Archives for the 'Google' Category
Strange Google Cache Headers
Noticed a different style & wording tonight in Google’s cached pages header:
The text: “This is Google’s cache of http://www.alistapart.com/. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Jul 2008 08:58:09 GMT. The current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more >>”
UPDATE: I saw the original cache […]
Google At Number Two Ranking Shocker
Typed in “Google Sitemaps” into Google UK today & saw that
XML-sitemaps.com is at number one. Google’s even “bidding” on the term - do you think they’re paying per click?
The Google Porn Game: Redux
This was featured on this blog several months ago until I deleted everything. Something funny that I have noticed about Google Images is that when you type in practically any female first name with SafeSearch turned off, chances are you’ll get a lot of porn images. It is fiendishly difficult to search for […]
Google Updates Snippets Using Uncached Content
While doing some research and looking at the SERPs for “fridge freezers”. I was surprised to see Google pulling in content that wasn’t yet in its cache for a snippet for Co-op Electrical Shop’s fridges page listing. You can look at the screenshot and see that the snippet below the listing for “Refrigeration […]
PageRank SmageRank
Typed ‘web directory’ into Google UK this morning & noticed bl3.co.uk at number one.
Not bad outranking Splut and the Google Directory. Now, it would seem that they’ve had their toolbar PageRank spanked down to zero, but still have this fabulous number one ranking.
Just another stake in the heart of toolbar PageRank providing any sort […]
Postcode Finder: Silly Duplicate Content
This was around before results started dancing about a bit recently. There are multiple landing pages for the Royal Mail / Post Office websites that essentially serve up the same postcode finder page. Being an extremely high traffic search term, it is even more irritating to see three results of duplicate content on […]
Paid Links: An Unknowing Webmaster Speaks Out
There has been an eruption of debate regarding Google actively promoting their stance that paid links are against Google’s quality guidelines and will be algorithmically (or manually) devalued wherever possible. Furthermore, there is clear evidence of toolbar PageRank being lowered in reaction to sites that are selling links. We’re not talking about link […]
Google’s “Refine Results for…” Links
In Google Health, a first look, Marissa Mayer provides an overview of what Google Health is all about:
“Google Health aims to solve an urgent need that dovetails with our overall mission of organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful. Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage […]