The average blog post is fairly easy to index and crawl for Google. However, what happens when a single page has several hundred comments? How does Google decide what’s important to include in a search query and what to ignore? Heck, in some cases the comments on a Reddit post are more important than the [...]
Google’s Soft 404′s are Inaccurate and Often Times, Outdated
Google has announced that they have implemented Soft 404′s as a way to indicate pages that appear to be 404 (page not found) but come up as 200 (Good Response). My initial reaction was that’s great news and should help me out when I forgot to include a 404 header response. So then I [...]
Free Google Search Keyword Tracking
Finally an advanced Google keyword ranking checker that is free. The site is aptly named KeywordRankings and is geared towards SEO people looking to save a history of where their keywords rank in Google. Feature List: Entire Service is free Add unlimited domains Add unlimited keywords Each keyword ranking is checked once per day Each [...]
Gmail Notifier Not Working? It’s because of HTTPS
I’ve encountered a simple, yet annoying problem when it comes to Google’s Gmail Notifier. It turns out that if you select the option to always use HTTPS, then the notifier will not work. The fix can be seen on the Notifier page, which is a registry edit. Surely Google can do a better job of notifying us [...]
Chrome Ad Blockers: AdThwart Vs. AdBlock , Round 1
One of the most important aspects of a web browser today is how good it is at blocking ads. Users thinking about switching to Chrome from Firefox NEED to have a reliable ad blocker. The two best ad blockers are AdThwart and AdBlock. They both support EasyList, but that doesn’t mean they are both equally effective and user friendly.
Chrome: New “Press Tab to Search” Feature
Google Chrome, Developer version 4.0.302.2 includes a new way to easily search a website. When typing a URL into the address bar, an option comes up to “Press Tab to search”. Have a look below: The feature looks great to me. My only question is how Chrome decides which sites are available to search and [...]
Google’s Rich Snippets Event Possibilities
Today Google announced another new feature of Rich Snippets called Events. Of course it is a great idea to provide more markup to better track events of concerts, sporting events, movies, etc. However, what if Rich Snippets could be used for a slightly different reason? News updates on events or people.
How Banner Advertisements Affect Google’s “Site Performance”
As you may have heard a while ago, Google decided to incorporate load time into where sites rank in terms of search results. The faster the load time, the more of a bonus they should get in SERPs. One of the things that slows down page loads more than anything are site advertisements. In this [...]