Jan 8, 2010 Posted by searchef

Google has launched “Near Me Now” Mobile Search Tool

Google finally announced new mobile search tool “Near Me Now”. This tool lets users to check what’s going on around the location they are in and providing information about particular places such as restaurants, art events etc. In order “Near Me Now” to provide you accurate information you will need to let your mobile phone (Android, iPhone) send geographic information. For... read more

Dec 7, 2009 Posted by searchef

Google Webmaster Tools Update: Site Performance Tool

Google Webmaster Tools now have a new tool under the Lab menu; Site Performance Tool. This tool will let you to check details on your website loading speed. It has a section named Performance Overview where the tool shows a chart showing your pages load speeds per day and month plus a statistical information regarding your websites average speed rate among all the websites that Google logs. There is also a... read more

Nov 25, 2009 Posted by searchef

Google Announced New Ad Formats

Google announced here that there will be some new ways to provide richer types of advertisement formats in the search results. This new format supports media attachments to the search results. For example, if you are searching a specific product or an event, the search results that fit your criteria will have an additional field of the product or the event with an image/video of the search term located... read more

Nov 13, 2009 Posted by searchef

Gizmo5 welcomed by Google

It is now official that Google acquired Gizmo5, a service which provides internet based calling software for computers and mobile phones. The official announcement can be reached here. Google have already services like Google Talk which uses VOIP technology to link phone numbers and Google Voice as an online communication service; and acquisition of Gizmo5 will definately add a lot value in the... read more

Nov 12, 2009 Posted by searchef

Google Announced an Upgrade to the Keywords Report

Google announced a new useful user interface in Webmaster Tools – Keyword Feature. It will provide how often a keyword is found in the website by listing exact urls of the pages. When clicked on a keyword that is found on the website a new list will appear giving 10 page urls that contain that specific keyword. You can reach the original announcement of Google... read more