WebHugger

Recently Google unveiled its latest attempt to compete big time in the social networking space – The Google+ Project. Google+ is available only to a limited number of people inside Google itself for field testing. They are working it out to bring it out like a beta form and then when they feel its good enough, everyone will get a chance to know if this is going to be the Facebook Killer.

Google’s Panda update has been implemented worldwide a few weeks ago. The whole objective of the Google Panda update was to eliminate low quality content. However many website owners who were affected feel they have been victims and do not fall in the low quality content category.

In its simplest form plagiarism is copying other’s work without giving credit to them. When you go into the details of it, there are different types and levels of plagiarism. All major search engines consider plagiarism very seriously as a ranking factor. Its very important for you to load content into your website that is free of plagiarism. There are many free online plagiarism checkers that are available to check for plagiarism. Here is a short review of such plagiarism checkers.

There is a mobile movement going on. The rise of smart phones are creating smarter consumers and smarter marketers with more opportunities for marketing. Consumers have their smart phones on all the time, its always withe them and they constantly browse through them for information. Consumers use the smart phones to browse the Internet, search through Google and other search engines, watch videos through sites like YouTube and connect with friends in social networking sites like Facebook.

People always understand what is there in a web page when they read it. But search engines spiders have limited capability in understanding what is available in a page when compared to human readers. To make it more easier for search engines to understand what is available in a web page Google, Bing and Yahoo came together to support a common markup format that webmasters and site owners can use to show their content to search engines in more meaningful way. And with that information, search engines can then display the search results of the marked up pages for users in a more richer and useful way.

Display Ads to become more interactive and targeted. That was the main point communicated during the keynote given by Neal Mohan, Vice President of Google Display Advertising Team. He said the following as projections for the year 2015.

Here is how Martha of Google Maps explains about this new feature.There are people who use public transit all the time. Public transit that is fast, green and convenient is loved by most of them. So when is it not so convenient? Like when a bus or train is delayed and you are left looking down the street wondering – when it will show up? So to make taking public transit easier, Google have added live departure timings and service hours to Google Maps for desktops and mobile.

Search Engine Optimization has been around for many years now. The techniques used to optimize have adjusted and evolved in line with the changes with search engine ranking factors [Google mostly]. But for people who are new to the field, there is always a confusion of where to start, how to start, what should I do first, how do I prioritize the items and many other confusions.  So, I am listing 25 things that a person should consider when optimizing a website for achieving search engine rankings.  This list can also be used as a reference for experienced people working on SEO.

Google rolled out the implementation of the +1 Button in their search results in March. The Google +1 Button shows up at the end of a search result of a webpage with the number of +1s that the page has got.  There used to be a Google +1 button next to the search result title of the web page where people can +1 it. The Google +1 button is away for users to recommend the webpage for her/his network of friends and colleagues. So, when I search for something in Google, if one of my friends who is in my network did a +1 to a webpage, that particular webpage has a priority in showing up.