I wrote in an previous post about what spiders were and how it plays a role in search engine results. I also discussed Google SiteMap use in getting your site indexed properly. While you can submit a Google sitemap and you can wait to be indexed, there are many other benefits to having a well-designed sitemap. Sitemaps are one of SEO's secret weapons because they allow the … [Read more...] about SiteMaps – Key to Indexing Your Entire Site
Search Engine Optimization Tips
Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts
Aaron Wall of SEOBook did a great interview with Google engineer Matt Cutts and it can be found here. He comments on SEO techniques being construed as possible spam: Lots and lots of search engine optimization is white-hat and not spam at all. Things like making a site more crawlable, tweaking the words on a site based on what users type in or what you see in your server … [Read more...] about Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts
Anchor Text and Backlink Checker
A new anchor text and backlink tool with a funny name - Neat-O Backlink Tool has just been made available. Anchor text is a powerful method for ranking websites as I mentioned in earlier posts on anchor text optimization as well as the phenomenon of using anchor text to 'Google Bowl' another site. This tool is a little slow when we tested it but it does a fairly decent … [Read more...] about Anchor Text and Backlink Checker
Ranking Factors
SEOmoz put together an excellent set of SEO variables and their relative importance. If you are new to SEO or are experienced, this list highlights the most important factors to achieve search engine rankings. This article contains a large list of the factors that can influence a web document's rank at the major search engines (Yahoo!, MSN, Google & AskJeeves) for a … [Read more...] about Ranking Factors
A Race for Patents
With the patent office workers swamped with patent applications and a shortage of manpower, patent filers have been able to get a higher number of patents approved. Google filed a patent and now the others are following suit. There are five new patents - 2 Google patents, 1 MSN patent, and 2 Yahoo patents. According to Cr8asiteforums.com: Variable personalization of … [Read more...] about A Race for Patents