just-vicky's Gooruze Blog

What if Google seized to exist?

just-vicky — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:25:36 -0700

Here’s a random thought for you….

Think about it, Google dominates the search market we all optimize our pages with Google in mind (yes as well as other search engines but let’s face it currently Google is the big hitter), we even refer to searching the internet as ‘googleing it’ but what would you do if Google didn’t exist?

Imagine it….there’s been some huge disaster with the servers and techy whirly gigs behind the scenes at Google and all Google sites instantly vanish from the ethos, what do you do? You have no way of knowing when Google will return it could be hours, days, weeks, months….do you sit tight and hope that it is hours rather than months? Do you start concentrating on your sites rank in other search engines like Yahoo for example? Or do you outright panic, sit in a corner tearing your hair out rocking back and forth….back and forth…back and forth…

The internet today....friend or foe?

just-vicky — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:04:38 -0700

I’ve worked with the internet for as long as I can remember in one form or another and always thought it was a great invention, after all if you want to know something, anything, you can go on the internet type in your search term and find a wealth of information.

However some of the articles I’ve found lately concern me, it seems to me the internet is turning ugly. Along with articles I’ve found about censoring the web (which I’ve posted on Gooruze) I’ve also found this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/01/bt_phorm_2006_trial/ apparently BT has used advertising technology provided by 121Media (now Phorm) to track the internet usage of 18,000 of its customers without them knowing or getting their consent in order to target advertising to them. Is this an invasion of privacy? Or is that a stupid question?

Confusing the SEO newbie with shiny new tools

just-vicky — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:04:52 -0700

As an SEO newbie I have trawled the internet for all things SEO and found a mountain of information and many, many people who have written articles for those of us who are new to SEO….great!!! One of the best things about the internet and social networking is the sheer abundance of information and the wonderful people who are happy to offer help and advice along the way.

However, I’m finding more and more this also has it’s downfalls not all information is detailed, some information is too detailed, we’re supplied with links to wonderful tools on the internet which allow us to conduct our research and come highly recommended but… does that help us understand exactly what we are doing? Is too much advice as bad as too little?

Perhaps it’s an inevitable trap SEO newbies fall into? I personally have quite a few websites / blogs bookmarked to go back to and visit later and have installed the Firefox extensions and continue to find articles informing me of new extensions and new tools…it may just be me but I can’t help but feel a little overwhelmed at times by all the information I find.

My advice to the SEO newbie trying to find out more?...

By all means search the internet, visit the recommended sites and try out the tools but please….do it one step at a time! Pick a handful of sites that really caught your eye (I’ve been following Gooruze for several months but only just signed up), try one new tool at a time – don’t be tempted to try all the tools all at once, how are you going to know which one works for you? And by all means sign up to Gooruze … you may feel nervous asking questions or posting comments but it’s the only way to learn.