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Google

Does it matter to Google where I host my website?

by Hugh O'Carroll March 12, 2010 Bing

In a word, yes, the physical location of the web server your website is hosted on can determine how well your website will show up in search engine results.
Google wants to serve its users with results which are relevant and likely to be the answer to the questions they are asking. This relevancy often depends [...]

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SEO Tip: The importance of using an ‘Anchor Text’ Keyword when hyperlinking

by Hugh O'Carroll March 4, 2010 Bing

You probably already know that having a link to your site or blog from other sites can generate additional traffic. However, when you ask another website owner or it’s techie to add a link to your site, ask them to use a keyword that is important to your business in the ‘Anchor Text’ of that [...]

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Twitter to adopt Google Adwords type Advertising

by Hugh O'Carroll March 1, 2010 Google

Twitter, the ubiquitous social media site, is reportedly planning a new advertising model that will serve targeted adverts to users via searches on the tool.
A story by Peter Kafka in the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital section,  suggests that the new model will be similar to Google’s Pay Per Click (PPC) search engine marketing [...]

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Is Google indexing all the pages on your website?

by Hugh O'Carroll February 20, 2010 Google

Need to check if Google is indexing any or all of your webpages? Here is a simple method of checking. Simply type “site:www.yourdomain.com” into Google’s search field and you will see a complete list of all the pages that Google has indexed for that domain.
It’s that simple.
Not happy with your search engine rankings? Call us [...]

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Nexus One (Google) Vs. iPhone (Apple) Matchup!

by Hugh O'Carroll January 8, 2010 Google

Nice phone (largely an iPhone copy realistically!). but i’ll be sticking with my iPhone I suspect, even though the iPhone’s camera could really use a flash and its battery life is ‘breeewtal’. Would like to know what the battery life of the Nexus One is like. Anybody?
The iPhone also has the advantage of syncing with [...]

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Google Adds Real-Time Search Feature

by Hugh O'Carroll December 9, 2009 Google

Google has just added a new feature to its search features. It will allow users to view breaking news on the web with real-time updates from news, blogs and social networks. Learn more:

I note that this real time ‘twitter’ feature is not yet available when one filters on ‘pages from Ireland‘ (FYI: that’s the radio [...]

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