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I just logged in the new interface of Google Adwords. The look and feel of the new AdWords is now very much like Google Analytics.

First screenshots of the new Google AdWords interface.

Do you like how it looks like? To fuel the fire, I’m using Google AdWords everyday and I can definitely say that this is a huge improvement. The new ajaxy interface gives it a desktop-app-like feel. I’ve tried loading it in Google Chrome and was blazing fast. The old interface for me was very clunky and slow. So any improvement from that is a jump ahead.

Kudos to the Google AdWords team for making this improvement. It’s really cool!

I’m an avid subscriber of NETTUTS. A popular tech blog that covers a wide range of topics about web development such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMS’s, PHP and Ruby on Rails. I was curious how many of their pages are actually indexed at Google and I tried to learn more.

Let’s take a look how many pages at NETTUTS are indexed. Note that this will vary from one location to another, as well as ISP used and nearest datacenter used by Google (I’m currently testing this in North America and the count is going to be variable and approximate).

Let’s hit “site:nettuts.com” at Google. They have approximately 588 indexed pages. Now let’s see how many backlinks they have. Let’s hit “link:nettuts.com“. They have approximately 1,400 links going back to them.

The numbers above are not really that much. However, what matters here is when you look at their RSS feed subscriber count, they have 14,400.

So, what’s the point? Sites like NETTUTS still proves that content is king. It doesn’t matter 100% how many pages of your site are indexed at Google, what’s really important is that you deliver quality content to your visitors.

The rest follows.

I’ve been searching for a quick link to Google Profiles on Google.com and there really isn’t one that is obvious to the regular users. It’s actually buried in a help page from Google.

So, here is the link to your Google Profile, making it easy for everyone else who is having a hard time looking for it.

http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/me

Want to search for someone else’s profile on Google? Easy. Let’s say you are looking for Barack Obama’s Google Profile. Just go here…

http://www.google.com/s2/profiles?q= 

…then simply enter “Barack Obama”.

That was easy right? Yeah I know, it’s pretty cool.

I don’t know if this has been announced already. But I just noticed a URL parameter on Google Ads. Coordinates.

They’re probably starting to track click coordinates on graphic ads. Google can/should provide Google Adwords users heatmap statistics on graphic ads pretty soon. A feature already being offered by Crazy Egg for some time now.

Live.com Search updated their background with the cool image of Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium

You can see it over here.

First off, what is Baidu? Why does it make sense to submit all your websites there? Ok, simply put, Baidu provides an index of over 740 million web pages, 80 million images, and 10 million multimedia files. According to Compete, the Baidu has more than 1.5 million monthly visitors. And that’s the main reason why.

I can’t understand Chinese. How and where do I submit my site? Here’s how:

1) Go to this URL: http://www.baidu.com/search/url_submit.html

2) You should see something like this:

Just enter your URL (web address) on the first input box.

3) Enter the code that you will see just right at the bottom (It’s Y2C2 in my case. That code changes randomly).

4) Click the submit button beside it and you’re done!

Easy huh?

Here’s the URL again http://www.baidu.com/search/url_submit.html, bookmark it for future use.

Here’s the English translation if you really wanted to know.

We’ve finally completed our partnership with SimplyHired, Indeed, WowJobs and Kapehan for job aggregation and distribution. SimplyHired is also providing a job search engine for LinkedIn Canada and MySpace UK.

What does this mean to you as an employer?
Aside from our great visibility at search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Live), your job ads will have further exposure thru our job aggregators. This exponentially increases the visibility of your job openings to job seekers who are visiting social networks and other services.

How do I get my job there?
SimplyHired, Indeed and WowJobs only list jobs that have specific locations such as city and state/province. So next time you post a job, make sure you don’t forget to choose a city and state/province. This is however, not applicable for country-wide job postings.

New Employer Dashboard Features

• View your subscription details
• View and print your invoices
• Did your subscription expire? No problem. You can login and re-subscribe inside your dashboard under “Settings > Subscription”
• We have more updates on our blog…

Mployd is an honorable mention at the SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards

We have received an honorable mention at the recent 2008 SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards and we are fast becoming one of the largest job posting website on the Internet today and slowly taking market share away from some of the largest employment job sites.

Mployd Affiliate Network Launched

We are proud to announce the launch of our new affiliate program. This will allow website owners to make some extra cash promoting Mployd. So, if you want to monetize your existing traffic, sign up as an affiliate now!

More information here

Yes. This is my newest browser home page. Goosh (http://goosh.org).

This is a unix-shell-like interface for Google. If you are like me who miss the quick links at the upper left hand corner of google for reader and Gmail. Just type in “l gmail” for Gmail and “l reader” for Google Reader.

For more quick commands, use “h”.

I don’t think I’m going back to the google.com interface if goosh.org improves the speed. Recommended to all geeks!

Wtg!

–aj

We’ve updated Egghub recently, optimized some pages and it should be loading a bit faster.  We’ve also enhanced/optimized for search engines. More cool stuff on the way.

What is Egghub? Think of it as your aNobii or Shelfari for Discs.

Check it out!

–aj

It’s official and this one ends the long saga of Microsoft’s acquisition offer to Yahoo! where they rejected. It’s also all over the blogosphere here, here and here.