Geek Shout

If you know your way around computers and the Internets chances are you’re constantly being asked technical questions, sometimes out of need other times out of curiosity. Most of them are about the Internet and how it works, and ironically the answer to them is always on the Internet.
How Google Works is a short SWF [...]

Based on a spider, the service at xml-sitemaps.com will generate the increasingly popular XML sitemaps for free, up to 500 pages. Chances are, if your website has more than 500 pages, it is not a static website and you should have your sitemap generated based off your database or a plugin, if you’re using a [...]

Recently Google researched the effect that an increase in a page’s loading time has over its visitors. They concluded that even an increase as little as 300ms has a significant impact on the user’s browsing behavior. In the 6-week experiment, 0.2 to 0.6% less searches were performed as a result of the .3 second increase [...]

Apple and Google have been going at it for the past few years, more so than Microsoft and Apple or Microsoft and Google. Starting from the iPhone and ending with the iPad, the rivalry between the two companies is seen to benefit the consumers. The free economy at its best.