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How to Choose or Change a Search Engine in Web Browser

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Most web browsers now include a search box on the toolbar. You can search the internet by using the default search engine in the web browser. But what if you are not too impressed with the performance of the default search engine? No problem. Here’s how you change or choose a search engine in the web browser.

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How to Create a Google Custom Search Engine

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Undoubtedly Google Search is the most-used search engine on the web. With the introduction of Google Custom Search Engine (Google CSE), you can add the powerful Google search box to your website or blog helping people find what they need such as blog posts, pages and images on your site.

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With Google Custom Search you can:

  • Host the search box and search result page on your own website.
  • Search through one or more websites, or specific web pages.
  • Customize the format of the search results to match your website.

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How to Solve the WordPress Problem of not receiving Email Notification of New Comments

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Comment notification via email is one of the great features in the WordPress. However many users found that they are not able to receive any comment notification emails after the WordPress is being upgraded to the latest version. If you are having the same problem, the WordPress plugin below which is compatible with Google Gmail will help you to solve it out.

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Top 5 Best WordPress Search Engine Plugins

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We all know that the default WordPress search engine doesn’t match keywords that well. It displays search results ordered by date not by relevance to the keywords. Therefore it is necessary to enhance the search functionality to improve visitors search experience. The list below recommends 5 highly rated search engine plugins that are available in the WordPress plugin directory. You may try them and check out the search results.

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How to Create a Facebook Username URL

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Have you created your Facebook username URL? Instead of using the URL that was a randomly assigned number like “id=785858475”, you should create a distinct web address reflecting your identity. It will definitely make your friends, family members and co-workers a lot easier to connect with you and visit your profile on Facebook.

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Top 10 Best Features of Apple iPhone OS 3.0

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While you may know the Apple iPhone operating system OS 3.0 comes with tones of new features, you probably don’t know them all. The list below recommends you 10 great features and provides the step by step instructions for you to learn.

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How to Turn Off iPhone Auto-Correction and Auto-Capitalization Features

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If you are one of those who find your Apple iPhone’s Auto-Correction or Auto Capitalization features a bit buggy. Here is the easy way for you to turn off these features.

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How to Set Directory Permissions on GoDaddy Hosting Account

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To Set Directory Permissions on Your Windows Hosting Account

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How to Use iPhone As a Mouse or Trackpad and Keyboard

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With the free iPhone app – TouchMouse given away by Logitech, you can turn your iPhone, iPod Touch and even iPad into a wireless mouse or trackpad and keyboard. TouchMouse is definitely a cool app for you to point, click, scroll and type during a presentation, watching movie, surfing internet on your computer from afar, and other applications on a Mac or PC.

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How to Use iPhone As a Modem

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Do you know that you can turn your Apple iPhone into a modem? Yes, your iPhone’s Internet tethering feature allows you to connect your computer to the Internet using its cellular data connection. It comes in handy when you want to use your laptop to access the Internet in the area where there is no Wi-Fi. Below is the instruction for you to learn how to enable the modem function in your iPhone.

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Top 10 Best Christmas Gifts 2010

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Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year is around the corner, have you prepared the best Christmas gifts for your loved one, family and friends? If you haven’t figured out what to get, check out below top 10 popular Christmas gifts for 2010 to have some ideas. Wish you a Very Merry Christmas!

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How to Create Favicon for Website and WordPress

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What is Favicon.ico? A favicon (short for “favorites icon”), also known as shortcut icon, bookmark icon, website icon or URL icon is a small image appears next to a website’s URL in the address bar of a web browser. It also shows up in the Favourites or Bookmarks menu, on the tabs in tabbed browsers, and as the icon for internet shortcuts on your desktop. It is a good way to brand your site and help your visitors to visually identify your site in their Bookmarks menu. This little icon is typically a graphic 16 x 16 or 32 x 32 pixels square and is saved as favicon.ico in the root directory of your server.

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Below you will find a step by step guide to create a favicon. Read more…

How to Create an RSS Feed for Your Website

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RSS (commonly stands for Really Simple Syndication) is an XML based content format used for publishing frequently updated works such as news headlines, blog entries, audio, video, etc. It can help drive more traffic to your website as there is a large number of people stay updated using feed readers which pull in updates from the sites subscribed. Let’s have a look at how to create an RSS feed for your website. If you are looking for RSS feed icon that suits your website, you can check out our best RSS feed icon collection.

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Download OpenOffice.org – A Free, Open Source Alternative Office Software Suite to Microsoft Office

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OpenOffice.org (also known as OOo or OpenOffice) is a free, open source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It supports over 110 languages and works with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other computer operating systems. Its default file is in OpenDocument format (ODF) for data interchange. However it is also compatible with other major office software packages, so you can open, edit and save documents in formats as diverse as Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Lotus, PDF, HTML, XML, etc. Best of all, Openoffice.org can be downloaded for free and you can use it for any purpose. It is definitely a compelling alternative office suite to Microsoft Office.

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How to Install Linkwithin Related Posts with Thumbnails on WordPress

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Linkwithin is a blog widget that shows related posts with thumbnail images under each post. This widget is free, easy to install and no signup required. It will not only keep your readers engaged with your blog but also increase the traffic. If you have a WordPress blog, you may follow installation steps below to give it a try.

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