Pixel Portal Blog

Pixel Portal Blog

Spammy guest blogging

Megan Bennett - Thursday, November 15, 2012

Watch this video for advice from Matt Cutts of Google on guest blogging.  Currently this tends to be one of the is the favourite activities of webmasters for link acquisition and as a result lots of spammy activities tend to follow like article spinning.  read more

Google Personaling your search results

Megan Bennett - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

WHAT GOOGLE SAYS ABOUT SEARCH RESULTS

 

Google helps you find personal results that are relevant to you. With a single Google search, you can see regular search results, along with all sorts of results that are tailored to you — pages shared with you by your friends, Google+ posts from people you know, and content that’s only visible to you (like private photos from Google+ new window and Picasa new window albums). Personal results are part of Search plus Your World new window, Google’s search experience that blends personal results with universal results, and helps you connect with people you care about.

http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1710607

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Have you over optimised web pages?

Megan Bennett - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Google once again is on the hunt for sites that have not followed SEO recommendations.  Rand Fishkin of SEO Moz shares White board Friday "6 Changes Every SEO Should Make BEFORE the Over-Optimization Penalty Hits"  read more

Tracking Google Algorithm Changes

Megan Bennett - Monday, February 13, 2012
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Add +1 to your pages to help your site stand out

Megan Bennett - Sunday, July 17, 2011

Similar to Facbeook's LIKE button, the Plus 1 button lets people who love your content recommend it on Google search. You'll need to have a Google Account to use the Plus 1 button.  Get a started here.  read more

Publishing on the web without a website

Megan Bennett - Saturday, April 16, 2011

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23 Minutes - Google for Webmasters

Megan Bennett - Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Presentation worthwhile if you are managing your website SEO.   read more

Setting up Q & A on in your content

Megan Bennett - Monday, February 14, 2011

Here is an example of buried content that's not ranking.  In this example e have a Q&A section with 10 questions per page. The oldest questions, which are some of the best, are buried on the 4th or 5th page and are not showing up in searches.  Matt Cutts from Google explains how to best structure content so Google Bot can index the pages.  read more

Google Custom Map Icons

Megan Bennett - Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Ever wondered how Google works and ranks your webpage?

Megan Bennett - Monday, November 22, 2010

If you have ever wondered how Google works out how to rank your web page, this info graphic from ppcblog.com tells the numerous ways in which your web page has its content analyzed and ranked. It also highlights the need for us to be not only building nice clean code and ensuring each and every web page is optimised (SEO), that we are blogging, using social media, building inbound links, and more!   Google uses over 100 signals to rank a single web page.    read more