I choose Mozilla Firefox for secure browsing on the net.

For More indexing in google you must update your site regulary.
You can update your blog follow the trend news in this month, absolutly suggested related for your site.
Check your GIP, Google Index Page (GIP) for your stats from mypagerank.net.

For controlling your own websites, example more than site you can list your site in toplist like (i found free ones) http://acarfil.itopsites.com
or you can build by your self in http://itopsites.com
If you have more than one maybe 5 site or more, you can list your website in toplist, register first, and list your their code in your website/blog like :

Hot Top List

You can tracking your website more fastes

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