http://www.antonaf.com/blog Search Engine Optimization & Marketing Thu, 08 May 2008 01:19:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I never before seen Google Gmail being spoofed, but today I got my first Gmail phising SPAM!  For me, it was obviously a spoof, to start the greeting read "Dear Members", I have at least 15 accounts which are tied into Google and they are one of the largest companies ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/my-first-gmail-phising-spam/ I am not sure how new or old this is, but this is my first encounter with Yahoo! actually reporting on a SPAM site in its search results.  I always knew that the search engines reported harmful sites in the sense that your computer can potentially be infected with a ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/yahoo-reports-spam-sites/ Often times you will see rank position fluctuation when you rank for a competitive keyword.  Non-competitive keywords are much easier to sustain for a long period of time, but competitive keywords you must have a continued SEO effort, because your competitors are doing SEO to stay competitive.  How do you ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/my-favorite-competitor-analysis-tools/ Google Docs is now offering an offline solution to their document and spreadsheet processing.  Using Google Gears, their interactive browser plug-in application is what is used by Google to deliver their offline Google Docs application.Share This http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/google-docs-now-support-offline-access-via-google-gears/ Got a nice tip from Tech Recipes. Have you ever wanted to sort your search results by the most recent indexed pages or return only the latest search results, well now you can. Actually you always could do it via Advanced Search options, but who has the time to deal ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/google-date-dropdown-date-filter-box-on-search-result-pages/ Big brother sues little brother.  http://news.ebay.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=305980 Ebay a shareholder of Craigslist.org is suing Craigslist.org with claims of having their stake unfairly diluted.  Of course Craigslist has denied these allegations and is attempting to clear its name. Craigslist is thinking that Ebay is planning a hostile takeover of Craigslist.org or a sale of their ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/ebay-file-suit-against-craigslist/ Writing articles is a great way to gain exposure and branding. It's a way to become an industry leader and share knowledge. The problem is that article writing is going to always create duplicate content in some way or another. Duplicate content is a problem for search engines -- there ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/how-to-rewrite-articles-using-article-spinners-software/ Eat, sleep, and breathe Matt Cutts.  He is a high profile Google Engineer. The tip is just know what he says, it will make you a better SEO.  Here's a good place to start - Rand Fishkin (SEOMoz.org) interviews Matt Cutts: Share This http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/fridays-tip-take-the-matt-cutts-way/ Ouch! That gotta hurt. Rand of SEOMoz.org (one of my favorite SEO resources) reported that FlightCentra.com.au got busted for cloaking. Rand was on a panel at SMX Sydney with Danny Sullivan and Adam Lasnik when the intention was to review DiscoverTasmania.com, but while doing the review they stumbled upon Flight Centre ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/flight-centre-australias-largest-travel-site-busted-for-cloaking/ Let's start something new.  Each week (Friday) I will give a simple SEO tip.  It can be as simplee as a one liner!  To start I will give a tip on blog commenting -- Tip#1: Be first!  The top comments get the most human click throughs Tip#2: Comment on new blog post.  New ... http://www.antonaf.com/blog/index.php/friday-seo-tip-blog-comments/