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GOOGLE has detected more than a trillion unique URLs on the Web according to the outfit’s bog site. This number won’t stop there as they are growing at a steady rate of several billion pages per day. According to Google, they do not index every individual page out of the trillion figure, since “many of them are similar to each other, or represent auto-generated content.” said Jesse Alpert and Nissan Hajaj, software engineers in Google’s Web Search Infrastructure Team.

How about Yahoo, Microsoft or ask.com? Are they going to fight back with the figure?

I would say that blogs have played a major role in hitting the one trillion mark. Well, what’s next after a trillion?
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Do you have bunch of Internet Explorer favorites save in your computer? Do you have any problem search your IE favorites from you Microsoft Windows machine?

Don’t worry, an article fro How To Geek teach you how to search your Internet Exlorer Favorite within IE in Windows Vista or XP.

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Do you want to know where your website ranks in the search results? Try Firefox Rank Checker extension. The free Firefox extension allows you to easily check your website rankings in Google (US and international), Yahoo, and Microsoft Live search. free Firefox

Download & Installation Instructions:

• You have to be using Firefox to get this to work. If you have not yet used Firefox go download Firefox, and then come back to this page using Firefox as your web browser.
• Click Here to install the Firefox Rank Checker extension.
• If the Software Installation window is visible click Install Now.
• If not, then:
  • See if there is a yellow bar near the top of your browser.
  • Click the Edit Options button on the yellow bar.
  • Click Allow. Then click OK.
  • Click Here
  • Click the Install Now button.
• As a final step, restart Firefox.

Click on the words Rank Checker in the bottom of your Firefox browser to activate the tool. Enter a URL and keyword combination and click the start button to check it’s rankings.

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After reading Techcrunch ‘It Took 16 Months, But Google Relaunches Jotspot’, I just did a search “Google Sites” in http://www.google.com and found something weird.

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In fact, Google search is the most powerful search engine in the world. I’m just wonder how many company would buy a Google mini appliance box.

Google Mini Search Appliance

The Google Mini offers the simplicity and power of Google’s universal search technology at a great price. An integrated hardware and software solution, the Mini offers true plug-and-play installation and can be purchased online. Whether you’re looking to search your company’s internal information or your public website, the Mini has the features for your business.

Search your corporate data and improve employee productivity

With the Google Mini, you can offer employees relevant and secure search across intranets, file servers, and business applications. Employees’ familiarity with Google’s user interface from searching on Google.com will facilitate adoption in your enterprise, and instant access to corporate information will make them more productive.

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