Posts Tagged ‘Search’

Google’s Latest Algorithm Changes (They Don’t Include Panda)

Sunday, January 8, 2012 5:59 No Comments

As you may know, Google has been putting out a monthly list of algorithm changes it has been making, as part of the company’s initiative to be “more transparent”. Google will never put out the entire secret sauce of its algorithm (without a court order, at least), so webmasters can at [...]

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Google Encrypted Search Means No Info For Individual Queries

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:52 No Comments

Google announced that it is going to begin encrypting search queries with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) as the default experience at Google.com when you search logged into your Google account. http://www.google.com will become https://www.google.com.
“This is especially important when you’re using an unsecured Internet connection, such as a WiFi hotspot in an Internet [...]

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Google Authorship Markup – An Easier Way

Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:17 No Comments

Google really wants people writing web content to start using authorship markup. Not only are they looking to use it as a ranking signal, but it also pushes the Google Profile, which is essentially the backbone of the Google+ user experience.
Granted, you don’t need to be a Google+ user (at least at [...]

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Help Google Crawl Your Site More Effectively, But Use Caution

Saturday, July 23, 2011 2:33 No Comments

Google has introduced some changes to Webmaster Tools – in particular, handling of URLs with parameters.
“URL Parameters helps you control which URLs on your site should be crawled by Googlebot, depending on the parameters that appear in these URLs,” explains Kamila Primke, Software Engineer with the Google Webmaster Tools Team. “This functionality [...]

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