In a thread titled, "Qualified professionals blocked on Google" at WebmasterWorld, a new face of Google came into limelight. At the AdWords Robots.txt file, one can notice something like this- "Disallow: /*?" Technically speaking, it means that Google disallows all Google AdWords Qualified Professional pages. To make it more...

Just ahead of the big event scheduled to take place next week in Silicon Valley, Microsoft landed up in a big problem. Akram Hussein, one of its employee has posted details about planned changes for 2.0 version of Live Search. Earlier the company was not ready to unveil the changes to even reporters. Microsoft has taken down the posted blog, but...

In a recent thread at WebmasterWorld, some members have reported that Google is asking searchers to suggest some URLs for specific searches. "Help improve search for everyone" is how Google is asking for suggestions. Google asks the users to Click a link to submit a link. The link open a form where you need to login. Google explains:...

Rand Fishkin disclosed he is giving up a small percentage of SEOmoz in exchange for a venture capital investment of $1.25 million from a pair of investors. Rand said in a recent post to SEOmoz that they have decided to seek outside investment for his popular SEO site and services. "We literally have a hundred different ideas for tools, search...

Google appears to be testing categories in its search results, according to reports in a webmaster forum, dividing results under headings like "comparison shopping" and "reviews." It does just appear to be testing, as when I type in a term like "dvd player" or "digital tv," the same old Google results I'm...

Alright, you've got your bright idea and your website and you're ready to roll. Now all you need is a first page Google ranking. Easy enough, right? Well, maybe if you're selling fish sweaters, otherwise, there's a lot of people with quite the head start. Long Haul To The Top of Google Editor's Note: There are enough basic SEO Tips to fill a...

If you were specifically looking for the population of the United States, you'd notice the big red numbers in the upper right corner of the US Census Bureau homepage right? Not so fast. A recent eye-tracking study suggests you've been trained to ignore things like that. If It Looks Like An Ad They Ignore It Editor's Note: Studies are great and...