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Written by Raj Krishnan, Snippets TeamThe quality of your snippet — the short text preview we display for each web result — can have a direct impact on the chances of your site being clicked (i.e. the amount of traffic Google sends your way). We u…

Django, the Python based web application framework, is an excellent Model/View/Controller application framework for rich website design. A Django application runs under a web server. However, often it is necessary to develop external scripts that need to interact with you web application data models. This brief tutorial will walk through an example. This may not [...]

“Programming  languages are like girlfriends: the new one is better because *you* are better” – Derek Silvers Found that one in a blog post, from the owner of CD Baby, on why he dumped the Ruby Rails framework and went back to plain old PHP.

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.” – Edward R. Murrow Earlier this week a student in Flordia was Tasered(r) at a meeting with Senator John Kerry. The student asked the senator some tough questions. When he didn’t yield the floor, [...]

David Pogue, a technology blogger for the New York Times has published an interview with Bob Lutz, vice chairman of global product development at General Motors. The interview discusses in length GMs up coming electric car the Volt. Mr. Lutz understands the skepticism behind any electric car initiative from GM or any of the big [...]

“Creativity in business is often nothing more than making connections that everyone else has almost thought of. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.” Mark McCormak – What They Don’t Teach you at Harvard Business School

6 Volt Battery Hack! You’ll Be Amazed! – The top video clips of the week are hereIf you are like me, most of your electronic devices are powered by AA batteries. My kids go through AA batteries like candy, costing me a small fortune. This video, found on Metacafe show’s that inside 6 volt battery [...]

Written by Nathan Johns, Search Quality TeamIn recent months, there’s been a noticeable increase in the number of compromised websites around the web. One explanation is that people are resorting to hacking sites in order to distribute malware or attem…

Posted by Liza Ma, Webmaster Tools Team We’re unrolling some exciting new features in Webmaster Tools.First of all, subscriber stats are now available. Webmaster Tools now show feed publishers the number of aggregated subscribers you have from Google s…

I’m really starting to like this guy. This week – as we will forever – we remember those lost on September 11th. And this week, Washington refocuses on Iraq. But the question of Iraq is separate from September 11th – as it has always been, whatever George Bush would have us believe. Likewise, supporting our [...]