How to Disable / Remove most visited & recently closed tabs in Firefox / chrome after google toolbar installation

January 25th, 2011 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Howtos

It is sometimes annoying to see the most visited pages and recently closed tabs when you open a new tab in firefox. This happens when you install google toolbar on your firefox or chrome browser. You may not be able to find an option to disable this feature in firefox options since this feature is added by google toolbar. There is a simple trick to disable this feature. (more…)

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Merge Multiple PDF to a single file – free PDF tools

November 23rd, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools

pdfIf you need to combine multiple PDF file for the reason of sending it as a single document or un-cluttering the folders, these are the two good options available on internet. One is online version and other is downloadable version. (more…)

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How to reduce bounce rate of your website

November 16th, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Blogging Tips

bouncing_ballBounce rate is the number of visitors who just visit your landing (entrance) page and leave your blog/website without exploring any other pages. This is so unlucky that many of them have more than 70 % bounce rate , that means out of 100 users 70 of them leave your website just after reading one page. There are few simple tips which can be deployed to reduce this.
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Test and Check Website Load Time and Speed improvement tips

October 27th, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Blogging Tips, Tips & Tools

website speed check and testIf your website is not loaded within 8-10 seconds the probability to lose your visitors are 60 % . So if your website  loading speed is very low then you may have to rethink about the redesigning and optimization of your website, or sometimes moving to a faster server would also solve this problem.  To act accordingly, important thing is to analysis whether your website is really slow ,  following are the free tools available on internet to check website speed (more…)

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Desktop App and Reminder for Google Calendar – GMinder

October 22nd, 2009 by Giridhar | 4 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools, Windows

Another cute little application which sits on your taskbar and remind you about important tasks and events. GMinder synchronize with Google calender and notify you about the important task and appointments.This tool downloads your events and hence it can work offline which is another feature of this utility. (more…)

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Free Upload youtube videos from desktop

October 21st, 2009 by Giridhar | 4 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools

youtubeYouTube is one of the best video sharing website. The most important feature missing is it doesn’t have a desktop client which help us to upload the videos directly from our PC or laptop.This cute free tools helps you to upload videos to your youtube account from desktop. (more…)

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10 ways to relieve your stress and be more productive – relaxing and de stressing techniques

October 12th, 2009 by Giridhar | 4 Comments | Filed in GTD, Health

stressGetting rid of stress is equal to increasing productivity, here are the few simple technique to de-stress yourself. Try out and let me know your comments (more…)

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7 common mistakes while you write an email which should be avoided

October 7th, 2009 by Giridhar | 1 Comment | Filed in Interviews, Tips & Tools

7 common mistakes while you write an email which should be avoided

emailI had published 20 tips for writing professional emails earlier, now these are the common mistakes made while we send emails, which should be avoided. (more…)

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Google wave beta video, features and invite

October 1st, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools

google waveWe had mentioned about Google wave in our earlier article.  Now Google wave is available to the selected users now at http://wave.google.com (more…)

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How to map a network drive from windows command prompt

September 26th, 2009 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools, Windows

How to map a network drive from windows command prompt

I had a daily requirement of copying few files and folders to few network folders, so for that purpose , I need to clean those folders daily and then copy the files. It was time consuming to go to each folder and delete contents so I used following script. (more…)

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