Category: Google

Goog 411 Users Beware

Remember when I posted about Goog 411 the information service provided by Google?

The other day I was in traffic and I know it says “Google, calls recorded” I always thought who cares?

As I was trying to get connected I could hear two other people holding a full conversation. I said “Hi can you hear me?” a couple times to see if it had connected us. Well it didn’t so I just hung up and tried it again.

My point is that everything you talk about or say is recorded and others may even be able to hear you. Not that I have anything to hide but I don’t know if I really need everyone to know my business.

Google is doing this I am sure for demographics and to see what people want and who they search for in any particular area for target advertising. I use this service a lot because it is free. It works well but remember everyone is listening!

Wolfbernz

Tags Cell Phone, Goog 411

Blog Optimization Google New post Web Design

Just a few Tips

I know I am supposed to write about blog and web site tips so I will add a few before I let you know about what I have been up to. That will be the next post. I am so glad I will have the time to get back to blogging, it’s awful when life gets in the way…LOL

I have noticed that the spammers have started copying some of my regular visitors comments and then using them as theirs with a link to their own site! Will they stop at nothing, OMG! So check your comments and make sure you really know who left it on your blog.

For those that blog and those that have web sites I have found that if I keep the title and meta of a page simple and the page text relevant to title and meta that Google indexes it better. I tested this on a web site for three years I had a simple page with text in the top middle that matched the head title and meta tags it was number one even better than the parent company I was promoting. I thought, ok this has been working for years and I just keep moving up under even more of my key words so I thought I would change it and see what happens I changed it to the new style of titles and tags etc… Well, the page disappeared out of Google all together – I can’t even find it! So if it is working and you are where you want your site indexed don’t get talked into changing what is working!

If you really want more of a web site look when people land on your domain but you do not want to rely on a webmaster to update your web site use a WordPress CMS (content management system) Create a static front page with links to many other pages about what it is you do and then a link to your blog where you can tell your visitors about you and your products updates. This is one of the simple ways to have the best of all sites. If you need help with a WordPress blog let me know I can help.

All the best
Wolfbernz

Tags Search Engines, SEO, Tips, Web Design

Google New post Top Sites Tuesday

Top Sites Tuesday – Thought of the Day

Post author By Wolfbernz
Post date November 3, 2009
5 Comments on Top Sites Tuesday – Thought of the Day

My thought of the day is Daylight Savings Time.

Why do we have to have it anyway? I don’t like it being dark and having to turn on the headlights on my way home after work. It’s awful. So do I have to change mine!? What if I boycott… LOL

Who the heck came up with this stupid idea of messing the the clocks anyway… I’m going to Google it.

Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist. Many countries have used it since then; details vary by location and change occasionally.

Well, Mr. Hudson, I suppose you had an good reason for playing with all the clocks in the world, but I wish mine could be left alone. Of course when daylight savings ends and we seemingly gain and hour of sleep in the morning most people like it – we all get that extra hour to relax. This afternoon though, I found myself staring at a clock that had yet to be adjusted, it was telling me that it was 6:30 and I was not home yet. In the Spring when we loose that hour of sleep, everyone complains and is late for work – or dragging in sluggish and tired.I think Mr. Hudson was one of those that got up at 4:30 am and went to bed early so it didn’t matter to him… So it’s time to ask Google again… Oh Google, why do we have Daylight Savings Time?

Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and made him aware of the value of after-hours daylight. In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society proposing a two-hour daylight-saving shift, and after considerable interest was expressed in Christchurch, New Zealand he followed up in an 1898 paper. Many publications incorrectly credit DST’s invention to the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett, who independently conceived DST in 1905 during a pre-breakfast ride, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through a large part of a summer day. An avid golfer, he also disliked cutting short his round at dusk. His solution was to advance the clock during the summer months, a proposal he published two years later.

Well, in that case, may all you bug collectors and golfers enjoy your daylight savings… Me Can’t we just leave the clocks alone!?

Happy Tuesday,
Wolfbernz
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