Undeniable it is fun to interact with family and friends in social networks and keep everyone in touch. But it’s kind of annoying to login 2 social network accounts every day (or hour) which they’re quite similar to each other. Yes, you’re right. We’re talking about Facebook and Google+ here.

We believe there’re always pros and cons for each of them. If you’re don’t wish to waste your time to login both social networks account, we have a solution for you to add and see Facebook stream inside your Google+ account.

Both Facebook and Google+ content can be displayed in a page with an extra Facebook button with Google+Facebook browser extension.

In short, Google+Facebook allows you to see your Facebook stream inside Google+. It can easily connect to Facebook to get all the updates right inside your Google+ page.

How to Use Google+Facebook

If you’re using Firefox or Chrome, you can download the extension for your browser.

1. Go to http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook.
2. Click on "Get Google+Facebook" red button on the top of the page.
3. Install the extension.
4. Once installation completed, login your Google+.
5. You will see a Facebook icon on the left side of Google+ Home button.
6. Click the Facebook icon to read your Facebook stream.

Note: The Google+Facebook extension is available on Chrome and Firefox only.

Original Post: See Facebook Stream Inside Google+ with Google+Facebook by K-Director.com.

Google+ has finally released Google+ Pages for local business or place, product or brand, company, institution or organisation, arts, entertainment or sports and other which allows you to build closer relationships with the customers, fans and followers who love you.

Now Google+ users can hang out live with the local cake shop, or discuss our wardrobe with a favorite clothing line, or follow a band on tour.

Generally speaking, user interface of Google+ Pages look like Google+ profile page but Google+ Pages can’t +1 other pages and not supporting notifications. Owner of Google+ Pages is not allowed to add people to circles until the page is added first.

New built-in circle named “Following” is introduced, which will be used for Google+ users to add pages or search followed pages.

Direct Connect from Google Search

Google+ Pages will be appeared in search results. People who are searching for businesses or brands on Google can now directly connect to Google+ Pages. It simply transforms a query into meaningful connection.

Another feature called Direct Connect. Say if you’re looking for a brand’s Google+ Page, just go to Google and search for +, followed by the page you’re looking for (e.g. +Honda, +Angry Birds, +Pepsi)

K-Director.com Google+ Page

Creating a Google+ Page is very simple. Just visit https://plus.google.com/pages/create and you can start to create one for your own business.

Once you completed the process, you may visit your Google+ Pages via the given link where will be placed under your name in Google+ profile page.

You’re welcomed to visit our K-Director Google+ Page and add us into your circles.

Original Post: Create a Page on Google+ by K-Director.com.

Want to run and set up a successful Adsense account to increase your earning on the fly? Whether you’re a new Adsense user or have been using it for years, there’s always more to learn.

The AdSense Academy offers 6 step-by-step learning modules which can help you to implement your ad units and run a successful AdSense account. The AdSense Academy provides checklists, videos and quizzes that you can take at the end of each module to test your knowledge.

The modules include:

1. Implement your ad units
2. Take control of your ads
3. Get paid
4. Track your success
5. Try more features and products
6. Increase traffic & grow earnings

Now, let’s have a closer look at first module in AdSense Academy.

Implement Your Ad Units

This is a very basic module for beginners. Here you will learn how to sign in to create your first ad unit in Google Adsense. After that, it teaches you how to choose a wide ad format as wider ad sizes tend to perform the best, due to their reader-friendly format.

The best performance sizes are

• the 336×280 Large Rectangle
• the 300×250 Medium Rectangle
• the 160×600 Wide Skyscraper
• the 728×90 Leaderboard

It also guides you three techniques you can use to design color palettes that will be successful for your site: blend, complement and contrast.

In the first module, you will learn how to identify the best places for your ad units. In short, refer the below guide:

Once you complete the module, you may take the quiz and test how much you’ve learned.

We’re not going to summarize all modules since you will learn better at AdSense Academy. As you check off steps you’ve completed, you’ll graduate to the next milestone.

Spend some times to learn about Google Adsense from this comprehensive modules. If you have any question regarding Google Adsense, you can always leave a comment at below and we will try to solve it for you.

Original Post: Set Up A Successful AdSense Account with Adsense Academy by K-Director.com.

Google+ (pronounced Google Plus) has quickly taken the online world by storm, with millions of users flocking to the search engine’s foray into the domain of social networking.

Featuring unique options that make it easier than ever before to connect with online friends and acquaintances, there seems to be no question that Google+ will only continue to grow in popularity over the course of the next few years.

No matter whether you’re a newbie to social networking, or simply looking to get a handle on using the newest introduction to social media, the following tips will help you get started with Google+.

Add People to Multiple Circles

The basic premise of Google+ revolves around the idea that the individuals a social media user knows all come from different areas of their life. From professional relationships with colleagues, clients, and business peers to intimate relationships with close family members, it can be difficult to keep all of your relationships managed effectively online.

Google+ simplifies the process by incorporating a feature known as “circles.” Circles contain the different people you’ve connected with on the social networking platform, and make it easy to share specific information with a targeted group of people.

For example, if you have just returned from a beach vacation in the Caribbean, Grandma might love to see your pictures, but your boss probably doesn’t need that information. You can easily share all of your favorite moments with your family members by tagging them within a specific circle, and in turn sharing the information solely with that circle. Keeping your professional and private lives separate just got a whole lot easier.

The reality is that many times the individuals with whom we associate make up several parts of our social lives. Some users may be particularly close with certain colleagues, meaning they want to allow those people to see private photos. The same colleagues may also need to be updated on work situations. This dilemma is easily solved by placing the appropriate people in both a circle of professional relations and another for close friends.

Take Part in a Virtual Hangout

If you have friends and family scattered across the planet, you are certain to appreciate the “hangouts” feature included in Google+.

Hangouts allow you to video chat with friends, and are orchestrated to take place in much the same way real-world encounters often come about. Let your friends know that you are available on video chat, and see who decides to stop by and say hello. Like every other area of Google+, you can specify who is allowed to join your hangout.

One of the coolest elements of Google+ hangouts is the ability to video chat simultaneously with multiple people. The video feeds of each participant in a particular hangout are viewable by every individual, making this a perfect option for anyone wanting to spend time online with friends. From family reunions to virtual conferences with members of your work team, the possibilities with Google+ hangouts are endless.

Spark Your Imagination

Google has used its search engine power to incorporate an awesome new way to find interesting content into its social media network.

"Sparks" are articles and video content that Google believes may be of interest to you, based on your preferences and activities. While very little is presently known about the specific algorithms that are calibrated to bring relevant information into your stream, the content generated is a great way to stay busy on Google+.

If you frequently find yourself browsing the Internet when you having nothing better to do, why not instead browse the targeted content from Sparks and see what new you discover? Of course, you can easily share anything that catches your eye with all of your friends on Google+.

Conclusion

While it remains to be seen how well Google+ will pick up steam in the months and years ahead, developers at Google are confident that the new service will pull in new users, once they discover how useful Google+ can be for their social networking needs.

No matter whether you are a casual social media user or a hardcore addict who relies on an ever-present Internet connection, staying updated with Google+ is easy as can be. Furthermore, the mobile applications for Android devices and Apple’s iOS make staying connected on the go a piece of cake.

About Author

This article is written by Kevin Moor who writes for Slow-Computers.com, a site reviewing and testing various slow computer issues.

Original Post: Take Advantage of the Best Features in Google+ by K-Director.com.

If you missed out GoMeasure with Google Analytics event (Kuala Lumpur) on 8th September 2011, you still can download the presentations here to learn how you can drive value for your business through your web analytics data.

In GoMeasure with Google Analytics event, Googlers and Google Analytics Certified Partners shared insights into how to get the most value out of Google Analytics’ new features as well as sharing site optimisation and conversion tips.

Topics covered:

• Re-thinking Measurement And Attribution
• 360° Tracking
• Defining & Measuring Goals
• Measuring the Mobile Visitor
• Measuring Social
• Measuring Trends
• Landing Pages That Work
• Designing For Conversions
• Mobile Landing Page & Site Usability Tips
• Page Speed: Light Speed Path to Conversions
• A Helping Hand: Google Analytics Certified Partner Program
• 12 for 2012
• Google Analytics 101

Highlights

We attended GoMeasure with Google Analytics event at Kuala Lumpur and learned something new and fresh. Here are highlights we think they’re very useful.

General Observations

• Across most markets, there has been a drop in the average time on site and pages per visit. Consumers are becoming less engaged in the content.
• Visitors are engaging in new ways: Mobile & Social Network

Google Analytics V5

• Easier to get the data you want
• Greater analytical flexibility
• Ready for future features and integrations
• Multi-channel funnel reports

Mobile Measurement

• What is mobile measurement
• Evaluating mobile platforms
• Measuring mobile apps visitors

Measuring Social

• What is social plugin analytics
• How to setup tracking

Measuring Trends

• Google Insights for Search
• DoubleClick Ad Planner

Landing Pages That Work

• Confirmation
• Speed
• First Impression
• Design
• Visuals & Text
• Call-to-action
• Value Proposition
• Persuasion

Designing For Conversions

• The importance of landing page design as visitors do not stay for long.

Mobile Landing Page & Site Usability Tips

• The mobile web is exploding. 4x growth in past year.
• Rule of Thumb
• Prioritize content
• White space
• Big buttons
• Easy to convert

Page Speed

• Every second of latency can change the conversion rate by 7%.
• Tracking setup
• Page speed online – http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com

If you want to know what to do with all web analytics data and turn your website to a better one, download the presentations and have a study to learn more.

Original Post: Download GoMeasure with Google Analytics Presentations by K-Director.com.

Google Docs, a free and online office suite that lets you create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere. Cloud access is convenient for most of us but it could be better if we can view and read documents in Google Docs even without an Internet connection.

In order to do that, you need install Google Docs Chrome app.

How Does It Work

Just like Offline Google Mail app, Google Docs allows you to view documents and spreadsheets as you last visited when you access Google Docs offline. A simplified interface will be displayed and most of the features are disabled.

Offline access is available only for documents and spreadsheets. At this moment, Google Docs Offline only support very limited access to your files. You’re only allowed to read Google Docs documents and spreadsheets in offline mode.

If you have some documents or spreadsheets saved in Google Docs and would like to view or read them on a flight without Internet access, Google Docs Chrome app is a must have tool for your laptop.

Original Post: Read Google Docs Document & Spreadsheet Offline [How-To] by K-Director.com.

Here’s a Chrome app which allows your email to be read, responded to, searched and achieved even without Internet access – Gmail Offline (Offline Google Mail).

Today’s world doesn’t slow down when you’re offline and it’s a great feeling to be productive from anywhere, on any device, at any time. Gmail Offline is a HTML5-powered app that’s intended for situations when you need to read, respond to, organize and archive email with or without web access.

How to Install and Use Gmail Offline (Offline Google Mail)

First of all, you need to have Google Chrome installed. After that, install Gmail Offline by using Google Chrome browser.

Click the “Add to Chrome” button to install Gmail Offline app to your Google Chrome. A confirm installation alert will be prompt up. Click “Install” to proceed.

Once you have Gmail Offline installed, you will see a icon appears in your apps list.

Click the icon to launch the app. A new Gmail interface (similar to the one when you use iPad to access Gmail) will be displayed.

Whenever you lose Internet connection, by clicking the Gmail Offline icon on Chrome’s “new tab” page, you’re allowed to access your Gmail as you last visited.

If you’re in the middle of replying an email and your Internet connection is gone, you can still continue of what you’re doing. Gmail Offline will automatically synchronize what you’ve done during offline mode whenever Chrome is running and an Internet connection is available.

According to Google, customizing the amount of email to be synchronized will be coming in the future.

Guess we gonna run Gmail Offline and load the latest unread emails before we get into plane next time .

Do you think this app is useful? Leave a comment and let us know!

Original Post: Access & Use Gmail Offline [How-To] by K-Director.com.

If you never configure your Gmail, chances are whenever you read an email in your Gmail and then delete it, you’re taken back to your inbox. Instead of taken back to inbox, it would be better if you’re redirected to next message, especially for those who have plenty of unread emails in their inbox.

Here are 2 quick tips to guide you how to archive a message and go to next/previous message with keyboard shortcuts and configure a setting in Labs.

1. Using Keyboard Shortcuts

If you’re familiar with keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, here are another 2 you should master – ] and [.

] – Archive and previous. It removes the current view’s label from your conversation and moves to the previous one.

[ – Archive and next. It removes the current view’s label from your conversation and moves to the next one.

For those who want to master all keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, you may visit this post.

2. Using Auto-advance

For people who frequently mute or delete conversations rather than archive them, Gmail provides a cool feature in Gmail Labs named “Auto-advance”, which automatically opens the next email after you archive/delete/mute the one you’re on.

To get started with “Auto-advance”, follow the steps below:

1. Login your Gmail account. Go to “Mail settings” via the button on the top right of the page.
   
2. On the top menu panel, click on “Labs”.
   
3. Look for “Auto-advance” and then click on “Enable”.
   
4. On the top menu panel, click on “General”.
5. Look for Auto-advance option. Here you can configure either go to newer or older email after archiving, deleting or muting a message.
   

These 2 quick tips will definitely increase your speed when deal with a crowded inbox. Try it out and let us know what you think.

Original Post: Delete and Go to Next Message [Gmail Tips] by K-Director.com.

Unlike Facebook, Google+ users can’t really customize a easy-to-remember URL for their profile page. If you can’t wait to have a short and sweet URL for your Google+ profile page, try PlusYa.

In short, PlusYa provides you a vanity URL for Google+ profile page and also helps you to track, share and analyze your Google+ profile traffic.

It gives you the statistics based on traffic generated via your PlusYa url. Just share the shorten URL that given by PlusYa, you’re able to know

• how much traffic your profile is getting
  
• where your visitors are located
  
• what are the traffic sources
  

The traffic overview can be displayed either over a 7 day period, or for the entire month.

How to Use PlusYa

To choose your nick name with PlusYa, first of all you must have a Google+ account. (Don’t have a Google+ account? Email us at admin@K-Director.com We will send you an invitation.)

1. Visit PlusYa.com.
2. Create your own Google+ nick name on that page and click “Connect with Google”.
   
3. You’ll be redirected to a permission approval page for PlusYa to view your essential account information and your email address. Click “Allow Access” to proceed.
4. Copy the shorten URL on right hand side and start sharing it with your friends.
   

Original Post: Get Short URL for Google+ Profile Page [How-To] by K-Director.com.

Ever think of hosting your website files on a Google server and speed up loading of web pages?

Last week, Google released an additional to the Page Speed family – Page Speed Service, which is an online service to automatically speed up loading of your web pages.

Just like other CDN services, Google Page Speed Service fetches content from your servers, rewrites your pages by applying web performance best practices and serves them to end users via Google’s servers across the globe.

All you need to do is just sign up with Google Page Speed Service and point your site’s DNS entry to Google. According to Google, the speed improvements of 25%  -60% can be achieved. Your users will continue to access your site just as they did before, only with faster load times.

Test Your Site with Google Page Speed Service

Before you sign up for this service, you can also run tests to measure and compare the speed up of your site in a few minutes.

1. Visit to http://www.webpagetest.org/compare
2. Enter the your website URL.
3. Click the Start Test button.

The test may take several minutes to complete, depending on the load on the test servers. The page will automatically refresh every 30 seconds and display the results when it is complete.

The result will show you whether your website would load faster with Google Page Speed Service. It involves loading your website by directly visiting your site and repeating the same test by loading your site through Page Speed Service.

You can click on the view test link in each column to see more details about the test run. You can click on the First View and Repeat View links to find out more details on exactly how Page Speed Service improved the loading of your page.

Under Visual Comparison, you can even view how your website would appear to load to an end user, with and without Page Speed Service.

Currently Page Speed Service is being offered to a limited set of webmasters free of charge. Pricing will be competitive and details will be made available later. You can request access to the service by filling this web form.

If you’re not accepted by Page Speed Service and looking for a way to speed up our website, you may try these 15 free plugins and tools to supercharge your WordPress blog.

Original Post: Speed Up Loading of Web Pages with Google Page Speed Service by K-Director.com.

With Google AdWords, you have the power to increase the revenue and attract new customers at the exact moment when they search for the products or services that you offer.

Apply for your risk-free US$75 voucher in three easy steps

1. Visit https://services.google.com/fb/forms/smeexpo/

2. Fill out the form on the right.
3. Google AdWords will review your submission. Once approved, Google AdWords will contact you with your free coupon code and also offer free sign-up support.

Act now to get US$75 in free advertising for your website. Respond before Friday, July 15, 2011.

Notes: In order to qualify for this offer you must be based in Southeast Asia, have a functioning business website with your own company domain, comply with all AdWords landing page and site quality guidelines, and not be an existing AdWords advertiser.

Original Post: Google AdWords US$75 Free Advertising Voucher by K-Director.com.

What Are Web Safe Fonts?

Web typography refers to fonts used for the online world. Web safe fonts specifically are fonts used in the online world which are common and available in most computer systems. If the fonts are available, it means that when users view your online content, your content will show as per how you’ve designed it and not any other way instead.

For the creative ones, here’s the problem, the list of fonts under web safe fonts is relatively small compared to the full list of available fonts in the entire world. Hence, sometimes, when you need to use some special fonts for your website or blog or any other online project, the list of available web safe fonts might not be good enough for you. One way to go around it is to design it in a JPEG instead, a no-brainer-fool-proof way of doing it and your beautiful fonts will definitely be seen just the way you want it. But by doing so, your content is not crawled by Google spiders and that’s bad news for you.

There are also those who always install new fonts on their computers and sometimes, they forget that their contents and fonts are only showing up correctly in their own browser and not on other people’s browsers because other people might not have the same fonts installed. When this happens, the computers automatically load a similar font type to display your fonts so that other people can read it. This is when all the hardwork of choosing the right font suddenly becomes wasted and your contents are published either in the wrong font, with misalignment or layout issues, or worst, read as gibberish fonts.

Therefore, when working on your online projects, make sure you use web safe fonts to ensure that your contents show exactly as how you intended them to be when other people are reading your contents.

Why Do I Need Web Safe Fonts?

Why do I need web safe fonts, can’t I just use any other common fonts like Arial and Times New Roman?

Web typography is an art by itself where different font type really gives you a very different feel. Hence, let’s take an example where you’re designing a new blog called “my hi-tech technology blog” and you’re deciding on what font to use in the header image. It’s obvious that when you’re talking about technology, you need a font type that can link with a hi-tech feel for your blog. Here are some basic options you can get this done and the pros and cons of each:

1. Just use Times New Roman or Arial or Impact, or any other fonts that are already common.
   While this is generally OK, you’re not maximising the full potentials of web typography to make the best of it. Which is OK since I would assume more than 90% of the newbie bloggers out there are doing the exact same thing anyway, but if you can do it better, why not?
2. Use Photoshop, design it as beautiful as you want and just plaster the whole header image at the top of your blog.
   While this is generally OK as well, you’re losing out on maximum SEO leverage for your blog. A typical blog platform like WordPress allows you to include your blog title and blog description ‘on top’ of your header image. By omitting these and use a header image instead, guess what Google spiders will find first when they crawl your site? You guess it, your Header JPEG instead of your keywords. Though there are ways to counter this as, well, if you can do it without even having to counter anything, why not?
3. Use Google Web Fonts, or any other fonts that are safe for web.
   This is definitely OK. I use Google Web Fonts myself. In case you’re wondering, Google has a thing called the Google Web Fonts where they have a healthy list of creative fonts that are web safe and free for you to use. If you’re looking for a hi-tech font, perhaps you can try Metrophobic,  Expletus Sans, Wire One, Vollkorn. Browse it, find one that you like and use it.

How do I use Web Safe Fonts?

This is the easiest part, select your favourite font in Google Web Fonts and type in the name of the font in your font script.

Go to your CSS file and look for the font script for whichever portion of your site or blog that needs to use the font and type in the name of the font you desire. For me, I use WordPress with a theme, and under theme options, I get to point and click my way to choosing the font I want for different portions of my blog.

I also get to choose the size and color of the font I want, all by just a few clicks of the mouse. If you need help on this area, check out your help section for whichever platform you’re using or get customer support. It’s a really simple process, I’m sure you’ll find a way to do it with ease.

BONUS TOPIC – Get a free link to your website or blog from Google!

From the Google Web Font page, look for the Tools and Documentations tab and select the drop down that says “Tell Us About Your Site“. Once you click it, you’ll get a form to tell Google about your site and provide a URL where you’ve used the Google Web Font. Here’s the most interesting question, just for the fun of it anyway – at the end of the form, they ask…

Are you happy for us to write or blog about it?

How nice of Google, duh!

As you can see, I added my blog to it, do you think it’ll ever be blogged by Google? Wishful thinking lol.

What fonts do you use for your website or blog? And while we’re at it, do you know of any unique web safe fonts for a hi-tech feel?

About Author

Kuan Yew is a Social Geek. He works as a Digital Strategist and blogs about online marketing and social marketing stuff for digital warriors. Get free tips and tricks on online marketing and social marketing from him at SocialGeekStuff.com

Original Post: 3 Important Things You Must Know About Web Safe Fonts by K-Director.com.

If any platform can bring cloud computing to web-based documents with real-time collaboration, it could be Google Docs.

Without a doubt, Google Docs is a powerful tool that giving you the flexibility to be productive from your desk, at office, or even when you’re offline. This amazing free cloud tool has helped middle-sized companies move forward successfully while keeping costs to a minimum.

Today we’re going to show you 20 most handy tools for Google Docs to enhance your user experience with this fantastic tool. Details next!

Free Tools

1. GDocBackup (Free)

   GDocBackup is simple utility to backup (export) all your documents from Google Docs™ to local disk. It’s open source freeware.

   

   

2. GDocsUploader (Free)

   GDocsUploader is a little utility to help you upload documents to Google Docs. Once you’ve logged in, uploading is as simple as dragging and dropping files onto the GDocsUploader icon.

   

   

3. OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs (Free)

   OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs (OOo2GD) is a plugin to OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (should work also with other Offices derived from OpenOffice.org) which will let you export and import your documents, spreadsheets and presentations to and from Google Docs.

   

   

4. gDocsBar (Free)

   gDocsBar is a sidebar extension for firefox, a perfect companion for Google® Docs. With gDocsBar, you can drag and drop multiple files into the sidebar to upload documents.

   

   

5. Open IT Online (Free)

   Open IT Online (Firefox add-on) allows you to open documents and images online without the need of any software to be installed. It supports Google Docs, Zoho, View Docs Online, Vuzit to edit/view documents and Snipshot, Pixlr, Sumo Paint, etc. to edit/view images.

   

6. Send to Google Docs (Free)

   Send to Google Docs (Firefox add-on) lets you view web documents in Google Docs without requiring any desktop software. It supports PDF, Microsoft Office and Open Office formats.

   

7. Gladinet Cloud Desktop (GCD) (Free)

   Gladinet Cloud Desktop (GCD) can mount web storage as local folders, including Google Docs. Users can access their web files in Windows Explorer. It delivers Web applications to desktop.

   

   

8. Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office (Free)

   Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office brings collaborative multi-person editing to the familiar Microsoft® Office experience. You can share, backup and simultaneously edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint® and Excel® documents with colleagues.

   

   

9. Google Docs Gadget (Free)

   Google Docs Gadget for Google Desktop which allows you to search and open your Google documents right from your desktop, including drag-and-drop uploading for documents.

   

10. Google Docs Android App (Free)

    Create, edit, upload and share your documents with the Google Docs app. Edits to your documents appear to collaborators in seconds.

    

11. iGoSyncDocs (Free)

    iGoSyncDocs is a desktop application(Swing based) that offers an easy way to access and synchronize files to Google Docs across multiple computers.

    

12. iGoogleBar (Free)

    iGoogleBar is a Firefox extension that adds Google Apps favicons to the Google Apps Bar, using them as triggers for the Apps’ respective iGoogle Gadgets.

    

13. gPDF (Free)

    gPDF is a handy tool to view online PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, RTF, Open Document format (ODT, ODS, ODP), CSV, SXW, SXC and SXI files. It sets links to these file formats to open with Google Docs Viewer and Zoho Viewer.

    

Paid Tools

1. GDocsDrive ($19.00)

   GDocsDrive is a powerful desktop client tool for Google Docs, which makes Google Docs truly become a Google Drive (GDrive) on your desktop by enabling you to upload your files and folders with just a single drag and drop.

   

   

2. Syncplicity (Free – $45/month)

   Syncplicity delivers powerful, easy to use file management in the cloud. Syncplicity automatically syncs your files across all your computers, backs up your data, and makes sharing files and collaborating easier than ever before.

   

   

3. OffiSync (Free – $30 per user)

   OffiSync brings together the productivity of Microsoft Office and the innovation of Google’s cloud collaboration platform. The result is a seamless experience that lets you move right from document creation to real-time collaboration and sharing.

   

   

4. Memeo Connect ($9 per year per account)

   Memeo Connect™ for Google Apps is a service that empowers Google Docs. It allows users to upload, sync, edit and share any document on Google Docs, even when you are offline. Memeo utilizes a feature called Memeo GDrive™ which allows you to access these files anytime and from anywhere.

   

   

5. GDocsOpen ($9 for 1 year license)

   GDocsOpen allows you to double-click to upload & edit your local document in Google Docs and automatically synchronizes your online changes when closed.

   

   

6. GoDocs for iPad/iPhone ($4.99)

   The Ultimate solution for Google Docs™ in iPhone and iPad.

   

7. Google Docs Backup ($10)

   Back up your Google Docs with ease — for a single user or an entire Google domain. Save a backup of files to ensure you’ll always be able to access critical documents.

   

Updates

• Google Apps Script – Google Apps Script is a JavaScript cloud scripting language that provides easy ways to automate tasks across Google products and third party services.
• Box.net – A popular online storage service, added an option that allows its users to create and edit documents and spreadsheets using Google Docs, but without leaving Box.net.
• GoDropBox – GoDropBox adds “drop box” functionality to Google Docs, once installed you can securely receive files from users directly to your Google Docs account. Free trial for up to 100 users each allocated 50MB of free data usage.
• Cyberduck – Open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files, Google Docs & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac & Windows.

Read more:

• Google Docs Now Works in Offline Mode

• How to Manage Multiple Cloud Storages on Desktop

Original Post: 20 Most Handy Tools for Google Docs by K-Director.com.

Google Labs is a website experimenting and demostrating new, wild and creative Google prototyped projects. Gmail and Google Maps are the successful creations from Google Labs.

This week, we’ve compiled 10 creative Google Labs experiments you might not know since these Google Labs experiments are not quite ready for prime time.

Details next!

1. Google Scribe

   Google Scribe provides text completion service. Using information from what you have already typed in a document, Google Scribe provides related word or phrase completion suggestions. In addition to saving keystrokes, Google Scribe’s suggestions indicate correct or popular phrases to use.

   

2. Google Flu Trends

   Explore flu trends around the world. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity.

   

3. Google Image Swirl

   Google Image Swirl organizes image search results based on their visual and semantic similarities and presents them in an intuitive exploratory interface.

   

4. Google Goggles

   Use pictures to search the web.

   

5. Google Mars

   In collaboration with NASA researchers at Arizona State University, Google has created some of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made.

   

6. Google People Hopper

   People Hopper is a new application for Orkut that lets you take your profile image and ‘morph’ it into your friend’s–using publicly available images from other Orkut users along the way.

   

7. Browser Size

   Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. This is useful for ensuring that important parts of a page’s user interface are visible by a wide audience.

   

8. Google Transliteration

   Google Transliteration allows you to type phonetically using Roman characters. Simply type a word the way it sounds in English and Google Transliteration will convert it to its local script.

   

9. Google Reader Play

   Google Reader Play is a fun, fast way to browse the most interesting items on the web, personalized just for you.

   

10. Aardvark

    Ask any question and Aardvark will discover the perfect person to answer in minutes!

    

Original Post: 10 Creative Google Labs Experiments You Might Not Know by K-Director.com.

With Google Chrome, the Web browser becomes productive ground for bloggers.

Google Chrome provides quick access to blogging tools with handy extensions which allow bloggers to research content, produce content, capture screen shot, edit images, fast bookmark and enhance SEO.

This week we’ve managed to compile 22 most wanted Google Chrome extensions, exclusively for bloggers. Details next!

1. WP Tools

   This plugin allows you to quickly access information our wordpress blog and publish new content or existing on other websites.

   

2. Blog This! (by Google)

   Add a BlogThis! button to the browser toolbar, which lets you post to your Blogger blog from any webpage with just one click.

   

3. TypePad Blog It

   Post to your TypePad blog with just one click.

   

4. Word This

   Create a post on your WordPress.com or Self Hosted WordPress Blog about the current page you’re viewing

   

5. Aviary Screen Capture

   Take a screenshot of any webpage and edit it directly in your browser with Aviary.com applications. Plus convenient access to the Aviary website and tools.

   

6. Lightshot

   Easy and convenient screen capture tool. Allows you to make screenshot of any selected area, edit and upload it to server.

   

7. Instant Image Editor

   Edit any image or background image instantly by alt + right-clicking it!

   

8. Image Cropper

   Image Cropper lets you crop images in any website on the fly.

   

9. Pixlr Grabber

   Edit, Save or Share screen grabs and images.

   

10. Webpage Screenshot

    Fast & Simple solution to save JPG screenshots of any webpage. The first extension that captures the whole page.

    

11. Split Screen

    Prompts the user for two URL addresses and then displays both in one window!

    

12. Resolution Test

    An extension for developers to test web pages in different screen resolutions, with an option to define your own resolutions.

    

13. WordPress Comments Notifier

    Be notified when you have new comments from your WordPress blog.

    

14. whos.amung.us Users Online Counter

    Shows how many people are currently on your website in accordance with our widget use.

    

15. Chrome SEO

    The Google Chrome SEO Extension. Make your SEO tasks easier with Chrome SEO Tools, includes ‘all’ the stats and data you need.

    

16. Clip to Evernote

    Evernote’s Clip to Evernote extension lets you save interesting stuff you see on the web.

    

17. Digg for Chrome

    See what is being discovered and shared on Digg.

    

18. Page Monitor

    This extension allows your browser to monitor changes to web pages for you. It can inform you whenever a particular page changes without you having to go and check every time.

    

19. Google Images Large Images

    Shows actual image size on mouse over in Google Images.

    

20. FastestChrome – Browse Faster

    Save time and enhance your productivity! Get quick definitions, auto-load next pages, search faster, and more.

    

21. Web Developer

    Adds a toolbar button with various web developer tools. The official port of the Web Developer extension for Firefox.

    

22. Zemanta

    Enhance your blog with Zemanta for Google Chrome.

    

Original Post: 22 Most Wanted Google Chrome Extensions for Bloggers by K-Director.com.