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Googlewhaking is the process of "Using Google to find fewer results, or exactly one result" (according to http://www.googlewhack.com/), and guess what, I found one!

There are many potential issues that can hurt your SEO when you set up your domains and websites. One of the more serious issues is duplicate content. This article provides solutions to issues with duplicate content with regard to arguably the most important page on a site - the homepage.

Today I took in my daily dose of Search industry news from searchengineland.com and I noticed a long-awaited change. The "Don't Click Here" button had disappeared.

For this short post, I'm going to assume you have a site that targets an international audience, rather than a local or country specific community. If so, you will be wanting visitors to find you globally, or at least in a specific set of countries.

Essential viewing for anyone who's interested in anything search!

The video below is part 3, describing the future of Google. Here, Marissa Mayer discusses what's already been dubbed 'Universal Search'. If you're interested in watching the entire (3 hour) presentation, take a look here.

Here's an interesting tip that I'll share with you, just in case it saves you the hours and hours of research I did to come up with this solution!

Web feeds and Pings are a vital part of an SEO toolkit. They inform other sites of how much and how often your site changes. Blogs use this feature to let the main blog networks know when to update their records, for example when new entries are added.

In the SEO world there seems to be a popular view that links directories are bad news for the health of a site. At least, that's the distinct impression I was left with after attending the Search Engine Strategies conference in London last week.

I finally made it to SES London after six years in the industry, and I have to say that it was a great three days. I attended with a collegue from work and I think he'll agree that we had a fantastic time.