There are a few standard tricks I like to perform using the htaccess file on Apache servers. Rewriting URLs is a bit trickier to do than most things with htaccess, but if you can find every ugly URL in your script and change it to a ‘dynamically clean’ format, then you have a good […]
Christmas time is just around the next corner and there is no better time to start promoting your products than before the christmas rush sets in and it begins to seem like everyone else was in line before you. Froogle offers an excellent way to provide ‘instant SEO’ and instant customers to your store. Comptrio […]
Google has released their Jagger2 update and it is slow to come out. It is being updated on possibly only one of their datacenters at 66.102.9.104 for now, but is starting to create a buzz about returning to their old results. Google is planning a third update this period which ‘may’ be available next week […]
Googles latest algo update has craked down hard on copyright material and spammy use of AdSense. In particular they seem to have an appetite for spam sites using copyrighted materials. In Matt Cutts blog, he urges we the betrayed to stop those who are stealing our content by contacting Google through the Ads By Goooooooooogle […]
Yahoo sitemaps go back a ways, but most folks I talk to are all about the Google buzz. Yahoo uses a proprietary format for their sitemap as well but the structure is easier to create. Simply create a .txt file and copy each URL of your site on a new line. Use the entire URL […]
Link checking has always been the kind of thing that I know should happen and often strive to do regularly (hmm, been a while since I’ve checked my own links, now that I think of it). Having a website with broken links is like having the space shuttle with odd white clouds leaking from the […]
Google has updated their ranking formula and PageRank this past week and what a topsy-turvy mess it has been! I’ve heard many stories from amateur webmasters to professional SEO’s about how their previously glorious ranking dove in the SERPs. I’ve heard some speculate that Google was no longer ranking sites that used AdWords and others […]
Google is about to begin their update of toolbar PageRank for sites in the US. They began the update already for European markets. This PR update ought to prove interesting. They have instituted many changes, most of which are not understood yet.
One thing has been tossed around quite a bit and that is changes to […]
Comptrio is hot on producing a suite of htaccess tools. I will be releasing (after testing) an htaccess security script to help you secure your website using the htaccess file including some user-management. Web Scripting security is great for managing user accounts and keeping track of who is on which page to customize their experience, […]
No reputable SEO professional will offer you first place. I stress ‘reputable’. None of us have any direct control over Google or any other engine despite bogus claims by some. We merely do our best to influence the engines to believe that your site is most relevant for a term.
I happen to be very […]