FireFox for SEOs: Working with Several FireFox Profiles
I do prefer FireFox over other browsers. This can be a matter of a habit but I don’t know any other browser that can be...
How Net Promoter Score (NPS) Can Differentiate Your Search Marketing Agency
Last month I attended a SEMPO New York networking event that featured an “In-House versus Agency” debate, in which the debaters argued the benefits of...
Yahoo Will Sell to Microsoft for $33 Per Share
Yahoo’s Jerry Yang has sent out an email to Yahoo shareholders disclosing that the company is willing to sell itself to Microsoft for $33 per...
Optimizing For Hyphenated Words – What to Expect?
Like plural/ singular word forms, hyphenated terms also often pose a difficult SEO issues for us to solve – which version to use and optimize...
The SEO Adrenaline Junkie, Interview with Todd Malicoat
The SEO Expert Series continues with Todd Malicoat, perhaps best known to the SEO community as Stuntdubl. When the opportunity arose to discuss one advanced...
Reciprocal Linking : SEO’s Longstanding Contradiction
Reciprocal linking is one of the most disputable SEO questions. The problem is that it is two-fold in nature. First, reciprocal links are natural being...
Microsoft Acquires Powerset Semantic Search Technology
The power of excellent public relations and positioning a company as an alternative to the technological norm has paid off for Powerset, the semantics oriented...
Google and Yahoo to Make Flash Content Searchable
Both Google and Yahoo in coordination with Adobe is finally making it easier for webmasters to make Flash contents on their site searchable by search...
Google Launches Google Affiliate Network
When Google acquired DoubleClick, the company has brought with it its affiliate ad network program called Performics. But Google never did something to push Performics...
9 Search-Related Twitter Service to Help You Find Tweets
Here you go, 10 search-related service for all your Twittering needs. Search for Twitter profiles, Twitter discussion, Twitter followings and what-have-yous. If you know of...
Twellow.com : Directory of Twitter Users
Twellow is a new Twitter Directory which has been launched by the folks at iEntry/WebProNews and looks like it will be quite a piece of...
Exploring Website Demographics with Quantcast & Microsoft
Google has started to open up their demographic tracking system to advertisers with Google Ad Planner and Google Trends users, but here is a look...
10 Ways to Increase Your Site Crawl Rate
Regular and frequent visits by the crawler are the first sign that your site appeals to Google. Thus the most efficient way to get frequent...
Building Links for Geo Targeting
Incoming links are considered to be a major factor that forms Google’s opinion about your site. Naturally, country specific links are also very important to...
Best of the Web Launches BOTW Local Beta
Having worked tirelessly for the past two years, Best of the Web (BOTW) announced the launch of BOTW Local Beta on June 18th. While still...
70+ Most Useful Mashable Posts for Search Marketers and Developers
Today I have collected links of 70+ very useful posts from Mashable. These Mashable posts cover lists of various tools for Web Designing, Web Development,...
Google Has the Best Reputation Amongst American Consumers
Google has topped the Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient which asks US consumers to first identify the 60 most visible companies and then to rank these...
Google News is Cooking Up Something, it Better Be Good
The Google News Blog is reporting that something new is about to come up with Google News. The Google News Team is testing something and...
Internal Architecture SEO : Navigation Menu Versus In-Content Links
The SEO power of in-content (or “Wikipedia-style”) links may be up for debate but from theory, practice, and experience webmasters know that a link in...
The Art of Google PageRank Sculpting & Five Sculpting Tips
Michael Gray delivered an excellent presentation as part of the Bot Herding panel at SMX Advanced 2008. His discussion focused on the topic of PageRank...
Don’t Overlook the Power of Keywords in the Singular Form
Back in March Hitwise published its UK search report on differences between plural and singular keyword forms echoed by multiple bloggers enthusiastically encouraging webmasters to...
SEO Case Studies : Dealing With Multi-Language Countries Targeting
An often discussed lately geo targeting and IP delivery poses another rather interesting question: how to deal with multi-language countries like Canada or Switzerland? IP...
Google StreetView Invaded My Private Property!
A couple of weeks ago Search Engine Journal covered the controversy behind Google StreetView and their Google Armada trespassing on private property and filming homes...
Yahoo & Google Partnership Includes Instant Messenger : Possible Social Networking?
“In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users.” This sentence was...
Kayak.com Travel Search Adds Display Ads to Targeted Ad Network
Travel search engine Kayak.com has launched a display advertising platform optimized for the travel industry. The new ad platform is based upon technology developed by...
6 Educated Theories Behind Google SiteLinks
Google Sitelinks will always intrigue and excite webmasters until they know exactly how to get them. Google’s official explanation is rather vague and never explains...
Google Co-Founder Invests in Space Tourism
According to various reports, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has invested in a space tourism company. Furthermore, Brin has expressed interest in going into orbit himself...
How to Protect Your Images from Hotlinking
A while ago we published a post discussing how image hotlinking might be beneficial for your site. Naturally we collectively came to the final conclusion...
False Prophecy: Onsite SEO Will Be History
My friend Asif Anwar posted an article over at Marketing Pilgrim titled 13 Prophecies of Internet Marketing recently which gives some of his predictions of...
How Long Can a Google Sandbox Last?
An SEJ Reader send in the following question : What’s a Google Sandbox? How long can it last for a brand new site? Is there...