Oct 16 2007
When I first started practicing SEO one of the most tedious tasks was checking my rankings and seeing how much progress I made along with relating that progress to recent changes. This was back when rank checking software was much harder to come by and reliable rank checking software was almost impossible. That was life until I found IBP.
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Oct 04 2007
Google is taking search to a whole new level with the Google Local Voice Search or otherwise referred to as Google Free 411. I am absolutely astonished at how well the service works and was able to recognize my request. I even tried to muffle my voice along with trying the service with a LOT of background noise (NYC Traffic) and the system was still able to recognize my request, provide me with an address, and redirect my call directly to the listing that I wanted. Overall I would highly recommend the service and a HUGE round of applause to Google! Continue Reading »
Oct 02 2007
This is going to be a short post for the most part but I thought I would share an interesting discover on how to tell if Google Indexing has picked up your changes yet. While checking on my results over the past few months (I do a lot of manual checking) I noticed something that I hadn’t over the past few years. I don’t know how many people do this (I imagine quite a few) but when checking search engine ranking results I will first do a search on the domain and click the link so that it is easier for me to scan pages indexed by Google and determine if the listing is mine or someone else’s. What I noticed was that every few weeks my links would go back to the original blue color and I hadn’t been clearing my history on my browser. Continue Reading »
