Google Blogger Updates

As of December 2008 the mass coolness of some of the Google blogger Updates is quite staggering. You can now import and export to and from your Google Blogspot blog :) Wooooot! to Google :)

Merge 2 or more blogs together into one, move individual posts from blog to blog, cross publish your posts on multiple blogs, or transfer large batches of posts from one blog to another with a single click :) Neato! Back up your blogs to your own storage or hard drive and transfer content to and from other blogging platforms as well. Just go to the Settings Basic tab of your Blogger once you are logged in.

Mobile Blogging is fairly new as well and the tutorial on Blogger Buzz explains it all.

The newest gadgets (widgets for your sidebar) at Blogspot are the Blog List (which Rocks!) it allows you to import your Google Reader which acts as a live refresher for your blog (much like adding fresh content). Display a list of other Bloggers that follow your blog with the Followers Gadget :) Add a slide show from Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, or other slide show site from a keyword or album name with an option to open the link in a new window so your visitors can easily get back to your blog. The new subscription Link is brilliant. You no longer have to rely on sites like FeedBurner to get a subscription going from your blog :)

These listed were only some of the Basic Sidebar additions to Blogspot :) Click on the Add Gadget link in your Layout area and see some of the categories as well for things like search for widgets, News, Tools, Communication, Finance, Sports, and more.

The new Reactions addition is also brilliant :) Locate this new addition by viewing your Layout page and clicking on Layouts Area, Page Elements, Edit in the Blog Posts Element, then check the box next to Reactions and change the default Reactions if you wish :) You will need to change from Classic Template to Layout to use reactions.

Picasa for Mac and Picasa Movie editing is also exciting news.

Don't forget to subscribe to sites like Google Buzz and Google's Official Blogsite here at Blogger :)

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google me :)

Google Health

The Google Health area of the Google Services puts You in charge of Your Health information! It is Safe, Secure, and Free. You can gather your Medical Records from Doctors, Hospitals, and Pharmacies to keep your Doctors, Yourself, and Your Family up to date on your health. Also kept informed about the important health issues of today.

Google Health is still in the Beta Stage at present but will most likely emerge with flying colors to graduate into the additions of Google Services.

Google Health puts you in charge of your health information. It's safe, secure, and free.

* Organize your health information all in one place
* Gather your medical records from doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies
* Keep your doctors up-to-date about your health
* Be more informed about important health issues


Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me :)

Google Services iGoogle

With the "Mad" choices of themes and new "Artisit Themes" now available for your gift from Google, iGoogle is your page built by you, for you, no friend sharing, only for you, to house your interests for you. Neato! Not a blog that you create for visitors, but a page to relax with your stuff, your research, your interests, a place to sort of refresh from the masses of the net, a private apartment of sorts.

iGoogle gadgets are outstanding, set up an entire page with your chosen gadgets like a Spanish Teaching Gadget for students and teachers, a Nintendo Gadget for all you gamers (like me), I Love NY Pic of the Day gadget, Presidents Weekly Radio Address gadget, blog gadgets to keep up with all of your favorite social network blogs, and many more to add to pages on your iGoogle site :)

Addition 8/15/2008: Visit My Friend Doug Gordons Blog Post For Some Updates on iGoogle

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me ;)

Google Me Base

Have You Gotten Familiar With Google Base Yet?

If you are in any type of sales be it Real Estate, products or services you need to visit, use and explore Google Base.

From Jobs, Services, Book Descriptions, Events, Activities, Hotels, Reviews, People Profiles, Recipes, Physicians, to Vehicles Google Base gets you started posting items one at a time, data feed, or API. Get connected to Google Services and Google Base and Google will get you off and running!

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me :)

Google Me Blog Lists Updates

Yet another of the coolest tools with Blogger! Blogspot is the easiest blogsite to get started with and to maintain. And with every new release and update, I get more thrilled about Googles Blogger! Check this out:

"Show off your favorite blogs with a Blog List
Today we’re releasing a new page element for Layouts blogs: Blog List. The Blog List improves on our Link List page element by using blogs’ RSS and Atom feeds to show update times, post titles, and snippets.

Use a Blog List to put a blogroll in your sidebar, or make a few to categorize the blogs you read. The Blog List works well for any page that has an RSS or Atom feed, so you can get creative: link to news sites, podcasts, Twitter streams, search results, or anything else with a feed."
READ MORE: http://buzz.blogger.com/2008/06/show-off-your-favorite-blogs-with-blog.html

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me

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