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Each of these scenarios requires two completely different sets of tools. In this article, we’ll cover both. First, we’ll cover only briefly because it’s so easy to get insight into your own site’s traffic. Only a few simple tools installed on your site are required. However, researching competitor sites is a different story. Check Your Website Traffic for Free According to the most recent research, Google accounts for a whopping 93 percent of the organic search market share, and 96% of organic searches from mobile devices....

How to Customize Outlook 2010 Fonts in the Reading Pane Open Outlook and go to the View ribbon. Click the View Settings button. Now you’ll see the Advanced View Settings window. Here there are two buttons for customizing reading pane fonts: Other Settings and Conditional Formatting. First, I’ll start with Other Settings. Other Settings Other settings are where we adjust the column headers for the reading pane. If you aren’t sure what those are, here’s a screenshot....

I disable this annoying feature right away in Windows Vista through the current version (Windows 8.1) — I just don’t need the animation effect showing me a window opening. It might seem subtle, but when its disabled, I find that the OS seems much more responsive and snappier. Disable Windows Animation in Vista and Windows 7 Click Start and type: advanced system settings into the search field and hit Enter....

Windows 10 Microsoft hopes to have Windows 10 running on 1 billion systems within three years. An admirable goal, but one that does not take into account the requirements of the user. Windows 10 shares a lot in common with Windows 8.1; it is a smooth experience upgrading from that release. For Windows 7 users, the story might be a little different. Some older applications just work better with the older versions....

At the time of this article, over 500,000 users have switched to Feedly after getting the news about Google axing Reader. Feedly for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari Browsers Just navigate to the Feedly homepage in Firefox, Safari, or Chrome and click the button to install it. No matter which browser or mobile device it’s installed on, you need to allow Feedly access to your Google Reader account. After it’s installed, you can open it using the Feedly button next to your browser’s address bar in Firefox....

Empty the Recycle Bin One of the easiest ways to free up drive space is to empty the Recycle Bin. Over time you delete tons of files and documents but they aren’t permanently deleted. They are held in the Recycle Bin until you empty it. This gives you a chance to recover a missing file or document in case it’s accidentally deleted. But over months, those items can accumulate and quickly eat up disk space....

The error message: “Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.” as it turns out can be caused by several different reasons. Let’s fix it! There are two main reasons why you might hit the error message above: The text of the Outlook error message is located in the Windows Registry....

Pacific Wings is free from the iTunes App Store – supported by iAds. You’ll have iAds on the bottom of the screen on the main menu, and one will show each time your plane is blown up. It has a great soundtrack and sound effects for this type of game. Using headphones will help you immerse yourself in the experience. This game is a lot of fun, and the iAds aren’t too intrusive to the action....

Microsoft has released a Free Windows 7 eBook/Magazine based on Resource Kit and Technet magazines covering topics on Planning for and Deploying Windows 7. It also touches on App Compat and common issues – so you as an IT tech should be aware. I just started turning the pages, and so far, it’s a good read. Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance [via LifeHacker.com] Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

Sega Forever is a “free and growing classic games collection of nearly every SEGA game ever released.” The first batch of free games was released yesterday for iOS and Android. Check them out over at forever.sega.com: Sonic the HedgehogAltered BeastPhantasy Star IIKid ChameleonComix Zone Sega Forever plans to release new games every month. Each game has classic gameplay and support for Bluetooth controllers, leaderboards, offline play, and the ability to save your game progress....

Classic Shell for Windows 8 You can download Classic Shell from SourceForge. Installation is easy following the install wizard and it doesn’t try to sneak in any crapware which is always a plus! After it’s installed, you’ll see the Classic Shell Start button in the position you’d expect it to be. The first time you click on it, a screen comes up so you can pick the menu style you want as well as other settings....

What is Ghostery? The plug-in is available for Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. You can pick it up from the link below for all browser types. Download Ghostery – As goes with all plug-ins, installation is so simple that we won’t cover it. Once you get it installed, it will start working right away. Whenever you visit a site that has trackers on it, Ghostery will display a small purple pop-up in the top-right corner of the page....

Image | Ben Baranovs Here’s some of the photos Google shared on its Google+ Project Glass stream. From the looks of things, photo quality has improved and the glasses are able to take steady video. Check out this short video clip of a Google Project team member wearing the glasses and jumping on a trampoline. The user is even doing backflips — which demonstrates the steady quality the glasses prototype are capable of....

Previously you would choose to sign in to Chrome to sync bookmarks, passwords, and history between devices. But with Chrome 69, if you just logged in quick to check your Gmail, it will automatically log you into the browser. Google Reversing Course for Chrome 70 In a recent blog post, Google revealed it will give users control over the web browser experience in Chrome version 70, which is expected to rollout mid-October....

This will happen on April 30 (basically in a month + a few days), and, as interesting an idea it seemed at first, I can’t say that I’ll miss it. It could have been a really useful collaborative tool, but it never caught on so it’s going into internet limbo. It’s already read-only, so you can’t create any new waves. Still, you can (until April 30) export your existing Waves to PDF or HTML....

Try this if you want a quick and easy way to find a driver for your obscure device. Find Missing Hardware Drivers Easily in Windows 10 If you see exclamation signs in the Device Manager, it likely means you need to update the driver software. An easy way to find a particular driver is by searching the web using the hardware ID. In Device Manager, right-click the hardware device, then click Properties....

At the beginning of the year we mentioned that Google and some of the other big names on the internet were teaming up for an IPv6 test run. Now, it’s here. We have roughly 4 hours until IPv6 day starts; which could be either June 7 or June 8 depending on where you live in the world. For most people, you probably won’t even notice that this is happening. But, for all the network techs and geeks out there this is a pretty big deal....

Downloading You can click here to directly download the script, or click here to check out the full post about the script, which explains a bit more about how the script works. A few commentators have even shared their own versions of the script with various modifications and tweaks, so there are plenty of options available. Using The Script After you download the script, move it to a convenient location you will remember....

Windows 8 Modern-style Control Panel See how much different Control Panel is in Metro? It’s actually called PC Settings but is essentially the Control Panel for the modern / metro-style interface. It’s fine, controlling that aspect of Windows 8 for tablets or other touchscreen devices. But on the desktop, I still like to use the traditional-style. Traditional Control Panel on Desktop From the Desktop or the Windows Start Screen, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + X to bring up the so-called power user menu....

In any Office app, open the File ribbon. From the File menu click the Options button. In the Options window click the Language tab. Use the drop-down menu titled “Add additional editing languages” to select the language you prefer and then click Add. That’s it! It’s added. You can now use your newly added editing language to spell check for words written in that language. Keep in mind that there’s a good chance your language won’t be supported as usually only English and Spanish are the defaults....