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How to Use Google Web Search to Get Fresh Content

May 13, 2009 at 12:14 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

We all know Google will indexes all the fresh and latest content more faster than other search engine, but searcher will not get the exact fresh content on the particular search. If you need to get most recently updated results ( i.e with in 24 hours ) for yoyr search query, just add this simple code &as_qdr=d to the search URL. To make you clear let’s go with simple example. [ Read more ]

Try this simple search without adding the code [social media news ] you can see the result page as shown in the image

Now let’s try by adding the code &as_qdr=d to the search query [ social media news ]

You can notice at the right side the search result, it shows the result with in 24 hours. You can also notice the top results which indicates the time of the content’s freshness. With this simple code you can get the real time search results from Google. Try this feature to get more recent content Happy Googling
This Story Originally Published @ mymashable blog

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More Search Features Updated From Google Searchology Event

May 13, 2009 at 11:01 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Yesterday Google hosted their second Searchology event held at its Mountain View, Calif. headquarters. This event let people know about the progress made in Google web search. VP of Search Engineering, Udi Manber, and VP of Search Products and User Experience, Marissa Mayer introduce about the new search innovations. Soon after the launch of Universal web search two years ago, Google web search team plans to add more values to the search including web pages, images, videos, books, etc.

” Search Options ” a new set of features available when you performs a search query. You can see this option next to the search bar. On clicking the ” Search Options ” you can get expanded right section on the search results page. This will let you to customize your search result with respect to images, videos and reviews. For example when you search for a product this ‘review‘ option used to find the best on the web.

As you can see in the image, when a user searches for an ‘Apple iphone‘ using ‘review’ you can easily find the best relavent review to your search query. This let you know the merirs and demerits on the product directly. Get fresh content by filtering out the results with time includes result from past year. week and with in 24 hours.

The other important feature in ” Search Options ” is ” Wonder Wheel “. This visualization feature lets user to improve their query to get better optimized search results. To make this clear we consider a user searches for ‘ iphone’ now wonder wheel suggest you some related search terms like iphone reviews, iphone rumors, iphone 3g.

Next announcement made is “rich snippets“ this will extract more useful content from the web page instead of normal text shown in the search result page. Try this simple query [ drooling dog barbeque ] you can see review ratings, average ratings and price ranges of the restaurant.

Google adopts microformats and RDFa standard to bring these information about the sites. These “rich snippets” let users to spend more on the web page. This snippets only available for some major sites, but Google will roll over this feature soon.

Final feature announced on the event is “Google Squared” a new tool opens up to users later this month on Google Labs. It won’t act as normal search engine. It automatically fetches and organizes facts from across the Internet.

i think am done. Now it up to you readers. Try these new search innovations on Google web search to find exact information or content you need on the World Wide Web.

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You Can Now Undo Sending a Gmail Message

March 20, 2009 at 9:48 am · Filed under Google ·Tagged Email, Gmail, Gmail Labs, Google, Google Gears, Keyboard shortcut, Undo, Windows

If you ever send a Gmail message too early or you change your mind after you press “Send”, there’s a feature that will help you. It’s called “Undo Send” and you can find in the crowded space of experimental features from Gmail Labs.

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After enabling the feature, Gmail will show an “undo” link when you send a message. You have to react quickly because the link disappears in 5 seconds and there’s no way to bring it back. If keyboard shortcuts are enabled in your Gmail account, a better option than clicking on “undo” is to press “z”. When you undo sending a mail, Gmail saves it as a draft and you can continue editing the message or discard it.

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“Sometimes I regret sending a message the morning after. Other times I send a message and then immediately notice a mistake. I forget to attach a file or email the birthday girl that I can’t make her surprise party. I can rush to close my browser or unplug the Internet — but Gmail almost always wins that race. (…) I could undo just about any other action in Gmail — why couldn’t I undo send? (…) My theory (which others shared) was that even just five seconds would be enough time to catch most of those regrettable emails,” says Michael Leggett from Google.

I don’t think that 5 seconds are enough to realize that sending the message was a mistake, but it’s a good trade-off between functionality and the need to provide a reliable service. A simple improvement could be a configurable delay before sending messages.

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How to Find a Job on Twitter

March 16, 2009 at 6:41 am · Filed under twitter ·Tagged career, how to, job hunt, job search, jobs, recruiter, twitter

Tough economic times call for innovative approaches. An estimated 51 million people internationally are expected to lose their jobs in 2009, and with the unemployment rate on the rise, how does one find career opportunities fast? One great option is Twitter.

Twitter is evolving as another resource, in addition to traditional methods, for both job searching and recruiting.

is evolving as another resource, in addition to traditional methods, for both job searching and recruiting.

Get the most out of your page

• Make your Twitter presence “employer-friendly”

o Put your job pitch in your Twitter bio (which is 160 characters)
o Use a professional looking avatar
o Tweet about your job search

• Utilize your Twitter background. There’s lots of space you can use to promote yourself. Don’t know how to create a professional-looking Twitter background? Use this free template to design your own.

• Include a link to an online CV or resume in your bio. Use a tool like VisualCV. (For more information on building an online resume, see Dan Schawbel’s post HOW TO: Build the Ultimate Social Media Resume)

• Establish yourself as an expert in your field on Twitter. It’s important to note that you should not misrepresent yourself. If you’re not a medical doctor, don’t play one on Twitter. As those on Twitter become interested in your content, when employers are looking at you, you’ll have more than just your resume to back up your knowledge and experience.

“It’s about who you know”

How do you get to know the right people? It’s not always about who you’re looking for, some people on Twitter are actually looking for YOU.

There are many job recruiters who use Twitter to look for potential candidates. Before contacting a recruiter via Twitter, check out:

• Their bio
• Follower/Following ratio (Have they been around a while? Do they follow people back?)
• Click the link to their website
• Ask others in your network whether or not the recruiter is a credible source

Here are a few recruiters representing different professions and industries on Twitter:

Christa Foley a.k.a. @electra – Christa is the recruiting manager and recruiter at Zappos.com. Christa gives followers an inside look into her career at Zappos. She tweets out examples of negative recruiting interactions with potential clients, outreach she does with high school and college students, and ultimately looks for potential Zappos candidates.

Craig Fisher a.k.a. @Fishdogs – Craig is an IT and executive recruiter who co-founded A-List Solutions staffing firm. On Twitter he offers tweets on how to find a job in the web industry, hiring tips and tricks, along with professional career advice.

Jim Durbin a.k.a. @smheadhunter – A social media recruiter, Jim is active on the Twitter scene. His goal is to partner “social media gurus” with the right companies. Jim responds to followers’ questions, offers general recruiting advice and sends out “teaser” tweets for positions he thinks followers might be interested in.

Jennifer McClure a.k.a. @CincyRecruiter – Jennifer is an executive recruiter/coach. She often tweets out specific advice for job seekers, including words not to use on a resume. Jennifer is accessible to her followers and tweets about non-recruiting topics as well.

Laurie DesAutels a.k.a. @biotechjobs – Laurie recruits a specific niche, looking for senior level leaders in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. Her tweet stream includes links to other job search resources and lots of Twitter information.

Job search tools & resources

A reactive job search on Twitter probably isn’t the best way to find a job. There are many new Twitter tools and applications to assist with a proactive job search.

@Microjobs

Started by well-known PR professional, Brian Solis, @Microjobs was developed to bring together job seekers and recruiters through tweets.

How does it work?
Recruiters begin their tweets with @Microjobs, and then submit. The @Microjobs account automatically tweets out requests to its growing network of job seekers.

TweetMyJobs

Another tool born out of Twitter for job seekers and recruiters. Follow the hashtag #Tweetmyjobs and visit the website. This is a very simple (and free) tool for job seekers. You can subscribe to desired job channels and even have new openings automatically sent to your mobile phone. Even better? You can specify which cities you want notifications from.

Job search accounts

There are a variety of Twitter accounts dedicated to providing job listings by field, company, region, and more. Once you’ve decided which best match your job search, consider turning on mobile alerts for these accounts to be among the first to receive messages (if your mobile phone plan includes SMS messages).

By company

@attjobs – Jobs at AT&T
@mtvnetworksjobs – Jobs at MTV
@TRCareers – Jobs from Thomson Reuters

By field

@alldevjobs – Developer jobs
@ArtDirectorJobs – Art director jobs
@cwjobs – Copywriter jobs
@jobsinhiphop – Jobs in Hip-Hop
@journalism_jobs – Jobs in journalism
@juicyjobs – Green jobs
@libgig_jobs – Library Jobs
@mediabistrojobs – Media job listings from mediabistro.com
@medical_jobs – Medical jobs
@media_pros – Jobs for media professionals
@narmsjobs – Retail marketing jobs
@PRSAjobcenter – Jobs in public relations, communications and marketing
@reflectx – Physical Therapy jobs
@seojobs – SEO job listings
@socialmediajob – Jobs in social media
@travelmaxallied – Healthcare jobs
@travelnursejob – Jobs for traveling nurses
@usmusicjobs – US Music Jobs
@web_design_jobs – Web design and other graphics jobs

By job type

@findinternships – Internships and entry level jobs for college students
@freelance_jobs – Freelance jobs
@heatherhuhman – Entry level jobs and internships
@Project4Hire – Freelance and temporary jobs
@jewish_jobs – Jewish job listings

By region

@MyBristolJobs – Job listings from mybristoljobs.co.uk
@chicagowebjobs – Web-related jobs in Chicago
@ChicagoTechJobs – Technology jobs in the greater Chicago area
@ITJobsLondon – IT jobs in London
@ITJobsSydney – IT jobs in Sydney, Australia
@JobsBoston – Jobs in the greater Boston area
@jobshawaii – Jobs in Hawaii
@NewYorkTechJobs – Technology jobs in the greater New York area
@PDXJobs – Jobs in Portland, Oregon
@sdjobs – San Diego technology jobs
@sfmobilejobs – Mobile Web and Digital Media jobs in Silicon Valley
@mtltweetjobs – PR/marketing/social media/tech jobs in Montreal
@TopJobsInLondon – Top jobs in London, UK
@web20jobs – UK-based web 2.0 jobs

General

@JobAngels – Helping the unemployed find jobs
@indeed – One search. All jobs.
@jobshouts – General job postings
@simplyhired – Job search site
@StartUpHire – Jobs at VC backed companies
@twithire – Job board service

To find additional Twitter job resources, use the Twitter search function and type in keywords important in your job search. For example, “job openings,” “looking for a job,” or “healthcare career.” Additionally, you can search out others in your desired career field on sites like Twellow, Just tweet it, and TwitterTroll.

Your next job could be just a tweet away.

Have more tips, accounts, or stories of your own to add? Tell us about them in the comments.

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21 WordPress Plugins You Must Use

March 13, 2009 at 1:32 pm · Filed under wordpress ·Tagged Google, Plugin, RSS, Search engine optimization, Social bookmarking, Web search engine, wordpress

I point out 21 useful tips, tools or resources for my readers brings you 21 of the most important WordPress plugins that you can use. If you are looking for plugins for your WordPress blog then this is the selection that you should choose from.

HeadSpace 2 – HeadSpace 2 is a very powerful WordPress plugin (I seriously mean that) which can do a massive array of SEO tasks. It takes a little while to get your grips around the interface and for WordPress beginners may be a little daunting however I seriously recommend this for anyone who is planning on using their WordPress blog to rank in the search engines (this should be everyone).
RSS Footer – This is a simple WordPress plugin which allows you to add an extra sentence to content which is visible on your feed. It is simple to install like every plugin here and the interface is very easy to use.
Popular Post Plugin – Another excellent WordPress plugin this allows you to add a new widget to your sidebar displaying the most popular articles on your blog. Obviously this helps to increase the number of pageviews your blog receives whilst rewarding your best articles with more link juice.
Yet another related Post Plugin – This plugin allows you to add several links to the bottom of your article page which links to other related posts. This again helps to increase pageviews and keeps the reader on your blog.
All in one SEO Plugin – If your not to convinced with using HeadSpace for your SEO needs then this is another WordPress plugin that you can use instead. Although it doesn’t have all the features that Headspace2 has it still allows you to add a title, Meta Description and Meta Keywords to each post.
WordPress Poll Plugin – This is an extremely customisable plugin allowing you to add polls to your WordPress blog, whether you choose to add the poll to an individual page or to your whole blog this helps gather data and increase interaction between yourself and the reader.
Comment Relish – This is a great plugin which you may notice I use here. This enables you to automatically E-mail users who comment on your blog. Whether you ask them to subscribe or merely say thank you for subscribing it adds interaction and communicates with readers on a more personal level.
Google Analytics WordPress Plugin – This plugin makes it easier to install Google Analytics on your blog and ensures that Google Analytics tracks traffic from every page on your WordPress blog.
XML Sitemap Generator – This is another fantastic plugin which after you have installed it automatically creates a sitemap for your blog, when ever you post new articles it will automatically update the sitemap page.
What would Seth Godin do – This plugin allows you to communicate to first time visitors by adding a box by default above each of your posts which can display a welcome message. If you want to increase readership and ask them to subscribe to your blog then do so.
Feed Footer Plugin – This plugin allows you to add footers under all your posts in your RSS feed. The benefits of this are that you can monetize your blog feed or merely advertise other articles on your blog.
Home Page excerpts – Another excellent plugin this allows you to add an excerpt of your article to your home page.
Contact Form Plugin – This plugin allows you to add and manage multiple contact forms to your blog so that readers can get in touch with you.
Redirection Plugin – This plugin helps to keep your redirect URLs in order and managed. It keeps track of your 404 errors and generally cleans up your loose ends.
SEO Image Plugin – One SEO technique that many people forget to do is optimise an image, well with this plugin it does it for you. A great tool for anyone who uses a lot of images.
Maintenance Mode Plugin – If your doing a bit of maintenance on your blog its good to tell your readers, this plugin adds a page to your blog telling your readers this exactly.
Sociable – This plugin automatically adds links to your favourite social bookmarking websites. This therefore helps to increase traffic and web visibility and entices your readers to spread the word about a certain article.
Adsense and YPN Plugin – Helps to automatically insert Google Adsense adverts and Yahoo Publisher Network advertisements.
125 Advert Box Plugin – A plugin I have only just found is this 125 Advert plugin which allows you to manage your 125 adverts and add the length of time the adverts should be shown for.
WordPress Opt in – Adds on Opt in form on to your WordPress blog.
All in one Video Pack – If you add a lot of videos to your blog then it would be easier with some way of managing these videos, well you can do with this exceptional plugin.

I hope you enjoyed and found it useful, If you have any other WordPress Plugins that you think are extremely useful then please add them by commenting below.

cheers for now !

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16 Social Media Networking Ideas for Marketers

March 13, 2009 at 11:00 am · Filed under social media ·Tagged Ann Handley, Business, Google, Marketing and Advertising, social media, Tim Jackson, Wall Street Journal, Weblogs

What do you get when you do your job well? Not your organization… but you? A raise? A promotion? The employee of the month parking spot? The satisfaction of knowing you did your best and moved the brand forward? All good stuff.

Recently I had an interesting email volley with Tim Jackson, the Masiguy and a Daily Fix contributor, that put a slightly different spin on social media marketing for me. Executing an advertising, research, public relations, sales or any other traditional marketing strategy brings success or not. I never thought about social media marketing in terms of the marketer getting something back other than the “marketing” of the brand.

Sure as you do business vendors, customers and people you meet along the way can turn into friends, too. However, the “social” in social media rings true. No other strategy gives me back more than what I put it.

Online social media networking is a little different than offline networking or other online networking opportunities (bulletin boards, listserves). Here are a few suggestions to help you put the social in social media (marketing) networking.

16 Social Media (Marketing) Networking Ideas

1. Find who is linking and mentioning you: review your stats, create an RSS feed and Google Alerts that include your blog url, blog title and your name.

2. Add comments and trackbacks that extend the conversation.

3. Remember what your Mama taught you… thank people who have picked up on your conversation.

4. Email a blogger.

5. Phone a blogger.

6. Skype a blogger.

7. Send an eCard. Heard it from Wayne Hurlbert.

8. Send a card through the mail. Heard it from Kristie T, Kristie T’s Home Business Blog.

9. Extend a discussion on your blog and link to the blogger/s who contributed.

10. Develop a habit of courtesy linking – acknowledging where ideas are from (see #7, #8, #11).

11. Bring back the Blog Roll. Heard it from Jeneane Sussem, Allied.

12. Link generously.

13. Interview a blogger.

14. Help out a friend with a little link love buzz.

15. Reach out to the new kid on the blogogsphere block.

16. Send a little surprise gift to a blogger. Heard it from Jane Geneva.

Note: #16 is not Pay For Post. These are little presents that speak of kindness and expressions of friendship. Jane sent me some lovely tea last winter. Tim gave me cool Masi espresso cups and from Ann Handley, for contributing to Daily Fix, a great MarketingProfs mug.

I’ve unwrapped wonderful surprises from my involvement in social media from quotes in prestigous business publications like the Wall Street Journal, profiled in a best seller book (Naked Conversations), extension of my business, to speaking engagements, new clients and wonderful friendships.

What gifts has social media brought you? What other networking ideas do you have?

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Discover All Thats’s New On The Web

How to Use Google Web Search to Get Fresh Content

More Search Features Updated From Google Searchology Event

You Can Now Undo Sending a Gmail Message

How to Find a Job on Twitter

Get the most out of your page

“It’s about who you know”

Job search tools & resources

@Microjobs

TweetMyJobs

Job search accounts

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