Google Algorithm update – Freshness!

Google recently announced an amazing algorithm update rightly called “Freshness” simply because its all about serving fresher search results to the search engine users. Google informed that this search engine update released on 3rd november 2011 will affect 35% of its search results and for good.

Google Explains the importance of the algorithm update with a very appropriate example: If you were to search for summer olympics, it makes non sense if Google was to return 1960 summer olympics page! The new search algorithm update makes sure that you are served with the latest search result for the next summer olympics.

You shall find the official algorithm update release blog post on the Google Blog here. This clearly speaks about the latest update release and how it will affect your blog or website.

What this update means to me as  a website owner:

How to create a Fan page on Google Plus

The idea of creating a brand or fan page on the Facebook is a big hit from its launch and now almost all brands makes it clear that even if they dont have a website they sure do have a fan page. If you already have a fan page on Facebook – Great! And if you dont have one yet, you could check my earlier article on how to create a Facebook fan page.

Google recently released this Google Plus Pages and its quite similar to a Google plus profile page and almost does all that you could do with a Google Plus profile, the major difference is that you can only add those people who have added your page. This feature will certainly help you later to target the users and manage campaigns based on various circles and hangouts your brand has created.

Steps to create a Google Plus Fan Page

Google Offering Free Domain Registration and Web Hosting for India

There are millions of Business owners in India who havent yet considered an eCommerce option to take their offline business to the next level. Google has launched an exciting new Initiative to sponsor 500,000 websites / business in India to offer them free Domain registration and Web hosting for 1 year in association with web hosting Giant HostGator.

Google is investing in a 3 year program by paying for the .in domain registry and hosting for small business entities. As part of this initiative they have launched an India Get Your Business Online website where you can apply for your free domain and web hosting account. In addition to the website, Google is also giving away Adwords credits worth 2500 Indian Rupees to all the applicants selected.

Gmail gets a Makeover and am Lovin it!

This one is for all those Gmail fans who love the fast and simple interface that Google has offered through its superb email service. Today I would like to share some more good news – Google Email launched its new look today which in my personal opinion is breathtaking and am seriously loving it!

How to activate the new look on Gmail?

Simply log in to your Gmail account and you will find a small notification on the right hand side bottom asking you to check out the latest version of Gmail. Google announced this new look in early July and were working hard on the improvements and feature updates all the summer and I can see their hard work has now paid off.

Streamlined conversations

Dedicated day for each Webmaster Activity

If you are a webmaster running a busy website single handedly, i might not have to explain how it is like to manage all the activities that include content development, design, development, maintenance and most importantly publicizing all alone. Today we will discuss how to manage your time effectively to get things done smartly from a webmaster’s point of view.

Bifurcate and identify the tasks in hand

If you are a blogger and always wanted to know whats happening in your niche and want to blog about it at the earliest, then the Big daddy of the internet, Google can help you! Google has an awesome service called Google Alerts that lets you receive alerts on a real time basis to know the latest news in your niche.

Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Enter the topic you wish to monitor, then click preview to see the type of results you’ll receive. Some handy uses of Google Alerts include: