I put together a little video with screenshots of Google’s start page throughout the years. It still amazes me how little has changed. I bet there have been many web designers who have wanted to sink their teeth into the design and totally redo it.
I added the year to the bottom of each frame so you can see what year the start page is from. What year do you think Google had the best design?
I was dusting one of my old hard-drives and found my first guide about SEO from 2004, the year Google looked like this. I wrote the guide to show how easy it was to fix common SEO issues. I know the guide is old, but there is still relevant information in it, and guess what! It’s still quite easy to fix common SEO mistakes! Want to find out how? Read on! Continue reading
Researching keywords can be interesting and fun! The keywords you would think people are using when searching Google (and other search engines) are most likely not what you would guess. So stop guessing today and learn how to find out what terms and phrases people use when searching!
Today I am sharing 5 great website tips that helped me manage my websites. Each tip is easy to implement and can be done by any webmaster.
If you run an e-commerce website you are probably looking for methods to increase your web shop’s traffic. You might already be advertising with Adwords and you know how much it costs to buy traffic. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could increase your “free” traffic and lower the cost per click for your Adwords ads? Does it sound too good to be true? Keep reading and I’ll explain why it isn’t.
The reason why I wanted to know was because I discovered some odd urls in Webmaster Tools that looked like search urls. So to find the answer to this question I first set up a page with 3 forms.
Form 1: Using the form GET method my page would get a new title and content if form was submitted. The URL would be different since I added a URL variable to the original URL.
Form 2: Using the form POST method. If this form was submitted the original page would have new content, just like search page.
Form 3: Using the form POST method but with a different action URL than the form page itself. I did this to check if Google would discover the “secret” action page.
Need an SEO checklist for content? This is my list to help you write better optimized content.
The librarian of the Internet’s is Google and your job is to make sure your content doesn’t end up in the back of the library… This is why SEO is important.
This week I got the chance guest blog on Craft, Creative Marketing, a blog by Tiffani Frey. Tiffany has nearly 20 years of expertise in marketing, graphic design and sales management. Her blog covers many topics all related to Internet marketing (SEO included). So head over to her blog and while you’re there you can also read my post on Handy SEO Tools for Chrome and Firefox users!
Get your SEO going and start targeting the long tail! By not limiting your page content to head terms you can increase your organic traffic. Find out how! Continue reading
I recently visited the GooglePlex in Mountain View CA. Here are some of the pictures I took (with my Samsung Galaxy S2). I highly recommend a visit if your’e in the area. You will find a little gift shop at the GooglePlex if you like to pick up some Google gear. Continue reading