Resources – Searchengines
Web Tracking Applications
One of the greatest advantages of using the internet to market your products and services lies in the fact that online activity related to your web presence can be easily measured.
Yahoo To Overhaul Search
According to an announcement by Yahoo, the search engine company will continue to work on search innovations, despite their recent agreement with Microsoft to allow it to power their search.
Is Bing Better Than Google?
The relatively recent launch of Microsoft's new search engine Bing has also launched a new online debate. Which search engine is better?
Google Caffeine Comparison Tool
Following on from our last article, in which we discussed the new Google Caffeine algorithm that's in development, here's a handy little tool that lets you compare the results of the existing Google search infrastructure with results using the proposed new Google “caffeine” algorithm.
Testing Google Caffeine
Although not yet confirmed, it appears that the Caffeine index will provide a new search infrastructure, effectively replacing the existing methods that Google uses.
Search Engine Optimisation Through Link Strategy
An effective link strategy can be one of the best ways of increasing your sites search engine optimisation. The reasoning behind this is very simple. Inbound links are one of the ways in which Google determines the importance of your site.
Microsoft/Yahoo Announce 10 Year Partnership Deal
Ending years of negotiation and speculation, Microsoft and Yahoo have finally announced that they will join forces in a move that is largely seen as an attempt to reclaim some of the huge search engine market share currently held by Google.
Search Engine Optimisation Is Google Optimisation
Although the industry is called search engine optimisation (SEO), the truth of the matter is that most websites, especially in South Africa, want and need to optimise for Google.
Basic Google Search Tips
Its amazing. Google is a tool we all use constantly, (I myself use it innumerable times a day), yet the true potential of its search capabilities remains untapped by most.
Keyword Density
One of the most controversial search engine optimisation topics, keyword density refers to the percentage of your written content that is made up of the keywords you're using to target your online market via the search engines.
Importance of Keyword Research in Optimising Your Website and Getting Business
Keyword research is the art of finding the keywords your potential customers are using on the search engines, then determining how to incorporate those keywords into your marketing strategy.
Importance of Keyword Research
The first step in realising the importance of keyword research is that of acceptance. Accepting that you, in actual fact, do not speak the same language as your customers and clients, you don't know how they think, or what they want to gain from your services.
Is Content King?
The importance of content, good, quality content, on your website is second-to-none in terms of link-building and optimisation for organic searches.
SEO vs PPC
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Pay Per Click (PPC) have become the two most prominent forms of web marketing today.
White Hat Vs Black Hat - (The Light and Dark Sides of SEO)
In keeping with the sci-fi geekery of most of us involved in the IT or Internet industry, SEO's tend to be Star Wars fans.
SEO Wars IV: - A New Hope
Despite the proliferation of Black Hat techniques in the SEO community, there is a shining beacon, a last bastion of hope in which we can all take refuge... Search engines hate Black Hat.
SEO Wars III: Revenge on the Search - Black Hats War on the Search Engines
SEO wars are not really between practitioners of Black Hat and White Hat SEO. Both groups aim, simply, to help their clients by getting them as close to the top of search engine listings as they can. Other than occasionally commenting on the other groups tactics, White Hat and Black Hat practitioners pay little attention to one another.
The SEO Interview
The whole SEO field is somewhat obscured by a kind of industry mystery, where no one but those directly involved really know what it is all about, and sometimes even those involved seem to be a bit clueless. So, where does this leave you, looking to employ an SEO professional?