Google’s Tribute to the LHC
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008One of my favorite Tribute Logo’s by Google. Although it would be a little cooler if there was a tiny black spot in the center of the collision to further paranoia about the potential of creating mini-black holes!
Google goes Chrome
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Google announced today they are jumping feet first into the web browser industry. Their new browser unveiled today is called Chrome. Excerpts from their press release. “The web has evolved pretty dramatically, but the underlying browser architecture is still very similar to the original Netscape browser,” Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice president of product management, said [...]
Google Suggest to define search phrases
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Google’s experimental labs has had Keyword Suggestion as a project for sometime now. Their explanation for this service is, ” Try different keywords to improve your search results. As you type your search, Google’s technology provides alternative suggestions to your queries in real time. This feature is also available on Google Labs as Google Suggest.”
Google controls 70% of Searches
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008According to an article posted at Search Engine Journal, Google controlled over 70% of the US searches for the month of July. Yahoo followed in second with around 18% of the search volume. Live and Ask.com carried around 3-5% of the search traffic. Read the full article at the Search Engine Journal.
Does Google recommend using an SEO firm?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Google’s Webmaster Support center has a very informative article about using an SEO firm. It provides great questions to ask any SEO firm such as: Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories? Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines? Do you offer any online marketing services to complement [...]
Removing Google’s Duplicate Results Filter
Monday, July 28th, 2008Just a little tip to remove Google’s filter of duplicate results from a search query. Really useful to see if your not ranking because your content is duplicated. When searching for a term, such as – Eli Rohlf , the SERP’s URL will be http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&suggon=0&q=eli+rohlf&btnG=Search Simply add &filter=0 to the end of the URL so [...]
Cuil – First takes
Monday, July 28th, 2008The blogosphere today is alive with news of the latest “Google Killer” search engine, Cuil. Cuil, which is from the Gaelic for knowledge and also hazel, is a new search engine developed from former Google employees. So does it pose a threat to Google? According to Cuil’s press release the search engine provides the following [...]
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