Our writing staff are our most valuable asset. Without them, you would have nothing to read on MakeUseOf and we wouldn’t have a site with 200,000 subscribers.

Apart from writing for us, the MUO staff are also very busy writing for other sites, including their own, as well as starting their own projects. We have quite some smart people working for us.

We have decided to occasionally profile and link back to some of our staff’s other work. This will also give you – the reader – an idea of what else our writers do, as well as giving you a wider variety of posts to read.

So welcome to MUO Team Spotlight. A bi-monthly feature where we show you up to 5 examples of what our staff get up to behind our backs.

1. Keyword Tool Supercharger

by Jorge Sierra @ Geeklad

Selecting the right keywords for your webpages is an important component in driving organic traffic. Using the Google AdWords Keyword Tool is a great way to find some of the most searched keywords. However, knowing keyword popularity is not enough.

Jorge’s keyword tool supercharger takes the Google AdWords Keyword Tool to the next level, by providing competition data on the pages providing content with the keywords being sought.

2. A New Wireless Criminal Identification System

by Ryan Dube @ Associated Content

In this Associated Content article, Ryan examines the latest advance in police technology called Blue Checks, which uses biometrics and wireless technology to allow officers the ability to check the FBI’s extensive database and find a suspect’s true identity from a quick digital fingerprint scan performed right on the street. Check it out.

3. How To Refurbish Or Recycle An Old Computer

by Justin Pot @ Ecohearth

Justin, writing for environmental blog EcoHearth, explains how to breath new life into an old computer using a combination of RAM, Linux and an idea for a new purpose.

If the machine is beyond repair, the article explains how to recycle a computer so it won’t end up polluting third world countries.

4. My Blog Guest

by Ann Smarty @ MyBlogGuest

Guest blogging is a popular and easy way for bloggers to network and help each other grow. This forum connects blog owners looking for contributors to people who would love to share their resource by guest blogging.

Check it out if you’re looking for some talented people to guest post on your blog.

5. How To Sync Browser Sessions Between Multiple Computers

by Evan Wondrasek @ Techerator

In this post, Evan looks at FreshStart which is a great extension for Google Chrome. It allows you to save your browser sessions and reload them on multiple computers.

You can simply save all your open tabs to a new session, or manually pick which tabs to save for later viewing. The best part: FreshStart uses Chrome’s built-in bookmark syncing feature to keep your sessions up-to-date between other computers.

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