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Share and Follow Lost & Found Pets Ireland on Google Buzz

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:21:32 +0000

Once again the title says it all folks. I have just added easy sharing to Buzz on the lost and found pet listings pages and you now can follow Lost and Found Pets Ireland via Buzz. Its unclear at this point what the eventual fate of Buzz will be with the much rumoured ‘Google Me’ [...]

Found a Dog? Don’t Take it to the Pound

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:17:21 +0000

Its impossible to say exactly how many of the found dogs listed here have actually been abandoned for one reason or another but its logical to assume that given the economic situation in Ireland currently, that number is growing. if you do find a dog and bring it to your local pound and if its [...]

Spay Week Ireland 2010, May 30th – June 6th

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:13:25 +0000

Well, its that time of year again when all of us concerned with animal welfare in Ireland on a daily basis try to highlight the crises we have with abandoned and unwanted dogs and cats and the important role spaying and neutering has to play in reducing this problem and improving the lives of all [...]

Geotagging Your Pet Listing Just Got Easier

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:29:42 +0000

Following on from my previous post announcing the addition of geolocation information to the free lost and found pet listings we have been watching how people are coping with marking the location of their loss or find on the map. It seems that most people found the process of manipulating the map to get an [...]

Geotagged Lost and Found Pet Listings Go Live

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:11:16 +0000

Pets with Latitude! Well the title says it all. Today we started providing the facility to geotag the lost and found pet listings posted to the site via a simple map interface in our listing submission wizard. Location Location Location While we are not the first Irish site to do this (though it could be [...]

Lost and Found Pets Ireland – Now Without Borders

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:22:04 +0000

Just a very quick post to announce that we are now accepting UK mobile numbers for lost and found listings which means our friends in Northern Ireland can now post their listings. I had originally intended to do this as you can see from the counties displayed on the site but somehow the validation of [...]

Our Lost & Found Pet Posters Get High-Tech with QR Codes

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:36:49 +0000

Over the course of the past 6 months it has become apparent that while all the tech and social media facilities for sharing listings are all very well and good, often the most effective means of getting pets reunited with owners is via the traditional lost and found pet poster. Indeed it was the way [...]

New iGoogle Gadget Published

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:07:01 +0000

The Lost and Found Pets Ireland Latest Listing gadget is now published for all those using a customised iGoogle homepage. The gadget automatically lists up to 5 of the latest listings on the site and the listings displayed can be filtered by status (lost or found), county and pet type. It is also worth mentioning [...]

Irish Lost & Found Pets Now on Google Wave

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:38:01 +0000

More as an experiment at this point than anything else, given the limited user base on Google Wave at this point, I have started certainly Ireland’s and possibly the world’s first ‘Lost & Found Pets’ public Google Wave. I’m hoping those using Google Wave will use this wave as a resource for sharing information on [...]

Download Free Screensaver for Lost & Found Pets on Your PC

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:08:23 +0000

Another quick post to announce that I have released the Lost and Found Pets Ireland screensaver (for Windows). Its another attempt to bring the listings here to the widest possible audience. The screensaver displays photos of pets listed on the site with a short summary of the listing and includes the facility to click through [...]