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Archive for November, 2005

Simplest way to create a website?

I often get asked - what is the simplest and cheapest way to create a website? Of coourse, it all depends on what you want.
A blog is the simplest and cheapest. For example - with a combination of blogger and blogspot you can create a website that you can show to the world at a […]

Good Aussie stuff with Google APIs

Thanks to Martin English for sending me the work he has done using the Google Maps APIs. If you go to http://www.martin-english.com/maps you will see that he has overlayed a google map of New South Wales and Victoria with up to date temperatures from the Bureau of Meterology for many larger towns and citys in […]

How long does it take to get FULLY indexed with google?

6 weeks! There you have it, thats the answer. Show’s over, you can go home now….or you can continue reading for the full low-down.
It begins in this article - SEO Pearl of Wisdom #1 - How long does it take to be indexed with Google? In there i explained how google […]

Google Base arrives, how is Australia effected?

It was originally discussed in google base is on the way and now it has been released. The Age has some interesting non-Australia related information, basically cut and paste from The New York Times. But what does it mean to Australia?
Only time will tell, it seems that a search for anything near to […]

The Andrew Humphrey challenge

The ‘Andrew Humphrey challenge’ to achieve the highest position on a google search for “Andrew Humphrey” in Australia before Christmas 2005 was a moderate success. I had 9 days to reach the target but I was only able to achieve a result in 14 days. I believe a faster result could have been achieved by […]

Australia’s most popular searches

Who can explain the workings of the group mind? Below are the most popular searches on google by Australians in September 2005. Im a little suprised at a few of them -
Do people really care what Paris Hilton is doing at the moment - A Simple Life isnt even on TV at the moment and […]

fashionstylist.com.au rockets up the fashion charts

Congratulations to Susan Conterno with her website fashionstylist.com.au for achieving a top ten result when “fashion” is searched in australia on google - try it for yourself . She has long been number one when “fashion stylist” is searched for but this is a new milestone - surely no.1 can’t be far behind.
Less than a […]

Google shakes the tree again!

Google has once again slapped me over the head with a wet fish! Metaphorically speaking of course. The release of a free website analytics engine - has just blown me away. I have signed up and will give you an idea of what its like as soon as my stats start coming through in 12 […]

First post using blogger

Finally I’ve done it. I tried pmachine and I was spectacularly unimpressed. Im sure its great and others will love it, but it certainly wasn’t what I was looking for.
Now Im putting my google-loving into practice with another google product - Blogger. Once again, google has not fallen short of expectations - it really is […]

A little bit of aussie loving from Google?

Maybe i have judged google a little harshly. In the unaustralism of google article i wrote that i was frustrated that google didnt support the adding of Melbourne to the weather on the google personalised homepage. Obviously, i have a lot of sway over what happens at google because no sooner had i mentioned this […]