Pew Internet's Spring Tracking Survey this year shows that Search is growing at a faster rate than other activities on the Web. The study suggests that this increase in search activity correlates with the expansion of broad band. Here's some…
It's now possible for search engines to index Flash content. As you all know, Flash content has been "invisible" to the search engines and a huge problem in terms of SEO for sites with Flash.Check out the articles here and…
It remains to be seen if this historic friendly pact between the two search engine superpowers will be permitted by US Federal regulators.
Shari Thurow, an SEO writer and web developer that i've know for years and respect highly has written an excellent article about common misconceptions about SEO. These are the same issues and questions that I confront regularly.The truth about SEO…
Earlier this month, Sitemaps.org announced a change in robots.txt usage. The organization which is a collaboration of Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, made the change to allow sites to tell search engines where to find their sitemap. For directions on how…
I recently received a forwarded email from a client asking about the validity of the claims in the email. It was from a spammer saying that they could guarantee 1st place in Google. My client was asking if that was…
The top three major search engines have agreed on a sitemap protocal to make it easier for their spiders to index content. This article does a good job of laying out the basics. But, if you'd really like to dive…
I'm pretty excited about going to the Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose next week. And no, I'm not just going for the parties! (Although I will be attending the Google Dance. ;) I've been to three of these…
As many of you have heard my lecture (um, talk) about the importance of building relevant links to your sites, I thought you'd find this article at ClickZ interesting. Recent research done to identify how search engines determine Web page…