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Something sinister has happened within my Google search results… my review sites are disappearing and all I can find is one person’s opinion! Well, actually about 6-7 peoples’ opinions, based on what I am seeing. I discovered this when finalizing my recent decision to purchase an HTC One. I am the type of Web surfer that likes to see a List-form of reviews come back to me, as is commonly…

In 2008 Google officially introduced one of its greatest features: as-you-type suggestions. It was initially based only on what people typed when searching for the same phrase as you were. It was an optional feature (you could switch it off easily using Google’s search settings). Obviously, it was huge news for SEOs as search suggestions drastically affected the behavior of a user… In 2010 suggestions were taken one step further…

Over the years SEO’s and developers have worked together to design, test and implement automation methods which support technical and content search engine optimization goals. From the first use of dynamic insertion of database elements into page titles and product headlines, to the advanced eCommerce “tricks” we see in play today, automation is the key to SEO efficiency. This is especially true for large publishing or eCommerce sites which generate…

I was thinking of Penguin 2.0, and wondering how much historical backlink data can effect a site…for better, or for worse. The Brands who knew shit about seo, and did shit for seo, and got their ass kicked for years in rankings, are now the lucky ones as google has turned the tables …because if it smells like you have some history of SEO, then you might have a negative…

There can never be too much searching: I can spend hours playing with various search operators and ways to re-phrase the search query. You get even more insight when you start playing with various search visualization tools! These are the three I have found that I think offer something truly special. 1. Create Tag Cloud Warning: It doesn’t work for https:// Google results which are default for all searches when…

I have long been an advocate of the great things that Google has done not only for improving the ability to search for information, but also for the hundreds of thousands of people in the world that enjoy gainful employment as a result of the search engine marketing industry. Today however I have to take some time to examine one of the flaws that is evident in the way that…

There’s an interesting thread over at SEOchat forum discussing why Google doesn’t seem to be able to index the site title tags. Google’s Announcement and Tools Google announced they were now trying to improve our titles a year ago, yet it’s still being discussed. Google itself recommends looking into “HTML Suggestions” feature in Webmaster Tools (inside the Diagnostics section) to find the solution of the problem. More Reports and Concerns…

I will be the first to admit to a strange addiction to shortcuts. Every time I sign up for a new services, whether it is Twitter or an app, I make sure I have their shortcuts page bookmarked until I learn it by heart. I have an entire folder dedicated to these pages, some of them used frequently and some no longer needed now that I have committed it all…

With all those Penguin updates forcing us to look into our IN-coming links, we almost forgot about another neglected Google’s love indicator: Google Toolbar PageRank. Yes, people are still looking into that and yes, it still indicates something we want to pay attention to. And this is what being discussed over at SEOchat forums: Sudden Drop in Toolbar PageRank (Don’t mistaken it for slight fluctuations which are normal) As Matt…

You know how every time the President comes on TV and says something, pundits spend an hour afterward pulling it apart looking for hidden truths and secret meanings? Well it keeps multiple news networks on the air so maybe it’s worth a blog post for this. On Wednesday Search Engine RoundTable featured a conversation about link removal from the Google Forums. It wasn’t an extensive exchange, but the 3 line…

By Ninja Matt As much as I like to rag on Google when I see the occasional crap site with 100,000 exact match anchor text links from 50 domains beating sites that follow Google’s guidelines, I don’t envy them.  For one, the vast majority of sites created every day are spam and must be filtered out, but what’s worse is they’ve built such a stalwart, relied-upon brand that many people…

Internet Marketing Ninjas CEO Jim Boykin asked me to develop a post for his blog about viruses and malware. Now computer security is an old, familiar topic for me. Back in the day, I was a technical writer for Microsoft’s IT Group, where I created white papers and other documents on anti-malware products and strategies. Later, in 2009, when I authored the blog for Bing Webmaster Center, I used that…