Google Panda Update | Targeting Web Spam Google latest updated code named Panda is specifically targeting web spam. Webspam are website’s that don’t provide real value to visitors because for example they contain content copied from other sites or are generally of low value Google says 11.8% of their search results have been impacted by [...]
The Asian domain scam seems like it will never end! The scammers send an email titled Brand name dispute or similar, claiming someone is trying to buy domains that are associated with your business, and offering them to you instead I originally reported this domain scam back in August 2008
Having both the dot com (.com) and the dot com dot au (.com.au) domain for your business can be important, especially if you have future plans for marketing into the US or internationally in general. Unfortunately many/most of the viable dot com domains have been snapped up, often by ’domain sitters’ who speculate on exactly this situation. [...]
Check out our geek speak free SEO White Papers We’ve written these on the common issues and misunderstandings we find in our small business mentoring programs; SEO presentations and client engagements. We’ve done our best to keep these light and short (we’ve made them succinct i.e. less than 10 pages) yet with enough relevant facts [...]
If you enjoy the raw speed and uncluttered efficiency of Google’s browser Chrome you’ll find the PageRank extension very helpful when you are trying to track down the best links for your site. Down load it here on Chrome Fans http://www.chromefans.org/chrome-plugins/chrome-pagerank-status-extension.htm If you’re not sure why you should be checking out PageRank then you should read Google [...]
Google catches Bing stealing their search results The contentious news topic in the search industry at the moment is did or does Bing use Goggle search results to refine their own ? Apparently Google caught wind of this rumour and setup a sting and allegedly proved that Bing does in fact do this. I suppose there is a serious [...]
After blogging about Google Places back in 2008 (doesn’t time fly!) an update is overdue on this useful tool and its new preview feature! Google Alerts is a very useful tool that allows you to keep a close watch on anything new on the internet, and in the business world, monitoring what folks are saying about [...]
I notice that AdWords has released an automation facility but currently on the users in the US, so we cant see or use it just yet here in Aust. The Google Help on automate talks about this new facility being able to automate changes to a bid, budget, or status on part of your account (scoped/filtered [...]
The Google PageRank displayed on Google’s Toolbar has been recently updated and some PageRanks have gone up, some remained the same and some have gone down. This is a contentious measurement as Google has consistently talked about the importance of PageRank but more recently played it down it seems because they think its being obsessed about… The [...]
The new update to Rank Trackers ver 5.1 now displays Visits using API integration into Analytics Of course this means that you need to be tracking the site in Analytics, but frankly I think that’s a no-brainer. What this means is you have a single console that you can see #searches KEI & how many visitors [...]