Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines · Authority: 4,246

  Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web From Search Engine Land: Google & Other Search Engines Dominate Traffic Drivers To Wikipedia When writing about Powerset this week, I covered how its hopes to gain Wikipedia users was complicated by the fact that Wikipedia itself gets so many people from search, rather than direct navigation. New stats (PDF) from Nielsen Online reaffirm this -- four of the five top referring sites to... Hitwise: Google Again Hits New High; Microsoft & Yahoo Again New Lows Hitwise released the latest statistics for search engine share in the United States for April 2008. Google has again hit a new high, jumping up 0.65% from the prior month's high, to 68% of the US search market. Microsoft and Yahoo hit all-time lows -- though Yahoo, at least,... Summize Gains "Local" Twitter Search Option Summize has already turned into my preferred tool to search for what people are saying on Twitter. Now it's gained a way to see what people are twittering about near a local area. Say I want to see what's been happening in Newport Beach, California, in terms of Twitter activity.... Travel Search Engine Kango Relaunches As UpTake Does the world need more travel sites and search engines? UpTake (formerly Kango) thinks so. Travel is one of the most developed and "mature" vertical online. It's also one of the most competitive segments. However, there's still considerable frustration in doing online travel planning notwithstanding the plethora of tools and... Google Updates Earth Imagery & Begins To Blur Faces Google has announced a new earth imagery update has been pushed out to their mapping product. With that update, Google has updated their Manhattan images, which includes higher quality images, better naming of specific buildings and areas, plus Google has begun blurring the faces of people in their street view... Increase Online Registrations By Improving Downloadable Assets Many B2B search marketing programs are designed to generate online registrations, inquiries and leads. Typically, something of value (such as a white paper, product demo, or presentation) is offered in exchange for personal contact information. Today I'll offer three tips to enhance the value of these downloadable assets and... Are We In-House SEO Experts? Not Really... And Here's Why When you hear the phrase "in-house SEO expert" or "in-house SEO," certain things immediately flash to mind. There's the glamour bits built around the perceptions fostered from hearing of six-figure salaries, or direct involvement in big projects and depth of contact many in-house search marketers seem to have within... Can Icahn Or Microsoft Stop Google's "Natural Monopoly" Reports are that Carl Icahn has acquired about 3 percent of Yahoo's shares, apparently in hopes of taking over the company. And then? Well, you know -- maybe go back to Microsoft. Except Microsoft may no longer want to talk, plus that poison pill of a Google-Yahoo ad deal still... Searching for "Kitten Videos?" Me Neither A new survey from ClipBlast! about how people find video content has started a discussion about search and how it relates to entertainment content. In the survey, ClipBlast! asked 1000 online consumers if they had a preferred method for finding video content on the Web. Of those surveyed, almost... Bidding for Dollars - Margin Dollars, That Is As the competition in search becomes more sophisticated, refining tactics becomes more important than ever. For online retailers, bidding by margin is all but essential. Every firm has a different marketing objective: some look for maximum ROI, some are willing to spend to break even in hopes that future... Search News From Around The Web: Applications & Portal Features Breaking: Facebook to Launch Jabber/XMPP Support for Chat, Allfacebook Zoho No Longer Requires Accounts. Sign In With Your Yahoo Or Google ID, TechCrunch Google accidentally enables ratings on some Blogger accounts, ZDNet Googling Google Business Issues Google to Present at the NASDAQ OMX 21st Investor Program, Google Google founders have grown up, Reuters IAC, Liberty Resolve Legal Dispute, Wall Street Journal Mass. figures large in Google's game plan , Boston Globe Google's Superiority Complex, Search Engine Watch Local, Maps & Mobile Google Maps Adds More: Wikipedia Entries and Geo-Coded Photos, TechCrunch OpenTable Ranks Restaurants, Guarantees No Fake Reviews, TechCrunch Rebranding your business for fun and profit in Maps, Mike Blumenthal Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation, Reuters Paid Search & Contextual AdWords Downtime: May 17, 10am-2pm PST, AdWords API Blog Demographic Targeting - Is it right for you? , adCenter Blog Advertisers Can't Sell Hard Liquor But Google Can, Search Engine Watch Blog How Click Arbitrage & Dirty Ad Syndication Killed Yahoo! Search Marketing, SEO Book Emotional Motivators in Landing Page Optimization, Search Engine Watch The Display URL May Impact Your Google AdWords Quality Score, Search Engine Roundtable Searching Looking towards IPv6, Official Google Blog Keeping good news stories together: just part of what it means to work on Google News, Google News Blog How Might the Machine Understand Text Relevance, Search Engine Journal Google China Homepage Links to Earthquake Information, Google Blogoscoped Student Searches: The Top 15 Searches for the K-12 Set, Search Engine Watch Blog What Is Acceptable For "People Search Engines?", SEOmoz YouTube Video Listed Multiple Times in same SERP, endlessplain.com SEM Industry Search Engine Watch Forums Names Chris Boggs Associate Editor, Search Engine Watch Blog What Is The Definition Of SEO?, ShoeMoney SEO & SEM Eric Enge Interviews Yahoo's Chief Scientist, Andrew Tomkins, Stone Temple Can Links From Porn Sites Hurt Your Search Rankings?, Search Engine Roundtable Does Google Index Content in "The Cloud" (Amazon S3, etc), Search Engine Roundtable In 2008, Is The NoArchive Tag a Red Flag in SEO?, Search Engine Roundtable Social Media comScore: Yahoo! Buzz Overtakes Digg in April, Read/Write Web How to Get More Twitter Followers: Some Methods That Work, Dosh Dosh A New Wave of Reputation Management Issues, ViperChill FriendFeedLinks: A Memetracker For FriendFeed, TechCrunch Video, Music & Image Search YouTube's (GOOG) Secret Ad Plan Revealed: 'Buzz Targeting', Silicon Alley Insider Web Analytics Google Analytics loses a weeks e-commerce data, BlogStorm Other Items Search and Searchability, SEOptimise Top Third-Party Results for "Google", Google Blogoscoped Podcast: Google Brain Drain? Twitter Faster Than USGS? Auction Rant! Telescope Tears , Daily SearchCast Recent Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site: Website Architecture Questions Answered An Embarrassment of Dead Link Riches 5 Tools for Keyword Brainstorming Simple Block Segmentation Analysis How to Get More Twitter Followers Small Business Owners Need Twitter and LinkedIn 10 Steps for Digg Success When You're the Villain SEO Plugins for Wordpress Part II The Risks of Outsourcing Online Reputation Management Has Sphinn Traffic Increased? Cheap SEO: it’s about quality, not price
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  Zoho Takes Yahoo and Google Logins - Interview with Brad Neuberg - Magnify Publisher Plugin for Wordpress - Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope - Processing for Javascript - Free Line Report for 5.16.08

  http://www.freelinereport.com/freeline-5-16-08/
  65 days ago in Free Line Report · Authority: 52

  Zoho Takes Yahoo and Google Logins - Interview with Brad Neuberg - Magnify Publisher Plugin for Wordpress - Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope - Processing for Javascript - Free Line Report for 5.16.08 Posted by Brad on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Magnify.net has created a plugin for all the multimedia junkies out there who use Moveable Type or Wordpress as a blogging platform. The plugin is called Magnify Publisher, and it allows you to easily search and embed media from over a dozen sites like YouTube and Flickr, all from within your blog’s admin panel. We have a link to an interview with Brad Neuberg, one of the men behind Google Gears. He talks about the next generation of the web, and how he and many others are paving the way to a more interesting future with better integration of our online and offline worlds. Zoho, the free online office suite, just added the ability to login with your Google or Yahoo ID. Eliminating the need to sign up or create a new account will hopefully encourage more users to try Zoho. When asked why they didn’t just add in support for OpenID and receive even more users and traffic, Zoho evangelist Raju Vagesna said that they plan to do that soon, but wanted to address users’ immediate needs. Hot on the heels of Google Sky comes Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope. This application bears much resemblance to its Google counterpart, but while Google Sky can be viewed in your web browser, World Wide Telescope needs to be downloaded. It is rumored that the Microsoft application has a better interface, but so far that is unconfirmed due to that fact that it is Windows only. And finally, for you Javascript programmers out there, we’ve got a cool little library from John Resig, called Processing.js. It’s John’s birthday and he’s giving you a “reverse birthday gift” — it’s a Javascript port of the API for the programming language Processing, complete with its powerful graphical drawing tools. If you have no idea what any of that means, don’t worry, just be thankful there are guys like John Resig out there making the web a better place and pushing the free line for all us non - programmers No Comments » Share This
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  InfoTallers: Identificación, portabilidad y disponibilidad

  http://tallerinformatica2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/infotaller...
  67 days ago in Tallers d'ordinadors / Talleres de ordenadores a/de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat · Authority: 1

  Oscar J. Baeza Img: http://img.genbeta.com/2008/01/dataportability.png Si hace un tiempo comentábamos el nacimiento de DataPortability, a día de hoy parece que está comenzando a dar sus frutos ya que diversas empresas como Zoho, Google, Yahoo!, eBay, Twitter, MySpace, Digg y Facebook, entre otros, están comenzando a mover ficha hacia la integración entre aplicaciones y servicios web. De cara al servicio web Para aquellos que estén desarrollando servicios web, deben comenzar a tener muy en cuenta a oAuth. oAuth es el proceso que están implantando las empresas nombradas con el fin de integrar los contenidos de los usuarios, portando todos sus datos, en otros servicios basándose en una identificación cruzada, pero manteniendo como origen el servicio web original. Por ejemplo, si nos identificamos con Google (registro de nuestro usuario), a partir de ahora podríamos entrar en Zoho sin la necesidad de identificarnos de nuevo, ya que el propio Google ID haría tal función. A su vez, podría portar nuestros contactos de Gmail y nuestros documentos de Google Docs a las aplicaciones respectivas en Zoho. Del mismo modo sucede con Data Availability, promovido por MySpace, por el que los usuarios de MySpace podrían migrar sus datos a otras redes como Twitter, eBay o Yahoo!, sin la necesidad de volver a introducirlos, o incluso aportando nuevos contenidos disponibles a través de la colaboración (suponiendo, mostrar nuestras canciones publicadas en MySpace en la barra lateral de nuestro usuario de Twitter). El movimiento de ficha por parte de Google es Google Friend Connect, que nos permite crear widgets donde los usuarios puedan identificarse con el usuario de otras redes diversificando los sistemas, descentralizando todavía más la autenticación que con OpenID, y permitiendo, a su vez, importar datos desde las mismas como han estado realizando Facebook con su Facebook Connect (proceso similar al de MySpace). De cara al usuario El usuario, a partir de ahora y según se incrementen este tipo de implementaciones, verá como con su usuario de la aplicación web X podrá migrar a otras aplicaciones, portar sus datos, mover a sus contactos de una red social a otra, etc. con un simple clic, del mismo y sencillo modo con el que damos acceso a nuestras imágenes con Flickr. Un simple clic. Ahora bien, también tenemos que pensar en cómo afecta esto a OpenID ya que si el registro de usuario se delega a este modelo, únicamente deberemos hacerlo en una red, por ejemplo con nuestro usuario de Google, y con él, identificarnos en otras redes ya sea a través de Google Friend Connect o con el acceso vía oAuth de un servicio web a nuestra cuenta, con lo que se estaría degradando en parte a OpenID como sistema de identificación. OpenID podría no ser ya necesario. Si el modelo es el de utilizar oAuth como sistema de identificación (por el momento, sólo ejecutado por Zoho) a partir de nuestros actuales perfiles de usuario, se estaría optando más por un modelo similar al promovido por Microsoft con su Windows Live ID, .Net Passport en su época, pero de modo descentralizado (más cercano a éste que a OpenID). La tendencia generalizada, por suerte, dista bastante de la acción de Zoho optando por una identificación con OpenID y la importación de datos vía oAuth, aunque la widgetización que plantea Google no termino de ubicarla como solución para desarrollos más allá de un usuario de Blogger. A título personal, los widgets (OpenSocial, Facebook Apps,...) son a la Web 2.0 lo que los GIFs animados fueron a la Web 1.0. Font / Fuente: http://www.genbeta.com/2008/05/15-identificacion-portabilidad-y-disponibilidad
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  Zoho sign-in

  http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/007449.html
  69 days ago in http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog · Authority: 62

  Zoho No Longer Requires Accounts. Sign In With Your Yahoo Or Google ID, TechCrunch (May 13) Zoho makes it much easier to get Google and Yahoo registrants to use the Zoho suite of products - notebook, conferencing, chat - much more. Some of those products directly compete with Google and Yahoo. "The goal, Vegesnu says, is to get users to try Zoho with as little hassle as possible: “One thing we noticed is, when users try both Zoho and Google, more than 70% of them prefer Zoho. It made sense for us to do this. We want more users to try our apps.”"

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