Learn SEO Directly from the Search Engines
When I’m looking for something at a search engine, I will often start with a particular query, and then depending upon the kinds of results I see, I often change the query terms I use. It appears that Google has been paying attention to this kind of search behavior from people who search like me. … Read more
How Might Google Use Site Speed as a Ranking Signal? On April 9th, 2009, many people developed an interest in speeding up their websites, after reading a post on the Google Webmaster Central Blog – Using site speed in web search ranking. On the same day, Google’s Matt Cutts published Google incorporating site speed in … Read more
How does Google Use Taxonomic Classifications? Many words found on a web page are much easier to understand given the context of the page itself, as described in a Google patent granted last week. For example, take the word “bank,” which can mean a financial institution, one side of a river, or the turning of … Read more
In November, Twitter disclosed in an amendment to its S1 filing that IBM was demanding licenses for three patents issued in 2006 that it claimed that Twitter was infringing upon. As far as we know, IBM didn’t file a lawsuit against Twitter, and this took place shortly before Twitter held its initial public offering. This … Read more