Oracle of ONE1

Google is the leading search tool and its map service also ranks very highly. It is therefore important that your business appear in Google Maps searches. You may not know it, but your business likely already appears in Google Maps. Not only may it be listed, you also have the ability to adjust your Maps listing information.

It is really a simple process to either add your business or adjust the information that displays. In most cases, it will take you fewer than 15 minutes. This video goes step by step through the process.

A typical exchange I’ve had since posting Easy shared calendars.

User says “Ok, you posted that article on sharing and subscribing to calendars but how do I do that.”

Me, “What do you use for your calendar?”

User, “Outlook, of course.”

Me, “Do you know what version.”

User, “Hunh? I don’t know.”

Well for Outlook the version really does matter. It’s a simple matter to find your version, just click on ‘About Microsoft Outlook’ in the ‘Help’ menu. If your version is 2007, then life is easy. Visit this link for details from MS.

If on the other hand your version is 2003 or older, you may be out-of-luck or you may have to install some 3rd party helper software. For version 2003, try installing a free add-in called Remote Calendars and some instructions for using Remote Calendars.

For versions 2002 and prior, I have not yet found a reliable method. If any of you readers has a method to suggest, please do.

This is a simple overview of taking advantage of calendar sharing. Calendar sharing is available from many services but I will limit discussion here to the big 3. Part II of this article covers the details of subscribing to a calendar in Outlook.
(more…)