Hidden Gems in Google Webmaster Tools, Part 1
ClickZ - Webmasters frequently rave about Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) because it's a great source of data about site-crawling errors, as well as the place where you can tell Google about XML sitemap feeds. But GWT is much more. Let's examine several reports ... Read more...
Man's deadly fall from boat came without warning
Herald Tribune - ANNA MARIA ISLAND -- A Longboat Key man's fatal fall from a yacht in rough Gulf of Mexico water came without warning during a low-key birthday celebration, one of the passengers on the vessel said Monday. The water seemed a little rough because of ... Read more...
14 bands entertain at music fundraiser
Herald Tribune - Fourteen local bands volunteered their time and talents for the second annual "Music Extravaganza" at Pioneer Park in Englewood over the weekend. "Fat Tones" and "Bandanna" from Venice and "Gypsy" from North Port were among the bands that drew close ... Read more...
Raising Your Profile: Beyond the Basics
Wall Street Journal - Use free tools from search engines. If your site hasn't added a Google Sitemap page, consider doing so. Google and other major search engines share a common feature that allows Webmasters to tell them about each page of their sites available for ... Read more...
Is Google the Favorite or just the Favored?
Network World Fusion - Google, unlike it's competitors (Yahoo and Microsoft), has gone developed tools such as sitemap feeds, best practices spelled out and Robots.txt files to encourage web developers to make there content more accessible to Google's spiders and therefore ... Read more...
Senate Considers Better Spidering As Law
WebProNews - Federal agencies may have the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) helping guide their efforts to make web information more accessible to search engines. A Senate Committee reviewing the E-Government Act of 2002 may end up recommending the Sitemap ... Read more...
Google Lending Helping Hand to Senate
Softpedia - We're doing so by helping government agencies implement the Sitemap Protocol, a technical standard that makes it easier for search engines to crawl and index pages on a website. Tomorrow, a Senate committee will take another important step toward ... Read more...
Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com(R) Releases 2008 Residual Value Analysis
Earthtimes - About Kelley Blue Book ( http://www.kbb.com/sitemap ) Since 1926, Kelley Blue Book, The Trusted Resource(R), has provided vehicle buyers and sellers with the new and used vehicle information they need to accomplish their goals with confidence. The ... Read more...
Go Daddy Partners with Google to Offer Customers Web Management Tools
PR Inside - how Google views their site, diagnose problems and share information with Google in order to improve their site's visibility in search results. This service, combined with Go Daddy's Sitemap Editor, provides a free and easy way for Web site owners to ... Read more...
Microsoft Webmaster Portal Live in Beta
WebProNews - Sitemap Summary: This is a basic summary of the website: number of pages in the MSN index, last crawl date, blocked ? and a new ranking factor called domain rank. Domain rank appears to go from 1 - 5. Along with this, it also gives the top 5 pages and ... Read more...