Google buying Urchin
Scary thought of the day... Google is buying Urchin, a major web analytics software product, and this worries me. Not only do I envision Big Brother looking at my web stats, but I can visualize Google being able to make [...]
C Class Backlink Analyzer Tool
WeBuildPages has created another nice tool, which analyzes backlinks by C-class. It takes about three minutes to run, but it gives a nice backlinks report, which includes, number of unique domain names, number of unique IP addresses, number of unique [...]
DigitalPoint Keyword Tracker now tracks the Big Three
Shawn from DigitalPoint rocks! He has added the ability to track keyword rankings and backlinks for both MSN and Yahoo! to his already famous FREE DigitalPoint Keyword and Backlink Tracker. The perfect SEO tool has just exceeded perfection! If you [...]
Google Algorithms (s, as in plural)
For a couple of months now, Google has been using several different algorighms across its datacenters. I have seen up to 5, but most often, it was running 2 or 3. In the last few days, it seems to have [...]
First SEO test results
A month ago, I began testing seo techniques, and the first test was to see if simply adding content to a site that I had previously ignored would cause any change in rankings. Result: No changes in rank. I am [...]
Will one of the search engines win because of search? Or something else?
Of the big three search engines, none are strictly a search engine. Google remains nearest the mark, but as it pumps out more portal-like features, it strays farther from being able to call itself simply a search engine. Of course, [...]
Datacenter differences – an example
I've been watching a sandboxed site (competitive term), and lately I've seen it pop into the SERPs occasionally (never ranked in the top 1000 before). Assuming that this was a sign that it was only ranking on some datacenters, I [...]
MSN adCenter – MSN gets into the PPC game
Today, MSN unveils its "next-generation online advertising platform", which should compete well with Google Adwords and Yahoo PPC programs. This is a pilot program that will begin only in Singapore and France within the next six months before it rolls [...]
The Google 302 pagejacking problem explained
Previously, I have discussed the serious problem that Google is having with handling 302 redirects, and how this problem is causing many sites to have its pages hijacked in the SERPs. (You can review these in this post on Sept. [...]
Google search counts tool
Technobloggie has a beta tool for estimating the number of searches a keyword gets on Google per month. It gives some good info as you can see below. Here is an example for the term "search engine optimization" Searches a [...]
