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Tools and Resources to Learn Google Advanced Operators

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:16:45 +0000

I find it sad that many people are absolutely unaware of Google advanced operators, or even if they do know about the advanced search, they never use it. I for one use Google advanced operators all the time: when doing on-page diagnostics; searching for backlink opportunities, doing competitive research, etc, etc So in this post I decided to share the best tools and tutorials that will help you remember and learn to use the advanced search (if you are not using it already): Advanced search

Bing’s Last Hurrah for 2009, an iPhone App

cgseo — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:15:43 +0000

What could be a more fitting way for Bing to end the year on the right note but to release its very own native iPhone app. It’s free and available now at the iTunes Apps Store (iTunes Link). Key Features of the Bing iPhone app include: Daily image from Bing.com Easy to access voice search Tips and tricks on the home page “Locate Me” functionality Ability to add pushpins and save locations Show multiple locations on a single map The Bing iPhone app adds to previous Bing-related iPhone apps released by Microsoft which include – Bing for Windows phone, BlackBerry, Sidekick and select BREW-based devices on Verizon and Bing for Mobile . It also competes with rivals Yahoo Mobile and Google Mobile iPhone apps. Downloading Bing iPhone now and will see how it works and update this post. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Bing’s Last Hurrah for 2009, an iPhone

Facebook Top Search Term 2009, Google Top Visited Site

cgseo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:00:37 +0000

Experian Hitwis e has just released two significant data of 2009 – top-search term and top-visited site with Facebook and Google earning the top spot respectively. Facebook beats dislodged last years top-searched term – MySpace. While Google obviously retained its last year’s position. Moving from last year’s 10th spot, Facebook accounted for 2.48% of the top 300 searches in 2009. Including other variations of searches related to Facebok such as facebook.com, facebook login and others will amount to 1.09% of the top 300 searches. Following Facebook are MySpace with 1.02% of the searches, Yahoo with 0.95%, Google with 0.63% and Craiglist with 0.62% of the top 300 searches. In the Top-Visited Site category Google is again on the top spot for the second straight year. Google accounts for 6.70% of all U.S. visits from January to November 2009. Following Google is Yahoo mail with 4.44% of visits, Facebook with 4.26%, Yahoo (the main portal) with 3.36% and MySpace with 3% of the U.S. visits for 2009. Interestingly, Yahoo Mail remains to be one of Yahoo’s stronghold, which remained as the no. 2 most visited site since 2008. This only goes to show that its mail service is still the most used product on Yahoo, even beating Gmail, and Windows Live Mail. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Facebook Top Search Term 2009, Google Top Visited

Google Search Event Only On Windows Media

cgseo — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:33:29 +0000

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Google Chrome for Mac, Linux Available Now

cgseo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:00:20 +0000

As an early Christmas gift to us Mac users who have been waiting for so long, Google has finally outed Chrome for Mac (beta). As a bonus, Google has also released Chrome for Linux and activated Chrome Extensions for Chrome users in Windows platform. If you’re a Mac user and you haven’t downloaded Chrome Beta for Mac, you should – right now. Google Chrome for Mac (Beta) brings the clean and simple design and of course the lightning speed of Google Chrome that Windows users have been enjoying for the past couple of months now. Like what the Google Blog said, Chrome for Mac loads fast, as in really fast. In terms and look and feel, Chrome for Mac (Beta) is different of course from Chrome on Windows. It’s more like having a toned-down version of Safari. Some of the basic features of Chrome for Windows are already in Chrome for Mac, although advanced features such as bookmark sync, extensions, bookmark manager are yet to be incorporated. Browser skins are already available. Overall, Chrome for Mac looks pretty good. It’s still in beta so expect some glitches along the way, although so far I haven’t encountered any. Hopefully more advanced features would come along the way. You may download Google Chrome for Mac (Beta) from here . Aside from releasing Google Chrome for Mac (Beta), Google also made Chrome for Linux (Beta) available for Download with support for the 300 cool Chrome extensions which are also available for use on Google Chrome for Windows installation. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Chrome for Mac, Linux Available

Google vs. Apple : Epic Battle of Droids, Tunes & Systems

cgseo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:27:13 +0000

For several years now, Google and Apple have been complimentary partners. Google was expertly integrated with the Apple iPhone, and the company’s engineers work tirelessly to bring many of their services to the Apple platform in addition to the PC and Linux platforms. They’ve been pals for much of the search engine’s lifespan. Google’s chief financial officer, Eric Schmidt, was even a member of Apple’s board of directors since August 2006. And immediately after Schmidt left Apple’s boardroom this year, Google has made much more of a push into areas that have thus far been dominated by Apple and Microsoft: browsers, operating systems, music services, and now, even Google-powered phones and Google netbooks . Schmidt’s resignation from the Apple board in 2009 was a signal to many that Google would be frequently stepping on Apple’s toes and looking to them as more of a competitor than partner. With that in mind, many can’t help but wonder which company will fare better and come out on top. Apple has been around since 1976. Google was established in 1998. In terms of length of time in business, Apple has got Google beat by more than two decades. In terms of brand awareness, however, Google trumps Apple, coming in at No. 7 on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands List for 2009 . Apple comes in at a respectable No. 20. Google is no stranger to going up against more established competitors and coming out on top. Case in point – Microsoft. In terms of search, they’ve been battling it out, and while Microsoft’s latest incarnation of search – Bing – is doing extremely well ( when it’s working ), Google still has more searches, and by quite a lot. While Microsoft has an advantage in the operating system and browser markets, with the majority of computers coming pre-installed with Windows and Internet Explorer, Google’s raising some eyebrows with their Android OS and Chrome browser. Battlefront #1: Music & OnDemand

Link Builder’s Toolkit: Saving Time on Writing an Email Pitch

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:19:02 +0000

I think many of us will agree that a link builder spends 50% of his time writing emails: more often than not to the potential backlink platform owners but also asking and answering questions, completing web forms (directories, email forms, etc) and so on. Therefore it is so essential to optimize the time you spend on that allowing for better productivity and maybe work-free weekends ( oh, I miss them so much! ). Auto Fill Web

Google Chrome Extensions Launching this Week

cgseo — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:16:54 +0000

Google will be opening up its Chrome Extensions Gallery to the public sometime in the next week according to two sources and TechCrunch, possibly during the Add-On-Conference where Google Chrome is a sponsor of the event. Google Chrome had opened up its Extensions Gallery to developers in November, and the gallery seems to almost be ready for prime time. The addition of extensions to Google Chrome will not just make many casual users of Google Chrome happier, but also lead to customization of the browser which will lead to expanded usage and more user loyalty. Essentially, Extensions are to Chrome what Addons are to Firefox. Apparently, the Extensions Gallery will be much like the Chrome Themes Gallery. It will be a page that lists a bunch of extensions and has a button to one-click download the ones you want. Presumably there will also be a link to learn more about what each extension actually does. Initially, Extension support will only be for the Windows-based version of Chrome. Even though the launch of the beta version of Chrome for Mac is imminent, that version will not have extension support built-in. However, the latest builds of Chromium (the open-source browser that Chrome is built off of) for Mac does support extensions, and even has an extension manager that works. It would appear that the Linux build of Chrome will support extensions whenever that beta is available. Personally, I’m incredibly excited to see the collection of Chrome extensions which make my job easier roll out, including SEO and search marketing oriented extensions. One such extension which has been Shareaholic , one of my favorite social media extensions which assists in the sharing of sites to cross pollinate social media networks. Here’s a preview of their Chrome extension (also from TechCrunch ). If you have an extension for Chrome, you can upload it to the Google Chrome Extension Developer Dashboard . What Extensions or current Firefox Add-ons do you want to see added to Chrome? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Chrome Extensions Launching this

Breadcrumbs: Everything About Breadcrumbs & SEO

cgseo — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:12:20 +0000

Last week I came across amazing words describing how you should treat your website usability: A website is not like a house – people do not only come in through the front door. They come in willy-nilly, through the roof, the sewer system, the windows and the walls. This IS the nature of the web and you succeed more easily if you create a site that flows with that reality. ( Source ) So the first thing to do when analyzing how usable a site is should be to make sure people are able to easily find their way around no matter which page they first landed on. When it comes to huge websites, breadcrumbs can be a great way to help users identify where they are located. Here are a few essential things you should know about breadcrumbs: 1. Types of

Google Chrome OS News Round-Up, What’s Your Take?

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:16:59 +0000

As soon as Google goes official with the Chrome OS, every tech people I know jumped into it. Each with his own comments, impressions and ideas on what was made available by Google so far. You’ve read about our earlier report as well as Google’s own announcement . Now here’s what other bright minds in the tech world have to say about the Google Chrome OS. Let’s begin with SEJ’s very own Loren and what he has to say on what was announced today about the Google Chrome OS. Got this comment from Loren via IM. If Chrome OS does for my computing experience what Chrome Browser has done for my web srufing & searching experience, I’m a Google OS user for life. Brad Linder of Download Squad : Google ChromeOS: It’s basically a modified browser that runs web apps. Adam Ostrow of Mashable : Chrome the browser essentially is Chrome the operating system. Applications live on the web, anything you save is available from anywhere, and Google says the current version boots in 7 seconds. StuffTV gave an essential point : Speedy Chrome OS will need dedicated hardware. Boy Genius Report’s take: Google has said flat out they designed the Chrome OS with three things in mind: speed, simplicity, and security, so we are going break down some of the finer points they touched upon under these pretenses. Dan Frommer of Business Insider was pleased with the potential of Chrome OS on netbooks: The whole point of the operating system — meant for simple computers and launching in about a year — is that it’s based on a Web browser, so don’t get too excited. It looks like a Web browser. And it actually looks pretty good. We’re curious to see how the Apple tablet pans out, but if we ever had to buy a netbook, we’d seriously consider one running Chrome OS as opposed to Windows. Larry Dignan thinks that Chrome OS may not be for everyone : My hunch is it may a (take) while to get consumers to believe that “every application is a Web application. Nilay Patel of Engadget has this to say: As far as going to market, Google’s not talking details until the targeted launch at the end of next year, but Chrome OS won’t run on just anything — there’ll be specific reference hardware. For example, Chrome OS won’t work with standard hard drives, just SSDs, but Google is supporting both x86 and ARM CPUs. That also means you won’t be able to just download Chrome OS and go, you’ll have to buy a Chrome OS device approved by Google. Patrick Goss of TechRadar believes (and I agree) that Chrome OS won’t replace Windows just yet: But Chrome OS is a seismic change from what people are expecting; and Google’s assertion that this is meant to be for secondary devices means that this is not meant to replace Windows – at least not yet. Eric Schonfeld thinks Google is making Chrome OS too simple : Rather than support Android apps and other sorts of apps, there is only one kind of app Google is interested in: the Web app. Chrome OS is all about making Web apps the only apps you will ever need. Which kind of makes you wonder how long we’ll need Android apps, or iPhone apps for that matter, because you know it is only a matter of time before a phone comes out running on Chrome OS. So, what’s your take on what was just announced by Google about Chrome OS? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Chrome OS News Round-Up, What’s Your