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 …
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 …
Looks like google is playing with the idea of using latest posts as sitelinks
Read the rest of this entry »Yahoo has teamed up with McAfee setup searchscan and displays information within the search results.
Now from a user point of view this is a good thing, it adds an extra safety net to their everyday internet usage. Making the end user aware of any issues regarding a particular search result.
When it comes business, its another …
According to Google the change in display URL policy was meant to come into effect on the 1st of April 2008. Now its the 4th of April and I am still seeing ads with an invalid display url.
In New Zealand and searching for plumbers
When clicking through this ad it takes you to “http://sites.yellow.co.nz/site/tricklebanks/”
The …
I was doing some competitor research the other day and while I was searching the competitors domain in Google I found many serps that included pages from multiple website stats packages.
Clicking through it was obvious that these sites were victim of referrer spam. With links to porn and gambling sites. Sites like these exploit …
