Archives for June 2008

Firefox Speed Tweaks

Firefox is one of the fastest browsers out there, but you can make it even faster by applying the following tweaks:

Type “about:config” into your Firefox address bar, you’ll see a config page load up in your browser window;
Change “network.http.pipelining” to “true” (by right clicking and selecting “toggle”);
Change “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”;
Increase “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to “8″ (by right […]

23 June 2008 | Browsers | No Comments

The Google Porn Game: Redux

This was featured on this blog several months ago until I deleted everything. Something funny that I have noticed about Google Images is that when you type in practically any female first name with SafeSearch turned off, chances are you’ll get a lot of porn images. It is fiendishly difficult to search for […]

13 June 2008 | Google, fun & games | 3 Comments

Google Updates Snippets Using Uncached Content

While doing some research and looking at the SERPs for “fridge freezers”. I was surprised to see Google pulling in content that wasn’t yet in its cache for a snippet for Co-op Electrical Shop’s fridges page listing. You can look at the screenshot and see that the snippet below the listing for “Refrigeration […]

12 June 2008 | Google, SEO | No Comments