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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Looks like google is playing with the idea of using latest posts as sitelinks
Read the rest of this entry »Following the comments from my post yesterday. I have been thinking about how to structure my shakeup of SEO in New Zealand. I want to be sure I don’t step on anyones toes, nor do I want to post some basic boring post that I wouldn’t want to read myself.
Here’s the plan.
Over the next few …
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 …
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 …
As an internet marketer, we all know the internet doesn’t stop, there is always something for us to do. Like keeping up with developments, setting up campaigns, tracking roi’s, traffic & more. All this sort of stuff feeds our determination to keep moving forward. This leads getting better results and as a result feel successful …
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