Rubel Says Fortune 500s Need to Listen to Common Craft
By leelefever on July 05, 2005 - 5:34pm
I write that title with tongue firmly in-cheek. I do work with a couple of Fortune 500s, but Steve is reacting to the survey results that show that Google Results = Bad PR and referring to a case study I wrote a while back about using blogs to get better search results. He says:
View With CommentsThis is Just Not Right (Google Rankings)
By leelefever on October 27, 2004 - 7:06pm
A few weeks ago I posted a note about photos from our recent nuptials. Soon after, I notice the entry getting traffic and see that Google is pointing people to it.
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38 Sites with a Google PageRank of 10
By leelefever on July 22, 2004 - 7:00pm
List of Sites with a Google PageRank of "10"
Interesting list- I'm surprised by some of them... Keio University is #35? Scientific organizations seem to have it dialed- big surprise.
Via: ReadWriteWeb
View With CommentsGoogle's Target Marketing
By leelefever on July 13, 2004 - 7:55am
For those of you not in Silicon Valley (like me), this is a billboard is part of a hiring strategy that Google is using to find "only the smartest engineers".
Google's IPO $ Figure: Irrational
By leelefever on April 30, 2004 - 11:43am
Peter Kaminski: Irrational? Transcendental!
Peter points out that the number Google choose as the amount they would raise in the IPO could have a not-so-hidden meaning:
View With CommentsHelping the Googlebot Understand Your SIte
By leelefever on March 07, 2004 - 4:39pm
Scribbling.net - Help the Googlebot understand your web site
Nice summary of how to design a site that plays well with the Googlebot.
View With CommentsGoogle Affiliates with Social Networking
By leelefever on January 23, 2004 - 9:28am
This article on News.com describes how and why Google may be testing the waters with a new Social Networking site:Orkut.com
"Orkut is an online trusted community Web site designed for friends. The main goal of our service is to make the social life of yourself and your friends more active and stimulating," according to the Web site, which states that the service is "in affiliation with Google."
PS- Invitation is required for membership- if you're a member- invite me!
Google Look-Ups
By leelefever on January 18, 2004 - 11:43am
As you may know, the Google search box can take you directly to some resources, based on the words you use to search. These are called look-ups. A couple of basics:
- define: (insert word) will take you to a page of definitions
- link: (insert domain) will list all the pages linking to that site
- Entering an address (street and city) will provide Yahoo!/Mapquest Maps at the top of the page.
Aaron Swartz recently posted a list of new look-ups. These are pretty handy, in my opinion...
Google has added more search by number features:
- Area Codes, e.g. 650, bring up maps.
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What is your Google Number?
By leelefever on December 11, 2003 - 10:31am
While I'm on this Google stuff, I wanted to post this article by Valdis Krebs. Valdis created InFlow, which is a social network analysis tool.
Basically, go to Google and search for your name in double quotation marks. In the blue bar, you'll see a number that represents the results that include your name.
Of course, there are false positives and people with popular names have issues, but it's fun to do. Valdis even provides this scale for understanding your number:
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