I had to add a new user to both Google AdWords and Google Analytics. Since this was the first time I’ve had to add anyone new to either account I decided to post some tutorials. This one I got from Google Analytics Help Center. I added my own pics for better understanding. If you need to add a new user to your Google analytics account click on the link below. Happy Googling!

How To Add People To Your Google AdWords Account In 3 Easy Steps

Google Analytics provides the ability to add any number of users to your account, and to grant varying levels of access to your reports. You may grant access to the reports of particular profiles when adding a new user, or modify access for existing users.

To grant access when adding a new user:

1. Click Access Manager (The Access Manager can be found at the bottom of your Account Settings page)
2. Click Add
3. Enter the user’s email address, last name, and first name. The email address must be a Google Account.
4. Select the Access type for this user: View reports only, or Account Administrator, which allows the user to edit account settings
5. Select the profiles to which this user should have access. Reports for profiles that are not selected will not be available to this user

6. Click Add to move these profiles into the Selected Website Profiles list
7. Click Finish to create the new user. They can now log in using their Google Account email address and password.

To modify access for an existing user:

1. Click Access Manager
2. Find the user in the Existing Access list and click Edit
3. From the Available Website Profiles, select the profiles to which this user should have access. Reports for profiles that are not selected will not be available to this user
4. Click Add to move these profiles into the Selected Website Profiles list
5. Click Save Changes to update this user’s access

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1. While logged into your Google AdWords account click on the, “My Account”, tab. Then click access.

2. Personalize an invitation for the new invitee. The person you are inviting to use AdWords must have a gmail account. Your email address and password will be your AdSense Login information. Sign up for a gmail account here.

3. Preview your invitation and send away. If the person youinvited does not have access make sure they first visit there gmail account and accept the invitation.

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Here are a few ways to see how your site is doing with the major search engines. Specifically, this post will show you how to find indexed pages & backlinks in the top 3 search engines Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Indexed Pages And Backlinks in Google

Google makes this very easy. Simply pull up Google in a browser and enter the code below with the web site you want to evaluate. With Google you have the option to not only search for backlinks (links:) and pages (site:), but also web sites that are similar in content to your own (related:).

Pages Indexed in Google
site:www.natebal.com

Back Links in Google
link:www.natebal.com

Related Web Sites
related:www.natebal.com

Indexed Pages And Backlinks in Yahoo

This is a little different when using Yahoo. They have a different tracking system called SiteExplorer where you can actually set up web sites in a control panel to be followed by Yahoo. To access this data you can set up an account for tracking or replace the url in the string below with your own address.

Pages Indexed in Yahoo
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch;_ylt=AnBNGiaE9LUdUEBcKZnwu7nbl8kF?ei=UTF-8&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.natebal.com&searchbwm=Explore+URL

Backlinks in Yahoo
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch;_ylt=AnBNGiaE9LUdUEBcKZnwu7nbl8kF?ei=UTF-8&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.natebal.com&searchbwm=Explore+URL

Indexed Pages And Backlinks in MSN

MSN is set up like Google. I wish they were all this way, but the lines below will give you the results you’re looking for in MSN.

Pages Indexed in MSN
site:www.natebal.com

Backlinks in MSN
link:www.natebal.com

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This is my 3rd Google Screensaver project. I collected these photos from Google and added them to my Picassa account. Just so everyone is clear these are not my images. With that said feel free to enjoy this free Detroit Tigers Screensaver. As always I’ll continue to polish and add images to this screensaver as I find them.

Here We Go >>

1. First you’re going to have to have Google Photos Screensaver installed on your machine. Download Google Photos Screensaver here.

2. Once you have Google Photo Screensaver installed open your display properties.

3. Click on the settings button and select the RSS photo feeds at the bottom. Click on the configure then copy and paste this feed. This is an rss feed of Comerica Park and Detroit Tigers fan pictures I’ve uploaded to my Picassa account.

Other Free Screensavers

• Andy Warhol Artwork Screensaver
• Thomas Laupstad’s Photos From Norway

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This is the 2nd collection of prints I’ve put together for use with the RSS settings in Google Screensaver. As with my first collection I will continue to update and add pictures to this feed. This way every time I update so does your screensaver. NEAT HUH!

Here We Go >>

1. First you’re going to have to have Google Photos Screensaver installed on your machine. Download Google Photos Screensaver here.

2. Once you have Google Photo Screensaver installed open your display properties.

3. Click on the settings button and select the RSS photo feeds at the bottom. Click on the configure then copy and paste this feed. This is an rss feed of Andy Warhol’s Artwork I’ve uploaded to my Picassa account.

• Get The Andy Warhol RSS Feed Here >>
• Thomas Laupstad’s Photos From Norway >>

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I recently had to remove some development pages from Google’s search results pages and I used Google Webmaster Tools to do so. Google Webmaster Tools doesn’t automatically stop GoogleBot from crawling your site, it does however provide options for alerting Google that you no longer want to have a page indexed for whatever reason.

1: Choose your website.
Once you logged into Google Webmaster Tools using your Google account info you’ll be asked to choose a website you have associated with your Google account.

2: Website Dashboard
Here you get a quick rundown of crawl errors Google ran into. From this page select the tools tab on the left hand bottom side.

3: URL removal tool (Requests Google Stops Crawling Pages You Assign)
Here’s where you’ll choose which page or pages you want GoogleBot to pass by on it’s next crawl.

4: Removal Tool Options
Choose an individual URL, a directory, a cached page or your entire site here.

5: Removal Request Page
Here’s where you leave the specifics. Is this a dead page or a dead image link?

6: Not What You Needed? Try Altering Your Robot.txt
Are your results still showing up? You may need to alter your robot.txt file. You can review your robot.txt from Google Webmaster Tools, but you can not alter it here. This way you can tell which pages/ directories are being left out. Get more information about Robots.txt files here.

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Aside from good design standards meta tags, keywords, W3C compliant code there are a myriad of steps you can take to increase visitors to your website. There’s a lot of info on how to boost your traffic all over the web, the following tips are what I’ve noticed are working for me.

Must Have SEO Plugins For WordPress

There are a number of bloging CMS’s out there for you to choose from. I prefer and use WordPress for anybody interested in having more control over look and options.

Must Have SEO Plugins For WordPress >>

Use Flickr & Google Image Search To Boost Traffic

Use of desciptive image names along with width & height attributes make your code more SEO compliant. In addition to adding compliant code, alt & title tags to your images there are also a couple neat tips you can use to help spread the word about your website.

How to opt in for Google’s Advanced Image Search

1. Sign in to Webmaster tools
2. Click the site for which you want to enable enhanced image search.
3. On the Diagnostic tab, click Enhanced Image Search.

Flickr Optimization

Since Yahoo’s inclusion of flickr pics to it’s image search it has become a no brainer to use these tactics to boost search engine traffic.

Optimize Your Flickr Images For Better Traffic

Use Google Alerts To Track Popular Keywords

Track Web Trends With Google Alerts >>
Get started with Google Alerts Here >>

Use News Aggregators To Keep Up On New & Upcoming Content

Boing Boing, A Directory Of Wonderful Things
I read Boing Boing non stop. The site is constantly updated by it’s founders with new and interesting webby tid bits.

Reddit
I subscribe to Reddit for the sheer volume of content they provide. Reddit is a user driven social network. Topics are broader than that of Boing Boing due to the user base, but this is a great resource for interesting news stories.

Google News
I use Google News to stay current with global events as they happen.

Web Communities That Syndicate Your Content

Syndicated content is a great way to get your site out to the masses. The following sites accept RSS feeds from your site that syndicate under your profile. I’ve had good luck with all the following.

My Blog Log
A user fueled must join community!

Bumpzee
Similar to My Blog Log and quickly catching up in popularity

Outpost Earth
I found Outpost earth a few months back. It’s not the biggest social networking site out there, but it is gaining steam. I’ve seen a significant boost in traffic from this site over the past month and a half.

Blue Dot
Blue Dot is a combination of a social bookmarking and social networking service. I started using Blue Dot about a month ago in hopes to get more of the myspace crowds attention. Low and behold someone saw it. Blue Dot is now one of my leading traffic sources. You can synchronize your del.icio.us bookmarks with it as well which is a big plus.

Widgets That Work

The following is a list of widgets you can put on your site to help fuel new readers.

My Blog Log Widget
A must have!

Bumpzee Widget
A must have!

Twitter Widget
I was wary of this at first as I didn’t see much use in this widget, but comments are searched regularly. Twitter traffic is on the up and up.

ClustrMaps Widget
This is a neat widget that displays where your readers physically come from in the world. Global maps are displayed monthly on your site with this widget.

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