| 6-Jun-08 |
Yahoo! Directory & PageRank
While I still recommend the Yahoo! directory due to the click throughs and one-way link opportunities it presents, if you are after pure "PageRank" juice you aren't going to get much from it right now. Can this change? Maybe. |
| 6-Jun-08 |
Yahoo! Directory & PageRank
While I still recommend the Yahoo! directory due to the click throughs and one-way link opportunities it presents, if you are after pure "PageRank" juice you aren't going to get much from it right now. Can this change? Maybe. |
| 18-Mar-08 |
Yahoo! Directory Listing
If you have a listing in the Yahoo! Directory and your Title only shows your domain name and your description is missing, I have the fix. |
| 10-Mar-08 |
Speeding Up Your Site a Plus for AdWords Pt. 1
Last week it was reported, and I confirmed through testing, that slow loading landing pages caused the "Quality Score" in Google AdWords to be reduced. As you know, a lower quality score not only means you will pay more, on average, per click, but you can also rank lower too. Neither of those are good things.Note: This article should be read before Yslow article. |
| 10-Mar-08 |
Installing and using YSlow - A Comprehensive Guide
While the following is a technical discussion, I will outline it with as many examples as I can to make it easy to follow and understand. Because even though I am a former software tester, guys like Andy Edmunds and Leslie Rohde still can talk circles with this stuff. Note: Speeding Up Your Site a Plus for AdWords Pt. 1 and this article should be read together. |
| 26-Feb-08 |
Blogging & SEO
Okay, so last week we had Sherman Hu on, who shared some excellent tips, and I wanted to do a follow-up on how to use Blogging to your advantage when it comes to SEO. |
| 18-Feb-08 |
Blogging Test Results & Tips from Sherman Hu
Over the last several months I have been testing how to gain small victories with increased ranking but bring high returns in traffic and conversion. After all, what this business is about is doing the "little things" over and over. |
| 29-Jan-08 |
Yahoo! Layoffs and Algorithm Update
The signs are looking worse for Yahoo! as they continue to lose money in the search arena and layoffs are scheduled.What this means for you... |
| 29-Dec-07 |
2007 End of Year Review
I'm going to do things a little differently ... as I will review the main changes that happened this year and what you need to review before setting your goals for 2008.I will take you through my routine as well. |
| 24-Nov-07 |
Market Share from Real Websites Uncovered
The last time I did this update was in August. As always, this information is killer for your business and well worth the read. |
| 12-Nov-07 |
Search Marketing Q&A with Jerry West
Here's the most recent Q&A session with Jerry. |
| 12-Nov-07 |
Current Search Engine State
Ten Things You Must Know. |
| 14-Oct-07 |
Search Engine Status Update
Despite all the chatter in forums lately, I am seeing stability across the board... |
| 14-Oct-07 |
Free Tools to Use
Here's a review of free tools to use. |
| 21-Aug-07 |
Market Share from Real Websites Uncovered
Often when we create sites or focus on a market, we tend to forget to check the trends and how they have evolved. I have taken the numbers so far this year and compared the numbers of 2005 and 2006. |
| 8-Aug-07 |
Meta Tags & Other "Header Code"- Testing Results
Okay, so what is the deal with Meta Tags? This comes up from time to time so I thought this was a good time to look at the log files and see what is happening on both an SEO and Usability levels. I'm going to change your thinking quite a bit ... especially if you are an SEO Veteran. |
| 27-Jul-07 |
Underscores Now Treated as Word Separators?
Will the debate finally be over? Do I use a dash or an underscore to separate the words in my filenames? |
| 20-Jul-07 |
Yahoo! Directory Listing Test
I am asking for some help here. I have been noticing that with many directories, Yahoo! included, that if your site isn't listed on the first page of the category, regardless of what the PageRank states, the link isn't counted in Google's analysis. |
| 14-Jun-07 |
Linking Campaigns - Dirty Linking Revisited
I thought it was time to revisit the "Dirty Linking" article that I did back in April with some updates. |
| 5-Jun-07 |
Yahoo Update
Yahoo! has officially buried Inktomi and now the referrer you will see in your weblogs is from crawl.yahoo.net. |
| 8-May-07 |
SEO Issues: April Testing Results Part III
Here is the final segment of the SEO Review... |
| 2-May-07 |
SEO Issues: April Testing Results Part II
Let's finish up from where we left off on Part One of the SEO Issues... |
| 1-May-07 |
SEO Issues: April Testing Results
Okay, let's talk SEO/SEM, and the hot topic right now is link building. We all love it. When we really get down to it, it is the basis of our business. |
| 19-Mar-07 |
AdSense / YPN - Best Ad Placement
Taken From SE Update for March: There was a survey done in January by Yahoo! and I have spent the last month looking at the results from our AdSense and YPN ads and the numbers produced by Yahoo! are pretty dead on. |
| 19-Mar-07 |
Yahoo! Publisher Network (Yahoo!'s Flavor of AdSense) Gives SEO Tips
Taken From SE Update for March: Isn't it just like Yahoo! to give some good tips, yet they can't really figure out how to archive things properly so you get 404 errors when going back to the posts on their blog... |
| 25-Oct-06 |
Yahoo! Update
First of all, it looks like there is a "weather report" over at Yahoo! that discusses some changes and I am seeing an 11% increase in traffic from Yahoo! already today. |
| 9-Jul-06 |
YSM Changes
Here's a quick summary of what to expect from the new Yahoo Search Marketing capabilities. |
| 23-Feb-06 |
SEO/SEMs
Continue to Whine - Yahoo!
It is hilarious to me that 'professional' SEOs and SEMs whine and cry
when they lose clients ... especially to the host themselves. |
| 24-Feb-06 |
Yahoo! Search Marketing Changes Policy
If you are an advertiser with Yahoo! Search Marketing (Overture), you
received the mass e-mail today from Yahoo! that they have announced an update
to their policies regarding the use of trademarked terms. |
| 27-Jan-06 |
AdSense
vs. Yahoo! Publisher
A few times a week I am asked which network to use to monetize a content
site: AdSense or Yahoo! Publisher? I will use the phrase that everyone hates:
it depends. |
| 25-Aug-05 |
Slurp: Winner of the 2005 Stupidest Bot Award
Seriously, I have never witnessed anything like this before. It is like Slurp is taking a giant step backwards. |
12-Aug-05 |
Yahoo! Increases Their Index - Or Did They?
Yahoo! Blows Google Away in Index Size. No "size matters" jokes here, just straight to the info. |
12-Aug-05 |
Yahoo! Hand-Editing SERPs
We were alerted to a good thread in the Webmaster World forums regarding if Yahoo! was indeed, hand-editing the SERPs. |
29-Jul-05 |
Yahoo! Update
Did you get stung by the recent Yahoo! update from last week? Get over it. |
20-May-05 |
Yahoo! and MSN Updates
Phil Holden, MSN Director said in a keynote speech in New York that MSN is vowing to make RSS (Really Simple Syndication) friendly to the everyday Web user. |
