Search Engine Optimization News Blog

Time for a recap of Google! They keep the upgrades coming so fast it’s easy to miss one or two.

Number One: Google Flash Indexing – Now the Googlebot can use SWF files to index internal content sources.

Number Two: Google Webmaster Central Wondering where you are at in the reconsideration process? Now Google notifies you so you are aware of progress made towards reinclusion after your massive screw-up (whatever it was

Number Three: Custom Search Automatic Transilteration – It happens before your very eyes!! Transformation!! Now you can watch instant translation as you type a query in one language but receive results in another.

Number Four: Google AdSense – More functionality as youc an change the font size within your ad display units. Thanks, Google!

Number Five: Google Maps and Transit - More agencies are being added constantly – seven just this week, including:

• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, TX
• VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, TX
• Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT
• Metro St. Louis, St Louis, MO
• Foothill Transit, San Gabriel Valley, CA
• Riverside Transit, Riverside, CA
• Charlotte Area Transit System, Charlotte, NC
• Pinella Suncoast Transit Authority, St. Petersburg, FL

Number Six: Google Book Search – Now featuring embedded links, the ability to perform book search within each book, new thumbnail views, a spiffy content drop-down menu, functional plain text mode, a quick page turn button and animation, and even a comprehensive update to the book overview pages.

Bonus Number Seven: Apparently a microblogging search engine may be coming soon to Google, or so says the unofficial Google Operating System blog. It would be expected to compete with Twitter search as well as Facebook’s new search tests.