The fastest and easiest way to have text link from Google is using Google profile free service, and this is IMFreakz Profile at Google.

Next step is be part of Google Partner by joining their Website Optimizer Authorized Consultant (WOAC) Program. Interested in becoming a partner? See instructions and a list of requirements here . After send an email to Google about detailed application document explaining how you meet all of the criteria, then your company site will list here at Google web optimizer Partner page (PR7).

What are the benefits of becoming authorized? You’ll get:
* The ‘Website Optimizer Authorized Consultant’ logo and designation
* Elevated technical support
* Co-marketing opportunities
* A listing on the Website Optimizer Partner page
* $1,000 of free AdWords advertising

Google changes their navigation menus in the left-hand side bar into their own windows. This menu also change into collapsible menu.

And their shared items section is now have its own window, and can be treated as its own section accordingly.

See Picture Below :


(old)

(new)

What will you get in this new look ?

• Collapsible navigation
• Hide unread counts
• More feed bundles!

You lost something ? You didn’t find the button you usually use ?
* The “Refresh” button from the subscription list is now in the Subscriptions options menu or triggered by simply clicking on the word “Subscriptions”
* The “Show all – updated” controls are now in the Subscriptions options menu.
* The “Add subscription” button has moved to the top of the navigation pane.

On page 1, result for Busby SEO Contestant from no 1 – 100, there’s nothing weird. See picture below :

I marked the top 4 result, and after click the next result page (101 – 200), I see page of top 4 of Busby SEO Test contestant again. See the picture below :

I do not know what happen to this USA google data center. Then I check another data center, to make sure error result only happen to that USA data center. I check in Canada data center, UK data center, but the error result not appear.

Okay, I think this only temporarly error. And hope Google will fixed that error soon. Meanwhile, we must prepare another strategy because we want the best position in this competition. And we also prepare and begun to spell our Mantra and hope our SEO Magic can give us the best result.

See this picture below : I also make comment for my page on that search result

Using this feature I can swap IMfreakz position to No: 1 and push it back to No:2 . How I do this in a minute ? Easy. If you want to see your Busby SEO Test Page in the top positions, you just need to log on to your google account. Search for your keyword target, after you see your url promote it (using the up button), make a comment  on that SERP. Take a screenshoot and tell the world you are the champion . Easy huh ….. You don’t need to test your SEO page and Skill for being number 1 on Busby SEO Test in a minute.

Curious about this features, I read more on Google Official Blog Release News. Cedric Dupont, Product Manager, and Corin Anderson, Google Software Engineer said SearchWiki is a way for Google to customize search engine result page by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting. With just a single click user can move the results to the top or add a new site.

Do we have to scared about these changes ? Do these changes will affect the SEO industry ?

Bernie Borges ( findandconvert.com ) said :

This will force some SEO services firms to change their business model to deliver tangible value to their clients. I don’t expect this to be a major problem for most SEO firms except perhaps those whose background is very technical with limited marketing expertise. Are you ready for the evolution of SEO in 2009? It’s already started. So, the time to get ready is yesterday.

Still curious about the SERP, then I ask my friend about the change I made on the result page of Busby SEO Contest. Did he see the change ? He said NO, nothing happen with the result. I’m sure that the ranking change only effects my computer and only if a log on my google account. Is this mean in the future Google search will display different/custom results for every computer ?

I try too convince my self, and found this In Google Experimental article, Google clearly said this is just experimental search. “Note that this is an experimental feature and may be available for only a few weeks.”

What do you think about Google SearchWiki ?
Join the conversation at seo chat forum, or digital point forum

It seems Google want to be global leader in the web market, not just for Search Engine. They announce automatic translation in Google Reader which will automatically translate a feed into your own language. By using Google Translate technology, this option doesn’t seem to provide perfect translation.

With this integration users can easily translate feeds from the drop down menu on the top right corner into their native language. But I found many bloggers disappointed because of it’s poorly translated versions.

Read about Google announcement here :

Next time you find an interesting feed in another language, just subscribe to it as normal in Reader. When you view the feed in Reader, check off “Translate into my language” in the feed settings, and (voila!) the feed will be immediately translated for you. Also, this setting will be saved so you can always view this feed in your own language.

But I have to realized this new Google feature is not perfect, Yet. It is hard to translate into other languages as there are so many dialects and slang terms that it can often be hard to get the exact meaning. And let’s hope Google will doing better and better for this new application.

All the Busby SEO Test contestant are not allowed to buy a link, if they don’t have money . But, if you have a lot of money you can start to spent your money. And I hope debate about paid link in this contest are not going to happen again.

Okay, one problem solved. How about Google Paid Link Penalties ?

Google are still keeping an eye on blogs that sell links and review which pass pagerank. And Andy Beard said Google is in a Monopoly Position about this situations. Matt Cutts on his blog write he wants bloggers to disclose that they are doing a paid review of the site or use a nofollow tag to the links which are outside of the actual domain.It’s a few of simple ways :

1. If you buy a paid review, make sure your target blog for advertising not placing any P a y P e r Post, R e v i e w Me or S p o n s o r e d Ads banners. It might be, *might be not 100%* will put you on Google penalty list.
2. Buy a review or link from a related site.
3. And make sure this blog are not just write review posts, or just selling link without content on their site.
4. Contact the website owners personally, ask if they’re willing to sell you a link or some ad space on their site. Google will not detected these kinds of paid links (at least it almost impossible).

And this tips from SEOmoz according to void Google Penalties :
1. Don’t list their publishers or clients publicly
2. Don’t require any specific set of format or code for installation (or change it up very, very frequently)
3. Remain as “patternless” as possible in placement, choice of site, anchor text, etc.

I quote Search engine optimizer Aaron Wall doubts I found in blogoscoped.com, “There are risks if one is too aggressive, but as long as paid links is only a small portion of your overall marketing strategy it should not have much risk”.

Just a simple step, and I use Google Suggestion . Here the list what I found in Google Suggestion :

busby-seo-google-suggestion

busby seo contest 114,000 competing pages
busby seo challenge ranks.for 135 competing pages
busby seo challenges 1,100,000 competing pages
busby seo challenge deviantart 1,870 competing pages

It’s mean (I think) I must target this keyword too for my SEO Contest Blog, ’cause I don’t want miss my target.