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Do you have a question about the Google search engine?
Try the WebmasterWorld Google Knowledgebase V2 or as I like to call it, The Ultimate Google FAQ.
Some of the more interesting questions I found answers to:
StartupJournal: Small online proprietors often spend lots of time and money trying to improve their search-engine rankings, getting only poor results for their effort.
To avoid costly errors, make note of these common myths:
Myth 1. You can be guaranteed consistently high rankings.
Myth 2. I need to submit my Web site to every search engine out there.
Myth 3.
The Perfect Store – Inside eBay
by Adam CohenAmazon: From its beginnings as a hobby site on a Silicon Valley PC, to its maturation as a real company under the burgeoning fiscal pressures of cyberspace, to its present status as one of the few original e-business practitioners to survive the dot.com implosion, eBay has always been part of the
The jury is still out on whether listing your site in free directories is good for your site’s search engine optimisation. Same people say Google ignores directories for rankings, some say that a few of the authority directories, especially DMOZ – The Open Directory Project, are important. There is even rumours that Google will penalise sites with a lot… Read the rest of this entry »
As a web business owner you will be well aware that content for your website is good. The more content the better, but of course it must be relevant and of high quality. If you know anything about search engine optimisation you know that Google loves content. The problem most webmasters face is how to get the content without writing… Read the rest of this entry »
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Here is another search engine optimisation (SEO) podcast for you today. In this one I talk about using site maps to ensure search engines fully spider your entire website so every page will show up in search results. There are a couple of simple things to learn about using site maps:… Read the rest of this entry »
Fresh out of college and not sure what to do with your life? Neither were these guys so they hit the road and started interviewing people around the USA to find out what they did in their 20s and how they got to where they are today. Included in the interviews are Howard Schultz from Starbucks, Jeff… Read the rest of this entry »
I just downloaded the latest version of the Google Toolbar plug-in for my browser (I.E. only at this stage unfortunately). Among the few additional features is the new SpellCheck function that checks the spellings of entries you make into forms on web pages. This is a damn handy feature for me considering I run an editing and proofreading business.… Read the rest of this entry »
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Today’s podcast includes two beginner tips on search engine optimisation:
Google And The Mission To Map Meaning And Make Money
by Bart MilnerAmazon: This book is a brief history of Cyberspace and Google’s fundamental contribution – a new search method that gives almost immediate access to the contents of billions of web pages.
It covers the rivalry with Yahoo! – once their closest partners, the competition with Microsoft and
It’s only a matter of time before Internet connections become standard on airplanes. When that happens expect Skype to become one of the favourite APs to be used while high in the sky. I like the idea of calling my family on the way to Canada and letting them know I’m just over the Rockies and will see them soon!… Read the rest of this entry »
You probably do this already – complete regular searches in Google for your key phrases and see how high you rank. It’s well known that the first three results are far and away the sites that get the most clicks. If you can get one of the top three results in your key terms then you will have more targeted… Read the rest of this entry »
Here is another business idea from Yaro’s notebook of business creativity. As usual if this idea inspires you don’t be afraid to steal it, modify it or do anything you like with it. It is completely open source and I’d love to see it put into action. Or perhaps if you know of a business already operating in… Read the rest of this entry »
This is an excerpt from the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.
It’s well worth a read.
Stanford Report: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the
This is an excerpt from the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.
It’s well worth a read.
Stanford Report: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the
I came across a report by Dane Carlson from the Business Opportunities Weblog that Google could be entering the online payments industry. I was very, very pleased to read this news. I’d love to see some really serious competition for Paypal emerge and judging by past innovations and the solid reputation of Google they could go a… Read the rest of this entry »
BBCNews: Skype makes money because a small fraction of users is buying additional services, such as the capability to call from Skype to the telephone network or vice versa.
Not having to make money from every user is not a new idea, Zennström emphasises.
“It is very similar to companies like Google and other internet companies. When you go and
Although the Google Toolbar currently does not show PageRank I feel confident in saying that PageRank is still playing it’s important role in the Google Search Engine ranking process. You probably know that the higher your PageRank the better because it means your site will appear before other sites with lower PageRank that are competing for your key… Read the rest of this entry »
Media Guerrilla: The way I see it, most marketers (and PR folk for that matter) are used to dealing with dozens of markets of millions verses millions of markets of dozens. Meaning they’re used to going where they can get the biggest bang for the buck. In the broadcast world it’s CNN. In the print media world it’s the WSJ.
Over at Ross Mayfield’s blog there is a great post including a podcast interview with three people that are heavily involved with cutting edge Internet technologies. In particular it talks about the excitement surrounding Wikis, Weblogs and RSS and how they are impacting business.
In particular I appreciated the point in this interview that while the technology behind these… Read the rest of this entry »
