Archive for January, 2007

Google Updates Adsense Policy

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Once again, Google is getting clearer about their policies in their Adsense advertising program. As the years have progressed, and the market has matured, Google has become much more explicit with what they'll allow in their system. The updated policy can be found here. Google has clamped ...

With Google A Big Surge In Traffic Might Spell Doom

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

I am going to point out a phenomenon that very few people (that I've seen have talked about). This is a theme that has recurred for quite some time, so when I saw an account of it by someone else, I decided it must be happening to others. ...

Current Google Index - Extreme Volatility

Monday, January 15th, 2007

In the stock market, one of the key indicators that investors like to look at is the volatility of a stock. They're interested in how much it will go up or down in a day. People who love excitement will attempt to make money off the violent swings. ...

Google Cleans Up A Lot Of Supplemental Results

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

I have to hand it to them, it's like Google finally took out a broom and swept out a ton of broken pages, and pages marked supplemental. They also fixed the "ordering problem" they seemed to have when you used a site: command. Something is very different in ...

SEO And Marketing Can’t Be Separated

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I know there are a lot of very technical minded SEOs out there, but I think the days of crunching algos and concerning yourself only with gaining rankings can't matter are coming soon. No matter what, you always have to market your website and/or product, and the better you ...

Yahoo Offers Mobile Search Software To Consumers

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Yahoo has been coming out with more and more innovative search offerings lately, and their recent announcement about mobile search was no exception. Yahoo officials say the plan to offer software that mobile phone users will download themselves. The product will be introduced today as part of the ...

Recovering From Supplemental Index

Monday, January 8th, 2007

The Supplemental Index promises to the the major talking point for early 2007 as more and more websites have found their way into its' clutches. The Supplemental Index, in essence, contains pages that aren't good enough to be included in the main Google index. Once a page is ...

Choppy Google Update Continues

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Google has been doing a strange update for awhile now. This time most of my sites have been spared the emotional turmoil of sudden and unexpected death, but the one I call "the Afflicted One" has taken ill again, as usual. This has been a continous problem for ...

SEO in 2007

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Well it's a new year and SEOs everywhere can feel a tinge of excitement. What more ups and downs can optimizing pages have in store? If the last few years are any indication, SEOs will have to be adaptable and fluid, as always. The search engines never ...