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Can you spot the Google Sponsored Links ?

Can you spot the Google Sponsored Links ?
Google seems to have modified the color of the sponsored links at the top of search resuts, making it much harder to differentiate from normal search results. For instance, check out this screenshot for the search term “web hosting“, with 3 sponsored results and 3 organic ones.

Perform Case Sensitive Search with Google

Perform Case Sensitive Search with Google
Words with capital letters don’t always have the same meaning when written with lowercase letters. Google however treats all search queries as case-insensitive and hence you’ll see the same results for March (month) or march (walking briskly).

Get Alerts When Your Website Hits the First Page of Google

Get Alerts When Your Website Hits the First Page of Google
If your web pages do not appear on the first page of Google, your presence is almost invisible on the Internet because most users are too lazy to scroll beyond the front pages. Learn how to track your website position in search results via Email.

Track your Site’s Position on Search Engines

Track your Site’s Position on Search Engines
Exact Factor provides you a useful tool to keep track of how your site performs with various keywords on multiple search engines. You need to specify your site, the keywords or phrases you want ranked and the search engines (Google, Yahoo and Live).

Search Engine Cuil Is Heading for Oblivion

Search Engine Cuil Is Heading for Oblivion
Cuil, a search engine that was founded by former Google employees and claimed to index 3x more number of web pages than Google, seems to be going nowhere according to this Google Trends graph. Can they stage a comeback?

Yahoo Glue Pages Now Available in all Countries

Yahoo Glue Pages Now Available in all Countries
Yahoo Glue is like a more comprehensive version of Google Universal Search. Type in a search query and you can view web pages, news headlines, images, videos and even blog posts related to your search topic all on one easy-to read page.

SEO Advice from Microsoft Office Live

SEO Advice from Microsoft Office Live
Microsoft, in their Office Live Small Business blog, suggests website owners to participate in Link Exchange programs in order to boost their site rankings in search engines.