Archive for the ‘Search Engines’ Category

An energy efficient Google search site?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

The next time you want to search for something on the web, try going to ‘www.blackle.com’ instead of your usual search engine. The page you get looks remarkably like Google, and queries you type in are fed through to Google, but there’s one obvious difference. Instead of the ...

Negative SEO - What Can Google Do?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Perhaps you've heard about "Negative SEO" or "Google bowling," where your competitors use spam techniques seemingly on your behalf to knock down your site. Ethically-challenged search marketers are once again bringing a black eye to the industry by intentionally using spam techniques to get their competitors penalized. And what can ...

Does your website look like spam to search engines?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Is your website nowhere to be seen in Google? It might be that Google doesn't like your website because it looks like spam. Check the following list to find out whether your website might look like spam or not. 1. Domain name factors that can indicate a spammy website: The ...

Eric Schmidt: MicroHoo Deal Could ‘Break’ the Internet

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Portfolio's Russ Mitchell that a Microsoft-Yahoo deal could "break the internet." Was he kidding? Apparently not. http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/eric-schmidt-mi.html

Are your AdWords results getting worse?

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

If you find ...

Pay-per-click Spyware and Other Scams

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Tips on avoiding and detecting If you thought click fraud was bad, consider this: your Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing ads and Microsoft adCenter accounts are new targets for spyware applications, hackers and scam artists. Read the full article: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/688/Pay-per-click-Spyware-and-Other-Scams/

How come SEO experts own sites do not rank well?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Many of our website customers ask us about optimising their websites for better rankings in search engines. They are often courted by various Search Engine Optimisations 'specialists' trying to make them part with hard earned cash with empty promises of guaranteed high rankings. A question to our customers is always 'How ...