The sites tested were based on the top 50 New Zealand sites on Nielsen Netratings and also chucked in a few other NZ sites. From there performing a site search in Google for each of these sites enables us to get the Top 10 New Zealand sites indexed by Google.
Note: The figures reported were referenced …
Along side search results, some of the Google AdWords headlines are pushing the boundries for the headline character limit. In the image below for the 28 character search “Website Development Services” the ads running keyword insertion are able to push the 25 character headline limit.
For me this makes sense, only a couple of characters over …
It’s finally here! Google Analytics app for iPhone. This has made my day!
Google Analytics iPhone App
Features
Quick Overview Reports for at-a-glance data
More Detailed Reports for deeper analysis
Supports Multiple Accounts, Multiple Sites, change login anytime
Change date range, chart granularity by Day/Week/Month
Custom Reports and Goals
Find out more about the Google Analytics iPhone App
Download the Google Analtics App from …
Looking into Event Tracking through Google Analytics opens the doors for some very unique and very cool new features. However, Event Tracking is still in beta and only available through only a select few accounts. Making testing & implementation recommendations difficult. However there is a way around this by simply manually adjusting the url when …
Read the rest of this entry »Ok, after my previous post and looking at things a bit more. I’ve decided to make the search rank checking tool even more of a knowledge base to help track proceedings over time.
The aim now is to include archiving of:
Rankings in search results
Number of pages indexed in the different search engines
Google Page Rank
Back link numbers …
After looking round for a web based search rank checker solution that will keep an archive of rankings. I decided it’ll probably be easier to develop rank checking software to reside on my server.
I’m after your input, what sort of features would you like to see in a web based search rank checking solution?
Proposed Features:
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Read the rest of this entry »Yesterday I came across this great post: Tracking Referrals from Second Page of Google in Google Analytics Setup is basic:
Add a filter to identify if the referal contains page number information
Setup details
Filter Type: Custom Filter >Advanced
Field A –> Extract A: Referral > (\?|&)(start)=([^&]*)
Output To-> Constructor: User Defined > $A3
Field A Required: Yes
Field B Required: …
Image via WikipediaA lot has happened with a number of Google services over last few weeks, i’ve summarised them below:
Google SearchWiki
To my frustration, Google launched SearchWiki. Allowing Google users to re-rank and comment on search results. The frustration comes with automatically opting in everyone that is logged in when searching, with no ability to turn …
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Following my previous post about my plan for NZ SEO – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
This post has been the most difficult for me. Having to start over and over again, which is one of the reasons why this has taken so long to do.
“Good SEO” is up for interpretation. Over the last few …
