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 [...]

Many webmasters constantly worry about losing their search engine rankings. That is a huge issue to be concerned about if you make the majority of your revenue from monetizing your search traffic. Too many webmasters try to take shortcuts when it comes to developing their portals. By having great content on your website all the [...]

Many webmasters have been wondering about the limits of what Google quality raters can do. Can they possibly cause a site to lose its rankings? Some have speculated that if multiple quality raters raise a red flag on a URL, it would lose its ranking. Matt Cutts has taken time to debunk that:

Content is king. No matter how many people try to deny this very fact, your best bet as a SEO is to develop fresh, valuable content for your websites on a daily basis (sometimes twice a day). Google’s freshness algorithm is slowly but surely affecting queries that we all search for. Of course, the quality [...]

Google is the most powerful search engine on the planet (arguably). Knowing how to use Google and all its features to their fullest is a must for searchers and search engine professionals. When you know how to use the right queries to look up what you need, you can get things done that much faster. [...]