I’m still playing around with the new MSN Live Beta and it is pretty cool. I’m seeing some use of LSI in the results and I’ve been impressed with its overall quality … but there are still issues that pop up once in awhile. My favorite right now is MSN isn’t showing up as a […]
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MSN adCenter Issues – Yes, Another One
Since the 14th MSN has been cruising along with an expired certificate. Nice. So, when prospects clicked through, they received the security warning. Seems that it only effected those who use their conversion tracking script … which I am a part of. Gotta track that traffic… Do you think if I sent Bill my logs […]
AdSense is Alive and Well, Thank You
Updated: July 6, 2009 Death of AdSense? Now, I don’t profess to be a “guru” with AdSense by any means, but I do fairly well. There is a report floating around that many of you have asked my comments about, so while I watched football yesterday, I downloaded the report and read the PDF – […]
SEO Tips from Matt Cutts
Over at SEO Egghead they posted a summary of all of tips that Matt Cutts’ has done over the past year or so on his blog. I thought it was a pretty good idea, however, some of the “tips” weren’t tips, they were mostly rants or information – not really tips. So, why not piggy […]
Quick Check for Google Supplemental Pages
Just a reminder as this has been around for some time … If you want to see how many pages your site has in the Google Supplemental Index, simply go to Google and do a search for: site:www.domain.com *** Make sure you have a space between the domain and the asterisks. The results are all […]
LSI Analysis Tool – Free
I’m never a fan of free tools, but this one is a good one. Andy Beal, formerly of Fortune Interactive, uncovered this cool little application. Visit Quintra’s site for the download. What I like about it is that it gives you a visual representation of the themed words at the same time showing you the […]
Google Webmaster Tools Adds “WWW” Issue
Now when you login to your Google Webmaster Tools account (formerly Google Sitemaps) you will have a new option on the left, “Preferred Domain”. This will allow you to set a preference of Google displaying your site in their index as www.domain.com, domain.com or no preference. Many are stating that this will finally correct the […]
Google Posts Backlink Update
We aren’t seen any strong movement in the SERPs – as this update has removed more links than it has added. No reason to be alarmed or concerned at this, as the data is 3-4 months old. We have a handful of domains that show a 50% drop in backlink numbers, but traffic levels have […]
Yahoo! Publisher Network Issues
According to my rep, Yahoo! has done an extensive refund to Yahoo! Search Marketing (PPC) customers over “the last period” (I would assume this means the last quarter), and thus, they have adjusted the amounts in the YPN accounts. I asked my rep if this had to do with the recent class action suit that […]
Danny Sullivan in Vegas!
Brett Tabke, who owns Webmaster World, and knows his stuff when it comes to SEM and SEO just sat down with Danny Sullivan for a nice informal interview that only Brett can deliver. Danny will be speaking at PubCon in Vegas this coming November and he will spend time focusing on organic listings, which he […]
Long Term Domain Registration “Secret”
I am growing tired of hearing “the tip” of registering your domain for ten years so you look like a legit business and therefore rewarded by Google. The thinking here is that spammers only register a domain for a year, maybe two. Only real businesses will register a domain for ten years, so do this, […]
Ask.com’s New Ads
So, I’m watching the Pittsburgh-Miami game tonight and what comes up? An Ask.com ad. “Why is Ask.com the fastest growing search engine?” Oh, I know this! It’s because their market share is so low they gained 1% and suddenly they are experiencing 100% growth! Am I right?!?! It is actually based on the increaes of […]
New Tools At WordTracker
I just got a message from Andy and Mike over at WordTracker about their new offerings. Here is a summary: They have a new Keyword Researcher tool. It looks pretty cool and has a good interface, but once you use it, you will think there is something missing just like I am. What is nice […]
Yahoo! Directory Listing for $60.00
In the forums there is some guy who is claiming he can get a site in the Yahoo! directory for just $60.00 instead of the $299.00 annual fee. I see these types of schemes all the time – and that is exactly what they are – a scheme. The tragic part about it, is people […]
Google SEO Classes Follow-up
It didn’t take long, did it? Adam Lasnik commented on the class he is giving on SEO: While I’m excited about this upcoming presentation to government manager folks — I think that the generally very-tech-savvy WebmasterWorld audience would be disappointed with the depth and focus of information presented. The primary emphasis will be on accessibility, […]
Google Giving SEO Classes?
It has been reported that Google (an employee of Google) is teaching an SEO class. Registration is a whopping $30.00 and is being held at a Catholic University in Washington D.C. Many are stating that the search engines should take a more active role in teaching SEO to the masses. Are they wanting the search […]
Competitve Ad Filter in AdSense
Discussion over at Webmaster World about competitors or “blocked URLs” still showing up in AdSense ads. The way the system is supposed to work is as follows: 1) You have Google AdSense on your site (i.e. Displaying Google AdWords ads) 2) Competitor A shows up as an ad on your site 3) You login to […]
Labor Day Issues
It is Labor Day in the U.S. and most businesses are shut down, but SEO testing continues … There has been a lot of discussion about Scoble’s visit to GooglePlex to hang out with Cutts and friends. One of the comments that Matt made on his blog was regarding the subdomain on live.com (Microsoft’s new […]
Matt Cutts’ “No Index” Meta Tag Test
Matt Cutts posted in his blog results about the no index meta tag. We thought it would be good to run this on our testing lab and see if his results that he reported were accurate. You can read more about this test on our site.
Microsoft Getting into “AdSense”
I’ve been asked to beta test the new “MSN AdSense” called “Content Ads” but I am passing at this time due to heavy workload and honestly, when it releases is when the real beta testing will start. Microsoft’s reputation for releasing software that isn’t ready for Prime Time (i.e. MSN AdCenter) is legendary. Look for […]