Based on the initial feedback most of you seem to like it. If you haven’t checked it out yet please do so now and vote on it below.

If you’re thinking about custom design for your site as well, I highly recommend you Kai Loon. He is by far the most talented web designer I have ever worked with. Also a very reliable one. He created some nice free Wordpress themes as well.

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I assume you already know that Google can be also used as calculator, currency converter and even measurement unit converter. But what about using Google to search for nearby pizzerias or checking movie showtimes in local cinemas.

Basically, there are several handy Google search operators that you can make use of on a daily basis. Today we ask you to vote on your top 5, the ones you find extremely useful and use (or at least see yourself using) on a regular basis. And if you’re one of those who has no idea about search operators here is your chance to learn a few.

Please Vote!

Did we miss your favorite search operator? Add it in comments.

You can find get more details on specific search oprator here and here.

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• 9 Cool Google Search Shortcuts You Should Know About (16)
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• MUO Polls: Top 5 Firefox Shortcuts You Can’t Live Without (34)
• Windows System Tools at your Fingertips with FastKake (13)
• The most Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Reader (9)

So without further ado, here are the best software and shortcuts according to MakeUseOf readers. (I listed top choices for each poll, for more options go to the poll page.)

	Top Antivirus Software. What’s your Favorite? # AVG Antivirus Free Edition (FREE) (32%, 450 Votes) # Avast Home Edition (FREE) (15%, 211 Votes) # Eset Nod32 (not free) (13%, 186 Votes)
	What Firewall Software Do You Use? # Comodo Firewall PRO (28%, 201 Votes) # Windows Firewall / Live Onecare (19%, 141 Votes) # ZoneAlarm Free Firewall (19%, 135 Votes)
	What Instant Messaging Client Do You Use? # Pidgin (18%, 162 Votes) # MSN / Windows Live Messenger (17%, 148 Votes) # Digsby (15%, 133 Votes)
	Do You Have a Spyware Removal Porgram? # Spybot Search & Destroy (32%, 242 Votes) # Lavasoft Ad-Aware (25%, 189 Votes) # Other (12%, 91 Votes)
	What’s your Favorite Music Player ? # Winamp (24%, 236 Votes) # Other (19%, 186 Votes) # iTunes (19%, 183 Votes)
	Free Video Players. What’s your Favorite? # VLC (36%, 274 Votes) # Media Player Classic (17%, 126 Votes) # Windows Media Player (12%, 93 Votes)
	What Image Editing Program Do you Use? # Adobe Photoshop (40%, 251 Votes) # GIMP (17%, 110 Votes) # Paint.NET (15%, 98 Votes)
	Which RSS Reader Do You Prefer? # Google Reader (61%, 409 Votes) # Other (8%, 54 Votes) # FeedDemon (8%, 51 Votes
	Do you Backup Important Files? How? # Manually store files on Ext. Drive (31%, 72 Votes) # I use some other app (21%, 49 Votes) # SyncBack (desktop app) (11%, 25 Votes)
	What Tool Do you Use to Defragment your Computer? # Windows Disk Defragmenter (Default) (27%, 271 Votes) # JkDefrag (15%, 149 Votes) # Auslogics Disk Defrag (14%, 140 Votes)
	Top 5 Firefox Shortcuts You Can’t Live Without # Ctrl + T (open a new tab) (19%, 523 Votes) # Ctrl + F (on page search) (11%, 298 Votes) # Ctrl + C/V/X (text Copy, Paste, Cut) (11%, 295 Votes) # Ctrl + Tab (jump through tabs) (8%, 222 Votes) # Ctrl + Shift + T (open last closed tab) (6%, 150 Votes)
	Top 5 Windows Shortcuts you Can’t Live Without # Ctrl + C/V/X (text copy/paste/cut) (17%, 422 Votes) # Ctrl + Alt + Del (show task manager) (14%, 344 Votes) # Alt + Tab (switch between open apps) (14%, 334 Votes) # Ctrl + A (select all text) (11%, 263 Votes) # Win + D (show desktop) (8%, 205 Votes)

More polls to come, stay tuned!

If you have any suggestions for future polls please add them in the comments below.

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Since most MakeUseOf readers are likely to have tried different email programs and desktop clients the resuts should be rather interesting. So make sure to vote!

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Are you using default Windows Backup Utility? Maybe some other desktop backup program to automatically backup selected files and folders to external hardrive or USB thumbdrive? Or do you prefer to have a fresh copy of important folders online? Whatever it is, share it with us below.

Please Vote!

Download Links

• Comodo Backup
• SyncBack (MakeUseOf review)
• AceBackup (MakeUseOf review)
• Mozy (See MakeUseOf review incl. demo videos)
• DropBox (MakeUseOf review)
• Syncplicity (MakeUseOf review + special offer for our readers)
• BackUp To Email (MakeUseOf review)
• Windows Backup Utility (Start Menu -> Program – > Systme Tools -> …)

Let us know how you backup your data. Are you using something different from the above? What makes it better? Share it with us below… Thanks in advance.

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Now back to today’s poll. The poll question for today is what photo sharing website do you use?

Are you a Flickr fan? Google Picasa user? Or do use something less popular like recently mentioned Photie (which unlike the popular services offers unlimited stoage space). Tell us about it.

Please vote!

Links:

Flickr
Fotki
Google Picasa
Photobucket

Share your thoughts in comments.

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Last week Tina wrote an excellent article highlighting key features of this new web browser. If you haven’t read it yet, make sure to check it out.

When compared to the browser of choice, Chrome does offer a few new features like in-built browser task manager, tab processes, incognito browsing, different tab positioning, faster JavaScript engine and so on. On the other hand there is no community behind it and absolutely NO EXTENSIONS.

Now that you have tried it, what do YOU think about it?

Please vote!

Share your thoughts in comments. Are you planning to switch? Why? Why not? Let us know about it.

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• MUO Polls: Top 5 Firefox Shortcuts You Can’t Live Without (34)
• MUO Polls : What’s your Browser of Choice ? (49)

We deliberately left out the popular ones including Youtube, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Orkut, Blogger and obviously Google Search.

Please Vote!

Website and Download Links

• Google Alerts (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Analytics (see MakeUseOf review)
• Blog Search
• Advanced Search Features
• Book Search
• Google Checkout
• Google Custom Search
• Google Code
• Google Desktop
• Google Earth
• Google Finance
• GOOG – 411 (see MakeUseOf review)
• GrandCentral (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Groups
• Google Health
• iGoogle
• Knol
• Google Labs
• Google Maps / Maps Mobile
• Google Mobile
• News
• NoteBook
• Google Pack (see MakeUseOf review)
• Patent Search (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Picasa (see MakeUseOf review)
• Product Search
• Ride Finder (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Scholar
• SendToPhone Firefox Extension (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Shared Stuff (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Sites (see MakeUseOf review)
• SketchUp
• Google SMS (see MakeUseOf review)
• Special Searches
• Google Talk
• Google Toolbar
• Google Translate (see MakeUseOf review)
• Google Trends (see MakeUseOf review)
• Web Accelerator
• Web History (see MakeUseOf review)

There is no doubt we might have missed a few, so if you’re aware of any other Google service that wasn’t listed here let us know in the comments. Make sure to include the link as well. But DON’T vote for one of the popular services mentioned at the beginning! This poll is for the lesser known Google services.

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So the question for today is what RSS feed reader do you prefer?

RSS has become a big part of the net. Instead of constantly checking your favourite sites to see if they have been updated, the updates instead come to you in Really Simple Syndication (RSS) format. If you have no idea about how it works see “What is RSS” video here.

Everybody has their own favourite RSS reader. Google Reader has grabbed a big share of the market but other apps such as My Yahoo, Bloglines, NewsGator / FeedDemon and Firefox Live Bookmarks still have their share of loyal fans who refuse to give them up.

Website and Download Links

• Google Reader
• Netvibes
• My Yahoo
• Bloglines
• FeedDemon
• NewsGator Online
• Google Desktop

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• What is a FeedReader ? (19)
• Ways to Stay on Top of The News (13)
• Two Online Services To Clean Up Your RSS Feeds (10)
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• Snackr – Fancy Feed Reader (Adobe Air App) (12)

Since everyone has different needs when it comes to working with photos, the idea behind today’s poll is not to get the best tool but rather see which image editing app is more popular among tech-savvy MakeUseOf users.

As usual, in case you’re aware of any good tools that were not included in the poll then please tell us about them in comments.

Please Vote!

Download Links

• Adobe Photoshop (not free)
• GIMP (The GNU Image Manipulation Program)
• GimpShop (GIMP that looks like Photoshop)
• IrfanView
• Paint.NET
• PhotoScape
• FastStone Image Viewer
• Photofiltre
• XnView
• Online image editing tools: See here and here

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• JetPhoto – Photo Management App with Tons of Great Features (10)

The cool part about running such a poll was that it especially helped those users who had never used shorcuts before. Instead of randomly jumping at the long list of shotcuts ,they could see what are the top recommended ones and start with them instead.

Today we are extending the top shortcuts idea to Windows. This time, tell us about your favorite Windows shortcuts. So please vote on your top Windows shortcuts below.

You can select up to 5 shortcuts. The Win stands for Windows button (see image above). If your favorite shortcut isn’t listed then make sure to include ‘Other’ in your vote and mention the shortcut in comments.

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Like any other widely used piece of software Firefox has its own set of keyboard shortcuts. Some of them are quite popular while some are ones you may never have heard about. If you have been using Firefox for some time now I am sure you have your own must-use list. Tell us about them.

Please vote on your top 5 shortcuts below (you can select up to 5 shortcuts). We might have missed a few though. If one or more of your favorite shortcuts aren’t listed then please select ‘Other’ and let us know about them in the comments.

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Note that we have listed only the popular ones here. I am pretty sure there are other great little-known toolbars we don’t know about. We are here to find them out. So if you aware of any good toolbar that might be helpful to others please post it in comments.

You can select up to 2 options!

Download Links

• Google Toolbar
• Yahoo Toolbar
• StumbleUpon
• Alexa

If your favorite toolbar isn’t listed please tell us about it in comments.

P.S. Google Toolbar users might also want to check out this quick guide on how to integrate MakeUseOf search to Google Toolbar. Add it and get instant web app search tool on your toolbar.

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Anyone who’s owned a Windows PC for a long time will probably agree that eventually you have to defrag the hard drive. As you move files around and keep installing new programs your disk gets fragmented. Fragmented files take longer to run and results in slower performance. So if you want to keep the hard drive at its peak performance, make sure to defragment your computer once in a while.

As with any other piece of software, some defrag tools tend to perform a lot faster and better than the other ones. While certain people prefer in-built Windows Defragmention Tool, others (incl. myself) prefer something else. There are also those who are simply not aware of alternatives.

Anyhow, what do you use? Please vote! (you can select up to 2 options)

Defrag Tools – Download Links

• Wincontig
• Auslogics
• PageDefrag
• JkDefrag
• Defraggler
• SpeedDefrag
• DisKeeper (non-free)
• O & O Defrag (non-free)
• Ashampoo Magical Defrag (non-free)
• Contig
• PerfectDisk (non-free)
• DefragNT
• Ultra Defragmenter
• Power Defragmenter (based on Contig)

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What video player do you use to play movies and other video files? If you’re a regular MUO user, there is a good chance you have a nice video player on your system. Something that is capable of playing pretty much any movie. So like we did in the past, we are asking you to tell us about it. Help us find the best video player out there.

I did my best not to miss any popular free movie player for Windows, Mac or Linux. Most of the below mentioned players are capable of playing pretty much any popular video format. Though I am sure there are some good video players that are missing. Probably more from the Linux side than Windows. If you’re aware of any good one that should have been listed then please tell us about it in the comments. If you’re looking for a free video player that supports lots of video formats proceed to the download links below.

Update: VLC Player was added to the poll. A small clarification though. IT’S a GREAT Player and I DIDN’T FORGET ABOUT IT. I thought it was included in the poll until I saw the comments. This was abt 2 hours after the poll was published. My bad.

Please vote ! (you can select up to 2 options)

Video Player Download Links. All Free!

• Windows Media Player
• DivX Player (Win, Mac)
• Winamp
• BS. Player (Win)
• Media Player Classic (Win)
• GOM Player (Win)
• QuickTime (Win, Mac)
• VLC Player (Win, Mac, Linux)
• Mplayer (Linux) / Mplayer (for Windows)
• AVS DVD Player (Win)

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I tried to include all popular music players, but I am pretty sure I must have missed a few. If your favorite media player is not listed then please let us know about it in comments. Thanks!

Update: Like I said, it seems that I missed a couple of good music players. These are Foobar2000 and Amarok. Check them in download links below.

Please vote !

Download Links

• Windows Media Player
• iTunes
• Winamp
• MediaMonkey (MakeUseOf MediaMonkey review)
• Songbird (MakeUseOf Quintessential)
• Foobar2000
• Amarok – (Linux)

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Here on MakeUseOf we have a thing towards lists. Most of us like them. Unlike other websites we tend to keep our lists short and actually review the ‘best of’. Plus we always profile only FREE stuff. So if our article says top 3 sources to get free document templates OR the best places to watch documentary movies online, those are the best sources. Nevertheless we want to find out what you, our readers, think about it. Lets us know below, all it takes is one vote.

Share your thoughts in comments.

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And if there are folks who still don’t use any anti-spyware program then they can see what is the highest voted one and hopefully give it a shot. While most spyware are fairly harmless- just tracking cookies that don’t really pose much of a security risk. There are some that perform seriously malicious functions as well.

Please vote ! (You can select up to 2 choices.)

Download Links

• Ashampoo AntiSpyWare (not free)
• Spybot – Search & Destroy
• SpywareBlaster (FREE)
• Spyware Doctor (not free)
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware (FREE version available) – Win
• Spyware Search and Destroy (not free)
• Micorsoft Windows Defender (FREE)

If your favorite program is not listed then please tell us about it in comments.

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This time we want to ask you about instant messaging programs. What is your IM client of choice ? Do you use a multi-protocol client that supports multiple accounts (i.e Pidgin) or prefer to stick with a single-network chat client like MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger etc. Let us know below. You can select up to 2 clients.

Download Links

• Adium
• Digsby *
• GTalk (Google Talk)
• ICQ
• Kopete
• Miranda
• MSN / Windows Live Messenger
• Pidgin
• Skype
• Trillian
• Yahoo Messenger

* The newest IM client out there and received lots of positive coverage recently.

While we are talking about Instant messaging cleints, here are some earlier MakeUseOf articles you might be also interested in:

• Addons to Make Google Talk Better
• 6 Alternative Chat Applications for MSN on Mac OS X
• Pidgin Tips and Tricks
• 15 Addons to Enhance your Instant Messenger
• Instant Messaging clients for your mobile phone.

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Today we want to run a similar poll and find out what’s your favorite firewall software. Or whether you have one at all.

Similar to Antivirus, Firewall has an essential role in keeping your PC secure from online threats. Unfortunately not many people realize that. So the purpose of this poll is to find out what is the most popular firewall software used by MUO users. Again, please vote !

Download Links

• Comodo Firewall PRO (FREE)
• ZoneAlarm Free Firewall (FREE)
• Ashampoo Firewall (FREE and PREMIUM version available)
• Windows Live Onecare (not free)
• Agnitum Outpost (not free)
• Panda (not free)
• Lavasoft Personal Firewall (not free)
• Sygate Firewall (incl. in Norton Internet Security 2008) – not free
• Kaspersky Internet Security (not free)

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• SteadyState – Mess up, Reboot & Everything Is Fixed! (20)

If you don’t have a favorite antivirus program and you’re using the one that came with your PC then you can see what others have to say about it. If you decide to give something a try then check the antivirus download links right below the poll.

So here you go …

Download Links

• Avira Antivir (FREE) *
• Avast Home Edition (FREE) *
• AVG Antivirus FREE Edition (FREE)*
• Bit Defender (not free)
• Eset Nod32 (not free)
• F-PROT Antivirus (not free)
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus (not free)
• McAfee VirusScan Plus (not free)
• Norton Antivirus (not free)
• Panda Software (not free)
• PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition (FREE)
• TrendMicro / PC Cillin

* Among top 5 most downloaded security software on Download.com.

Stay tuned for Mark’s AVG 2008 review tomorrow.

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It’s time for another poll. The question of the day is “Do you Download TV shows ?” Since most of us are major TV show addicts, this one should be even more interesting. We all use different ways to go about it, some folks go with subscription-based services, more tech-aware users use torrents, others stream stuff online etc. So how do you do it ?

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Not only will this help some of the readers discover a cool website or software they didn’t know about, but it may also provide us with some article ideas. For instance, if at one point 70% of readers say they don’t use a feed reader (for example), this would signal to us to run an introductory post on feedreaders and why people should use them.

So please do us a huge a favor and vote .

So here is the first one:

Here at Make Use Of, with the exception of a few Safari users, we all love Firefox. How about you?

Feel free to share your thoughts below. Are you an Opera user? Don’t like Firefox? …. Tell everyone why.

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