Google SMS Google Introduces SMS facility, google’s new SMS short messaging service

From Google’s SMS service page:

http://www.google.com/sms/
What is Google SMS?

Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you’re looking to find. How do I use it?
Enter your query as a text message. See some sample queries.
Send the message to the US shortcode 46645 (GOOGL on most phones).
Receive a text message (or messages) with your results, usually within a minute. Results may be labeled as “1of3”, “2of3”, etc.
To get Google SMS help info sent directly to your phone, send the word ‘help’ as a text message to 46645.
Why should I use Google SMS?
Get local business listings when you’re on the road and want to find a place to eat
Compare online product prices with ones you find in retail stores
Look up dictionary definitions to expand your vocabulary or prove a point
Find other specialized types of information, as described in how to use Google SMS

Funniest SEO forum on the web,

Recently these SEO forums were started by some guys hidden behind a proxy whois information, They personally have a lot of hatred for some SEO companies and they started bashing them as much as possible,

Following are some interesting reviews of some SEO companies,

Traffic Power Official Review from SEO-FORUM
Traffic-Power.com will get
results where few others can.
Traffic-Power is a highly comprehensive
internet marketing company based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Their technological
know-how coupled with a huge research and development department has given them
the edge in Search Engine Optimization. By continuously researching search
engine trends and comprehensively testing cutting edge placement techniques they
keep on top of the myriad and frequently changing business that is SEO.
More
than just SEO, Traffic Power boasts a number of products and solutions for every
business need. Their Merchant Associate Program has been so successful, that
there are thousands of technology professionals on the web selling Traffic Power
advertising services under their own brand name.
If you’re looking for a
comprehensive Advertising package on the internet, you need look no further than
Traffic-Power
Email us your comments
and reviews!

As we know traffic power is absolutely a company doing unethical practices, it is weird their site is listed as the best SEO services site,

Aaron’s SEO book review on their fake site,

SeobookOfficial Review from SEO-FORUM
Seobook Overview
Simply put, Aaron Wall’s SEO Book is a waste of money, even at $39.99. Two thumbs down. 0 out of 4 stars. You get the idea.
Seobook Con vs. Con (No Pros here!)
The problem with his eBook is the same problem as all SEO books have. Once a book is printed, the contents within it cannot be changed. This isn’t a problem when you are reading the latest fiction piece by John Grisham or Stephen King, but when the book is a guide to a technology that changes everyday, the problem is huge. What was printed last month about the state of SEO might have been true at the time, but one little Google update can make that book irrelevant. Search Engine Optimization techniques, companies, and services are changing all the time to keep up with the changes of the search engines.
A better question to ask yourself though, is why would you want to pay $39.99 for something you can get for free? There are dozens of websites and forums, like this one, that provide the latest information on seo techniques, seo companies, and search engine news for no charge. These sites and forums have the flexibility to update their information every minute of the day, whenever something new happens. The same cannot be said for a book.
We at SEO-Forum are a bit perplexed as to the cost of SEO Book. Aaron Wall currently operates several websites, including the one for his SEO Book. On one of his sites he provides much of the information in his book online at no charge. On the same site he also promotes his own SEO Services, for a fee of $120 an hour. On another of his sites he mocks the SEO industry as a whole. It’s a bit odd to take so many stances on the same service. Aaron Wall claims to be an expert, but he sounds more like a scam to us at SEO-Forum.
Seobook Conclusion
The question you really have to ask yourself when considering purchasing Aaron Wall’s SEO Book is whether or not you want to pay for outdated information, when you can get the most up to date and relevant information for free from other sources. If it was up to us at SEO-Forum, we’d put that money back in our wallets instead of throwing it in the garbage.

Fake review of Pageoneresults,

PageOneResultsOfficial Review from SEO-FORUM
PageOneResults SUMMARY
Search Engine Marketing by Edward Lewis aka pageoneresults is located at www.pageoneresults.com. They claim to specialize in search engine optimization and search engine marketing services. Their site consists of a lot of general information that can be found anywhere on the web, links to other sites, and very little information on their actual product. Basically, there is nothing special to be found here.
PageOneResults SERVICES
On the pageoneresults.com website you can find services ranging from web site design and redesign, to web marketing, SEO, and some traditional marketing services. The trick, however, is to find where to actually obtain these services. Is Edward Lewis not confident in his product? If a potential client can’t even find what they need on Mr. Lewis’ own site, one has to wonder how effective his product can be. No where on the site can you find examples of design work, sites he has done SEO work on, or any sort of client success.
PageOneResults COST ANALYSIS
After looking through PageOneResults, we were unable to obtain any concrete information about the fees and pricing of Edward Lewis’ services, even though there is a page titled Fees. The site comprises of text such as, “Our published hourly rates are $XXX.00 USD per hour.” Another place on the website states one estimate was $12,000 USD for initial development with additional charges possible.
A more shocking thing we noticed on PageOneResults was the Guarantees section. Truth be told this is actually a NO GUARANTEES section. PageOneResults states they cannot guarantee their SEO work and also cannot work with single words and generic search phrases. This information leaves SEO-Forum wondering what exactly you are paying for.
Combine the lack of concrete pay structure along with a no guarantees policy; you could end up throwing away tens of thousands of dollars for nothing if you are not careful.
PageOneResults CONCLUSION
In the end, it appears PageOneResults strategy is to try and confuse potential clients with a lot of information and possibilities while in reality providing nothing. Our suggestion to you is to avoid PageOneResults, and Edward Lewis you should consider changing your company to NoPageResults.

There are more funny reviews which are all fake visit the forum here : Seo-forum.net

A New Google Job opportunity here:

A New Google Job opportunity :

We’re a little obsessive about digging into hard computing problems, and we love finding more people like us. One way we find obsessive smart problem-solvers is by using a standardized test. Now standardized tests can suck, especially since you usually take them to become a broke student for years on end. Which can lead to starting a career that, if you’re lucky, might eventually lead to a really cool job. But what if there were a standardized test that led, like, immediately to the really cool job? What if, for instance, there was a Google Labs Aptitude Test? There is. We enjoyed writing it, and if you’re our kind of uber-geek, you’ll enjoy taking it, and maybe you’d enjoy life as a Googler. Give it a try. The GLAT is four pages long; you can print them out here, here, here and here. When you’re done, send your completed test to: Google Labs Jobs 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 Good luck. Take your time, especially with the essay questions. And no, on this one guessing doesn’t help. — Alan Eustace VP of engineering and research

Source: http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/09/pencils-down-people.html

Google celebrating Ray’s birthday,

Google celebrated Mr.Ray’s birthday, here is the logo they designed for it,

Google Toolbar Input Validation Hole in ‘About’ Page Lets Local Users Execute Scripting Code

it seems google toolbar about Us page has some scripting error which is highly vulnerable, Following message was posting in the security tracker site,

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:51:10 +0100 (BST)From: ViPeR Subject: GoogleToolbar:About — Allows Script Injection

Affection Software : GoogleToolbar

Version : Tested on 2.0.114.1-big/en (GGLD)

Notes:

GoogleToolbar’s About section allows injection of

script, since it lacks any checking. The following

code is a Proof Of Concept.

Netbooster, Absolute Référencement, CVFM, Ability Référencement 1ere Position Banned

Some Leading European search engine marketing and search engine optimization companies were banned by google, The main reason for their sites removal and their client sites removal seems to be the use of excessive doorway pages ( pages stuffed with keywords and redirects to the desired landing page ) and excessive keyword stuffing, Google always frowns on these type of tactics and not they removed the sites from google’s index,

Following companies were penalized Netbooster, Absolute Référencement, CVFM, Ability Référencement 1ere Position.

Source of news here ,

Google Browser, Google plans to launch new browser

Google the leader in search now seem to be focused on the Browser industry, There has been wild speculation on Google’s new browser, But many information coming out are all just speculations, There hasn’t been any official statement from google regarding this, The following Whois information was found for the domain gbrowser.com , it could be google’s future browser site ,

Here is the whois information:

Registrant: Google Inc. (DOM-1278108) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
Domain Name: gbrowser.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com Registrar Homepage: markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506188571 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506188571
Created on…………..: 2004-Apr-26. Expires on…………..: 2006-Apr-26. Record last updated on..: 2004-Apr-26 16:46:39.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.ALLDOMAINS.COM64.124.14.32 NS2.ALLDOMAINS.COM209.25.143.102

Traffic power News Traffic power the funny web traffic generator company

Traffic power as we all know is a company which is involved in search engine optimization, Their marketing tactics has always brought a lot of anger and frustration among companies, Their main targeted customers are innocent website owners and webmasters, Traffic power just called them by phone and explains them about the nature of the SEO business and they give fancy offers to clients saying they will get very good ranking in major search engines, Many people have fallen for this type of marketing hype,

So everything was going on peaceful for traffic power when suddenly fake struck them, Traffic power has been using a bannable technique to raise ranking for their clients, They create keyword rich pages and add a javascript mouse over redirect to that page, So when the users land on the page the main page loads in certain seconds, The users ignore the page they land on and concentrate on the page they are finally redirected,

This technique is not appreciable by search engines, Google especially is very strict on these type of tactics, They are aggressive towards people who use these tactic and ban them if those SEO companies use it to manipulate their search results,

Traffic power has more than 2000 clients, 2000 clients for traffic power means lots of manipulation of google results, Google immediately woke up to this occasion and penalized many of traffic power’s clients, This brought a lot of chaos among many of traffic powers clients and they started asking for money refund, Many many online SEO forums started bashing traffic power and their services, Penalty by google has brought a lot of loss for the Traffic power company, They had massive celebrations for their search engine success but now they must be suffering due to massive loss,

There are law suits filed against traffic power, Even The Best Business Bureau has posted more than 35 complaints sent by traffic power clients, Edward Lewis of SEO consultants has added specific section in his SEO consultants site to bash traffic power, Don’t know what his motive behind that section probably he wants more business through traffic powers existing clients, But his service is really valuable and has saved many people for falling for traffic power’s fake search engine optimization services,

In My opinion google did the right job by penalizing traffic powers clients, It will definitely teach traffic power company to change their tactic and stop spamming search engines, Google rarely penalize sites for any sort of spam but traffic power has really tested google’s patience, SO in my opinion what google did against Traffic power if right,

So what does traffic power say about Online discussion SEO forums,

This is what they say in their FAQ page:

Are online discussion forums the best place to get your information?

No. Forums are not the best place to gain impartial information. Most forums are attached in some way to a marketing or SEO firm. This is not the best resource for getting an impartial view. There are some forums that are ethical and fair and allow all views to be heard. Most of these forums do not allow trashing of competitors or self promotion. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to distinguish the good from the bad.

This is what they say about Edward Lewis of SEO Consultants,

One of the biggest perpetrators of one sided scams is Edward Lewis. Mr. Lewis’ SEO company, First Page Results, is a direct competitor of Traffic-Power selling ridiculously high priced search engine optimization and overpriced paid placement. He also secretly administers a one sided Website called SEO Consultants where he has orchestrating an extensive attack against Traffic Power. He is one of the most vocal users of the “one-sided forum” scam and specializes in trashing his direct competitors in forums all over the Internet. The reasons for his hatred of Traffic Power are clear. Traffic Power has been able to accomplish in four years what he was unable to do in eight, and that is dominate the SEO market by outperforming all other SEO companies in price and performance. Our rise has surely impacted the bottom line of our competitors, being that most of these companies are small one man operations and cannot compete with companies of our size and considerable resources. These fear tactics and smear campaigns should be an embarrassment to SEO professionals everywhere, but the truth of the matter is that these practices are widely used for marketing and lead generation by unscrupulous SEO companies. Mr. Lewis says that his SEO Consultants’ smear campaign is organized by an anonymous “Consortium”, but in the reality it is a desperate witch hunt organized by a threatened, small time, one man basement operation.

I personally don’t have any hatred about Traffic power but I always wished search engines are never manipulated by any spammers, Search engines adds a lot of value to online non web savvy users, They are here to provide us an organized information on the net, So I wish all SEO/ Search Engine Optimization companies stick to search engine guide lines and make the search engines a great source of relevant information,

Google New PageRank Checksum source code Algorithm Page rank check sum code cracked

Google recently changed their checksum code which retrieves toolbar Pagerank from google’s datacenter, Previously the checksum was cracked and released in public domain, due to this problem google changed their checksum generator code, They thought this code will be highly secure but it was cracked again by the same people who first cracked it and released it in public domain,

Sorry due to potential risk of making google angry we have removed the new checksum code from this page, Thanks for visiting, we cannot give the checksum code now, Checksum is available freely on the net. Do a google search,

Good day,

New Google Bomb – Worst president search points to Bush Homepage,

There is a new google bomb out in the web, When you search google for the phrase ( Worst president ) President Bush’s Biography page ranks No1.

Similarly it is same in Yahoo, Searching in Yahoo for that phrase reveals president Bush’s bio page,

Google bomb is the method of ranking a page based on Anchor text pointing to that page, a website will be ranked higher if the sites that link to that page all use consistent text. For example if the word Google bomb is used both as a verb and a noun on the link text pointing to that page, that page will rank.