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Top 5 Ways Google Can Help a Blogger – Other than Searching

August 2, 2011

Google is the undisputed ruler of the internet. What started off as a simple search engine has now developed into a gigantic octopus, spreading its tentacles in many different directions. Google has helped people coming from all walks of life in one way or another, same goes for bloggers. The big G has a lot [...]

Advanced Google Analytics: The Bounce Rate Myth

July 17, 2011

Too many times have I had people come up to me, friends and colleagues alike, asking me why their blog bounce rates are so high. Bounce rate is one of those metrics that every blog owner should be tracking and analyzing on a regular basis. But what exactly is bounce rate? An often misconstrued metric, bounce [...]

Google Launches WDYL.com for All-in-One, Useless Experience

June 30, 2011

Google launched a new site called What Do You Love?. Google released the site, accessed at www.wdyl.com, without publicly acknowledging it. The site offers a unified experience for a variety of Google’s offerings in widget-like forms. Upon visiting, the user is prompted to simply type in what they love and search around 20 of Google’s [...]

Position 2 on Google in 2 days

October 21, 2008

How did my Thanksgiving Contest post get indexed in Google at position 2 in 2 days ? - Google can be very friendly to your site at times and can be a terror at times, its easy to tame Google if you know what it loves . Its just like knowing and understanding your spouse. [...]

Your Idea Could Change The World

September 27, 2008

Google turns 10 today and on its 10 th Birthday, Googleplex has launched its latest project – 10 to the 100th (10^100) Google is looking for ideas on improving others lives. Google says “The one who helps the most, will be the winner ” – Simple and brilliant , just like the Google brand personality. Google [...]

How I increased Google PR for a 2 month old site

July 31, 2008

Google’s recent PR update has been good for a lot of sites. Two months back i launched a new Health Directory for one of my clients. I was surprised to see a PR 2 after the recent new Google PR update. Generally it could take between 6 – 8 month for a new site to get PR [...]