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Following MMS 2009 on Twitter by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

A bunch of folks have asked me recently about “who” to follow at MMS, and “how” to do it.  I just saw today that Stefan has already taken the time to put this information together.  Great job, Stefan! So, as to not duplicate the wheel, check...

When did Amazon.com add the Associates browser bar? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

This is a great idea from the Amazon.com folks.  They call it their “site stripe”. If you have an Amazon.com Associate account, Amazon.com automatically places the bar at the top of the browser window, giving you quick click access to the Associate...
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Twadget sounds dirty… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

But, it’s a Windows Vista sidebar gadget: http://arsecandle.org/twadget/ Read More...

A new App-V site you’ll never find by searching… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

If you try searching using normal methods you’ll probably miss this new App-V web site.  Why? Well…it doesn’t use a normal domain designator.  Instead of being a .com or .net, its a .in. http://www.app-v.in/ It looks interesting, but its too...
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Want to know what’s up with Appdeploy.com? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Bob Kelly indicates that the site should be back up, but it is still moving slow today.  So, additional technical issues are being worked on. However, you can now “follow” what is going on with Appdeploy.com by following the updates on Twitter: ...
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Looks like I blogged too soon about the LinkedIn Groups makeover by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

After talking about the recent update earlier this week , I received this email today from LinkedIn: Rod, First of all, thank you for your management of your group on LinkedIn. In the past few weeks, we've made some changes with Groups. We introduced...
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LinkedIn Groups gets a much appreciated make-over by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

The recently added LinkedIn Feature for Groups has received a great make-over that really makes it easier to search and manage the many groups available there. Many of you have found the LinkedIn Group for myITforum.com .  Our group has a little...
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Something Garth will love – Reading the new Microsoft web-based forums offline… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

MSDN Forums Client http://www.codeplex.com/msdnforumsclient Read More...
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One way to separate padded stats from real stats by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I've seen in several instances where web sites will show a really neat graph of site stats, displaying a huge amount of traffic, yet you have to pull back and scratch your head because there seems to be very little actual activity on the site. I could...
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Sites that provide active content *only* by pulling in information from other places by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Have you seen this?  I’ve seen a lot of it, lately.  To increase Google ad exposure, show activity on a site, increase site stats, and/or appear to be a more active site than it is, some sites resort to pulling in RSS feeds from other places...
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LinkedIn Groups gets a search engine – but somebody isn’t communicating by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

LinkedIn has rolled out Search for their newly public Groups areas, but delaying a search feature has definitely been at a cost. Right now, I’m a member of 1 MVP group, with 2 memberships pending.  That’s right – that makes THREE separate groups...
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Good riddance to Bill Gates… by Jim “Lynchmob” Lynch by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Jim Lynch falls off his rocker, traveling beyond the speed of light, and heads straight into an industrial metal fan. Here he blasts Bill Gates for creating the technologies that he is using to write his tripe: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845...
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Google’s dominance on myITforum.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Funny how Google’s piece of the pie looks like Pacman – either eating up the others or spitting them out.  BTW: It is interesting that Microsoft’s search is actually ahead of Yahoo.  It has been this way for quite some time.   Read More...
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Microsoft Connect site maintenance planned this weekend by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Maintenance Message: The Microsoft Connect Web site will be down for scheduled maintenance between 10am and 2pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) on Saturday, June 28th. The site will be unavailable during this time. Read More...
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The Microsoft Superpoke is on it’s way… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Didn’t I tell you ?   Microsoft testing prototype of Facebook-like social network Read More...
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Yet another new Microsoft video web spot by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

How many different sites does Microsoft have dedicated to video right now?   Just off the top of my head I can count six, and I’m sure I’m missing some. Will this new one pan out?  Or, can Microsoft use this site to centralize them all...
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Average time for Google to respond to Gmail issues? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

So far, it looks like 6-7 days. I’ve received emails from a couple folks who have submitted tickets to Google about the Gmail receiving issues.  After 6-7 days, each person has received this message back: “Hello, Thanks for bringing this issue to...
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