Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Google Crawl Rate Drops

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Google is crawling the internet at a much slower rate than they used to, based on observations of data in Google Webmaster Central. It's not on all sites, but I can notice a considerable decline on many. Google hasn't made any commentary on the subject so far, but ...

What To Do During A Google Update

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The current Google update appears to continue on in full swing. I am seeing terms moving around like Mexican jumping beans on meth. Now is not the time to analyze what's happening, or to make wholesale changes about what you think Google might like. Actually, it's never ...

Life With The New Google Index

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Life with the new Google index is not so bad. In fact, I'm beginning to like it, a lot. In fact, I like it so much I almost can't trust my good fortune. If you've spend the last few years building "trust" at your websites, chances are ...

Vicious Google Update Ends

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

If you're like me, you've been noticing some sever flux in Google for the last month or so. It looks like the vicious updating is over. I hate to say it, but the same websites I have that are always affected by "Google Flux" took a beating, but ...

Major Upheavals Continue In Google

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The Google Index has been rocky lately. Normally I try to ignore Google and their fluctuations as much as I can. But I'm only human, and lately I can't help but notice some major flux. Especially noteworthy is the huge variance between local search and all of ...

In SEO, Crawlability Still Trumps Most Other Issues

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Webmasters complain about their rankings, whenever they notice unexpected changes. It's completely understandable from a human nature standpoint. Who the hell wants to lose something they perceive they've had to work hard to achieve? So when you sense your rankings slipping, you tend to get emotional. ...

Google Is Fighting With European Regulators Over Privacy Issues

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

When you think about internet privacy issues, you realize that they are hardly solved, at all. More people use the internet every day for various and sundry uses, and many of them are unaware of how their personal information is used. The latest controversy finds Google in the ...

Average Time On Site Is A Very Important Metric

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

These days, Google knows as much about a website as its' creator, or close to. If you have your website in Google Analytics, Google tracks every minute detail they can about your website's visitors. To Google, certain factors mean a website is quality, and I'm sure one that ...

On-Page Factors Still Important For Google SEO

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

The basic fundamentals of good SEO still pay off in Google. Google loves easy to identify pages that have clear on-page factors indicating what the topic is about. If you construct your pages with some care, you'll be surprised how easy it is to rank. Of course ...

Google Looks Beyond DoubleClick Deal

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Google expects their takeover of DoubleClick will be approved soon. At that point, they plan on pushing forward into the advertising arena to offer even more options for advertisers. Google plans on making it easy for people to advertise everywhere through one control panel. Tim Armstrong, Google's president of ...