Sitemaps are created to for web usability purposes and to notify search engines about a site’s page index. Most people are familiar with HTML and XML sitemaps, however there are multiple types of sitemaps that can provide benefits for your website. Here is a complete guide of sitemap types, sitemap resources, and how each of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘google’
How To Detect When Google Penalizes Your Website
8 Jun , 2009
Do you have a website that used to rank on the 1st page of Google for all of your primary keywords, then it suddenly vanishes out of the SERPs? It could be that Google has penalized your site. So you are probably wondering how can you tell if your site has been penalized, and why [...]
Google Local Business Listings Now Have Analytics
5 Jun , 2009
Google now incorporates local business listings on two levels: local-based searches and broad-based searches. Because of these new methods it is extremely important to have a complete and detailed local business profile. Similar to Google’s algorithm for ranking websites in the organic SERPs, there are a number of local search ranking factors that contribute to [...]
Bing! Will Microsoft’s Search Engine Live Up to the Hype?
1 Jun , 2009
Microsoft announced the unveiling of its new search engine Bing, formerly known as Kumo. Bing, launched early today, is labeling its search engine as the “Decision Engine” because of its ability to anticipate what a user wants based on their search. Bing is suppose to help users make informed decisions faster by delivering relevant content [...]
Down Goes Google! Down Goes Google!
18 May , 2009
Looks like May 14th might very well be the day that goes down in infamy for Google. That’s right, the fail whale has come at last to a site that many believed would be completely impervious to it, forever. Yep, Google had some issues that spread across almost all of their major services and to say [...]