Google Suggests Interesting Things

By Jose Uzcategui November 30th, 2009 Personal No Comments

I’m not sure if this qualifies as Google Suggest #Fail, but as playing around with keywords trying to find out if it’s usual to use underlay for commercial carpeting, Google suggested the following:

I just thought I’d share that with everyone.

Bing Now With 10% of Search Market

By Jose Uzcategui October 4th, 2009 Internet Marketing 2 Comments

Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, is slowly but surely becoming “the other choice” when it comes to search. It’s still small when compared to Google’s 64% search market share, but C-net recently reported Bing is now at 3^rd place with 10% following Yahoo! with 16%.

And… have you heard? Microsoft is taking over Yahoo!. So this means that soon there will be no more Yahoo!, giving Bing a leg up to a theoretical 26%. With that momentum… anything can happen.

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Basics: Help Google Discover And Index Your Site

By Jose Uzcategui August 12th, 2009 Internet Marketing 2 Comments

Once you’ve created a website, you need to let Google know it exists. Then you should give Google and the others some guidance on how to index your site properly.  Here are some ways you can help it along.

There are three basic things you should take into consideration when helping any search engine:

1. XML Sitemap

Google recommends having an XML Sitemap, and so do most search engines (and so do I). An XML Sitemap is an easy-to-create file that helps search engines understand your site.

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Passed the Google Analytics Individual Qualification Exam!!!

By Jose Uzcategui June 1st, 2009 Internet Marketing, Personal 21 Comments

Yes, the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (GAIQ) exam exists, and I just passed it!

Indeed I’ve been polishing my skills. First, the Advanced SEO Certification I mentioned on my last posts; this week was the GAIQ; and next will be…shhh, it’s a secret.

I enjoy learning new things, which is good since constant learning and Internet marketing go hand and hand.

Google introduced the GAIQ earlier this year – and what a great idea to encourage professionals to take the extra learning step. The test consists of 70 questions, is 90 minutes long and costs $50. To pass you need more than 75% and once you do, you get a very modest PDF with your name on it.

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