The Google War Machine Marches On
This is Not a Penguin Google has updated a part of its search engine. This will go almost totally unnoticed by around 99.999% of all Internet users. But a small …
The Google War Machine Marches On Read MoreHow To Translate A Website Into Any Language
If you want to reach a global audience (and why wouldn’t you?) then the easiest way to appeal to more people is to provide an easy way for them to …
How To Translate A Website Into Any Language Read MoreGoogle’s Wacky Tetris Search Logo
Tweet Google’s Tetris Logo – 25 Year Birthday Just seen today’s custom Google Search logo, and it is in celebration of 25 years of the Tetris effect. Looks pretty funky, …
Google’s Wacky Tetris Search Logo Read MoreGoogle Search Shows Website Previews
Just seen the new Google search feature that shows website previews (screenshot) in the results. You have to click a little magnifying glass, then it opens a page previews. I …
Google Search Shows Website Previews Read MoreGoogle Adsense Gets New Logo
This has to be one of the most mundane Internet news updates for some time …. but, I just noticed a new favicon on my Google Adsense link, so fired …
Google Adsense Gets New Logo Read MoreGoogle Limits Search Referrals
I have just been analysing the stats in Google Webmaster tools for one of my sites and just spotted a very suspicious trend. Between 4th Sept and 4 Oct 2010 …
Google Limits Search Referrals Read MoreGoogle Provides More Templates for Google Sites
Google is developing Google Sites into a new free web hosting service. Maybe they have responded to the closure of Yahoo’s Geocities. They have stated that they have seen a …
Google Provides More Templates for Google Sites Read MoreNew Google Search Results Layout
Just seen a new Google search results layout. Rather than the traditional view with the the “cached” and “similar” links below the description snippet, now you click a big grey …
New Google Search Results Layout Read MoreAdsense in Your Pocket
Now that mobile technology is progressing well, and more an more websites are producing mobile versions, and that Google offer mobile targeted Adsense / Adwords advertising, now is the time …
Adsense in Your Pocket Read MoreGoogle Says You Can Have More Than 100 Links Per Page
Google once provided a guideline that said you should not have more than 100 links on a page. Many webmasters still strictly follow this rule. However, Matt Cutts explained in …
Google Says You Can Have More Than 100 Links Per Page Read MoreGoogle Search Word Highlighting – Looks Awful
I just did a search on Google and on the results pages the search words were highlighted in yellow. This is slightly annoying, but it can help to pick out …
Google Search Word Highlighting – Looks Awful Read MoreGoogle Analytics Real Time Data
Google analytics real time Google Analytics allows webmasters to view real-time usage information. This is particular useful for monitoring when different pages are most popular and how people access your …
Google Analytics Real Time Data Read MoreHow Google Gives a Helping Hand to Black Hat SEOs
What? Google helps Black Hat SEOs? Yep! As a result of accidentally blocking Google from crawling my site I saw a lot of other sites appear in the SERPs that …
How Google Gives a Helping Hand to Black Hat SEOs Read MoreA Million Google +1 Plugins For WordPress
Tweet Was just looking through the latest plugins for WordPress out of sheer boredom I guess. Cannot believe how many Google +1 plugins there are already. I tried installing the …
A Million Google +1 Plugins For WordPress Read MoreWatch Out Facebook, There’s a Social Media Juggernaut Heading Your Way!
OK, I am talking about Google again. Now, I am in two minds about this Google Social Media thing that they are working on. Part of me says “but they …
Watch Out Facebook, There’s a Social Media Juggernaut Heading Your Way! Read MoreGoogle Analytics Help Needed – Where Are My Old Reports?
I am reaching out for help on this one. Today Google finally switched off its old Analytics interface. Now, I am sure that the new version will provide many useful …
Google Analytics Help Needed – Where Are My Old Reports? Read MoreGoogle To Publish British Library Collection Online
Google has struck a deal with the British Library to “digitise” (scan and upload) all out of copyright works that the British Library holds. Google and the British Library plan …
Google To Publish British Library Collection Online Read MoreWebmasters Are Hacking Sites to Game the Search Engines
Matt Cutts, Google’s spokesperson for its search engine spam team, has announced that there are more and more cases of cheeky black hat SEOers hacking into flaky websites to place …
Webmasters Are Hacking Sites to Game the Search Engines Read MoreGoogle Custom Search Has Crashed
We have reports of problems with the Google Custom Search Engine (CSE). Custom search is now used by many websites to help people to find and navigate around their site. …
Google Custom Search Has Crashed Read MoreGoogle Introduce Parked Domain Ads to Adsense
In a move likely to cause a lot of debate, Google have introduced domain parking adverts to Adsense. Now website owners do not even need to create content to generate …
Google Introduce Parked Domain Ads to Adsense Read MoreA Day in the Life of Google Webmaster Support
This video is about 2 1/2 years old, but I just stumbled across it on YouTube. Interesting to see how the Webmaster Support team work, how laid back they all …
A Day in the Life of Google Webmaster Support Read MoreHappy Birthday Confucius
You may be wondering what Confucius’ birthday has to do with the study of the Internet. Well, not a lot. But Google’s Search logo today is in honour of the …
Happy Birthday Confucius Read MoreToday Matt Cutts Posted A Photo To Google+ !!!! WOW!!!
Sorry Matt Cutts, you will have to leave my Google+ circle, goodbye. I had to ditch Larry Page because I started to develop RSI from muting all his posts / …
Today Matt Cutts Posted A Photo To Google+ !!!! WOW!!! Read MoreGoogle Buys eBook Business To Boost Google Books
News just in that Google has bought eBook Technologies and its team to help bolster its own ebookstore. eBook Technologies provided the hardware and software for reading ebooks, but it …
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