Omar Kattan » Gadgets & Tools

Multiple Google Alerts Using Yahoo PIPES

Omar Kattan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:43:06 +0000

Google provides an alert service for monitoring various keywords in it's search index as well as news, blogs and other properties it owns. This can be very useful for monitoring online reputation. ... Read more..

Google Webmaster Tools – Setup and Data Usage

Omar Kattan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:55:17 +0000

Google Webmaster Tools is a free service provided by Google which allows webmasters to have an insider's view on how Google views a website. Google Webmaster Tools also provides webmasters with a commnication channel with Google to provide them with info such as reporting spam in the Google index, reporting paid links (eg by competitiors ;-)) and most crucially, submitting a site reconsideration request (if your site has been penalised by Google!)

Setting up a Google webmaster tools account is very easy, follow these simple steps:

Google Bans Web Position Gold?

Omar Kattan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:14:15 +0000

It seems that Google could have banned the keyword visibility tool Web Position Gold (owned by WebTrends) from automatically querying its database for natural and paid search positions. The block seems to have occured on August 1st 2008.

Google specifically states on the webmaster guidelines section of its website that tools of this sort are not allowed and it specifically�... Read more..

Free Traffic Estimation Tools

Omar Kattan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:04:04 +0000

Here are some tools I use for estimating traffic potential for keywords:

Google Adwords Tool

The Google Adwords traffic estimation tool gives you an estimation of traffic to a particular keyword(s) or allows you to plug in a URL for a particular site to crawl and bring back suggestions.

The figures from Adwords are displayed in graphs and not actual numbers, but it gives you a good place to start you keyword research as it gener... Read more..

This Site May Harm Your Computer

Omar Kattan — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:19:38 +0000

"This site may harm your computer", this is what Google placed underneath all my listings towards the end of last week, why?... Well basically because a hacker managed to penetrate my server and place invisible code designed to place Read more..

Google Supports Gadget Developers

Omar Kattan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:09:58 +0000

Are you a gadget developer? If you are then you'll be happy to learn that Google has, on its official blog , decided to invest $5,000 grants for gadg... Read more..

Google’s “Powerpoint” Application

Omar Kattan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:23:45 +0000

In yet another direct attack on Microsoft's core business, Google has acquired the assets of Zenter, a company... Read more..

Gizmoz – the future of avatars

Omar Kattan — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:51:34 +0000

Have you created an avatar of yourself at Gizmoz yet? No? what are you waiting for!! I've created the picture in this post using Gizmoz and I must say.... Read more..

Google Gobbles Panoramio

Omar Kattan — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:59:52 +0000

Google has bought Panoramio Photo Sharing for an undiscosed sum (but probably for a few billion $$$) Panoramio lets users publish and locate photos via Google Maps and Google Earth and allows other users to view them based on location. Panoramio's database already contains over one million photos. Here is the statement on Panoramio's homepage: "Today, we are pleased to announce the planned acquisition of Panoramio by Google. This acquisition is a great opportunity for Panoramio uploaders to le... Read more..

Google Custom Search (Co-op Beta)

Omar Kattan — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:41:31 +0000

Did you know that you can now use Google's search technology to add custom search to your site? Google has launched its Google Custom Search (Co-op Beta) which allows you to "Harness the power of Google search technology to create a free Google Powered C... Read more..