Google appears to be testing categories in its search results, according to reports in a webmaster forum, dividing results under headings like "comparison shopping" and "reviews."
Where is the Google Search Result?
I had a client ask me the other day where his traffic was coming from, since he couldn’t find his listing in the top few pages of search results for a keyword that was showing up in his analytics reports.
Google Allowing Misrepresented Result Snippets
I’ve asked Google if it’s a "sneaky redirect" per their webmaster guidelines to send some users to a registration page that does not contain the words available in the search results page snippet (the words you searched for).
Oracle Announces 8 Processor TPC-H 300 GB Data Warehousing Benchmark Result
Oracle today announced a record-breaking 8 processor TPC-H 300 GB data warehousing benchmark result for Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux, showing yet again Oracle’s ability to manage data warehouses on low-cost clustered Linux servers.
Does SEO Hurt Result Relevancy?
While perusing the search engine forums, I came across an interesting thread about being disillusioned with SEO, particularly in the area of SERP relevancy. The concern is that sites with poor content are using optimizing “tricks” to receive top search engine rankings, which damage the relevancy of search engine results.
5 Result-Getting Time Management Tips
How often have you tried to manage your time in more productive ways, and found the process to be difficult and confusing? Perhaps you simply gave up on the idea. As one friend said, “Time management takes too much time!”
Citing Search Result Counts Is Not News
Fox News reporter John Gibson argued that the BBC had displayed “a frothing-at-the-mouth” anti-American bias. In response to some complaints about this coverage Fox News said searching for the phrase “BBC anti-american” in the Google internet search engine resulted in 47,200 hits.
Dissecting Search Engine Result Pages
Reader question: I have never paid for a listing in any search engine and want to know why my site appears in both LookSmart and Mamma. I have also never submitted to AOL and MSN but notice it is also included? My question is how come?
Anatomy of a number 1 search result
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to optimize for search engines to achieve #1 rankings. Many sites have pages which are not fully optimized (in the sense that no thought has been given to writing appropriate title tags for different pages, etc.) which still do very well in search engines. How can this be? Simple: they’re relevant.