So, Google announced earlier today that its cracking down on scammers on AdWords more aggressively than ever. The blog post claims that Google will not be accepting or publishing ads for illegal products such as counterfeit goods or harmful products such as handguns or cigarettes. Also it has upped the standard bars for fighting most of the known scams on the Internet. Google seems to be claiming that it has… Continue reading

Google Labs has come up with this amazing new app that will help you create amazing new avatars of yourself the Android way. You can stretch, pull, extend, bulk up, add accessories, shades etc with this app and it all works so seamlessly. The app also lets you share the created image as your avatar on social networking sites directly from the app. Makes life so easier!   Check out… Continue reading

Google has been upgrading the look and theme of all its products to the new Google Plus format recently. It started with Google Docs and the latest to get an upgrade is Blogger. Blogger will soon be available in the Google Plus theme making the whole array of Google products look like one seamless experience. Check out a few screenshots of the new interface. That looks more like WordPress dashboard… Continue reading

From the time YouTube approved those on-top-of-video ads, there have been complaints. When Google talks about a rich user experience on all of its products, (which it has successfully implemented) YouTube stands out as an exception. Many people think that Advertisements showing up on videos are pure distraction more than anything. When one is in the mood to watch a video, he shall not click an Ad atop it, nor… Continue reading

When it comes to SEO services its always packages or long term plans, isn’t it? Most of the time, the buyer pays for search engine ranks he is getting (supposed to) later down the line. some time months, sometime even years together. Very few people offer guaranteed Search Engine Optimization services. When I say few, really very few. Most SEO companies blame it on external factors if they aren’t able… Continue reading

Search engines, be it Google or Yahoo work on complex search algorithm sorting patterns. These search algorithms are complex set of calculations done by super computers, which enable accurate results on the results page. Google has one set and Yahoo another set of search algorithms. But wait, this post is not about how they work and the deciphered codes. (Wish I could crack them!) Here is an interesting video about… Continue reading

On Reddit, there’s a popular thread about how the Google universal navigation bar is playing around with people. Well, some people who’re probably a little too bothered. Nevertheless a problem is a problem. The complaint is about the Google universal navigation bar. The black one that was revamped during the Google Plus roll out. Some folks are complaining that it behaves differently on different Google properties on the web. For… Continue reading

The other day my colleague almost got me..when he was smoking that cigarette right under the smoke detector, right inside the office cubicle!

Little did I know that he was smoking an electronic cigarette. It looked, exactly the same as a cigarette, there were fumes, but he was standing right under the smoke detector and nothing happened.

In fact, the electronic cigarette was looking way more cool than… Continue reading

Today India celebrates Gandhiji’s birthday (October 2nd) and Google has a special doodle on its India homepage.

P.S – If you remember, Google had missed the Indian Independence day last August 15th, so this is interesting to see… Continue reading

Just got hired by Webbizideas.com, and I’ll be contributing more articles over there on Search Engine Optimization. More of “how to” articles and tutorials which DSB readers would enjoy reading. Feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed here.

Webbizideas is based out of Minneapolis, and has a wide range of professional services to deliver ranging from web design to internet marketing including SEO.

Web biz ideas have… Continue reading