The 900 pound gorilla of search has it's own category on our blog. ÊGoogle owns more than the majority of the search market, so it's important to stay on top of the industry by looking at what Google is doing from acquisitions, announcements, new services and more.
Ranking Factors: Google News from Google Employee Video
I came across this while stumbling stuff for a Spanish language site that I am working on and found it extremely interesting. There is a lot in there, almost all you need to know if your familiar with SEO, on how to optimize for the news search portion of the site. Without any more hesitation, here we go. The video runs about 15 minutes, so make sure you have some time to devote to watching it, just hit read on to get to the video. Read more
Could Lack of Customer Support Kill the Nexus One?
For some it’s a pastime, poor customer service and a general mistrust and sort of half cocked hatred towards bad consumer electronics companies. I can remember before blogs became a sort of consumer equalizer many had no where in common to vent, aside from the BBB, email or unless a class action lawsuit was initiated, or just by word of mouth, which was broadened by email and the Internets older message boards, BBS’s, etc. and now we have been reduced to what Read more
How to Create Proper Google Video Sitemaps
So back in December of 2007 Google’s Video team announced changes to their sitemap protocol. Specifically changes to the way Google uses sitemaps to index your video content. Now this can be done for a number of different sites that have videos, but would be an absolute killer change for sites that contain mostly video content, and we all know there are a lot out there.
How do I create my video sitemap according to the standards?
To create your video sitemap, even if you just have a dozen or so videos on your site, or even less, and just want to test out the service to see what kind of exposure your video’s get now that Google can crawl them and pick up meta data Read more
Are Google Duplicate Content Penalties a Myth?
Well according to Greg Grothaus from the Google Search Quality team it is. We are used to getting tips from Matt Cutt’s YouTube channel, great channel to subscribe to by the way if you do not already subscribe, but this time someone from Search Quality has weighed in on the subject of duplicate content. For a long time the echoes of “No Duplicate Content” rings throughout the SEO community. Well those day are for all practical purposes over. In this ever changing SEO landscape, this is just another myth that has been debunked. Mr. Grothaus posted a video about the duplicate content myth here, along with a presentation on the Google Webmaster Central blog covering multiple site issues and duped content issues that tacticians continue to face when trying to improve web rankings, specifically for Google usually. Read more
Cash4Gold Has Some Serious PR Problems
According to several sites, including one submitted to a complaint board by a former Cash4Gold employee, located in Pompano Beach, FL. details the entire Cash4Gold Scam. Consumers should be warned that by sending their gold to a company that is accused of these things is risking their gold.
Details of the entire Cash4Gold Scam can be found here.
Just wanted to warn any consumers in these rough times who might consider selling their gold, don’t sell it to Cash4Gold.
Caveat Empetor, or buyer beware of this company for sure.
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Quick Guide to Local Search on Google, Yahoo
The Internet has opened the door to a huge global audience for any organization advertising products or services. But what if your target audience is a local one? Two of the most popular Internet search engines have developed tools that give online visitors the ability to perform local searches, so they can find exactly what they’re looking for nearby. Read more
