A patent for "systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles" was granted to Google yesterday. It was originally filed in 2003.
SEO Ranking Factors for 2009
Search Engine Marketing and SEO have always been very dynamic fields. Search engines make changes all of the time. Sometime they announce their changes, sometimes we are left to guess at them. In either event, more often than not, we are left largely to our own devices in terms of assessing the impact of these changes and what to do about them – if anything.
Dos and Don’ts to Improve Google Ranking: Ranking Factors, Good and Bad
Among SEO professionals, there isn’t always consensus on precisely which and to what degree site factors contribute or detract from rankings on Google because the factors actually vary by industry. There are indeed, a number of contentious issues: markup and content quality, use of title tags, site organization and even arguments that Google Analytics data factors in to site rankings. Not likely (yet), but certainly up for debate among SEO professionals.
Google Talks Ranking Factors
Google search engine ranking team Google Fellow Amit Singhal published a blog post “Introduction to Google Ranking” at the official Google blog. While not going into the specific nuts-and-bolts factors influencing SERPs (or search engine results pages), Amit outlined a number of broad principles to keep in mind when optimizing your web pages.
Behavioral and On Site Targeting Factors
Behavioral Targeting is the ability to target users based on their behavior on your website (this is one form known as on-site targeting). The concept of behavioral/on site targeting is exactly how business should be done: offer a customized solution to your end users so that they are truly engaged with your website.
Landing Page Optimization Factors
I have been spending a great deal of time lately working with clients on landing page optimization. Here are a few factors to always consider when working on designing and improving your landing pages…
(1) Keep Focused on Your Primary Objective
New Google Ranking Factors Study
Via Axandra Search Engine Facts newsletter, German company SISTRIX (translated link) has conducted a study of 10,000 random keywords and then analyzed the top 100 Google search results for each keyword to determine which page elements offered the most influence on rankings.
Top 10 SEO Algorithm Factors: A Comprehensive Guide
A guide to the top 10 SEO algorithm factors. From quality content to domain authority, learn how these factors can influence website rankings.
Value Factors of Incoming Links
While everyone keeps talking about getting quality, relevant links’, it is rarely said what those are.
ERP Implementation: Success Factors
As seeing large number of implementations – in our case these are Microsoft Business Solutions Products: Great Plains, MS CRM, Navision – we would like to give you our opinion on what should you consider to do to secure implementation success.