Archive for September, 2008

Google’s Share Price Dips Below $400 After Tense Monday on Wall Street

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

In case you have haven't watched the news in the last few days (or don't care) the US and worldwide markets have been on a steep roller coaster ride of instability as investors and politicians struggle to put together a...

Will Using Google Analytics Hurt My Search Engine Rankings?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

In another one of those "I heard it from someone else" rumors circulating throughout the Internet, a High Rankings Forum member claims that he read an article that said that using Google Analytics on his site can hurt his search...

Search Engine Optimization Improves with Site Size — Or Does It?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

On one Crea8site Forums thread, Barry Welford asks if size is a factor in SEO success. It seems from the results that bigger sites (1000+ pages, according to him) have biggest (45%) success. Smaller sites could still be improved upon,...

How Do I Get Backlinks for an E-Commerce Web Site?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

When your business plan calls for a strict e-commerce site, you may be in a rut when it comes to building links. One WebmasterWorld forum member says that his service is superior to his competitors at half the price --...

Google AdWords API Report Download Timeout Issues

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A Google Groups thread has reports from several Google AdWords API users that Google's report download feature is having some issues. In short, if you use the API to download reports, you may be having issues. Minutes after issuing the...

Dear Google: Either Drop PageRank, or Give It More….Granularity

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I'm a seven, I think. Danny was too, but now, for some reason, he's a six. Mike's an eight. Google, natch, is a Ten (one of only two that Amit could find). PageRank is the unofficial, and official, and semi-official, arbiter of value on the web. And it's just deeply broken ...

Align Your SEO Strategy With Site Structure

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I'd like to take a look at an area often overlooked in SEO. Site architecture. Site architecture is important for SEO for three main reasons: To focus on the most important keyword terms Control the flow of link equity around the site Ensure spiders can crawl the site Simple, eh. Yet many webmasters get ...

We don’t have enough proper data to come close to solving the death problem

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Why I love Kevin's work, part umpty billion.

Congrats, SpaceX

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Elon Musk will be at Web 2 this year, and his SpaceX (one of three companies he's started since leaving PayPal, including Tesla and SolarCity) today had its first successful launch. More at BoingBoing Gadgets....

Firefox Rank Checker Extension Now With Pretty Graphs

Monday, September 29th, 2008

A member of the SEO Book community wanted to add graphs to the Rank Checker extension. Please give Site Rank Reporter a try, and leave feedback below. I have alerted him to this thread and he is anxious for your feedback. A couple tips... you must save the Rank ...