It’s not a secret that Google uses some of the coolest technologies to maintain their services. But seeing it once is much more impressive than hearing mind-blowing numbers and examples many times. Pay attention at the colors of the pipes inside the building. They are just like the ones used on the web. Is that stylish or what?! By the way what do you think of all that? (Leave us a comment)

UserFly will record every action performed by a visitor at one’s site and will organize them by visitor sessions. Then one can play back and see everything a given visitor did with his mouse or keyboard, just as if the tester was standing behind the visitor’s back. The importance of initial and recurring site usability testing is also discussed in the new chapter of SEO Jumpstart Guide called Website Usability Testing.

As of now a free account provides you with 10 visit captures a month. There are paid plans that will fit the needs of companies and developers of all sizes. For more information refer to the video bellow or visit UserFly’s website.

What-s and Why-s of Image Search

First of all, one should understand that indexed images will not only be viewed by people, who use Image Search directly, but also throughout Google properties. Images get mixed in within results of Universal search, as well as on Maps. So, if you post images of Chicago, its attractions and important destinations, a searcher may find your images by running a relevant query anywhere in Google.

The other thing we should understand that Google Image Search is not for people who try to reap off your work. A lot of people use IS when they are shopping or researching for school. Some also use it for inspiration or even to kill time. And yet some even use it to study foreign languages by looking up visual “explanations” rather than digging through boring dictionary definitions. In other words, if your blog/site provides rich visual content, especially if it is subject or market specific and will set you aside from other similar sites, make sure it gets indexed by Google Image Search. And with Image Search you do not have to fight for the domination on the first result page, since those who use this service will go deep into results to find what they want.

Getting Indexed by Google Image Search

As with most of Google’s tools, Image Search is all about satisfying its users. Therefore you should always keep your focus on … Whom? … That is absolutely right – Users! Make sure you use high quality images. This will make viewers pick your image among many others. Place them within related contents and provide descriptive titles. Keep your images above the fold and avoid duplicates.

The interface of this tool is very simple and easy to use. Reports are shown with highlighted links that will take one to the original data providers’ websites, where he or she can get more details. Page boss is available in four different languages: English, German, Turkish and Italian. If the service proves to be useful and its popularity grows, we can expect it many other languages.

This tool is free to use and is available without any registrations. It will fit the needs of most novice bloggers and webmasters by saving time that would be required to access all these online statistical services manually. If you have comments or wish to suggest similar online tools, leave a word or two at the bottom of this page.

Watch this video to get a better understanding of nofollow links and the way they are treated by Google. Why some (not most) websites choose to implement nofollow links. Concerns of online publishers and possible workarounds for the issue.

Blogging is no longer just an online diary; it has been accepted web wide as a great marketing and community building means. And since keyword competiveness will be important for many commercial blogs, they has to be designed and fine-tuned for crawlers as well as visitors to increase the chance of being well indexed by search engines. Our intent is to make our SEO guide comprehensive for people who do not poses any special knowledge of web design or programming, although some topics will have to be decorated with code examples and some tech lingo.

We will gladly accept any comments and recommendations from the readers. So, do not hesitate to contact us with your feedback. If you happened to be an expert on the subject and would like to participate in writing, editing some sections of the SEO Jumpstart Guide, we will gladly review your propositions.

For those who are not familiar with this event we are going to say that this is one of the coolest gathering of Internet search and marketing gurus and those who want to learn something from them. For more information visit PubCon’s website (http://www.pubcon.com/austin2009.htm).

The key-note speakers for this event will be Guy Kawasaki, whom you might have met at Twitter for he happens to be one of the most popular Guys out there, and Matt Cutts – Google’s lead quality control engineer.

Guy Kawasaki, besides being everywhere on Twitter, is also the author of eight famous books, among which are “The Art of the Start” and “How to Drive Your Competition Crazy”. Back in 1984 Kawasaki was on the marketing team for Macintosh. He has got quite a few tricks up his sleeve, which, we hope, he will gladly reveal and share with us at PubCon this time.

Extra Fun for PubCon Visitors

Austin is well known for its live music events. This year’s PubCon South is being held back to back with Austin’s music, film and interactive media festivals. Make an extended stay and experience first-hand the fun spirit of the party capital of the South.

We have also laid a foundation for our SEO Checklist for Bloggers. It is a quick guide to some of the main points in structural optimization for blogs. The checklist will be updated regularly, so bookmark it for the future and come back to check for updates regularly.

And finally, we got some updates for the review page of all main features of the major blog solutions available at the moment. It will help one to make the right decision as for which blogging software to go with. If you are new to blogging, don’t forget to check it out.

BM Button (BM stands for BookMark) is a great FREE solution for those folks, who wish to be promoted by their visitors to a multitude of bookmarking, sharing and social news sites. It makes it so much easier to submit the pages from your site! But it is not the only benefit of having a bookmark button within your texts. One can also run some advanced reporting to analyze visitors’ responses to his or her content.

BM Button Stats

Ever wondered which pages are shared or bookmarked by your visitors? Do you want to know the users of which bookmarking services are the most active at your site? Then use the button script from BMButton.com and find the answers for your questions.

BM Button Plugin for WordPress

If you run a self hosted WordPress blog, check out the BM Button plugin for WP - available to download as soon as you register your free account. This BM Button plugin will automatically insert a button into every post of your blog and will give you a 7-day button use stats right from your dashboard.

More to Come

According to the team that created this cool button more cool features will be added very soon. One of them will be “Custom Looks” to fit designs of your sites 110%. Other features are being prioritized and planed out. The developers will be happy to get any suggestions from the users of the button to give them in future releases exactly what they want. If you have a comment, visit their contact page at the support section and drop a line.

When it comes to SEO, having the right tools is what makes all the difference. Today we are introducing our readers to a new tool - Exact Factor - that may come in handy for the website owners who would like to track the success of their online content in relation to keywords and search engine results.

Exact Factor is a free online tool that does not require any downloads and can be accessed via a quick registration. It is equipped with a simple intuitive interface that will get you started without excessive documentations and introductions. All one needs to do is to supply his or her website’s address and the key words to find out how well his or her website is situated in search result pages of the major search engines per this word or phrase. One may opt in to receive electronic notifications as the picture of the search result landscape changes.

Idan Ohayon, who proudly represents the project, gladly answered our questions regarding the service. He stated that the tool will remain free for as long as it stays active online. The team is planning to add some more services in addition to the core one, which they will provide for a small fee. These will be extra SEO tools that will help analyze the tracked data.

We wish the guys all the best luck with their project and welcome any comments that you may have about this tool.