Tag Archives: Google Personalization

8
Nov

To All Those Newbie Bloggers Who Don’t Yet Believe the Power of Blogging….

By: Amber Ludwig

I, like many of you, just heard about Google+Pages. Being the total geek I am, I instantly raced to Google+ and set up my own business page. Check out my new Google+ Page (and I hope you add it to your circles!).

This post isn’t about Google+ Pages, but I do intend to write one once there’s a little more to share about it. For now you can add your description, photo, same ‘ole — but I still of course suggest you set one up for yourself!

What’s fun (and sometimes frustrating) about playing with online tools is that I feel like I’m living in a pin ball machine. My attention pings from one place to another and shortly my brain hurts and I feel a little overwhelmed – information overload (yes it happens to all of us, even those that do this for a living!)


29
Dec

Google Personalization on Your Seach Results Plus How to Turn it Off

By: Amber Ludwig


I don’t know about you, but I’ve already started to see the changes. More and more social networking links are climbing to the tops of search results for all sorts of keywords but more than that, Google’s “personalized search results” are kicking into effect.

“When possible, Google will customize your search results based on location and/or recent search activity. Additionally, when you’re signed in to your Google Account, you may see even more relevant, useful results…” – Google Support

This is a great tool if you are wanting to find the best rates on a product you buy often or if you want to keep up to date on certain websites that provide great information. But, if I search on my own website to monitor my search result placement Google starts to automatically put my website at the top. So while I think my SEO efforts are paying off, on your search results, something completely different will show.