YouTube.com has started automatically using the shorter ".be" format for video URL links. In some cases this disrupts the auto preview capability of Facebook when sharing or posting a YouTube video. Short YouTube video link: … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Tampa Internet Marketing Google SEO Tip 4
Things to avoid Don't fill your page with lists of keywords, attempt to "cloak" pages, or put up "crawler only" pages. If your site contains pages, links, or text that you don't intend visitors to see, Google considers those links and pages … [Read more...]
Tampa Internet Marketing Google SEO Tip #3
Make your site easily accessible Build your site with a logical link structure. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link. Use a text browser, such as Lynx, to examine your site. Most spiders see your site much as Lynx … [Read more...]
Tampa Internet Marketing Google SEO Tip 2
Make sure that other sites link to yours Links help Google crawlers find your site and can give your site greater visibility in Google search results. When returning results for a search, Google uses sophisticated text-matching techniques to … [Read more...]
Tampa Internet Marketing Google SEO Tip 1
Give visitors the information they're looking for Provide high-quality content on your pages, especially your homepage. This is the single most important thing to do. If your pages contain useful information, their content will attract many … [Read more...]
If I don’t need to block crawlers, should I create a robots.txt file?
Is it better to have a blank robots.txt file, a robots.txt that contains User-agent: * Disallow:" or no robots.txt file at all?" Corey S, Pennsylvania Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be … [Read more...]
Submit to index via Google Webmaster Tools
Matt Cutts explains how to submit URLs to Google's index. Learn more about this feature in the Webmaster Tools Help Center: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a … [Read more...]
If I buy AdWords, will that cause my algorithmic search rankings to rise?
If I buy AdWords, will that cause my algorithmic search rankings to rise? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Read more: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like … [Read more...]
Should I block Googlebot from crawling a dynamically generated calendar?
Should I deny an access to a dynamically generated vBulletin calendar via robots.txt? Whenever I open my Who's Online?" page, I can always see more than 20 Google spiders indexing it." Uncle, Prague, Czech Republic Have a question? Ask it in our … [Read more...]
How can I identify causes of a PageRank drop?
I use the Google Toolbar to monitor PageRank. I read on the Internet that it gives old and quite unreliable data. Can I have reliable realtime PageRank information about the sites I administer? And how can I identify causes of a PageRank drop? … [Read more...]