Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. pulled out some of the more useful tips, combining information from some of the slides with additional details provided by Google’s Maile Ohye. Google News uses “Citation Rank” to try to determine the original source (i.e. This is data driven and not an “arbitrary decision.” MORE >>

Well, much to my chagrin, I just saw that PRNews is offering  Google+ training for $329. The first thing you want to do is create a Google profile, if you don’t already have one. Go to  Google Profiles , sign into your Gmail account, and click on the edit profile button. Google+ is set up with what they call Circles. What this allows me to do is post information that is pertinent to each group. For instance, I wouldn’t want to post franchising information to our manufacturing clients and prospects. This is so disappointing to me. or su.pr MORE >>

Hey Google, you know me, but do you really know me? Just because I have people in my Google Plus Circles doesn’t mean that what they “might know” or talk about is necessarily the  search result information that I was looking for or need. Part of the attraction of Google has always been its simplistic interface tied into an algorithm that really understood that what we were looking for was the best , most relevant search result. This means that if I’m looking for information about violins. I google Google PLus Search seo MORE >>

Friday, May 9, 2008 Tips For Dealing With Information Overload I sent a couple of people the following question: “What are your top tips for dealing with information overflow?&# Niniane Wang , Google: «I like the time-honored tradition of responding to emails or archiving them as soon as I read them. Paul Buchheit , FriendFeed (formerly Google): «Drop packets. Kevin Fox , FriendFeed (formerly Google, Yahoo): «Honestly my method isn’t highly structured. Inbox Zero, a tech talk by Merlin Mann given at Google. Like this one.) Wikipedia. MORE >>

Last summer, when Google+ launched in beta to the uber-geeky technology crowd, the industry was all a flutter. Was Google to be more kind with our private information? And, because it’s a Google product, the search engine giant ranks content higher if it’s promoted through the platform than that on any other social network. All you need is an Internet connection, a Google+ account, and a computer camera or web cam. couple of weeks ago, the For Immediate Release podcast did their very first Google+ recording. Are you using Google+? Not really. MORE >>