Google is Broken, the 2009 Edition

I thought there was something wrong with my PC's setting or something, or Firefox maybe experiencing some problem or my Internet connection has been attacked. But never did I thought that Google Search maybe down or something. At least for the past couple of years that I've been using it almost every moment when I'm online. I never encountered this kind of problem with Google Search. … [Read more...]

I thought there was something wrong with my PC’s setting or something, or Firefox maybe experiencing some problem or my Internet connection has been attacked. But never did I thought that Google Search maybe down or something. At least for the past couple of years that I’ve been using it almost every moment when I’m [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 31, 2009 | 16 Comments | Read Story

Yahoo to Shut Off Briefcase Online Storage Service

Quite frankly, I already forgot about Yahoo’s online storage service despite the fact that it was the first online storage service that I used way back ten years ago.  I’ve used it several times for sharing my scanned photos to my friends online. There was no Flickr back then, and the only way you could [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 31, 2009 | 3 Comments | Read Story

Google Gives its Firefox Toolbar a Chrome-Like New Tab Page

When Google released its Chrome browser not so long ago, one of its major feature was its ability to display thumbnail images of  9 websites that you visit often. The idea is here is to make the Chrome default home page somewhat like an iGoogle or your personal gateway to the web.

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments | Read Story

Travelzoo Pays $1.8 Million for Fly.com Domain Name

Travelzoo purchased the domain name fly.com for $1,760,000 in cash today via Sedo domain brokers. According to Travelzoo, the company intends to use Fly.com for a new information Web site to be launched in February. We are delighted to acquire fly.com for our new offering, said Brian Clark, senior vice president and general manager, search [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments | Read Story

What is W3C? Are W3C Errors Relevant to SEO?

A very well compiled thread at WebproWorld discusses what W3C is and why it is so important to conform to its standards. W3C refers to the World Wide Web Consortium working to develop open standards for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3) so that Web documents can be consistently displayed across all platforms. [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 30, 2009 | 36 Comments | Read Story

LeapFish : Instant Search Results as You Type

It’s not that often that I review new search engines, but Izea asked me to put together a sponsored post about LeapFish and after checking it out, I have to admit that it is an incredibly useful and fast searching tool which assists users to search Google in real time. Services which run off the [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 30, 2009 | 13 Comments | Read Story

Make Money with Facebook Ads

Shoemoney interviewed the Director of Monetization at Facebook, Tim Kendall, on the Shoemoney Show Podcast. If you’re interested in making money with the Facebook Ads program, or expanding your current Facebook campaign, Tim is the guy to listen to and I highly recommend reading up on the interview on the Shoemoney blog. Jeremy and Tim [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments | Read Story

Link Baiting Example: How to Build Links in Any Niche

Building links with quality content is the most effective, absolutely white-hat tactic. But is it suitable for any niche? Can it be done for some "boring" topics like gift wrapping, for example. A thread at WebmasterWorld discusses how to build links for a site related to gifts theme and it ca be a great example [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments | Read Story

Use Twitter to Submit News to Techmeme

My favorite tech news aggregator Techmeme has just rolled out a new feature aimed at helping anyone make sure that interesting tech news are published on Techmeme’s site main site through an easy submission method using Twitter Tweets. It’s not surprising that Techmeme would utilize Twitter over other similar services as a way to get [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments | Read Story

Got Problems with Google? Mind Your Own Site First

Frequenting webmaster forums and SEO blogs you will see multiple discussions on how to get Google index or crawl your site faster. What you should always bear in mind is that Google is sure to make the most of your website based on its maximum capacities. Don’t try to “force” Google to visit more often [...]

Read Story » Related Stories »
PG
written by

January 29, 2009 | 8 Comments | Read Story