Search Engine cloaking is when you display one version of a webpage to the search engine spiders and another to the actual visitors. ADHEREL The reason sites do this can be numerous, unfortunately many do it for nefarious purposes, and the search engines don’t like it. On...
Let's say you have ten .csv files you want to merge into one. Instead of opening Microsoft Excel and cutting/pasting the data there's a much easier route to take. First, for simplicity copy the files you want merged into a new folder. Call it "merge" if...
Google announced that is has reached an agreement with popular social site twitter to provide the search giant with real-time, live tweets relevant to user searches. That means when you search for “weather in Kentucky” you may also see twitter tweets about the weather in Kentucky,...
By the looks of it, twitter is having some serious issues today. The popular microblogging site, which I occasionally make use of, has been down by my watch for about 90 minutes now, or since 9am ET. Twitter doesn’t have a huge staff – i’m told...
f you have a webpage that’s already indexed within the Google search listings but you want it removed ASAP for whatever reason (an old 301, personal/private info, etc) you fortunately have a few paths to follow. First, add a “<meta name=”ROBOTS” content= “NOINDEX”> in the header...
Since I just posted on the meta description tag, it’s only fair to give the meta keywords tag equal space. Common format: <meta name=”keywords” content=”<keyword1>,<keyword2>,…<keywordXX>” />; In general, I never meta tag I didn't like until this one, get it? Okay, bad joke. Point is, this tag is...
In my mind the only real meta tag of SEO significance is “meta description”. But like its sister meta keywords, the meta description tag is not as important as it one was. The description tag is just that, a short description of your webpage, and really...
Arguably the single most important factor for getting ranked highly in the search engines is how you optimize your title tag. A unique, keyword-oriented title tag together with strong content can really help move your page up the ranks. But a poorly worded title tag will...
Another simple, easy to apply webmastering tip is adding a favicon.ico to your site. If you are a webmaster you’ve no doubt seen the server request made a thousand times in your log files and if you don’t have one – which many people do...
The Internet browser wars certainly are heating up. Just a little over ten years ago Netscape dominated the field, but now Microsoft’s Internet Explorer reigns supreme with about 80% of the overall share. In second is Mozilla’s Firefox which has been steadily narrowing the gap...