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 years now, competing solidly with Google Docs at least as far back as 2007. I have read a number of articles on it this year, and even ones that proclaimed it to have beaten Google Wave to the...
Read MoreCloud 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 to your computer or are reading it from your computer cache. No, it exists on a server… somewhere… heck, I...
Read MoreGoogle 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 search engines including Twitter’s ability to offer real time search and the search options on Microsoft’s new Bing.com search engine. One of...
Read MoreHigh 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 likely now one of the highest ranked webpages for your name in Google. That’s a good reason to revisit that profile and freshen it up. Social media websites are really starting to dominate search engine...
Read MoreHow 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 results, Google is a bit leary with any site that has a fresh domain name registration as it may suspect spam. Also, new websites with new domain names are not yet...
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