Finally! Google Shows us the Backlinks

If you’ve ever compared Google’s link: command to that of Yahoo or MSN, you probably know how useless it is. For some reason, at some point, some one at Google decided to filter, and only show a small selection of all links to a site. Well, that has all changed now. You can now log in to your Google Webmaster Tools account, and find a plethora of link data.

I logged in and checked it out a few minutes ago, and I must say, I’m thoroughly impressed. Links are divided into 2 groups: internal and external. If you have several links from one site, each page is listed individually. It would be nice to have the option to show only domains, and not every single page, since it can be sort of overwhelming to have to dig through hundreds of links from one site, like (http://site.com/?pid=323, http://site.com/?pid=325, http://site.com/?pid=329, etc…). They did add the ability to search for specific pages, but don’t allow you do wildcard searches. I guess the ability to export a spreadsheet of every single link sort of makes up for that though.

Here’s a link to the official announcement from Google.

Source: seologs.com

Yahoo goes ‘desi’ with 7 Indian languages

Internet brand Yahoo on Thursday announced that Yahoo India portal is now available in seven Indian languages -- Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi and Gujarati.

It also announced that Yahoo Messenger 8.0 now allows users to chat in nine Indian languages -- Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati.

Managing Director of Yahoo India George Zacharias said the localization of the Yahoo India portal will revolutionize user experience and invite more users to access information on a daily basis for news, reviews and events happening around them.

"Innovation is key driver for our product development, in order to make Yahoo relevant to the next 200 million Indians that will come online in the next few years," Zacharias told reporters.

Courtesy: expressindia.com

A Brand New Site Monetization Alternative

For those of you who are looking to try out a new monetization method, there’s a brand new alternative. It’s called AdVolcano. I haven’t actually tried it yet. I thought I’d mention it here first, and see if I get any good reviews in the comments.

AdVolcano is similar to companies like Google ads and Text Link Ads, in that they act as a middle man to bring advertisers and publishers together, but promises to bring some extra added value:

With AdVolcano, you won’t have to worry about being stuck in box of having to try to find an ad format/ size that you can fit somewhere in the design of your site, without making the page look like an ad with some content. They allow you to fully customize ad formats and sizes. I know this would definitely be a bonus for me.

Unlike other programs that evaluate your site with their own secret algorithm that may or may not change from day to day, AdVolcano allows you to set your own prices. Seems like a fair system. Want an ad on my site? It’ll cost you $300/ week for a 10×10 pixel ad in the footer.

AdVolcano pays publishers 75% of the take on advertising. Unlike some other ads that no one (except for the guys in white coats) knows.

Source: SEOLOGS.COM