Tag Archives: SEO
Why Shutting Down Yahoo Site Explorer is a Loss to Bloggers
If you’re a blogger and you’ve been following the news you may have heard about Yahoo shutting down its Site Explorer service on the 21st of this month. As someone who depends a lot on the Yahoo Site Explorer, and who uses data from the tool to optimize my Yahoo small business and midphase coupon [...]
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You just launched your site and now you want to be rich and famous and you may go about it all wrong. The first thing most people do is try to find a way to rank high in search results in a matter of a week or two, but it doesn’t come that easy. Your [...]
Full StoryHow Do You Measure Blog Success
The most important metric I use when measuring my blog success is traffic from search. This metric tells me that my articles are being indexed and they are positioned high in SERP (Search Engine Result Page). If visitors are coming to your blog from search, it means they are looking for content you are publishing [...]
Full StoryGoogle Pagerank Major Update Underway
My friend Kerry posted on my Facebook wall telling me that – “Hey Frank. The first PageRank update of 2011 is happening now. This time I’m sure of it.” I think Kerry is right, as I researched and found a few trusted resources state the same…read on. The SEO world is buzzing like a bee [...]
Full StoryNext Google Pagerank Update
A few of my social friends reached out to me this past week and asked me when I think the next Google Pagerank will be. I told them that only Google knows when. Is it possible that Google may wait until New Years Eve like they did last year to update Pagerank? It could very [...]
Full StoryGoogle Pagerank RIP
I am beginning to wonder if Google has decided to let this once popular metric (Pagerank) die a slow death. I know many SEO enthusiasts have disregarded the relevance of Pagerank for the last couple of years. Many SEO enthusiasts feel that PR is only good for selling links and flipping websites. It has been [...]
Full StoryGoogle Updates Links to Your Site in WMT
There are few decent backlink tools, but none of them are very accurate, even the Google operator (link:site.com). Google is making an attempt to improve back link analysis with an update to their Links to your site feature in Webmaster Tools on October 13. This update is a major improvement over its previous versions. I [...]
Full StoryGoogle PageRank Update September Minor
I am noticing PageRank changes on internal pages only and not the main page. It has been a long time since the last major toolbar update (April 3). This is just another minor update that started last night around 6:00 PM CT. This update reflects changes on internal pages and not the main page (Homepage). [...]
Full StoryGoogle Search Just Got Better with Instant
For some, it may take time getting use to, but for me, I like the change. Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. This new change will improve search results and performance. This change will reduce the time it takes to enter a search term. Before Google Instant, the [...]
Full StoryWhy Google Pagerank is Still Important
It really makes me wonder why many people devalue Pagerank. Is it because they’re finding it hard to get a worthy Pagerank? I am not sure what the real reason is, but Pagerank is still important. Pagerank is important when it comes to SEO. When the main page of your website gets a boost in [...]
Full StoryGoogle Pagerank Update July 20 was Minor
Google has started the inner pages Pagerank update and this is what many webmasters are also seeing. The homepage (official declaration) of the PR update is not yet done. I noticed only few PR changes on some internal pages on TechJaws.com. This could be the beginning of the major Pagerank update for all pages, including [...]
Full StoryGoogle SERP Changes Affecting Organic Traffic
You may have noticed that Google traffic has dropped off in the last few months or maybe you have not. If you have, there’s a good explanation. Reason #1: Google has made several updates to its algorithm during the last few months. These updates have altered the rankings in various ways, including those for long-tail [...]
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