Redirects again, or does Google just have a problem with Authority?
As you’d expect “GMail” is a very popular search term at Google, and look at what I’m seeing sitting at #6 today: That’s a redirect link direct ...
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Naughty Google Finds
We know Google does no evil, but we cannot guarantee that the stuff that Google Search bots index are likewise good. There have been known cases ...
Matt Cutts pulls the wool over on webmasters
Yesterday I linked everyone off to Matt’s PageRank post. I figured it was worth a mention because I can’t really remember him discussing PR in depth like that publicly…ever really. But then ...
Matt Cutts answers PageRank questions
The other day Matt replied to some reader questions about PR and the recent update, its worth a quick read. There are some interesting questions like: Philipp Lenssen asks: ...
Most Popular Words On Google
Now here’s yet another Google popularity contest. Remember we talked about “Googleshare” earlier, where the number of results on a Google search can be used as ...
More Google Hacking: Looking for Hidden Stuff (part 2)
Here’s more Google Hacking. There are actually a lot of keywords and operators you can use to look for files that are supposedly hidden by people ...
More Google Hacking: Looking for Hidden Stuff
We recently talked about hiding your stuff from Google. From using password protection, to hidden directories, to the robots.txt file, you can stay under Google’s radar ...
Murder. Powered by Google.
I wouldn’t post this if I hadn’t seen similar before (we love to watch FBI Files). In this case a University of Central England, Birmingham student ...
Google FORCED by Belgium to remove all Belgian news!
And after the one item was removed, everything was fine Nathan Weinburg has the real story. Google edited again.
Hiding Your Website From Google
Google seems to know everything. After all, they can monitor your searches, your preferences, your favorite sites, and–yes–theoretically, even your email (if you use Gmail). It ...
How to find a hot date using Google
It had to happen sooner or later — Google has officially entered the online dating ring. Check out the screen shot: Dating online has long been one ...
Googlebombing
Now we know the term “bomb” and “bombing” have become quite scary these days, especially with the ever-present threat of terrorism. Hey, it’s September, after all, ...
Using Google As Your Dictionary
A dictionary, along with a thesaurus, would perhaps be the writer’s best friend, next to his computer. But of course, these days there are applications that ...
How to Stroke Yourself at Google (egosurfing)
I’ve always thought that Google, the company whose corporate motto is “do no evil” has the power to know anything about anyone, especially if that person ...
6 Ways to Keep Your Search Secrets Safe
It’s sad to say but many recent events (Google Search Subpoena, AOL’s BIG Mistake, etc) make it very clear that online your privates are not private ...
More Google Hacking Using the “inurl” Operator
We had some fun with using the “intitle” operator in Google search. Now here are more google hacks using “inurl”. “inurl” is used to search within a ...
Using the “intitle” Operator in Search
Sure, the Google “Advanced search” function is useful and powerful, but you can get more out of using wildcards and operators. We’ve discussed a handful of ...
Using Google SafeSearch
The Internet is one scary place. For one, you are unsure of the identities of everyone else–anyone can pretend to be a thirteen year old girl ...
Using Google to Bypass Proxies
When I had a day job, I used to be frustrated with my office blocking out certain traffic during office hours, such as Friendster, MySpace, and ...
Creating and Installing Google Sitemaps
We wrote previously that on-site optimization would perhaps constitute half of your efforts in making your website or blog more search-engine friendly, and rank higher on ...
Google Sitemaps - Another SEO Tool You Should be Using!
Search Engine Optimization. SEO. It’s one of the hottest things in the web today, whether as a profession, as hobby, as a passion, or even an ...
Using Google Book Search
We earlier called Google Book Search the book lover’s best friend, and boy does it deliver! It’s like one big public-access library catalog, but this time ...
Google Trends: A great SEO tool
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is just another web- and online-related undertaking becoming popular of late. This basically involves concepts in improving the likelihood that a website ...
Google to sport a new look
Google hasn’t had a major design change in the decade or so since it was first launched (as “Google Beta” of course). Lately, some rumours have ...
Google Personalized Homepage – Yet Another AJAX App?
Yahoo has My Yahoo!, and maybe you’re wondering why Google doesn’t seem to have its own version of a personalized home page. Well, it actually does, ...
