Category Archives: Google

SEO and Google : The future of promote and remove

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

If you have a Google account, you’ve probably noticed the new buttons on your search results: What do these mean for the future of search engine optimisers? Well, it seems Google is finally yielding to the fact they can’t create … Continue reading →

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Google Search Engine Optimisation Starter Guide

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Yesterday Google released their SEO starter guide to the public. This document was initially given to Google staff, but they’ve now released it to assist website owners. It really is SEO 101, but it’s a great lesson to new website … Continue reading →

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More Technology Trends

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Feeling a bit of information overload? This video will confirm some scary statistics. Did you there is more information in the New York Times in one week than a person was likely to come across their entire life in the … Continue reading →

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Black Holes in SEO land

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Worried about the Hadron Collider? Those mischievous chaps over at SEO Black Hat have written about Google’s black hole. A very real phenomena that happens frequently. It’s not what you think either, not about being page 1 one day and … Continue reading →

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Google Insights – New Keyword Search Query

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Google have added a new Beta tool called Google Insights for Search. It’s sensational. With a quick search you can see the regional differences between keywords. For instance, in the last 30 days more people in Victoria are searching for … Continue reading →

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Google Search Engine Market Growth

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Google continues to be the dominant player in the Australian search engine landscape, with Hitwise reporting another hike in its popularity. Last month, 87.81% of all Australian search engine queries were through Google. They’ve taken back some of Yahoo’s share, … Continue reading →

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Google to share secrets of its search engine

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Udi Maber, VP of engineering at Google, is going to be a bit more transparent in how the search giant’s ranking algorithms work. On the GoogleBlog, he says “this blog post is part of a renewed effort to open up … Continue reading →

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Spam Your Way To The Top

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Google algorithms appear to change daily and whilst competing for popular phrases I notice who moves around and am always interested to figure out how a website got to the front page. I’ve been focusing on the term SEO Services … Continue reading →

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I have better things to do on a Friday night thankyou Google Maps

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I was following up with our friends of Google to see if Rob’s Google maps business listing has returned to normal (read here). No, it’s got worse, the mother ******* Nestsoft people have hijacked my mother ****** listing as well. … Continue reading →

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Ecocho: Google says "No"

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I was meaning to write a post last week about the newly launched Ecocho.com as I had another of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” moments. Ecocho combine Google and Yahoo sponsored search listings, and allows people to search … Continue reading →

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