Sometimes it happens when I am talking to clients and they look at one set in Google while I see a different set. It is the exact same search term. It has been a problem in the past because we have used different datacenters to access the index when Google is updating it. It’s never a problem…
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Combine Yahoo Pipes with RSS Feeds
Yahoo! is a great way for non-programmers to combine, aggregate, and filter multiple RSS feeds. Pipes (YP). YP is a visual editor that allows users to retrieve and manipulate data, add user-defined inputs and filter content in a variety of ways. I combined nine* popular SEO feeds using YP and published it on pipes.yahoo.com. It can be used…
Getting a New Domain Name
Ryan Stout created a wonderful tool that will help you find the right domain name for your new site. It is called Bust A Name and has a nice JavaScript interface that includes a rails, MySQL, and lighttpd backend. Primarily a word-combiner, once your words have been entered, you can choose similar words from a dropdown list. You…
How do search engine spammers appear?
It is possible to believe that search engine spammers are the same as everyone else. This is unless you are a spam detection algorithm. Last week’s ACM SIGIIR conference in The Netherlands featured an interesting paper titled “Know your Neighbors”: Web Spam Detection Using the Web Topology This article describes a spam detection method that analyzes the…
Semantic Markup
The Design and Content Guidelines section of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines contains a paragraph that says “…. Write pages that accurately and clearly describe your content. This is the only way I know to achieve this goal easily. I will provide additional reading links on semantic markup near the end. Semantic markup refers to using html elements that correspond to ‘content…
QR codes
Recently, I was dining with a Japanese corporate client and asked them what new was on their phone. Technically, I didn’t ask personally. Because I’ve found that Japan is always interesting when you ask this question, I say “as usual”. This was not an isolated case, but it did provide some background. It is important to note…
Web Analytics: One Hour a Day
Although I don’t usually welcome the addition of a book to the Essential Reading section here at SEO Blog, this is an exception. Avinash Kaushik’s Web Analytics: An hour a Day is the best book I’ve ever read about Internet marketing for small businesses. The title is misleading. It explains complex metrics in simple terms, and gives…