Matt Cutts Confirms Reason for PageRank Drop

Loren Baker over at SearchEngineJournal.com announced that Matt Cutts had confirmed the PageRank update that happened last week was ‘primarily’ a response to link selling. No additional information was provided except that Google would be continuing to...

Google PageRank Update Could Punish Many

Google has upgraded its PageRank algorithm and it has negatively affected a whole host of popular websites. What does this mean for you? First I should note that no one REALLY knows the reason these sites have been affected. After all, it is possible these PageRanks...

Google Provides More Control Over Search Results

As of today Google will allow you to see and optionally disallow which links on your site have been identified as candidates for appearing as “sitelinks” directly in Google search results. (see Google’s press release) What are Sitelinks? Sitelinks...

Microsoft Releases New Live Search Features

On Monday Microsoft announced a new set of features had been rolled out within their Live Search platform: Microsoft Corp. today announced the final updates to the fall release of its Live Search service, introducing a broad array of new services and features to its...

Google Expands Analytics

Google announced yesterday a few new features to be added to Google Analytics in the coming weeks. If you are a fan of statistics and currently use, or are considering Google Analytics, these features could certainly come in handy. One new feature is the addition of...