Google Plot To Kill Local Search Engine Optimization and Web Design Firms
Is Google Really Taking Aim at Local SEOs and Web Designers with Evil Intent?
Matt McGee posted “Google Doesn’t Want Searchers To Find SEOs & Web Designers” Dec 31, 2009.
Search Engine Rankings New Signals Indicate Google is Using…
As Jake Blues said “Do You See The Light?” The Signs are There if We Just Listen to Google
In my last post I quoted Eric Enge’s article as I discussed page load times. Now I am going to discuss the rest of his article “Four New Signals in Search“.
SES, Page Load Times, and Your Google Rankings
The SES January 2010 Edition Touts Page Load Time as a New Google Ranking Factor
When my new edition of SES, the SES London sneak preview edition, arrived just the other day I cracked it open to the Focus: Trends page and was surprised to see a blurb on page load times and Google.
Google – The Evil Empire is Using The Force to Maim Your Search Results
Google Forced “Personalized Search for Everyone” Really Helpful or Just a Ploy to Sell More AdWords?
Google has announced the a new “help” for your search results. They are actually turning on personalized search whether you are signed into your Google account or not.
Search Engines – Google Search, Yahoo Search, and Bing Search
Using Google Analytics to Examine Search Traffic from Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other Search Engines
When you install Google analytics on your web site you will have access to a wealth of knowledge about all the search engines sending you traffic. Just how you use these Google analytics is dependent upon what you are looking to accomplish.
Black Hat SEO – Black Text on a Black Background
The Black Text on a Black Background Black Hat SEO Technique Like it says in the Johnny Winter Song is “Still Alive and Well”
With Halloween coming up I figured it would be a good time to dust off my black hat and do a little sleuthing online. One of the oldest black hat SEO tricks in the book is the same color text as the background.
The iDon’t Answer – droid – Google, Verizon Wireless, and Motorola
Google, Verizon Wireless, and Motorola have Collaborated on a Winning Combination, droid the iDon’t Answer
I was watching the San Diego Charger game last night (if you can call that a game) 
when an ad came on that sent me to my computer. Now that is what I call marketing, an ad that takes me away from my beloved Chargers. The ad was for the droid. I have enclosed the short commercial near the bottom of the post for your viewing.
PPC – Google AdWords May Be Taking Credit For Organic Sales
Is Google AdWords taking credit for your organically generated search result sales?
The Google AdWords Blog has announced that Google is now showing you “View-through conversions” in your AdWords console. When someone visits a page that contains your ad but does not click on it, yet still buys within a 30 day window after visiting a page displaying your ad. Google AdWords will take credit for the sale.
robots.txt – Why is Google Showing the Pages I Have Blocked?
Video from Google’s Matt Cutts explaining why your blocked pages are showing up in search results.
A robots.txt file restricts access to your site by search engine bots that crawl the web. While Google won’t crawl or index the content of pages blocked by robots.txt, they may still index the URLs if they are found in other pages on the web.
Google the Barcode and Mahatma Gandhi
Google Logo Today is a Salute to the 57th Anniversary of the First Barcode Patent
Google marketing has done it again. In their own unique and yet predictable fashion Google has chosen another “doodle” as their logo of the day. Google has chosen to celebrate barcodes by using one as their logo today.
SEO to the Max – Search Engine Optimization for a PDF
Think You Have Done Everything You Can Do for SEO to Your Website? Think Again! Have You SEO’d That PDF?
We have covered SEO for your images and now we are going to SEO our PDFs.
Good SEO is like adding as many feathers to the balance scale as you can. Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and the rest of the search engines are always looking for the content you have. Why don’t you make their job as easy as possible? They will reward you with higher search engine rankings.
SEO Tips and Tricks
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