Google SSL is a great way to stop sending free information about searching trends to your internet service providers or also know as third parties.

It makes a nice change to search faster without other crap such as image,maps,news,twitter getting shown on the front page it’s just like how it was in 1999.

Google's New SSL Logo

Give it a go here: https://encrypted.google.com/

Wow just formatted my laptop and found some old disks check this old Google logo from 1999 what a piece of history.
This is when I stated Google SEO and forget about search engines such as Aliweb, Excite, Altavista, CompuServe.

Google 1999 Beta

If your old school like me guess this will bring back some memories of websites packed full of shitty .gif animations a monkey could design.

Matt 

Youtube # tags – The latest Youtube comment hash tags

As shown below the latest Youtube update now includes the use of #tags just like twitter within the comments.
These new youtube comment tags are also link enabled so when you click these orange tags a list of other related comments who has for example just placed #OMG on other videos.

Click the below image to see the little orange YouTube comment tags:

Below links will show the latest comments using the following YouTube comment # hash tags:

#OMG

#LOL

#FTW

#FAIL

How to write the youtube comments tags
Simple just copy and paste these direct into the youtube comment box from this post until you remember them:

#OMG

#LOL

#FTW

#FAIL

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Google would like us all to speed up the net using a Google Public DNS and to do this you need to add the Google Public DNS on your computer or router. I’m thinking none tech people should just forget about this as one error will just kill the net connection and give isp’s a read head ache.

I’m thinking is this a new way for Google to monitor our every move online and use this data for ranking, Google ads bid increases etc..

Is this a new spy service with a fancy logo? (Leave a comment below)

Read the Google Blog Here
Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS

Google has just launched Google buzz within their free email service Gmail (you need a gmail account) , if you’re an avid Gmail user look out for this new icon on the left.

Google Buzz Icon

By Google adding Google Buzz social networking feature it will challenge the likes of Twitter and Facebook who do you think will come up on TOP (tell me below) ?  Google buzz can also be used on mobile phones like the   iPhone where you can geo tag posts with your location.     I’m sure it will make short messaging sites like twitter go redundant.

Have you come across the Twitter live feeds within the front page of Google results.. See below:

Twitter live feeds within google front results

Google is testing live feeds around the world, I just wonder when they are making it a permanent feature, but I’m guessing they are tracking results passed to twitter from the Google search page before they switch it to show Google Buzz results on the front page of Google.

Google buzz  does not have any SEO value as yet!  But I’m sure many people will think of ways to create spam accounts and add thousands of people on autopilot like they do on twitter and spam the hell out of all Google buzz users.

I have already started to use this and it could be as addictive as twitter once was to me. It’s amazing you can upload images, movies all within one screen for people to comment about, instead of jumping from one page to another as we all do in twitter when someone posts an image link or YouTube link.

Surprisingly the first day I clicked the Google Buzz icon in my gmail people were already waiting to follow me.

So I suggest you give it a go and tell me what you think below..

Google buzz

Google Buzz for Mobile

Google just launched the addition of a new domain to their list of international domain names google.ps for Palestine.

The new domain will give Arabic-speaking users in the Palestinian Territories, who use Palestinian ISPs, access to Google in Arabic–and eventually, access to more locally-relevant content.

Local domain names are part of a bigger strategy for Google, they’re a first step towards making the web more accessible and relevant for users from around the world, providing local services to them wherever they happen to be.

Google has already previously launched a number of local domain names for other countries including Jordan, Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Libya among others and plans to continue doing so.

With the launch of google.ps, is now time to get your site listed -  Add your URL to Google Palestine

Google has set up a controversial new tool that permits the public to comment about any web site in a side bar displayed in their web browser.  I think this tool will open a wave of problems with spammers talking rubbish about great sites, there is also nothing stopping someone’s competitor using this tool under lots of Gmail id’s and creating a hate campaign against its rivals.

Google Sidewiki, the tool is integrated in the latest version of Google Toolbar and works with both Firefox and Internet Explorer but ironically, not yet Google Chrome. To use Sidewiki, download the most recent version of the Google Toolbar and set it to enhanced.

Once activated, Sidewiki glides across from the left and becomes an browser sidebar, where you can compose entries in a vertical column and read the entries of other people. To activate Sidewiki, you simply click on the Sidewiki button in your Toolbar menu or the little talk bubble on the left hand side of your screen.

Google sidewike also lets you share information about a website with other users on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and Google profiles.

Try it here – Google Sidewiki