I will be putting down a few simple rules regarding the type of content allowed within the Search Engine Optimization Forum. The Search Engine Optimization Forum is geared towards helping webmasters increase the standings of their website. The discussions here should revolve around: SEO (Search...

I suspected it and purposely upgraded half the site (with the proper Doctype Declaration) and left the other half untouched... and guess what, all those updated pages got a trememdous boost on Google rankings - is it just coincidence or something that's relevant?? Any similar experiences or...

Most webmasters already know of DMOZ (Open Directory Project) and Zeal http://www.zeal.com and I have been an editor in small sections for quite some time (under the same nickname). However good it is for your site to appear in the DMOZ directory for appearing in search engines like the formidable...

I saw this in my logs today; a query like this off Google keyword daterange:2452744-2452751 Anybody know anything about this? How useful is this to a webmaster?

If you want to go straight to the optimization tips look for these: ++++++++++ This is based on a newsletter e-mail from SEOlabs (which I don't remember signing up for) which turned out to be really good. This is in my own words, but the idea is the same. When I first got into webmastering I had...

From looking at my logs and what I have read elsewhere, it appears that Googlebot has had an ip address change. I received one from 64.68.82.77 today. Here is a list of possible IPs but please fill in what I have missed 164.71.1.146 164.71.1.147 164.71.1.148 164.71.1.149 192.51.44.10...

I know some people have a bone to pick with the ODP (DMOZ) but the new RDF is ready and so sites submitted between now and September should be appearing in directories everywhere soon. This includes my first site so I'll be interested to know if the directory REALLY has an impact on traffic.

Everyone I'm sure you'll notice all your sites flying all over the place on www2.google.com Interesting stuff. I'd be interested to know how the rest of you are doing.

Nice easy read about pagerank and advised strategies. Very sensible comments that I seem to be hearing time and time again. http://www.free-webmaster-tools.com/articles-google-pagerank.htm In a nutshell this is how the article is concluded,

I have just 'installed' a very simple Bot Tracking script on my website(s) and wonder if anyone else would like to help me 'beta' test it. It's just one simple class written in PHP that you can include in all your existing php web pages. No MySQL required. For the time being it will only track...

Maybe I have been slow on this but I'm certain it was 4 the last time I looked. Well done everyone especially admin and the moderators for the sterling work you've done even before I came here. It is quite impressive what words this forum appears under in the search engines nowadays even when it...

I am assuming that this is only available if you splash the cash to Looksmart/msn but load up your IE6 and just type in for example: fun websites The search page appears as normal but also, the first on the list appears automatically. Maybe it is because I don't search that way normally but...

Here's an interesting thing I found: UK Search Engine and Directory Relationship Chart http://www.alphaquad.com/search_engine_relationships.htm I didn't know half of them were related.

I put this article online on Jan 25 (so just 4 days ago?) and it's already appearing on Google!!! How is that? This is definitely something NEW, never happened before and I hope it's not something 'accidental' or just a fluke... The Page: mod rewrite - Fake Directories. Google SERP:...

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/1/27/221829/873 and anyone else who's interested too. I liked it anyway.

With the comprehensive change to the web page urls throughout the website, i lost all my TOP 10 listings on Google :( i actually expected and dreaded it but it had to be done; looks like it's gonna be even quieter around here in November ... ah well, at least it's not December yet.

Go to http://www.promotionbase.com/article/971 its interesting to think that you take many peoples opinions to be the truth without any kind of evidence.

I'm having google and yahoo and a few other look at my forum site. ok when you go to pcxgamers.com a javascript then forwards you to the forum I needed to know if google and the other will be able to index my site or do you think that the javascript will mess things up?

Okay, perhaps there are people like me (I just found this out myself)... Googlebot doesn't cache session information - so if your website works with sessions, you may have to do something about it... Check out the many pages for the phrase (googlebot session) and notice the similarities in the...

Is it possible for editors to check if a url is in the queue or wasn't accepted in the directory?

I was surprised to find that Google lists Zeal and Looksmart listings for the phrase 'GIDTopsites'. I didn't know that happens with Google (meaning, Google listing an unaffiliated directory's listing). Man, I just LOVE Google... :)