Is Google a Friend or Foe?
It depends on your stand point. You have to sit back in admiration on what they have done, but where they are going is a completely different matter. You have to remember though that Google is not the same company as it used to be, they are now a money making machine and in order [...]
October 5, 2007Page Rank to be Retired
Could it be possible that Google are thinking of or may have already decided to retire the famous Page Rank? The rumours as you would expect are full of what could happen and what may happen.
It seems to be certain that they will be removing the Page Rank from the Google Tool Bar; this may [...]
Googles birthday goes unnoticed
It was Googles birthday the other day, nine years they have been around and it has only been the last couple years that they have actually been trying to take over the world!
The only indication of the celebration was the Google logo had one of their little letter changes, it was the forth “G” that [...]
Google to restart penalty notifications
It always used to be the way that Google would email webmasters if they had any reason to believe that their site was not up to the standard or that they were in violation of the Google high command guidelines.
But a few months ago these were stopped because they were being copied and sent on [...]
Google in the bad books
For many webmasters the prospect of being on page one or have a brilliant page rank or if they are really lucky both on Google has always been top priority. But in contrast to the years gone by, it would appear that webmasters are not very pleased about the changes in search results.
The fact is [...]
Webmasters get RSS stats from Google
There’s another reason for using Googles webmaster central service, because it has emerged that there is the facility that will allows users to find out exactly how many people are subscribed to their RSS feeds.
This information can be very useful indeed, because being able to see how the subscriber list is growing or in some [...]
Is Google penalising paid links?
It would appear that over the past couple of months, Google have been putting it around that they frown upon some paid links and those sites who do not take any notice, would suffer the consequences.
It is possible that site owners who buy links may be putting their creditability at risk, as well as the [...]
Image search could double traffic
With images being stored all over the Internet it has become an increasingly popular way of searching. Therefore if your Website has the wrong or does not accurately describe the image or site, then you could be missing out on quite a lot of traffic.
What you would need to look at is:
Image Name – You [...]
Duplication can affect PR
There has been much discussion regarding the subject of Page Rank and Page Duplication, but this is just one of the many things that a Webmaster can look into in order to increase traffic and PR standings.
Other things are long URL’s not only do these look awful, they can sometimes put people off from clicking [...]
Changes at Webmaster Central
There are some nice new toys on Googles Webmaster Central and some of the old favourites have got a look as well as some nice features.
This appears to be an ongoing almost organic feature where the tools are improved as time moves on, and all the time features are being removed and added, which makes [...]