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Google’s dislike for text link ads was made clear when they publicly announced that websites selling text ads will be penalized in terms of search engine rankings. This gave way to what is now a popular advertising form, 125x125 ads. Now there's a read more »
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In the name of Google, and of Microsoft and of Yahoo!… Amen!

This is what the search world looks like since a few years. We fail to talk about something else when it comes to search engines. Even when pretty faces like Powerset and hakia dare to read more »
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Does a "social search engine" like newly launched Delver have a chance of becoming the new IT? Google's Joe Kraus does believe that social is "the new black" but how can a social startup compete with Google? Maybe the competition is out of the quest read more »
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If you are looking for a particular video, an old friend from high school, or the perfect handbag, a niche search engine can help. They can make life even better if you can use them in a pinch. read more »
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Most SEO companies, including mine, see a good number of hacked websites, usually after the site owner contacts us wanting to find out why their Google traffic has suddenly dropped for no apparent reason. read more »
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Aside misinformation regarding Yahoo! Search and Microsoft, what else is wrong with The Telegraph? It occurs to me that the purpose of the Telegraph.co.uk article mentioned in the opening of this entry is to promote search engines affiliated with th read more »
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Twitter is a fun Web 2.0 communications tool that allows users to deliver quick messages of 140 characters or less. Twitter has become more than a communication tool — it's a source of angry, funny and awkward messages that would be sometimes best l read more »
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While many people see YouTube as a fun and mindless distraction, the fact is that it's really quite useful. The video site is full of educational tools for just about anyone, webmasters included. These 100 videos for webmasters include clips with su read more »
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Community is one of those Buzz words we have all come to love and hate at the same time. I suppose we could loosely define FriendFeed and Profilactic as communities, but I think they are really just TV sets into some activities of friends. SecondBra read more »
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Yahoo! announced not long ago the release of the new Yahoo!Search open platform. What happens next? What are the impacts on SEO and which other search engines can compete with Yahoo!Search in the future? read more »
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Every developer out there want to make a tool that some thousands of users will be enamored with, but few really offer viable solutions. As for business tools, most of these are either so expensive or so complicated to use that few have the stomach read more »
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Is it time for one site to be everything to everyone (in a similar fashion that Yahoo or AOL was 10 years ago)? We are all now forced into situations where time and the efficient use of it have become acutely important. read more »
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Search engine optimization is the failsafe way of getting free, residual, long term traffic. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to optimize a site. It just takes some work and a bit of coding. But hey, we’re bloggers. We love to tweak and hack and t read more »
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If your Web site gets great traffic but no sales or sign-ups to back it up, it's time to take a good, hard look at it. Follow these tips to make your Web site more friendly to customers and encourage better conversion rates. read more »
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Finding a real good SEO expert to handle all of your website needs can often be a tough task. Having interviewed many, these are a solid list of 10 questions to make sure your potential SEO knows. read more »
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A look at some of the common mistakes medium sized companies are still making. Why do multi million pound companies still try to make sites with a family friend who builds a site using frames? read more »
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How Disney used MySpace to successfully market its move Step Up 2 the Streets read more »
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Once you actually get the chance to look through the actual tools that you’ll need to run an affiliate site, however, you’ll see that it’s fairly straightforward. This article has listed 75+ free online tools you’ll need to get your own affiliate si read more »
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I am not sure if I'd agree to this but what the site is saying seems valid. But I just grew up knowing that valid W3C code is required to rank high. Is it really needed? read more »
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A look at the demographics of the top 10 social bookmarking sites read more »
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Del.icio.us is not quite as big and overpopulated as Digg, so it offers nearly a perfect combination of easy entry and gameability. Here we'll discuss a number of strategies you can use to dominate del.icio.us and see a massive influx of traffic and read more »
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Networking sometimes just takes as little as just doing it read more »
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What comes before cooking? Preparation! Without a well prepared recipe a good food is something that is not possible. And the same rule applies while writing a post. read more »
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How to make your post effective and go with flow read more »
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Why you shouldnt worry when it comes to blogging read more »
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