What is a search engine spider?
Search engines go from one web page to another, following links found on each page. This process is known as "crawling" the web. The program that crawls is known as a "spider" or "bot". Once a spider finds a web [...]
Buying and Selling Text Links
Is buying and selling text links good, bad, or somewhere in-between, in terms of SEO? I believe that buying and selling ADVERTISING, in whatever form that takes (banner ads, text links, etc) is a normal part of doing business, and [...]
Valid links that pass PR
When placing your link in a web directory, or requesting a link from a website, it is wise to consider whether the backlink will be a valid link that can be followed by the search engine robots and that the [...]
Google begins strange backlink update
Late last night, Google began updating backlinks across its datacenters. Most people are reporting strange results. Many have significantly increased backlinks, with most of them being low PR (even PR0) showing up, yet not showing the higher PR backlinks. In [...]
Google acquires Picasa – Microsoft acquires Lookout – Yahoo acquires Oddpost
The search engines are busily scooping up other companies, hoping to win the search engine war that has ignited amongst the big three (Google, Yahoo, MSN). The rate of acquisitions is at a frantic pace, as each tries to outdo [...]
New Google feature – Browse by Name
Google launched a new toolbar feature this week that allows users to type in a name, such as Grand Canyon, and be taken directly to the homepage for the site. If the users searches for something less specific or not [...]
Tool to check your DMOZ submissions
I own or manage a lot of websites, and checking to see if DMOZ has accepted my submissions is a chore that I often forget to do. I also tend to forget exactly what category I've submitted it to. When [...]
Which page should I point my backlinks to?
Many seo newbies wonder if they should point all their external backlinks to the home page or to internal pages of their site. There is no hard and fast rule for this, as it depends upon different factors, but the [...]
Google Link Popularity Analysis Tool
A brand new link analysis tool was released today by rustybrick.com . It is definitely a tool worth checking out, as it analyzes PR, backlinks, anchor text weights, class C IP reporting and more for whatever url you specify. You [...]
SEO Viral Marketing
A great way to gain more backlinks, better PR, increased credibility and more targetted traffic is by syndicating articles. The idea is that you create interesting, informative articles related to your website's subject matter. Then, you make the article available [...]
