Official Google Blog: Here comes Google Voice

Official Google Blog: Here comes Google Voice: "The new application improves the way you use your phone. You can get transcripts of your voicemail (see the video below) and archive and search all of the SMS text messages you send and receive. You can also use the service to make low-priced international calls and easily access Goog-411 directory assistance."

The Vassar Miscellany By Vassar College

The Vassar Miscellany By Vassar College: ""

Google Webmaster Tools: remove web pages with Content Removal Tools

Official page is here.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/04/requesting-removal-of-content-from-our.html

it’s part of the Google Webmaster Tools interface.

Google Releases Improved Content Removal Tools
Google has rolled out new tools to help people quickly
get content removed from its search engine. Those
targeted at site owners allow for speedy removal of
pages and cached copies of pages. Other tools allow
those to request the removal of images or links to
pages with personal information about themselves, in
the right circumstances. More on the tools and various
options are covered below.
For details:
http://searchengineland.com/070417-213813.php

What is a good click-through rate in Adwords?

From Pure Visibility's Pay Per Click Answers:

A good CTR is one that makes your keyphrase profitable. On average, Adwords accounts will have a CTR around 2.0%. E-commerce sites might have an average around 6%. Accounts where a company only bids on terms related to their trademark might have a CTR around 15%. CTR is not a good metric to use to determine the success of your account. It depends on the focus of your site, the average position of your ads, the types of keyphrases being bid on, and how often spam impressions are created (for checking ranks, or activities like this). It’s good to try to improve CTR in certain cases, but the question “what is a good click-through rate, is not a good question.” It’s better to ask, “How can I make my ad better.”

More on this from the Pure Visibility site.

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Posting to your blog from a mobile phone

See Blogger Mobile:

As indicated by the graphic above, sending an MMS or email to go@blogger.com will automatically create a new blog. Your photo, along with any text you add, will be uploaded to that blog right away and then we'll message you back with the address so you can visit your new blog on the web.

Level up: Google Gadgets API Developer Guide

Google Gadgets are lumps of code that can live either on your web page or on a Google customized home page. There's an application programming interface, documented here.

Level 1: find the API guide, marvel at complexity, leave it alone for now.

Level up: Adwords Keyword Tool

The Adwords Keyword Tool lets you build out estimates of keyword costs and traffic and to discover related terms for your advertising campaigns. It can also be used to collect ideas for related words for blogging, so that you get better Adsense traffic. For more on that see the 103bees article 5 simple steps to boost your Adsense income.

Level 1: try it out with the phrase "adwords keyword tool"; it returns

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