Search Engines

Google Blog Writing Series on Linking Strategies

An interesting series is being written on the Google Webmaster Blog about Linking Strategies. They have already got my interest. After all, Google giving us any hint at all about links is a plus.
This one part really interests me;
Day 4: Inbound links (sites linking to you)
Inbound links are external sites linking to you. There are [...]

Security and SEO go Hand-in-Hand

We all talk about SEO a lot. There are a ton of things you need to know in order to rank well in the search engines, but what do you know about website security and how it can affect the SEO of your website?
Chances are, not much, because we don’t talk about it often enough. [...]

Have you used Google Webmaster Tools lately?

A lot of people already use Google Webmaster Tools, but when is the last time you checked your website? Sometimes we just get busy and we forget how helpful Google Webmaster Tools can be.
Others of you may not know about them. Read this blog post about Google Webmaster Tools and you will see why you [...]

Stephen Colbert Video with Nicholas Carr about Google

I like Stephen Colbert and think he is hilarious. This interview with Nicholas Carr about his book and about Google in no different.

yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = “Stephen Colbert Video with Nicholas Carr about Google”;

http://seoserviceprovider.com/seoblog/2008/09/27/stephen-colbert-video-nicholas-carr-google/

Debating Social Media vs Google

I have been writing about the rise of social media for a long time now and how it compares to search engine traffic and users. Many SEOs say social media traffic does not convert well and therefore useless to advertisers. I disagree.
First of all, you can read my post about the number of people who [...]

Dynamic URLS, Static URLs, and Permalink Structure in Wordpress

There is a lot of talk about Google’s announcements about dynamic URLs vs. Static URLS. Google has confused a lot of people on this since it differs from previous statements out of Google and also differs from common sense SEO techniques. First, what is a dynamic vs. a static URL for those of you who [...]

SearchMe Review

Well, it seems everyone wants to have a search engine. Some have been more creative than others. Some have just been ridiculous. Cuil announcing they will compete with Google was about the most ridiculous statement made by anyone in quite awhile. Cuil likely won’t even compete with ask.com or MSN, let alone google.
SearchMe.com is different [...]

Google Sells Performics

Google has a webpage that gives advice about choosing an SEO company. On that page it says, “While Google doesn’t have a special relationship with any SEO company”.
Yet, read this from Search Engine Watch about Google selling Performics . . .
Google has sold its Performics search marketing business to the Publicis Groupe.
said [...]

MSN BrowserRank

MSN BrowserRank is just the beginiing. This is something I have been talking to clients about and working on for quite some time now. The future of search rankings will include the amount of time spent on your website and individual web pages. The links that are clicked on the most in your site will [...]

Google Optimization and Social Bookmarking

Google Optimization and Search Engine Optimization
There is SEO or search engine optimization and there is Google Optimization. There is a big difference between the two. Matt Cutts is a really smart guy and a lot of people read his blog. When interviewed the stories have titles like “Matt Cutts on SEO”. But in reality, he [...]