Image: Seoco.co.uk code in Chrome
I haven’t really used Chrome that much for work yet, all I have been using it for so far is watching TV shows and movies online – DIVX videos download about 10 times faster then they do with Firefox and IE.
Anyway, I just clicked to view the source code of this blog for some reason and I saw the jazzy colours that Chrome displays when you are viewing source codes. Looking at code is really boring so I think its cool that Google have made it a little easier on the eyes.
Once all of the SEO tools I use are out in Chrome, I may well be making a full switch.
Posted in SEO News By David Eaves, a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
July 24th, 2009
I have just been looking at what keywords people have been typing in to find this blog and someone searched for:
“digital point forum pr has been reduced”
So I’m guessing this searcher is curious to know why Digital Point Solutions and Digital Point Forums have both had their PageRank scores dramatically reduced:
Here are 3 good reasons why Google might have spanked their PageRank scores.
1. The buying and selling of signature links amongst its users – Buying and selling links that pass PageRank is against the guidelines, this alone could warrant a PR penalty.
2. The link sales forum – Plenty of guideline breaking links get sold in that forum every day, again this could warrant a penalty.
3. DP COOP – The Digital Point Coop link exchange network is still active and spamming Google’s search results to this day.
And that’s just for starters, I’m sure if I looked into it further I could find a few more.
Posted in Search Engine News By David Eaves a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
July 20th, 2009
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So about two or three weeks ago I was watching Juice I think and I came up with a couple of IMO really good social media yo mama jokes, since then I have been trying to think of 3 more to get my top 5 list and thanks to a bit of help from Mr David Towers I have them, so here goes:
1. Yo mama so stupid that when I told her I was on digg, she asked if I needed a shovel.
2. Yo mama so fat that when I told her I was on delicious, she asked if she could have a bite.
3. Yo mama so clumsy that when I told her I was on Stumbleupon, she said I took a stumble yesterday and grazed my knee.
4. Yo mama so dizzy that when I told her I was on Sphinn, she said I went for a drive this morning.
5. Yo mama so crazy that when I told her I was on Plime, she said I prefer oranges myself.
Posted in Social Media News By David Eaves a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
July 13th, 2009
About two weeks ago I got a trackback or something and found this site called the WAHH Marketer’s Blog linking to me, I checked out the page and the reason it had linked to me was because of Zemanta, a content enhancement tool for bloggers.
Here is what the Zemanta website says about their product:
“Simple point & click enrichment of your blog posts (and emails). In real-time, while you type. We suggest tags, links, photos, and related articles. You save time and aspirin.
5M+ pictures, 5M+ articles. 10M+ possibilities.”
So the reason I got a free dofollow link on a relevant page is because my Altavista.com article was picked up by the Zemanta system and recognised as a relevant page.
How awesome is that, I haven’t paid Zemanta any money or even registered with them and they are hooking me up with free dofollow backlinks on good quality relevant blogs.
Here are a couple more links from Zemanta that I have found on Google:
So to the guys at Zemanta thanks very much for making an awesome product, I bet it is great for bloggers who use it as well, the ones that linked me just got a decent link out of it didn’t they? I reckon other bloggers will as well.
Update: I have just found out that the 3rd blog post I linked to was actually copied from Mashable, I probably should have checked before I linked to it, I remember thinking it was a decent post because it mentioned 4 of the celebrities who I follow and I don’t follow many. I have just placed a nofollow link to that post. I’m not complaining or anything it’s still a free link, but I won’t link out properly to copied content.
Posted in Link Building News By David Eaves, a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
July 12th, 2009
I’m just trying to get the adsense setup on my new site and it’s a nightmare, why should we have to design sites around the adsense unit sizes? How come there are not more size options? We’re talking about Google here, all the technology and everything they have got and they can’t come up with a half decent system for displaying their ads on your site. Here’s an idea why don’t they make a system where you can actually choose the ad sizes. Is this crazy talk? I think something like this is well within the realms of Google’s technological capabilities, publishers will make more money, Google will make more money so why hasn’t it happened yet?
End of rant.
Posted in Search Engine News By David Eaves a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
July 11th, 2009
