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121: new post   Domain Age one of the Biggest Factors
"Most of us know that the age of a domain is one of the single most important criteria..."
Jan 18, 2007
122: new post   Domain Name Replaced in SERPs With Alias Domain Name
For one of my websites I have 3-4 additional domains which are 301 redirected to domain.com (they've always been 301 redirected). These alias domains are not just domain.net but also synonymA.com, synonymB.com.[br][br]Turns out that if I do a Google search for "synonymA.com" the main website will show up, but instead of domain.com in the URL field Google shows me synonymA.com instead!
June 20, 2011
123: new post   Duplicate Content - Get it Right or Perish
"Probably one of the most critical areas of building and managing a website is dealing with duplicate content. But it's a complex issue with many elements making up the overall equation of what's in and what's out, what's on site and what's off site, what take precedence and what doesn't, how one regional domain can/cannot co exist with another's content, what % is same , etc etc and how the consequences are treated by Google in the SERP's."
Aug 30, 2006
124: new post   Duplicate Content Observation
"We've just done a whole bunch of analysis on the dup issues with G, and I wish to post an observation about just one aspect of the current problems:"
Oct 3, 2005
125: new post   EU Investigating Google Over Allegations Of Rival Sites Being Demoted In SERPs
"He appeared to accept Google's arguments that it is hard to behave as a monopoly on the web, saying the fluid nature of the Internet may make it more difficult for powerful companies to elbow out other companies in new markets."
July 7, 2010
126: new post   Encrypted Google Search (Beta) Launched
"...we're gradually rolling out a new choice to search more securely..."
May 22, 2010
127: new post   English Pages Added 'Translate this page' function on Google English?
" I saw some of my listings added with 'Translate this page' link on Google. When I clicked on the page, I saw my 100% English page being translated from Spanish to English. Then I realized that my server is recognized by IP country database as a Argentina site."
May 13, 2006
128: new post   Enhancing Author Rank To Boost Google SEO
Boosting "authorank" is sureshot strategy to make sites rank higher; we have seen this recently due to google downplaying link building techniques.
Oct 25, 2012
129: new post   Eric Schmidt on the Future of Google Search
Michael Arrington at TechCrunch published an interview with Google's CEO Eric Schmidt - and spawned a many-sided discussion for our members about Google present and future.
Sept 8, 2009
130: new post   Everything In Google Goes Supplemental
Google site search command puts everything into supplemental results.
Oct 8, 2006
131: new post   Exact Long Tail Phrases in the Title are Not Ranking Well
"I've notice recently that exact phrase match in the title does not seem to work well. It does work if you put quotes around the query phrase, but clearly only geeks do that."
Aug 29, 2010
132: new post   Exiled Tibetans Protest Google Censorship
"Scores of angry Tibetans on Tuesday protested Google's launch of a censored version of its search engine in China which adheres to that country's government restrictions on free speech..."
Feb 14, 2006
133: new post   Experiences with the Google URL Removal Tool
"...used it quite often to remove obsolete content on my site... but there are some side effects"
Aug 17, 2005
134: new post   Experiments in Keyword Rich Links To The Home Page
"WebmasterWorld Member CainIV experiments with home page linking and how it affects search engine rankings."
Dec 6, 2008
135: new post   Eye Tracking Study on Google Says Above the Fold or Die
"Eye scan and click through behavior changes dramatically as users moved “below the fold” to the section of results that required scrolling down. At the top of the page, the amount of eye movement declined rapidly through the top 4 or 5 results, and then at the bottom of the screen, tends to become more consistent through to the end of the page."
Mar 2, 2005
136: new post   FaceBook Passes Google As Driver of Search Traffic
"Facebook has passed search-engine giant Google to become the top source for traffic to major portals like Yahoo and MSN, and is among the leaders for other types of sites."
Feb 15, 2010
137: new post   Fake Emails Cause Google to Stop Sending Penalty Notifications
Updated: Because these emails are easy to mistake for authentic ones from Google, we've temporarily discontinued sending them as we work on ways to provide more secure communication mechanisms. We hope this will reduce confusion."
June 20, 2007
138: new post   Fancy Snippets - Bullet Points in SERP's
I noticed recently google started to have a 3 line bullet points description for some retail sites. [br][br]Instead of showing the meta description or some text taken from the page in 2 lines, it's listing very short form of meta description on the first line, then taking a combination of the name, price and review rating of the top 3 items listed on page and list them in bullet points.
Aug 27, 2011
139: new post   First it was Position 6 - Now Position 4 Gets Strange
The result in position 4 has been rotating between three different firms all day for our industry's top value keyphrase. All other listings above and below remain constant.
May 8, 2008
140: new post   Flattening Effect of Page Rank Iterations - explains the "sandbox"?
I have had my new sites rank well initially, then drop. Here is what I think is happening. The first observation about the Page Rank equation is that it can only be calculated after a statistically significant number of iterations.
Apr 28, 2006
141: new post   Florida v2? Google Page Rank Update And What it Means For You
"WebmasterWorld members discuss the latest Google PageRank update."
Oct 27, 2007
142: new post   For Mega-Site SEO, Structure is King - not Content
"With mega SEO it's about making small strides over time that grouped together have a really big impact," according to Derrick Wheeler, SEO for Microsoft.
Dec 4, 2010
143: new post   Forum Posts Indented on Google SERPs
"When several different discussions on a site are relevant to your query, we indent them under the primary result and include the date of each post."
Oct 1, 2009
144: new post   Four New Google Patents
Four new patents for Google. Document Scoring Based on: Traffic, Query Analysis, Link-Based Criteria, and Document Inception Date. The criteria aren't news on their own, but the methodology may well be.
Apr 26, 2007
145: new post   Future Google Results and Video
"WebmasterWorld members discuss the the impact of site video in Google SERPs, as raised in discussions at PubCon Las Vegas 2008."
Nov 19, 2008
146: new post   Geolocation, IP Delivery and Cloaking - Google Clarifies
The official Google blog has an interesting post, with video, on how Google defines IP delivery, geolocation, and cloaking. The presentation comes from Maile Ohye of the Webmaster Central team.
June 3, 2008
147: new post   Geotargeting : How Does Webmaster Tools Geotargeting Affect SERP Exposure
"I seem to be drawing a disproportionate number of foreign customers. I see the site setting for Geotarget and mine was to unlisted. My IP reports Plano, TX but my server is in Chicago, same time zone so no biggie I guess."
Sept 1, 2010
148: new post   Getting New Sites Crawled Using Twitter
"I setup and installed a new blog yesterday and I thought rather than link it to any of my sites it would be worth Tweeting out the new URL to see how quickly it was picked up."
May 15, 2010
149: new post   Getting a Personal Invite into the Google Index
" I recieved an email from someone at google telling me the benifits of allowing the google spider to index my site. The site in question has a robots.txt file disallowing all search engines."
Feb 18, 2005
150: new post   Getting a Site Indexed Faster
"Does joining AdSense or submitting a Sitemap make Google index you faster?"
Jan 8, 2009
151: new post   Gmail Results Embedded In Google Search Results
"...we're opening up a limited trial where you can sign up to get information from your Gmail right from the search box.
Aug 9, 2012
152: new post   Go Daddy, Enom and Google add Easier Domain Verification Option
A new initiative that makes it easier for users to verify domains for Google services like Webmaster Tools and Google Apps. [br]Now eNom and Go Daddy customers can more quickly and easily verify their domains to use with Google services like Webmaster Tools and Google Apps.
June 5, 2012
153: new post   Goog Tops Search List Of Course, But Numbers of Searches Surprise
"The global search market continues to grow at an extraordinary rate, with both highly developed and emerging markets contributing to the strong growth worldwide," said Jack Flanagan, comScore executive vice president
Jan 24, 2010
154: new post   Google Crawlers Cache robots.txt
"A valuable tip for webmasters creating content they don't want indexed/cached."
May 30, 2010
155: new post   Google "Fusion" Personalized Home Page Expanded to Include RSS Feeds
"The personalized home page has a new link in the upper left corner "Add content" that expands a list of dozens of feeds to add"
July 26, 2005
156: new post   Google +1 Released Outside of U.S.
Today, +1's will start appearing on Google search pages globally. We'll be starting off with sites like google.co.uk, google.de, google.jp and google.fr, then expanding quickly to most other Google search sites soon after.
June 28, 2011
157: new post   Google Adds "Answer Highlighting" to SERP's
You may never need to visit a website again. "Answer highlighting helps you get to information more quickly by seeking out and bolding the likely answer to your question right in search results."
Jan 23, 2010
158: new post   Google Adds "Preferred Sites" Feature
"Google Web Search preferences is currently an experimental feature..."
Jan 20, 2009
159: new post   Google Adds "Quick View" of PDFs to SERPs
"Quick View is a helpful tool, however, the page views don't appear in server logs."
Oct 10, 2009
160: new post   Google Adds "Hacked Site" Notices to SERPs
"...they announced a new notice - for the hacked or compromised site, even if they did not discover malware."
Dec 18, 2010
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