Thomas Hambach - Web engineer » google

Google competing with code search sites

Thomas Hambach — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:46:50 +0000

Google is also starting to compete with code search sites in their organic results! When searching for a PHP function called parse_ini_file I got this result.

google code search

Personally, I don’t really see use in it. Google search is getting a bit too cluttered with all this information.

Google Promote

Thomas Hambach — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:54:40 +0000

New to me is Google Promote. I’ve just spotted it today while wasting my time checking where I score for certain terms. You can call me old fashion.

Either way, for this little gimmick to appear you’ll have to be logged in to your Google account. Once you’re logged in you’ll see 2 icons next to your search result. The first one being “Promote” and the second one being “Remove”. If you click promote you’ll see the search result moving to the top of your page. When clicking “Remove” the search result dissapears magically to the bottom of your page. Google has even included a “puffy cloud” that says “poof” when you click this icon!

As for now, i have not seen any change in my search results or comments from other users. Perhaps Google hasn’t released it everywhere yet?

What?! You Didn’t Google Him?

Thomas Hambach — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:58:07 +0000

When you’re applying for a job, especially if it is in the IT sector, it’s getting quite common for an employer to look for you on any search engine. But shouldn’t we start Googling our (blind?) dates? Who knows, he might just be that old dirty guy from around the corner!

Yipikayee, I’m a Google Adwords Qualified Professional!

Thomas Hambach — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:14:22 +0000

After working for a Search Engine Advertising company for about 2.5 years, I’ve finally taken the Google Adwords exam and am now a Google Adwords Qualified Professional! My thanks go out to Wim, Fiorella & Annelies for their assistance!

Microsoft boycots adsense

Thomas Hambach — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:39:59 +0000

The title may be a bit too harsh, but it still remains a funny sight! Using the latest anti-phishing, the google adsense page is being blocked by Internet Explorer 7. You are recommended not to continue – and perhaps to use live search instead, we all know it’s better anyway!