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Idea Using API for Translation and Detection

Friday, November 14th, 2008 | Different Thoughts, Google | Comments Off

When reading how to use google’s translation and detection API I thought to a very easy to implement idea, targeted to a specific country.
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SEO for starters – Google tutorial

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Google, Seo | Comments Off

Google webmaster central has made a further step in helping webmaster building their path in the seo business.

Designed for starters, the seo information can be useful for any of us. You can read more from here:
Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide

Update: reading the google’s seo starter guide I’ve noticed a little paragraph about “Don’t forget about offline promotion”:

You could also send out
recurring newsletters to clients through the mail letting them know about new content on the
company’s website.

Isn’t this a similar thing to online spam, just it’s… offline?

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New: Data Quality suggestions from Google Base

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Google | Comments Off

Google launched a new feature for their google base service. The new “Data Quality” tab will help merchants improve the quality of their listing.

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Keep your foreign visitors with google translate widget

Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Google | Comments Off

Some times when I check the map overlay function from my google analytics account I notice that
even if some websites are in local languages, an important number of traffic comes from abroad.

In order to reduce the average bounce back of the website, you can try the google translate widget:

http://translate.google.com/translate_tools

Check this live demo out:

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Tutorial – How Google works

Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Google, Seo | Comments Off

The following video tutorials are talking about how google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s page and how are displayed in the search results.

Discoverability:

Crawling and Indexing:

Ranking – Relevance and importance:

Google resources for webmasters:

Other resources:

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