South Africa has announced that last year, the number of foreign visitors hit an all-time high.  Tourism minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk told a travel industry conference in Cape Town that in doing so, an estimated 9.9 million travellers had defied a global recession and a 4% drop in worldwide travel in 2009.  Although European and [...]

The official Bing blog recently had a post about web spam. According to Bing’s definition, web spam is "unwanted web content that uses overtly manipulative techniques in an effort to fraudulently attain undeservingly high ranking in search engines."
Why is web spam a problem?
Search engines want to return relevant websites on their result pages. If a [...]

Proxy hijacking is a problem that started several years ago. For several months, it looked as if Google had solved the problem. Last month, some webmasters reported that their website was hijacked by a proxy and that the position of their own website declined in Google’s results.
What is proxy hijacking?
Proxy hijacking works like this:

Google’s web [...]

You have a beautiful website with great products, great guarantees, many comprehensive pages and great customer service. Unfortunately, Google and other search engines won’t give your website high rankings.
There are several reasons why search engines do not list websites although they look great and offer quality content:
1. Your web pages are meaningless to search engine [...]

Time and time again I hear webmasters complaining about their sites getting slapped. In fact, if you take a look at Google’s official webmaster forum, you’ll be shocked at the number of new threads where business owners are pleading with the moderators for a reason why their site has dropped 10 pages down the rankings. [...]

If you’ve been involved in marketing of any kind over the last two decades, I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, "content is King." Marketers, successful marketers, live by that mantra. When I look at the Internet what I really see are two things. There is the content and then there are the applications that allow [...]

If you are on a trip to Zimbabwe in the coming summer vocations, whether with your family or just going alone to meet your pals back home, or just an adventurer in quest to explore some thing new, vigorous and exciting …. The best thing to do is to take a look at the events [...]

Zimbabwe is home to world’s most popular attraction the Victoria Falls. But what make Zimbabwe more popular and special is the way in which its true culture and tradition is still kept alive. The people of Zimbabwe are very warm-hearted and passionate. Although, the safety situation in the country keeps it from becoming a top [...]

Zimbabwe is real holiday place and has many remarkable places, which really deserved to be visited even once in life. Before some years it could not attract tourists due to its political condition and least attention of the government toward tourism and travel. It is no doubt remarkable part of African Sahara and has [...]

A sheet of the turquoise blue waters wide spread as far as you can see, touch, the feel of the soft white sand on the bare feet, the chirping of the melodious sea birds, the edge of the sea crowned with mountains, the dolphins merry making like mermaids, the tall palm trees enveloping the coastal [...]

Discovered for the first time (on record) during 19th century, “The Cradle of Humankind” located about 50 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng province is a mesmerizing site, which gets carved on the memories for an indefinite time. The Cradle of Human Kind was acclaimed as a World Heritage Site, by UNESCO [...]

Lush green forests, dynamic golden beached, wondrous wild life, exhilarating water sports, vibrant festivals, flavorsome cosines and rich traditions, there are uncountable reasons visit Cape Town. The charm of natural surroundings and the warmth of the people make Cape Town a great destination to visit. It is the hospitality that enabled this amazing place to [...]