http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress SEO/SEM blog featuring tips, tricks, and latest news in the field. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:36:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just visited a site that boasts to be a search engine optimization company and looked at the source code. They had a meta keywords tag there that if they knew anything about SEO they should have known that it is totally useless! I guess Jill Whalens is right when she ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2009/06/you-got-to-love-it/ I just read about a new tool at the Microsoft adCenter Labs. By typing in a search query it will give an educated guess on the people who search for that particular phrase according to their browser habits. The gender and age is displayed. So, I typed in 'toy trucks' and ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2009/04/really-cool-new-tool-at-msn-or-is-it/ I finally upgraded to Firefox 3 and after doing so my back and forward browser buttons disappeared. Now it is working fine thanks to Google and Trouble Fixers. I ended up having to restart Firefox in safe mode in order to resolve this so if anybody else has the same problem ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2009/04/diappearing-back-and-forward-buttons-in-firefox-3/ I just received an email today about Google sharing an API for the development of 3D websites. At first I thought it would pop out of the screen from wearing 3-d glasses, but it turned out to be different and still have the WOW factor. To view the application you can ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2009/04/3d-websites-coming-ready-or-not/ Hello Everyone! Google has started implementing longer snippets and new search refinements. With longer snippets showing the text around your keyword phrase this means less real estate for people ranking on page one of Google. Imagine how many listing are showed with 800x600 screen resolution with browser add ons! You can ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2009/03/search-engine-updates-and-promoting-with-facebook/ Hello Everyone, I have been pretty busy lately and that led me to think about what is really important in life. This below is one of them. Always have to keep a proper balance in life! Sign the Health Revolution Petition now! http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2009/03/not-about-seo-but-still-important/ By now you know the importance of creating a sitemap and submitting it to Google. Don’t forget that sitemaps is NOT a ranking factor in Google but does allow Google to help you index more pages and more frequently which in the end does help with your ranking in a ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2008/12/video-sitemaps-anyone/ The first big move, in my opinion, that PayPal made was when they made it possible for non-PayPal members to use a PayPal merchant account on sites. When I visit new businesses thinking about adding a merchant account and selling online I usually tell them that if they are not selling ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2008/10/paypal-offers-a-credit-card-reader-for-brick-and-mortar-businesses/ Hello Everyone! Sorry for not posting lately, but I’ve been pretty busy. My post today will be on Google’s new browser called Google Chrome. You can download it from Google’s site at http://www.google.com/chrome. I’ve always been a Firefox fan, but when I upgraded to version 3 I had problems with some of ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2008/09/google%e2%80%99s-new-browser-called-google-chrome/ Google and Yahoo signed an agreement allowing Google to place paid search ads on yahoo for the next 10 years. You can read the details over at Advertising Age. You can read the pros and cons discussed over at Search Engine Land. Things still have been pretty busy over here lately, but in ... http://rocksolidseo.com/wordpress/2008/06/google-and-yahoo-wheelin%e2%80%99-and-dealin%e2%80%99/