SEO Hong Kong by eugene wong
Posts Tagged ‘search’
Google shuffles result?
{lang: ‘ar’}Observed a big jump of ranking for my targeted keywords in Google. Not so sure if G was trying to shuffle the results and test the click-through rates. It was an unusual flux for me compared to what I usually see. Thought? Did you experience the same for your niche? I am wondering if [...]
Google ‘jumble’ results
{lang: ‘ar’}This morning, I saw a ‘jumble’ list on Google search result page. On the list, there are two columns shown with a very short description (approx. 5 words) and shorten URL. To me, it is an expansion of sitelinks (8 max.).
SEOmoz Search Engine Ranking Factors 2011
{lang: ‘ar’}SEOmoz, one of the most popular provider of SEO software in the industry, published their Search Engine Ranking Factors – 2011 edition last month. Some SEOs were quite excited with the report and some findings surprised me too. 1. Partial-match anchor text are highly correlated with search rankings! SEOs should start incorporating the non-exact [...]
Google Pagerank is updated
{lang: ‘ar’} As Matt Cutt mentioned, the Google pagerank would be updated very soon and finally I saw the update 2 days ago. The interesting thing is that Google has devalued the Google US homepage from 10 to 9, where the Yahoo US homepage keeps the Pagerank 9 and Bing 8. Anyway, I would like [...]
Official: Google release Google +1
{lang: ‘ar’} Google has finally launched the Google +1 button. Apparently many SEOs are longing for this button because G may treat it as a (strong) social signal, say facebook Likes and Shares. Whenever Google user clicks on the +1 button, it actually means that ‘hey, that site is cool. Highly recommended., you should check [...]
Is 100 links per page still valid in Google guideline?
{lang: ‘ar’}The answer is no. Google recommended webmasters to limit outbound links to below 100 (per page) ages ago and probably it was due to the low connection speed at that moment. However, Matt Cutt said it doesn’t means that you should create thousands of outbound links now because the pagerank (erm.. also other value) [...]
Bing reached 14 percent in April
{lang: ‘ar’} The comScore has published the data for April last week. Bing has finally reached 14% of total share, with yahoo raised a bit from 15.7% to 15.9%. U.S. Explicit Core Search comScore Explicit Core Search Share Report* April 2011 vs. March 2011 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore qSearch Core Search Entity [...]
Recent Google Panda/Farmer Update
{lang: ‘ar’}Referring to the recent Google Panda/Farmer updates, hundreds of webmasters reported that they were unfairly treated by the ranking algorithm change. The sites that I am managing got a small hit as well. The number of index pages of my sites in Google were dropped significantly, and the drop mainly hit the forum posts. [...]
Google index checker
{lang: ‘ar’}Google index checker As you may know, submitting your sitemap and URLs to Google doesn’t mean that all of your pages will be indexed. It also means that not all the pages will be indexed even spiders have crawled your entire website. However, you may wonder which pages have been indexed, and what pages [...]
Google Instant for Mobile
{lang: ‘ar’} Image via CrunchBase [ad#banner-ad] Google Instant is now available for mobile devices, and each keystroke and page load is pretty fast. Similar to the desktop version of Google Instant, when you type your search query on mobile devices, a prediction of what you might be searching will be shown. This version [...]
Google’s Marissa Mayer To Switch Roles Within Company
{lang: ‘ar’}Bloomberg reports Google’s popular Marissa Mayer, VP of search products, is switching roles and moving into location and local services. Marissa is responsible for what you see today at Google.com. She is responsible for pretty much all the user interfaces tested, deployed and torn down on Google’s various search products, including the most recent [...]
Top Search Providers for August 2009
{lang: ‘ar’}Microsoft’s Bing grew its number of queries from U.S. users by over 22 percent month-on-month during August, making it the fastest growing major search provider, according to data from Nielsen. The engine, which was re-launched in June, now accounts for 10.7 percent of all U.S. searches. Market leader Google managed growth of 2.6 percent [...]
Top 10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, May 2009
{lang: ‘ar’}Below, the top 10 search terms by search volume. Data are provided by Hitwise. Top 10 Search Terms by Category, Four Weeks Ending May 30, 2009 (%) IT and Internet Automotive Manufacturers Search Term Search Volume Search Term Search Volume paypal 5.76 toyota 1.62 paypal.com 1.48 honda 1.44 www.paypal.com 0.86 ford 1.18 lady kathryn [...]