I have been using the Search Engine Optimisation script Ranksense all day to see why everyone has been raving about it. Developed by Hamlet Batista, Ranksense is a feature full keyword and website optimiser which will tell you what is bringing you the most traffic, where you rank in the search engines and what keywords you should be targeting. It’s a great script and lucky for all of you, you can currently download a 90 day free trial to test it out. After that you need to pay a monthly subscription…
In the last year there have been many articles about the hypocrisy of Google. Many times they have been guilty of double standards and have bent their own rules to suit themselves too (keep tabs on Michael Gray’s fantastic SEO Blog if you’re curious about some of these double standards). I came across a post today which exposed one of these double standards and is a great example of how Google are happy to break their own rules if theres a dollar to be made.
Ramiro Gómez from SEO-Expert-Blog.com wrote a great post…
Matt McGee from Small Business Search Marketing found an excellent website today called Traffic Marks. Traffic Marks helps you find the authority websites for certain keywords.
To use Traffic Marks you need to first sign up though this doesn’t take long. After you have signed up you can now search for your chosen keywords. In the examples below I chose to search for the term Blogging Tips.
After you input your keyword, 3 information sections are displayed. The first is called Top Traffic Marks. This shows you the sites which link to the top…
Google have developed a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds. They have been working closely with Adobe so that the text within flash files can be indexed.
How does this affect bloggers? Well, for a start it means that you can use a flash logo on your blog instead of a gif, jpeg or png file and not worry about losing some potential traffic. However, more importantly, it should encourage an increase in flash advertisements. At the moment many advertisements have preferred images instead of…
Search Engine Round Table yesterday posted about a Google Groups thread where a Google employee, JounMu, hinted that Google may not like URL’s which are too long.
The URL which was mentioned is :
http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/small-kitchen-appliances-toaster-kettle-coffee-machine-blender-juicer-channel7-sunrise-australia-42.html
Clearly this URL stinks of someone trying to squeeze in as many keywords as they can in the address bar. How does this affect bloggers? Well, depending on your blogs permalink structure, your URL could be a little long if you have a long post title. For example, with WordPress the default permalink structure is http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=123 however the most common structures…
