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Google Webmaster Tools gets four new features

Google Webmaster Tools is really picking up steam -- within a month there has been a couple great updates to the service. Yesterday Google announced four new features.Googlebot activity reportsThis feature gives you a good sense the load Googlebot is putting on your server. It displays a graphical...

Tags: Google Inc., Googlebot, Sitemap, SiteMaps

Blog posts 2006-10-18

The googlebot can find pages not directly linked

The googlebot can find pages not directly linkedIt's a little freakyRecently I've been getting form submits from Googlebot. It sees a form with a select combo box, and it submits the form for every possible value of that combo. And they seem to follow some javascript links too.Don't be daftRead...

Tags: Googlebot

Discussion threads 2006-02-03

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Fast Link Checker 1.6.0.586 (Windows)

Fast Link Checker is used to find broken links on web sites. It works like a search engine bot (Googlebot, MSNBot, WISENutbot, Alexa, etc.). You specify the starting file and Fast Link Checker goes through all pages this file has links to until it checks all links on the site....

Tags: Link, Microsoft Windows, WebTweakTools, Fast Link Checker

Software downloads 2009-10-29

A good sign: Google drops its Answers project

A good sign: Google drops its Answers projectYes, that is part of building a great company, you should NOT punishpeople for each and every failure. If you do, you get people that will stick with failed projects at all costs, that drag the company down. And, so what if one...

Tags: True MS, McDonalds, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

Revenge of the Google nerds

Worth reading: Philipp Lenssen just posted a great piece on Google Blogoscoped with his ruminations on the giant cloud we know as Google is heading. Here are a few excerpts:Google is the revenge of the nerds, tackling the world as an engineering problem, whose original PageRank algorithm no one wanted...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-16

The googlebot can find pages not directly linked

Dell's confidential specs for future Dell notebooks were discovered and distributed by Google. Elinor Mills from News.com here writes a web primer on how to avoid the problem by using a robot.txt file and by not linking to sensitive materials.However, did you know that the Googlebot can find pages that...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-02-01

Google through my eyes, 2005

As this year comes to an end, I would like to direct you towards some of my articles from 2005. Googling Google has had an excellent year, and I'm excited to dig up some of the articles that my readers will remember most. I am looking forward to...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-12-31

First signs of Google using Analytics data

I have been using Analytics since the day it was made free, just like over two hundred thousand other webmasters. By using this service, I aknowledge that Google may use this information to improve their search engine. Their TOS leaves enough room to use the collected data as they...

Tags: Google Inc., Analytic, urchinTracker

Blog posts 2005-11-26

Google Base: What might Google be up to?

Since Google Base was discovered, there have been many guesses as to what it will be and do. Theories range anywhere from an eBay killer to an all encompassing "megabase" of useful and relevant information for any and all purposes. I would like to offer you my opinion as...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-10-28

The Google/Sun Alliance

So last week former Sun president and now Google's adult supervisor Eric Schmidt got on a podium with Sun's Scott McNealy and current president Jonathan Schwartz to announce what? Apparently nothing. Except, they did announce something: the beginning of a long term relationship in which Google will use Sun technology...

Tags: Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Blog posts 2005-10-10

Absolute Log Analyzer Standard 2.38 (Windows)

Absolute Log Analyzer is a powerful log analysis tool for large Web sites. Created by and for professional Webmasters, this application features over 160 detailed reports, instant customizable filters, parsing filters, and remote import via FTP/HTTP. The database is kept, so you can track your Web sites progress and make...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Filter, Web Site, BitStrike Software, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2004-10-07

Airlines call for end to paper tickets

Airlines call for end to paper ticketsWe are not ready to total computerization but own and foreign terrorists NTNTIdiotsSo,How long do you think it will take the spammers to realize that if you put fake airline eticket/boarding pass information into your spam message that the user will be forced to...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2004-06-07