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July 2008 PageRank Update

New toolbar PageRanks have begun updating today and the entire process should be completed by the beginning of next week according to Matt Cutts. There hasn’t been any changes to SEP’s PageRank yet as of posting this (probably because the news is being broken just now).
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Demystifying PageRank - What It Is And Isn't

Demystifying PageRank - What It Is And Isn’t

PageRank (PR) is probably one of the most debated topics in the SEO world. It has stirred controversy and created misunderstanding since its inception, and many webmasters do not fully understand its true meaning. Even with the dictionary definition in hand, some still struggle to understand PageRank’s implications and effects. First let’s demystify PageRank and [...]

April 2008 PageRank Update and VisualRank

April 2008 PageRank Update and VisualRank

Google datacenters have been busy the past couple of days as they were updating toolbar PageRanks (TBPR) across the board. The last complete PageRank update was in late February. SearchEnginePanel.com maintained its PR2 since getting ranked, and is now up to PR3 from this latest update. I’m attributing the small step to writing fresh [...]

Index and Root Pages Merged by Google

Index and Root Pages Merged by Google

It’s taken awhile, but Google has finally merged the index page with the root page of a domain as long as the content was the same. That is, Google now interprets www.abc.com and its counterpart www.abc.com/index.html to be one page, rather than two separate pages. For you PageRank fanatics, this does implicitly mean that [...]

HTTP 301 Permanent Redirect Codes

Every now and again you’ll find yourself in a situation where the naming structure of your pages will change, and even changes in the domain itself. If those changes are occurring to high authority pages, then it’s vital that you properly redirect the old domain/pages such that the new website receives and carries the same [...]