Google’s made some very big changes in the past couple of weeks, and it’s affecting more sites than previously expected. In what way? Depending on how SEO has been done, some sites are dropping a few positions, some are dropping by multiple pages.
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Google made their main site (Google.com) more secure a few months back by adding SSL security to all searches inside of personal accounts. Well now they’re stepping it up a level further and adding SSL search to all of their other sites.
If it’s a priority enough for Google, we may see this start happening across many more sites before too long.
Google announced yesterday that they’ll be changing how they track users across all of their different sites, including YouTube, Gmail, and the big G’s search engine. There is some concern from various places (including the Washington Post) that this is tracking that can’t be opted out of, but the truth is, you still have that option. It goes live March 1st, you can see all details here.
If you haven’t heard yet, some major, major sites are taking action to protest two major acts that are being run through congress. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the House and PIPA (Protect IP Act) in the Senate are both set up to change the internet in a huge way if they pass. Essentially – the freedom we enjoy to express ourselves and communicate freely online may be in jeopardy.
As I mentioned before, Google Gaydar was a “feature” that came from the search engine that wasn’t announced, but did catch the attention of many when it was noticed. This feature is part of a new adjustment to Google’s services, called by most: Google Best Guess.
Yes, that title is correct. Google has not made any announcement that I’ve heard about regarding this, but you can actually type a query into the search engine to find out what Google’s “gaydar” has determined.
Here’s my test of the latest Google Gaydar functionality:
So there you have it. Perhaps it’s accurate, perhaps it’s something one of the developers put in as an easter egg that got discovered, perhaps it’ll be gone tomorrow. But for right now it’s yet another Google tool that can be used freely from your computer.
It’s probably still in beta, though.
So today Google put up a Les Paul theme for their new logo. And it’s interactive! I’m a guitarist, so I played with it a bit and found out this about it. All the “strings” are corded so that the notes go up as you play downwards. The reverse of what a normal guitar tablature does. The actual notes are as follows, going down: C, E on the top of the “G” of “Google”. Then in the middle section, on the left, G, B, G (an octave up), then another B an octave up on the bottom of the “G”. And then on the right, A, D, F#, then another A an octave up.
The button underneath is to record what you might be able to figure out. I noticed that there are some basic chords in place with the strings arranged as they are. Not every note is in place for all these chords, but the rough structure is as follows: a C major (minus the 5th) using the top two strings of the “G” of “Google”, a G major (minus the 5th) for the middle three strings and bottom string of the “G”, and then a D major over A (also known as D/A) for the strings on the right. It’s tricky to play them, but if you can work the mouse well you can play the chords nicely. Here’s a basic composition I put together.
I’m quite pleased with seeing Google put some music on the home page. Hope you have fun with it – if you make any particularly cool compositions, put the link to them in the comments!
So I was up late and had YouTube going. Noticed a funky little button to the bottom right. “1911? What’s that mean?” So I clicked it, of course. And it’s awesome. I highly recommend you try it out. Especially their review on the best viral pictures from 100 years ago.
Just a quick post to give a notice of one of Google’s fun additions to their sites. Aside from their open position for autocompleters, of course.
Today Google’s made a major change in Google Places (known to many as Google Maps). The 7-box is no longer a separate entity, but is now merged with the full organic results. This is a game-changer for SEO.
You may have heard about this, but Bing and Facebook have joined forces, and now Bing is going to start displaying results based on Facebook posts.
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