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Google is the industry leading in web searching and has been dominant in that field for years. Recently they have attempted to branch out into social networks (Google+) and hardware (Chromebooks) with limited success, although they had massive success in their smartphone OS Android.

20
Dec
2012

What are Google Sitelinks?

by php-love

Google Sitelinks are the subpages which Google shows in their search results.

For example, you might search for “Example.com” and the search results include 6 subpages for “Example.com.” Those 6 subpage links can be very important to your traffic, and can help your users find what they are looking for much more quickly.

Strictly controlling Sitelinks for your website is not possible, but you can do some things to help Google decide which Sitelinks to show, by promoting the pages you want to appear there.

You can read more about Google Sitelinks by going here.

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20
Dec
2012

Google Sitelinks: Customize the subpages which appear in the Google search results

by php-love

For websites that come up in a Google search, you might notice that sometimes Google displays links directly to a few subpages of the site. This is usually about 2-6 subpages.

It’s kind of a mystery as to how Google chooses which subpages to display, and many people wonder “How can I choose which subpages Google displays?”

That’s not an easy answer, but we’ll give you a few hints: (more…)

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06
May
2011

Google – What webmasters and site owners should expect

by php-love

Don’t just hope Google indexes your site. Adding a new domain to Google Webmaster Tools is easy, and setting up a Sitemap is not only beneficial, but necessary. Understanding how the Google search works is greatly valuable to increasing your traffic. Improving the quality of your site, ensuring your Sitemap is working, and content building are key. Trying to get around Google – aka. "black-hat seo" is bad, it might get your site dropped completely from Google, and will probably result in reduced traffic since your taking attention away from the things that really matter. (more…)

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06
May
2011

Monitor your site’s traffic: Ignorance vs. Bliss

by php-love

The truth about traffic monitoring is that it’s not as valuable as most people will want you to believe. Yes, that’s right. You should keep an eye on it, but don’t pay more than 5 minutes of attention to it each month.

Some nerds, webmasters and seo experts just got so pissed that they closed this article. That’s good, they’re out of the way and now we can talk blasphemy and witchcraft!

“Traffic” is a summary statistics. “Summary statistics” attempt to describe something that is occurring in the real world, but they usually fall short. Changes in traffic are also summary statistics. It’s important to treat Traffic as such, and to understand a variety of different statistics in order to evaluate your website’s success. (more…)

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