Tag: Google
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…
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 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…
Google cannot flag spam links to a website
As much as webmasters want the feature, there is currently no provision by Google to flag spam links to a website. This is because Google doesn’t take into account if it has been been created by the webmaster or not. Although Google claims that their algorithm is good enough such that one competitor cannot hurt…