Posts Tagged: search engines


28
Aug 11

Google changes Sitelinks, top search result spot gets more important

Google is changing Sitelinks, the links below a search result with access to other pages of the same site.

Changes include:
- Sitelinks are now full-size links with a URL and one line of snippet text.
- Links have increased from a maximum of 8 links to 12, revealing more about the websites you are searching for.
- Sitelink ranking is now also combined with regular result ranking to produce higher quality searches.
- Sitelinks also vary based on your query, where a more comprehensive keyword search will return better results.

This basically means more power to the top 1-2 results if they use sitelinks, as they grab more above-the-fold space. This will increase the need for a SEO strategy that will get your site on the top spot of the desired keywords / phrase (and of course refuel the discussion on whether this is a good move as it will be slightly harder for users to see a more diverse choice of results)

More at The evolution of sitelinks: expanded and improved – Official Google Blog and Google improves sitelinks for better search results – The Next Web


17
Aug 11

7 SEO Myths You’re Probably Following

SEO. Just the mention of it will flood your Twitter stream with spam replies and start the “gurus” knocking at your inbox door. But really, SEO isn’t as big of a mystery as many would make it out to be. Oh sure, there are some hard and fast rules when it comes to the good versus the bad, but many of the important parts about SEO can simply be followed by writing good content.

An interesting read, the most important being that SEO is something you do once. SEO is a continuing process that should be part of your site updating routine. Of course, you need to have such a routine first. Most corporate (or personal) sites are also done once, then forgotten for ages. A stale site is a dead site…

Full article: 7 SEO Myths You’re Probably Following – TNW Design & Dev.


6
Aug 11

FAQ: How Google factors page speed into its search rankings

It’s a well-known fact that site speed is a critical ranking factor for organic search. The big question has been how exactly Google does this. This is probably one of the most-asked questions I receive, and the answers aren’t easy to find.

Full article: FAQs: The 12 most-asked questions about how Google factors page speed into its search rankings – Web Performance Today.