Gmail gets video chat and voice support

Google just announced that Gmail will gain voice and video chat support straight from its web interface. The update can be seen within your Gmail account, right clicking on an online user will reveal the new option “Video and more”. Read more

Back in time: Search Google as if it was 2001

If you are new on the internet (whatever could possibly EVER mean), you may want to know that Google granted us the “pleasure” the search in “its oldest available index”, as they’re calling it. This “privilege” was granted due Google’s 10 years birthday and, like the eclipse, we should spam the grandpa’s index with searches NOW! Read more

Google AdWords quality changes in progress

Advertiser quality score calculation will be changed within Google AdWords in the upcoming days, as promised by Google. While this change isn’t good news for many advertisers, Google states: “These improvements are part of a continuing effort to deliver relevant ads to our users, and also to provide you with more control over your bidding and more insight into the quality of your ads and keywords”. Read more

Google results are a little wierd, funny and insulting

Google is constantly changing its algorithms, this is no news for many webmasters. Google search results are usually a reflection of user based searches combined with some rather complicated formulas, not known to mankind.( except Big G ). The last couple of weeks I have seen many “interesting” and rather wierd results, but this one is rather insulting. Read more

Microsoft: the hunt for Yahoo is still on

A battle was lost but the war is still on. It seems that Microsoft is getting ready to bid again for Yahoo Inc. but not alone this time: Time Warner Inc and News Corp are just a few names that will slide along in this deal; Wall Street Journal sees this as the downfall of Yahoo. Read more

Google Adsense click policy changed

It seems that Google will change the definition of clicks on their Adsense ads. Before this, clicking anywhere on an ad was considered a click, but with the new policy, valid clicks will be counted only when the user click on the ad title. Google states that with this technical move, the risk of accidental clicks will greatly be decreased and I believe them. Read more

What is Fake PR and how can we detect it

Many webmasters receive emails daily for link exchanges, ad sales or simple advertising inquires. The problem is that not everyone plays fair and some people deceive the Google PR toolbar in showing a Fake PR for a given page. That page is presented as a high PR page it can foul us in buying links or ad space on it. I do not rely on PR in advertising but some people do and here is how we find out if a page has a Fake PR. Read more

Begin your Adwords campaign with maximum results

A common problem with most of the beginners using Google Adwords is that they set-up their campaign using different sets of keywords that point to the site homepage. If you organize your campaign properly from the start, the results will come alot faster.

Running a good Adwords campaign may become very beneficial for your site but also, can help you test different keywords, without staying a long time relying on organic results. Read more

10 SEO tips before starting your SEO campaign

Search Engine Optimization plays a very important factor in building any website. Unless your are a brand on the market and everyone knows you, SEO is a must for you. The thing with SEO is that everybody seems to know it, everybody is a SEO guru and worse, they also promise you that if you pay them, your site will rank high immediately in the first 1-2 months. Well, some of you know that this is a lie while the others, you must believe that there isn’t such thing as instant constant ranking in the SERPs. Read more

Social Media Optimization can increase your traffic alot

I think we all know what is Social Media and for those who don’t, I will make a short description. Basically Social Media/Social Networking is the word of mouth of the internet, websites made for users to share their content, ideas, videos and so on. A perfect example of such website is Digg, a community based website with a wide range of categories.

Now, it’s fair to say that a good Search Engine Optimization combined with a good SMO (social media optimization) can bring you lots and lots of targeted traffic. SMO is very easy, most of the social media websites are free to register and you can submit unlimited articles. Read more

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