Do a Google search for click here. What you'll find is around 1.7 billion (yes billion) instances in Google's database where website owners have used "click here" as linked text on their website. Let me guess, that includes you, right? But click here is seldom the best option for linked text. Take … Read more about 7 Reasons Not to Link with Click Here
Google’s Eric Schmidt Defines Web 3.0
I was just getting used to Web 2.0. Want to know what Web 3.0 is going to be about? So did an audience member at the Seoul Digital Forum back in May when he asked Google's CEO Eric Schmidt to define Web 3.0. Schmidt's first response was that Web 2.0 is nothing more than "a marketing term" - … Read more about Google’s Eric Schmidt Defines Web 3.0
Meet The New Google Analytics
You might know that Jeffrey Veen has been working at Google for more than year. But what has he been up too? Well, he's been part of the team that has been redesigning Google Analytics. You can read about the whole new experience with Google Analytics to get an idea of what's changing. Or read a … Read more about Meet The New Google Analytics
Find Out Your Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank and Other Blog Popularity Stats in One Place
Was cleaning out some old bookmarks last night and ran across Nirmal T V's post about popuri.us. Seems someone was trying to tell me something because I had recently run seen popuri.us at Diary of My Life and Untwisted Vortex. What is popuri.us? It's a single site where you can check a number of … Read more about Find Out Your Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank and Other Blog Popularity Stats in One Place
Is Google Always The Best Search Engine To Find What You Need?
I use Google for a lot of my search needs - sites, blogs, images, video, mapping, addresses, reviews, etc. The list goes on. But I've always wondered if Google is always the best option. Well Phil Bradley has compiled a list of what he calls Finding What You Need With The Best Search Engines. I've … Read more about Is Google Always The Best Search Engine To Find What You Need?
Remove Nofollow from Movable Type
I've been talking a bunch about removing the rel=nofollow code from links made in comments. If your remember, nofollow keeps Google and other search bots from following the links made in your comments - meaning, no link love to your commenters. Well, Andy Beard started the campaign to get people to … Read more about Remove Nofollow from Movable Type
You Comment, I Follow You. Or At Least Google Will
For a few weeks I've been on a campaign to rid the blogosphere of the dreaded nofollow attribute. Of course, I didn't start this. But I'm convinced that nofollow must go. So much so that I've been asking everyone I know to spread the word. A few days ago, Randa Clay had the great idea of creating a … Read more about You Comment, I Follow You. Or At Least Google Will
Hey Google, Follow Me: Giving More Link Love
Finally, I've removed 'nofollow' from comments. As a blogger, or website owner in general, you want links coming back to your site/blog. Links to your site is one of the major ways to increase your Google ranking. That's why in the blogosphere, link love is high currency. If you knew that, then … Read more about Hey Google, Follow Me: Giving More Link Love
See How Easy It Can Be to Find Topics to Write About
I get asked often..."How do I find topics to write about on my blog?" The answer is pretty simple...I use my feed reader. What I've done is identified a number of topics that I want my blog to focus on. I then search for those topics in Google Blog Search. Once the search results come up, I … Read more about See How Easy It Can Be to Find Topics to Write About
Really, What's the Point of the 2000 Bloggers Experiment
A few weeks back I got into 'the 2000 Bloggers.' It sounded like a really neat idea to build some links and gain some traffic to my blog. And it worked, at least to some degree. Looking at my site stats in Google Analytics, it appears I have gained some traffic from the 2000 Bloggers. But the place … Read more about Really, What's the Point of the 2000 Bloggers Experiment
Show Google Every Page of Your Blog
I like Google. And I want every single page of content on my site in Google's search database. Likely, you do too. Now we could each wait for Google's bots to crawl our sites and find our content - both old and new. Or, we could force the issue a little bit by taking advantage of a Google's … Read more about Show Google Every Page of Your Blog
15 Google Features You Probably Don't Know About
Michael Miller over at informit.com has written a nice article exploring some of Google's lesser known features. Here's a list from the site. The article goes into an explanation of each feature. Definitely work a looksee. Google Is a Calculator Google Knows Mathematical Constants Google … Read more about 15 Google Features You Probably Don't Know About
