7
Feb

List of official Google accounts on Twitter :

Google - Google’s main account on Twitter.

YouTube - For YouTube lovers.

Googleimages - For Google Image Search updates.

Googlereader - For news regarding Google Reader.

Googleapps - For latest and popular Google Apps.

App_engine - For Technical Updates on Application Engine.

Blogger - Acts like Blogger FAQS.

Googlewmc - Twitter account for Google Webmaster Central (main account)

Adwordshelper - main AdWords support account

Mattcutts - Matt Cutts, head of web spam team in Google

Are we missing any? Leave a comment!

Category : List Of The Day | Twitter
7
Feb

Here is a list of official Google Blogs:

The Official Google Blog - Insights from Googlers into our products, technology and the Google culture.

AdWords Agency Blog - The latest from Adwords from you and your client.

AdWords Retail Tips - Adwords tips for the retailers

AdSense Blog - A look inside Google AdSense. With newbie, optimization, AdSense features, and more.

Adwords API Blog - The official source of information about the AdWords API from Google.

Adwords Blog - Google’s official blog for news, information, and tips on AdWords.

AJAX Search API Blog - At this Blog Google gives info about how to use the AJAX Search API.

Google Affiliate Network Blog - News, views and product information for Google affiliate network advertisers and publishers.

Analytics Blog - Here you can get the latest news, tips, and resources from the Google Analytics team.

Android Blog - Blog for developers working with Android, An Open Handset Alliance Project.

Base Blog - Get news, tips, and resources straight from the Google Base team.

Blogger Blog - The Official buzz from blogger.

Checkout Blog - The official Checkout Blog with news for sellers using Google Checkout.

Code Featured Projects - Blog about featured projects on Google Code.

Code Updates Blog - Read all about the latest Google Code updates at the Code Blog.

CPG Blog - News and notes from Google’s Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).

Custom Search Blog - The latest news, updates and tips from the Custom Search Engine team.

Data APIs - Official Google Data APIs blog.

Desktop APIs - Your official source on the Google Desktop APIs.

Docs Blog - News and notes from the Google Docs team at the official Docs Blog.

Enterprise Blog - A blog about enterprise information, search, and the users that live there.

Feedburner Blog - The Official Feedburner blog of burning questions.

Finance Blog - News and views from the Google Finance team.

Gadgets API Blog - Intended for people who use the Google Gadgets API to write gadgets.

Gears API Blog - Keep up to date on Google Gear’s progress with Gears API Blog.

Gmail Blog - News, tips and tricks from Google’s Gmail team and friends.

Grants Blog - We started this Blog as a place to read about the latest Google Grants news and information

Let’s Take it Offline - The latest news form Google’s TV, Print and Audio Ads team

Lat Long Blog - News and notes by the Google Earth and Maps team

 

Are we missing any? If you know of more official Google Blogs leave a comment!

Category : Blogging | List Of The Day
8
Jan

Recently Google announced the unleashing of Google’s “Real-time search” in the search engine results. Matt Cutts covered it in his blog. This is a new feature that will facilitate Google to provide up-to-the-minute updates (”freshness” and “relevance”) on any search inquiry/subject a user researches.

 

According to Amit Singhal of Google (responsible for Google search algorithms), “Light can travel around the world in 1/10th of a second, and we won’t rest until the speed of light is the only barrier to getting good search results to you.”

 

How to use the Google Real-Time Search Feature:

 

Matt Cutts said in his blog that Google processes billions of documents per day for their real time search. Google has really enhanced considerably in speeding up the crawling and indexing procedure, which is exceptional even with the already-enormous and mounting size of the web.

 

Step 1: Go to www.google.com

Step 2: Type your query and press “search.”

Step 3: When the results load completely, find “Show options” under the search box. Click it.

Step 4: Under “Any time,” click “Latest.” This will let Google give the latest results (real-time search results).

 

It is very extraordinary that Google is still able to grant updates as early as “1 minute ago.” This is very fast, and is really “real-time.” You can even observe that Google regularly adds updates even when the browser is not refreshed as indicated: “New results will appear below as they become available.”

 

One feature I noticed that was neat was the Twitter updates included in the Real-Time Search Results as seen below:

 

 

To stop receiving frequent updates, you can click “pause.”

Category : News | Social Networking | Twitter | search engines
6
Jan

Reputation Management Firms

 

 

I came across a new website that lists almost all Reputation Management Firms and allows users to post a review about the companies listed. The website features about 50 or so Reputation Management Companies and the list is surely to grow as the industry grows. It appears the site was just created over the holidays, most likely by a reputation management company. Either Way it is a good idea to have a review site for this industry, there is a lack of reviews online about Reputation Management Companies.

If you are in the reputation management industry or want to review a reputation management company, check out the site here: http://www.iReputationReviews.com

Category : News | Reputation Management | Social Networking
28
Dec

Yahoo! Inc might be pulling the plug on the “blogger” social networking service MyBlogLog.

ReadWriteWeb reports MyBlogLog will be closed down by Yahoo! in January 2010 (Next Month)
MyBlogLog is a social-network service for the bloggers that enables them to connect with other blog writers and readers visiting their sites. The website lists the profiles information of the writers as well as the blogs for the same.

MyBlogLog was a wildly innovative service that grew fast after launching in 2005. It was originally developed by Cloudspace, a Florida-based web applications development organization and was acquired in January 2007 by Yahoo! for around $10 million. There were over 45,000 blogs subscribed at the time.

Chris Yeh, Head of Yahoo! Developer Network (YDN) says, “Frankly, it’s no secret within Yahoo! that we’re actively discussing the future of MyBlogLog. However, it’s also true that we have not made any final decisions at this point. Is a shutdown on the table? Sure, that’s an option. But there are other options as well. We know this creates some uncertainty for current MyBlogLog users. While we aren’t quite ready to share more details, we promise to keep you posted.”

Yahoo! has shut it’s a variety of products in the past year, with the objective to cut-costs and be more focused on its “core” services. If MyBlogLog shuts down, I see a lot of MyBlogLog users being very upset. There are a lot of paid users and avid users of MyBlogLog.

Our blog (SEOFRIENDLY.COM) is on MyBlogLog and we get a fair amount of traffic from our listing with them. In my opinion, Yahoo! Inc. should stick with this project or at least transfer ownership to another company that could keep the site alive.

Category : Blogging | News | Social Networking
24
Dec

There is a company called Reputation Armor (ReputationArmor.com) that specializes in manipulating the search engines in your favor.  Reputation Armor is one of the leading online reputation management firms that can help protect, repair, and build your online reputation.

 

No company is immune to getting negative comments or complaints online. Some of the largest brands in the world have negative information that appears high on Google search results.  A great example of how a 1 website or negative entry can tarnish your online reputation is the website PayPalSucks.com. This website ranks in the top 10 results on the first page of Google when you search the term “PayPal”. There are also dozens of other online negatives that appear when you search for “paypal” online.

 

The point is no company is perfect and every company has someone out there that does not like them.  In some cases people go far out of their way and invest a lot of time to ruin another company’s online image. Having negative information online about your business is not the end of the world and it can be corrected or at least made less damaging.

 

The Reputation Armor solution is to usually bury these negative items deeper within search results. By pushing negative comments and mentions of your company deeper within search results you will regain your positive image. The fact is only a small portion of internet users go past the first 2 pages of Google when they search for something or someone. If you can maneuver the negative links to go further down and the positive links up, then you have accomplished the most important feat of reputation management.

 

Do you need reputation protection?

The best way to view your online reputation as potential clients will is to simply search your name or company name on Google. See what shows up on the first 2 pages of Google, if there are negative mentions of your business that might make a potential client think twice about doing business with you, then you may need reputation management help.

 

Reputation Armor is a company that can assist you with protecting your online images and repairing your online reputation.  For more information on Reputation Armor and the services they offer visit them online here: Reputation Management

Category : Reputation Management