(Free) How to find site keywords of competitors
May 5, 2009
Do you ever wonder why some junk blogs with seemingly nonsense content appear to have more visitors than your site? Do you sometimes find yourself asking how these blogs get a lot of traffic from search engines?
The answer most likely lies in the keywords those sites are targeting and the search engine optimization (SEO) techniques they implement.
Google stock price at $4,488?
July 19, 2008
Did the Google (Stock Code: GOOG) stock really trade yesterday at $4,488.24?
Philippine major daily GMANews.tv reported last night (see screenshot of online article below) that the stock price of the number one search engine in the world reached $4,488.24 — a big increase considering that Google’s price recently hovers within the $500 range only.
Gmail just keeps getting better and better
June 8, 2008
I logged in to my Gmail account earlier and saw a link to the new features they are offering. I clicked on the link and got treated to a list of new stuff.
Take a look at what the new Gmail has to offer. Without a doubt, Gmail just keeps getting better and better.
Blacklist in Google search results can kill your site
April 18, 2008
Just how powerful is Google in delivering traffic to a website?
Very powerful, no doubt — and car insurance comparison site GoCompare.com learned this the hard way.
Google shows “More results from” PinoyMoneyTalk.com
February 25, 2008
While checking the updated ranking of entries in the $75 Pinoy Money Talk SEO Contest, I noticed that Google has activated the “more results from this site” feature for PinoyMoneyTalk.com.
Below is a screenshot of the “more results from pinoymoneytalk.com” — a feature which shows additional links and articles from our site.
I’ve read about this feature last year in Matt Cutts’s blog but it was only today that I saw this at work in the PMT search results. I searched for other popular Pinoy blogs to see whether Google has this feature and I discovered that it is working for Macalua.com, Yugatech.com, and Selaplana.com but not yet for Macuha.com, PinoyBlogero.com, or Jehzlau-Concepts.com.
I think the additional links can drive more traffic to one’s site because users who chanced upon the search results will have more options to choose from or, more appropriately, more links to click on.
Does Google show more results for your site too? Do you think this is a useful feature in Google search?
Pics of Google’s Switzerland office
January 24, 2008
A lot of people have long glorified the idea of working for Google, the search engine giant, supposedly because of the laid-back environment, the free-flowing food, the beanbag chairs, and a lot more yadah-yadah.
Here’s another one that they add to the list: an office space so cool it looks more than the set of a beach party movie than an actual workplace.
Presenting: pics from the Google Zurich office in Switzerland.
Google graffiti on the wall
Where are the Pinoy scandals?
December 12, 2007
Where have all the Pinoy scandals gone?
A while ago, I saw the words “Pinoy Scandals” advertised on the Google text links ad unit at the right sidebar of this page. Out of curiosity, I decided to click on the text link to find out what sites are being advertised. (Seriously, I’m just curious…)
(FYI, clicking on the text link per se does not violate Google Adsense’s policies. Publishers are not paid for clicks on the initial topics, but on the ad clicks on the linked page.)
What appeared after clicking the “Pinoy Scandals” text link topic?
Fastest rising Google search keywords
December 5, 2007
The world is looking for an iPhone, so says the latest Zeitgeist 2007 report, a report published by search engine giant Google.com detailing the popular keywords searched by people around the world.
The iPhone (?) — Apple’s mobile phone launched this year –Â is the fastest rising Google search word in the US and worldwide. (Related article: Cheap iPhones in the Philippines)
Social networking and video sharing sites are also popular search terms. Badoo (?), a multi-lingual London-based social networking website is #2 worldwide. US-based networking site Facebook (?), on the other hand, is #9 in the US and #3 worldwide. Myspace (?) is the 7th fastest rising search keyword in the US.
People in the US and in other countries are also searching for video sites YouTube (?) and DailyMotion (?).
The Zeitgeist list:
Other fast rising search keywords in 2007 include:
Google PageRank updates again, more sites lose PR
November 8, 2007
Boy, and we thought the Google PageRank (PR) update was over.
I’ve gone bloghopping today and noticed through my Google Toolbar that some of the sites I frequent have dropped PR. Nope, this was not the same PageRank update in late October that saw a lot of sites got penalized. When I checked the PR of those sites in October 30, it showed a different (read: higher) PR. Now, the latest update has got the following Philippine sites affected.
New list of Philippine sites with reduced PageRank (checked November 8)
| Website | Original PR | PR as of Oct. 25 | PR as of Nov. 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pinoytravelblog.com | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| seophilippines.org | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| rickey.org | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| jrocas.com.ph | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| jepoyeng.blogspot.com | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| macalua.com | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| quezon.ph | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| jaypeeonline.net | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| man-blog.com | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| pinoytechblog.com | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| pinoycook.net | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Original list of Philippine sites that got penalized (updated November 8)
| Website | Original PR | PR as of Oct. 25 | PR as of Nov. 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| inquirer.net | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| manilatimes.net | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| philstar.com | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| yugatech.com | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| jozzua.com | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| aboutmyrecovery.com | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| retzwerx.com | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| pinoymoneytalk.com | 4 | 2 | 3 |
The Google Phone is not a phone but a software
November 6, 2007
Search engine giant Google ended today months of speculation of the existence of a Google Phone (or GPhone) by announcing that the GPhone is actually not a mobile phone but, rather, a free cell phone software package.
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA), to which Google is a member of, is to release an open-source platform called Android, named for and based on the technology of a company acquired by Google in 2005.
