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Google Caffeine Index Now Live on One Data Center
by Kerry Dean on 11/30/2009 at 11:06 am in Industry News, Observations, SEO
For anyone who is interested, Matt Cutts has confirmed that the Google Caffeine index is currently accessible on one data center (http://209.85.225.103/). You can go there and check your rankings on the new Caffeine index. However, Matt says that this data center is only returning Caffeine results about 50% of the time. C’mon, Matt. Please make it 100%. We’ve gotta test some keyword rankings. Inquiring clients want to know! :)
Full StoryGoogle Caffeine Going Live After Holiday Season
by Kerry Dean on 11/10/2009 at 11:33 am in Industry News, Opinion Editorial, SEO
Over the past few months, Google has been tinkering with a new project, codename Caffeine. Because we are fanatics about SEO and Google algorithm changes, we have been keeping a close eye on the changes in Caffeine. Google described this new Caffeine project as the “next generation architecture for Google’s web search”. It really is a project that will affect how Google crawls, indexes and ranks websites.
Full StoryOur Blog’s First Comment Spam!
by Kerry Dean on 11/04/2009 at 2:53 pm in Commentary, Observations, Within Range
Wow! It’s amazing. Our blog got hit with a spam comment on its second day of existence. Whoever left this spam comment is obviously quick, up-to-date and with it. And as you will see below, this comment spammer is all about Fantasy Football and Final Fantasy.
Full StoryRewiring Your Google Analytics for SEO
by John Greer on 09/16/2009 at 10:36 am in Analytics & Tracking, SEO, Website Analytics
One great attribute of Google Analytics is that, as a free program, lots of people use it. The result has been loads of great hacks to the default setup, allowing web analytics gurus to create more useful reports and information. For SEO, if you’re already using it as a secondary or even primary tracking tool, you’ll want to consider adding a few of these items.
Full StoryJohn Greer Coast-to-Coast SEO
by John Greer on 05/15/2009 at 2:21 pm in SEO, SEO Best Practices
SEO is great for conspiracy theorists. For starters, it’s monopolistic, with Google gathering more than 70% of US search traffic. It’s also black box, where the only way to learn about how it works is through experience. For most people, it’s a complete mystery and works like magic. Google’s Chief Spam Cop, Matt Cutts, releases just enough information to make the conspiracy all the more believable.
Full StoryRange Online Media: Plays Well With Others
by Blake Suggs on 04/29/2009 at 5:18 pm in Online Strategies, PPC, SEO
One of our travel clients recently signed on with us to do SEO. Now keep in mind that this particular client has a very well-established brand and secure market position, so we were going to have to bring EXTRA big value to the table. Our task from the outset was clear: take SEO and “integrate” it with all other site initiatives to give our client the biggest bang for their buck.
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