Posts in the Search Engines category

• Check your search engine positions with the Rank Checker Firefox add-on

  19 December 2008 by Clive Walker

  One of the things I do on a regular basis is on-site search engine optimisation campaigns for several clients. Rank Checker must be the most useful Firefox add-on I have discovered this year!

• Charging clients for Google Webmaster Tools

  14 August 2008 by Clive Walker

  These days, as someone who manages a variety of websites for myself and clients, I find that one of the most valuable online resources is Google Webmaster Tools. This Google service allows you to see statistics and error analysis and enables the management of Google’s indexing of your website. It also includes Sitemap submission and reporting. In my opinion, it’s pretty much essential if you want to know more about your website and how Google sees it.

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• SEO copywriting techniques

  02 October 2007 by Clive Walker

  David Rosam from Web Positioning Centre gave an interesting presentation about SEO copywriting at last night’s Skillswap in Brighton. Key points from the presentation…

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• Google provides more link data

  07 February 2007 by Clive Walker

  Google is providing much more link data if you are signed up with Google Webmaster Tools. The amount of information is much greater than using the link:operator in normal Google searches

• The future of Google?

  05 January 2007 by Clive Walker

  Searchmash is a low-profile site by Google. It’s a search engine with some different features and I’d speculate that some of these may make it into Google itself in the future You might call it Google’s test area, perhaps?

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• Google music search

  03 January 2007 by Clive Walker

  Like me, you may have heard a song and searched for the song lyric and artist on Google. What was the name of that song and who sung it?! Well, here's something I didn't know.

• Google loses it?

  06 November 2006 by Clive Walker

  Is it me or has Google 'lost it' recently? Google always prides itself on the relevance and accuracy of its search results. However, these days, Google's search results for specific keywords sometimes make no sense at all.

• How important is valid HTML for search engine rankings?

  05 July 2006 by Clive Walker

  There’s a lot of discussion in web designer/developer circles about valid HTML and search engine rankings. If your site has valid HTML or XHTML, will it have better search engine rankings than a website with HTML errors and warnings? My answer would be ‘Yes’.

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• A better search engine - part 2

  15 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  An earlier post described Del.icio.us and how it can be used as a search engine. In the article, it was interesting to speculate about user bookmarks as a way of rating website search results

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• A better search engine than Google?

  06 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  Del.icio.us is a well-known website that enables its users to post and share websites that they like. It’s a public bookmarking service or “a collection of favorites – yours and everyone else’s”. In some ways, it’s a better search engine than Google.