Tag Archives: Google
How to Use a Search Engine
Do you type a domain name into a search engine to go to that website? Why wouldn’t you use the address bar for that?
There are so many people that will go to www.google.com, or have it set as their homepage, type in ebay.com and press enter, to GO TO EBAY.COM. Isn’t that strange? Maybe it’s just me, but I really thought the internet was much easier to use than that.
The reason that I make all the fuss is simple. A LOT of traffic to this blog is from search engines and believe it or not, this blog is found by keywords like “subwayfreshbuzz.com enter codes” and “pepsirockband.com”.
Now, I have optimized this blog to gain such traffic, but it wasn’t intended to get traffic via DOMAIN NAMES as keywords. Why are people using Google to find subwayfreshbuzz.com, when they actually just typed in the domain name itself? What happens is that my blog is ranking for these domain names because I put up a “review post” for the promotion or contest.
When users want to go to the promo site to enter codes or check out the prizes, they type the domain name into Google search and hit enter. Guess what? Now, this blog is listed FIRST, above the actual subwayfreshbuzz website. Isn’t that a bit strange? I rank higher for keywords that mean nothing to this site, than the site that is actually called SubWayFreshBuzz.com. Here is a screen shot to prove it!
Well, in the meantime, I just wanted to let all the users that do NOT know to search for a website, that they can easily get to any webpage they see listed on the web, TV or hear on the radio, simply by using the address bar available on most browsers today.
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo oh My!
With all the news coming in the recent weeks about Google’s OS and Microsoft interested in Yahoo (again), it makes me wonder what really is going to come in the next couple years. The “Big 3″ could make a huge impact on how we value the internet and the space provided on it. Google is untouchable in the online ad industry and Yahoo might still be the #1 site on the net, but where does Microsoft fit in?
Have you used Bing? I don’t think that Microsoft has any clue (of course, I am a Google fan) what users really want online, but I have NOT used there search in over 5 years. I like to read about the Microsoft/Yahoo saga and the news that Google plans to take over the world in more ways than one. It makes me feel good that whatever these internet companies can come up with is usually a good thing for the public.
In my bias opinion, I just don’t see how Google can do any wrong. They have resources and a shithouse full of cash to spend every year. Top techno-geeks from all over the world get jobs there all the time and you know what all that brain power in one building can get you! Googles ads, browsers, applications, online tools and such are just a drop in the bucket to what this company can do in the long run.
I always dreamed that Google would come up with free worldwide wireless internet. Of course, there would be ads involved (unless is a wet dream, then ads won’t be needed) and I want to be the first to say that I WOULD watch ads every day when I turn on my computer, as long as my internet connection was FREE.
Get SPAM Recipe Ideas from Your Gmail Spam Folder
What the heck am I talking about? Do you have Gmail with Google? If not, you should, cause I said so. Anywho, the title says it all, you can get great SPAM recipes if you click the link to your Spam folder in your Gmail account. I can see the confused look on your face and I know you are thinking one of two obvious things;
What the hell do you mean?
and
Why would anyone NEED a recipe to prepare SPAM?
Well, there are a ton of people that eat SPAM regularly. It might not have a nice texture or even taste all that good, but some people enjoy it. Just like I enjoy Mac & Cheese or a nice FRESH salad. If you are going to eat your favorite food anyways, why not mix it up a bit, right? That is where these recipes would come in handy. Google displays ads in your Gmail account and by clicking to see your Spam “folder” the ad network usese the word SPAM to project ads to you.
So if you want to check out some tasty SPAM recipes, run over mail.google.com and sign up for a FREE account. Yummy recipes will soon follow and you can share those with your friends or try them next time you make dinner!