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edit Google.com - An Innovative Approach to Search
Google.com's innovative approach to algorithmic search pushed search engine technology to a new level. Before Google.com, search engines based search results on how many times a searched keyword or keyword phrase appeared on a page.
Launched in 1996, Google.com fundamentally changed search by basing results rankings on how many links have been made to a web page, and where they come from. Analyzing links is a proxy for judging how valuable a page is for a particular search terms, based on the idea that if someone thinks a page is worth linking to on a specific term, that page is probably relevant to that term. This is still the fundamental concept that drives Google's ever-changing search algorithms.
It all sounds very complicated, but people clearly find it pretty simple -- and valuable. By the beginning of 2010, Google was used for more than 72 percent of U.S.-based searches, and more than 80 percent of searches worldwide. Google.com has the most traffic of any website in the world, according to web traffic ranking site Alexa.com.
Beyond search, Google.com owns and develops other products, most of which are offered for free. These include the well known and popular Gmail.com, Google Maps, Google Earth and Google SketchUp.
edit Google.com: Web Search Leader
Behind its simple home page, Google.com operates the world's most powerful search engine, handling all sorts of advanced queries:
- Searches the full text of books
- Automatically translates sites from one language to another
- Searches for local businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Canada
- Requests for pages related to a specific search result
- Generates alternate spellings and corrected spellings for queries
- Finds web pages that link to a specified web page
- Locates specific addresses on interactive maps
- Searches images with advanced options such as copyright search
- and much more...
See a fuller list of Google features
edit Google.com - Other products
Google.com has acquired -- and created -- a network of Web 2.0 favorites:
- Google Chrome -- A web browser developed by Google.com.
- Google Maps -- A fusion of different mapping technologies with other Google.com services to create robust interactive maps. Places, directions, reviews and businesses in your area, all at your fingertips.
- Google Earth -- A specialized application that lets users view anywhere on Earth in 3D, using satellite images and advanced technology.
- Nexus One -- A smartphone released in January 2010 that competes with Apple's iPhone.
- Google.com Sketchup -- Software for designing 3D sketches on your computer.
- Gmail -- A free email service that organizes messages into "conversations" so that users can easily follow an email string.
- AdWords -- Technology that allows advertisers to target their message to people searching for specific keywords on Google.com. Adwords offers both banner ads and less obtrusive text-based ads.
- AdSense -- Google.com invites website owners to place unobtrusive advertising on pages related with related content.
- Analytics -- Creates traffic statistics for websites and works with AdWords so webmasters can optimize their advertising campaigns based on traffic.
- Blogger.com -- Arguably the most popular service for online blogging, Blogger was purchased by Google.com in 2003.
- Orkut.com -- The popular online community/social networking site was created by a Google.com employee as an independent project.
- Google Sites -- Jot.com created a system for building a website from templates. Google purchased Jot.com in October 2006.
- YouTube.com -- The acquisition by Google.com of this online video powerhouse for $1.65 billion in October 2006 made headlines.
- QuickOffice.com -- A user friendly, seamless and yet powerful way to view, edit, sync and share documents anywhere, anytime. It has been acquired by Google in 2012.
- Other Google.com offerings include desktop widgets, a web-based calendar, photo organizer and editor, spreadsheet and writer application, price search engine, news listings, weather information and more.
- See GoogleLabs for more developments.
edit Google.com - A Different Logo Every Day
Some people go to Google.com every day just to see the new logo. The company's ever-changing logo, or "Google doodle," is famous for reflecting holidays, famous people's birthdays, current events, anniversaries of historic events, and more.
Doodles are created by a team of artists dedicated to the doodle. Dennis Hwang leads the team, and has been covered by many news organizations for his imaginative and prolific output.
Enjoy a survey of Google's holiday logos.
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- 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
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edit Warning: Nigerian scam artists often use Gmail
Gmail is very popular with the Nigerian advance fee fraud syndicate.
When you get spam from Google's network, or referring you to a gmail.com dropbox address (Reply-To:, etc.), save it to a file, complete with all the headers, and mail it to gmail-abuse@google.com. Google never acknowledges these spam reports.
- posted by Jean De Weerdt on 8 December 2010
edit Favors Big Sites
I use Google every day and it's my default search engine, you can find just about anything with Google. I've got one issue with the Google search results though. They tend to favor big, big sites like the Wikipedia, About.com and Yahoo answers to the extent that just about any search you do will have a Wikipedia and/or about.com entry in the first 4 results, even if the page is of low quality. I already know about the Wikipedia and the other big sites so to me it would be much more convenient to have them left out of most search results so I can find other sites.
- posted by Simon Byholm of Secret Search Engine Labs on 27 November 2009
edit Painful silence
- My gmail account was hacked earlier this month and I have not been able to talk to Google about it for help. I have poured through their help files and nothing - circular links, dead ends. The most help has been from weblogs posting about this, but not much help - I have filled out three forms. Nothing. I loved gmail, and I used many other products from Google, but now I have no access to them, very painful. I wish I could explain this to someone at Google in person...
- posted by MarkDilley
edit Simple and very useful
- The best search engine ever.
edit The Answer to Everything
- What's the answer to every problem in the world? Google, of course! There's nothing you can't find by utilizing Google.
- posted by Jsab on Nov 18, 2007
edit 10 out of 10
- Google is really an amazing search engine, and has pretty much anything you would want to find! Find addresses, pictures, books, news, video, and of course, just websites. What I love google for is that it doesn't just look for how many times a word or phrase is in a page, but rather it tries finding what you most likely would be looking for.
- Google is also great for webmasters! From a simple search box to an actual server, Google's got it!
- I recommend Google to anyone who wants to find what they're looking for.
- posted by Vartan C. Simonian on 21 September 2007
edit Best search engine!
- Everybody knows Google. They're a cultural phenomenon. The best things about this company are their corporate guidelines ("Don't be evil") and their commitment to taking good ideas and executing on them amazingly.
- posted by Jacob Pappe on Sep 22, 2006, 6:27 pm
edit It don't get better than this
- Simple, Efficient and it works. Okay, so it can take a bit of getting used to to work well but Google search and all other Google products are superb.
- posted by Thomas Morton on Dec 23, 2006, 3:35 pm
edit Comments on Google
I think Google does a better job than Bing or Yahoo in returning relevant results. It is also simpler and quicker to use. My only issue with Google is that it is too strict in assigning backlinks. While Yahoo backlinks are loaded with errors (they contain sites that don't even link to the site you are checking), and Bing also has errors (but less so than Yahoo), Google seems incredibly difficult to get backlinks with. It appears that any backlink that is created by the owner of the site (e.g., blog posts, articles, etc.) are simply ignored, even if the pages have high PR and are relevant to the site. It seems the only way to get a Google backlink is to obtain it from a site that appears to have created the link independently of the target site owners action. While backlink spam should certainly be ignored in the algorithm, links from relevant pages should be included, regardless of who created the link.
- posted by Stewart Engelman of DNI Services on 16 October 2009
edit Adwords
- It's strange really because Google Adwords makes you pay every time someone clicks on your ads, so the big question is how do you really know that Google is not clicking your ads? Why does Youtube get to be displayed on Adwords and on other people's websites? Did you know when you use Adsense on your website(s), you're getting paid to become non famous and you're getting paid to advertise other website(s). How is it that people love to pay Google when there's a question that no one can answer only Google can prove but yet has not proven. Why is it on the most popular keyword results, massive companies get displayed and not lower level websites? Google is not for putting small website companies on there because they won't replace the massive companies on the search results. Google is not fair where at the top of the list on video results they have GoogleVideo.com on it Youtube.com, Yahoo video, MSN video and many more massive companies. Google is not fair and will only display rich companies on the big search results. Questions after questions and nobody cares.
- Posted by Anonymous on 19 September 2007.
- The reason that google shows massive companies over minor ones, is because they display them by the popularity of a web site, and the massive ones actually have things like commercials and such to help them become known. Simple as that. Also, google owns Youtube.com so they get more advertisement.
- Response by TJ - Owner of ModdersNation.net on 1:52pm, 16 December 2007.
edit Gmail being used by spammers?
- Sweatshops create thousands of Gmail accounts daily, which are used as "drop boxes" by advance fee fraud spammers. Google is one of the scammers' favorite throwaway account providers.
- Posted by clsgis on 29 October 2010.
edit Rohan G's Comments on Google.com
- Rohan G (frustrated) : It would be nice if webmasters could embed Google search for their website more easily, like Yahoo's current embeddable, customizable search. Other than that, Google is easily the best search engine! 13:29, 6 August 2008 (PDT) reply
- Rohan G (delighted) : The search is easily the most powerful on the web. Way to go! 13:27, 6 August 2008 (PDT) reply
edit GillianHarding's Comments on Google.com
- GillianHarding (delighted) : Great to hear about Google's energy efficient head offices. A great example to the world and even better if it really pays for itself within 7 years! 09:27, 6 October 2008 (PDT) reply
- GillianHarding (delighted) : Great to hear about Google's energy efficient head offices. A great example to the world and even better if it really pays for itself within 7 years! 09:27, 6 October 2008 (PDT) reply
edit Eric Wester's Comments on Google.com
- Eric Wester (delighted) : Google is, by far, one of the best search engines there are. It's my number one choice for searching the web! 15:23, 21 October 2008 (PDT) reply
edit Jon Barilone's Comments on Google.com
- Jon Barilone (delighted) : Personally, I really like Google's goal of consolidating information and making it readily available to the world. Their motto "Don't be evil" is a simple yet powerful message that reveals so much about the company's methodologies. Google's transparency is refreshing. Mon Dec 15 18:03:57 UTC 2008 reply
edit Brian Whelan's Comments on Google.com
- Brian Whelan (delighted) : Friends in Dublin (Ireland). After years of trial and error and many changes and upgrades made by Google we have finally levelled off in a satisfactory position with Google. Our six Tourism websites are our livelyhood - please see link Thu Feb 12 11:19:44 UTC 2009 reply
edit Jeroen Staphorst's Comments on Google.com
- Jeroen Staphorst (delighted) : Google is great because it combines searchresults from images, video, maps and more. ~~~ Fri Apr 03 18:40:23 UTC 2009 reply
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Home Page Analysis
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Title
The title of a web page appears in search results as the link to that page. Learn more ...
Purpose
The title of a web page appears as a clickable link in search results and bookmarks. A descriptive, compelling home page title with relevant keywords can increase the number of people visiting the site.
Search Engines
Search engines view the text of the title tag as a strong indication of what the page is about. Accurate keywords in the title tag can help the page rank better in search results.
Length
A title tag should have fewer than 70 characters, including spaces. Major search engines won't display more than that.
Content
The title tag of your home page (and any other page on your site) should not contain the site’s domain name or URL. These will appear near the title in search results, so use your 70 characters to tell people what the page is about. The title tag should not contain any HTML, because it will be displayed incorrectly or not at all.
- Good: This web page has a title tag.
- Problem: The title has fewer than three words. You may not be telling people and search engines enough about this page.
- The title of this site's home page:
- “Google”
H1 Headings
The H1 heading is an important sentence or phrase on a web page that quickly and clearly tells people and search engines what they can expect to find there. Learn more ...
Just one H1
In most cases, a web page should have just one H1 heading. Using multiple H1 headings is okay if that is a logical way to organize the page, but they should be used sparingly. That’s because search engines can view multiple H1 headings as an attempt to signal that all the content on a page is equally important, a tactic that’s seen as an attempt to game the search engine algorithms.
Purpose
Search engines look for an H1 heading to determine what a page is about. Human visitors do, too.
Content and placement
The H1 heading appears on the web page itself, unlike the page title, which people will see mostly in search results.
The H1 tag (which contains the H1 heading) is usually listed first among the other heading tags for a page. None of the major search engines, however, will penalize a site for listing H2 through H6 tags ahead of the H1 tag.
The H1 heading for a page should be different from its title. Each can target different important keywords for better SEO.
- Problem: This web page does not have an H1 heading. It should have one.
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Links & Images
Sites You Link To
Outbound links tell search engines which websites you find valuable and relevant to your own site, and help your visitors find what they need…even if it’s not on your site. Learn more ...
Search engines
Including links to relevant sites is good for your website's standing with search engines. The Web is all about linking, and carefully chosen outbound links tell search engines that you understand their value to site visitors. These outbound links also help search engines classify your site in relationship to others.
Here, we identify only the outbound links on this site's home page, but outbound links add value to any important page on a website.
Site visitors
Outbound links tell people that you want to provide them with good information, even if it’s not on your own site. These links can also prompt other people to link to your site, which can boost its reputation and ranking in search results.
Here, we identify only the outbound links on this site's home page, but outbound links add value to any important page on a website.
| Site | Number of links |
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| docs.google.com | 1 |
| ejabat.google.com | 1 |
| google.com | 3 |
| groups.google.ae | 1 |
| mail.google.com | 1 |
| maps.google.ae | 1 |
| news.google.ae | 1 |
| scholar.google.ae | 1 |
| translate.google.ae | 1 |
Image Descriptions
Image descriptions - also called alt text - are the best way to describe images to search engines and to visitors using screen readers. Learn more ...
Help for visitors with impaired vision
People with impaired vision use screen readers to help them “read” websites. If you provide descriptive alt text for images on your site, people using screen readers will know what the images are about, and will get the same full understanding of your site that others do.
Good for search engine rankings
Describing images on a web page with alt text can help the page rank higher in search results if you include important and relevant keywords. Do not be tempted to stuff irrelevant keywords into alt text just so a page will rank well for those words. Search engines can recognize this ploy for what it is: an attempt to game results.
Writing image descriptions
This is what an image description looks like in HTML:
<img src="image.jpg" alt="This is the image description">
You can write image descriptions, or alt text, by writing the HTML directly into the code for a web page. If you’re using a content management system or online commerce software package, it will probably have a feature to help you quickly create alt text for your images.
Caution: While some software packages automatically generate alt text, they don't always do it well. Always check the quality of automatically generated alt text.
- Problem: None of your images have descriptions. They should.
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Robots
Your website's robots.txt file can tell search engines to ignore parts of your site. Learn more ...
Purpose
Website owners usually use robots.txt to let search engines know which pages or sections of their site shouldn't be indexed — for example, web contact forms, print versions of web pages and other content that's duplicated elsewhere on the site. Robots.txt can also be used to request that specific robots not index a site. For more information, read How To Use Robots.txt.
Be careful!
If you're going to use robots.txt, be careful not to accidentally exclude search engines from pages you want people to find. To learn more, read Don't Block Search Engine Crawlers.
Search engine robots
You'll need to know the names of specific search engine robots - or "bots" – if you’re going to exclude any or all of them from any part of your site.
- Google’s bot is called Googlebot. Google is the world’s largest search engine, and is where many people discover new websites.
- Bing’s bot is called msnbot. Bing also provides search results to people using Yahoo to search the Web. Together, Bing and Yahoo are the second largest search resource, after Google.
- Baidu’s bot is called Baiduspider. Baidu is a major search engine in China, and the number of people using it is increasing rapidly.
- AboutUs.org’s bot is called AboutUsBot. To create a Site Report, AboutUs uses crawling technology that’s similar to what search engines use.
- Good: This website’s robots.txt file is not blocking major search engines from crawling its pages. Your website can appear in any engine’s search results.
Canonical Url
This website can live at www.Google.ae or Google.ae. It's best for your site's visibility to live at just one URL, or web address. You'll want to create a 301 redirect to the URL you choose from the other URL. Learn more ...
Choose one or the other
Whichever of these URLs you choose, make sure your website lives ONLY at that location, which is called the canonical URL for your site.
Be careful!
If you choose www.MyWebsite.com for your site, make sure people who don't type www can get to your site, too. Create a permanent 301 redirect from MyWebsite.com to www.MyWebsite.com.
If the same web page exists at two different URLs, people can choose to link to one or the other. Links from other sites to your website are valuable — they tell search engines that your site is important to people. By splitting valuable links between two identical pages, you're diluting the power of those links to help a page rank higher in search results.
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- Good: Your website resides at www.Google.ae, and Google.ae is permanently redirected to it.
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Web Presence
Search Engine Visibility
Check this site's prominence around the web and in major search engines.
Date Last Crawled
| value for Google | Mar 11, 2011 |
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Social Visibility
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Social Media Visibility
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| value for Dmoz | 1 |
| value for Google Groups | 104,000 |
| value for Yahoo Answers | 179 |
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Redirectory
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We survey every domain on the Internet ending in .com, .net, or .edu to see if any redirect to this website. Large or famous websites like Amazon.com often have many sites redirecting to them.
Domains that redirect to the home page of Google.ae
A website owner can point one domain to the home page of another. Learn more ...
Capture visitors who type the wrong name
It can make a lot of sense to redirect a domain to an existing web page. For example, many people are likely to type wikipedia.com when they are really looking for wikipedia.org. Creating a redirect from wikipedia.com to wikipedia.org helps these people get to the site they want.
Domains that redirect to a page within Google.ae
A domain can point to any page within another website. Learn more ...
Get people to a specific web page
Creating a redirect from a simple domain name helps people find an existing web page that has a long, hard-to-remember URL. For example firefox.com redirects to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/.
We have not found any domains that redirect to pages within Google.ae.
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