Google to restart penalty notifications
It always used to be the way that Google would email webmasters if they had any reason to believe that their site was not up to the standard or that they were in violation of the Google high command guidelines.
But a few months ago these were stopped because they were being copied and sent on [...]
Brit accused in internet scam
A couple have been charged with organising and operating an internet investment scam. The British man, Bryan John Marsden, 59, and his Malaysian born wife, Phan Sew Ken, 55, pleaded not guilty when they appeared in the Kuala Lumpur court.
They are charged with illegally collecting deposits via two internet based businesses. This took place [...]
Google in the bad books
For many webmasters the prospect of being on page one or have a brilliant page rank or if they are really lucky both on Google has always been top priority. But in contrast to the years gone by, it would appear that webmasters are not very pleased about the changes in search results.
The fact is [...]
A great resource for webmasters
There are many places on the net that offer free tools etc, but Free For Your Site is slightly different as it is a spin off from the Free Download a Day Site, so there will be plenty of users already on the new site.
What a webmaster can expect is plenty of resources that will [...]
IBM jump on free office suite bandwagon
The US computer company IBM has finally come out with their own version of a free office suite, which they have named Lotus Symphony and it will be compatible with both Windows and Linux.
This application is made up of Lotus Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations. The suite users will be able [...]
Webmasters get RSS stats from Google
There’s another reason for using Googles webmaster central service, because it has emerged that there is the facility that will allows users to find out exactly how many people are subscribed to their RSS feeds.
This information can be very useful indeed, because being able to see how the subscriber list is growing or in some [...]
Is Google penalising paid links?
It would appear that over the past couple of months, Google have been putting it around that they frown upon some paid links and those sites who do not take any notice, would suffer the consequences.
It is possible that site owners who buy links may be putting their creditability at risk, as well as the [...]
Image search could double traffic
With images being stored all over the Internet it has become an increasingly popular way of searching. Therefore if your Website has the wrong or does not accurately describe the image or site, then you could be missing out on quite a lot of traffic.
What you would need to look at is:
Image Name - You [...]
Duplication can affect PR
There has been much discussion regarding the subject of Page Rank and Page Duplication, but this is just one of the many things that a Webmaster can look into in order to increase traffic and PR standings.
Other things are long URL’s not only do these look awful, they can sometimes put people off from clicking [...]
Want to try out Microsoft’s new toys?
To compete with Google’s Webmaster Central we reported a while back that Microsoft intended to do something similar, well Microsoft Webmaster Portal is now going into the beta test mode and they are offering an opportunity to webmasters who would like to be beta testers.
Microsoft Webmaster Portal will initially be offering, spider, submission and site [...]
Changes at Webmaster Central
There are some nice new toys on Googles Webmaster Central and some of the old favourites have got a look as well as some nice features.
This appears to be an ongoing almost organic feature where the tools are improved as time moves on, and all the time features are being removed and added, which makes [...]
How about PR10!
For a Website owner or Webmaster achieving PR10 is a great as winning a gold medal in the Olympics, in fact in some cases the winning the gold medal in the Olympics could be considered a lot easier, or so it was. Because there has been a lot talk about this around the Webmaster forums [...]
September 5, 2007Communities make mistakes too
Owning and running a community can be a wonderful experience, but in order for it grow and eventually start paying its way, there is need to put some work into it. Just leaving it to run itself can only lead to disaster and chaos, not necessarily in that order.
There are several reasons as to why [...]
Controlling your Adsense
For the experienced Webmaster knowledge of how to get the best out your Google Adsense account would already be high, but for new webmasters it could be an overwhelming mystery and something that needs to be mastered.
But before you feel it is all too much, why not have a look at the list below and [...]