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In an online Q&A session, Google’s Matt Cutts answered the questions of webmasters who want to get higher rankings on Google for their websites. This article summarizes the most important SEO relevant statements of this session. The effect of +1 clicks on your organic rankings and ads Google is still testing the effect of +1 … Read more
Yesterday I was in Brighton at a family funeral; my Auntie Mary, who was only in her mid-60s, was told a couple of months ago that she had just six weeks to live. She was a wonderful woman and so it was no surprise that the church had just as many people standing outside, who … Read more
Google has announced that it is “making search more secure”. What it is doing is ensuring that for all people who are logged into Google at the “dot com” site their searches will be encrypted. This, according to Google, is because search is “personal”. So, my first question is: what makes it personal today and … Read more
Spelling mistakes can have a negative effect on the positions of your web pages in Google’s search results. In addition to this, there are many more quality signals that Google checks on your web pages. Is it really important to avoid spelling mistakes? Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed in a video, that the number of spelling … Read more
Google is full of engineers – computer geeks, code-writers and mathematicians all live happily inside the Google buildings around the world. To them, some of the aspects of using Google that we find complex, they think are really easy. I sometimes wonder if they think people around the world are really quite dumb. After all, … Read more
Amanda Knox (R), the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Italy in November 2007, arrives in court after a break during her appeal trial session in Perugia September 30, 2011. Knox, jailed for 26 years, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are fighting their convictions for the murder of Kercher … Read more
Facebook users are going to get a surprise tomorrow; the social networking site that they love so much is trying to make them love it even more. On average we each spend 15 minutes every day using Facebook, creating three new pieces of content every day on the site. But that’s not enough for the … Read more
Google has confirmed that the number of +1 clicks influences the position of a website in the search results. How does this affect your web pages and what do you have to to do make sure that Google lists your website? What is Google’s +1 button? The +1 button is Google’s version of Facebook’s Like … Read more
Optimizing the content of your web pages is important if you want to get high rankings on Google. Most people know that they have to work on web page titles, web page content and links from other sites. The internal link structure of a website is often overlooked although it has a big impact on … Read more
Google’s +1 button is now available for websites. The new button will influence the position of your web pages in Google’s search results. What exactly does this button do and how can you use it with your web pages? What is Google’s +1 button? The +1 button is Google’s answer to Facebook’s “Like” button. It … Read more
Is it national “blame another country week”? I woke up this morning to the news that Google was blaming China for an issue with Gmail. The day before we had the Germans blaming the Spanish for an E.coli food poisoning outbreak. And, following the allegations that the UK Border Agency is not up to scratch, … Read more
Google’s Matt Cutts gave many SEO related tips in a live chat that was hosted on YouTube. This week’s article contains all important statements that were made by Matt Cutts in that chat: 1. Google’s Panda update will be available for more languages Google’s Panda update targeted content farms and low quality websites. Although these … Read more
It’s great if your website is listed on Google’s first result page for the right keywords. It’s not so great if nobody clicks on your listing because there’s something wrong with it. There are some easy and some not-so-easy things that you can do to get more clicks on your Google listings. Easy: Make your … Read more
Google’s latest search engine algorithm update (code name: Panda) caused a ranking drop for many websites. Google wants to reduce the rankings of low-quality content in the search results. To make it easier for webmasters to find out if the web page content is good enough for Google’s new quality filters, Google has published some … Read more
Google has become pretty good in detecting low quality web pages and links. If you use a link service that promises a lot of high PR links for little money or if you participate in a fully automated linking system, chances are that Google will penalize your website because you are trying to trick them. … Read more