Some of the websites that haven’t been hit too hard in Google’s Florida update (November 2003) got hit real hard on or around January 23. Google’s latest update is called Austin, and they are beginning to ‘sound’ like elections!
Entries from January 2004
The latest on update Austin (Google’s January update)
January 31st, 2004 by rankforsales | 4 Comments
The Real Value Of Online Services
January 31st, 2004 by anthonyparsons | 3 Comments
I make reference to a thread I started at the High Rankings Forum that pertains to prospective clients bartering for SEO services. When is enough, enough? When do you just tell people to go away and stop wasting your time? Is this a whine or whinge? No. This is based on the reality of supplying a service that cannot be withdrawn (undone) once the service is performed. The response to this particular thread was astounding to say the least.
Blog Search Engines
January 30th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 22 Comments
When searching for blogs or marketing your own blog, one must always take blog search engines and directories into account. Some blog search engines search databases of thousands of blogs, while some search through their own directory listings.
The Premier Blog Search Engines
DayPop
Blog Search Engine
Feedster
BlogStreet
Blogarama
Globe of Blogs
BlogDex
Weblogs.com
BlogWise
BlogHop
BlogUniverse
Why Do Blogs Do Well in Regular Search Engines>
Currently, […]
Yahoo Mail Blocks MyDoom Subject Lines
January 30th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 5 Comments
Yahoo on Friday announced that’s its email service, Yahoo Mail, will reject messages with certain subject lines that are similar to the subject lines used by the MyDoom virus.
In an advisory to Yahoo Groups members, the company said it would be rejecting emails - Yahoo has not distributed this info via News Release.
Dear Yahoo! […]
The new data centers at Google, as of January 25, 2004
January 30th, 2004 by rankforsales | 1 Comment
Google has removed the old DNS entries from it’s database. It is believed this will now have a certain impact on future updates.
In light of these changes, what kind of results could this have on the average site owner or webmaster? It would signify the end of what used to be called the Google Dance syndrome.
What If Google Didn’t Like Blogs?
January 30th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Google likes Blogs. Blogs do well in Search Results Listings on Google. This is because Blogs contain fresh content and are richly interlinked, despite their relatively small audiences. Some would go so far as to say that Google over-represents Blogs. I personally don’t think Google over-represents blogs, blogs just happen to adhere to the formula […]
Competition getting warmer for search engines
January 30th, 2004 by rankforsales | 3 Comments
Google’s dominant position under threat as rivals develop competing technology. Ask Jeeves, the internet search engine, has come up with the best answer of all. Constantly asked by sceptics whether it would ever make money, the PG Wodehouse inspired business based in Emeryville, California, produced the clearest result this week.
Can you really place a website on the very first page of Google?
January 29th, 2004 by rankforsales | 3 Comments
I often get emails and letters asking me if it’s really possible to get a site placed on top of the search engine results pages (SERP’s), in other words on the very first page of Google and most of the other major search engines. The answer to that question is a definite yes- provided you follow some basic elementary rules of SEO, and if you adhere to some good, sound advice that time has proven us that it works.
Booble Replies to Google - Bring It On!
January 29th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Yesterday, we published the Google cease and desist email to Booble for breaching copyright infringement.
Booble is a porn search engine which mimmicks Google in name (questionable) and appearance (100%). It seems that the PR geniuses at Booble saw this coming from a mile away and live by the Madonna Law of PR “Even bad publicity […]
Protect your site against a potential penalty
January 29th, 2004 by rankforsales | No Comments
With the Robots.txt protocol, a webmaster or web site owner can really protect himself if it is done correctly. Today, web domain names are certainly plentiful on the Internet. There exists a multitude of sites on just about any subject anybody can think of.
