Archive for the ‘Search Engine Optimization’ tag
You Don’t Really Need High PageRank to Win
Here’s a blog post that answer your question: “Does PageRank really matter for ranking in Google?”
The short answer is: “Yes, it does.”
The long answer is: “Not all the time, it depends who links to you, how they link to you and the keyword you’re competing.”
To get the full explanation, go visit Jonathan Leger’s blog now.
Should it be SEO Singapore or Singapore SEO?
Kelvin Hui suggested in his blog post “SEO Singapore? Is SEO hot in Singapore?” that those who can rank high for the search terms SEO Singapore should be able to help you to optmize your website for more search engine traffic.
I think there is some truth in that statement.
However, if you search carefully, you will realized that the search terms seo singapore and singapore seo in Google, the results you get are not exactly the same. Why? Because, in our natural use of English, a different use in the sequence of the words gives different meaning. And Google algorithm is smart enough to distinguish that but not smart enough to realize seo singapore and singapore seo actually mean the same thing.
SEO Experts
In my earlier post, I mentioned this blog was ranked in the second page of Google search results for the search terms seo experts. Since then it has risen the rank and it is now ranked number 11.
Google is Serving Localized Search Results Listing
I have been observing a change in the type of results on Google search recently. Could SEO experts from different countries please help me to confirm my observation?
I reside in Singapore and I am seeing more Singapore-based websites in the search results listing. So, I would be re-directed to Google.com.sg even if I typed in Google.com in the browser address bar. And the results from Google.com.sg are so different from Google.com – it used to be about the same.
Professional SEO Team
It was published in the Winter 06/07 issue of the Search Engine Standard Magazine — it’s about the challenges of setting up a SEO team for a company – corporate SEO. Before reading this article, I always thought there is a void between the IT department, the Marketing team and the Corp Comm group when we come to online marketing, be it search marketing or email marketing.
