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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 [...]

Businesses are generally quite adept in determining who their customers are, thanks to market research. Unfortunately, these customers are usually defined and categorized simplistically with demographic information such as age, income, geographical location, sex, language, household size, education, marital status, etc. These demographics provide a solid starting point for knowing who is in the target [...]

According to Reuters, Yahoo has been working hard at a new design for their homepage. This new homepage still hasn’t been rolled out for most web users, and Yahoo states that less 15% of them are being fed the new design. Here’s a screenshot of the new homepage (click to enlarge).

At first glance, the “new” [...]

Many people have heard of PageRank, which seeks to numerically value the importance of a webpage based on the quantity and quality of inbound links to, and outbound links from, a webpage. Microsoft researchers and developers have created a better (according to some) method of evaluating a page’s importance, dubbed “BrowseRank.” Rather than ranking based [...]

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 [...]