Wheeeee. Google updates PR numbers in the toolbar every few months, and another update is happening. The numbers on the toolbar don’t represent anything that Google uses for rankings in its algorithm, except in an abstract way. The hip thing to do if you’re an SEOer is just to ignore it. [...]
Category Archives: Google
More Woes for the Competition: Google is Crawling Web Forms
April 17, 2008 – 7:58 pm
It’s been a while since anyone talked about the size of Google’s index compared to its competitors. My guess would be that it dwarfs Yahoo! when it comes to meat and potatoes pages - non-duplicates, non-100%-template, non-ad-spam - but I don’t know where Google is at for certain. This is definitely one [...]
Observations about keyword rich anchor text and Google rankings
February 13, 2008 – 3:26 pm
Back links are of serious importance for getting good Google rankings. They establish site authority and boost your site’s perceived importance to particular search engine queries. I’ve seen sites that weren’t at all targeting competitive keyphrases in their page copy, but were able to rank for them by virtue of keyword rich text [...]
Search engines improving rankings for general queries
February 10, 2008 – 3:03 pm
One difference between natural search engine listings and paid search listings is the use of IP addresses for locating users to determine what paid listings might show. To understand what I mean here are Google search results for the term “orthodontists.” Click on the thumbnail to get a larger image:
I live in [...]
Google opening an office in Ann Arbor Michigan
July 12, 2006 – 11:04 am
Everyone keeps asking me “What do you think about Google moving to Ann Arbor?” and I absolutely love this opportunity from several different angles.
I predict this to be a new movement for Michigan. From automotive to technology! Will that shake some boots up….Yes. But I come from a generation where I think [...]
Search Engine Optimized Shopping Cart
June 29, 2006 – 6:53 am
Based on the article below - could it be that when Google built this new contraption - is it optimized for the Google search engine?
“Google has launched Google Checkout, a payment system for online retailers that’s tightly integrated with Google AdWords. Checkout isn’t the rumored PayPal killer, but it does offer some compelling features for [...]
Google listening to my TV?!
June 28, 2006 – 8:37 am
I always knew that my laptop would have an affair with my TV.
Google’s new concept: Computer “hears” TV, serves up content
Under a new interactive concept being tested by Google, a computer could “listen” to its user’s TV, and serve up social networking, editorial and ad content relating to what’s being watched. The [...]
