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Google Subnet welcomes new blogger, Jon Rognerud! Jon is an SEO consultant, founder of Internet marketing firm Chaosmap.com and author of the Ultimate Guide to Search Engine Optimization. Today he writes:

What are the ways to improve my website performance? And, especially for Google? This is a very common question, and I get questions about it all the time. I also test search strategies continually to provide the best solutions and answers for myself. Since there was a recent announcement from Google regarding SEO (search engine optimization) and how to best use a White-Hat approach to tuning your website for search engines, I wanted to provide that and other information that you can put to use immediately.

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  • Getting to the why behind Google's SearchWiki Submitted by Google Subnet on Fri, 11/21/2008

    When Google launched SearchWiki, a new tool that lets users edit and mark up their Google search results, the company said its aim was to let users tailor their search results for their own specific needs, making the results more useful in the long run. But as with everything Google, there's another side to the story.

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  • Google, Obama and a new WPA Submitted by Google Subnet on Fri, 11/21/2008

    The current economic downturn keeps being compared with the Great Depression, and if the expected negative GDP and unemployment numbers are to be believed, the incoming Obama administration will have its hands full with big problems. But Google's ideas for a new energy grid and broadband initiatives may be part of the solution. By getting government behind them, they could provide much needed stimulus to the lagging economy while leaving us with a sound, efficient infrastructure to grow on. It could be like a modernized version of the New Deal's WPA, but focused on technology (and technology workers).

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  • Selling Tide, and text ads Submitted by Google Subnet on Thu, 11/20/2008

    Vnunet reports that Google and consumer products heavyweight Procter & Gamble have traded some staffers in order glean advertising know-how from each other. For P&G, the goal was to figure out how best to leverage the "new" world of online search and advertising, while Google hoped to get more insight into how to snag--and keep--big ad spenders like P&G. It's sort of like Mad Men meets the Internet.

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  • Google helps firms weigh spam costs Submitted by Google Subnet on Thu, 11/20/2008

    With one big spam battle behind it, Google is set to continue the spam fight right to the enterprise. Its offering new ROI and TCO calculators designed to help enterprises not only weigh the costs of battling spam, but see the benefits of using Google's hosted Message security tool as well.

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