Archive for March, 2007
Google Canonicalization Update
March 29th, 2007 | 
Author: To www or not to www….be consistent. Here’s a great article from the Google man himself about using www or not on your site links. Pick one and only one method and stick to it.
Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO ยป Canonicalization update
Posted in 
You Have a Way With Words
Need a great dictionary and thesaurus that researches for you? Even pronounces words? A great tool while keyword researching, writing content or winning an argument, this tool works online as well as offline. Look up words from within most software. Free and paid versions.
AdWords Pay-Per-Action
Looking a lot like an affiliate program, Google is testing their PPA or Pay per Action service. Read more on their blog at….
Google And Privacy
Google has announced that it will remove all privacy information from their data after 18 to 24 months. After the accidental release of data by AOL, this has been a big issue with privacy advocates. Now we only have to worry about privacy information on local computers, company servers, ISP servers, etc, etc. Ok, the battle isn’t over, but this is a great first step.
Official Google Blog: Taking steps to further improve our privacy practices
Does Your Site Need Visually Impared Customers
There are a number of things you can do to help your site conform to the needs of the visually impaired. One of them is to make certain it can be read aloud using tools like Tellme. Now that Tellme is close to being acquired by Microsoft, if your site needs this type of customer, it may be time to evaluate your site code.
Sources say Microsoft near deal to buy Tellme | Tech News on ZDNet
Google Desktop version 5
There is a new version of the bloatware program Google Desktop. For those of you who like all that information shoved to your desktop and have extra memory and system resources to spare, go for it. For those of us just trying to get work done, move on to the next entry in this blog.
While Google Desktop does have some redeeming features, there are other programs that do the same with less hassle (in my humble opinion). This would include Copernic Desktop which was the original big-time desktop search tool. There is still a free version.
Google’s Click Fraud Data
Want to know how Google is doing with click fraud? Check out this article which shows some pretty good stats. (You think they’d volunteer bad information?)