First, the disclaimers: Since the algorithm Amazon uses to generate its sales ranking is proprietary, the details contained herein are extrapolated from research and field tests.
Worst SEO Mistakes That Lead To Lowering Search Engine Ranking
Though there are many different theories out there regarding what makes the best SEO technique, when it comes to some issues that will work against your SEO efforts, there are some issues where everyone agrees.
Ranking SEO Firms
Today I received emails from two different SEO firm ranking lists that have ranked my SEO firm, TopRank in the top 5.
Google Big Daddy SearchQuake About to Rumble Your Ranking?
Running ranking reports for clients is a standard part of an SEO’s job.
PubSub Testing Blog Waters With New Ranking System
PubSub.com released LinkRanks yesterday, calling it the “Blogosphere’s most comprehensive tool for tracking the popularity and influence of blogs and websites,” along with a list of its top 1000 most influential sites with web feeds.
Study: Top Ranking Most Clicked, Even When Searchers Tricked
A study out of Cornell University has produced some interesting results regarding users’ search engine results click behavior, concluding that searchers implicitly trust search engine rankings, clicking most often on the top ranking, even when the results are secretly swapped.
Reverse – Engineering Search Engine Ranking Algorithms
Back in 1997 I did some research in an attempt to reverse-engineer algorithms used by search engines. In that year, the big ones included AltaVista, Webcralwer, Lycos, Infoseek, and a few others.
Time To Check Your Google Ranking
One of the more important tasks in relation to search engine indices involves the keeping this content fresh and up to date. To accomplish this, search engines have developed a number of procedures designed to refresh and update their respective databases. In all likelihood, the most popular of these events has to be when Google performs a backlink and PageRank update, which happens throughout the year at determined intervals.
Why Your #1 Ranking Isnt Bringing You New Traffic
You’ve watched your web site grow, gain a higher PR, and more incoming links. Your ranking has steadily increased for keywords that relate to the product or service your site is selling, until finally you reach number one.
Dissecting Technorati Top 100 & Blog Ranking Algorithms
About 9 months ago I started working on a document describing the technical differences in blogs versus a standard website. I began that doc in order to determine how a search engine like Google might apply a different variant of it’s PageRank algorithm to blogs than it does for websites.