Google Options are Good Options
If you haven’t noticed yet when performing a search in Google, you now have the ability to click on a text link in the top left of the search results that says “Show options”. Pretty nifty, eh? Yep, Google is rolling out new features because, well, because they’re Google, but also to compete with other specialized search engines including Twitter’s ability to offer real time search and the search options on Microsoft’s new Bing.com search engine. One of...
Read MoreHow Long Has That Domain Name of Yours Been Around?
The length of time that you have owned a domain name has a some influence on how Google views your website. This is because Google wants to avoid spammers as much as possible. Spammers will frequently buy up discarded domain names and attach them to a spam-oriented website. Since these sites muck up Google’s search results, Google is a bit leary with any site that has a fresh domain name registration as it may suspect spam. Also, new websites with new domain names are not yet...
Read MoreUsing a Blog to Get More Pages Indexed in Google
So, you’re still thinking this whole blogging thing is silly? Yet you want your website to rank well and bring a lot of visitors to your website? If these two statements apply to you, then truth be told, you’d be silly not to consider a blog. Think of it this way – if you have an average sized website, say 10 content pages, then you have 10 pages that have a chance of being ranked in the search engines. Now, it is difficult for any page to effectively be optimized for more...
Read MoreThe Best Social Media Platforms For SEO
I saw an interesting poll on SEOmoz.org where they asked what social media platforms netted the best SEO return on investment. An informal poll, but the results are interesting none the less. Here is the results so far: Social bookmarking websites, such as StumbleUpon, was the big winner followed by social networking websites and social news websites coming in a close third. Social Microblogging is just squeaking in a 4th place ranking, but expect this platform to continue to increase as...
Read MoreGoogle = Busy
So Google big hitters Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye recently shared during a question and answer session that Google made over 450 changes to its search algorithm last year. That means that Google changed it’s mind over 450 times on how it decided to rank websites. Over 450 times! Granted, many of these changes were minor tweaks, but still, those Google geeks stay busy. So what does this mean to you? Specifically that you need to stay on top of your website rankings and making sure that...
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