Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Debugging Google Ranking Issues

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Let's take a look at what you can do when things go wrong. I'm speaking of when your website drops in Google's rankings. You have to take a fine-comb approach to figuring out what went wrong. If you don't, you'll end up feeling down emotionally, and you ...

Google Volatility - The Reason To Have Multiple Websites

Monday, October 1st, 2007

People use the phrase "don't put all your eggs in one basket" quite a bit, especially when it relates to owning a website. And the advice cannot be ignored. If you put all your eggs in one basket, and you drop that basket, well, your eggs are pretty ...

Whining About Google

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

One webmaster past-time that never gets old for most people is the ancient sport of "whining about Google". Some people are so good at this, I'm pretty sure they spend most of their time practicing it. There is one forum I visit ever now and again where the ...

Google Is Now An In-House Lobbyist

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Not content to just be a search engine, Google is now bringing their influence to Government and has registered their first in-house lobbyist. Google used a number of outside lobby firms until this year, including the Podesta Group to represent the companies interests. "We've expanded our presence because there are an ...

Google To Be Grilled By Senate Over DoubleClick Deal

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Google has been interested in taking over DoubleClick since April, but the transaction has not gone smoothly. The main reasons for the delay are concerns about privacy and competition. The combined company would put Google way ahead of other companies in what advertising they offer, and with how ...

Google’s Private Jet Gets A Home At NASA’s Moffett Field

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

One thing about Google is that they never think small. And they like their privacy, so it comes as no surprise that company President Eric Schmidt is said to have secured a hangar to house Google's refurbished wide-body Boeing 767-200 out of Moffett Field, an airport that is run by ...

Google Launches ‘My Library’ To Organize And Browse Book Titles

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Yesterday Google announced the addition of a new service called "My Library" which will allow web users to organize and browse their favorite book titles. This service lets visitors create links to books and articles and then allows them to rate them, review them and share them with others visitors. Users ...

Google SiteLinks Are Not A Sign Of Authority

Friday, September 7th, 2007

One frustrating thing about webmasters is their tendency to mindlessly copy and clone everything in sight. This can range from entire websites to erroneous information. Once they get a wrong-headed idea into their minds, it's like pulling teeth to try and get them to evolve and change. One ...

Google To Become A Venture Capitalist?

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

These days no business model is sacred to Google. The company, once known as a search engine has recently began stepping into the business of being a venture capitalist. Google (GOOG) has begun making VC-style investments to the tune of about $500,000 or less in promising startups, often buying those ...

Google Patent Ignites Talk Of Mobile Payment Solution

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Google is getting into every business imaginable, so it's not hard to believe that the company may be interested in the mobile payment solutions business, but a new patent filing by the Mountain Valley company has people wondering if that's their plan after all. A Google patent application, filed last year ...