Any Search Engine Optimization expert will tell you that search engine optimization (or SEO) is an ever-evolving topic, due to the constant developments in the many search engines’ algorithms – most importantly, Google’s. The latest card that Google has dealt (or at least the one that’s generating the most hype) is called Google Instant. [Read more…]
Web Marketing Association Best Web Sites Lack Search Engine Optimization
The Web Marketing Association has named the Best Web Sites in 96 different categories. The awards are out today. I took a look at the top award winning web sites and the web sites of those who produced them: and am horrified to see a lack of basic search engine optimization techniques being applied. [Read more…]
How Google Instant Impacts Search Engine Optimization
Google Instant is an enhancement to Google’s search engine that shows you, and changes, the search results as you type, in real time. By implementing Google Instant, Google is trying to enhance our overall search experience by delivering the search results to us, faster. Google has determined that many of use type slower than we read: thus by delivering the search results to us as we type, Google believes that not only will we get the results faster but we may even “formulate a better search term” because of that instant feedback. [Read more…]
Yahoo! Makes Changes to Linkdomain Search for Webmasters
As a search engine optimization professional, one of the tools that I got in the habit of using over the past several years has been the un-publicized feature called “link domain”. For years, even though Google eventually turned off the link query at their search engine and made it available to site owners only, and Bing.com eventually turned it off also, Yahoo! always allowed us to use the linkdomain query at Yahoo.com. The query looked liked this: [Read more…]
Conductor Searchlight Search Engine Optimization System Launched

Conductor, a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) technology company, has launched Conductor Searchlight, a full-featured search engine optimization (SEO) operating system. Conductor spent many months of testing the product with 30 customers and has finally made it available to everyone. [Read more…]
Google Removes Date from Google Webmaster Tools Link Data
Google has quietly made a change recently in Google Webmaster Tools. They have removed the date that is reported when they report the links to your website. [Read more…]