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Search

When it comes to search engine marketing and search engine optimization, it is very easy for the business person who is inexperienced with the nature of the internet to be confused with how the whole “getting to the top of Google” thing works. There are a number of ways to achieve high rankings in the [...]

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This is probably one of the oldest misunderstandings when it comes to search engines and websites. There is absolutely no need for anyone to submit a website or blog to Google in order for it to be added to the Google index. Honestly. You just don’t have to do it.
You can do if you want. [...]

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Could you be missing out on an inbound link?

by Stephen on February 10, 2010

What would you say if I told you there is a very simple way to see if you are missing out on an inbound link to your blog or website? My guess is that you would ask me to tell you more, as all blogs and websites need as many links as they can possibly [...]

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Google rolling out new real-time search feature

by Stephen on December 8, 2009

Google is in the process of rolling out it’s new real-time search feature; an enhancement it has been trying to incorporate for some time.
The “latest results” window appears on the search results page and includes results from Twitter and other pages the Googlebot has indexed within the past few minutes. This feature is not [...]

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AltSearchEngines is sending out a general request asking people to use a search engine other than one of the top three (Google, MSN and Yahoo!) on Wednesday 1 April.
AltSearchEngines says it is not anti Google, just pro alternative search engines.
Sounds like a good enough reason to try one of the smaller search engines, but will [...]

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Google is now including longer, more detailed descriptions on its search results pages for search phrases that include three or more words. The idea is to show the words which have been searched for in more context and allow the searcher to make a more informed decision about which link to follow.
The example phrase used [...]

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Yahoo! search results now include Facebook profiles

by Stephen on February 27, 2009

Yahoo! search may be light years behind Google when it comes to usage, but it does come up with some innovative features. The latest integrates Facebook profiles into the search results. This will allow users to add a friend, poke, send a message or view a person’s friends.
The official Yahoo! blog post announcing the new [...]

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Should I submit my website to search engines?

by Stephen on December 15, 2008

The short answer to this question is no.
There is no need for you to submit your website to any search engine. They will find your website by following links from other pages on the internet. In reality, you don’t need to submit your website to any search engine. This is because there are websites which [...]

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In a recent post at ProBlogger it was suggested that bloggers track which phrases are entered into a blogs internal search engine in order to find out just what people are looking for. The thought process being that content could then be tailored toward the search phrases. This, of course, is an excellent idea. The [...]

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The great text link buying debate

by Stephen on October 3, 2008

If you are the owner or webmaster of a successful website there is no doubt that you will have been approached at some time by somebody wishing to buy “advertising space” on your website.
Danny Sullivan has written an excellent article at Search Engine Land entitled Conversation With An Idiot Link Broker in which he describes [...]

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Problem Solved is a website that offers tradesmen the chance to advertise their business and for consumers to find out about a business before employing its services.
The idea is simple (business provides service, customer writes review and rates the service provided) and helps resolve the age old problem of finding a builder, plumber or electrician, [...]

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A really easy way to use the robots.txt file

by Stephen on July 12, 2008

The robots.txt file is a very powerful tool to use for the purpose of SEO, but if used incorrectly it can lead to your website being completely ignored by search engines!
The robots.txt file tells a search engine spider which directories on a server it can crawl. These directories will then be added to the search [...]

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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the company is teaming up with search industry leaders to dramatically improve search results of dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs). Adobe is providing optimized Adobe® Flash® Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover information [...]

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