Andy Edmonds and Erik Selberg, part of the team at MSN Search, did an interview and talked about MSN Search technology. They also discussed the ways MSN is improving search results and what search could look like in the future. MSN is the newest search engine in the market today and capitalizes on groundbreaking technology the other search engines do not use currently - … [Read more...] about Interview with MSN Search Team
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The Value of Domains in SEO
When considering optimizing your site, obtaining quality, inbound links from established, high quality sites is a must for long term search engine rankings to take hold. Some factors to look for (in no particular order of importance): Age of domain High on relevant content Easily-indexed pages (minimal use of dynamic linking) Trustworthiness (TrustRank) The age of … [Read more...] about The Value of Domains in SEO
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
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