I was just checking Google News, and I got 502 server error. It seems that Google News server(s) is down.
It seems Google recently had some major errors, Times Online reports Google was shut down for 40 minutes due to a human error in 1/31/2009
I was searching today for a new cable/internet/phone service with the option to get a DVR; my Comcast bill went so high after my 1 year promo rate ended.
I start searching for other options that are available in my area and it seems i only got Verizon and Comcast in my area. So i refined my search to find “verizon triple play dvr” and guess what i got?
“Verizon Triple Play Sucks” was my first result in Google, talk about reputation management …
PS:
A college of mine noticed that the results are different today, “Verizon Triple Play Sucks” is in the second page. That was quick … Actually not
If you notice the screen shot above, you will notice the following phrase “Customized based on recent search activity” …
So my results we customized which what we call “Personalized Search” …
I was inspired by Bill Tancer book ‘Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why It Matters’. Bill demonstrates how our online searches reflect who we are.
So i thought let me search for what questions American users ask online; I used Google Keyword Tool with Match Type set to exact and searched for Who, What, Where, How, Why, and When.
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Some of the questions I found were extremely shocking and I wonder why would anyone ask such questions? Just keep reading and discover for yourself.
This is a time line for all news & newspaper related news. We will list the latest updates on online news, print newspapers, news headlines and SEO. This page will be updated frequently.
Early this year SEOmoz.com published search engine ranking factors 2007 document, they asked 37 well known SEO Gurus in the world of Organic search engine optimization to vote on the importance of a variety of Google Search Engine Ranking Factors that comprise Google’s ranking algorithun. Here is a summarized table of all factors in order of importance.
“it is my opinion that 90-95% of the knowledge required about Google’s algorithm is contained below.” Rand Fishkin said.
Ranking Factors are classified under 4 categories: Read the rest of this entry »
In every SEO conference I attend there must be multiple site clinic sessions. Webmasters and business owners ask questions to a bunch of SEO gurus. What I noticed is that there is no process or structured methodology to Audit a site. Also i noticed that most of webmasters/business owners are not very familiar with SEO or Coding. That’s why I created this comprehensive list of SEO check points for any site webmaster or business owner to SEO-Audit their site in an easy way:
Google has launched a new product; Google Insight. With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames.
Utilizing Google Insight to understand global and local search patterns for US candidates (John McCain / Sarah Palin, Barack Obama / Joe Biden) of the 2008 elections, you notice the following:
The main goal for widgets, so far, is its viral effect in increasing traffic. But with the recent Facebook.com updates (allowing spiders to their members profile pages) and the increased use of widgets on social networks, it is important to build SEO friendly widgets. In other words to utilize widgets in link building. if you are going to have a Widget, you should get some SEO link benefit out of it, in addition to its viral benefit.
To discuss how we can use widgets for SEO benefits, let’s dissect widgets into 3 main parts; header, footer and body.
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DirectNews.com reported that The Nintendo Wii is so sought after by British consumers that one website which sources the console has increased its market share by 265 per cent during November alone. Read the rest of this entry »
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