Apr 10 2009
Inside Google: How Google Works
Ever wondered what it takes to support that simple-looking homepage? Watch this video to learn about Google’s “backbone” and those who maintain it.
Mar 31 2009
UserFly: Website Usability Testing Easy Way
We have recently spotted a new interesting and very effective tool for checking one’s site’s usability. This tool, called UserFly, is located at http://userfly.com and can be used free of charge by anybody, who registers and inserts a special JS script into site templates or directly into page code.
UserFly will record every action performed by a visitor at one’s site and will organize them by visitor sessions. Then one can play back and see everything a given visitor did with his mouse or keyboard, just as if the tester was standing behind the visitor’s back. The importance of initial and recurring Continue Reading »
Mar 18 2009
Optimizing for Google Image Search
According to Peter Linsley, Product Manager at Google, working on Image Search, their mission is to “Organize the world of images”. Their idea is, as always, simple - show relevant and useful images for the query, which will satisfy your users and make them to come back for more. So, we have figured out what benefits from crawling, classification, indexing and ranking of your images Google may have. Now we will try to see what is in it for you.
Mar 12 2009
Page Boss
Pageboss.com has rolled out their new version of basic analytical SEO tool. With the help of this tool website owners and those, who may be interested in comparing competitors’ sites, can request simultaneous ranking, page count, backlink reports from Google, Yahoo, Live Search, Alexa, and a number of other statistical online services.
Mar 06 2009
Nofollow Links by Matt Cutts
A few notes on “nofollow links” by Matt Cutts.
Watch this video to get a better understanding of nofollow links and the way they are treated by Google. Why some (not most) websites choose to implement nofollow links. Concerns of online publishers and possible workarounds for the issue.
Feb 24 2009
SEO Jumpstart for Bloggers
The BlogSEO team has laid the foundation for our new project that we decided to call The SEO Jumpstart Guide. It is our collaborative attempt to help every novice, as well as an advanced blogger, to assess and optimize his or her blogging platform for a top-notch performance.
Feb 16 2009
PubCon South 2009
For the first time PubCon by WebmasterWorld will be hosted at Austin, Texas. Therefore, we are guessing, the upcoming event is called PubCon “South”. It will start off Wednesday, March 11 and will be buzzing through Friday, March 13. So if you are in the area, don’t forget to drop by.
For those who are not familiar with this event we are going to say that this is one of the coolest gathering of Internet search and marketing gurus and those who want to learn something from them. For more information visit PubCon’s website (http://www.pubcon.com/austin2009.htm). Continue Reading »
Feb 05 2009
The Summary of Updates for January 09
We have added a page on the best SEO page layout. If you are about to design your own template for your blog, make sure you check out this page it will save you some time on designing the basic optimized structure. So you can spend more time on bells and whistles that will make your site look good.
We have also laid a foundation for our SEO Checklist for Bloggers. It is a quick guide to some of the main points in structural optimization for blogs. The checklist will be updated regularly, so bookmark it for the future and come back to check for updates regularly.
And finally, we got some updates for the review page of all main features of the major blog solutions available at the moment. It will help one to make the right decision as for which blogging software to go with. If you are new to blogging, don’t forget to check it out.
Jan 26 2009
BookMark Button (BM Button)
Unleash the power of social sharing!
BM Button (BM stands for BookMark) is a great FREE solution for those folks, who wish to be promoted by their visitors to a multitude of bookmarking, sharing and social news sites. It makes it so much easier to submit the pages from your site! But it is not the only benefit of having a bookmark button within your texts. One can also run some advanced reporting to analyze visitors’ responses to his or her content.
Jan 08 2009
Exact Factor
Monitoring search results
When it comes to SEO, having the right tools is what makes all the difference. Today we are introducing our readers to a new tool - Exact Factor - that may come in handy for the website owners who would like to track the success of their online content in relation to keywords and search engine results.
Exact Factor is a free online tool that does not require any downloads and can be accessed via a quick registration. It is equipped with a simple intuitive interface that will get you started without excessive documentations and introductions. All one needs to do is to supply his or her website’s address and the key words to find out how well his or her website is situated in search result pages of the major search engines per this word or phrase. One may opt in to receive electronic notifications as the picture of the search result landscape changes. Continue Reading »