Fast Indexing by Google
October 13, 2008
Your website is finally done. A friend of yours threw the site together for you. The website looks better than you imagined. Now 6 Months have passed and the site hasn’t accomplished anything. You were expecting a huge increase in sales and customers. Why haven’t any of your expectations been met? Why doesn’t your site have any exposure?
The likely reason for your disappointing results is that your site does not show up on Google search results. Potential customers need to be able to find your site in Google when they are searching for the product or service you provide. Why Google? If we all had to live with one search engine, Google would be the obvious choice. If your site does not show up on Google, a lot of potential exposure is being lost. It is imperative that your site show up on Google.
There are simple methods to get your site indexed by Google. There are simple and difficult methods which will get your site added to Google’s index. Three simple ways to get indexed are: submit directly to Google, get a website that shows up in Google’s search results to link to your site, or write an article about a topic related to your site and submit it to article directories. Read more
Google Reader
April 13, 2008
A few years back, our friends at Google developed a handy system for aggregating all of our favorite RSS and Atom feed items into one handy reader - it was called Google Reader. Since its inception, Google Reader has become one of the foremost feed aggregators around.
One of its most attractive features is that it can be used online or offline. It allows readers to download up to 2,000 items for offline viewing. Once back online, Google Reader updates itself.
Another very nice feature of Google Reader is the ability to create and share feeds of items you like with your friends. You can add your own notes and comments, and even share webpages that don’t contain an RSS feed.
As a way to maximize the available time you have for reading what matters most to you, Google Reader is an extremely helpful resource. You can sort your reading list by relevance and also search for blogs and sites that you might have previously missed out on by using the Discover option, which finds blogs and sites that are based on your existing subscriptions. Read more