19 Feb 09 Searchers UK Search engine

I came across this UK only search engine today.. I wanted to blog about it as I saw a number of results that I have never seen on google.co.uk

Not only were my query results accurate and of good quality, but they also have a forensics section -

” Forensics is a new research tool which shows the popularity and frequency of search queries from a number of UK search engines”

forensics

If you are in the UK, check and ensure you are on this growing SE..

Tags: UK search engines, Web Searchers

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13 Feb 09 Specify your canonical urls for duplicate content issues

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have announced support of a format to help prevent the notorious duplicate content problem. With the inclusion of a new header tag in the HTML code of pages that are accessible through multiple URL’s you can tell search engines which URL is the preferred, ‘canonical’ version.

The new feature announced yesterday by the big three search engines provides a simple, elegant solution to this persistent problem. Now all a webmaster has to do is include a <link> tag in the header of the page’s HTML code that specifies which URL is the canonical URL, and the search engines will update their indexes to reflect this. Google even claims the page rank of the duplicate URL’s will be transferred to the canonical URL.

Hopefully this will spell the end of on-site duplicate content issues. More information about the exact use of the <link> tag can be found in the Google Webmaster Central blog post.

Canonical tag announced googles Matt Cutts interviewed

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13 Feb 09 Ever wondered whats the deal with Friday the 13th?

How Friday the 13th Works

In order to organize time, human beings created calendars.
As part of today’s dominant calendar system, every year is divided into 12 periods called months, consisting of roughly 30 days each.
All days are also grouped into sets of seven, called weeks.
In the Western world, a significant chunk of the population suspects bad things will happen whenever the 13th day of a month occurs on the day of the week called Friday.

Like many human beliefs, the fear of Friday the 13th (known as paraskevidekatriaphobia) isn’t exactly grounded in scientific logic. But the really strange thing is that most of the people who believe the day is unlucky offer no explanation at all, logical or illogical. As with most superstitions, people fear Friday the 13th for its own sake, without any need for background information.

The superstition does have deep, compelling roots, however, and the origins help explain why the belief is so widespread today.

For some interesting stories behind this unluckiest of days or for more information go to: http://people.howstuffworks.com/friday-thirteenth

Tags: Friday 13th, friday the 13th, friday thirteenth, paraskevidekatriaphobia, superstitions

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10 Feb 09 Deep link ratio formula and tools

If you have a website or blog, what is it’s deep link ratio? No one has really talked about this in a while..

Do the top10 sites for your targeted keyword have a DLR (deep link ratio) 40% - 70%?

Here is a very quick and easy tool to work it out for you.. Deep link ratio tool
If you would prefer to work it out manually, the best explanation can be found here.. Deep link ratio formula

Tags: Deep link formula, deep link ratio tool

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10 Feb 09 London to Paris bike ride for breast cancer care

I find it quite amazing.. Now looking with my eyes open, just how much breast cancer effects most families at some point in most peoples lives.

My ignorance has stumbled me recently and am left no longer thinking that It’s not my problem, or what good can I do?.. I plan to kidnap some friends and partake in the London to Paris bike ride for breast cancer 2009.

The dates for the event are:

17 – 21 June 2009
29 July – 2 August 2009
2 - 6 September 2009

I plan to ride the 2-6 September 2009 trip and need to raise a minimum of £1,250.. For me, this would be in honour of my mum. In the honour for anyone you might know effected by breast cancer, why not jump on a bike too, or sponsor the Sandy Morgan group of bikers.. It would be really appreciated.

Links to the official site are below:

Breast Cancer bike ride London - Paris

Breast Cancer Events

Tags: Breast cancer bike ride 2009, London to Paris bike ride

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04 Feb 09 Google Earth launches 5.0 Ocean Maps

Mr. Hanke the director of Google Earth and his team got to work mapping the remaining 70 percent of the planet’s surface three years ago after meeting legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle . The result: Google Earth 5.0, which became available on Monday. Click here to read article I sourced from The christian science monitor

Tags: Google Earth, Google Earth 5.0, Ocean maps

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03 Feb 09 Date search added to Site: Command

This was already available from the Advanced Search on Google, but this is the first time that it has been seen on the main search results. The change has not been rolled out across all Google sites, it is only partially available on Google US - which is normal procedure when testing new features or changes to the user interface.

You can see sites that are part of this experiment by google. Simply enter [site:www.example.com in the Google search bar. There shouldn’t be any spaces between the : and the www. If you see the drop down menu on the right hand side as shown in the picture above then enjoy the trial, if not, you can still see this feature in action within the Advance Search filters.

Information founded by SEO Consultant S. Inarejos

Tags: Date search to google site command, Google site by date search

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03 Feb 09 My rant over seeing my credit report

I have just run off a personal credit report and was astonished to see that I have poor credit even tho I was under the impression that mine was good-excellent!

I was sure I was on the electoral roll, but I haven’t been since I moved into my property in June 07.. I have now downloaded the form to complete and send off to

my local council! The electoral roll is used as a form of ‘trust’ something I can relate to.

I had a credit agreement that was settled in full last year is showing on my report as a default! A quick call made to the finance company and it has now been rectified however, If I had not run a report, or called the so called creditor, this ultimately might have contributed towards a higher interest rate been given on my mortgage.

Equally last year I asked for a repayment date to be moved from the 23rd to the 1st of every month. The following month I received a late payment notification! I called to verify and it was an error on their end. The additional interest was credited and the agreement continued as per normal however, I am really annoyed to see that it has been logged on credit history as a late payment.. I will call and get this rectified today..

Experian are running free credit reports at the moment however, you do have to pay around £6 to retrieve your credit score. Like anything successful online, the best sites give a little to get a little back..

Also in order to retrieve your free credit report, you need to take on membership. Something which then needs to be cancelled if your not to incur a monthly charge. I can see how they make thousands of pounds from visitors who just forget to cancel their agreements.

Anyhoo.. That’s my rant for the day.. 2009 resolution for Feb is to sort out my credit rating so in review in May 09, my credit should be nothing less than excellent.

Tags: Credit report, Credit Score

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02 Feb 09 Great UK Directories

Great UK Directories

You can get a listing in the directory for free, simply click on the register details page and follow instructions

free to get listed but if you want to get a link to your site you will have to add a link back on your homepage. Register and follow instructions on site to get listed.