Why Google’s PR is important for a forum
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 2:24 in SEO | viewed 934 views times | 0 Comments
I have already posted about what Google’s PR or PageRank is. Many of the SEO Kiddies live for the day when Google “update” the PR every 3-4 months (when in reality they update it every day internally). Many of the... (Continue reading)
Why does Google use DMOZ?
Written on 5 Feb, 2010 at 1:31 in SEO | viewed 1,012 views times | 0 Comments
Firstly no one except Google has any idea of what a listing in the web directory DMOZ has on the ranking of websites in the search engine results. Many people like to believe that a web site listed in DMOZ... (Continue reading)
Monetize a forum with Adsense
Written on 6 Jan, 2010 at 19:43 in Forum Monetization | viewed 884 views times | 0 Comments
Google’s Adsense program is probably one of the more effective ways to monetize a forum. Essentially, you place the Google Adsense code on your forum in the template for where you wish to show the advertisements, Google then displays contextually... (Continue reading)
Let me Google that for you…
Written on 28 Dec, 2009 at 15:56 in Whatever | viewed 1,114 views times | 0 Comments
Ever get frustrated when a thread is started on the simplest or dumbest question that a quick Google (or another search engine) search would provide the answer? I do…but I am also torn between the frustration and the principle of... (Continue reading)
Twitter being used by Google and Bing
Written on 22 Oct, 2009 at 20:55 in Forum Promotion | viewed 728 views times | 0 Comments
Both Google and Bing this week (23 October, 2009) announced that they have agreements with Twitter to include Twitter updates in their SERPs. Bing have launched their Twitter search (only accessible by those in the USA at the moment). Google’s... (Continue reading)
Submitting a forum to search engines
Written on 21 Oct, 2009 at 1:37 in SEO | viewed 634 views times | 0 Comments
Do not waste your time on this. The need to submit a site to a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo or Bing using their add url page went out of fashion last century and has not made a difference... (Continue reading)
Engaging with the search engines
Written on 17 Oct, 2009 at 1:18 in SEO | viewed 529 views times | 0 Comments
Embrace the search engines; add your sites in their webmaster area; and submit your sitemaps to help them crawl you: Google: Add your site to Webmaster Tools and submit a sitemap.xml Participate in the Google Webmaster Help Group Read the Google Webmaster Blog Yahoo!: Add your... (Continue reading)
WWGD: What Would Google Do?
Written on 16 Oct, 2009 at 5:12 in Whatever | viewed 601 views times | 0 Comments
I do not read a lot of books as I am online so much. I recently had a long flight and in the airport bookshop I picked up a book by Jeff Jarvis called What Would Google Do. I thought... (Continue reading)
Sitelinks in Google’s Search Results
Written on 13 Oct, 2009 at 19:27 in SEO | viewed 620 views times | 0 Comments
In 2006, Google introduced sitelinks in the SERPs (see the extra links in the Apple Computer example above). These are additional links under the main search results that point to deeper pages in the site. The sitelinks are something that... (Continue reading)
What is PageRank?
Written on 12 Oct, 2009 at 21:03 in SEO | viewed 728 views times | 0 Comments
PageRank (PR) is the term that is trademarked and an algorithm patented by Google. PageRank is the link analysis algorithm named after one of the founders of Google, Larry Page. The algorithm assigns a numerical value to each page on... (Continue reading)
Dates of Google PR updates
Written on 23 Sep, 2009 at 0:40 in SEO | viewed 500 views times | 0 Comments
Google periodically exports the internal PR data that they update internally on a daily basis to the Google Toolbar for us to look at. The most recent dates of the export were approximately: (4 Jun 2010)* 3 Apr 2010 31 Dec 2009 30 Oct... (Continue reading)
Google’s link: operator
Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 1:15 in SEO | viewed 1,139 views times | 0 Comments
Ignore it….nuff said. For those that want a more detailed explanation: Google allow webmasters to search for sites that link to a web page (not a ’site’) by the use of the link: operator (ie the backlinks). See this search for... (Continue reading)
What is the Google Dance?
Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 0:40 in SEO | viewed 544 views times | 0 Comments
The Google Dance goes back to the good old days of search engine optimization. Google used to update PageRank (PR) and the search engine rankings (SERPs) on a monthly basis. It was a big event as the updates would roll... (Continue reading)
Use Google alerts to find ideas for new threads
Written on 12 Sep, 2009 at 0:46 in 101 Tips and Ideas | viewed 399 views times | 0 Comments
Sign up for Google alerts for several keywords or phrases related to your forums niche or industry and get a daily email of news, blog posts and web information related to that niche or industry. The alerts monitors activity for... (Continue reading)
Is more than 100 links on a page a problem?
Written on 28 Aug, 2009 at 10:00 in SEO | viewed 598 views times | 0 Comments
One of the myths that come up from time to time is that Google will ban a site if it has more than a 100 links on a page or not crawl more than 100 links on a page. For... (Continue reading)
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