Note from Ann: I'd like this post not to turn into another "PR algorithm" one. Instead, I'd love us to discuss how many of us still use this information and how we do that. So please, share your opinion in the comments! *The following tip was shared by Eric Gesinski who does Tulsa Website Design and SEO* One area of SEO that is limited to one search engine but gets plenty of attention is Google PageRank. This is a core element of Google's search algorithm, created before Google was even a publicly known company. Most SEOs and web designers are aware of it, but knowing just how it operates is another thing entirely. The full functionality of PageRank has changed some...
Today's tip was submitted by Umair Asif
Google has already started integrating local search results into the main page of regional search engines. Few US users may have noticed it, but it has huge implications for webmasters and SEO experts outside the United States. Here is how it may look for someone searching in Ireland…
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It may be not a frequent situation but it may happen so that you need to remove a page from Google SERPs really fast. What's the best way to do that?
Try this:
Exclude the page in Robots.txt + remove the pages using the URL removal tool in Webmaster Tools.
Return 410 status code for the page (to show the page is gone for ever);
Don't do this:
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The following guest tip was provided by Umair Asif. While Google Adwords Keyword Tool is a great resource to evaluate the number of searches for a keyword, I assume that a majority of webmasters do not realize how easy it is to inadvertently distort calculating the amount of traffic for a keyword. The reason for this posting is to clear a common misconception regarding the amount of searches for a given ...
This question is being asked so often that I just decided to go ahead and write a post about that: You notice Google report a 404 page on your site; You go to your site and fix the error (delete the link to the non-existent page or just fix the broken URL); Your Google Webmaster Tools account is still reporting the error Is there any way to tell Google the error is fixed? Currently, the only question to this question...
The following guest tip is provided by Bill Sebald I like this trick and use it each time in my keyword research. I came up with it after discovering the great AutoPagerize user script for Greasemonkey. It stimulates a lot of ideas quickly. In keyword research, where creativity is still a key ingredient, this trick not only makes for a great “jump in” point but also...
My favorite Google advanced search option is its date range allowing to sort search results by most recent ones. So this time I am sharing my really quick (and useful) tip on how to make the most of it: 1. Keep it always on your Google (home) page: "Keep Your Google Search Dates" - Greasemonkey script - it keeps the advanced date search drop down always on Google home page and search results page...
Thanks to John Casiello for providing today's SEO Tip Google delivers the best search results based on content relevancy and information freshness. Spiders are very busy as they regularly crawl our sites looking for information keep Google's database full of fresh information. However, because of the vast amount of data available, spiders have become very strategic in their crawling, visiting more frequently those sites with fresher information. If you feed the spiders more frequently, they’ll...
