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SEO Ranking Factors in a Periodic Table

Source: Search Engine Land

Twitter – Instant Follow Button

Twitter has grown in such a rapid rate. Five years ago, Twitter started being developed by a small team of people. 3 years, 2 months and 1 day after that, it reached its 1st billionth tweet.

Following Twitter’s effort to make it easier for people to follow someone on twitter, they just released today their own “Instant Follow” button. I’m surprised that they just come up with it recently. Facebook has had their own “Instant Like” button a long time ago. With Twitter’s instant follow button, your visitor doesn’t have to leave your website to follow you on twitter. He/she just has to click that “Follow” button and voilla…he/she is now following you on twitter.

To create your twitter instant follow button, go to http://twitter.com/about/resources/followbutton and fill out your information. After that, simply copy and paste the code to your website.

If you are still interested with their old follow button, you can still find them at http://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons

Google Latest Changes – Week 21, May 2011

Some updates about the latest changes and updates done by Google.

• If you are looking for an area in Google Search, or even a zip code, Google is marking that area on Google Map and put it as part of your search result. In this example below, I was searching for “32503″, a zip code for Pensacola, FL area. 
• This second one is a happy news for Gmail users. Google is now adding more “protection” for people who is planning to attach an attachment, but oftentimes forgot to actually attach the file. Now, if you mention anything about “attachment” in your email body, Google will warn you if you hit the send button without actually attaching anything to your email.
• If you were using Google Webmaster Tool to manage your website, you will now find a new section for Google Instant Preview. The purpose for this is to match if the screenshot Google captured as your website reflects what normal visitors see when they visit your site. If not, it means Google is having some problem crawling and deciphering your website.

I’m sure Google released more updates than what I listed here. If you know more of Google’s interesting updates, please let us know by leaving your comment below.