SEO

Google Pagerank Update November 2011

November 8, 2011
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Google has updated Toolbar Pagerank again. No doubt we’ll have the usual cheering and dancing in the streets for some and gnashing of teeth for others. Several threads in SEO forums are confirming it and a post by DejanSEO here in Oz reports about 40% of the URLs they sampled have seen movement. If you don’t already know it Google Toolbar Pagerank is an imprecise measure of how well...

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Google SERPS Nov 11

November 3, 2011
By admin
Google SERPS Nov 11

Google are playing with the SERPs design again. Today I’m seeing local results (Google Places) displayed with a  grey coloured pin that changes to the more familiar red or blue (AdWords placements) as you hover over the listing. The Google Map at the top of the right hand side has been flattened so it makes more room for AdWords ads to show above the fold! In this case at...

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Even More Google SERPs Changes in Oz

July 28, 2011
By admin
Even More Google SERPs Changes in Oz

Everyone else seeing this? AdWords ads have disappeared from the side of results in Oz and are now appearing top and bottom only for many searches. Also our result quality seems to be taking a hit down here, lots of directories and doorway pages turning up in the top 10 for many searches?      

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New Google Results Layout in Oz?

July 22, 2011
By admin
New Google Results Layout in Oz?

I don’t know if anyone else is seeing this but I’ve just done a search and found the first page is all ads and product listings from retailers (no ‘normal’ results at all) which is the first time I’ve seen this style of result – anyone else seeing it? Might be just a test or maybe I’ve simply missed this style of result before but it is a first...

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