Saturday 25 June 2011

Sharepoint File Menu Integration with Microsoft Office

Document sharing and management are only two of the most important features of Windows SharePoint Services. By using these features, you can create, manage, and share documents easily. Because these features are integrated with Microsoft Office 2007, finding and using them is very easy. In this article, we will focus on the file menu aspect in relation to Sharepoint integration with Microsoft Office.

Document sharing is fully integrated into the File menu in most applications of Office 2007. File menu can be used to open or save documents in a document library on a SharePoint site. When saving a document in a document library, Office 2007 also stores metadata for the document in the library. When closing the document, any changes that you made in the document will be tracked so you may be asked to add or update the metadata. You can also use the document information tab on the new shared workspace task pane in your Office application to view and modify document metadata.

The scheme for document metadata can be customised, which means that you can create libraries that are specifically designated for different types of documents. This makes it much easier for users to arrange and organize documents correctly as well as to locate these documents whenever it is needed.

If you feel that this service will help your company improve its productivity but you are confused with its technicalities, seeking help from a Sharepoint consulting agency is the best option for you. These companies will answer all your questions and help you with your project.

Thursday 2 June 2011

Google Place Optimization – Search Visibility Factor

Google Place optimization is one of the recent most important SEO factor to increase the visibility of a business or company in the web search result. Generally, if you are searching something with a location (city name) related keyword, Google will show the place listing along with the web results.


What can be enlisted in Google Place?

•    Business or company name
•    Brief  business description
•    Business address spotted in Google Map
•    Title with keyword to get SEO value
•    Business category
•    Contact details (Phone, fax, email)
•    Website
•    Images and videos
•    Business related other details in limited space.
•    Latest events announcement for limited time period
•    Tags etc.

In organic search result, generally we get highlighted keywords with two lines description and the relevant URLs. But if you can optimize the Google Place efficiently then the map results will appear along with the web results. And this is only visible (maximum seven top place listing) in the front page of search results. So, visitors can get a clear idea about business locations, directions and brief description before entering the websites of the top results. Local search results have a noticeable amount of traffic diversion to the main site.

How to create Google Place?


From Google account settings, place listing can be created. Initially it requires business name, actual address details and contact number. But the listing will not be visible instantly after the submission. Google will verify the listing contacting the given address and then it can be activated with activation PIN. After getting visibility, place listing can be optimized in SEO view point with above mentioned details and many more.

To improve Google Place listing rank, business listing and local classified submission with proper keywords is very important.