Google Data Centers - IP Addresses Tools

Many times if you are doing a search in Google for a particular keyword the search results you see on one day (sometimes even minutes or seconds apart) will vary. Why? Because you are viewing a different Google IP/ Data Center. Google uses different Data Centers and IPs to test new ranking algorithms and to gradually “roll-out” update changes. Given the size of their database (billions of pages) one can imagine it might take a little while to update what the world sees in the keyword search engine results after changes are made.

Google Finance Beta now live

In the past, I’ve always jumped over to Yahoo Finance which is a great financial information source.

Now I have little reason to visit Yahoo at all except to occasionally check on some search engine rankings.

Yahoo Messenger with VoIP!

Om Malik has the “Scoop” on a new Yahoo VoIP service to rival eBay’s Skype service (to compete with SkypeIn / SkypeOut in particular).

…The new release of the IM client has a brand new voice core, and it allows users to make phone calls to PSTN phones as well, in addition to PC-to-PC calls.

Google PageRank Explained and its Importance

A member over on the Webmaster-Talk.com forums recently opened up a thread titled: Google Page Rank is not important.

Before I give my opinion on the subject I want to make sure you understand exactly what he meant by Google “Page Rank.”

A New Google Layout Design?

I never had noticed any chances on this end but apparently some web browsers are getting a glimpse of a possible New Google Design Layout.