ss_blog_claim=ad249198800d1f7ffa32ece7d4a2d95a
rankforsales

A new Google dance has just started

February 12th, 2004 by rankforsales | 5 Comments

A new Google dance has just started

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Google (or Gogole.com?) Page Rank

February 11th, 2004 by rankforsales | 13 Comments

It’s no secret anymore that Google ranks as the number one defacto-standard in the field of major search engines. In 2003, Google accounts for more than 85% of all Internet searches on a daily basis. Google now has many versions running in many different countries, including China, Japan, the U.K., Hong-Kong and many others. Rank for Sales knows many small and not so small businesses and companies whose livelihood almost basically depends on Google bringing them new customers, day after day.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Top SEO myths

February 9th, 2004 by rankforsales | 4 Comments

There are 7 top SEO myths and misconceptions we encounter everyday, out of the more than 20. In the real, true world of Search Engine Optimization techniques and methods used to obtain higher rankings, there are no shortcuts and certainly no free lunches.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Online Search Engines Help Lift Cover of Privacy

February 9th, 2004 by rankforsales | 1 Comment

Sitting at his laptop, Chris O’Ferrell types a few words into the Google search engine and up pops a link to what appears to be a military document listing suspected Taliban and al Qaeda members, date of birth, place of birth, passport numbers and national identification numbers.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Online advertising drew lower direct response rates in Q4

February 7th, 2004 by rankforsales | 1 Comment

Online advertising drew lower direct response rates in the fourth quarter because of the higher volume of ads and more advertisers using them for branding, DoubleClick said yesterday.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

The 5 steps to successfully building a good e-commerce Web site

February 6th, 2004 by rankforsales | 2 Comments

Register a .com, a .biz, a .cc or a .ca domain name (.ca are reserved for Canadian companies only). Whether you’re looking to reserve domain names for use now or at a later date, you should seriously consider doing it now, while some still might be available, although the best choices in the .com range have most certainly been taken by now. We have found some good domain names in the .biz, .cc and .ws category. The choice is yours.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Website Usability & Search Engine Optimization

February 6th, 2004 by rankforsales | 3 Comments

Today, I will slightly steer away from the subject of search engine optimization and instead present what should be the most important considerations when designing or completely rebuilding an existing site.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Microsoft has opened up a beta version of its long awaited MSN search engine

February 6th, 2004 by rankforsales | 2 Comments

Microsoft has opened up a beta version of its long awaited MSN search engine

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Google has 32% of the share of web searches

February 6th, 2004 by rankforsales | 8 Comments

Recent statistics indicate that within the USA Google has 32% of the share of web searches followed by 26% conducted via Yahoo, 18% by AOL and 17% by MSN, the other major players in the market.

[Read more →]

rankforsales

Survey: Paid inclusion search to reach $6 billion

February 5th, 2004 by rankforsales | 1 Comment

Innovation among companies hots up as ad pie swells. With experts projecting that the global market for paid Internet searches will reach more than US$6 billion (S$10 billion) by 2006, up from about US$2 billion last year, search engine companies are gearing up to duke it out for a chunk of the advertising pie.

[Read more →]