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As a full-time webmaster and site owner, figuring out just what Google wants has been the most challenging aspect of running an online business. For many webmasters Google is the eight ton elephant in the room and you only have two options: upset the elephant and get trampled or quickly find out what it likes to consume and try to feed it.
In order to keep Google fed, webmasters have to jump through more than one set of hoops. When it comes to getting top rankings in Google’s Index or SERPs, there are 200 of these hoops or ranking factors. And if you want to play in Google’s ballpark, you have to try and master the majority of them.
For years, frustrated webmasters have been guessing and searching for these ranking factors. Asking what does Google want? How does Google rank pages and keywords? How does Google want you to build your site?
Ten years ago it wouldn’t have mattered what Google thought of your site for it wasn’t even in the picture, but now when it comes to online search, Google is king of the hill. And as we all know, kings get whatever they want.
Besides, any webmaster worth his salt, knows Google is what counts when it comes to organic traffic – you can achieve #1 spots for a keyword in all three top search engines (Yahoo and MSN being the other two light-weight contenders) but Google will simply deliver the most traffic to your site.
Google doesn’t as yet have a monopoly on web search, but it’s getting close to 70% of U.S. traffic and in some countries it’s up over 90%. But it’s not only the search numbers which makes Google king – it is the prestige and power of the Google brand name. Google has truly permeated into popular culture and the public psyche like no other brand name in history.
Google brings respect and trust into the equation. Web users respect and trust Google to give them a quality answer to their question. That’s why it was rather ironic, that for years webmasters have been asking Google about their ranking system, their algorithm, their practices… for years Google remained for the most part silent. This was mainly to keep at bay, those who would like to “game” the system in order to get high rankings within Google.
Until now that is, maybe it’s just me but doesn’t it appear that Google is suddenly opening up about its whole ranking procedures and what they expect from webmasters. Maybe the answers have always been there, we just couldn’t find them. However, a more likely scenario is that someone high up within Google made the decision to be more transparent with it comes to webmasters and how much they would tell them.
In recent Webmaster live chats, Googlers Matt Cutts, Maile Ohye, among others… have been honestly answering questions about what Google requires webmasters to do regarding their sites. These are Q&A sessions dealing with the “burning questions” webmasters have had for years concerning Google and what Google wants. Do a search in Google for “Google Webmaster Help | Google Groups” if you will to find these sessions.
Since I run several modest sites on webmaster tools and Internet marketing I am approached by more than a few people who want me to help them build their online site or business. One of the major issues that always comes up somewhere in the process (usually phrased in different ways) is this question:
What does Google want? What does Google expect of my site? How do I get ranked high in Google?
Mainly because my chief goal is to help these webmasters understand Google better in order to build a profitable site; I have struggled and puzzled over this question for years.
What is Google’s Golden Rule?
Many experts believe it is related to relevancy – the key to getting high rankings is how relevant your content is to the question being asked? Maybe so, but in order to explain it to a would-be webmaster, I had to find the words that would most appropriately sum up Google’s prime directive?
After you go through all the SEO checkmarks, take into account the quality and uniqueness of your content, factor in the credibility and authority of your site and backlinks, and factor in the relevancy issue… this was the simple Google Golden Rule I came up with:
“Always think of your visitor first when creating any content for your site.”
This may or may not be what Google is expecting but all indications are pointing in the direction of the “visitor’s experience” and how good you or your content make that experience? Google is serving up a product, it wants the user of their product to be happy with the results. If they’re happy, Google is happy. And if everyone’s happy then the kingdom grows.
Still anything as simple and as complicated as getting top rankings in Google can’t be boiled down to a single catch phrase. You must do your homework and a good starting point would be to thoroughly read Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. Studying and listening to the latest Google webmaster chats may also prove beneficial and helpful.
However, there are still those 200 hoops you have to jump through and you must be extremely careful of how you build your site if you’re trying to please Google. Listen when the king speaks. Observe his rules. Be on your guard, and it helps to become just a little paranoid. And always, always remember, an elephant never forgets.

Google is the number one search engine in the Internet History. Worldwide people are collecting important information from Google. So you can say Google is the world library. Sea of knowledge, Sea of information and best friend for all in the world. Teacher student, Engineer, Doctor, Scientist, Journalist, literalist, Businessman, Industrialist and all other professional can find excellent information from Google Search engine.

Though there are many search engines in the Internet such as YAHOO, MSN, AOL, ASK.COM, ALTAVISTA, ALL THE WEB, ALEXA and others but GOOGLE has occupied number one position in the Internet because of its activity. Without searching activity Google has created a lot of products and resources for computer literate people. Most of them are free and open for all. Anybody can enjoy all of those products from Google.

One of the most important contributions from Google is free email service. Worldwide people can open email account on Google that is called gmail account. This is the passport of entrance to enjoy Google resources. If you have an email account from gamil you can travel many sectors of Google such as Google docs, Google base, Google Talk Adsense, Adword, Orkut, Picassa, You tube, iGoogle, blogspot, blogger.com, API, Google Group and many other fields.

Like other professional Unemployed literate people, retired service holder, Literate house wife can be benefited from Google very much. That is Blogger.com. This is the only service which is free and open for all to earn money from Google. If you wish and if you have time, then you can try to practice this blog from Google free of cost. Worldwide people are earning good money from Google by using this product.

To express yourself blog is the most effective and helpful product from Google. For this reason you do not have to be a computer programmer or html specialist. Simple computer knowledge and Basic English knowledge is enough to do that. If you think you have a lot of hidden feelings, experiences and pains in your mind what you could not express in your local news paper or editorial column, then this is the right and appropriate place for you. See, learn and act to express yourself right now. But Google also follow some guidelines and privacy policy for using it’s products. So before do connect yourself with a certain sector read their guidelines and privacy policy too.

Finally we are grateful to Google. We hope Google will remain in its position forever. Simultaneously we will expect more and more products from Google which can be helpful for world population. In developing country people specially unemployed educated generation are facing Internet connection problem in this regard if Google can take any plan to extend worldwide easy Internet connection, then Google will gather more appreciation from the World and can be a top favorite to all literate people. World will love Google more preciously and importantly. Google will remain in people’s heart for a long time.To know more about Google and blog from google you may visit http://blogstomakemoney.blogspot.com

Google Street View, a Google Maps feature that lets users see images of streets and the surrounding areas, continues to generate controversy. Since its launch in May 2007, the feature has prompted questions about whether it constitutes an invasion of privacy, complaints about inappropriate images, and even a lawsuit.Aaron and Christine Boring vs. GoogleThe lawsuit came from a Pittsburgh couple in April 2008. The couple lives on a private road. However, Google’s Street View team travelled down the road and continued taking images all the way up to the couple’s home. The images were then posted to Google Maps and included close-ups of the couple’s home, swimming pool, and outbuildings.Google’s response? “Complete privacy does not exist in this world except in a desert, and anyone who is not a hermit must expect and endure the ordinary incidents of the community life of which he (or she) is a part (1).”While Google’s assertion that its Street View imaging team is an “ordinary incident of community life” is far-fetched, Google does make some good points in its response. Namely, that the plaintiffs could have simply requested that Google remove the offending images from Street View via a form available on Google Maps. Instead, the couple filed suit and in doing so have made the matter public record and ensured that the images will be viewed by even more people.Since the lawsuit, Google has removed the images in question, but the suit remains open.The Borings’ NeighborsOn Goldenbrook Lane, a nearby street, some of the Borings’ neighbors also had an incident with the Street View team. In this incident, the Street View team drove up Goldenbrook Lane and into the driveway of the McKee residence. They continued to drive, snapping Street View images the whole way, up to the garages of the McKees (2). While it appears that the McKees didn’t resort to a lawsuit, Google has removed the images of the home that were taken from private property from Street View.Street View in CaliforniaIn California, the antics of the Street View drivers continued. Drivers reportedly went on over 100 private roads in Sonoma County according to an analysis done by PressDemocrat.com. In another instance, Street View drivers went past two no trespassing signs as they photographed the 1,200 foot private road leading up to Betty Webb’s house in Humboldt County. In another incident reported by PressDemocrat.com, Street View drivers ignored a no trespassing sign, passed through a gate, and drove through someone’s yard on a dirt road near Freestone.Street View and U.S. Military BasesIn March 2008, the Pentagon requested that Google remove some images of military bases taken from public streets due to the potential threat those images posed to national security. “It actually shows where all the guards are. It shows how the barriers go up and down. It shows how to get in and out of buildings,” said General Gene Renuart, commander of U.S. Northern Command (3). According to Google spokesman Larry Yu, Google has honored the Pentagon’s requests (4). However, the Pentagon was still reviewing the many images of military facilities that were included in Street View (5).Street View Goes GlobalAfter the complaints in the U.S., other countries warned Google that Street View would have to be modified to comply with their stricter privacy laws. To this end, Google has improved facial recognition technology so that it can find faces in images and blur them so that they are unrecognizable. This technology has also been applied to license plates. The blurring feature has since been applied to U.S. Street View imagery in addition to images in other countries where Street View is now available.AccountabilityWhile Google has removed some of the aforementioned locations from Street View, the burden to monitor Google’s actions, be it Street View or other Google services, continues to fall on people like you and me. With regard to Street View, Google argues that “many people–visitors pulling in the driveway, neighbors turning around at the end of the road, deliverymen delivering packages–can all plainly see the exterior of the (Borings) home (6).” While these examples are likely accurate for the Borings and the population in general, they involve people that we know or strangers that we requested to come to our homes. Private residents didn’t request that Google visit these neighborhoods nor would residents reasonably expect that someone would be driving down their streets taking photographs of everything. In fact, I suspect that if you or I were to do the same thing, someone would call the police and we’d have some difficult questions to answer down at the station.Potential ConsequencesSo, what could the consequences of Street View be? Well, while the feature has been used to aid police in a kidnapping investigation (7), I think the feature could be far more useful to criminals. For example, a criminal could use Street View to case a neighborhood–checking Street View for cars that are parked in garages or driveways so they could know when someone isn’t at home, scan the yards and windows for any signs indicating that homes have security systems, check the proximity of neighboring houses using Street View and Google’s satellite imagery, look for signs of pets that could pose problems for a thief, see if the homes have newspapers delivered (which might help the thief determine if the residents were on vacation) and, assuming the criminal found a good candidate, select a few potential access points (like open windows) for breaking into the home. If the Street View car happened to pass through your neighborhood on garbage day, the camera might even capture the box of that new HDTV you got. Scary, huh?Protecting Your PrivacySo how can you protect yourself? First, check your address using Street View. To report a concern with Street View imagery, enter the address you desire and click “Search Maps.” Then, click “Street View” in the thought bubble that appears on the map. Once the “Street View” image appears, click “Report a Concern” in the bottom left corner of the Street View image and enter the details of your complaint.Second, be mindful of how your information is used and act when you feel your privacy is being threatened. Google’s Street View can be a helpful tool, but it is meant to help Google sell ads and make money, not protect your privacy. You can write your local, state and federal representatives and even the local paper to voice your opinion.Oh, and if you believe as Google does that “complete privacy does not exist,” then you should check out the house where Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly lives using satellite imagery from Google Maps. It looks like he has had some construction done in the past few years. A simple Google search of the address (366 Walsh Road, Atherton, CA) will tell you that Schmidt merged two adjacent lots in 2001 (8) to create the new lot and then added a new fence, retaining wall, and drainage in 2004 (9). Eric, that creepiness that you’re feeling is probably approaching the level of the people who had Street View vehicles in their driveways. So, while it is Google’s mission to “organize the world’s information and make it accessible and useful,” the company should thoroughly consider how that information can adversely impact the same people it is meant to help.Sources1. Preliminary Statement.” Boring vs. Google, Allegheny County, PA2. TheSmokingGun.com “Google is in Your Driveway!”3. Reuters. “Google pulls some map images at Pentagon’s request.” Mar. 6, 2008.4. Ibid5. Ibid6. Preliminary Statement.” Boring vs. Google, Allegheny County, PA7. Telegraph.co.uk. “US police use Google Street View to find missing child.” Jan. 9, 20098. Town of Atherton City Council Minutes, May 16, 2001.9. Palo Alto Online, September 24, 2001.(C) Medium Blue 2009

Some website owners are more frustrated about Google optimization than for other search engines. They feel it is harder to perform search engine optimization for Google. Whether you are making direct sales from your website or sales lead generation (or both), optimizing for Google doesn’t need to be that hard. In fact, in time you may find it easier to perform SEO for Google than for other search engines.  Remember that Google is Much Smarter than the other Search Engines  Since Google is more intelligent, you have to treat them differently. If you’re trying to spam them, their intelligence is going to be a problem for you. If you’re playing by the rules and providing valuable content for searchers, then you should have no problem.   What Google wants is valuable content that satisfies their users’ search queries. They want searchers to find what they’re looking for, not clicking the back button quickly, but who stay on the sites they visit. There are some in the SEO community who believe time your visitors spent on your site is one of the calculations Google uses right now in their algorithm to assign organic rankings. Whether this is the case or not is really irrelevant: we should all want to deliver quality content that meets our searchers query, keeps them on our sites and that leads to a conversion, a sale or sales lead generation.  Are You Optimizing for Yahoo! Search and Live Search, too?   With Yahoo! Search and Live Search (formerly MSN) you need to have the keyword phrase you optimize for on the page. There may be some exceptions, but this is a solid rule to follow. The order of the keywords makes a difference with them, too. As an example, with Google, Blue Widget and Widget Blue are treated the same way. Not so with Yahoo! and Live, they are treated as completely different search phrases. Given the very high market share that Google has, you may want to just optimize for Google and not Yahoo! or Live. After all, depending on whose numbers you’re looking at, Google’s market share is basically 60% to 70% of all U.S. searches! (And there are hundreds of other much smaller search engines, with such small market shares that they aren’t normally worth worrying about.) But if you decide to also optimize for Yahoo! Search and for Live Search, then you will likely have to create more pages, to cover all your keyword phrases. So, as you create more pages for your keywords, you clutter up the Internet, unless those pages are really unique, valuable content. And then there is that duplicate content filter that Google has…you don’t want to run afoul of that. If you do optimize for the other engines, unless the additional content is very unique, you might be advised to keep Google out of those pages (using your robots.txt file).  Knowing that Google is More Intelligent, How do We Optimize Differently for Google?  With Google’s use of LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing), your pages do NOT actually have to contain the keyword phrase(s) you’re optimizing for. But your pages had better contain words strongly related to your chosen keyword phrases.  In fact, it is common to see high ranking pages where the keyword phrase isn’t in any of the HTML tags and where it also isn’t in the page text, either. Common keyword density numbers for top ranking pages in Google range from 30% all the way down to 0% keyword density. Why is this and how do we benefit performing Google optimization?  Google is smart enough to understand similar words and phrases (now is when we get to use that word Synonym from English class). Thus, the actual keyword phrase doesn’t have to be on the page. But words related to the same theme as your keyword phrases need to be on the page. But if our keywords don’t actually have to be on the page for Google to understand the page is about our subject (our keyword phrases), how does Google make that determination?  Off-Page SEO is the Key to Your Google Optimization and to Your Sales Lead Generation   The links from other websites to your Web pages and what these links say about your pages is the KEY to optimizing for Google. Remember, links need to be pointed towards your interior pages, not just to your home page. And those links need anchor text. Anchor text is the wording that people click on to go to your Web page, when the actual link doesn’t show your website url (and file name, if going to an interior page). Anchor text tells Google (and to a lesser degree, other search engines) what your Web page is about. Even if the actual keyword phrases aren’t used on your page, the theme of the page text should match the anchor text pointed to that page. You want the wording to be compatible and complimentary. You don’t want to confuse Google as to your pages’ themes. That can cause real problems.  Quantity Versus Quality  When considering links to your Web pages, quantity is important. You will have to research your competition to give you an idea as to the number of links you may need. Two tools you can look into are SEO Elite and OptiLink. You can Google both.  But MUCH more important is the quality of your links. The better quality your links, the fewer you will need versus your competition. Part of how you can evaluate quality of potential links to your site is that site’s home page Google Page Rank. Now, Google Page Rank is on a page-basis, not a site-wide basis. But the home page Page Rank can tell you if Google considers that site to be an “authority site”. You can install the free Google toolbar if you haven’t already and activate the Page Rank feature. While the information is literally months old, it’s the easiest way to view a page’s Page Rank. You want some links to your site from websites with a home page Google Page Rank of at least 5. One thing you do want to watch: Don’t have to high a percentage of your links containing the same anchor text. Aim for no more than 50% of your anchor text to any page being the same exact anchor text.    Wrapping it Up  For effective Google optimization, start by pointing enough quality links to your Web pages. One-way links are much more effective than reciprocal links, where you link back to the site that has linked to you. Stay away from triangulated or 3-way links schemes. This is where site A links to site B which in turn links to site C. This is a “no-no” which Google can catch and will penalize for. Use your keywords as anchor text for your links. Hold down the percentage…don’t have 70% of your links to one page using the same exact anchor text! Even if you don’t have the keyword phrases on your page, you can still have top rankings, as long as your links’ theme matches your Web page content those links are aimed at. Following this strategy, you can also optimize your pages for more than one keyword phrase. And without creating dozens and dozens of junk pages, just to cover all your keywords. You’ll be able to increase your online sales and your sales lead generation, more easily.  I’ll be following up shortly with another article, with a specific checklist sharing how I structure my link campaigns for maximum results.

The Amazing Google Adsense Program is today towering like a Colossus in the Internet. It has helped some smart Internet Marketers to make huge amounts of money, for more help visit towww.google-atm-machine.com. while at the same time it is interesting to note that many new Internet Marketers and Internet Home-Based Business Entrepreneurs are receiving their first pay check from Google AdsenseGoogle Adsense is a program designed by Google that can generate advertising revenue for your website. Relevant Text and Image ads. Targeted to your website content are delivered by Google. Additionally if you place a Google Search Box in your website, relevant text ads. Are displayed when a search request is made by a website visitor. Google will pay you for all valid clicks. Made by your website visitors on the ads. Or search results pages. Another new addition is the Google Adsense Referrals Feature, whereby you can generate additional income by displaying Google’s Referral Buttons on your web pages.You have to apply to Google Adsense by completing an online application form at Once the application is approved, you will be able to participate. You then have to copy and paste a HTML code that is provided by Google Adsense into your web pages. The code creates relevant ads. To the content of the page. When a visitor clicks on it Google pays you.Anyone who has a website can join the Adsense program but not adult and hate sites. You have to comply with Google’s program policies. It is Free to join. Google has a massive advertiser base and they have ads. For more detail go to: www.youradsenseprofits.com.On the ready for all categories of businesses. They also have ads. Ready to match different types of content sites, from a pet store site to that of a highly sophisticated technological site.Google Adsense can be used in many languages. It is also targeted geographically and hence Global business can take advantage of this and webmastersLiving in any part of the world can participate.The obvious answer is to make money from home. It does not cost you anything if you have a website, so why miss the opportunity to make money from home. Google pays you monthly if your earnings reach $100.The Google Adsense checks are a blessing to a large number of newbies with low budgets eager to make money from home. Some webmasters feel that Adsense ads. Can lead their visitors away from their site. This possibility is there but if you have a website with good content they will always come back.The Adsense program is Web related and hence you must have a website to participate. Once your website is ready and the contents optimized, you can submit your application. The Adsense program is not restricted only to high page rank sites as some seem to think.Google approves most of the sites but ensures that they are of acceptable standard. Normally they are approved within 2-3 days. Once approved you can immediately participate in the Adsense program by logging into your accountThe Adsense ads. Can be placed anywhere in your web pages, but there are specific areas in your web pages that are recommended by Google which have been found to generate more clicks.According to Google and our own experience: Ads placed above the fold tend to perform better than those below the fold.Ads placed near rich content and navigational aids usually do well because users are focused on those areas of a page.Ads placed at the top of the page and at the left generally perform better than others.Ads at the bottom of long articles and those that are integrated or merge with the content too perform very well.Of course there are other strategies, such as creating high paying keywordContent pages to suit individual sites and also generating more traffic to your site. These have to be implemented too, to ensure success.The Google Adsense Program has come to stay. It is a great way to earn an additional income for most webmasters and a big income for some who have made the Adsense Program as the main source of income. Which ever way you look at it the Adsense Program is a happy hunting ground for all and these Tips can help you get started.The Amazing Google Adsense Program is today towering like a Colossus in the Internet. It has helped some smart Internet Marketers to make huge amounts of money, for more help visit towww.google-atm-machine.com. while at the same time it is interesting to note that many new Internet Marketers and Internet Home-Based Business Entrepreneurs are receiving their first pay check from Google AdsenseGoogle Adsense is a program designed by Google that can generate advertising revenue for your website. Relevant Text and Image ads. Targeted to your website content are delivered by Google. Additionally if you place a Google Search Box in your website, relevant text ads. Are displayed when a search request is made by a website visitor. Google will pay you for all valid clicks. Made by your website visitors on the ads. Or search results pages. Another new addition is the Google Adsense Referrals Feature, whereby you can generate additional income by displaying Google’s Referral Buttons on your web pages.You have to apply to Google Adsense by completing an online application form at Once the application is approved, you will be able to participate. You then have to copy and paste a HTML code that is provided by Google Adsense into your web pages. The code creates relevant ads. To the content of the page. When a visitor clicks on it Google pays you.Anyone who has a website can join the Adsense program but not adult and hate sites. You have to comply with Google’s program policies. It is Free to join. Google has a massive advertiser base and they have ads. For more detail go to: www.youradsenseprofits.com.On the ready for all categories of businesses. They also have ads. Ready to match different types of content sites, from a pet store site to that of a highly sophisticated technological site.Google Adsense can be used in many languages. It is also targeted geographically and hence Global business can take advantage of this and webmastersLiving in any part of the world can participate.The obvious answer is to make money from home. It does not cost you anything if you have a website, so why miss the opportunity to make money from home. Google pays you monthly if your earnings reach $100.The Google Adsense checks are a blessing to a large number of newbies with low budgets eager to make money from home. Some webmasters feel that Adsense ads. Can lead their visitors away from their site. This possibility is there but if you have a website with good content they will always come back.The Adsense program is Web related and hence you must have a website to participate. Once your website is ready and the contents optimized, you can submit your application. The Adsense program is not restricted only to high page rank sites as some seem to think.Google approves most of the sites but ensures that they are of acceptable standard. Normally they are approved within 2-3 days. Once approved you can immediately participate in the Adsense program by logging into your accountThe Adsense ads. Can be placed anywhere in your web pages, but there are specific areas in your web pages that are recommended by Google which have been found to generate more clicks.According to Google and our own experience: Ads placed above the fold tend to perform better than those below the fold.Ads placed near rich content and navigational aids usually do well because users are focused on those areas of a page.Ads placed at the top of the page and at the left generally perform better than others.Ads at the bottom of long articles and those that are integrated or merge with the content too perform very well.Of course there are other strategies, such as creating high paying keywordContent pages to suit individual sites and also generating more traffic to your site. These have to be implemented too, to ensure success.The Google Adsense Program has come to stay. It is a great way to earn an additional income for most webmasters and a big income for some who have made the Adsense Program as the main source of income. Which ever way you look at it the Adsense Program is a happy hunting ground for all and these Tips can help you get started.www.thegoogleincome.-empire.comwww.yourgoogleincome.com