The Search Engine Blog

It took me a while to blog this one, but Blogger is officially out of beta. Or at least we hope the long standing bugs are gone. Having been frustrated with the length of time it took to get Blogger out of beta status and make any long needed improvements, I moved to WordPress some […]

There is a lot of hype over Wikipedia starting a people oriented search engine. This is solely because of the success of the online encyclopedia, but can lightning strike twice? There are many who think so. Of course all the hype is over blown as usual. I doubt this will knock Google and Yahoo! into […]

Here’s a great article that again repeats a standard rule. This is one most people think about too late. SEO should be a part of the planning of any site, not an after thought. All too often I’ll have a customer show me their new plans days before a site is suppose to launch only […]

Here is a nice write up explaining what CSS, Ajax and Web 2.0 are and how they can impact search listings. The short of it is to follow some really basic rules. Have text links to your other pages, design for the user first, and don’t do stupid code tricks. Ajax doesn’t seem to help […]

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Unfortunately it seems to be reporting incorrect information. I’ve done a few searches that state they don’t know about the site and recommend submitting a site map. When I log into the site’s Google account, it shows an error […]

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What do rel=”nofollow” links do? This is used as part of the a tag when creating a link to another site. What’s curious is that people seem to be using them without a clear understanding of what they do. The search engines themselves don’t tell you, yet they are the ones that introduced it years […]

Once in a while, someone will ask us why they should pay for monthly SEO work. After all, there are only three big search engines that capture 75% of the market. The question contains the answer. One of the things we do monthly for customers includes submitting to the minor search engines and directories. They […]

Sorry no posts in a while….big move to a bigger new place. Hate moving; love the results.