Category: Google

Do not use co.cc domain name : Google banned all.co.cc domains

On 30th June 2011 Google Banned http://co.cc domain and it resulted all the subdomains got delisted from google search results. This was a very big loss for many bloggers who was depending on free domains from co.cc. All the hardwork done by the hardworking bloggers is lost now. This is one of the reason why you should not rely on free domain names and hostings.

co.cc banned

As we all know that co.cc names were badly used for spamming purpose and they were unable to work on this regard hence google was left with no choice than to penalize this domain. Now the people who were using co.cc service are left with no other option that to move to either paid domains or some other free subdomain service. But the worst part is that the entire work done for backlinking and other off site SEO works is lost with this move of google banning .co.cc domain.

Those who are on blogspot originally can very well use the blogspot subdomain and continue the the blogging but i suggest you to get a nice domain for you. You can get a domain name just for a dollar from godaddy.

Google Pagerank update : Techian.com is page rank 3 now

2 days google updated the page ranks unexpectedly. It was suppose to do this in the beginning of the month only but as usual, google updated pageranks this time again.

Our blog was having pagerank 1 and after the update it is pagerank 3

Thanks to all you guys for supporting me. Hope we would be able to take this to next level. You may check the pageranks of your sites at prchecker.info

Google voice search for web launched officially: Review 1 : Its awesome

Google is well known for its innovative works and keepingits expectation up to the mark they have come up with their one more awesome feature in google search which you will definitively love. Yes, i am talking about google voice search feature. All you need to do is speak and google will understand your words and will search accordingly for your query.

google voice search

They have very smartly programmed this feature which is able to read your voice commands very precisely depending upon your accent and location across the globe. On 14th June they officially announced that slowly they will roll out this feature in coming days. If you want to read more about it then you may check here for more information about google voice search.

The interface looks really cool. All you need to do is click on the “mic” icon appearing at the end of the search box and speak out your query and wait. Just sensing your gap it will fill the search box with the search query you spoke and will show you search engin results for that query.

Requirements for goole voice search:

Officially google has not stated any requirements for this but i personally tried to figure out what exactly is required for this to work

  • A working pc with internet connection
  • Preferred browser is google chrome
  • google talk plugin
  • and ofcource – a mic

If this feature is not appearing in your google homepage then just wait for some more time until its launched in your country. Feel free to sare your experience in comments section.

 

Google street view launched in India and its starting from Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi

Last month Google Launched its street view vehicles in India

This was welcomed as well as criticized by many people across India. You opinion may vary from others and this post is not meant to influence your opinion. I would just provide the facts that i have.

People were concerned about their privacy and some people would not like to logged into the camera view. Not a problem. Google is having a very good privacy policy here. They are having their own algorithm to hide sensitive data such as faces and registration number plates of vehicles. Still if you want that some part should be totally blurred/removed then you may always use the report link present in the bottom of the screen. I personally checked how effective is their algorithm and found the result shown below.

As you can see the face is blurred and its effective enough. Still if you wish then you may use the link “Report Problem” and fill the form. They will act upon your request. Please note that only publicly accessible places will be made available through Google Street View.

Below is the video of the launch of the vehicle mounted with 360 degrees camera to take panoramic view of the streets

What are your views about this? feel free to leave you inputs in comments. Thanks for reading my post. Your friend Vivek Sinha Anurag will be back with more soon. Please bookmark this blog if you like it so that you may come back in future.

Google Panda- The untold secrets

Today i am going to disclose some secrets of google panda. Please do not ask me the sources as i am bound not to disclose them.

What is Google Panda?

It is a new algorithm announced by Google. It’s aim is to fight against content farms (duplicate content website) and bring up the blogs/site with original content and fight against the website that contains low quality articles,blog and simply copy and paste the description from other website to their website to increase the search engine rankings.

What are it’s effects?


On 24th Feb Google launched Panda and it slapped many websites by penalizing them in terms of search engine rankings and de-indexing as well. Many site owners complained that even though they had genuine contents but still their site was affected. No doubt it was not 100% success because i read in blogs that people found loopholes to bypass and gain rankings again.

On 12th May 2011 Google launched the Panda update and it badly affected many websites with bad contents. But it is still doubtful as it affected mainly UK websites and major UK websites were slapped badly. You may want to read more here.

How Google Panda Works?

Most of you people know and believe Google search engine is better than all other in the market. But very few of you might be knowing the secret behind the success. The main reason behind the success of google search is not only their unique algorithm but also huge amount of manual work in background. Its true because i have worked for one of the companies which hire people as freelancers to work for google. [Recently they also started working for microsoft]. The people are selected for work after multiple rounds of exams. They are given proper training before starting the work and they are paid at rates @per hour.

The Secret

Recently before rolling over the Google panda, these companies trained their freelancers to identify sites with poor quality articles and duplicate contents. After passing the algorithm the work comes to these people for final touch. This make sure that no such sites gets bypassed. This makes Google Panda a deadly weapon against such sites.

If you want to read more about the panda you can read the interview of the people behind this idea

How to safeguard yourself ?

Make sure you have useful document on your websites.

  • A useful document will pass a human inspection
  • A useful document is not ad heavy
  • A useful document is well linked externally
  • A useful document is not a copy of another document
  • A useful document is typically created by a brand or an entity which has a distribution channel outside of the search channel
  • A useful document does not have a 100% bounce rate followed by a click on a different search result for that same search query 😉

    • Amit Disclosed few more secrets how we can make sure our site is not affected. He wrote on his blog the following points.

    • Would you trust the information presented in this article?
    • Is this article written by an expert or enthusiast who knows the topic well, or is it more shallow in nature?
    • Does the site have duplicate, overlapping, or redundant articles on the same or similar topics with slightly different keyword variations?
    • Would you be comfortable giving your credit card information to this site?
    • Does this article have spelling, stylistic, or factual errors?
    • Are the topics driven by genuine interests of readers of the site, or does the site generate content by attempting to guess what might rank well in search engines?
    • Does the article provide original content or information, original reporting, original research, or original analysis?
    • Does the page provide substantial value when compared to other pages in search results?
    • How much quality control is done on content?
    • Does the article describe both sides of a story?
    • Is the site a recognized authority on its topic?
    • Is the content mass-produced by or outsourced to a large number of creators, or spread across a large network of sites, so that individual pages or sites don’t get as much attention or care?
    • Was the article edited well, or does it appear sloppy or hastily produced?
    • For a health related query, would you trust information from this site?
    • Would you recognize this site as an authoritative source when mentioned by name?
    • Does this article provide a complete or comprehensive description of the topic?
    • Does this article contain insightful analysis or interesting information that is beyond obvious?
    • Is this the sort of page you’d want to bookmark, share with a friend, or recommend?
    • Does this article have an excessive amount of ads that distract from or interfere with the main content?
    • Would you expect to see this article in a printed magazine, encyclopedia or book?
    • Are the articles short, unsubstantial, or otherwise lacking in helpful specifics?
    • Are the pages produced with great care and attention to detail vs. less attention to detail?
    • Would users complain when they see pages from this site?

    Do not loose hope if your website is affected by Panda

    If your website is affected by Google Panda then do not simply loose hope. You may regain rankings. Focus on quality articles. Do “white hat” backlinks. Remember * No scrapebox blasts and no SENUKE.  Follow white hat techniques and you will your website back into action.

    Hope this article of mine will help you. Feel free to leave your valuable suggestions in form of comments. Thanks for reading. Bookmark this site for future use.

    Google Music launched, now get legal streaming/downloads free from google

    Google is back again with it’s new idea of google music. This time specially for the users of india.

    Google has launched its online music service in India that enables users to search for legal music streams and downloads.

    For its Indian music search service (google.co.in/music) Google has partnered with In.com, Saregama and Saavn. The three digital music providers, hold rights to hundreds of thousands of Indian tracks – ranging from old and new Bollywood hits to Indian classical music. The music search service currently indexes only Hindi songs.

    URL -> www.google.co.in/music

    Thanks to Pratik, who share this in OUG.  I thinks this is not a new idea but still new in the sense it will be offering “legal” downloads and streaming so if you download any music from it’s results you are not doing anything wrong. good going :). Thanks for reading my post. If you like my blog please bookmark it.

    Gmail new feature of adding image in signature. Try now

    Yes this is absolutely new and rocking feature by google. As we all know google is all about ideas so here it goes a new idea again. this time in your gmail signature. These small but useful thing makes gmail smarter than the other mail service provider.

    How to do add image in signature?

    Its very simple and easy task for which you do not need toe be ankit fadia. All you need to do is goto the settings tab and use the built-in rich text editor to create your own personal signature.

    Limitation to this feature:

    The only limitation to this feature which i can see is that there is no option to upload image in the editor. Ofcourse you may use picassa but i think there should an option to upload images from editor directly . hope google adds it soon

    China blocks Google, accuses google of spreading porn

    In the recent actions take by chinese govt, they have blocked entire google services in china.China’s government accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese Internet users were temporarily unable to gain
    access to the U.S. search giant’s main Web site or China-based service.

    “We have found that the English version of google.com has spread lots of pornographic, lewd and vulgar content, which is in serious violation of Chinese laws and regulations,” said foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang. He said authorities “summoned representatives of Google.com in China and urged them to remove the content immediately.”

    Qin, speaking at a regular briefing, did not respond to questions about whether China’s government was blocking Web users from seeing Google’s site. However, he said he hoped the problem can be “resolved immediately.” Google said Thursday it was investigating the reason for the outage, which began late Wednesday.

    Chinese users were blocked from seeing Google’s US site, its China-based site google.cn and its Gmail e-mail service. A Chinese watchdog agency accused Google last week of providing links to vulgar and obscene sites.

    Google, based in Mountainview, Calif., said it would do more to stop users in China from accessing pornography. “I would like to stress that Google.com, as an Internet enterprise providing services in China, should earnestly abide by all Chinese laws,” Qin said.

    “All the punitive measures adopted by the relevant authorities are conducted strictly according to law.” The Chinese agency that oversees the Internet, the ministry of industry and information technology, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. China has the world’s largest population of Internet users at more than 298 million.

    The communist government has the world’s most extensive web monitoring and filtering system, and it regularly blocks access to foreign websites. Authorities launched a crackdown this year that led to the closing of more than 1,900 porn-related websites. Google has struggled to expand in China, where it says it has about 30% of the search market. The company launched Google.cn with a Chinese partner after seeing its market share erode as government filters slowed access to its US service.

    Its really a big setback to google. But we have a solution for the people who wants to access the blocked sites. Visit this post of mine to know how.