WEBMASTER ADVICE

Webmaster Advice

Practical information for website owners and businesses.

Google changing ranking rules

Google updated their ranking rules in October.  There are lots of complaints from site owners who have suddenly lost traffic. Some comments I’ve read this past week: A month has passed without me realizing it; my daily 6,000 clicks have turned into 200, and there has still been no improvement. I have a website that […]

Need Ideas to Post to your Website or Blog?

Here’s how to create popular, unique content for your website. Visit http://bloomberry.com/ and search for your industry. You’ll find the most frequently asked questions about your business. Customers want answers, so pick one and write about it. Post it to your website or blog and Boom–you have fresh content; this is great for search engine […]

Put Your Business Online–Even Without A Web Site

Even if you don’t have a web site, make sure your small business is represented online. The sites below allow you to create free business listings. The major search engines: Google Bing Yahoo The growing business/consumer sites: Yelp.com MerchantCircle.com Local.com Be sure to search for different online yellow pages, too. Some allow free listings.

Google Page Ranking

Ever heard of Google sculpting?  Search engines have been getting slammed with internet comment spam.  What happens is people post their web site links onto blogs and forums, thereby increasing in-bound links to their site.  This benefits them because one of the factors that determine page rank by Google is the number of links into […]