Why Google Instant Does NOT Mean the End of SEO

But Maybe the End to Longtail… On September 8th, 2010 Google made an announcement that supposedly will change the landscape of search. Google Instant is supposed to deliver live results as you type. We’re not talking about the suggestion box of related...

Beware of Free Domains With Cheap Web Hosting

This post is a piece to inform readers who are just starting out with their web endeavors. This particular post deals with the Canadian web hosting company ‘Hostpapa’, although what applies to them is similar to various other cheap web hosting companies....

Don’t Fret About Google Caffeine

Webmasters trying to vie for the top spot in the organic search results like to pay attention to all the latest news and changes from the almighty Google. The last algorithm change called ‘Caffeine’ came out a few months ago and I can honestly say I...

The Latest on How Google Searches

Great post at Endgadget with Google engineer Amit Singh that provides some delightful insight with how Google searches that accentuates the search engine’s continued innovation. Of particular interest in Engadget’s summary include: 1. Image optimization....

One SiteMap to Rule Them All

Google is now thinking about evolving beyond sitemaps.org protocol in favour of an all encompassing format that can contain videos, images, mobile URLs, code or geo information. For full details visit the Google webmasters blog.

Does Google Use LSI? LSI Services and Their Relevance to SEO

An interesting discussion is heating up over at SEO Chat where I am one of the moderators. The conversation is about LSI, or latent semantic indexing. That’s a fancy way to describe how search engines may deliver synonymous results for a query that doesn’t...

Ranking #1 Yields Only 20% of Potential Traffic?!

Google Webmaster Tool’s has a feature that permits users to see approximately how many clicks they get versus total searches made for a particular keyword.For example, keyword ‘blue widgets’ may have 10 000 impressions a month. The question I post to...