Archive for the 'Google' Category

Is Google Leaking Brain Juice?

Seems there’s some talk over folks leaving Google.
Great Googly Moogly.

Googleicious Blog Post Archives

If you’ve written a lot of blog posts, you probably have a bunch of great ones in your archives. But how can you get your clients, prospective clients and readers to look at your hidden jewels? (stop giggling). Here are some of the options.
One way is the Archives tab or link on your […]

Create a Website Using Google Sites

Google is now in the website building business with yesterday’s addition of Google Sites to its Google Apps suite. Sweet. The video gives a quick rundown.
For more information on creating a website, visit Google Sites.

Source: PC Magazine.

Press Releases Disguised as News?

A good press release can read like journalistic news. But do consumers know the difference between press releases and “real” news stories— you know the ones written by schooled journalists and not skilled PR copywriters? Perhaps not.
It seems online news distributors are letting press releases get into the news pipeline, along with […]

Birth of Google

In a paper entitled Anatomy of a Large Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine, Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page introduced Google to the Standford University Computer Science Department. It was 1998.
Here’s the link.

(excerpt)
Sergey Brin received his B.S. degree in mathematics and computer science from

What You Can List on Google Base with Expiration Dates

Google Base is not only for real estate listings, which they call Housing. You can list anything. Here are the most popular and interesting items:

How long is your listing active? Here are some expiration dates:

The following have NO EXPIRATION DATE. This is a good place for press releases, website news and blog […]

Google Offers Private Domain Name Registration for $10

Google has partnered with GoDaddy and eNom to offer you domain name registration for $10 per year. What’s great is that it includes Google Apps AND private registration at no extra cost. For now choose .com, .net, .org, .biz, and .info domains. Google Apps are Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar. You can […]

Google’s One Click Translation Tool

Ever wonder what they’re writing about on foreign websites & blogs? Well, here’s one way to get an idea. Google’s translation browser buttons can translate an entire page or a selected text. Now, it’s not always accurate and often confusing, but you can get the gist of things.
Here is the English translation of […]

Google Lite

GiveMeBackMyGoogle (GMBMG) is a Google search without the affiliate links and “comparison sites” (not really sure what these are but they take up alot of SERP space). We call it GoogleLite, though the site is not affiliated with Google. They even have a bookmarklet. Try it out. Instead of […]

Google Buys Unzillowable Birthplace Garage

(c) AP

Google’s bought its historic birthplace garage, with attached home (pictured above), for an undisclosed amount, reported the Washington Post. Similar homes in the area sell in the $1.1-1.3 million range. This story reminded us of another famous unzillowable “garage sale“. Back in 2000, Hewlitt Packard bought the 12×18′ Garage, […]