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Google+ is no longer available for the consumer (personal) and brand accounts From all of us on the Google+ team, thank you for making Google+ such a special place. What happened to Google+? In December 2018, we announced our decision to shut down Google+ for consumers in April 2019. Other Google products (such as Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive, YouTube) were not shut down as part of the consumer Google+ shutdown and you can continue using those products. The Google Account you use to sign in to these services will remain. Note that photos and videos already backed up in Google Photos will not be deleted. Learn more What happened to consumer Google+ content? We are in the process of deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts and Google+ pages. This process will take a few months to complete, and content may remain through this time. In the meantime, if you previously created content on Google+, you may be able to download and save your remaining Google+ content. You ...

1.  Don’t rush the launch. One of the biggest mistakes unsuccessful e-commerce entrepreneurs make is forcing or rushing the launch of a website. You only get one shot at launching your website and you can’t mess this up. While it’s okay to purchase your domain name and throw up some sort of “Coming Soon” page, you should avoid the big reveal until you’ve laid some substantial ground work (SEO, content marketing, social media, paid to advertise, etc.). 2.  Put the focus on the user. It’s no secret that the biggest shortcoming of e-commerce businesses is the inability to let their customers touch, feel, smell, and see (firsthand) products before making a decision. While there’s currently no solution for solving this problem, you can compensate for this deficiency in other areas of the business. Some of the best tips include offering appropriate pricing, giving free shipping and making the checkout process easy with simplified shopping carts. 3. Test absolutely everything...

What is RSS? A basic tutorial introduction to RSS feeds and aggregators for non-technical people from Software Garden, Inc. What is RSS? RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading. What problem does RSS solve? Most people are interested in many websites whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Examples of such websites are news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product information pages, medical websites, and weblogs. Repeatedly checking each website to see if there is any new content can be very tedious. Email notification of changes was an early solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when you receive email notifications from multiple websites they are usually disorganized and can get overwhelming, and are often...

Present simple and future time  Level: intermediate and  advanced We also use the present simple to talk about: something that is  fixed  in the future: The school term  starts  next week. The train  leaves  at 19.45 this evening. We  fly  to Paris next week. something in the future  after time words  like  when ,  after  and  before  and  after   if and  unless : I'll talk to John  when  I  see  him. You must finish your work  before  you  go  home. If  it  rains  we'll get wet. He won't come  unless  you  ask  him. We sometimes use the present simple to talk about the past when we are:  telling a story: I was walking down the street the other day when suddenly this man  comes up  to me and  tells  me he  has lost  his wallet and  asks...

Present simple and present time We use the present simple to talk about: something that is  true  in the present: I 'm  nineteen years old. I 'm  a student. He  lives  in London. something that  happens regularly  in the present: I  play  football every weekend. something that is always true: The human body  contains  206 bones. Light  travels  at almost 300,000 kilometres per second. We often use  adverbs of frequency  like  sometimes ,  always  and  never  with the present simple: I  sometimes  go to the cinema. She  never  plays football. Here are some useful sentences. Complete them so that they are true for you and try to remember them: My name is … . I'm … years old. I come from … . I live in … . I'm a(n) … . I … at the weekend. I often … . I never … . Complete these sentences so that they are true for a friend and try t...

Present simple negatives Look at these sentences: I like tennis but I don't like football. (don't = do not) I don't live in London now. I don't play the piano but I play the guitar. They don't work at the weekend. John doesn't live in Manchester. (doesn't = does not) Angela doesn't drive to work. She goes by bus. We use  do  and  does  to make negatives with the present simple. We use  doesn't  for the third person singular ( she / he / it ) and  don't  for the others.

The present tense is the base form of the verb: I work in London. But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s: She works in London. Present simple questions Look at these questions: Do you play the piano? Where do you live? Does Jack play football? Where does he come from? Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester? Where do they work? We use do and does to make questions with the present simple. We use does for the third person singular (she/he/it) and do for the others. We use do and does with question words like where, what and when: Where do Angela and Rita live? What does Angela do? When does Rita usually get up? But questions with who often don't use do or does: Who lives in London? Who plays football at the weekend? Who works at Liverpool City Hospital? Here are some useful questions. Try to remember them: Where do you come from? Do you come from …? Where do you live? Do you live in ...? What work do you do? Do you like...