Marketing News & Consulting
Some people in the industry are speculating that keyword rich domain names will be the next target to be hit by Google’s latest algorithm update. When you go to register a new domain name, the first question that inevitable rises is: "DoI go with a keyword rich domain name? (www.buy-cilais-online.net for example), or something that […]
There seems to some confusion as to whether Ads do or do not play a significant role in Google Ranking Algorithm. During the initial release of the Farmer Update it was stated that Google is now using the presence of ads on a website as a ranking factor. Of course they were quite vague regarding […]
Beginning next year, Hewlett Packard will be release it’s WebOS on each and every PC. Their hope is to get developers away from mobile devices exclusively and on to desktops. WebOS will be offered in conjunction with the Windows OS HP hopes to develop the WebOS in to a multi-platform OS that can run […]
It has been a few weeks since Google’s Farmer/Panda algorithim updates. Many sites were devastated by the wild fluctuations of rankings that occurred. Other sites were not hit as hard. The update has made anyone concerned about their website rankings to sit up and take notice. Most of us are still trying to determine the […]
An official Google Blog titled: "Finding more high-quality sites in search" written on February 24th, by Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal, announced a significant change in Google’s rankings of Web pages in search results. The blog post stated that this new algorithm update would "noticeably impact 11.8% of Google’s queries." Referred to as the "Farmer […]
I came across a great blog post over at SEOMoz this morning. They were discussing how page load speeds can affect Google page rank. We all know that the time it takes for your website to load can have sever implications for visitors to the site. The typical user will only wait for approximately 4-6 […]
If you’ve been reading the IT news you may have seen an article from Experian pushing out some statistics on Goole losing ground and effectiveness to Bing. Really, if you love statistics, head on over to Experian for the full scoop, they have a few clearly laid out images showing the data they have collected. […]
As a follow-up to my previous post regarding the accusations from Google that Bing is using click-through data as part of their ranking methodology. It is pretty certain that Google does as well and there is evidence to show that they both have been doing so for some time. Even Matt Cutts said in 2002 […]
UPDATE: It seems that SHAW is already feeling the blowback from a potential CRTC ruling that would allow for more UBB (User Bandwidth Billing) and could be seeing customers leaving. This just in from the SHAW Facebook page: Hello everyone, Today we have made an announcement regarding Usage Based Billing, and want to make sure […]