I installed the SERPs Finder tool a while ago but I’ve only recently started to use it on a daily basis. The Sitening SERP Tracker has been the main resource I’ve relied on in the past and while it is useful for tracking search rank over a period of time, I’ve found that it […]
As flawed as it is as a metric, many advertising programs still place significant weight on Alexa rank. Naturally if you are part of any of these programs you will want to improve your rank to maximize your earnings. Or if you’re like me you do it for the challenge, and the pleasure of […]
Some of you may be wondering why I do these roundup posts?
There are two main reasons.
To give new readers and regulars alike a chance to catch up on articles they may have missed.
It’s a good opportunity to do some internal linking.
Having said that here are the highlights from last month.
How Does Google Blog Search […]
I was just browsing Technorati and noticed a new badge sitting next to my blog rank, identifying it as a top 5k blog. Technorati seem to love making these minor changes and not letting anyone know about it.
Previously only blogs in the top 100 received this badge but now it looks like 10k is […]
On a whim I went and checked out how my blog ranked in Google Blog Search and was surprised to find I didn’t rank nearly as well for the terms I normally rank for. I don’t use Google Blog Search so I wasn’t aware that its ranking mechanism was different from Google Web Search.
After […]
Whenever you make optimization changes to your site you can never be 100% sure how they will affect your rank on a given search engine results page (SERP). Even the most minor changes can sometimes have a major impact with search engines - both positive and negative.
Being able to track your search engine rank not […]
