After checking a couple of websites this morning, it seems there is a Google Toolbar PageRank update taking place. There hasn’t been much said about it so far, but a few blogs and forums are confirming that there has indeed been an update.
So far I have only seen PR changes on a couple of websites (including this blog, which is nice), but I guess it makes sense to update now on the last day of the year.
Is anybody seeing any strange PR updates at all? I’ve done limited testing so far.
I came across an interesting thread on the Google Webmaster Help Forums today regarding potential nofollow exploitations. The question asked was whether a rel=”follow” attribute added to a HTML link would void the nofollow that is in place. Adding rel=”follow” of course does nothing on it’s own, but having two rel= attributes seems to cause Google to interpret the link differently.
Back in September I blogged about a Google URL trick that allowed you to view so-called real time search results. The issue with this was that it wasn’t exactly real time search results that were being displayed, as pages needed to be indexed first before they could be listed.
Today, however, that changes, as Google have announced they will now be providing users with real time results. The search feature, similar to Twitter, will allow users to view instant results from social networking websites, blogs, forums and news portals (although it is mostly Twitter at the moment).
Why do I hate Facebook? The ridiculous, time-wasting applications, that’s why.
I wasn’t particularly interested in signing up to Facebook originally, but since all my friends were on it I gave it a go. I could see the appeal too, don’t get me wrong; connect with old friends, share photos, etc. Unfortunately, this has got completely overshadowed by people throwing snowballs at each other and finding stray cats on their farm. I began to hate Facebook a while ago, but now it’s got to the point where I won’t use it. Rather than rant any further, I’ll let the following pictures speak for themselves…
The topic of custom 404 pages has been done to death within the SEO industry, as everybody tries to give you the best tips on optimising your 404 page. However, I still come visit countless websites where there is either no 404 page, or simply a blank page with an even blanker message provided. I won’t go into all the “do”s and “don’t”s of optimising a custom 404 page, but the Enhance 404 Widget by Google is a great way to provide a custom search box to your users.
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