Have you ever tried Google Advanced Search yet? If your answer is no then it’s time to check it out. I’ve recently noticed that Google’s Advanced Search is now even better and offers more features than ever.

As the name suggests the Advanced Search is for those who know the basics of Google Search. Google Advanced Search offers numerous options so that you can actually stop searching for a webpage and can start finding the webpage you are looking for.

With Advanced Search, you can search only for pages:

1. that contain ALL the search terms you type in
2. that contain the exact phrase you type in
3. that contain at least one of the words you type in
4. that do NOT contain any of the words you type in
5. written in a certain language
6. created in a certain file format
7. that have been updated within a certain period of time
8. that contain numbers within a certain range
9. within a certain domain, or website
10. that are available for anyone to use, share or modify, even commercially
11. that don’t contain "adult" material

You can even try the advanced search functions using the basic Google Search itself by understanding the various operators.

Source: Google Web Search Features  and Google Help Center

I’ve just noticed that Gmail now offers more than 3 GB of Free Storage. So, come on Google update the Trash from “No conversations in the Trash. Who needs to delete when you have over 2000 MB of storage?!” to “No conversations in the Trash. Who needs to delete when you have over 3000 MB of storage?!”

Here are some interesting related stories:

Google Vows to Increase Gmail Storage Limit

Google is speeding up the rate at which it adds storage to Gmail due to increased storage requirements for attachments such as photos.

Microsoft Goes to 1 GB, Google Ups Gmail to 4 GB

Microsoft late Thursday announced its Windows Live SkyDrive service was being upgraded to support 1 GB of file storage – double what was previously available. Meanwhile, Google on Friday said it would “speed up” the counter increasing storage available to Gmail users, reaching 4 GB by the end of the month.

Gmail: 42 GB Free Storage by 2038

Gmail just revised their storage estimates for the next 1449 years. Googlified dug around in the code and discovered that you’ll be getting a tiny increase to 2912 MB on Friday, 4.2 GB by October 23, 6 GB by January 4 2008, 42 GB by 2038 and 2.70266701 × 1072 TB by 3456. Google has since since confirmed by on the Gmail blog that the counter’s speed has been increased.

Gmail’s Storage Increases, 6 GB in January 2008

Gmail will increase the free storage gradually in the next days. On October 23, you’ll get 4321 MB of storage, then the growth will slow down until January 4, when you’ll have 6283 MB of storage. From January 4, you’ll receive 3.3 MB every day, that’s 10 times bigger than the current rate of growth.

Never ever delete email, Gmail storage increases

Running out of Gmail space already? How would you like some additional storage space so that you never, ever have to erase anything ever again? Well, everyone’s wishes have been answered!

More Gmail storage coming for all

When people ask me about my job, one of the common questions I get is, “Where does Gmail put all that mail?” I generally answer by pointing them to a web site like this one. While that’s not exactly how it works, we do spend a lot of time working to make sure our users have all the space they need.

Don’t have a Google AdWords Account? Then it’s time to get one. Here is a Flash Video about How to Setup Your Google AdWords Account.

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10 Yahoo! Search Marketing Tips You Probably Don’t Know
Why Should I Care About Search Engine Marketing?

Today, I’m going to share 10 Yahoo! Search Marketing Tips which you probably don’t know. All the 10 Tips are extracted from the emails I received from Yahoo! Search Marketing Customer Support Team so it’s 100% true.

Apply the following Tips & Earn Free PPC Credits Worth Over $1,000 from Yahoo! Search Marketing Sponsored Search

I. Create a short description for all existing ads to help ensure that the core message of your ad is included when the ad appears in Yahoo! Search results.

II. Follow Yahoo’s editorial guidelines to ensure that your ads go live as soon as possible and provide the highest quality experience to users.

III. Login to your Yahoo! Search Marketing account and use the “insert keyword” feature, to save time and help Yahoo! increase the relevancy and click-through rates of your ads.

IV. Yahoo! Search Marketing will not accept listings for web sites whose primary purpose is the collection of personally identifiable information to be used for consumer or promotional marketing, or related purposes.

V. If you are opening a new account then you will have to deposit some funds into your account, which will be used to pay for your initial click charges. The minimum amount of the deposit is $30.

VI. You are not allowed to utilize the same display URL across multiple accounts.  The system would read an error and only serve one of the accounts.  The URL you employ for your display must be owned and or operated by the account holder.

VII. At the time of review, if they find that your website is violating the aforementioned guidelines then Yahoo! will terminate your account and a refund of $30 (your initial deposit) will be issued to the Credit Card or PayPal account on file.

VIII. If you applied a Promotional Coupon during Sign Up then this credit will be shown in the Billing Transaction Detail report as an Adjustment. To view this report, log into your Yahoo! Search Marketing account and click the Reports tab. Click the Billing Transaction Detail Report and look for the Adjustment line item. (You can select the date range by clicking on the calendar icon located towards the top right of the page.  You can select your own date range or a pre-selected date range).

IX. Generally, when you sign up for an account via a promotion, the link you use will associate your account with the promotional code, which automatically applies the credit within 48 hours. If this does not occur, you can contact the customer support team at Yahoo! with the code to have the credit issued to your account. And, If you applied a promotion code manually by contacting their support team then please allow 3 to 5 business days for this credit to be applied.

X. Yahoo’s guidelines don’t allow you to open multiple accounts using the same Yahoo! Search Marketing promotional link/code/coupon.  Once they locate the account(s) that were opened with the same promotional link/code/coupon and same contact/billing information those accounts will be taken offline for promotional code abuse.

But if you were to create a brand new account which is not associated to any other account you have, then Yes, you may use a different promo code to create a separate account.

In order to open another account and apply another promotion code, you have to sign up for a new account with a new user name and a separate email address.

And Yes, You can use the same Credit Card on as many accounts as you want to create. Thus, there is no limit to the number of accounts an advertiser can fund with a single Credit Card or PayPal account (You can now pay your Yahoo! Search Marketing bill via PayPal), subject to availability of funds in the card.

Yahoo! Search Marketing Customer Solutions team says in an email: “You are more than welcome to open any amount of additional accounts using the same credit card, with any promotional offer that you may have being honored.”

Here is another email from Yahoo! Search Marketing Support Team: “You are able to open separate accounts using a promotional credit if you sign up with the link that offers the Promo Code. If we were to find out that the multiple accounts were created to advertise the same site in each account, the accounts will be taken offline for promotional code abuse. There can only be one promotional code per account and it must be a separate domain and site in each account.”

Yahoo! Search Marketing Sign Up

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Coupon Credit URL: Yahoo! Search Marketing Free £60 Credit

Still, I see that the $199 Yahoo Search Marketing Credit shows no credit at all on the landing page but at the same time its showing $199 Credit on it’s billing page. So, as it doesn’t show any credits on the landing page it’s risky to follow that because Yahoo! can deny that credit.

Now, I’ve got a $100 Coupon for you. It was earlier a $199 Promo Coupon but now this Promotional Code is good for a $100.00 credit only. But still it’s a deal. When you click $100 Yahoo Search Marketing Credit link you will notice that there is no credit shown on the landing page. But don’t worry it will show $100 Credit on the billing page as shown below. And it is valid.

See the response of Yahoo! Customer Support team regarding this coupon below.

Here is the response I received from Yahoo! Customer Solutions regarding this $199 Coupon (NOW a $100 Coupon).

“The promotional credit of $199.00 has since expired.  However, the credit is now good for the amount of $100.00 which will be reflected in your account balance tomorrow.

This credit will be shown in the Billing Transaction Detail report as an Adjustment. To view this report, log into your account and click the Reports tab. Click the Billing Transaction Detail Report and look for the Adjustment line item.

You can select the date range by clicking on the calendar icon located towards the top right of the page.  You can select your own date range or a pre-selected date range.”

Please allow 1-2 business days for the funds to appear as part of your available balance. This credit will be shown in the Billing Transaction Detail report as an Adjustment. If you didn’t get the credit in 72 hours then contact their customer support team from your Yahoo! Search Marketing account.

NOTE: If you don’t see the coupon credit during the sign up process at the billing page as shown above then clear all your cache and temporary internet files and come back to this page and start again. If you still have a problem feel free to contact me or add a comment below. I’ll assist you to get the Coupon Credit.

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I’ve already posted two $199 Yahoo! Search Marketing Coupon Credits here Yahoo! Search Marketing Coupon Credit $199 and you might have noticed that it’s expired and now the landing page shows no credits at all!

But I found that, if you continue with the registration process by clicking the Sign Up button you will notice that it shows $199 Credit itself on the billing page as shown below even though it doesn’t show any credits on the landing page.

And the above trick works for the $100 Coupon also, follow the Free $100 Yahoo Search Marketing Promotional Credit (UPDATED: Now Good For $100 Only) link and you can see $100 Credit on the landing page but surprisingly it is showing $199 Credit on the billing page.

Now, take a screen shot of the billing page for proof and then send an email to Yahoo! Support team if the credit is not appearing on your account after 24-72 hours and claim your $199 Credit. You can claim the credit as long as it shows $199 Credit on the billing page.

TIPS: If you don’t see the credit then please clear all your cache and temporary internet files and try again. If you still don’t see the credit then notify me by adding a comment below. I’ll look into it. The Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit don’t appear immediately after Sign Up it takes 24-72 hours for the credit to appear in your account. Yahoo! Search Marketing Login form is located here.

Making Money Online

Assuming you took my advice, had a great idea, created and hosted your blog, you want to start making some money with the traffic you are beginning to receive. Next comes the exciting part, making money. The first thing, I always do when making a web site, is look for keywords to describe it. That way I can better identify the site to my potential users. This process usually means making a list of keywords on a piece of paper and refining it until I am down to about five to six quality keywords. Quality keywords would be described as a word that is specific yet ambiguous enough to attract visitors outside the realm of a normal keyword. An example would be boating, if your site is about boating, you could use only that keyword, but you may want to include sailing. Even though you are getting more specific, you are still ambiguous enough to grab the attention of someone who might not consider boating, sailing. This is a hard concept to understand, and takes time and patience to master.

Once your keywords are in place, make sure they are meta tagged within your web site (Meta data is essentially data about data. It describes your site search engines, and more importantly advertisers who advertise content based ads), you can find tons of information regarding this all over the net. I personally use Submitnet; this lets me input the exact meta tag keywords quickly and easily. It’s not a FREE service but it offers a 90 Day Free Trial (A $47 Value). You can signup and then cancel that service after your blog is setup or you can continue with the service, it costs $47 for three months. Or you can use a Free Tool. I recommend SEO Chat’s Meta Tag Generator or Advanced Meta Tag Generator.

Here’s a Sample Meta Tag:
<meta name=”keywords” content=”google, microsoft, yahoo, internet marketing, web hosting, blogging, make money online, wordpress, lifestyle, webmasters”/>

I identify my meta data in the <head> tags of my html, most people do the same. You do NOT want to put keywords in your tags that inaccurately describe your site. If you were to add something you thought was going to drive more traffic, and it has nothing to do with your site, you will be found out and ultimately your site ranking will fall. Site ranking refers to the ranking a site gets by a search engine such as “Google”, or “Yahoo!”. Ultimately site ranking optimization is part of search engine optimization, also known as SEO. Meta tagging is very important when optimizing your site for search engines.

Generally after your meta tagging is done and you have firmly established your keywords, it is time to start putting up ads. To do this, there is only one site I would recommend using, that is Google. They are the only ones who will approve just about anyone, other than adult content sites, and will pay when they say they will. That is why the majority of online advertisements are through them. Their service is known as Google AdSense. AdSense, allows you to offer your users targeted ads that are relevant to your site. It would be bad if your site was about Home Ownership and your ads were about Foot Massagers. Google has come up with a unique method of targeting your customers based on what it identifies as content on your site. It does most of this through the use of meta tagging.

In the next part I’ll tell you more about Google AdSense (Is it possible to earn $100,000 a year from Google AdSense?) and also about how to drive traffic using Google AdWords to your blog.

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