Yearly Archives: 2004

New googlebot user agent

Many people have noticed a new googlebot user agent in their log files recently. This new entry in the log will look like Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +https://www.google.com/bot.html). Way back in March, googleguy over at webmasterworld forum mentioned that they were [...]

By |2004-09-28T16:54:00-04:00September 28th, 2004|SEO|

SEO table tricks

SEOs have long used the "table trick" to push the most important body text content to the top of the code, before the navigation information. This trick has long been documented at sites such as https://www.wordsinarow.com/tabletrick.html. I have found a [...]

By |2004-09-23T02:59:00-04:00September 23rd, 2004|SEO|

Personalized search – how does it affect SEO?

The wave of search engines concentrating on personalized search has had me a bit concerned about the effect that will have on search engine optimization. But I suppose it depends upon what the definition of personalization is. The original definition, [...]

By |2004-09-21T16:49:00-04:00September 21st, 2004|SEO|

Adding content using RSS feeds

Any good SEO will tell you that you need to have good content. One way to add more content to your site is to make use of RSS feeds. RSS feeds are plentiful these days, and they are a good [...]

By |2013-06-06T13:29:07-04:00September 20th, 2004|Content|

SEO Reminder: That time of year for a SERPs shakeup

Brett Tabke, over at WebmasterWorld, has reminded everyone today that Google has a history of doing major shake-up algorithm changes in the last quarter of the year. Update Florida occurred on 11/15/2003 and Update Dallas occurred on 9/28/2002. Apparently, there [...]

By |2004-09-19T17:32:00-04:00September 19th, 2004|SEO|

Google search results being hijacked by spammers

The hottest topic this week is the serious problem Google is having with spammers hijacking innocent websites and replacing those sites in the SERPs. Pandia has an article at https://www.pandia.com/sw-2004/40-hijack.html that describes the situation in detail, and a lengthy heated [...]

By |2004-09-17T18:47:00-04:00September 17th, 2004|SEO|

SEO and the art of URL rewriting

How often have you seen the question raised about dynamic urls and how they effect the SEO process? The discussion regarding dynamic urls and search engine optimization comes up frequently, and almost always, the answer involves the use of mod_rewrite. [...]

By |2004-09-12T23:10:00-04:00September 12th, 2004|SEO|
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