Google search by date indexed

There are still some searches for which Google isn't too brilliant. For example, you can't search for certain special characters and you can't look for files (other than images) by filesize. However, there is a fantastic new improvement - you can now find pages by the date they were added to the Google index. This is very useful because sometimes it's hard to tell when a page was written - not all pages are like press releases and have a date on them! So, if you want to filter out old news or maybe see which pages have been recently indexed for a particular site, you can by adding the "as_qdr" parameter. Append your seach with "&as_qdr=1d" for pages found in the last 24 hours, "&as_qdr=1w" for the past week and "&as_qdr=1y" for the last year. (The 1's can be adjusted to any number and therefore length of time you like).

For example, to find new pages that have been talking about a pagerank update, you might search: http://www.google.com/search?q=pagerank+update&as_qdr=d1 or what new software has been added to a download site in the last week: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:download.omani.ac&as_qdr=w1.

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Press attention

On Friday, Price Cut Review got a mention on consumer site Fool.co.uk in an article about discount deals and how to find them. Thanks guys!

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It's official! There was some speculation in previous months, but September 7th has now been confirmed as the day when you can finally get your hands on Will Wright's long-awaited game, Spore.

Chinese New Year

It's Chinese New Year 4706! Have a good one :)

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Surfing kickflip trick

So Close! Apparently Volcom are offering $10K to the first person who can prove they've nailed this trick. Get practising!

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So, Clinton vs Obama and McCain vs Romney. It's going to be a hard one to call. Most of my interest in American politics has come from watching the West Wing, so I'm no expert, but surely McCain will win outright and get the Republican nomination. I expect there won't be a clear winner for the Democrats though. This one's probably going to go on till March 4th. Who would've have thought it two months ago? Hillary was drafting her inauguration. Any theories?

Sports related Facebook apps

A new little Facebook application I've created is a widget that lists current and upcoming events on our sister site Sportomaniac. With the African Nations Cup going on, Six Nations Rugby, SuperBowl and staple of Premiership football, there's loads going on!

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Online tax deadline today

More than 150000 people filed their tax returns on deadline day last year. Looks like it's a similar story this time round - the website is "temporarily unavailable". So perhaps it's a good time to review some of the common errors made on self-assessment forms:

Common errors:

Failure to complete a separate supplementary page for each individual employment.
Entering employee personal pension premiums net instead of gross.
Entering the figure for capital expenditure allowances in box 3.14 of the self-employment pages instead of the figure for capital allowances.
Failure to complete Q19 of the main tax return where a repayment is due.If you do not opt for immediate repayment, the Revenue will leave the overpaid amount on your account and set that amount against future liabilities.
Entering your pay in box 1.8 of the employment pages but not entering tax deducted in box 1.11

Common reasons for rejecting a tax return:

Entering a "yes" tick on one of the questions 1 to 9 on page 2 of the tax return but failing to forward the relevant supplementary page.
Failure to complete the self-employment pages, particularly from box 3.74 onwards.
Putting detailed information on separate schedules instead of including the information.
Entering handwritten notes, such as "per accounts" or "information to follow", instead of entering actual figures.
Failure to sign and date the return.

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