Andrew Knight

Google, the largest search engine in the world, revealed on the 29th of November they managed to move and sort 1 petabyte of data (1024 terabytes) to over 48,000 hard drives in just 6 hours and 2 minutes. Breaking it down, that’s 1 terabyte of data (1024 gigabytes) in 68 seconds, crushing the previous record of 1 terabyte across 910 computers in 209 seconds.

So with so much data being moved, so quickly, there is always a chance of something not going right and in this case, Google  was on the ball. They have triple redundancy, keeping the possibility open that something could happen, fortunately, nothing did. Though you may ask, with triple redundancy, would’ve this slowed things down? Not really, since storing may not be part of the sorting algorithm that was recorded (and storing the data could have still been ongoing after the sort had been completed). Though this is purely speculation as we’re unsure of Google’s full play.

Though all this was a milestone for the technology world, demonstrating how effective our technology is becoming and how quick things can be moved with the right hardware and knowledge. Google did push the boundaries for various reasons with the main one being to help further our knowledge to create better systems to make things like these seem small in the future.

Written based on: http://www.web-app.net/?Google_Breaks_Speed_Record_Sorting_1PB_Data_In_6_hours_%2F&action=viewnews&id=43

Chris Hamilton, my friend and work colleague posted a topic about Google Chrome last month, accidentally misspelling it as “Google Crome”, missing the h in Chrome. At first Chris didn’t realise this and before he knew it, he was ranking No.1 for Google Crome and gaining a substantial amount of traffic — he and I became very intrigued. From there on, it opened a new door for both Chris and I, diverting our attention to words that are typed incorrectly. Now, he is trying to rank for Goodle and currently as I write, he ranks 7th in Google Australia, but ranks 1st for Goodle Crome.

As we are always extending our knowledge in SEO, we are forever doing tests to understand Google’s constant changing algorithm. I will be providing a link to Chris from the anchor text Goodle, increasing his back links and thus giving him authority, allowing him to rank even higher for that specific term.

Chris Hamilton also insisted I write another post about the Woolworths Credit Card to see if I can rank even higher, though I have an even better idea. I will be linking this post to my previous post about the Woolies Credit Card to analyse how effective interlinking between posts is, rather than writing a whole new post.

Stay tuned for an upcoming post about the search terms Chris and I are ranking for in Google, until then — Peace.

After Google finished with its little dance in the rankings (a.k.a The Google Dance), Chris Hamilton and I finally rank No.1 again for our phrase break, giving joy to both Chris and I. However, the sweet must come with the sour and in this case it’s true for Chris. Typing “Chris Hamilton” in Google, Australia will display a map of Hamilton in the UK with a landmark or business starting with the name of Chris then followed by his blog. This has taken a big chunk out of his visibility and has now been named “The Man Ranking With The Map” (TMRWTM).

It will be an interesting test on how long Google will display the map. It must be determined by how many searches are made with the word “Chris” and “Hamilton” performed in Google Maps, Australia.

To all people who have a vague understanding of search engine ranking positions (SERPs), number 1 spot is vital. 70-80% people will click the first website they see, giving the number 1 website most traffic for the keyword.

Looks like people who have the word Chris in their name in Hamilton, UK are going to be jumping for joy..but then again, who the hell would search for Chris Hamilton, I don’t know the jumping jelly jiggly monkey.

Google has just released another PR update, sending my unranked blog to PR1, effectively immediately! This was bound to happen of course, however I would’ve preferred to be ranked higher like my friend and work colleague, Chris Hamilton. His blog shot from PR0 to PR3 due to two high PR backlinks, from what we can tell anyway. Well done Chris!

To give you a simple idea, Page Rank ( PR ) has been important in the past due to it defines your websites worth. People were selling links on their website, anywhere from $10/month to $300/month, depending on their PR. Problem being, Google was aware of this, (for a long time I believe) and hit a lot of blogs hard, banning their website from Google and shooting their PR to 0.

There are certain ways of increasing PR and traffic to your website and this is generalised by two categories, White Hat SEO or Black Hat SEO. As you can probably already tell, White Hat is natural where Black Hat is done illegally. I don’t condone Black Hat SEO, I believe it’s pointless. You can gain higher returns over the long term using simple White Hat SEO techniques and various marketing strategies. Google is the biggest search engine in the world, why risk banning your website and losing 70-80% of your traffic?

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