Archive for November, 2009

Nov 2

Sandra

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Gigablast – an alternative to Google?

Now I don’t tend to look at my server logs too much – not unless something odd happens anyway.

Today I did have a look and came across a spider from gigablast.com – another real time search engine. I had a quick scout around, and I don’t think it will make any inroads into Google’s market share, but it does seem to bring back a few different results which is interesting.

I will be playing around with it over the next few weeks when I get a chance, as I think Google’s stranglehold on the internet is getting a little too tight. We need some real competition to ensure we as searchers get the results we want!

Give www.gigablast.com a go and let me know what you think of their results!

Nov 1

Sandra

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Page Rank Update

To most people this doesn’t mean a thing, but over the last few days Google appears to have rolled out a Page Rank update.

Most of my sites have stayed static, while one site saw an increase, and another site saw a decrease. But does it really matter?

In a word, yes, page rank still has a bearing on the SERPs (Search Engine Ranking Positions), but it is one of many factors. If your website is beating all the competition for your targeted search terms then your page rank is irrelevant. However, if your website has been well optimised, then it could be that your offsite SEO needs work. This is where you can use your page rank as an indicator of your offsite SEO.

If you have a page rank of 0 or 1 then you still have a lot of work to do as far as building links back your website.

I know a lot of people get hung up on their page rank, but it should be used in the same way as the Alexa rank is used – as a guide to give you an idea of the current state of your website.

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