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Just How Massive is Google? [inforgraphic]

Just How Massive is Google? [inforgraphic]

Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by .

I love info graphics. They give you a vastly different perspective on common data. This one shows just what a behemoth Google is… Infographic by computer school.org

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My Love Hate Relationship With Google Adsense

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by .

When I first started my blog, I really had no specific ideas or plans for it. I started with a free blogger.com blog, then I moved to a free wordpress.com blog. I’m not sure whether that is still the case, but at the time wordpress.com hosted blogs did not allow Adsense or other forms of [...]

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My “Google Me” Business Card

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by .

Last week, I posted a poll about my new business card idea. The results: 78% surveyed liked it while 22% thought it was tacky. See below: I did think the additional text on the card were kind of unprofessional so the search for to right design continued. Also, David brought up the idea of whether [...]

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How to Brand Yourself Online with SEO

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by .

I’d like to share an update on a post I made over a year ago. Its about my on going saga of getting the word “Brian Wong” listed on Google’s search results for personal branding. In my previous post, I talked about how I got the number one spot on Google and then lost it [...]

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Free Google Keyword Tool Now Provides Search Volume Data

Posted on 09. Jul, 2008 by .

This is just in! Google has always provided a pretty neat little keyword tool to help users with their Adwords campaigns. Previously, when you type in a keyword, the tool would suggest a list of related keywords and their search volume trend…until now. I logged in yesterday and realized that they now also provide Search [...]

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“Brian Wong” Back on #1 in Google’s Index Database

Posted on 18. May, 2008 by .

Here’s a link to the post: http://brianwong.com/blog/i-got-google-slammed-for-not-paying-attention-to-seo/ I listed the mistakes I made that got me de-listed and I also outlined a 5-Point plan to get my site back into Google’s good graces. … (I used “brian wong in the footer of each page as an anchor text) I admit that I have an advantage because the domain name itself contains the keywords “Brian Wong” In bound links makes a big difference too. … Submitting a site-map to Google helps too I use meta tags on each page and ensure my permalinks contain keywords too Ok, that’s it for this week cos I just got back from a holiday in Phuket and am a little burnt from playing with my son in the pool for 2 hours everyday!!!

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I Got Google Slammed for Not Paying Attention to SEO!

Posted on 03. May, 2008 by .

The reason for this introduction is that I just realized that my Google page rank and search engine ranking for this blog dropped significantly after I changed over from a RapidWeaver blog to a self-hosted Wordpress blog . … I spent the last month reading all about SEO for my marketing sites and when I re-looked at my new Wordpress blog, I realized that I was just very careless in not optimizing my site. … Here are some resources that I used to optimize my site this week: This link checks if your redirect script is SEO friendly: Free Redirect Checker This is a very useful SEO optimization and analysis tool (check out their tutorial videos): Brad Callen’s SEO Elite

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