Search Engines

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How Good Are Search Engine 404 Error Pages?

Search engines are keen to provide us with lots of advice about building good 404 erros pages. Let’s see how well they follow their own advice.

Why You Should Try To NOT Use The New Canonical Tag

Google, Yahoo and Live have all announced support for the new “canonical” tag to specify alternative content for page. We look at why you shouldn’t use it on your website.

All You Ever Wanted To Know About PageRank

PageRank has always been a popular topic of conversation between webmasters. Learn all you could ever need to know about the topic in this article.

Live Webmaster Tools Now Detects Malware

Read all about the latest update to MSN/Live Webmaster Tools

The Google Guide To Search Engine Optimization

Google has released an excellent beginners search engine optimization guide. Read about it and find out why it is useful for everybody.

Fix Your Broken Incoming Links With Google Webmaster Tools

Google has released a great new tool to help increase the number of inbound links to your website. Learn all about it in this article.

The Ultimate Guide To Yahoo Search Operators

Since search engine databases hold such vast quantities of information that they put in place special features that allow you to refine what you search for. These “operators” are very useful when optimising your website for the search engines. Learn how to use them with this article.

A Look Back at Google’s Acquisitions

Over the years Google has acquired many companies. This article outlines most of them to give you an idea of just how much technology Google actually owns.

Exploring MSN’s New Webmaster Tools

MSN has recently upgraded their Webmaster Center to provide additional tools. We will look at them in this article.

How to Prevent Pages Being Indexed by Search Engines

There are often times when you want a page or section of your website to be ignored. This article lists the available methods to keep the spiders away.