Category: internet
Google+ Pages for Business
Google+ Pages allows creating online presence for business and brands through Google+, much like the Facebook Pages. Pages can be created for several categories such as: Product or Brand Company, Institution or Organization Local Business or Place Arts, Entertainment or Sports Other Google+ pages are similar to the regular Google+ profiles in the sense that…
Correct use of robots.txt to allow all crawlers
Robots.txt file is used on web server to to give instructions about the website to web robots (also called bots or spiders or crawlers), such as those from search engines. The complete list of available robots can be found here. The web robots scan the information and index the websites accordingly. So if you do…
New location targeting features on Google AdWords
Google AdWords location targeting tool has undergone some changes to make it more easier to target. Some of the new features added are: Search Suggestions Nearby Locations Reach Improved Location Outlines Location Target Limits per Campaign Meanwhile some of the old obsolete features have been phased out. You can see the details here too.
Standout Content in Google News
Google has just launched a new type of link attribute called standout that news organizations can use to highlight their major news. This will be used to promote the news in the featured section of Google News. The syntax is simple. Just add rel=”standout” on your link. Such as a rel=”standout” href=”yourstandoutnews.html” to highlight your…
Google Search and AdWords Research with SEMRush
SEMRush is an online tool for Google organic keywords, AdWords and competition research. SEMRush analyzes data from its millions of keywords and domains database. This tool is as simple as entering your (or competitor) domain name or keyword to get back insights to the organic keywords, AdWords keywords, competition analysis and more. SEMRush is an…
Google bias – Google Books Explosion
Does Google give preference to search results from its own products? It has been a topic of great discussion, particularly after the search bias research by Benjamin Edelman. In my recent search for long phrases I also found Google’s ineffectiveness in results and a bias towards its product Google Books. Here are some of the…