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Search engine optimization (SEO) has really taken corporate Canada by surprise or a better way of putting it would be bewilderment. Most decision makers in this country know that SEO is important but are not sure exactly what it is and how it can ultimately effect the bottom line of their companies. Because of this Read more about The Truth About In-House SEO – It is a ‘Secret Weapon’[…]
When a company is as rich as Google they don’t really have to worry about the competition, they just buy them up. Google has officially announced that it is taking mobile display advertising provider in exchange for $750 million. This deal helps create Google’s mobile ad platform as AdMob’s mobile display joins Google Mobile search Read more about Google Throws Around $750 Million in Pocket Change[…]
There is a long standing rumor that Google wishes to ‘take over the world’ – now that might not be exactly true but they sure as heck got their fingers in a lot of different pies! While the title is a bit ‘tongue-in-cheek’ at the moment, it might just be the future? While this post Read more about Google to Offer Free SEO?[…]
So Google finally stepped up to the plate with a post over at GoogleWebmasterCenteral on blog comment spam but the real question is did they give us good, useful information or just open up a Pandoras box of ways to ‘kill’ your competitors in the search rankings? FACT: Abusing comment fields of innocent sites is Read more about Google Finally Comments on Comment Spam[…]
Many SEO’s and Google themselves have been preaching the relative un-importance of visual page rank for ages….now it appears Google is finally ready to put its words into action – they have removed Google page rank from being reported in Google Webmaster Tools and here is the official explanation: Susan Moskwa from the Google Webmaster Read more about Google Page Rank to go Poof!?[…]
It seems MFA sites have been hit with low quality scores and are being warned/banned by the truckload!! This is great news for ‘real’ adwords users because now the bids won’t be artificially pumped up with the estimated 10-15 million MFA sites rotting the web. Here are some excerpts from a thread over at Webmaster Read more about Made for Adsense Sites Hit?[…]
It is official, Yahoo! is not longer considering the ‘keyword’ tag when ranking websites in their search results. Google stopped paying attention to these many eons ago but it seems Yahoo! has finally followed suit. It was just too easy to manipulate so I am not really surprised. This tidbit of info came out Tuesday Read more about Keyword Tag Means Even Less Now[…]
I found this log from a conversation I had with someone I was outsourcing some web design to in India a few years ago. I was laughing so hard by the end of this I just had to save it. net_karigar :what is a butt ? net_karigar : what type of button you needing ? Read more about Language Barrier, Buttock = Butt Talk[…]
The LA Times is reporting that the judge in the MySpace Mom’s suicide killing case has overturned his decision about the ‘criminality’ of breaking the Terms of Service of a website. And that is really good news for all those SEO’s out there that have ever purchased a link. I know a few SEO’s that Read more about SEO’s that break ToS will not be getting 10 to 20 years…[…]
Just a couple of months ago while celebrating our 1st year anniversary of this website I was very pleased and a bit surprised to see us listed on AllTop.com in the top 100 (85th) for Search Engine Optimization. I have been in the business of search engine optimization and marketing for the past 8 years Read more about Toronto SEO Firm Hits AllTop 100[…]