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I can’t say that I would be sad if they did.

The YouTube site is worth over $1.6 billion. Google has already absorbed so many other websites it’s scary. The Google Video section already has a tie in to Myspace so that you can post videos straight from Google to your Myspace blog.

Hopefully the YouTube execs will realize that this merger is not necessarily in their best interests. The reasoning behind this conclusion is my own. I don’t think we need one huge myspace/google/youtube video source. Competition and variety is good. The reason Google and Ebay didn’t forge an alliance is because of the “monopolistic” venture it would have become. Google should be happy that it has nearly all the bases covered with the many sections it has to offer the public and stop trying to absorb the rest of the free internet.

A theory…my theory alone:

Google is the vehicle of the antichrist…
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Firefox 2 is on the brink of final release, but there has been a lot of talk about the major problem with the browser: memory. Mozilla Firefox is, and has been, the kind of browser that totally bombards your system by stealing much from the memory resources. The browser runs slowly, lags behind, has many errors because of the lag, and generally steals your memory until you fully close the entire browser. Closing tabs does not make a difference.

The competition, Internet Explorer 7, has been getting a lot of praise…much of which comes from former FF users who have since switched. Why? Less loading time, less memory wasted, overall better performance.

Opera is also about to release it’s 9th version. This browser has long overshadowed Firefox in performance and usability.

So the big question: how do they compare? Take a look at this chart . One must wonder who will win in the big browser wars.

Only time will tell.

Linux has an operating system that is called Ubuntu. It is apparently a totally free OS. You can either download straight from the site, or get disks sent to you at no charge in the mail. I think it’s pretty neat that they are giving away an operating system with free support forums and a website that is based solely on making sure the users get the most out of Ubuntu.

The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.

That comes straight from the Ubuntufront page. It only takes you a few moments to check around the site and see that this is true.

I love the multicommunity feel of Ubuntu. I have ordered a cd for my Windows XP computer and my Macintosh. I hope that I can put it on the Mac and see what happens. The screenshots have thinking that this OS is like butter.

Recently on CNEt, there was an article about Canonical trying to get money for Ubuntu.

Honestly, I think that Canonical should leave it alone and let Ubuntu stay free for all.

Special thanx to TechMusicGospel for bringing all this to my attention.

There are many sites out there that will give you advice on how to optimize your site for search engines. I have begun a page on Bulletproofsoul.info for free search engine submission sites. I am also privy to a lot of sites that will help you to get your site recognized, boost rankings, and make it easier for you to promote yourself and your product.

Apogee is an Austin based Search Engine Optimization site that has a free search engine marketing analysis. The site also features a page of downloads and resources for those of us who want to learn how best to present our websites to the world.

Bruce Clay’s site offers tutorials on how to make sure your site is at its highest potential to be found on search engines. Site ranking is key. In order to be seen, you must be able to be found by search engines. Word of mouth and submission to lots of search engines is not enough, and this site promises to tell you how.

Wikipedia has a definition of SEO, or search engine optimization, that will help you grasp what it is and why it’s so important.

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