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*NEWS FLASH* Google Introduces Social Search Experiment

Check out Google’s new Google Social Search experiment. Google wants you to be able to quickly and easily find content from within your “social circle” (a Google term). What makes up your social circle?  Anyone who you interact with, follow, or are friends with on social networks.  So sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, FriendFeed, etc.., […]

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Technology Twitter

Bing Is First To Bring Twitter Search Results

There has been a lot of buzz about Twitter’s recent deals with Google and Microsoft to provide real time search data and results. And Bing beats out Google to the market place!  Check out Bings real time search results via Twitter >>

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Technology Twitter

*How To* Rank Tweets In Google Search Results

These are my thoughts about the algorithm Google will use to rank tweets in their real time search results. As you may know by now, Google announced a deal that was struck with Twitter to display tweets in the Google search results. Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google Inc., was speaking today to about […]

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How To: Vertically Align Google Custom Search Engine in WordPress Navigation Bar

I finally got my Google custom search engine (see top right) to align vertically in the navigation bar of my WordPress blog! And now my life can move forward… When I first added the CSE, the alignment was pinning the search engine to the top of the nav bar – and it was absolutely driving […]

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Search Engine Optimization Technology

WordPress SEO Tips Part IV – Optimize Your URL’s

This is part of our continue WordPress SEO Tips Series.  You can follow along by visiting our WordPress SEO Tips category. WordPress SEO Tips Part IV – Optimize Your URL’s To get the most exposure in Google search results from your WordPress blog, each and every posting has to be optimized for keyword phrases.

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Technology

It Can’t Get Much Simplier Than This, Can It?

Have you seen the newest Google.com homepage! (see an image below) All of the text and links have been removed, so when Google.com loads, there is nothing but the Google logo, a search bar, and the two buttons that are “Google Search” and “I’m Feeling Lucky“.

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Technology

Google Local Business Ads Coming For Google Maps

Google claims that over 80% of all local searches for business are now done through Google’s search engine.  And these searches for local business are typically in close proximity to where the business is physically located. Google has just launched Local Listing Ads – a way for a local business to have to gain advertising […]