Migrate to a New Google Account

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How to Migrate Your Entire Google Account to a New One

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Source: lifehacker.com

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Whether you finally decided to shed sassyhacker957@gmail.com for a more professional handle or you want to swap Google accounts for less embarrassing reasons, Google doesn't have a built-in system for migrating your data to a new account.

A lot of us have a ton of data stored in Google's services, but if you want to migrate to a new Google account, you'll need to do some digging.

Here's how to migrate your data from Google's most popular services (Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Blogger, and YouTube) from your current account (hereafter referred to as "Account 1") to your new account (hereafter, "Account 2") while incurring the least amount of data loss.

A few of the services (such as Google Reader) adhere to some fairly universal import/export standards that make it easy, whereas other services (such as newer YouTube accounts) may require you to start from scratch to keep full functionality.

In these few cases, we'll note what you can do and what you'll lose by using that method instead of starting over.

Note: Unfortunately, Google Apps has still not caught up to regular Google Accounts in terms of available services.

While some of these (such as Calendar and Documents) will work for migrating to a Google Apps account, other services (such as Reader or Voice) are still not available to Google Apps at this time.

I'll note where the service is not available to Apps users, as well as when they need to go through a different process of migrating that particular service.

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Migrating Gmail

Migrating all your email from one Gmail account to another is a fairly involved process---and one which we detailed in our guide to changing your Gmail account without losing your email.

So hit up that original guide for your Gmail migration, then come back for the rest.

Google Calendar

There are two ways to migrate your Google Calendar.

One of them takes a bit longer, but we'll only use that method for your main calendar (the one that, by default, is named after your Gmail address).

All of the sub-calendars, or "delegates", of the account are easier to migrate, so we'll do that second.

To migrate your main calendar, go into your Google Calendar settings and click on the Calendars tab.

You'll see an option to export all your calendars, at once, to your hard drive in iCalendar format.

Export them to your drive and unzip them if necessary.

Next, go to your new account (it's easiest to have each account logged into Google in a separate browser), go to Settings> Calendar Settings> Calendars and create a new one.

Name it whatever you like, click Create Calendar, and then hit the import button at the bottom of the page.

Choose the .ical file corresponding to your main calendar and upload it, choosing the empty Google Calendar you just created as its destination.

You'll see that it shows up in calendar view.

If you have more calendars you want to import beyond the default, we're just going to share them with the other account.

Go back to the Calendars tab of Account 1's settings and hit the "Share This Calendar" button next to a calendar.

Type in the Account 2's address and hit Enter.

Change the permissions in the drop-down window to "Make Changes AND Manage Sharing" and hit Save.

Account 2 will receive an email saying that you've shared a calendar, and provide a confirmation link.

The first time you receive an invitation, you'll need to click on this link, but afterward the calendar will just show up automatically.

You can then go back to the Calendars tab of your new account's settings, hit the "Shared: Edit Settings" link and remove Account 1 at the bottom, by clicking the trash can icon.

(This removes Account 1 from sharing the calendar, so Account 2 is left with full ownership of the calendar.)

Repeat this for each of your calendars and you'll have migrated everything you need.

This method works for both regular Google accounts as well as Google Apps.

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Google Docs

If you're migrating to a regular Google account, transferring your Google Docs is easy.

Just select all the documents you want to migrate, go to the More Actions drop down menu, and choose Change Owner.

Type in Account 2's address in the box that comes up.

You'll see all your documents in Account 2.

Unfortunately, Google Docs does not allow you to change the owner to someone of a different domain, meaning migrating your documents to a Google Apps account takes a bit longer.

Select all the documents you want to transfer, go to the More Actions drop down, and click on Export.

This will compress all the documents into a zip file and download it to your hard drive.

Afterward, you can go to Account 2 and hit the Upload button in the top left corner, and choose all the documents you just downloaded.

It'll take a bit longer, but you still won't lose any functionality or data, which is nice.

Note that any documents for which you are a collaborator but not the owner will not transfer correctly with either of these methods; you'll need to contact the owner of those documents and tell them to re-share them with your new account.

Google Reader

Migrating your RSS feeds is probably the easiest part of this process, but it unfortunately only works with regular Google accounts (since Apps accounts do not have access to Reader).

Just go into Google Reader's settings and click on the Import/Export tab.

At the bottom, you'll see a link that says "Export Your Subscriptions as an OPML File" which will download a single file to your computer containing all of your feeds.

Click on this link, and then go to the same Import/Export tab in Account 2's Settings.

This time, click the Choose File button and navigate to the file you just downloaded.

After uploading this file, all your feeds should show up in Reader.

Note that this won't sync your read and unread counts, nor will it sync your starred or shared articles, so you'll have to re-star anything you still want to reference (and re-friend anyone you follow on Reader).

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Migrating Blogger

Migrating your Blogger account will be similar to Calendar and Docs, but with a few caveats.

Sign into your current Blogger account, go to Settings, and hit the Permissions tab.

Click the Add Authors button and type in Account 2's address.

You'll get an email notification in that account's inbox, so head over to your other browser and accept the invitation to become an author of that blog.

Once you've done so, you can remove Account 1 from the blog by clicking the remove link next to its address.

Note that when you do this, Account 1's posts will stay up as they were before.

However, if you delete your original Google account, all the pictures will turn into broken images.

You could re-upload and re-post all the pictures, but honestly, there's no reason to delete the account outright, even if you never plan on using the Gmail address again.

In fact, I've found that having an old Google Account makes a handy address to direct all your spam.

Unfortunately, you can only migrate your YouTube account if you created it before May 2009.

If you are one of these lucky folks, though, it's quite easy.

When GrandCentral became Google Voice, Google provided a path for users to switch accounts since many people associated their GrandCentral account with the wrong Google Account.

Send an email to Whitson Gordon, the author of this post, at whitson@lifehacker.com.

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How Google Chrome OS Could Beat Windows

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Source: pcworld.com

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If Google really wants to compete with Microsoft, it needs to join 'em to beat 'em.
Michael Scalisi, PC World

Google recently stated that it is developing a new Linux-based OS called Chrome to run on both netbooks and desktops. In order for Google to seriously challenge Microsoft’s dominance, it needs two things. First, it needs to be seriously awesome. Second, it needs to be compatible with Windows Apps.

I must confess that when I heard about the OS, my first thought was “Oh great, just what we need, another Linux distro.” Then I realized two things: Apple has already demonstrated that its possible to build an awesome and unique OS based on UNIX, and, this is Google we’re talking about.

I believe that the Chrome OS can be awesome. That it’s named Chrome is telling. For those who haven’t used the Chrome browser yet, it’s incredibly fast, extremely simple and intuitive, yet strangely powerful. It gives you what you need before you ask for it based on what you’ve done in the past. All within an attractive, simple interface.

The Google Chrome OS is likely to be just like that. I’d expect the file system to resemble Gmail, using labels instead of folders. I’d expect eye-candy to be at a minimum and for performance to be highly optimized. I’d expect bloat to be ripped out by its roots and hastily discarded. It will capitalize on the cloud-computing model and leverage Google’s existing Web services. Imagine turning your computer on, and within 10 seconds you’re browsing the Web. That would be awesome.

All this might be enough to make a dent in the netbook market. After all, people might be willing to sacrifice the ability to use their Windows apps on a computer that was never meant to be anything more than a cheap and small web appliance. Never mind that consumers have already rejected Linux on the netbook.

Even if Chrome OS is utterly mind-blowing, if it lacks Windows application compatibility, it will merely be competing for a share of the high single-digit to low double-digit market share that Apple and Linux currently battle over. I highly doubt this is Google’s intention.

Windows dominates because it has become the lowest common denominator for application compatibility. The vast majority of commercial desktop application developers write for Windows because that’s what 90 percent of all consumers use. Consumers choose it because they invariably need to use some application that runs only on Windows. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle that needs something more than just a better competing OS to break.

As great of an idea cloud computing is, it isn’t going to eliminate the need for local apps anytime soon. If Google wants the Chrome OS to have any shot at desktop dominance, it needs be able to run Windows apps.

There are a couple of different ways to approach this. One possible alternative is to dump all sorts of resources into Wine development. This would be great since it would also give Linux and OS X a boost. Unfortunately, it will be nearly impossible to improve Wine to the point where it achieves anywhere near 100 percent Windows application compatibility.

The more likely alternative is to enable the Chrome OS to run Windows apps virtually like what is currently possible with VMware Fusion or Parallels. Of course the challenge here is that this will still require a Windows license.

The way I envision it, people will install the Chrome OS on their Windows PCs. Chrome will then repartition your drive, install its own boot loader, and set itself as the default OS. This is what most Linux distributions do already.
Users will then boot their computer into Google’s OS, and within seconds be able to use the Chrome browser and web-based apps. When the user needs a Windows app, they click on the icon for it and Chrome loads Windows in the background. The app might take a minute or so to load, but the process will be transparent otherwise. Just like VMware fusion or Parallels.

After Chrome OS finds its way onto a few million desktop computers, application developers will start porting Windows apps over to Chrome. Once Chrome is available on a majority of computers, developers will develop for Chrome first and Windows will quickly slip into obscurity. Give this process about a decade.

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Michael Scalisi is an IT manager based in Alameda, California.

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Beyond Article Marketing

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Article Marketing 102 - Article Marketing 101 Taken Beyond!

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Concepts: article marketing, keyword, competition, keyword phrase, business, article directory, niche, internet marketers, keyword research, optimization, search engine, target, online, Daniel Molano, Google, Home Jobs, Business Consulting, writing, profit, USD, Legitimate Work, affiliate, rank, resource, SEO, grab, EzineArticles, demand, money, warrior forum.

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Summary:
- Make a Six-Figure Online Income In Record Time, Without Spending a Dime!
- Due to the outstanding success of my Article Marketing 101 thread in the Warrior Forum (Article Marketing 101 - Everything You Need To Know About Article Marketing In One Place!) and to celebrate my internet marketing anniversary, I have decided to compile a more up to date version on the subject.
- I still see a lot of complaints, failures and some people still look down on this method of traffic generation, simply because they are ignorant about its true power.
- Therefore I'm going to make a step by step procedure, with a catch.
- If you complete this plan of action to the line, and you don't receive tens of thousands worth of targeted traffic, I'm going to pay you $500.00 USD.
- That's right, if after 1 month of the completion of this outline, you have not achieved tens of thousand of targeted visitors, you will receive $500.00 USD after showing me all of your work.
- This step is in fact quite simple, but it's also one of the steps most people have a wrong idea about.
- Usually, everyone tries to find that untapped holy grail, a niche with low competition.
- And although such niches do exist and you can profit from them, that's not where the real money is.
- You want to go for a niche with extremely high competition, where there are proven buyers and massive demand, otherwise there would not be such competition to begin with.
- Untapped niches normally have a low demand, and hence not much profit can be made there, at least not so easily.
- High competition is only a good thing, because there are several ways in which you can leverage, intercept and profit from that demand, without having to beat the titans at it.
- Anyone with decent writing skills can make great profit using this in a highly competitive niche.
- Here's another commonly misunderstood step, often skipped altogether.
- When in fact, this is the pillar of Article Marketing.
- Most beginners and even some advanced internet marketers believe that you can acquire massive amounts of targeted traffic by simply submitting hundreds or even thousands of articles.
- This concept comes from the idea that high traffic article directories, such as EzineArticles, will get your article more views and therefore you will receive more traffic.
- The articles will get more views, but you won't receive more traffic.
- All those views are coming from people surfing the article directory, so they are completely untargeted, they don't want what you have to offer.
- They will not click on your link and much less purchase whatever you're promoting.
- The true key to article marketing is not in how many articles you submit, but in the search engine rankings achieved with those articles.
- In fact, 10 articles can beat 1,000 articles if you know what you're doing.
- So I want you to grab your favourite keyword research tool.
- If you're on a low budget, I recommend using the Google Adwords Tool.
- Pick all countries and territories, english language and exact matches.
- Unless of course you are geotargeting a specific country and you wish to promote a local business.
- If you can actually make a small investment (which you should as soon as you have it), then I highly recommend Micro Niche Finder.
- You DO NOT have to target specific niches and directly related keyword phrases.
- For example: Someone interested in fitness, will also be interested in weight loss.
- Someone interested in self defense, will also be interested in pepper spray and tasers.
- A 25 year old bachelor will be interested in getting rock hard abs.
- After you're done, come back here in order to proceed.
- You must find 100 keyword phrases with less than 500,000 competing sites in Google and at least 3,000 monthly searches each.
- To find out the number of competing sites, simply Google the keyword phrase under quotes, i.e: "keyword phrase".
- A lot of people will say that there are several other factors when measuring the competition, and they're right.
- But under this scenario, and with what I'm about to show you, this is the only thing that you need to know.
- Once you have that 100 keyword phrase list with those parameters, we can continue.
- In my experience, there are only 3 article directories out there that work for this precise purpose.
- 1. ArticlesInAClick.com - The best article directory in terms of SEO, I personally contributed in the search engine optimization of this site.
- Not only is it based on Wordpress, it also has built in social bookmarking and the best part, it distributes your articles to the top 25 article directories out there, including GoArticle and EzineArticles.
- 2. GoArticles - The second best article directory in terms of SEO, but the design is horrible and it has way too many ads, which will only result in you losing traffic to them.
- 3. EzineArticles - The best positioned and highest traffic article directory out there.
- But it also has way too many ads which will result in you losing traffic to them.
- Since my favourite is ArticlesInAClick.com, I will use it here as the example.
- I suggest that you write you articles in Notepad, simply because it's clean.
- Microsoft Office might bring some weird html elements into it.
- Grab 1 of your keyword phrases from the list and do some research about it.
- The resource box is perhaps one of the most important things in the article, your traffic depends on it.
- If you are using article marketing for the backlinks, make sure your link is in anchor text with the keyword you want that page to rank for.
- 1. You can simply add an affiliate link or CPA link in the resource box and send them directly to the merchant's page.
- PPC on the internet, online marketing, advertising business and other innovative strategies to make your business boom!
- "Daniel Molano is an Information Marketer, Internet Business Consultant and bestselling author of "The Newbie Blueprint" system.

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Google launches Chrome for Mac, Linux - with a caveat | Topics | Macworld

Google launches Chrome for Mac, Linux - with a caveat

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Source: Macworld

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by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

Editor's Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld's Macintosh Knowledge Center.

Google late Thursday released developer-only versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux, making good on a nine-month-old promise that it would eventually add those editions to the Windows version that debuted last September.

The Mac and Linux versions are rough and unstable, warned Google. "We have early developer channel versions of Google Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux, but whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM!" said Mike Smith and Karen Grunberg, a pair of Chrome product managers, in an entry to a Google blog. "Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software."

The new versions lack important features and functionality, Smith and Grunberg warned, including compatibility with Adobe's Flash Player plug-in and printing. A current bug list catalogs other missing pieces, ranging from a working bookmark manager -- users can bookmark pages, but there's no way to retrieve a bookmark -- to a memory leak.

Google launched Chrome Sept. 2, 2008, as a Windows-only browser, but began taking names for a notification list for Mac users that same day, and for Linux users shortly after.

Chrome accounted for approximately 1.8 percent of those used last month, according to the most recent data from Web metric company Net Applications, a surge of 27 percent from the month before.

On Windows, Chrome comes in three flavors: Google's developer, beta and stable versions, in ascending order of fit and finish. Google releases more developer preview builds than betas, which in turn accumulate until the company's satisfied with their progress enough to roll out another stable build.

"[We're] trying to get Google Chrome on these platforms stable enough for a beta release as soon as possible!" added Smith and Grunberg.

Although the two program managers acknowledged that the developer preview crashes, Computerworld ran the Mac browser for several hours without a hitch.

Google to provide update on Chrome OS

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by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Source: macworld.com

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Google is getting ready to shed a little more light on its Chrome OS this week.

The search giant has arranged an event for journalists Thursday at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, just days after rumors circulated that the code might soon be released.

When Google announced it was building its own Linux-based operating system, it said it would release the open-source code at the end of this year. It has said Chrome will be designed initially for netbooks, with the first devices hitting the market in the second half of 2010.

Branching out into the operating-system market could ultimately help Google find new revenue streams, since it is almost entirely reliant on search advertising.

The Chrome OS could also pose a threat to Microsoft, which worked hard to gain its share of the netbook market, which was initially dominated by Linux.

Google has said it is building Chrome because the market needs an OS built specifically for the Web. Most of Google’s non-search activities are Web-based applications, such as Google Docs, Gmail and Maps.

Article Marketing 101 - Everything You Need To Know About Article Marketing In One Place!

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Source: warriorforum.com - Article Marketing 101

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Among the many hundreds of emails and free information packages I get each week, this came across my desk in the last couple of days and I was astonished to find someone putting them selves on the line like this.

Article Marketing 101 - Everything You Need To Know About Article Marketing In One Place!

This is a fascinating forum and this article leads to Article Marketing 102 - Beyond Article Marketing 101.

Read it for a lot of great information.

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Microsoft's Bing Gained 1 Point of Market Share in July

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Source: eWeek

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Microsoft's Bing gained a single point of market share in July, bringing its total to 9.41 percent, according to a new report by StatCounter. The recent partnership deal between Microsoft and Yahoo has given both companies hope that they can challenge Google, which currently holds a double-digit lead in the search market. Under the terms of the partnership, Bing will power search on Yahoo sites, while Yahoo takes over worldwide sales duties for the companies’ search advertisers.

Microsoft’s share of the U.S. search market increased to 9.41 percent in July 2009, a rise of 1 percentage point, according to research firm StatCounter. At the same time, Google’s share of the U.S. market slipped during the same period to 77.54 percent, down by nearly a point, while Yahoo declined a fraction of a point, from 11.04 to 10.95.


StatCounter's report came days after the July 29 announcement of a partnership deal between Microsoft and Yahoo: that 10-year agreement that will see Microsoft's Bing power Yahoo’s search engine, while Yahoo assumes exclusive worldwide sales duties for the companies’ search advertisers. Microsoft will pay traffic acquisition costs (TACs) to Yahoo at an initial rate of 88 percent of search revenue generated on Yahoo’s sites.

The deal represents a recognition on both companies' part that the only way to break Google’s lock on the search and online advertising market may be through working together. According to StatCounter’s report, a combined Microsoft and Yahoo search would have a 20.36 percent market share.

"Bing continues to make slow but steady progress but the combined Yahoo figures suggests that the deal announced last week will have to demonstrate major future synergies if it is to make any dent in Google’s dominance," Aodhan Cullen, CEO and founder of StatCounter, said in a statement.

Microsoft and Yahoo, however, are publicly hopeful that the deal will allow them to chip away at Google’s substantial lead in the online space.

"This deal will combine Yahoo and Microsoft search marketplaces so that advertisers no longer have to rely on one company that dominates more than 70 percent of all search," both companies said in a statement on July 29. "With the addition of Yahoo’s search volume, Microsoft will achieve the size and scale required to unleash competition and innovation in the market, for consumers as well as advertisers."

After Bing started making incremental market-share gains in the wake of its June 3 launch, buoyed to a certain extent by Microsoft’s massive ad campaign, analysts debated whether the relative success of Redmond’s search engine would influence its dealings with Yahoo. Some argued that Bing would lead Microsoft to abandon any deals with Yahoo entirely, especially in context of its failed 2008 takeover bid, while others argued that Bing would compel Microsoft to approach Yahoo from a position of greater strength.

The deal between Microsoft and Yahoo could also help stop the erosion in Yahoo’s paid search spend, which according to a July report by SearchIgnite had declined year-over-year by 26 percent.

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Yahoo! and Microsoft to seal deal to rival Google - Times Online

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Source: Times Online:

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Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally agreed an online search and advertising partnership in a bid to rival Google.

The revenue sharing deal is expected to be announced later today, more than a year after Yahoo! rejected a $47.5 million (£29 million) takeover bid from Microsoft and Yahoo!'s attempt to strike a search advertising deal with Google fell apart under regulatory scrutiny.

Under the expected deal, Microsoft's new Bing search engine will power Yahoo!'s searches while Yahoo! will handle advertising sales. The companies will use Microsoft's advertising technology to deliver appropriate ads alongside search results.

The deal may not be as far-reaching as many investors expected. It does not appear to call for Microsoft to pay Yahoo! in advance, which could disappoint Wall Street. Carol Bartz, Yahoo! chief executive, had said she would join forces with Microsoft only for 'boatloads of money'.

Microsoft is counting on Yahoo!'s search engine, which ranks as the second largest in the world with a global market share of 8 per cent, to pose a more formidable challenge to Google, which holds 67 per cent of the global audience, according to the most recent data from the research company comScore. In the US, Google's share is 65 per cent, compared with 20 per cent for Yahoo!.

Despite spending billions to upgrade its search engine, Microsoft still held just a 3 per cent share worldwide and 8 per cent in the US in the comScore rankings.

There is a chance a deal combining the powers of the second and third-ranked search engine companies would be blocked by antitrust regulators.

Shareholders of both Microsoft and Yahoo! have been urging the two to strike a deal for some time. Earlier this month, the activist investor Carl Icahn, who owns about 5 per cent of Yahoo! and is a director on its board, spoke out again in favour of a search deal, as talks between the two companies appeared to regain momentum.

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