How to Bypass Google Universal Search
07 oct 2009
This article describes how you can disable Universal Search in Google and prevent images, news and video clips from showing up in Google results pages.
Google Puts an .EXE File on their Homepage
06 oct 2009
If you click the Update Now link on the Google home page, it will download an executable file – setgooglesearch.exe – on the desktop that will set Google as the default search engine inside IE.
Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" Award Banned at Google?
02 oct 2009
The MVP Award is an annual award that is given to people who actively share their technical expertise with the world. A Google employee was recently asked to decline his MVP award.
Mahatma Gandhi on the Google Homepage
01 oct 2009
Today marks the 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Google India is celebrating this with a new Gandhi logo on their homepage.
Google Fish
16 sep 2009
Daryl Cagle drew this cartoon for MSNBC some two years about but it still holds meaning. The giant Google fish is about as large as before while poor AOL is still looking for partners.
How to Create PDF Documents Optimized for SEO
04 sep 2009
Duff shares some good tips on how to get your Adobe PDF documents and presentations rank higher in Google and other search engines using simple techniques. Excerpts:
Verify that each PDF file has a proper Description and file-name before you upload them on to the web.
Should You Build Organic Traffic or go with Pay Per Click Ads?
24 aug 2009
Should brands spend money on Pay-per-click advertisements (SEM) to make their site visible in search engines or should they invest in building organic ranks via search engine optimization (SEO).
Compare the Current Google Rank of your Web Pages with Search Results of the Future
20 aug 2009
Google is in the process of implementing some very major changes to their search algorithms so here are tools to help you compare the existing Google ranks of your web pages with that of the future.
How Well Do You Know the Google Logo?
19 aug 2009
You use Google search and other Google products all day but can you identify the correct Google Logo. This was recently asked at the ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire’ game show on TV.
Text Ads on the Google Homepage Move towards the Center
14 aug 2009
If you have used Google lately, you may have already noticed that Google has moved their text ads (that were earlier displayed near the right edge of the search page) towards the center of your screen.