By now, you come across a blog while surfing the Internet or have heard of them or you surely have a relative who has a “blog”, so you should be fairly familiar with what it is. For those of you who still not sure… well your reading one. It really is just a platform that allows anyone to write about any topic and allows others to comment on it. It originally comes from the words “web” and “log”, which gives us a “b-log”!
Archive for April, 2010
The Dangers of Google Buzz
Google Buzz has inspired a variety of opinions and reactions since Google released it early February. Some complain it is “blurring the lines between what’s private and what’s public, causing privacy mishaps and email paranoia.” Others think that Google has finally broken onto the social media scene and will replace both Facebook and Twitter in the coming years. Whatever your opinion, one thing is for certain, Google Buzz, like all social media has one inherent flaw: Privacy.
Is Google’s Sandbox for real?
According to a Google webmaster the Google Sandbox, “kind of disappeared sometime ago.” Before we can answer if the Google Sandbox is real, we should explain what it is. In March of 2004, webmasters began noticing that new sites were not ranking as highly as they should be. “The rankings were seen as poor despite good Google PageRanks, strong incoming link totals, and overall good optimization practices being employed.” This “probation period” that Google gave to new websites began to be called “Google’s sandbox”. Whether the Sandbox actually exists as its own filter or is merely a part of Google’s general algorithm is still highly disputed. However, no one disputes the effect of the Sandbox. Some webmasters claim that Google’s Sandbox is old news and not applicable to today’s search engine optimization (SEO) tactics, which I would have to disagree with.
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