Posts Tagged ‘Inner Workings’

Google articles in the news

As everybody here knows by now, I spend a lot of time reading about Google to make sure that I can help my clients get the best search engine positioning but what a lot of people might not realize is that not everything I read in a given week has any commercial value at all, sometimes it’s just nifty little notes like the fact that Google has increased the white space around it’s logo, most likely not something the average surfer would notice but it signifies a change at the big G, so it’s worth noting.

There’s a really interesting article about job aggregators, not so much Google but a great piece on how the industry works (and will be working) as well as a neat look at the process of aggregating content. 

Two neat pieces Google’s decision to add images to AdSense, the first at Search Engine Watch and another at WebProNews. I can’t stress how important it is for professional web masters to read both of these websites daily, it’ll save you hours of sifting through less informative articles. MarketingVox takes a slightly different approach to the same story, well worth the read if you’ve got a few extra minutes but as usual, Jordan’s summed it up the best at Marketing Pilgrim (Google Adds Image Ads to AdSense Link Units).

On a slightly less AdSense related kick, Live From Google I/O 2009 will let you see the inner workings of the worlds largest search engine, I love these types of posts because it helps remind us all that Google is about people, not data. The Google Analytics blog exposes Top Ten Myths About Google Analytics while Matt Cutts has a piece on Searchology that makes it sound much less like a cult than the name implies.

Well, that’s me for the week. If you’ve not already seen the new website please take a look at the new Great Chefs website and let me know what you think, also please remember to download and vote for my plugins, it’s an easy way to let me know you appreciate what I write and program. Have a great weekend!

Is this the source of swine flu? Also, other cool links today.

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I have to thank my friend Chris for that one (not that Chris, the other Chris). Usually I don’t share jokes here on the site but this one cracked me up.  I don’t know if it was because I have kids or what but I almost lost a keyboard when I saw this one.

A quick thanks to Casper for posting a great followup link (15 Common Mistakes that Violate Google Adsense TOS)  to my Make money online with Google AdSense post. For those of you too busy to read it, the TOS for Google states only certain languages are supported. I wonder how many people using the Global Translator plugin even realize their breaking their Google Terms of Service? Also in the same article, Yan told me about WordTracker and Wordpot, two really cool tools for helping you make money online by giving you more details about your keyword choices.

Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) posted a great link to The 2008 Founders’ Letter, while I still think Twitter is pretty lame I do think this is a great reason to be on it. Guys like Matt (who I call the Guru of Google) routinely post tons of amazing content links that help us better understand the inner workings of Google. Speaking of Twitter, Syed posted a pretty cool article this morning called 48 Excellent Examples Of Blog Post Footer Designs that’ll give you a great idea of what to do with that footer.

So that’s it for today, I’m off to do some coding and video work for the day but just a quick note to let you know I’ve updated my WordPress plugins this morning, so Auto CopyrightEasy Technorati Tags for WordPressNo More FramesWordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover and  WordPress PHP Info have all been updated on the WordPress plugins directory. If you have comments or feedback, critiques or compliments on any of my plugins please send them to me, if I don’t hear back from people I can’t work to make them better.

Have a great weekend.