12. Juni 2010 - 02:00 Uhr ~ Kommentare deaktiviert

Google Videos best practices

You have videos on your site, that have not been indexed, or that do not rank to the terms they represent? Check out the article at Google Webmaster Blog to get a clue what maybe is the problem.

We'd like to highlight three best practices that address some of the most common problems found when crawling and indexing video content. These best practices include ensuring your video URLs are crawlable, stating what countries your videos may be played in, and that if your videos are removed, you clearly indicate this state to search engines. [more...]

11. Juni 2010 - 15:10 Uhr ~ Kommentare deaktiviert

Whiteboard Friday: Get Indexed Faster!

SEOmoz is a great source for knowledge on SEO. Check out this article on how to get your new stuff indexed fast. PubSubHubbub is one thing to think about. What is "PubSubHubbub"? Check out the article.

When you're covering poppin'-fresh, trending, news-worthy content, there's no time to sit around whittling miniature canoes and waiting for Google to come crawl your site and index your new content. That sort of passive attitude will allow your competitors to dominate all of that awesome Query Deserves Freshness search traffic and make enough money to go buy real, full-size canoes whittled by fine Native American craftsmen.  You'll be poor and jealous, and we just can't have that. Watch this week's video to learn several near-magical strategies to get your fresh content indexed faster than meth-fueled panther (that's fast, people)! [more...]

Tags: , , ,

14. Juni 2009 - 14:46 Uhr ~ View Comments

An Update on Sitemaps at Google | Google Webmaster Central Blog

Did you know that the number of website hosts that have been submitting Sitemap files has almost tripled over the last year? It’s no wonder: the secret is out – as a recent research study showed, Sitemaps helps search engines to find new and changed content faster. Using Sitemaps doesn’t guarantee that your site will be crawled and indexed completely, but it certainly helps us understand your website better [...]

Google supports now Sitemaps up to 50.000 entries, so enough for the most websites. Also the webmaster tools have been updated. Check out the sitemap-options. There are also links to resources for coders, to produce the sitemap-files with the right syntax.

Read the full article at: Google Webmaster Central Blog