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Last Tuesday, Google prematurely let loose a post about Google Finance for Canada. It was a bit humorous, but I found the news quite boring in comparison to other Google blog posts.

Then, today, in a late-breaking story, there was another post!

A longer post!

About Google Finance Canada!

And though it was only less dry by a small margin, it will likely please Canadians who want their own Google Finance. Why should they be deprived of such fudgy goodness?

Actually, this post of mine is kind of boring too. I must be sleepy. But hey, at least you’re informed, yeah? And this post, and the word “yeah” at the end of a sentence, reminded me that I might be able to go listen to Chef Ramsey yell at someone on Hell’s Kitchen at Fox’s MySpace page. It’s by far my favorite show on TV, and one of the few I actually watch weekly.

Now, it’s not such a boring post and everyone is happy. Or realizing that I take my Mayor of Crazyville title seriously. Oh, and here is the link to the actual Google Finance for Canada.

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I adore the word Parenthetical.

I have hi-jacked the video if that’s all you want to see…

But first you will have to scan my words! HA! You’re trapped! All your eyeballs are belong to me!

Anyway, on the way back from Crazyville, where I am mayor, I read this at the Google Webmaster Blog:

The distinction between the main and the supplemental index is therefore continuing to narrow. Given all the progress that we’ve been able to make so far, and thinking ahead to future improvements, we’ve decided to stop labeling these URLs as “Supplemental Results.” Of course, you will continue to benefit from Google’s supplemental index being deeper and fresher.

I think that’s fantastic news for small business especially, because, more and more, the most focused surfer is looking for information in what may be relegated to the supplemental results area. Of course, supplemental results are hardly meant as a punishment per se, but it can feel like it.

And here’s the video, it’s about 4 minutes long.

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Quote from the page which describes the video –> “Merlin Mann, a well known productivity guru and creator of the popular 43 folders website will talk about Getting Things Done, the importance of getting your inbox to zero, and strategies for dealing with high volume email.”

My Thoughts –> I dream of the days when I can, even with a team, get my Inbox back down to zero. The Inbox on my desk? Piece of cake. My email Inbox? I dunno. BUT, he’s got tips on high volume email. I’m hoping to learn more about how to do everything without having a gajillion filters and labels, cuz I forget what they’re for.

The Video –> How I wish I had an arrow that pointed down. But I’m betting that you’re so cool that you’re able to scroll down.

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Since we created our list of all the Google blogs and their corresponding feeds and discussion groups, two more have matured, bringing the grand total of blogs to 61.

Joining the list today we have the Google News blog, which has also just added a Google News discussion group, and the Google Finance blog, which has added a feature that updates your Google Calendar with finance quotes.

Edit*: Apparently we forgot the new Gmail Blog where the GMail video you can star in is being made, and the recently created Google Desktop API blog. They’re now on the list.

Also added to our Google blogs resource page: an OPML file for you to download, which is also in a location you can use to simply import them to your regular RSS feed subscriptions.

Enjoy!

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Today on Google Tuesdays, we’ve got a quickie review of the Google Reader Facebook App, an update of the Google Blogs list with OPML export, a few items of Google news and the addition of the Trustbait posts that were suposed to go out yesterday.

Everybody say “Yay!”

Google Tuesdays is likely to push out in two parts, starting with the aforementioned news and blogs items, with the App and Trustbait post tacked on in the evening. We shall start momentarily.

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What if you’re like me, and have to overcome online shyness issues?

Take baby steps.

These specific tips might help too.

• Strive a little more each day to be a more social blogger.

  Set a goal to comment more - pick a number that’s twice the number of comments you make per day and do that much commenting every other day this week.

  Talk about other blog posts on your blog and send trackback links.

  You don’t have to change your personality and suddenly become the life of the party. Take it slow and just say a few more words a little more often.

• This goes for forums, soical networking sites, and email discussion lists too.
• Start with places you’re already familiar with and comfortable, then add more places.
• Take the focus off what you’re going to say, and think about how much you’re contributing to the discussion.

  It’s not as much what you say as it is that you said something that contributes to the discussion somehow, that makes a publisher appreciate your comment.

• Ask a question.

  Sometimes you might read a post that’s really great, and you don’t want to just say “great post” because that sounds completely lame, and makes you look like you’re just hoping for link traffic. (Or link juice from a Do Follower.)

• Comment in other ways. If you’re too shy to speak, then share. Take a moment to save the post to delicious and tag it. Share it on Facebook. Make a PlugIM, BUMPzee or Digg entry.

  (Click on the Share This Post or Save It To Read Again Later! link for this post to get some more places you can submit articles to that you enjoy.)

  Letting more people know about a site is sometimes the best comment you can make.

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