Interview me Googlers!

Google Important Top Rankings Ingredients

2008-01-14T06:33:00.000-08:00

Here are three of the most important top rankings ingredients that you need to concentrate on to go up in the ranking ladder:

1) Keyword Relevant Copy and Content.

Whatever the keywords you want to get ranked in the Search Engine Results Pages, be sure that you have enough content about those specific words which will give Google a reason to rank you in the first place. If for example, one of your priority keywords is "free software", create a separate page or section for this keyword (at least a few paragraphs) using the keyword in the headline, the first sentence, the last sentence as well as wherever it makes logical sense in order to achieve the keyword frequency and "density" that search engines are looking for. Ideally, each page will only have one or two keywords and will be very focused on that specific topic. Additionally, by including on this specific keyword page either articles, PDF\DOC files or news items about your keyword, it will help you improve your chances of a better ranking. Give Google a reason to rank you at the top.

2) The Read and "Crawl".

Probably the biggest surprise to most marketers is that the search engines are unable to either navigate or read most of the content on their website. If they can't read your copy, then it's not surprising that you're not getting the rankings or traffic to your website that you aspire to.
The only thing a search engine can read is words. Sites that are dynamic, or created in other formats such as Flash or Java often can't be read by the search engines! many times they can't navigate it properly or just bounce "off the walls" as there are no specific links or site map to tell the proper sequence or where to go next.

Notice: to see what Google is indexing on your website? Go to Google and type in: site:www.yourdomain.com . This will show you the title and description of the pages of your site they know about. If they are all the same or they don't have a title or description listed, chances are very good that your site is invisible to your target market.

3) Why Links are So Important.

Link popularity is one of the most important factors search engines use in determining where you will rank in the search engine for your keywords and phrases, as it helps them to determine how important or popular your site is and what it's reputation is. Link Building is the process of finding related/relevant websites and receiving a link from them to you. Natural linking occurs when a site has good content that others will link to. But to get these links people have to know about you. It is a "catch 22". Building links has gotten sophisticated in the last couple of years. Today you need a mixture of links from many sources including articles, press releases, social bookmarks, directories and social media sites.
How many links do you need to have? It depends on the individual keyword or phrase you want to be found under and how the links are structured. The search engines look at inbound links as a popularity contest but more importantly, they are looking at the quality of the pages that are linking to you and the "anchor text" - the "clickable link" and what it says about the page that it links to. The key to linking is to have the right anchor text on a link that points to a page that has content using the same keyword phrase.
You do not want to boost the overall number of links by more than 10-15% each month for an established site with history because this may trigger a filter from the search engines as an indicator of artificially inflated link popularity. New sites have an advantage since there has not been a history established and the link building can be done at a faster rate. Linking is critical not only with your search engine placement, but also because it helps stabilize you positions in the search engines and delivers traffic directly from the sites that link to you. But linking is not a once and you are done process. Generating new links is an ongoing process.

Goobuntu : Google OS VS Microsoft OS?

2008-01-09T12:08:00.000-08:00

Sometimes rumors becomes reality!

Google is taking on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software.

A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as "Goobuntu".

Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop Linux project called Goobuntu, but declined to supply further details, including what the project is for.

It could be for wider deployments on the company's own desktops, as an alternative to Microsoft, but unfortunately still for internal use only.

According to some experts it's possible Google plans to distribute it to the general public, as a free alternative to Windows.

Entering the desktop software world would be a huge step. Making Goobuntu as easy to use as Vista will require a lot more development. It's unlikely to be ready for lunch any time soon, and it's possible Google itself hasn't finalized where the project should go.

Whatever Google's intentions, the input of Google engineers and developers, writing new features and fixing bugs, will be a huge boost to the Ubuntu project.

Canonical Ubuntu has built considerable momentum in the Linux community, and is starting to appear more widely. Shuttleworth is seeking to persuade white-box PC manufacturers to start shipping machines with Ubuntu preinstalled.

It is top of the Distrowatch download chart, is installed on up to six million computers, and doubling every eight months, according to estimates from Shuttleworth's company, Canonical.

It has spawned a number of different offshoots, including Xubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu (for schools).

In my opinion the name Goobuntu will defiantly change like the Microsoft's "Longhorn" case.

For now we can seat and wait for the battle to begin...

A* Googlish Presentation

2007-12-18T15:09:00.000-08:00

A Wonderful presentation on google world wide concept

Goggles - Google Flight Simulator

2007-12-03T15:39:00.000-08:00

Apparently this flight simulator uses images loaded from Google earth /maps and it look radder nit, but when I tried to take a round it didn't work so judge it yourself.

The amazing part is that the first result for the term Goggles in Google is this site: "Goggles: the Google Maps flight simulator"!
Good work Mark!

The developer is Mark Casswell-Daniels who got some amazing work at isoma.net
check it out too!

Top Five Negative Ranking Factors

2007-12-03T12:27:00.000-08:00

1. Duplicate meta tags on more pages
2. Content which is very similar to existing content on the web
3. External links to low quality sites
4. Participation in link schemes or actively selling links
5. Server is often not available To Googlebot

Top Five Positive Google Ranking Factors

2007-12-03T12:25:00.000-08:00

1. Keyword use in title tag
2. Global link popularity of the site
3. Age of the site
4. Link popularity within the site
5. Anchor text of incoming links

Google Search Privacy

2007-12-03T12:23:00.000-08:00

Elmer Fudd Own Google Page

2007-11-26T20:48:00.000-08:00

"Shhhhhhhh, be vewwwy, vewwwy quiet; I'm hunting webbits, heheheheheheh"

Google Ten Commandments

2007-11-24T12:23:00.000-08:00

Focus on the user and all else will follow
It's best to do one thing really really well
Fast is better than slow
Democracy on the web works
You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer
You can make money without doing evil
There's always more information out there
The need for information crosses all borders
You can be serious without a suit
Great just isn't good enough

from Google Corporate Information: Our Philosophy

New Way Of Interview - Massage Interview?

2007-11-22T03:16:00.000-08:00

Could Google Be more different then other companies?

Well according to Reza Behforooz, Massage Expert and Software Engineer (Massage Expert & Software Engineer?! realy??):

"Life at the Googleplex is often full of fun surprises. One day, I was asked if I could do a massage interview. I was already a big fan of our massage program, and I was familiar with doing interviews at Google, but I didn't know about massage interviews. Regardless, it sounded Googley, and I decided to help.Getting a massage at work is a favorite perk among Googlers. As with anyone we hire, our massage therapists have to go through an interview process...but the actual interviews are a little unique. We ask the therapists to do what they do best give massages. And as Googlers, it is our duty to help with the hard task of receiving table or chair massages as part of the interviews. Though we do have to write detailed feedback about the massage, just like any other interview, in this interview, all I had to do was close my eyes and relax. Who knew interviewing could be so easy!"

Could work be more fan then this? you tell me!

Three nominies speak about their interview at Google

2007-11-21T18:41:00.000-08:00

anonymous1

anonymous2

anonymous3

Interesting glance into the Google interviews

If you are a business man and you want happy users:

2007-11-10T17:11:00.000-08:00

You got two options:

1) Custom Search Business Edition
2) Google Mini

For detailed description click the links above.

Google go wireless?

2007-11-10T17:05:00.000-08:00

Blogers watch out!

2007-11-10T17:03:00.000-08:00

Did you know that Google have an official blog?
well I did so here it is:

Google blog

And for the programmer:

Google code blog

Developer?

2007-11-10T16:57:00.000-08:00

If you like JavaScript and HTML and web comunnity you probably enjoy this:

http://code.google.com

Googlers say: "The ultimate goal is for any social website to be able to implement the APIs and host 3rd party social applications".

Google Mission?

2007-11-07T02:45:00.000-08:00

One simple thing-
"Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful".

Googlers take a look at this!

2007-11-06T16:39:00.000-08:00

Search for the term "THE SECRET" in the next search engiens:

www.google.com
www.live.com
www.altavista.com
www.dogpile.com
www.yahoo.com
www.aol.com
www.search.com

spoiler!
you will notice that only on Google, Search.com (small amount) , AOL (well of course enhanced by google- so no big deal) had an actual material on things related to the term "The secret".

Now the funny part you will notice while searching the term is that all the others had pornographic material! Dogpile.com even had a whole page titled: " The multimedia results you are about to view may contain explicit material".

Mybe this is why man like Google?

2007-11-06T15:11:00.000-08:00

Feeling Lucky?

LOL the pictures is hilarious!

Now seriously what I like most in Google is the wonderful prespective on how things should be (a nice job for example).