3.6.08
A thread at webasterworld today was talking about manipulating the search results based on capitalization of letters in the search. ie. using all lowercase, title case, or all upper case. I did some testing on my own and noticed that the results for searches on google, Google, and GOOGLE were all a little different. The search for google had a nice neat list of Google's products. A search for Google had one result clustered on to #1 and a search for GOOGLE had a wiki article placed at #6 with the clustered result showing too. I posted about this and then emailed a couple of friends about the issue. My friend C.P. replied about 30 minutes later saying that he isn't seeing the different results. I searched it again and sure enough, the results are now standardized. I guess the G-men are watching! I wish I would have had the presence of mind to take a screenshot at the time to show the different results. Very interesting how Google says all the time that results aren't manually manipulated. This was a great example and I wish I had a screenshot to show you the difference. Oh well, I'll know better next time. It makes me smile a little knowing that I probably caused someone at Google to do a little scrambling to fix this issue.
SEOMike.com v.2 is finally in the design phase. My designer friend is working on some sweet images and a site layout for me. I hate the current look of this site and can't wait until I get a professional looking site. Some features you can expect: a SEO news section with some of the things I think are important, an RSS feed for updates from me, a section discussing best practices for what I call "website master planning", a more indepth "tools" section and more.
1.22.08
I took a peek at my analytics today and noticed that the site has brought some interesting visitors from around the world. People have come from:
India, Algeria, Russia, Brazil, The UK, Ireland, And, of course, the US. Thanks for the visits! Keep coming back!
SEOMike.com v.2 is coming soon! I’ve got a friend designing an actual logo and a layout for the site that won’t be 100% lame like it is now. There are some fun things planned for the next version of the website. I’d like this to become a resource for information but I’m not going to reinvent the wheel, I’ll just put up information I find that I think is trustworthy and valuable. Sifting through the net-noise to find little kernels of truth can be very difficult, especially in the SEO world. Maybe you’ll find the site helpful, maybe not. If not, I’ll put up a contact method to take suggestions on how to make the site better.
1.16.08
Things have been really hectic in my life lately. I guess it's the post-holiday rush. Lots of things happening. My to-do list is written on my office window and is about 3 feet long. Ugh.
On a good note, I was recently mentioned in a Search Engine Watch article by my friend Mark Jackson. Check it out here. I like showing up in an article every-now-and-again, but like to mostly lay low so people don't get too familiar with my techniques.
1.4.08
Happy New Year! We made it, and I can't believe the Jayhawks won the Orange Bowl!
Been working a lot lately trying to pass Google Analytics cookie data between URLs and have now got it figured out. We have to pass the info between URLs because we need a central secure place to process user data. Anyway, for posterity here's what works:
| _utmLinker that functions with an image link: |
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write('<a href="javascript:__utmLinker
(\'https://www.myurl.com');""rel="nofollow">
<img src="images/button.gif" width="139"
height="29" border="0" /></a>');
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="https://www.myurl.com" "rel="nofollow">
<img src="images/button.gif" width="139" height="29"
border="0" /></a>
</noscript>
|
| _utmLinker that functions with a text link |
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write('<a href="javascript:__utmLinker
(\'https://www.myurl.com');""rel="nofollow">Apply Now
</a>');
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="https://www.myurl.com"
"rel="nofollow">Apply Now</a>
</noscript>
|
| Required modification to the GA Tracking Code |
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct="UA-0000000-0";
_udn="none";
_ulink=1;
urchinTracker();
</script>
<script>
if(typeof(urchinTracker)!='function')document.write
('<sc'+'ript src="'+
'http'+(document.location.protocol=='https:'?
's://ssl':'://www')+
'.google-analytics.com/urchin.js'+'"></sc'+'ript>')
</script>
<script>
_uacct = 'UA-0000000-0';
urchinTracker("/0260360448/test");
</script> |
| Input the information into a hidden field so that a submit function on a form will pass the information off as well: |
<form xid="form" method="post" onsubmit="__utmLinkPost(this);"
|
| |
... and that's how you do that!
12.31.07
Well, happy new year to all! Sickness is going around the office and a lot of people won't be partying tonight. Christmas was great but busy. Florida, KC, Nebraska, then back to KC with my daughter, my best friend, and another friend who is doing missions work in South America! BUSY!
Something interesting has been offered by Google that we're going to try... Google Audio Ads. I'm surprised that there is very little buzz about this topic. It was first announced in March but hardly anyone is talking about it. It's either a flop or it's so awesome that no-one wants to let on. Don't get me wrong, people are talking about it, but not "normal" amount of chatter that usually surrounds a new product from the big G. People probably aren't as interested in this because it's conventional advertising and this won't have any effect on how their site is positioned organically, or in PPC. Like I said, we'll try it. A friend of mine is a big VO name and he'll probably be our voice. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.
12.14.07
I went to pubcon last week and had once heck of a time! Thanks to Joe Morin I got to see what a suite in the Wynn looks like! I made some new friends like Jessica, Sheirly, Andrea, Lyndsay, Mark, John, Michael, and others. I also caught up with some old friends, Craig, David, Bruce, Rob, & Joe. What a week of partying! Also, I learned a nice little bit of information that I'm testing right now. I always get something out of the Pubcon and this time I think it's a really good one! We'll see! When I get more time I'll post a little bit more about the goings-on at Pubcon Vegas. It was a GREAT time!
11.19.07
Greetings! You found my new site. I've had this domain for several years and I never did anything with it. With my limited amount of free time this is all this site will be for now. No fancy blogging software, no neat graphics, nothing. Just a bunch of easy information about me and maybe, if you're lucky, I'll put up a contact email address :-)
I decided to make this to finally have a personal portfolio on the web. Nothing fancy yet but maybe it'll get there sometime. |
