Google Translate API: Shutting Down, is there an alternative?

Being sick for a few days, I was late in hearing the news.

Google is shutting down the Google Translate API.  Right now it’s just deprecated, with a full shutdown not occurring until the end of the year, but still … it’s happening.

They say it’s because of abuse.  Abuse?  On the internet?  I don’t believe it.

Fortunately, there are still options for those of us who wish to use a service to translate text.   › Continue reading

Tags: AJAX, Bing, Google, Google Translate, HTTP, Microsoft, Microsoft Translator, SOAP, Translate, translator, widget

Help: How do I announce a new website?

We launch websites every month or two for clients, and make many website updates.  What are the best ways to tell the “internet” that your site is up, and ready to be checked out?  I’m going to focus on the free options, as I find anything that costs money sketchy (especially with regard to listing a site).

We can divide this into a few categories:

• Search Engines
• Social Networking
• Peer Sites
• News Aggregators

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Tags: Bing, delicious, Facebook, Google, Google Webmaster, LinkedIn, News Aggregators, Open Directory Project, SEO, Social Networking, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Yahoo