Yahoo Busting Up 301 Redirects
Barry Schwarz of SEORoundTable (and now moderator of the SearchEngineWatch forums – congrats!) brought to my attention the troubles webmasters have had with 301 redirects in Yahoo. Yahoo SiteMatch reps even recommended creating doorway pages rather than using 301 redirects, and I’ve read that they will treat 301s as duplicate content.
The Missing Ingredient in SEO
Load all the keywords you want. Set up all the landing pages you want. Create enough ways for your prospects to find you at the top of Google. It doesn’t matter. You’ll be bypassed by savvy searchers soon enough if you aren’t careful about content.
Inside the Searcher’s Mind: It’s a Jungle in Here!
In search marketing, there are many more questions than answers, particularly when it comes to how people search. We know how we search and we assume everybody searches in a similar way. Also, because searching has become such an intuitive function, we tend not to really give the actual search process much thought. If many of us actually looked at what we did in a search process, we’d probably surprise ourselves.
Nigritude Ultramarine Search Engine Optimization Winner Announced
As previously reported by Murdok, affiliate network DarkBlue held a contest that measured SEO skills of anyone willing to enter. The goal of the contest was to gain the top Google search engine result for the search of the keywords “nigritude ultramarine.” The contest ended today, June 7, 2004, and the winner has been announced.
Create Confidence With Your Writing
Whether you are writing a magazine article, composing a press release, or editing the sales copy on your website, the end goal is always the same – to influence the thinking, and probably actions, of other human beings. To do that, your writing must instill confidence in a mind that is inclined to doubt you.
Flash – To Use Or No To Use?
Out there in the WWW there are thousands sites using flash for their needs. But the majority sites are not in this list. Let’s summaries some facts about flash usage on YOUR web site. After that it’s you will have to decide: to use or not to use. There are some facts about Macromedia Flash Technology:
WebSourced Acquires Engine Studio
CGI Holding Corporation today announced that its WebSourced, Inc. subsidiary has acquired the assets of Engine Studio, Inc. Engine Studio has two sites, www.GlobalPromoter.com and www.TurboPromoter.com, that offer search engine marketing services.
Four Models of Successful Internet Business Sites:
One of the best methods of learning how to succeed in your Internet business is to first find a successful site to model your business on.
Work At Home Moms – Start Your Business With Found Money
Think you can’t afford to start your own Home Business? Think again! I have been able to budget the start up expenses of my own Home Business. I have to admit in the beginning I thought I would not be able to afford starting my own Home Business knowing it would take a small investment to get it moving.
Information Architecture: A Rose by Any Other Name
As more web practitioners have assumed the title of Information Architect to describe the work they do, and as more information architects (and user experience designers and user interface designers and information designers) are multitasking on reduced staffs, information architects have uncovered a wide range of ways to view both the practice and ourselves practicing. Unfortunately, a common response to this multiplicity has been to reiterate certain narrow definitions of information architecture, to impatiently seek consensus, and to view with suspicion those who don’t fit.