Yes, You Can Google Too!

FeO Consulting — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:42:52 +0000

Here it is folks, the finest Google training tool out there… sort of.

This tongue-in-cheek site was put together in order to have a little fun with people who innocently ask questions on the Internet about topics that they could very easily find the answers to if they only took a moment to type the question into Google instead of sending it in an email or posting it on a message board. And if you’ve been around on the Internet for very long you know exactly what I mean…

On the technical side… the site uses a bit of custom programming to:

Handle the scripting on the home page.
Display the correct search results from Google.
Create a custom “award” for the user to download.
Handle the emailing of the site to “friend’s”… keeping the spammers at bay using re-captcha (which nobody likes but is a must-have in an open environment like this)… and generating an email tracking system that allows people to add themselves to a “block” list so that the site will not send them any additional email.

So the next time someone asks you “Does the light go off when I close the refrigerator door?” you can simply point them to http://youcangoogletoo.com and they can learn how to search for answers to life’s most profound questions (in just THREE easy steps). We hope you enjoy.

The search engine world is changing, are you ready?

FeO Consulting — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:34:52 +0000

Google announced yesterday that it is rolling out a new “engine” for its search engine. Code named “Caffeine” this new engine won’t look much different on the outside, but early tests do indicate that it will perform much better on the inside delivering more relevant search results, and delivering them faster. And by golly they should… earlier today it took 0.29 seconds for them to give me Results 1-10 of about 12,900,000… that’s far too long (please note the sarcasm).

With Microsoft’s new engine “Bing“, and the upcoming Yahoo/Microsoft team-up, Google does have to stay on top of things. So we’ll just have to see if these new changes, which again will be mostly transparent to end users, will make any real impact or if they will just help Google stay on top.

Regardless though, the landscape is changing. And if you operate a web site that relies on search results you need to be aware of these, and other, changes. While Google still maintains a healthy dominance, they are not the only game in town. So a little attention to some of the “lesser” players is certainly in order. So brush up on your Microsoft SEO tactics if you haven’t already. The differences are minor (mostly dealing with how inbound linking is handled from what we can tell), but with Microsoft making gains on this front you don’t want to get caught napping…

Of course questions and comments are welcomed, as always.

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Yes, You Can Google Too!

The search engine world is changing, are you ready?