Website Design, Search Engine Optimization

I hate to admit it, but I am addicted to Google. Soon someone will develop a twelve step program for us Google addicts.

I find myself researching for hours who shows up on what page for certain key words and why. Luckily this is my business, but it has almost become a nightly game. Key words are only the beginning of the array tools Google offers; most of them in Beta version and free. I guess we can thank all the advertisers that use PPC (pay per click), they have made many of the tools and Google opportunities available to us.

Sometimes (a lot of the time) I feel guilty about the time I spend at night/day on Google, as a mother of three beautiful teenage boys, what am I doing spending my time on Google. They are probably glad that I have something else to do other than bothering them and; I am not one of those parents that can brag about how well my kids are doing in school. Shame on me.

It seems like not a day goes by in my life that Google is not in the news. What was it today, “Google Defends its Stand on Search in China”, and there will be something new tomorrow. Tonight I have decided to dedicate a category on my new and exciting Blog to the Google Gods (the day before Good Friday and a full moon, what could be more fitting).

Learn how to get a GMail account. (This may change over time but for April 2006 this is the rule)

GMail

First you need (must) have a gmail account, this is key to all most all of Gooooooooogle’s tools.

Below is the url to get a Google account:
https://www.google.com/accounts/SmsMailSignup1
For some reason they have decided to give out invitations when you give them your mobile phone number. I know many of you may be skeptical, but I would do it. Don’t worry. If you don’t want to give them your mobile phone number, then send me an email, toniCarr@gmail.com, I have some invites I would be glad to give out to interested parties.

See this page on Google for information to sign up without the invitation code or a mobile phone:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=mobile&answer=22245&hl=en
You will need to have an invite.