The political sphere is the playground for Googles new gadget to be beta tested, the G-Audi. This tool is created to transcribe video feeds on the web, creating a text-based reference that can be searched.

Traditionally video has not been able to be searched because of the lack of text for webcrawlers to grab. The transcriptions of the audio feed on video will create a searchable back end document. This will be able to find words typed into the search field and bring the viewer to directly to the place the audio uses the searched word or phrase.

Currently under testing and review this function is being used for political video on U Tube. This potentially could allow surfers to find both video/audio as well as text for any and all subjects. Research will be changed dramatically with this function, especially with politics, where the primary manner of communication is video/audio rather than written materials.

Where will it go next? For now enjoy pulling up the politicians answers to taxes, health care or the war while they battle it out for presidency.

Google Chrome: sleek, swift and safe… Three things that the general public are attracted to.

After reading about Google Chrome for the last week, in the news, in the blogs, in emails… it was time to try it out and see for myself what the multiprocessing architecture or “V8” Javascript engine really had to offer.

The results… I am a fan.

This was built from the ground up incorporating what has worked best for all web browsers that have come before it. The open source webkit used to create Apple’s Safari was incorporated with features also pulled from Firefox, Internet 7&8 and Opera.

Chrome has security features built into it to keep the browser and said machine safer from phishing and malware. Each new page opened creates a new tab. These tabs are sandboxed, and like a child’s sandbox these tabs act like barriers to decrease the ability for errors or intruders to spread from the specific application it is attacking… Safety.

Google Chrome’s architecture is set up for multi-processes, rather than on single-thread. Just like when we were children and we learned that building things out and up created strong structures so has Google. Past browsers run on a single-thread architecture rather than several threads. The multiple processes running allows the browser to find the links and display the pages much more rapidly… Swift.

Speed dial on page, similar to Opera’s speed dial, Google Chrome displays the top sites visited on its main page allowing the individual to jump from one place to another by simply clicking on the folder icon displayed. The easy to see and click visual enhanced by the speed makes surfing simple… Sleek.

There are still glitches and the Google team is working diligently on them, but nothing is perfect immediately…

One of the ways you can help yourself get better search engine placement is through building your trust with Google. In Google’s effort to keep spam out of the search results they give special emphasis when you have links from the following sites.

1. The Better Business Bureau. To most this is common sense. But when the search engines see that you are listed with the better business bureau, they believe your probably not a spammer. So get listed with the better business bureau in your area.
2. Hacker safe. This company does server side checks to make sure your site hasn’t been hacked. Although expensive, and only recommending for medium to large businesses, having the logo and link on your site has been shown to increase trust with Google.
3. Links from other respected sites. In general, it is great if you can get links from major membership sites and other highly respected sites such as your local university, your chamber of commerce, etc.