United States Patent Application 20070143345 Kind Code A1 Jones; Michael T. ; et al. June 21, 2007 ENTITY DISPLAY PRIORITY IN A DISTRIBUTED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM Abstract A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the…
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Ranking Domains Using Domain Maturity
Ranking Domains Using Domain Maturity Invented by Janine Crumb, Krishna C Gade, Rangan Majumder, Vishnu Challam Assigned to Microsoft US Patent Application 20080086467 Published April 10, 2008 Filed October 10, 2006 Abstract Ranking domains for search engines is provided herein.…
Banned By Google? How to tell if Google penalized you
Although, as a rule, I do not practice “blackhat”, sometimes we have doubts about whether Google has penalized a site. Especially when we are expecting the index to be included in any new website just launched. Google usually takes a…
Moving your site to a new domain
Here are the main points: Test the move process by moving the contents of one directory or subdomain first. Then use a 301 Redirect to permanently redirect those pages on your old site to your new site. This tells Google…
The Importance of Backlinks
If you’ve read anything about or studied Search Engine Optimization, you’ve come across the term “backlink” at least once. For those of you new to SEO, you may be wondering what a backlink is, and why they are important. Backlinks…
Seo Checklist; basic website optimization techniques
On-Page Optimization – · Content Optimization · Keyword Placement (Frequency, Density, Proximity, etc.) · Title Tag Optimization · Meta Tag Optimization · Spider/Robot Tag Optimization · Image Alt Optimization · Internal Link Structure · 301 Redirects · Robot.txt Creation ·…
Taking Your Blog To The Next Level; I like WordPress
If you already have your own blog, or are thinking of setting one up, you’ve undoubtedly read one or more of the beginner’s guides to blogging that frequent the Internet. Blog often and provide unique, fresh, entertaining, accurate, and relevant…
social media marketing; SEO Tips
There are many reasons social media can be a productive marketing channel or platform. Rather than employing it as a tactic du jour, the purpose should dictate strategy and the tactics used for reaching desired goals. A few common outcomes…
WordPress SEO Tips; a useful strategy
WordPress SEO Tip #20 Don’t Block the Search Engines! First and foremost: make sure you’re not inadvertently telling the search engines to go away! Believe it or not, some WordPress installations block the search engine bots by default. From your…
Google Page Rank: Has your PR jumped or fallen?
Over the last two weeks we have been talking about Google every other day. This time it is the Page Rank. Google Juice, Google flux, Back links, all have been jumping around a lot lately. Changes both in Page Rank…