As Google continues to enhance it's algorithm, we're beginning to see large ranking shifts based on factors that never existed a few years ago. One of the more notable recent additions to the ranking algorithm is "site speed" Google is now taking into account how fast a website loads when determining which search results to show, obviously the faster the site loads, the better. Google provides a lot of information and useful tools to help you diagnose your current site speed both within Google Webmasters Tools and with a Fireflox plugin for firebug called site speed. This is now one of first clear signs of SEO crossing over into the realm of web development, and even web design to a certain degree. If you are creating a brand...
There is one trick I use to find listings in Google and Yahoo SERPs based on any chosen criteria:
(optional) Set Google / Yahoo to show 100 results per page;
Use SEOquake FireFox plugin to integrate a wealth old important data right within the SERPs;
Sort results based on any (!) of the chosen criteria.
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