Tag Archives: Google
Zoho – An Alternative to Check Out While Waiting for that Google Wave Invite
Ok, Google Wave was just recently released, and I still haven’t gotten my invite. What is a poor web consultant to do? Why, search the web for other things that I can play with now. This is where Zoho comes in.
First of all, Zoho is not new – it’s been around at least a few [...]
Cloud Computing on the Horizon
Cloud computing is on the horizon. And despite the jargony term, it’s more familiar than you think.
“Cloud computing”, you ask?
Well, you could consider this blog article cloud computing. Although you see the article on your screen and you are reading these words, this article doesn’t exist on your computer – unless you purposely copied it [...]
Google Options are Good Options
If you haven’t noticed yet when performing a search in Google, you now have the ability to click on a text link in the top left of the search results that says “Show options”. Pretty nifty, eh?
Yep, Google is rolling out new features because, well, because they’re Google, but also to compete with other specialized [...]
High Ranking Social Media Profiles
A co-worker talked you into setting up an account on LinkedIn, which you briefly did, but then forgot about it and never followed up on it further. It has a minimal amount of basic content on it and maybe you only linked up with a few other people at best. Well, that basic profile is [...]
Full StoryHow Long Has That Domain Name of Yours Been Around?
The length of time that you have owned a domain name has a some influence on how Google views your website. This is because Google wants to avoid spammers as much as possible. Spammers will frequently buy up discarded domain names and attach them to a spam-oriented website. Since these sites muck up Google’s search [...]
Full StoryGoogle = Busy
So Google big hitters Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye recently shared during a question and answer session that Google made over 450 changes to its search algorithm last year. That means that Google changed it’s mind over 450 times on how it decided to rank websites.
Over 450 times!
Granted, many of these changes were minor tweaks, [...]
Google Turns 10
Google, the rulers of planet earth, turns 10 today. It is amazing that such a young company has risen so far in so little time. It wasn’t that long ago when it was just one of many search engines that you had to focus SEO efferts on. Now, it demands the bulk of our time.
In [...]
