TATAMI Fold & Pile: August 2009

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Will Twitter Kill Literature?

There was a time when the world was rich with literature. Words flowed from the minds of writers and could make a huge impact on the reader. Now except few authors we find that not many are getting new books sold in quantity. What will the upsurge in usage of Twitter do to the already dismal scene?

Remember when blogging was popular? There were many who used to blog with lengthy posts and had readers who read these blogs. Some still survive, but many have turned to twitter. Technology is taking a toll over writing. The number of words that one may write is now limited. No body has time to calmly read a lengthy post and enjoy the play of words. Everybody is in rush. That is one reason of the great success of twitter. It would not have done so well a decade ago when we were still interested in slow work. Now we are all in hurry. Mails are getting shorter, exchanges are taking the route of mobile phones and everybody wants to reach somewhere as quickly as possible. Twitter helps all of us doing that.

Can you think of a great author for example Bernard Shaw or Shakespeare writing on twitter? Imagine the compositions that would have resulted! To write and to enjoy reading one needs plenty of time. I remember looking at drafts of a book by PG Wodehouse. The author went back and corrected himself many times. A computer connected to Internet that demands quick response will not help us in such writings. it is Twittering bow. People are telling how they are enjoying a cup of coffee or how they loved a movie and so on. Number of words that are limited will obviously threaten one who is thinking of sharing something lengthy that he/she wrote. Will Twitter Kill Literature?

The author likes to write text messages and advises for internet and social networking content like twitter backgrounds and myspace comments. He also writes quizzes on subjects like relationship, personality, etc.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Searching Simultaneously with Google and Yahoo

Which is the better Yahoo or Google? A man says he loves to search on Google only, Women's votes go to Yahoo. What about you? You love both! Me too If you search both Google and Yahoo simultaneously you will surely come up with some innovative results that you never had before. The online results will be something more than you expected.

Google offers more technical results but Yahoo has more business -oriented results to display. Google may have a better search technology and more creative tools but Yahoo has also improved its search engine by creating a new Search Assist Tool. Both of them have different strategies and algorithms in displaying search results but the results displayed by both Yahoo and Google, more or less ,come in similar fashion. It could be that the top URL displayed by Google is the third or second position holder in the Yahoo search results, but in 90% of the cases , they display same results for the similar search query.

If you want more information, it’s important that you search for them in both Google and Yahoo. A perfect blend of Yahoo and Google results is needed for the accuracy of your search. SearchBoth.com is presenting a new feature to have results displayed by both Google and Yahoo on a single screen.

To resolve the problem of net savvies called "internet search fatigue" SearchBoth.com has come up with a new search tool which offers Google and Yahoo search results in a single screen. User will be able to see and compare results displayed by any of the two search engines of their choice.

If you like neither Google nor Yahoo SearchBoth.com has some other options for you. If you prefer to use Windows Live Search or AltaVista that’s also not a complication. To mix your search SearchBoth.com presents search and comparison between Google, Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, DogPile, Ask any other search engine. One can also add SearchBoth search bar to your website for the quickest results and comparison.

Expand your search by searching simultaneously with Google and Yahoo and get more productive results.