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Controversy has always surrounded the topic of having validated source code (XHTML or HTML), and whether it has any impact on search engine optimization. Here at SearchEnginePanel.com we are validated to W3C’s high standards of XHTML 1.0 Strict - a fairly difficult task to accomplish for most websites. Web developers who attempt validation normally settle [...]

It’s a well-known fact that Google tracks click-throughs from its search engine result pages (SERPs) to the webpages listed there, and it seems that they have recently changed the way they track these clicks. Until recently, listings in the SERPs would use the simple URL redirects of “google.com/url?q=referral” to determine where traffic is coming from, [...]

When it comes to link building and PageRank (PR), whether a link is nofollowed or not (a.k.a. dofollowed) can be a pivotal issue. Many link builders generally base their link building efforts on the quality of links pointing to them, rather than quantity. This then implicitly lead to the use of PageRank as a measure [...]

A couple of days ago, the big three GYM search engines (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live) announced their united support towards the new relationship attribute “canonical.”
This tag was created to better manage duplicate content that is generated by multiple URLs pointing to the same page - a common situation for large sites that automatically [...]

Given last week’s excitement over Flash files getting partially indexed, I thought it would be a good time to reconsider applicable uses of Flash in web designs. Although Flash isn’t inherently compliant with search engine optimization, it could be used appropriately in certain instances. Here’s a quick spotlight on using SWFObject for SEO benefits, followed [...]