'Search Engine/Directories' Category

  • Google SEO Tricks That Will Get You Blacklisted

    May 3, 2011

    Black hats were used to identify the bad guys in old Wild West movies. When it comes to Search Engine Optimisation, the term is also associated with unethical cowboys. The white hats were the good guys in Westerns, just as they are in SEO.

  • Yellow Pages vs. Search Engines

    January 26, 2011

    I was recently looking for a phone number in my kitchen drawer. As usual the drawer was packed and I had to pull all the contents out to find the15 page school directory I was looking for. As I was trying to stuff the pile back in, I realized the source of the problem, the [...]

  • Ranking Higher in Local Search Results

    November 29, 2010

    Since Google started including local entries in natural results for location-specific search queries, local search optimisation has been gaining more attention. And with Google allotting more spaces to its Map-packs, pushing the traditional results below the fold, getting listed in the local search space is becoming crucial.

  • The Google Directory Explained

    October 15, 2010

    The Google Directory is a directory of websites similar to many other directories. Adding your website to many directories is a good strategy for building up basic one way links to your website. Google directory uses the “Open Directory” for its database – therefore to get your website listed in the Google Directory you have to [...]