Google Apps Marketplace – Become an App Ninja

Google Apps Marketplace – Become an App Ninja

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Google Docs: How to add a Collection

Google Docs: How to add a Collection

How to add a Collection

To create a collection, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Create new button at the top left of your Documents List.
  2. Select Collection from the drop-down menu.
  3. In the screen that appears, place your cursor over the field labeled New Collections and enter a name.

The collection you created now appears in both the My collections section on your left, and in your Documents List. If you want to create a second collection inside the first, then use the drop-down arrow to the right of your collection and select New – Collection

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Wayne Johnson Scam / 206-337-3198

It seems Wayne Johnson (and now Thomas Lambert) are sending scam messages.

Message Example 1:

Good day,
we require to know if you can supply some cabinetry for us.We’ll like to know the types and dimensions of cabinetry that you do have in your outfit so that we can make a choice,and also advise if you accept credit card as a form of payment,wish you all the best in business and we’ll be looking forward on hearing from you soon.
best regards
Wayne Johnson

Message Example 2

Reported here via Laura Thomas.
Laura says: I have gotten quite a few emails from this person. The phone numbers are bogus, and I am pretty sure that he has been wasting my time for a week trying to get some kind of information from me.

From: wayne johnson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 4:59 PM
To: ALM Fine Cabinetry

Subject: Re: product info

Sounds good.I will like you to use the details below and prepare a formal quote for us so that we can proceed further :

New Mission Foundation Center (newly established)
1006 Meadowlane Dr.
Sturgis,MI,49091
P : 248-562-8725
F : 206-337-3198

Wayne Johnson
620 S Amos Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
P : 626-692-8364

We’re working on a commercial project,these units are going to be shipped to one of our newly established project branch located in Singapore and we’ll be recommending you with a freight company to come and pick the units at your location.What lead time are we looking at.How long have you been in business?

best regards

Wayne Johnson

Don’t respond to “Wayne” – this is a SCAM e-mail targeted at cabinet makers.

Did you get a similar e-mail? Leave a message in the comments below.

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Podio – You have pending members

If you’re getting the “You have pending members” message from Podio, I believe the easiest remedy is to contact podio support at [email protected]

I’ve checked my podio several times without finding any way to remove “pending” members myself – actually because I don’t have any members who are pending.

Podio - You have pending members

And Podio support replies:

You will not get this message anymore as people that are invited to spaces now automatically are added to them.

You have pending members. You have member(s) that didn’t respond to your invitation(s) yet.
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Multiple Post Thumbnails Plugin Broken (and Fixed)

The Multiple Post Thumbnails plugin is not working for me using WP 3.2.1.

Apparently the function can not determine the ID of the related post with the current setup, that happens around line 190, “public static function get_the_post_thumbnail”

My proposed solution is to change this:

global $id;
$post_id = (NULL === $post_id) ? $id : $post_id;

Wordpress Multiple Post Thumbnails Plugin Broken

to this:

global $id;
global $post;

$post_id = (NULL === $post_id) ? $id : $post_id;

if(!$post_id){
if(!empty($post->ID)){
$post_id = $post->ID;
}
}

Wordpress Multiple Post Thumbnails Plugin Broken Fix

It’s not 100% clean but it’s fairly easy to read and it work for me.

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Mac Desktop Photos Folder Location

If you’re wondering where the desktop photos and wallpapers are found on OS X, look no further…

Mac Desktop Photos Folder Location

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AdSense Newsletter August 2011

AdSense Newsletter August 2011

Hello,
In this issue, we’re bringing you new tools to keep track of your site’s and ads performance and a helpful policy update.- Google +1 for websites reporting- Policy update on iframes

– New platforms performance report
– Multi-dimension reporting

Tip of the Month

+1 Reporting is now available

In our last issue we told you all about the
http://click.comms.doubleclick.com/?qs=839ef927a0d3ab688e6ec939c38261d42daddeb092a30a3668c9f1a485fa0f1d
+1 button and
how it can help you drive more and better qualified traffic to your
site. This time, we’re excited to share the new reporting tools Google
has designed to help you keep track of your +1 activity.
The best place to find out how the +1 button is performing isin
http://click.comms.doubleclick.com/?qs=839ef927a0d3ab68cd279ed15b71b87498ac5df788655d88710f652a3109de00
Google Webmaster Tools .
You can get more information on how much additional organic search traffic the +1 button is bringing to your pages, how many times your pages have been +1’d by your users and
demographic information for those users.
If you haven’t done so already, you’ll need to verify your site on Google Webmaster Tools to get access to these features.
In addition to this, Google Analytics is offering the new
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Social Plug-in Analytics tool.
This will give you insight into the different types of actions taking
place in your site once users reach it. You’ll be able to compare
behavior between users who +1 your pages and those who don’t, as well as
track other social actions and see which pages are driving the highest
number of them.

Platforms Performance Report

You can now access a brand new report in your AdSense account. It allows you to see which platforms your visitors are using to access your site and the breakdown of your earnings according to each platform; desktop, high-end mobile devices, and other mobile devices.
Learn
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how to use it to optimize your site.

Regards,The AdSense Optimisation Team

Policy Updates

We recently clarified the language in our
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program policies to ban the misuse of iframes that alter behavior targeting or the appearance of AdSense ads.
We published
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this blog post to explain the reasoning behind this policy and examples of inappropriate use of iframes.

Multi-dimension Report

A new powerful feature called multi-dimension reporting is now available in the new interface. You can now add dimensions to your performance reports to sort and view data across multiple dimensions, including viewing a channel by date or an ad unit by targeting type.

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Check out this post to learn more about how to interactively explore your data and gain performance insights.

More about AdSense
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Inside AdSense Blog
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AdSense Forum
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AdSense Help Center
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AdSense on YouTube

(c) 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

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PayPal – Can’t Select Credit Card

If you can’t select a credit card when you’re checking out with PayPal, it’s because the amount in your PayPal balance is greater than the amount of the purchase price. PayPal only allows you to select an option to use the existing account balance or to make an instant transfer from a bank account. This is annoying.

PayPal - Can't Select Credit Card

To remedy this, you need to reduce the amount of money in your PayPal account. You can do this by transferring funds into your bank account.

PayPal - Can't Select Credit Card

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How to (ineffectively) contact Google Checkout

I recently completed a feedback survey that Google Checkout sent me after I tried to use their contact form twice. Below is the feedback survey, followed by their e-mail response.

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Re: [#839702105] I am reporting a problem not mentioned on the contact form

Hello,

We'd be more than happy to assist you and answer your question. However,
to protect your privacy and security, we're unable to respond to this
inquiry because the Google Checkout Merchant ID you've provided is not
associated with the email address you've provided.

Your account and payment security is our highest priority. One aspect of
our security safeguards is that we don't release certain account
information without a way of identifying the recipient of that
information.

We ask you to resubmit your request with an email address and Merchant ID
associated with the Google Checkout account about which you're inquiring
at http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/request.py?ara=1&ctx=emm

A Merchant ID is a unique, numeric code assigned to your business by
Google. The Merchant ID must be associated with one of the email addresses
stored in your Google Checkout account.

Here's how to find your Google Checkout Merchant ID:

1. Sign in to your Checkout merchant account at
http://checkout.google.com/sell/ctx=emm
2. Click the 'Settings' tab.
3. Click 'Integration'. Your Merchant Key and ID will appear under
'Account information'.

Sincerely,

The Google Checkout Team

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Google Bans Adwords use for Facebook

You can no longer use Google Adwords to advertise things on Facebook. If you have anything that is related to Facebook and want to promote it, you will first need to get it approved by the Adwords team.

I learned about this from a friend who has founded a social media marketing company who was trying to do some advertising. He sent me a transcript of the phone conversation he just had with a Google Adwords representative so I could share it here.


Caller: Hello, I am calling because I received a promotion to advertise our company on Adwords.

Google Adwords Rep: Hello, let me just get your name, email address, and website please.

Caller: ____, _____, and _____.

Google Adwords Rep: What is it that your company does?

Caller: We assist small businesses establish an effective presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Google Adwords Rep: Alright well I will actually have to check with my higher up to get this approved because we recently stopped running Adwords for Facebook.

Caller: You did? Why?

Google Adwords Rep: Yes, well we are currently in a fierce legal battle with Facebook so we have started screening our Adwords. We are turning down adwords that promote Facebook. I will email you within the next two days to let you know whether or not your Adwords campaign is approved.

Maybe that fierce legal battle, which they are not discussing the details of, is related to Facebook’s advertisements, or the new Google Plus One service, which looks very similar to Facebook. I welcome comments about this.

The Google Plus Stream Looks a lot like Facebook

The Google Plus Stream Looks a lot like Facebook

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