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Internet Marketer’s Dream: 8 Productivity Tips for Firefox Browser Users

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Here are 8 productivity tips specifically for Mozilla Firefox users when the requirement is simply a browser?.

1) SearchStatus. Set yourself up so that you’ll know everything you need to know about your sites and your competitors. It displays the Google PageRank, Alexa rank and complete ranking anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword density analyzer, keyword and nofollow highlighting, backward and related links, other Alexa info and SEO tools. This tip alone could save your hours of  look up time.

2) Alexa Sparky. Other immediate, in-depth competitor analysis can be had when you install Sparky. Sparky is a free FireFox browser plug-in built by Alexa, that accompanies you as you surf, providing useful information about the sites you visit without interrupting your Web browsing. Specifically:

- Learn about Website Traffic Trend information. Is this site getting more popular, or less popular?

- Get detailed traffic information including Reach and Rank. How does this site’s traffic compare to other sites on the Web?

- Surf more efficiently with Related Links for each page. If I like this site, are there others that I might want to visit?

Plus surfing your own sites with this plug-in activated helps improve your Alexa score!

3) Google Global Firefox Extension. Learn to view Google results by country. This plug-in tells you everything you need to know about your competition in other countries. Ever want to see what people in other countries are seeing for a particular search in Google? For example, let’s say you are based in the USA and you want to know what people in the Canada are searching for.

If you travel to another country, your default Google search page is usually that country’s top level domain (i.e. Google.it if in Italy ). The same tool can be used when traveling overseas to view Google results of your home country.

4) Browser Window Resizer. View the way your advertisers and clients see your site. You may have a massive flat panel monitor but what are you displaying in 1024×768 mode? First, check your web logs and analyze the majority of viewers? video resolution. Chances are it’s 1024×768.

The Browser Window Resizer is also useful tool for testing different screen sizes. It accurately resizes your browser so you can view if the web page looks right in all of the standard resolution sizes. Window resizer supports the 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 video modes.

As far as your advertisers are concerned, there are 2 important reasons:

- Your right column may not be properly displayed without the viewer scrolling the horizontal bar.

- If you advertise or publish banner ads “above the fold”, make sure it’s visible to the highest amount of readers.

5) FireFTP. Use it to upload files fast, free, anywhere. FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Very handy if you are traveling and don’t have your local FTP software on your PC or laptop!

6) Pick up exactly where you left off. Simply open all your tabs from last session, automatically. You don’t even need a tool. It is a setting to have all your open web pages restored each time you restart Firefox.

Go to Tools, Options, Startup box. When Firefox starts, select “Show my windows and tabs from last time”.

7) ColorfulTabs. This is a simple but powerful tab management tool to organize your day using tasks, and overall, spark up your tabs. Simply choose a specific color for each tab, and then assign a task or project to each tab. Besides being rather pretty, the pastel tint options are actually easier on the eyes: something important for a pair of lookers who surf and write all day long.
8) Adsense Notifier. Do you need to visually see your wealth increasing at frequent intervals? If so, apply this plug-in to display your Adsense earnings on the Firefox statusbar. Of course, anyone watching over your shoulder can see your massive earnings too! Nonetheless, to see this cash register? working might be all you need to stay focused at work.

Using these tips, I literally save several minutes each day many times over, which easily clocks up to be an hour, in which I can do other things.

What is the Best Browser for Surfing the Internet?

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Now that Internet Explorer is no longer the default browser on the Windows operating system, it maybe time to have a look at using another browser to surf the internet.
A browser is a program that enables you to view pages on the World Wide Web. You’re using a browser now to read this article. And if you didn’t know you’re using a browser, I expect you’re using the Internet Explorer browser! (It’s the little ‘e’ symbol you click when you want to search for something.)
OK, so why would I want to change my browser?
Well, all browsers have one common purpose and that is to enable you to view web pages. However, they all have pros and cons. The main disadvantage for Internet explorer is speed. It can take forever to open and a long time to open web pages. If this is causing you frustration – it’s time to look at installing a new browser.
There are a lot of browsers out there. Below I’ve selected the main (best?) five and reviewed each. This is my personal opinion and you may find that what works for me, doesn’t work for you. Personally, I like things to be simple to use and fast and not ask me stupid questions constantly or interrupt telling me about processes I have no interest in. I’m a pretty irritable person!
The five I have selected are: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
Internet Explorer – Still the most popular browser on the net but why?
While IE8 is no doubt a far superior browser to it’s predecessors, it’s still a very average browser, IMHO. Yes, it has a new navigation bar. Yes, it’s better designed. Yes, it has tabbed browsing and so I’m informed it’s much better with plug-ins and security. But, I don’t care. It’s so slow, I’ve had time for a wash and change by the time it’s booted up. For this reason alone, I only use it when I absolutely have to, e.g to check what a site I have designed looks like for most of the web population.
Firefox – Don’t believe the hype
Firefox has been growing in popularity for some time. I have been using it for several years. And I can tell you that it is definitely the best browser for customising your web experience. There are thousands of plug-ins and add-ons allowing you to run split screen browsing, dedicated applications for social networking, language translation and to change the background colours of the browser. And do you know what? I don’t care about that either.
Personally, I want to get onto the internet as soon as possible. If I want to check my facebook page I’ll log on. Ditto Twitter. In fact, I have these applications on my iphone. So, I let them update me on that. My computer – I just want to get on and do some work as quickly as possible.
And here is the main problem with Firefox. While it used to be a pretty cool, fast browser, it’s now bloated and slow. From my experience it’s no quicker that Internet Explorer. And that’s a cardinal sin for a browser.
Chrome – all that and a bag of chips
Now the third most popular browser, Google have been pushing this software pretty hard, advertising it everywhere. It has primarily been designed for speed. I rate it highly. I like the fact that it’s basic and uncluttered. I love typing searches straight into the address bar – very cleverly thought out and a great space saver. But most of all, I love its speed. Boots up quickly and finds pages fast. What more do you need from a browser? Nothing, as far as I’m concerned. My number one choice. The Prada of browsers.
Safari – Not bad, but does anyone really care
I always found it difficult to get excited about the Safari browser. Although I have it installed on my computer (PC), I can rarely think of a reason to open it other than for work. (I design a lot of websites). I never use it for surfing. And I’m trying to think why that is.
The speed is average, it’s relatively stable, the bookmarking is very good, it renders very well (web pages look nice in it), but the browser itself is pretty ugly.
And that’s what I think it is. It does everything OK. But it isn’t exceptional in any area as far as I’m concerned. Better than IE, but that’s about all I can say about it.
Opera – Very good and not just for bearded weirdos
I’ve had Opera installed on my computer since God was a lad. And much like Safari I never had much cause to play around with it other than work. But just lately, and probably because it’s been in the press a lot, I’m getting to like it more and more. I like the functionality and it feels good to use. I really like the preview screen when you hover over a tab.
But mostly I like it because it’s fast. Maybe as fast as Chrome – maybe faster. But this comes with a trade off on quality, because it doesn’t render the web pages as nicely as other browsers. I suspect that is why it’s a great application for the iphone. The screen is smaller and a mobile device has less power and often connects over the 3G network – which is still rubbish for surfing the net. So, a small, fast browser is key. I’d put Opera as my 2nd choice.
That’s my review of the top 5 most common browsers. If you haven’t tried Google Chrome, you should. But why not give them all a try and find out for yourself? You’ll be surprised how much difference it makes to your surfing experience. They all install quickly and they all uninstall even quicker, so it won’t take up too much of your time to experiment….

Chrome: A Browser for Google Users

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If you like Google for its speed and simplicity, you might be interested in their Internet browser, Chrome. Google created Chrome because they wanted to start from scratch on a browser made for today’s Internet. The Internet has changed a lot since the first browsers were developed. Chrome is simple and neat, but loaded with security, speed, and functionality features.

Google acknowledges their use of features already implemented on browsers, like Firefox Safari, to design Chrome. Chrome is an open source project, meaning that other can use from their ideas as well. One of the features you’ll recognize is bookmarks. You can automatically copy bookmarks or favorites from another browser and instantly save a new bookmark by clicking the star icon next to the address bar. These features are identical to those of Firefox.

Like Internet Explorer, Chrome as the option of tabbed browsing and reordering the tabs. However, Chrome allows you to drag tabs into their own windows, or drag windows to become a tab of another window. Chrome also has “Crash Control”, which lets each tab run individually to avoid shutting down the whole browser if one tab crashes.

Chrome carries Google’s tradition of personalizing and simplifying tasks, using the features from the homepage and Google toolbar. When you open a new tab, for example, you will see a thumbnails of previous and often visited websites to choose from, instead of a blank page. Also, while typing in the address bar, Google suggests visited sites and popular sites, or to run a Google search on the keyword(s) you entered.

Chrome was one of the first browsers to have a private searching option. While surfing “incognito”, pages are displayed as read-only, and nothing from these sites are saved on your computer. Google Chrome also has its own task manager. Just like Windows, Chrome allows you to track usage and running processes on the browser. You can detect what add-on, tab, or other process that is using the most bandwidth and end processes separately without disrupting the other processes.

Like many browsers, Google Chrome claims to be the safest and the fastest browser. There are so many ways to test this and different factors that effect actual speed, that this is difficult to prove. In fact, Chrome could work faster for some people or websites, where Internet Explorer or another browser would be faster in another area. Regardless, there is no doubt that this browser is well made and is preferred by a small group of users.

If you just want a fast engine and don’t need a bunch of buttons and toolbars, Google Chrome might be just right for you. To read more details about Chrome features or to download the latest version of Chrome, go to google.com/chrome.

Microsoft Office And Internet Browser Security Flaws

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Earlier this month, yet another security hole in Internet Explorer has been uncovered regarding the duration Explorer users running Windows XP or Windows Vista in protected mode and turned off in your browser. Exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer has a favorite pastime of many hackers in recent years, often in a position to a personal computer with viruses and spyware, encouraging easily infect a person visits a website bad. Familiar, but the intellectual property of sophisticated cyber attackers Google earlier this year by exploiting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.Microsoft programs are frequent targets because of their wide use – the vast majority of PCs in the world are running a version of Microsoft Office, So, the impact of massive piracy can have a set of code. Once the user visits a Web site or open traps caught an infected e-mails, the amount of code loaded on your computer and steal into Microsoft Office, control and information. Fortunately, there to take some simple steps schützen.Halten against these attacks in protected mode is enabled in your browser, Internet Explorer 7 is running by default, which should pose no problem unless you have manually disabled. Protected mode is specially designed to protect your system against damage by limiting the places, the files can be saved or modified without the permission of the user. To ensure that you have enabled, protected mode: Open Internet Explorer 7 in the control bar, select the Tools tab. In the dropdown, choose “Internet Options”. Select the Security tab. Select “Enable Protected Mode” and check the checkbox is selected. For other versions of Windows: If you have Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 is a restricted mode known as Enhanced Security Configuration, which is automatically sets the security level to “high” surf the Internet.Installieren all Microsoft updates. visit www. Microsoft. com / security and click “Get Updates [months] security.” A window appears telling you if you have any updates available, or if you have installed one of the reasons for new downloads and installations. This is where patches are found to fix “holes” in Internet Explorer. You can also use the Start menu to check for updates in the menu, select “All Programs” then “Windows Update”. The Microsoft Security Web site has a link to the free antivirus and antispyware software that is downloaded when you give your computer additional protection against Hacker.Add-ons can be the source of malicious activity on your PC. Disable all add-ons that seem suspicious. To do this: Open the browser. In the command bar, select the Tools tab. In the dropdown, select “Manage Add-ons.” Select “Enable or Disable Add-ons” to klicken.Suchen suspicious add-ons. If you think that this point of view, open your favorite search engine and investigate. Disable add-ons that you find security risks.