New to SEO or Search Engine Optimization, esp Google SEO? Google Webmaster Central Blog did a great post and guide on SEO for newbie webmasters.
In this short guide, you will find good tips on SEO matters such as Title tags, Meta Description, Anchor Text, URL Structure, SEO Copywriting, Site Navigation, etc.
It was a pity that I missed the chance to listen to Googlers and other webmasters during the third Google Webmaster Chat event, Tricks and Treats in Oct 22, 2008 (midnight in Vietnam).
Most Questions & Answers can be found at Google Moderator. But for convenience, I copy some Q&As here, thanks to PageTrafficBlog (you’ve got a new customer today, from Vietnam :-)). Also, you can find more feedbacks from other webmasters about this third Webmaster Chat event.
Q. “Since Google is against using ranking software (ie:WebCeO) to monitor SERP rankings, is there any plans on Google creating an approved, in-house rank check application that webmasters can use?”
Matt Cutts: It’s something that we’ve talked about. My concern is that sometimes people get too worried with paying attention to their “trophy phrase” and want to rank for that even if that’s not the best phrase for them, or concentrating on one phrase to the exclusion of all the other stuff they rank for isn’t the best idea. I think paying attention to server logs or analytics data gets you a really nice array of keywords that are practical to work on. But this is feedback that we’ve heard, and personally I think it would be nice if we offered this for some reasonable size of keywords.
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Google Webmaster Central has held 2 online presentations so far: Junetune Live Chat in June and Google Trifecta Seminar in July.
The third online chat, Tricks and Treats will be held on Wednesday, October 22, at 9am PDT, noon EDT, and 4pm GMT (For GMT +07:00, Bangkok/Hanoi/Jakarta timezone, it will be 11:00 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2008).
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The popup Forcedscan.com when I’m running Mozilla Firefox makes me annoyced in my very early morning.
The popup says:
ATTENTION: If your computer is struck by the virus, you could suffer data loss, erratic PC behaviour, PC freezes and creahes.
Detect and remove viruses before they damage your computer!
Antivirus 2009 will perform a 100% FREE and quick scan of your computer for Viruses, Spyware and Adware.
Do you want to install Antivirus 2009 to scan your computer for malware now? (Recommended)
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Yahoo! is spending hard days. Really hard. Maybe the hardest in its history.
In the first quarter of this year Yahoo! used to cut off 1000 employees.
And it lost many key persons…
A couple of days ago, there was a rumor that Yahoo! planned to cut 3500 more jobs.
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I had another new Yahoo! home, in Beta, at Yahoo! Profiles, yesterday, importing data from Yahoo! 360.
My Profile at Yahoo! Profiles
Abandoning Yahoo! 360 and Mash, now Yahoo! builds a new social network. Globally.
“Our plan is to integrate “social” as a central dimension into the services you use every day. For example, if you’re on Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, you’re already seeing Yahoo! Buzz, Mybloglog, and Twitter updates as part of your friends’ status messages.” (Jim Stoneham, Vice President, Communities).
But integration is coming soon next upgrade, not now.
I like the writing style of foreign press (though very often I don’t understand all words/phrases). And this post below is copied from Yahoo! News.
HANOI (AFP) - Two Vietnamese journalists faced jail terms on Wednesday on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms” in their reporting on a major corruption scandal in the communist country.
The two reporters are on trial along with police officers accused of leaking them information about the 2005 case, in which state officials pilfered foreign aid funds, much of it to gamble on football.
Thanks to Jasonlog, I got this good news!
Google will be holding a DevFest in Ho Chi Minh City, covering topics ranging from OpenSocial & App Engine to YouTube & the Google Maps API.
Who: You! We’ll provide space, power, and refreshments. You just need to bring your own laptop, ideas and enthusiasm to complete the mix.
When: Tuesday November 4th, 2008 1:00PM-10PM
Where: University of Technology!
Google Webmaster Central Blog today introduces a new column in Google Webmaster Tools called Linked from, helping webmasters locate the sources containing broken links.
Linked From, new column in Google Webmaster Central
A 404 custom page with a 301 redirect is always recommended. But it’d even be better if we webmasters can fix the errors, or contact other webmasters for help.
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