Category Archives: SEO Headlines

National newspaper, The Telegraph, appears to have come across some technical difficulties – the entire site is returning a 404. Try accessing the homepage or clicking through to articles via Google News and all pages have been removed. As one of Alexa’s Top 1000 websites, any downtime will results in a significant loss of traffic and revenue. Areas on sub-domains are still currently intact.

Google Reminds Not to Block Your CSS & Javascript Files

Google recently released a “public service announcement” video that basically tells us NOT to block the CSS and Javascript Files for the reason that it might help search engine crawlers to better understand the content and structure of a site.

French Court Fines Google for Offering Its Maps Service for Free

News recently spread throughout the SEO community that Google was subjected to a $600,000+ fine after a French court has found the search engine giant guilty of unfair trading.

The Online Piracy Bill and its Implications to SEO

Ever since internet giants like Wikipedia and Google had shown their stand against SOPA/PIPA, the issues brought about by these two pending legislations has caught the attention of not just those living in the U.S. but also of other internet users across the globe and to the SEO community. Now before you either disregard or dive in to the issue, it is fundamental to have an idea of what these bills are about and its implications to search marketers like us.

Where’s the 100 search results in google gone? – Advanced Filter update

We knew that Google were updating the Advanced Search page but I didn’t realise it meant we would lose the option to show up to 100 search results. This was really useful when searching for a websites listing when outside the top 10. Instead we now have this new layout

Andy Birt, CEO and Co-Founder of Smart Traffic says, “We are very proud to have been recognised in this year’s Tech Track listing. In tough economic times for many of our clients and the country as a whole, we have remained focused on delivering a very high return on their digital and search marketing spend, which has enabled them to increase their market share. We have shared in their successes, and this has allowed Smart Traffic to grow rapidly since its birth in 2006.”

It has been a while now since we have written about Bing’s Webmaster Tools. In a post written late last year, we discussed how a links report is now part of the system. Whilst silent for many months, it appears as though the people at this Microsoft search engine have been quite busy indeed. Now, we are going to see the result of all that user feedback and hard work…

Any good search engine would know that the business of providing top quality search results is a constantly evolving process. For instance, Google has made quite a number of improvements since it was launched. Currently, users get to see the contents of a site even before they click on the link through Instant Previews, which now supports flash content and functions as a mobile application. This blog has also released articles about Google’s use of rich snippets. An April 2010 post talked about how they are helpful in providing additional facts that researchers may find useful. Months later, we discussed how the use of snippets has expanded to accommodate shopping sites and even food recipes…

For some bird species, the process of moulting occurs during the hottest time of the year. Incidentally, the Web’s most popular feathered friend has gone through some major changes at around the same time. In April, we talked about Twitter’s lay-out improvements and new search feature on this blog. This time around, I present you with the latest developments from this popular social networking site…

In this day and age, it has become a lot easier to market your goods to a worldwide audience. In a previous post, we highlighted the changes being made to Google Product Search. Recently, the search engine giant has formally announced a supplementary offering – Google Business Photos. They are currently interested in taking photos of various types of enterprises, including restaurants, hotels, retail shops, and other storefront businesses at no cost. A team of Google photographers have been enlisted in London, Paris, Seoul and selected cities in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Japan…