What we like, what we do & bump into

It’s not something new that Google+, Facebook’s main competitor, was launched. Its success is incredible, gaining almost 10 million users in the project stage that is at the moment.

Despite the fact that it hasn’t got all the functionalities working and is still being tested, the users invaded the web site to see firsthand the newest Google product. In order to help those who just can’t wait, Google worked out some extensions for Google Chrome that are useful to those who socialize on Google+.

G+ Count in title is the extension that shows in the tite of the browser, between brackets, the number of notifications in Google+, regardless of the tab or web page you are on at that moment.

G+ Extended is an extension that adds more useful shortcuts for using Google+. With only one key you can post, expand comments, etc. Also, the web development team at Google is opened for other ideas that may come from the users.

Helper for Google+ is the most complex extension of those that we present you. It allows sharing Google+ posts with Twitter users, translating them with Google Translate in the language you choose, the notification of the user on the desktop, with sound and a few other functionalities.

+Comment Toggle is very useful if you don’t want spending a lot of time scrolling through a large number of comments in order to find what you are looking for. Thus, +Comment Toggle hides all the comments leaving just the posts visible. Of course, you can expand the list of comments if you wish to do so.

Extended Share for Google Plus adds a “Share on” button that allows you to share the same post from Google+ with the users of Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

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All the web development magazines, web sites and blogs have been raging, lately, about Google+ Project, a social network that Google has been preparing for some time and that, also, is supposed to be more interesting, more interactive and more complex that the actual number one social network, Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, being aware of the impact that Google+ will have and also wanting to avert the competition the right way, launched a new service, Facebook Skype Video Chat.

The service, as you probably figured out from the name, was developed in partnership with Skype and allows Facebook users to communicate online, video, without leaving the web site. All that the users need to do is download a small plug-in and there you go instant online video chat! You can communicate through the chat tab: you initiate a new conversation, press the Video Chat button and you’ll be face to face with your friend.

The Facebook chat had many bugs to begin with so we’re still aloof when it comes to the functionality of the service, but, we’ll test it and see for ourselves. We also invite you to share your opinions!

Below you’ll find a movie that presents Facebook Skype Video Chat:

A few weeks ago we presented you with a list of web apps you should try. On the same criterion, in this article, we’ll continue the list with other web apps interesting and useful for both web developers and those who sped the majority of time in front of the computer.

Clicky is the perfect tool for those who wish to keep track of their web site’s traffic. A sort of Google Analytics, Clicky is easier to use and understand. You can see in real time what users are on what pages, where they come from, how much time they’ve spent on the page, etc.

Aviary is an online photo editing tool. Obviously, it’s no Photoshop, but it allows photo editing at a level that would satisfy even a web developer. You can upload pictures or paste the link where the picture is and then, all you have to do is edit it with the help of the right pannel.

SugarSync is a sort of Dropbox where you can store your files which afterwards you can access form any device or system. At first you are given 5 GB but by creating a premium account the space can be widened. Thus, you can backup any file from your computer, you can upload and sync via e-mail and other interesting things.

SocialMention is a kind of Google for Social Media searches. It is extremely useful for seeing opinions on subjects that interest you or you need to be informed about for different reasons. Also, it shows you a keywords top in order for you to find the most popular expression to use for finding what you need.

If lately you’ve had the curiosity of visiting our web sites you probably noticed something new, namely, the Google +1 button.

For those who are not familiarized with this app, the Google +1 button represents the means through which, publicly, you rank certain web sites, products or articles on the web as interesting or worth visiting. Thus, you can receive recommendations from your friends or you can send them yours. The necessary condition is, for you to have an e-mail address at Gmail and all of your friends in your address book.

Working mainly on the same principle as Facebooks „Like” button, Google +1 button helps your friends find easyer, in the large sea of results, those that are worth taken into account, and this works both ways.

Nick Radicevic, Google Product Manager, said on Google’s AdSense Blog: „Today, +1’s will start appearing on Google search pages globally. We’ll be starting off with sites like google.co.uk, google.de, google.jp and google.fr, then expanding quickly to most other Google search sites soon after.”

We’ll follow with excitement the evolution of Google +1, especially, due to its high potential in influencing SEO results, a service that we provide for our clients.

Below you can see a presentation of +1 button created by Google.