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I spent the last few weeks using the new Google Chrome web browser and have finally decided to use back my Firefox browser.
Google Chrome is a fast browser but it can not do a lot of things that I wanted to do, but it’s different with Firefox. There are so many addons available that will help me to save my time.
There are a lot of great SEO tools available as Firefox extension and is not available on other browsers, including the great Google Chrome.
For example, I can know the Alexa ranking that a website have without visiting Alexa because there are Firefox addons like the Alexa Sparky and SearchStatus to show it for me. It also check to see if the blog is using NoFollow for their comments section so that I can know whether or not I can get any PageRank juice if I leave a comment on any blogs.
And I also couldn’t imagine it if I don’t have my StumbleUpon toolbar on my browser, because that will mean I will run out of interesting things to read when I am online. I rely on it to find information about any interesting niche topic that I might want to develop.
Well, Firefox might be a little slow for me and crash sometimes, but I am sure that is not their fault, I am sure it is because I have too many extension on my browser.
So, what about you? Do you have any particular favourite web browser?

Google has called it quits with the Yahoo advertising deal that the two companies announced in June. After vowing repeatedly to go through with its search advertising deal with Yahoo no matter what the Justice Department does, Google reversed course pulled the plug on the deal. Even though with Google being absent, Yahoo intends to become stronger in the online-advertising platform. Google’s decision to withdraw from the agreement comes just ahead of an expected U.S. Department of Justice challenge to the agreement stating that is it anti-competitive and has antitrust implications.

When Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, said that his company’s search deal with Yahoo was a win-win-win situation- a win for the companies, a win for the publishers and a win for advertisers, the advertisers didn’t seem to think on the same lines.

Michael Mothner, who runs a search-marketing firm called Wpromote, was quoted saying that the deal is “really scary from an advertiser’s perspective, knowing that we need Google, and if they decided to raise their prices or assess other fees, they have a lot of power now. Even though Yahoo would be a separate entity, outsourcing search is essentially giving the keys to Google. From an advertiser’s perspective, it’s really scary how much it resembles a powerful monopoly over search ads.”

Goggle pulled itself out when the Justice Department wasn’t satisfied with the newly revised deal’s terms to recap the amount of Yahoo’s revenues generated at 25%. Google only agreed to the deal because of Microsoft. The sole reason was to help Yahoo fend off Microsoft’s takeover advances. Now, it seems that Microsoft has moved on and Yahoo has to fix its own problems.

Of course, many are saying now that it’s high time for Yahoo! switched management. Michael Arrington was quoted saying in Tech Crunch that “They need their Barack Obama – someone to make everyone believe that a true leader is at the helm, ready to fight. Someone with a believable plan. Someone who can inspire Yahoo, and Yahoo users, to believe that Yahoo can once again become a force on the Internet.” And Jerry Yang, current CEO of Yahoo!, isn’t that person to do the inspiring.

From this, it can be seen that everyone is craving for someone who has the singular vision and will to pull Yahoo! into something that is bigger and much better — to create something that projects Yahoo! as one of the first real pioneers of the Internet.

With many top managers and executives leaving Yahoo!, Jerry Yang has obviously lost support of many at the company. Yahoo needs and operator oriented CEO, and Jerry Yang isn’t the man for the job. Some candidates who can likely who the top position are Bob Pittman, a highly experienced media operator who turned around AOL in the mid-1990s and built it into a powerhouse, Dan Rosensweig, a former Yahoo COO, deeply connected in the industry but detached enough to be able to provide a fresh look. There is also Sue Decker who knows the company and industry cold, she’s smart as hell, and she is capable of inspiring great confidence, Jon Miller who cleverly made bold decisions at helm of AOL during a hellish period as well as Jeff Weiner, a well-respected senior within Yahoo whose departure will certainly be a loss to Yahoo!.