Category — google facts

Finally this blog ranks for the term I was going after “google sucks” and has been bringing in a steady stream of traffic. The problem is when I started this blog I did not have a clear view of where I was planning to go with it. In fact it started as a place for me to vent about some of the hypocritical Google activity I saw around me.

I have been reading about how to create a blog that ads value to the readers. Don’t get me wrong I think there is value in raising awareness and most importantly questions regarding the Google. However, I want to take this blog one step further and offer something back to the readers.

Help me sculpt this blog into a community resource. Read some of my thoughts below and please leave a comment with your feedback or suggestions.

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If you have researched across the web for SEO material it is without a doubt that you stumbled across SEOBook. Search Engine Optimization is the practice of actively trying to get your web property to rank on search engines and gain organic ranking. Keyword research, title tags, meta data, anchor text, link bait, etc sounds overwhelming doesn’t it?

If you are like me you realize that the noise to quality ratio is quite awful when it comes to SEO online. However SEOBook claims to offer enough information to separate fact from fiction for experts and teach the basics to small business owners just starting out in SEO.

Below is review of SEOBook and the top 5 Reasons NOT to buy SEOBook

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I am thinking maybe we need to create a “neighborhood watch” of sorts for the online space. Every day I learn of something shady, hypocritical, or downright monopolistic that they do. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to site and write down every time I hear of them doing something “evil.” For example, just today I saw two posts from some of my favorite bloggers that showed what Google has been up to.

First up is Aaron Wall on Hypocritical Nature of AdSense

Next up was Slightly Shady on Google Creating Its Own Internet

Seoker.com on Google Toolbar Steals 401 Messages

Here are my two cents on both issues:

UPDATE: The fine Folks of Google Horror Stories  sent me a note letting me know that they are designed to serve as a Google Watch Dog. Feel free to post your horror story there.

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Well the jury is out. Craig Hordlow Mostly SEO blog had conducted a controlled experiment to see whether Google followed links inside your Gmail. You can check out his blog for the details of the experiment.

Unfortunately, it looks like Google does not index pages through Gmail. I guess I have nothing to bitch about here. If anyone has noticed something to the contrary from gmail please let me know.

Google failed the citizenship test. Let me explain how I found this out.

The past few night I have been helping my girlfriend study for her citizenship test. She has been here for over 8 years, but with the political landscape we decided its best to make it official. (ironically enough it turned out that she technically is already a citizen due to a law change).

I used the booklet that they distribute to study for the exam to quiz her to see what things she did not know and ran the same questions through Google.
I used the Google and “I’m Feeling Lucky” to see what answers would come up.

Here is how Google did on naturalization test;

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