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Google Testing New Format in Search Engine Result Pages?

 Kudos to Paul Kragthorpe for spotting what is either a Good Friday (long weekend) test or a limited/controlled release of a new format for Google’s search engine result pages (SERP’s).   Always a clever one to notice similarities, Paul remarks seem to be on point:

DMOZ 2.0 Rumored to Launch at End of March

There have been many reports and rumors about the forthcoming Open Directory Project overhaul, dubbed DMOZ 2.0, from as far back as March 2008. Recent info has hinted at the End of Q1. But just yesterday (Thu. Feb. 11th 2010), there was a strong rumor of a dmoz.org launch that might set one of the […]

The Flaw in Google Analytics “Goal Position Change”

Recently, Google Analytics made an update to their Goal Conversion Tracking system that allows you to rearrange and change the position of your goals by simply selecting a different spot in a dropdown menu. At first glance earlier today, this new feature seemed to be an easy way to rearrange your goals to your preference […]

Google Analytics Expands to 20 Goals & Allows Goal Position Change

The team at Google Analytics has recently made an announcement stating that “Google Analytics Now More Powerful, Flexible And Intelligent”. This system update has many new features, but the 2 that have been on my web analytics “Wish List” for some time are:   More Goals Per Profile – Now 20! Rearrange & Sort Goal Order […]

How To Google Search Like a Pirate! (only for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day;-}

Ahoy, me Hearties! September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. In honor of this bloody great day I thought I would let ye landlubbers all in on how ye too can search like the pirates do. An I no just talk’n bout the 7 seas mind ye! To find the Pirate Search ya’ll […]

7 Preferred Link Building Alternatives to “Link exchanges: The poor man’s SEO” by CNET

Yesterday morning I received an email with a link in it to a new cnet article titled “Link exchanges: The poor man’s SEO”. Since link popularity building is an integral part of any search engine optimization campaign, I had to see what this longstanding publication had to say on the subject. I was more than […]

WebRanking Out of the Office on Friday – Happy 4th of July!

Hello Everyone, Just a quick post to let everyone know that we will be out of the office all day on Friday, July 3rd in observation of Independence Day. Things will be back to normal on Monday. Best wishes and hope you have a happy and safe weekend!

Google Changes Keyword Tool, Adds Local Search Volume

Google recently added a new “Local Search Volume” metric to their Keyword Tool that provides additional keyword search data for the country that you are targeting. This is a great feature for determining keyword versions for geographic targeting of campaigns.