Google’s Matt Cutts recently suggested that the speed of a web page may soon get more attention in Google’s ranking algorithm. It seems that Google focuses on fast websites to make the searching experience better. What can you do to make your web pages faster? Of course, you should start by choosing a reliable web [...]

Many websites on the Internet will link to your website if you pay them for the links. Is this a good method to increase the link popularity of your website or can you get in trouble if you use paid links? What does Google think about paid links? Google is very clear about paid links. [...]

Most people think that Google purely ranks websites by using mathematical formulas. Google even has an official statement about the way that search results are calculated: "A site’s ranking in Google’s search results relies heavily on computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page’s relevance to a given query. Sometimes subtleties of language [...]

Trust is a major factor in Google’s ranking algorithm. Some websites can get high rankings on Google for nearly any content they publish while other websites cannot get high rankings at all although they have optimized web page content. A high trust level is crucial if you want to get high Google rankings The reason [...]

Some years ago, it was enough to get many inbound links to get high rankings on Google. It didn’t matter from where these links came as long as there were many links that pointed to your website. As Google and other search engines continually improve the way they rank web pages, getting the right links [...]

Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits (i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the entrance page). Bounce rate is a measure of visit quality and a high bounce rate generally indicates that site entrance (landing) pages aren’t relevant to your visitors.

Has your website lost its rankings in Google? Did your rankings drop or did your website vanish completely from Google? In that case, your website might have received a Google penalty and you might have to file a reconsideration request. Three reasons why your Google rankings might have dropped There are several reasons that can [...]