Archive for May, 2007

Roundup for May

Melt du Plooy May 31st, 2007

Below you will find all the posts I included in my blog for May 2007. Go through this list and check to see if you missed any.
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Popularity: 35% [?]

Highlights from the Search Engine Watch Blog

Melt du Plooy May 30th, 2007

I have a full day ahead of me and limited time for blogging, so I thought I’d simply blog some of the newsworthy articles I read on Search Engine Watch’s SearchDay Features & Exclusive Articles.

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Popularity: 91% [?]

Which web page elements lead to high Google rankings?

Melt du Plooy May 29th, 2007

A Recent study was done by a German company, Sistrix, where they analyzed web page elements of top ranked pages within Google to find out which elements lead to high Google rankings. According to the study, they analyzed 10,000 random keywords, and for every keyword, they analyzed the top 100 Google search results.

Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

What does your office or workspace look like?

Melt du Plooy May 28th, 2007

Josh Dorkin of Time For Blogging recently came up with an interesting challenge: What does your office or Workspace look like?
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Popularity: 51% [?]

Friday afternoon humour. Come on, it’s already weekend

Melt du Plooy May 25th, 2007

They say a picture is better than a thousand words….
Is this your future? The Wheels of Life!
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Popularity: 31% [?]

Search Engine Stategies Worldwide conferences

Melt du Plooy May 25th, 2007

For some time now I have just dreamed about visiting some form of Marketing conference such as the Search Engine Strategies conference events. Unfortunately, I am unable to attend these international events simply because of expenses. Well, it looks like I have to continue dreaming as they do not seem to have an event scheduled […]

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Mobile and Web New Media Marketing Conference updates

Melt du Plooy May 25th, 2007

I previously posted about the Mobile and Web New Media Marketing Conference that is currently happening at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The conference has already entered the final day and I was hoping to be there to catch up on topics that covered Web Optimization, Analytics and Search Marketing issues and news.
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Yahoo! updates Search Index

Melt du Plooy May 25th, 2007

According to the Yahoo! Search Blog, a new search index was “rolled out” a couple of nights/days ago. The blog notes that there may be some changes in website ranking as well as some shuffling of pages that are included in the index. This will last throughout this process and the whole update should be […]

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Google upgrades Google Trends tool

Melt du Plooy May 24th, 2007

While reading my news and feeds this morning, I discovered that Google made some upgrades to their Trends tool by adding a “Hot Trends” tracker. Google Trends is a great resource for keyword research, and now this new “Hot Trends” feature makes it easier to see what’s hot on Google on a daily basis.
Popularity: 29% […]

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What is Google Universal?

Melt du Plooy May 24th, 2007

Google has changed the way the search engine finds and displays results. In their latest move, they now integrate search results which includes text, photos, videos, news, books and other related results, all onto one page.
Popularity: 23% [?]

Popularity: 23% [?]

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