Friday, August 12, 2011

Your Google Profile is your next Google Ranking Signal


Yes ! You heard it right. If you’re looking to help your search engine rankings, you might need a Google Profile which is the backbone of Google+. Google wants to use authorship markup as ranking signal, requires Google Profile. Google announced this back in June saying it is “experimenting ” with using the data to help people find content from authors in search results.

Read the full story here

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Twitter’s New Ad Product

Twitter recently rolled out its latest step toward making money called Promoted Tweets to Followers. The new ad venture allows brands to place special announcements, offers, and other content near the top of users’ timelines that follow them.

Read the full story here

Monday, July 18, 2011

StumbleUpon Can Drive Traffic to Your Website..


StumbleUpon can be a tremendous source of traffic for a site. The content has to be there, of course, but the nature of StumbleUpon enables that content to spread pretty quickly and pretty far.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Use of Internet affecting our memory, reports New York Times


Does use of Internet affects our memory? If you are in a dilemma about how, then let me tell you that researchers have found that the widespread use of search engines and online databases is affecting the way people remember information.




Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Google Will Delete Private Google+ Profiles on July 31st

If you currently have a private profile on Facebook and was hoping to have the same on Google+, you can… until July 31, 2011 that is. Google lays out the details on the social services help section.

Friday, July 1, 2011

New feather in Google's cap: Google+

Welcome the new & talk of the town Google+, a social network & serious Facebook competitor by Google which was launched this week.


http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-google-project-real-life.html

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Google Translate now supports 5 more Indian languages

Now you can explore the linguistic diversity of the India with Google Translate, now supporting 5 new languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/google-translate-welcomes-you-to-indic.html

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Google Hotpot name going away.....

Now you won't hear anything about Google Hotpot anymore. The company has announced that the Hotpot name is a thing of the past, and the ratings and review experience is being formally added into Google Places.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Public Transport Information for Mumbai arrives on Google Maps...

Is your Mumbai experience authentic without having to hop a red BEST bus or having to board a crowded local train ? Its hard to imagine aamchi Mumbai without its trains and buses. Knowing that life in Mumbai revolves around trains and buses, Google will now show the availability of BEST Bus and Mumbai Local train routes and schedule information on Google Maps. This information is available both on desktop and on mobile for millions of commuters in Mumbai, arguably the most used public transportation network in India.


For more, visit Public Transport Information for Mumbai

Sunday, March 27, 2011

SEO Services - Grow your business organically

            What do you do when you need to find some information on the Web? You just jump to one of the major search engines and type in the query that you are looking for and then click through the search results, right? Today more and more people have started gaining access to these search engines for their queries and thus dependence on them for information has increased. Thus in this way, search engines evolved & then spranged up a concept called Search Engine optimization (SEO) which is constantly growing day by day as the Web is developing.

            Whether it's a small, medium or a large business, everyone is realizing the importance of search engine optimization & they are leaving no stone unturned in making their brand popular on the web using SEO. Today search engine optimization has become the meat and potatoes of online marketing strategies & is considered as the most powerful, successful & effective strategy which will help business owners in reaping the fruits of ROI.

            Search engine optimization SEO is a broader term which means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Precisely, SEO is about the on-page and off-page design strategies being used to improve your search engine rankings. In other words, it is about doing whatever you need to do to ensure that your web site ranks as high as possible in search engine results. There are so many facets of search engine optimization, from how search engines work (and they all work a little differently) to how a web page is designed.

            SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is a strategy intended to enhance recognition of a site by Google, Yahoo and Bing. The goal of this is to have your website appear on or close to page one of search results for keywords relevant to your business. The result these activities give includes being found by your potential customers which means more traffic to your site and ultimately more sales.

            SEO is a tough business since its tactics are based on thorough analysis of search engines' algorithms to determine which elements make certain sites rank higher than others. As they are constantly refining their algorithms to eliminate spam, the factors that affect site rankings also change. As a result, it ends up being an evolving process, especially for broad keywords where competition is very aggressive. SEO is a constant and consistent process which needs continuous time, effort & strong commitment.    

            So be ready to completely smoke your competitors in the search engine war with SEO Services & make sure that your site stands out from the crowd.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

New features in Orkut...

Google has upgraded orkut's interface & you might only see if you are using new Orkut. A new feature called "like" & some extra smileys are added. So now you can give different reactions to your friend's stories.

http://en.blog.orkut.com/

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Google issues alert updates for Japan Tsunami

Internet search giant Google is warning users on its search page about the tsunami danger across the Pacific following the earthquake off the coast of Japan.

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Meet Google Pegman's new friend Pegwoman on International Women's Day....

Google Pegman, yes that little orange guy that you can drag into maps to enter Street View, has a new friend. He invited his colleague Pegwoman to join him on the map today to celebrate International Women’s Day! So when you use Google Maps on March 8th, you will notice Pegwoman.


Sunday, March 6, 2011

Test your webmaster skills by taking Google Webmaster quiz.....

The Google Webmaster Central recently announced a "fun & educational" quiz for all. The quiz is based on common topics as well as some information that may not be well known.So go ahead & have as much fun as I had taking it!

http://googleindia.blogspot.com/2011/03/google-webmaster-quiz.html

Now your favourite recipes are just a click away....Thanks to Google Recipes

Google recently unveiled an appetizing new search option called "Recipes" that helps you to find recipes of your favourite foods in multiple languages. You can even narrow your search results to show only recipes, and helps you choose the right recipe. So now... your Google search will be even more yummy...

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Google's recent algorithm update....

Google has recently updated its search engine algorithm stating that "content farms" (sites producing low-quality content) who have chocked up their search results will notice significant ranking drops on Google search results.High-quality websites which create original, high quality content will get better rankings on search results.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com