Briefs: CustomizeGoogle New Release; Open Yahoo; Portico News; Tracking Political Buzz in the U.S.
CustomizeGoogle the robust and popular add-on for Firefox is online with a new release (V0.63) Included in the new release:
+ Added : Stream Google Images search result pages
+ Update: Google Suggest should now also be working on google.com/firefox and google.com/ig
+ Update: Image search sites were updated with DeviantART and Photobucket
+ Update: "Rewrite links to point directly to images" at Google Images was slightly changed
Some of the many features CustomizeGoogle also offers include:
+ Ability to turn Ads/Sponsored Results on and off***
+ Add other web engines to results pages (An easy way to get a variety of results and features from a variety of engines, also useful in training sessions)
+ Block Google Analytics cookies
+ Add a result counter in search result
+ Stream Google search result pages
+ Sticky Google Preferences and many more.
*** UPDATE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal (via News.com)
Note: CustomizeGoogle is one of MANY products both free and fee-based that will block advertising from various sites. CustomizeGoogle, like its name says, only works with Google.
The states covered by the service include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. A similar service was introduced earlier this summer in California.
+ Tracking Political Buzz in the U.S..
An excellent compilation of resources from Matt Hurst.
Although not offering a politcal only site at the moment, BlogPulse is also worth a look. Of course, forums and message boards also track politics so make sure to add BoardReader, BoardTracker
See Also: More Buzz Monitoring Services in these posts. 1 ||| 2.
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