Tedster started a thread at WebmasterWorld about aged links. He said that there is a debate about if search engines, such as Google, “age” links. If they do, is aging a link a good thing or a bad thing

Google announced an update to Google Maps for Android. The big update is a new “Places” feature that allows you to find places near you via Google Maps. Places is a separate “App” that can be found self installed after…

In my latest Search Engine Journal article, Information Architecture – Rocket Science Simplified, I break down the concepts of site navigation as it relates to SEO for the purpose of strengthening sectional and page level focus. But it’s more than just about focus and I wasn’t sure if I was clear enough on exactly why you need to care so much about the topic, or why you need to see and think outside the box of what might be your own agenda as relates to navigation factors. While site navigation can, and absolutely does have an impact on how well the search engines can most accurately determine the focus of a page or section of a site , there’s a reason why it’s such an important factor, one that I expect will be around for a long time to come… Site Navigation Is A Multi-Faceted Indicator Site navigation is a critical component of information organization and retrieval because it’s a way to Control the user experience (UX) Contribute to the quality (or lack thereof) of that user experience (UX) Inform the search engines how pages relate Inform the search engines which pages you wish to be recognized for more authority… Navigation As A Means To Inform Relationship Let’s say we have a site that has a section on the topic of widgets.

The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced they are stepping up their notifications within Webmaster Tools. They will now send “SiteNotices” for a “significant increase” in unreachable content, that is when GoogleBot cannot reach a number of pages on your web site. Here is a picture of what a SiteNotice may look like: Google will only send *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

I’ve been doing SEO for as long as I can remember.  I rarely stop to look at the distance I’ve made since I started; more notably, the change in the SEO space and the change in my own philosophies.  But when I do stop and look, I realize that I’m even more excited about SEO today than ever before.

For those of you with multi-lingual web sites, you want to make sure to keep your languages set on each URL of your web site. Try not to have some English and some French on the same page, keep the…

If you do a search for [tenacious] or persistent] or other words and Google may show you a redesigned definitions box. Here is a picture: As you can see, it is placed at the top of the results and has…

Whenever I am working with a client that is looking to start a new business and website, I am almost always asked the question… should I purchase a domain name with keywords in it for SEO? Unfortunately there is not a clear cut answer to that question.

I’ve been familiar with Brian Solis as many have, for several years.

The rumor is growing fast. Now the New York Post has it that Google could launch its search-related music store as early as this holiday season, i.e.