All posts tagged google

Blekko: Newest Search Engine Aiming For Google’s Top Spot

by Sam on November 13, 2010 in News, Search Engines with 1 Comment
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In a world where Google dominates the online search environment, we rarely see any start-up search engines who pose a threat to Google’s top position. Most have not brought anything particularly new to the market and fade away since the first and only name that comes to our mind for search is Google anyway.

Enter: Blekko.com. Blekko may seem simple and appear as just another little search engine but its features and capabilities will amaze you as it provides greater personalization options for search results as well as lots of analytical data available to webmasters. Continue reading →

When Is The Next Google PageRank(PR) Update Anyway?

by Sam on November 11, 2010 in Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines with 3 Comments
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I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed but Google has not updated Pagerank for sites in its index for about 7 or 8 months now. Usually, Pagerank updates occur automatically by google’s servers every 3 or 4 months and for the past few years it has been very predictable. Honestly, I almost forgot about Pagerank and its importance and have just been focusing on using proven SEO techniques for building client websites and helping them rank better in search engines. Continue reading →

Tip Of The Day: Download Google’s SEO Starter Guide & Learn To Dominate Search Results

by Sam on October 6, 2010 in Search Engine Optimization, Tip Of The Day, Tutorials with 15 Comments

For today’s tip I will be directing you to the most accurate guide on how to make your websites search engine friendly and rank well in search engine results pages, which is the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. This PDF is a MUST READ for new and seasoned web publishers and developers and provides all the necessary information required to begin to master Search Engine Optimization. Forget about what everyone else has to say about SEO for a little while and download and start reading the guide from the team at Google.

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How I Increased My Search Engine Traffic By 1,000% in 4 Months

by Sam on July 27, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Statistics with 17 Comments
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Google currently uses over 200 signals to examine the entire link structure of the web and to determine which pages are important and relevant to particular user search queries. The weight and importance of each signal / factor differs greatly and practicing the right search engine optimization techniques is vital to your online success through search.

Since the launch of Sam’s Web Guide, I have experienced an increase of over 1,000% in search engine traffic and the method for achieving this was not very difficult but has been very specific. Although there are so many factors that search engines use for determining ranking, today I’m going to share the most important techniques I employed that have helped my blog to soar even in tough times.

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17 Killer Techniques For Driving Massive Search Engine Traffic To Your Blog

by Sam on June 12, 2010 in Blogging & SEO with 64 Comments
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Driving massive amounts of search engine traffic to your blog can be a lot easier than you think, it really depends on some key factors like the niche you’ve chosen, your marketing and SEO techniques and even how dedicated a blogger you are, to name a few. There are billions of search queries per day across major search engines and you need to be taking advantage of this consistent and predictable source of traffic if you truly want to dominate your niche.

So here are 17 techniques to put in action and practice to help you rank higher in search engines and attract tons of relevant visitors to your blog. Continue reading →

The Evolution of Search – Google’s New Social Search Results

by Sam on April 23, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News, Social Media, Videos with 8 Comments

Over the past week, I’ve been talking a lot about practicing search engine optimization in such a way that benefits can be gained through social network sites and other forms of socializing on the web. (Check out my previous article on How To Use Social Media To Effectively Improve SEO) Google now has an exciting new service called Social Search and what this does is provide relevant search results from conversations and posts your friends in your circle may have published in addition to regular organic search results.

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How To Use Social Media To Effectively Improve SEO

by Sam on April 18, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Social Media with 26 Comments

There is a huge debate on whether Social Media will be replacing traditional Search Engine Results and Search Engine Optimization practices. Some persons say Social Media will replace SEO and others are saying SEO is here to stay. Now the truth of the matter is that neither of the two is greater and I will be showing you that by maintaining a solid online social presence you will massively improve your SEO results which are guaranteed to improve your chances of your great content being found on the internet.

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Will SEO Be Necessary in the Next 5 Years?

by Sam on March 12, 2010 in Search Engine Optimization with 29 Comments

As bloggers, most of us have invested thousands of hours online in an attempt to ensure our success at blogging. We write interesting posts, interact with other bloggers worldwide, we read, study and some spend most of their time optimizing their sites for search friendliness and better search engine rankings. So the question comes to my mind: Are we spending too much time working on and talking about SEO when it may not exist in the next few years? Continue reading →

Alexa Traffic Rankings Inaccurate – Room for Improvement

by Sam on March 2, 2010 in Blogging & SEO with 31 Comments

There is growing news on the internet that the Alexa TrafficAlexa Traffic Logo
Rankings are not accurate and cannot be used to boast traffic rankings for the average site owner. The main flaw that I have found with Alexa, is their main method of collecting user traffic data, which is mainly through an Alexa Toolbar that collects data from users’ browsers that have the toolbars installed.

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23 Easy Ways to Guarantee More Links to your Site

by Sam on February 28, 2010 in Other Tutorials, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials with 20 Comments

There is a growing debate on the net whether link popularity will be relevant in the medium term as search engine algorithms continue to change and evolve to be more efficient and facilitates easier methods for the average webmaster to focus on SEO related tasks. Personally, I think that link building is here to stay for the foreseeable future since Google uses linking data intensively. Continue reading →

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