I have been reading around the Web that there is a big to do about some statements that a Google employee has made regarding the fact that Google does not like long URLs. The conversation started over at Google Groups. The comments came from guy named JohnMu and specifically used this URL as an example: [...]
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There has been much debate in the past few months as to whether or not Google recognizes, and passes link equity, to multiple links to the same page with different anchor texts. There is a recent post at SERoundtable that has re-sparked this debate and some of the comments disgust me. But first, here is [...]
You would be surprised to find out how many businesses have not yet claimed their Google Local account. But you would be even more surprised if you realized how weak local search algos are at this point in the game. The search engines still have a difficult time providing good local search results. They still [...]
Happy New Year to all! I look forward to a great ’08! Now down to business. Canonicalization, wow that is a big word! Even the most savvy SEO guru will have trouble pronouncing it. But that’s OK, as long as they know what it is and how to fix it. Because almost every site that [...]
Custom 404 pages are probably still one of the most overlooked things by both SEO firms an in-house SEO teams. The problem is that not enough people are educated on the 404 and why you need to have a customized one for your visitors. The 404 error message, or Not Found, is an HTTP standard [...]
Have you been sued yet? Well Target.com has, and if you are even somewhat concerned about your site then you need to understand section 508 compliance. “Section 508 refers to a statutory section in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (found at 29 U.S.C. 794d). Congress significantly strengthened section 508 in the Workforce Investment Act of [...]
