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Backlink feature added to Google Webmaster Tools

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
The Google team have added a great new feature to the Google Webmaster Tools. The Links tab which has been added to the top nav in the GWT console allows you to view internal and external [tag]backlinks[/tag] to your site(s). Google' link: command has been unreliable for some time, often returning … read more

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Google webmaster tools updated

Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Google have updated the [tag]Google webmaster tools[/tag] (formerly known as [tag]Google Sitemaps[/tag]). The 4 updates provide even more transparency to webmasters/marketers trying to get ahead in Google. Of the 4 updates, probably the most interesting (certainly from an e-commerce point of view… read more

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Google Personlised Homepage Wierdness

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
[tag]Google[/tag] have sort of half implemented a tabs feature on the [tag]Google Personalised Homepage[/tag]. I know the Web 2.0 thing to do is to release early in beta but this is extracting the urine! Its a great feature that lets you have multiple homepages, each with a different label so y… read more

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Google SiteLinks – Why do they appear and how are they generated?

Monday, September 11th, 2006
You may have noticed that from time to time, the top result in [tag]Google[/tag] has a series of links nested under the main result. This doesn't happen for every #1 result but when it does happen its really handy for users and great as an [tag]SEO[/tag] if it happens to be one of your clients! As a… read more

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Google’s accessibility search…

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
I've picked up on a couple of articles this week discussing Google Labs 'Accessible Search'. Bill Slawski posted this earlier in the week on SEO by the SEA and The Register have also posted this today covering the specialist Google search. The search tool, developed by blind Google employee TV Ra… read more

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Feeling the pinch from BigDaddy? Kinderstart.com are!

Monday, July 3rd, 2006
Have recent Google algorithm shake-ups got your pages dropping like flies? Then why not sue Google? Kinderstart.com are trying to do exactly that. Out-Law.com is reporting that the US Start-up is attempting to sue Google because their PageRank was reset, causing a 70% drop in traffic and a subseque… read more

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Amazon.com dropped from Google?

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Both John Battelle and LeeAnn Prescot are reporting that a Google.com search for amazon.com returns zero results. Has Amazons nasty markup finally caught up with it and got the site banned? Well, probably not - its more likely to be yet further teething troubles for the BigDaddy update, Googles l… read more

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Google are hiring….

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Google take out a full page ad in Wired magazine Fancy a job at the googleplex? Google have posted a full page ad in the latest edition of Wired magazine which is a kind of catch all recruitment drive. Now lets run through the checklist - am I: A co-inventer with 19 patents - nope Knowledgea… read more

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Google reader…

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Google personalised homepage just got better with the release of the Google reader module. Google reader is an rss feed aggregator which lets you view all the latest blog posts, articles or whatever from your favourite sites. If any site has an rss feed, you can add it to Google reader. The Pers… read more

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