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For those of you who like buying good .com names, here is one that should catch your eyes! PageStrength.com is for sale… Now who is going to argue that “Page Strength” isn’t the next PageRank?!

http://www.pagestrength.com

Google has recently launched a customisable search engine and it can be plugged into your site too.

There are a number of tools that you can use to generate code for adding a search box and the results to your site. The look and feel can be adjusted to match you site colours too. Adding this Google search engine to your site is a great way to add a search feature to your site. I have tested it out in my directory.

Another great feature is that you can add exactly what sites you would like your search engine to source the results from. You can then keep to a specific topic and use only sites on that topic.

You can also plug your Adsense account details into the search engine and earn revenue from ad clicks… thanks Google for sharing the love!

Congrats to Nico on his site 43ads - it is October’s Site of the Month!

This site caught my attention as it is the that I have seen with this concept and both its XHTL and CSS validates.

For a little info on this site: there are basically 43 advertising spots on the main page of this site and it uses a bidding system to rank the sites. The interesting part about this while system is that if you get bumped to the 44th spot by other sites out bidding you, you receive a full refund PLUS the difference between your position on the one above you. Check the “About” page for full details.

Nice on Nico! The usual prise has been added to you listing… well done!

Listing in directory…

Today I was prompted by my Windows update manager to download and install Internet Explorer 7. I think it is an interesting way to push out their new web browser (as an update / upgrade). The advice text:

“This free upgrade to Internet Explorer for genuine Windows customers offers improvements such as: enhanced security to help protect you from malicious software and fraudulent websites; a cleaner look, including tabs for browsing multiple pages in one window; features to make everyday tasks such as printing and searching the web easier. This upgrade preserves your current home page, search settings, favorites, and compatible toolbars, and can be uninstalled if you decide to do so.” - automatic updates manager.

No doubt this “upgrade” will reset or try to reset the default browser on the pc back to IE7 (if it is not set to IE already) in an attempt to recapture those that have set any competitors as their default choose.

How is IE7 going to make printing and searching the web any easier I ask you!?

I am so glad that the upgrade is going to “preserves your current home page, search settings, favorites, and compatible toolbars, and can be uninstalled if you decide to do so“! [hint of sarcasm]

I am reluctant to continue with the upgrade. As a web developer, I am continually testing pages that I build in all the browsers, making sure that they display the page as intended. If I upgrade, I am sure to lose IE6. I will find out how to have multiple versions of IE on my pc for testing purposes and blog it.

Ending on a good note… I hear that this release of IE7 is more stable and includes all the features. Check out MS at EI7 for more info and for downloading Internet Explorer.