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Improve SEO with PDF Files: Get Google to Read Your PDFs

13 nov 2008

The text and links inside PDF documents are indexed by Google (just like HTML files) and often rank high in search results so PDF files may be a good source of traffic to your website.

Search Custom Size Pictures with Yahoo Images

05 nov 2008

Yahoo has added some very useful filters in their Image Search engine. For instance, you can specify dimensions (height x width) in the search query and it will display only pictures / icons that exactly match the size.

Google Blog Search Now Reads Links on Web Pages

31 oct 2008

If your search query resembles a web address (URL), Google Blog Search automatically uses the link: operator and shows list of blogs that have earlier linked to the web address mentioned in your query.

Search by Location in Google News

29 oct 2008

Google News supports the location: search operator that lets you find news articles from a particular country or a US state.

Wikipedia Search gets “Did You Mean” feature

29 oct 2008

If you’ve ever felt the pain of searching Wikipedia for something you did not know how to spell, this one is for you. Wikipedia Search now has a “Did You Mean” option for misspelled searches.

Google Alerts gets RSS Feeds

29 oct 2008

As expected, Google now provides the option to get Alerts via RSS feeds as well. Just go to Google Alerts, create a new alert, and select the “feed” option. Existing alerts also can be converted to RSS feeds by using the “edit” option.

Google makes you smarter ?

15 oct 2008

A UCLA study has revealed that the use of search engines may actually help stimulate and improve the minds of middle-aged and older people. The study, which included 24 healthy volunteers ages 55 to 76 with or without previous web search experience, were asked to perform Web searches while their brain activity was recorded.

Google Custom Search with fewer ads

10 oct 2008

Google Custom Search allows you to create a custom search engine for your site. The problem is the advertising is sometimes too intrusive, even when no results are found.

SEO Tip for Newspapers: Write Good Headlines

05 oct 2008

This is an SEO tip for magazines and online newspapers from SMX East: "Editorial doesn’t always know that the article headline is the title tag and therefore the listing in Google.

Is That Company a Scam? Google Suggest May Have a Clue

03 oct 2008

Type some name and look at the search suggestions to see how legitimate the company you’re dealing with is.

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