Tag Archive for 'Search Engines'

Google’s Next PageRank Update in July 2010?

Before you get your hopes up, this is not a confirmation that Google’s PageRank update is underway. On the contrary, I am actually interested in finding out myself when Google will be executing their magical PR update. I remember learning in the past that Google updates PageRank three or four times per year, and it [...]

Submitting Your Blog to Technorati

Technorati is one of the Internet’s largest search engines for blogs, with over 100 million distinct blogs indexed as of this writing. As a webmaster, you should find yourself regularly promoting your site in a variety of ways. For example, some of the first few things that I do upon launching a new website include [...]

My Experimental Blog Post

I had been playing Final Fantasy 13 for quite some time, such that I had neglected to make a new blog post in weeks. Since this perfect game has been consuming every minute of my free time, I decided that I should make an article in it’s honor. This is not the article. Rather, I [...]

The Importance of Backlinks

What are backlinks, why are they important, and how can I get more? These are just a few of the frequently asked questions about search engine optimization. Unfortunately, most professional webmasters neglect to share their secrets simply because the information is invaluable. Yes, invaluable. Metaphorically speaking, backlinks are Internet gold. Also known as incoming links, [...]

Problems with WordPress 2.9: Pings Failing to Alert the Google Blogging Service

WordPress 2.9.1 just released, and it fixed some minor bugs from WordPress 2.9. This is just a theory, but I think that the reason my blog posts weren’t being indexed in Google as quick as they usually were was due to a glitch in the WordPress update, causing certain server configurations to fail when attempting [...]