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Sending Confirmation Emails with a Google Docs Form

Posted by on Jun 18, 2011 in Tech Tips & Tricks | 246 comments

Sending Confirmation Emails with a Google Docs Form

I love Google Apps. Gmail, Google Docs, Google Voice–all brilliant, indispensable products in my opinion.  Being able to create forms in Google Docs for quick polls and surveys is also very handy, but the extremely limited feature set has been frustrating to me. One surprising lack is that of being able to send a confirmation email to the user. Granted, not all forms necessarily even have a field for the user to enter their email. [Original post 6/18/11. Edited 10/29/11 to add HTML email to the example. Edited 4/21/12 to add more...

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Can My Small Business Have a Wikipedia Page?

Posted by on Jun 16, 2011 in Internet Business | 1 comment

Can My Small Business Have a Wikipedia Page?

Wikipedia links contain little in the way of search engine value, as they all contain the “nofollow” attribute and thus do no pass on PageRank, but having a highly respected site with a lot of traffic link to your isn’t a bad thing. But it can be more difficult than you think. Getting Your Own Wikipedia Page The Wikipedia FAQ is pretty clear: you can’t use Wikipedia to promote your business. Read through the detailed rules, but essentially, you shouldn’t be creating a page for your own business. Do people do it...

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