Google is serious about Google+. The company has announced how Google+ is making it more money from ads. This social network may not be a Facebook killer yet. But Google is going to keep investing time and effort into making it better. Google+ results are slowly but surely making their way to the search engine [...]

Many folks assume that if they run their website using WordPress, they are going to automatically show up at the top of the search engine rankings. That can’t be further from the truth. You are still going to need great content and killer links to climb the rankings. But it is always wise to invest [...]

Remember when the first wave of Google Panda changes went into effect? Many of us were not affected by the first wave of changes but the later ones added to some folks’ misery. It all started on February 24th, 2011 and the world of SEO has not been the same again. Gogole’s main goal was [...]

Getting hacked is never fun. If you didn’t notice it, we were actually hacked a few weeks ago. It was due to one of the sites on our server having a small security hole. No matter how careful you are when it comes to managing your website, there is always a chance that you could [...]

Many webmasters rely on ads to monetize their content. Research has shown time and time again that ads in the header convert very well. But that’s not what Google wants to see. According to Google’s Inside Search blog, blogs with too many ads above the fold are going to be penalized. The penalties started to [...]

Google has done it again. It is not done with slapping sites with Panda. It will now go after sites that have too many ads above the fold. Let’s face it. We are all tired of spam-looking websites with too many ads before you get to see any decent content. Google plans to change that: [...]

By now, everyone has seen the latest changes that Google has made to its search engine. The company has deeply integrated its Google+ network into its search engine, giving its users the chance to do more complete searches (search + social). Of course, not everyone has liked the recent change. Twitter is certainly not happy [...]

Google+ is a growing community. It may not have as many members as Facebook and Twitter yet. But the community is expected to reach new heights in the next couple of years. Considering that it is being run by Google, you’d be out of your mind not to invest some time building your presence in [...]

Have you read those standard beginner SEO books that still suggest having an XML sitemap and alt tags could get a site to the top of the search engines? There are plenty of those books around. I am a firm believer that every little thing that you do counts. But to pretend having a XML [...]

The RIAA and their buddies are not only after censoring the Internet and going after independent sites and online businesses, they are not too happy with Google either. The RIAA is claiming that Google has a special responsibility to fight copyright infringement. The entity agrees that Google has taken some modest steps to fight piracy [...]