Google just released the AdWords Keyword Suggestion Tool [users must be logged for the link to work]. The Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion Tool features: Keyword list sorting. Sort the results of your keyword search by popularity, performance history within the AdWords system, cost, and predicted ad position. Easy keyword manipulation. Select a few keywords here and … [Read more...] about Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion Tool
Splogs Clogging Up Blog Search
The Wall Street Journal reported how the rise of spam blogs called splogs are affecting the search results. Technorati says that between 2% to 8% of the 70,000 blogs created daily are phony blogs. These splogs promote anything sites like online casinos and pornography and are filled with keywords that help them rank in blog search. They also place Google Adsense to … [Read more...] about Splogs Clogging Up Blog Search
SiteMaps – Key to Indexing Your Entire Site
I wrote in an previous post about what spiders were and how it plays a role in search engine results. I also discussed Google SiteMap use in getting your site indexed properly. While you can submit a Google sitemap and you can wait to be indexed, there are many other benefits to having a well-designed sitemap. Sitemaps are one of SEO's secret weapons because they allow the … [Read more...] about SiteMaps – Key to Indexing Your Entire Site
Yahoo Blog Search Integration with News
Google released their Google blog search tool last month. Businessweek reported that it returns too many spammy blogs and appears to be just another blog search engine. The challenge so far has been to sort out good quality blogs from the spammy ones. Now, it's Yahoo's turn to have a crack at it. Yahoo's blog search is different from Google's in that it displays the blog … [Read more...] about Yahoo Blog Search Integration with News
Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts
Aaron Wall of SEOBook did a great interview with Google engineer Matt Cutts and it can be found here. He comments on SEO techniques being construed as possible spam: Lots and lots of search engine optimization is white-hat and not spam at all. Things like making a site more crawlable, tweaking the words on a site based on what users type in or what you see in your server … [Read more...] about Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts