The other day I ran across a neat Google sitebuilder tool. I actually lost the url and it took me a while to find it again.  Don’t you hate when you do that! I’m adding the link to my blog so that I won’t loose the link again.
Lately in Google Webmaster Tools I have been […]

Have you ever searched for something near your home in Google and see a section at the top that says, “Local business results for….whatever you were searching for?” Here’s a sample search engine listing for memphis shopping malls:

If you own a website or a business, surely you want your listing to appear alongside the other Local […]

Today I was checking out my keyword rankings and came across an odd listing in Google. I’m not sure what it is, but it looked like there was an extra note that detailed when the page was last spidered or added to the search engine. It might be something old, but I know that I […]

Good News. Google has just released a new Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide (SEO Starter Guide) that tells you how to improve your websites ranking in the Google search engine. Better rankings lead to more traffic which leads to more money.
The information contained in the starter guide is for beginners. If you are interested in learning more or […]

I logged into Google Webmaster Tools today to find a new feature that tells you where your broken links are coming from. To access this valuable information click on Overview for one of your sites and then “Not Found” Details. There you’ll see a new column called “Linked From”. This allows you to see where […]

A few months ago I told you how my site’s Google Crawl Rate was upped to “Crawl at a Faster Rate”. I was hoping to keep it at a faster rate to get my pages idexed faster. I have noticed that some of my pages have not been recrawled after a month or two of […]

A few months ago I wrote about Google Sitelinks. Sitelinks are additional links Google sometimes generates from site contents in order to help users navigate your site. Sitelinks are generated dynamically, and can change from time to time.
Well, I’ve got some good news. Google has made an update to help you manage your websites Sitelinks. […]

I logged into Google’s Webmaster Tools today and noticed a new option for Enhanced 404 Error Pages. When a user clicks on a link to a page that’s no longer available on your site, your server returns a 404 (Page Not Found) error. By placing this Google widget on your custom 404 error page it […]

When you want to increase search engine traffic to your website your first plan of action should be making sure your meta tags are set up properly.  Meta Tags are very important to bringing in targeted search engine traffic to your website. This doesn’t cost you any money and is a SEO (search engine optimization) […]

Google’s Pagerank is designed to allocate authority or weight to individual web pages. Pagerank is updated about 4 times a year and the formula is secret.
The higher your web page’s pagerank the more authorative your website is being seen by the Google Search Engine. A website’s pagerank can be from 0 to 10 based on […]