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A great technique for monitoring brand terms across the web is to set up a Google alert for one or more brand related keywords.

Google Alerts although not perfect are pretty efficient at retrieving new mentions of alert terms from News, Blog and other Web sources.

Google Blog Alerts

Frankly I had forgotten about this technique until after I saw one of my own blog posts in today’s Google Alerts for Google Adwords.

Receiving the above Google Alert reminded  me just how effective this technique is for listening to and hearing what’s being said on the web.

Blogger Create Link

Additionally, I discovered Blogger accounts will generate a Google Alert when creating a link back to other Google Blogger accounts like the Official Google Blog post referenced in the alert above.

Google Blogger Alerts

An alert is generated regardless of whether an entire post was composed or not.

Do Google Alerts generate supplemental traffic to blogs or websites?

How much traffic would have to be generated to make it worth the time and effort to create several links a day for your branded terms?

In which ways could innovative bloggers use this process to generate ongoing market awareness of their business and brands via Google Alerts?

De cine? De catre rusi , motivul fiind acela de a reduce la tacere un georgian .

Atacul informatic de proportii care a afectat joi Twitter, Facebook si site-uri ale Google a fost practic indreptat catre o singura persoana: un blogger georgian care critica in mod constant Rusia, scrie CNET, citand un raport prezentat de Facebook. Totul se intampla la un an de la inceperea scurtului razboi ruso-georgian, iar autorii atacului ar putea fi hackeri rusi pusi de serviciile secrete, scrie PC World.
Blogger-ul georgian care-si spune “Cyxymu” avea conturi pe majoritatea site-urilor atacate (Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, Google Blogger si YouTube).

Seful diviziei de securitate a Facebook spune ca atacatorii au dorit ca vocea bloggerului georgian sa nu mai fie “auzita” pe internet, dar nu a dorit sa spuna cine sta in spatele atacului. Totusi, PC World scrie ca e foarte probabil ca initiativa sa fi fost a hackerilor rusi pusi sa faca asta de catre serviciile secrete. Totul se intampla exact la un an de la inceperea scurtei confruntari armate dintre Rusia si Georgia pe tema regiunii Osetia de Sud. Si atunci hackerii celor doua parti au atacat site-uri ale tarii adverse, facandu-le pentru mult timp imposibil de utilizat.

Site-ul de micro-blogging Twitter a fost cel mai grav afectat de atacurile de ieri, accesul fiind imposibil pentru ore bune la un anumit numar de utilizatori. Efectul asupra Facebook si Google a fost limitat.

Atacul informatic a fost de tipul “denial of service”, un tip des intalnit prin care foarte multe calculatoare virusate sunt comandate de hackeri sa viziteze simultan un anumit site, iar cererea extrem de mare poate coplesi serverele, facand site-ul inaccesibil.

Asa ca aveti grija pe cine sau ce criticati

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It would appear that Russia watched recent events in Iran closely and learned a valuable lesson. Twitter, the popular social networking site, has been offline for several days now bracketing the first anniversary of 080808, the Russian invasion and take over of former colony, Georgia.

Obviously, Russia noticed how Twitter was used in Iran to allow massive protests to form as well as draw international media attention to a cause, even make that cause appear to be other than it actually was (in the case of Iran.) Georgia’s well known blogger, “Cyxymu,” who named himself after a Georgian town, appears to be the sole target of a DDOS attack that has taken Twitter offline as well as Facebook, LiveJournal and Google’s Blogger, although only Twitter was actually taken down by the attack.

OneBox is a new feature from the side of Google to show the latest results from Roland Garron which is an important tennis tournament held in Paris, France. If you will search for Roland Garros or Tennis, Google will show some recent results, but it is probably a better thing if you will search for a player’s name.

Click to have Snippets as Thumbnail

You don’t thing that this Google OneBox is related to Tennis, it can show the results for Football, National Hockey League (NHL), National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), Cricket, NASCAR or Formula 1.

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The internet is a harsh mistress. She has acclimated us all to getting used to having things now. I remember when I was in 7th grade having to do a research project in the library with…books. Books! Can you believe it. I remember the same research project in 11th grade…we used EBSCO. InfoTrac. Hecks yes.

Yet, there are other times when this mistress, who has given us so much withholds her fortunes from us. And then I find that even though things are much more convenient than they would be without the internet, my patience is depleted to nothing.

So, one of the things I like about some blogs is how easy commenting is on them. And one of the things I hate about other blogs is how hard the very same task is.

WordPress gets pluses in my books. And I’m not just saying that because I have a wordpress blog (or am I?). WordPress makes it VERY easy to comment on a blog. You just put in your name, email, and website (if you have one). No need to sign up or anything. No muss, no fuss.

I couldn't make this up if I tried

Now, I’ll tell you…Blogger/Blogspot annoys me. Its page to add comments is different page from the page with the article. So, you might be enjoying the lovely blog theme of your favorite blogger, but if you want to comment…EGADS, you get sent to an ugly, bland site.

You have to do word verification, which I mean, that isn’t a pain if you’re a human, but it still kinda is. And then you have to choose an identity.

If you have a blogger.com account, cool, you can use that. And since Google is in cahoots with that, it’s not too bad to set up. And it *is* true that you can use an OpenID, which will allow you to use your wordpress blog as a username. You can also just use a name/URL (kinda like WordPress), or you can post anonymously.

…but somehow, all of these options end up missing the mark. When using a Google (Blogger) account, you then have to sign up for and set up something completely different. And since I’m a wordpress guy, I don’t have time to set up a Google/Blogger page, and yet…I did.

Look at how barren my profile page is? And bland! Well, 90% of Google/Blogger pages will look like that…and for the other 10% (probably for Blogspot/Google Blogger regulars), it’ll look less barren, but then it’ll have some of the most useless ’social’ info. Do I really care what your favorite movies, books, or music is? If I did, I’d have you as a facebook or twitter friend. (Note: I’m not altogether opposed to that idea.)

Now, check out the Contact part on the left side. I can link my blog, which is cool…but there seems to be no way for me to change the text — so it’ll forever just be known as “My Web Page.” To make matters worse, here’s a difference between WordPress and Google Blogger:

If I have a commenter in WordPress who has put information about his website, then his name will be hyperlinked to that website. So, if I click his name…oh wow, I go to his website. How intuitive!

Oh, nice site, dude!

…But if I click a hyperlinked name in Blogspot…then I don’t go to their website…I go to their blogger profile. You know, the one that is either barren or full of useless information. Fortunately, for blogspot regulars, if I want to see their website (with its title), it’ll be included in the main column (the right one)…in a section called My Blogs.

…But Blogspot botches this too! My Blogs is not at the top of that column. It’s underneath all the useless information. But My Blogs is also not at the bottom, so I can’t just scroll to the bottom…because at the bottom of the column is another list called “Blogs I follow.” And while this might possibly have been useful, really, it’s just design defecation. If I want to see blogs you follow, I’ll check your website (you know, the thing I’ve been trying to get to in the first place, but can’t because of the inane organization!) and then see your blogroll.

I would go into more about the various other Blogspot deficiencies…BUT…really, there was a worse comment feature I wanted to discuss.

Quite simply, I don’t know how Engadget gets any commenters. They have the worst comment function ever.

I do like to read their stories about new smartphone gadgets, so today, I read a review about the new HTC Touch Diamond 2. And as I watched some of the videos, I found something disheartening. So I wanted to comment on it. Here was my internal process.

“Oh, I’m a new commenter, so I just have to put in my name and email address.”

“Ok, so they sent me an email with a confirmation link…no problem.”

“Hmm…after I confirmed my comment, they send me a password. This password is kinda long and random and computer-generated-like, so I’ll probably not remember it. But if I don’t, I’ll have to go through the confirmation process again and again. “

“oh cool, my name is highlighted…maybe that means I can click it and see where it goes…”

“…a profile page?! EGADS!”

I wonder what happens if I click this?

*click*

*click*

*clickety click click*

WHY WON’T IT GO ANYWHERE?! I AM ANDREW S!

Now…I know, I know. There are starving children in Africa/North Korea/College Station, Texas. But dang it, can’t we have user-friendliness on the interwebs?!

Now After the Search engine war , google is heading to every thing on the net,Email, Social Networking Online Advertising, Blogging SMS channels ( in India) and Mobile Operating system ( Android ) mobile search engines like.

Earlier version of Opera mini has Yahoo as Default search Provider, now on opera mini 4.1 its Google there in every web site its also provide Google Custom search and , you can see in many web site Ads by Google , even in this web site. so what are you waiting for Just Click Ads if you like.. Here is the some of the wallpaper is Designed by me for you free of Google Chrome , I love fire fox but Chrome is much sexier.

AOL: Goodbye AOL Journals.

Blogger: Welcome AOL Journals.

Para criar seu primeiro blog na internet, acesse o site www.blogger.com e crie uma conta para você (ou use sua senha do Orkut/Gmail mesmo).

Depois é só escolher um modelo pro seu site e começar a publicar seus recados em seu endereço pessoal.

Espero que goste e comece a compartilhar coisas com seus amigos utilizando seu blog.

In a step to make Google’s services more social, Google Blogger now has a Following feature that allows you to show who are following your blog as well as the blogs you are following. It’s like subscribing to a blog with a feature that can explicitly display you as a follower of the blog you are following. Your followed blogs also automatically appears in your Reader. Next up for Google will be the integration of Google Friend Connect. The new feature will be rolled out to all over the next few weeks, according to Reader.

If you have a blogger account, your “Add Gadget” tool will display the new feature, as shown in the figure below.

1. Import and Export blogs. You can import all your posts and comments into an Atom formatted XML file. You can then export the file to an existing or a new blog.
2. New Post Editor. The new editor addresses issues on stability, compatibility, predictability, and flexibility. Key features include improved image handling, raw HTML editing, easy link editing, Safari 3 support in Windows and Mac, new preview dialog, and a placeholder for object tags. Currently disabled or missing functions include auto-save, spell-check, video upload, among others.
3. Embedded Comment Form. Now at the bottom of the post.

This is an improvement to Blogger’s Link List.

Highlights

• Link to blogs and feeds from your blog’s sidebar
• Blog List can show last updated time, post title, and a snippet of the latest post
• Sort links alphabetically or by last update time
• Show all links, or hide some behind a “show all” link
• Import subscriptions from Google Reader
• Blog List links are visible to search engine crawlers, so your blog’s PageRank and reputation flow to those you link to

Via Blogger.