http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/ RSS 2.0 Feed of websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/ en Copyright 2007 WebsiteMarketingConsults.com 2007-11-08T16:25:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/microsoft-ceo-plays-down-google-threat/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/microsoft-ceo-plays-down-google-threat/#When:16:25:00Z Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, in Tokyo to launch new Windows Live services, played down the threat of Google on Thursday, denying the rival was ahead in any way but in online searches. ADVERTISEMENT “Google is not ahead of us,” he told reporters at a Tokyo hotel. “In the area of search specifically, Google would lead.” On Monday, Google Inc., which already offers similar services online for personal computers, said it will offer a new free software package for mobile devices called Android, scheduled to hit the market during the second half of next year. MSN 2007-11-08T16:25:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/google-is-getting-tougher/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/google-is-getting-tougher/#When:00:29:01Z Just some days ago Google had a PageRank update. Many sites have seen a big drop in PageRank. Some even from 9 to 6. Hours later, many others have reported on this. Websites affected by Google’s October PageRank update: AndyBeard PR5 to PR3 AutoBlog PR6 to PR4 Blog Herald PR6 to PR4 CopyBlogger PR6 to PR4 Engadget PR7 to PR5 Forbes.com PR7 to PR5 JoyStiq PR6 to PR4 Master New Media PR7 to PR4 ProBlogger.net PR6 to PR4 SFGate PR7 to PR5 StatCounter PR10 to PR6 SunTimes PR7 to PR5 Tuaw PR6 to PR4 WashingtonPost.com PR7 to PR5 Most of the sites mentioned above have a lot of interlinking going on between them. Google 2007-10-31T00:29:01+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/google-pr-october-update/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/google-pr-october-update/#When:00:09:00Z At the end of October Google eventually updated its PageRank. All SEO masters who have countless sleepless nights over their PR value will now be able to sleep! Anyway, many sites have seen a big drop in PageRank. Some even from 9 to 6. Many SEO specialists think that Google has made a new change in its algo. Now they are waiting for a SERP change. You can check the status of your PR by using our free tool.  Google 2007-10-29T00:09:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/msn-indexing-guidelines/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/msn-indexing-guidelines/#When:08:07:00Z Following are recommendations that may help MSNBot and other web crawlers effectively index and rank your site. We’ve also provided a list of techniques to avoid if you want to make sure your site is indexed. Technical recommendations for your website • Use only well-formed HTML code in your pages. Make sure that all tags are closed, and that all links open the correct web page. If your site contains broken links, MSNBot may not be able to index your site effectively, thus preventing people from reaching all of your pages. • If you move a page, set up the page’s original URL to direct people to the new page. Indicate whether the move is permanent or temporary. For more information, see What to do when your site moves. • Make sure MSNBot is allowed to crawl your site and isn’t on your list of web crawlers that are prohibited from indexing your site. For more information, see Control which pages of your website are indexed. • Use a robots.txt file or meta tags to control how MSNBot and other web crawlers index your site. You can use the robots.txt file to prevent web crawlers from crawling specific files and folders. For more information about the robots.txt file and the Robots Exclusion standard, see the Web Robots Pages. This site may be available in English only. • Keep your URLs simple and static. URLs that are complicated or that change frequently are difficult to use as link destinations. For example, the URL http://www.example.com/mypage is easier for MSNBot to crawl and for people to type than a long URL with multiple extensions. Also, a URL that doesn’t change is easier for people to remember. That makes it a more likely link destination from other sites. MSN 2007-10-13T08:07:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/troubleshoot-issues-with-msnbot-and-site-crawling/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/troubleshoot-issues-with-msnbot-and-site-crawling/#When:08:21:00Z The following options provide information to help you troubleshoot common problems you may experience. MSNBot is crawling your site, but your site isn’t in the index There are many design and technical issues that can prevent MSNBot from indexing your site. If you’ve followed our guidelines and still don’t see your site, you may want to contact a search engine optimization company or submission service. These companies may provide tools that will help you improve your site so that we can list it. To find site optimization companies on the Web, try searching on search engine optimization company. MSN 2007-10-10T08:21:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/how-does-live-search-index-websites/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/how-does-live-search-index-websites/#When:08:01:00Z MSNBot is the Live Search web crawler that automatically crawls the Web to find and add information to our search index. MSNBot searches websites for links to other sites. So one of the best ways to ensure that MSNBot finds your website is to include valuable content that other site owners want to link to. While MSNBot crawls billions of web pages, not every page is indexed. For a site to be indexed, it must meet specific standards for content, design, and technical implementation. For example, if your site’s link structure doesn’t have links to each page on your site, MSNBot may not find all the pages on your site. MSN 2007-10-09T08:01:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/google-pagerank-determinants/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/google-pagerank-determinants/#When:20:48:00Z Positive Factors • Helpful/useful information • Fresh Content Update Pages Frequently • Add Pages Frequently • Quality and Relevant Backlinks (Inbound Links) • Well-organized and easy-navigated structure • No broken links • No black hat SEO techniques • HTML/CSS Valid Negative Factors • Bad Content • Bad Structure • Full of “adsence” or other ads • Bad Inbounds (Poker, Porn, Sex, Drugs, or anything to that nature) • Spamming and other SEO black hat techniques • Broken Links • Lots of HTML/CSS code errors. Google 2007-10-01T20:48:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/yahoo-buys-zimbra-for-350-million/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/yahoo-buys-zimbra-for-350-million/#When:13:52:00Z Yahoo is set to make yet another acquisition–this time of white-label open-source email provider Zimbra. Sources close to the deal said that the Internet portal will pay $350 million, considerably upward of its most recent valuation, for the email and calendar provider. Backed by Benchmark Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Accel Partners, San Mateo, Calif.-based Zimbra’s clients include Comcast, many ISPs and a number of colleges. The Wall Street Journal’s Robert A. Guth wrote about the company last year. Yahoo 2007-09-20T13:52:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/aol-moving-headquarters-to-new-york/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/aol-moving-headquarters-to-new-york/#When:13:55:00Z AOL will move its headquarters from its sprawling campus in Dulles, Va., to New York next spring as the online company tries to retool itself as an advertising company that competes with the likes of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. The move, announced today, speaks to how much the online world has changed around AOL, which became a high-flying Internet stock in the 1990s by providing dial-up Internet connections in millions of American households. AOL, which is part of Time Warner, will base all of its advertising sales out of New York through a group the company is calling Platform A. That group will be lead by Curtis G. Viebranz, the former chief executive of Tacoda, an advertising targeting company that AOL acquired in July for a reported $275 million. Other SE 2007-09-18T13:55:00+04:00 http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/answerscom-joins-netscape-wordpress-in-ratings-program/ http://www.websitemarketingconsults.com/searchengines/posts/answerscom-joins-netscape-wordpress-in-ratings-program/#When:00:54:00Z New York, New York - July 9, 2007 - Search engine, Answers.com, along with Netscape and WordPress, have joined the open Internet ratings web site, Quantcast’s Quantified Publisher Program, as 3.8 million topic inquiries for Internet users, are covered by answers.com. Quantcast’s free Quantified Publisher program hopes to benefit its partners from accurate third-party audience ratings, powered by direct audience measurement. Tom Drapeau, Director of Netscape remarked, ‘’We’ve worked hard cultivating the Netscape member base. With our recent shift to a social news focus, we wanted to see exactly how our community is developing. Until now, all available analytics have either understated or overstated our audience size. We care about—and our advertisers deserve—accurate metrics. With direct traffic measurements feeding advanced analytics, Quantcast’s Quantified Publisher program is the first to deliver them.’’ Other SE 2007-07-10T00:54:00+04:00