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How Much Does Semantic HTML Structure Matter for SEO?
I’ve been posting on the page semantic HTML markup several times previously: Here are a few tools to quickly analyze any page semantic HTML structure;...
Check if a Site Serves Malware Before Linking for SEO
When building links to a site for SEO purposes, it’s easy to simply look at the number of backlinks, content relevance, Linkscape rating, search term...
Link Building Reports That Make Your Client Happy
To properly organize yourself and your work and to make your clients happy, you should definitely have your own backlink reporting system. Of course, the...
5+ Ways to SEO Your FireFox Status Bar
If you are an active FireFox user, chances are you have very little space left in the upper part of your browser window. Remember what...
Google Delays New Data Center
Google announced that they will be delaying their new data center that was being built in Oklahoma. What was the primary reason, according to the...
What is Google Query Expansion? Cases and Examples
Let’s face it, Google knows better what you want to search and find. Their search suggestions, related queries and query expansion are three major ways...
Google Now Searches through Scanned Documents
Who would have thought that the day will come that even documents which were digitized through scanning can now be search by Google’s powerful search...
Opera’s Metadata Analysis Tool Could be a Treat to Web Developers
Just like the sea of content on the web, there is immense mix and mash of technologies that go into creating web sites. HTML, CSS,...
5 Tools for On-page Image Usage Analysis
Image optimization is both vital for “search engine friendliness” and web accessibility. Let’s look at a few top tools that can help you analyze both...
Yotify : Scouring the Web for Notifications That Matter to You
A new web service that started in September takes an interesting approach towards the information overload problem on the web. Yotify takes an approach that...
Open Letter to Google : Why Have You Taken Away my Google & GMail Accounts?
UPDATE : Since writing this and contacting some Googlers, my Google account was unblocked at 2 am last night, EST. Thank you Google for the...
Google Profiles Now Indexable in Search Engines
Call them Google versions of business cards, Geocities 2.0 or call them what you will, I consider Google Profiles to be the building block to...
Google Says: We’re Ok and We’re Definitely Fine
Amidst the ongoing economic and financial turmoil and beating industry analysts’ predictions and forecasts, “miraculously” Google still managed to pose some considerable growth as reported...
How Define: Operator Works and How To Get Included in Google Definitions
Google define:keyword (no space) advanced operator is a very handy (yet not very widely used) way to quickly find the word meaning. However the algorithm...
Google News Testing New Vertical Format
Google News is testing a new vertical format which seems to be reminiscent of Yahoo One Search and more of a mobile device driven format...
How Google Might Differentiate Between Trust and Authority
A very insightful thread at WebmasterWorld discusses how Google might distinguish trust and authority notions and how they might influence the algorithm. In a very...
How To Diagnose Your Site with Google Advanced Search
While John Mueller did a great job explaining how to analyze your website with Google Webmaster Tools, I thought I could outline a few tips...
Google, Techmeme & Megite : Comparing 3 Popular Meme Trackers
With all the buzz around recent Google Blogsearch relaunch, I thought that would a good idea to look at most popular blog meme trackers available...
Ask.com Parses More Data, Gives Answers in Search Results
Ask.com is making its presence felt in the search engine market by introducing two new features of its search engine recently. News.com is reporting that...
Social Media Management: The Role of an Agency or Service Provider
If you work for an online marketing agency the following scenario is probably not uncommon. A client comes to you wanting to help shape the...
Stale vs Fresh Document as Defined by Google
Google highly values the “freshness” of the content. But how does Google defines it against the “staleness” of the content? Google’s Historical Data Patent reviewed...
40,000 Reasons the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose Was a Success
Not only was IM Charity Party the best party at SES San Jose, but thanks to amazing sponsors like ACS SEO, We Build Pages, BOTW,...
Defining SEO Information Environments Through RSS
I have been pretty obsessed with the topic of Information Environments as of late. From their structure, to the way that we let them interact...
Yahoo! Launches APT, the Display Ad formerly known as AMP!
Yahoo has renewed once again its take on digital advertising with a new platform called APT from Yahoo. This digital advertising solution was previously announced...
Google Launches Project 10 to the 100th
In celebration of its tenth year as a company, Google has just launched the Project 10 to the 100th. The project aims to get the...
Build Links and Manage Reputation with your Resume
I already had a few words to say on indirect link building where you promote pages that link back to your site. The technique appeals...
Handle Your Site Footer Wisely
As a sitewide element (head logo is another one already discussed), footer used to be a widely used way to both interlink your own pages...
3 Guides to FireFox Quick Searches (Smart Keywords)
I have said numerous times that FireFox is an awesome SEO tool in itself. Therefore I pay so much attention to customizing it to make...
Everything You Should Know About Dmoz
A large thread at WebproWorld forums discusses facts and myths about Dmoz (Open Directory Project) and I thought it should be summarized (and expanded) here....
The Future of Search, According to Google’s Meyer
Reacting to several flaks she received during a published story quoting her with the following statements: I think there will be a continued focus on...