Google Answers

•Google and its data centres
   by Clare Lawrence By Clare Lawrence 2nd January 2004 Ever wondered how Google manages its 3 billion plus index? In this article I explain how big G is organised. Google uses data centres, these spread the workload between more than 10,000 computers. How Many Google data centers are there? As of 2nd January 2004, there are 13 data centres, these are located across the globe. More are added from time to time. Domain IP Address www-mc.google.com 66.102.7.100 www-lm.google.com 66.102.9.100...

•Which TLD
   by Clare LawrenceWhich top-level domain (TLD) to choose?By Clare Lawrence 10th March 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.I am often asked this question. Is it possible that search engines such as google give preference to the .com TLD? Or are TLD’s all treated equally?As a test I picked a random phrase “Technical services” and did a search on Google.com. The results:1. .org 2. .com 3. .com 4. .net 5. .co.uk Trying the phrase again...

•Google
   by Clare Lawrence By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2004 How can I do well on ? I get asked this question a lot. has grown hugely over recent years and now accounts for smoothing like 55% of all web searches. is too important a search engine to ignore, but what’s required to get to the top? Well a starting point is to read ’s guidance to webmasters: www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html Hopefully this sets the scene, is fighting a war against spammers. It wants sites that contain good...

•Domain and website tools
by Clare LawrenceDomain and website toolsBy Clare Lawrence 29th October 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. I use several tools to monitor the performance of my own websites, by regularly reviewing their progress I can see what works and what does not. Ranking tools Where is my listing? Want a tool that can tell you which page your site appears on by keyword? www.top25web.com/cgi-bin/report.cgi Top25web searches domain names by keyword...

•Dynamic Pages
 by: Clare Lawrence Dynamic pages and the Search Engines By Clare Lawrence 10th March 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. Do search engines such as google penalise dynamic pages? Dynamic pages are used to deliver content from a database to websites  the advantage being that data can be updated and the contents of pages changed without the need to reload pages etc. Google publishes guidance notes on its site at...

•How best to use Links
   by Clare Lawrence By Clare Lawrence 21st August 2003 Introduction Google is the world’s leading search engine and it measures link popularity as a key component of its ranking algorithm, using what is calls PageRank. Read the following quote from Google’s advice to webmasters: www.google.com/technology/index.html PageRank Explained PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google...

•Links and link building with Google
   by Clare Lawrence By Clare Lawrence 1st June 2003. Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK provider of domain names and web hosting services Google is the leading search engine, so having the right strategy for optimisation on Google is essential. FFA sites Having a link on your website to an FFA (free for all) otherwise known as a links farm will not damage your PR. What will harm your site and your Google Page rank is outbound links from your site TO FFA sites. Page rank is...

•Want a better website ranking
?   by Clare Lawrence?By Clare Lawrence 8th June 2004 Almost everyone wants to improve their rankings in the search engines, also known as Search engine results placement. How to do it? The web is full of services offering to submit your website to 1,000’s of search engines and directories for $19.99. As you might imagine nearly all of these services produce very disappointing results. How should I go about it? I focus on Google, the leading search engine as it currently accounts for about 56%...

•Tips on Domain Name Choice
by Clare LawrenceTips on Domain Name Choice By Clare Lawrence 3rd November 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. Before buying your domain name, give some thought to the followng:- 1) If possible use your sites name as the basis of your domain name e.g www.discountdomainsuk.com for Discount Domains UK. This might seem common sense but not every site follows the convention. If you use your name in your URL it will be much easier for your...

•Which Directories
   by Clare LawrenceBy Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004 There are literally 1,000 of directories on the web and new ones pop up every day. Which ones should I submit to? Well firstly, provided a directory’s pages are indexed by the search engines (e.g. Google) and each page has a definite theme, then they all are! A few directories do however, have a strong effect on search engines rankings and have sufficient visitor volumes to warrant the effort to get a listing. Some are free, others charge....