Authors: bbriniotis

SEO and Software Engineer.

Almost 9 months after the last major PageRank toolbar update (2nd April 2010), Google finally puts an end to the rumors that PageRank metric is ditched. Currently a PageRank toolbar update is on the way and it should become visible within a few hours from all Google DataCenters.

The Web SEO Analytics team is happy to announce the release of our new Professional SEO Toolbox that is certain to become one of the most important weapons of your SEO arsenal. 4 brand new SEO Tools have been launched and 5 tools have been upgraded, making our SEO toolbox one of the most complete [...]

On Monday 10th of January, WebSEOAnalytics.com will release a new innovative SEO toolbox and an updated powerful API. These new tools & features will become essential parts of your SEO & Online Marketing arsenal and all of the Free members of the service will have the opportunity to test them free of charge. The [...]

We are happy to announce that on Wednesday the 21st of December, we release our second BETA test program. In the next version of our toolbox that will become available during the first days of January, you will find 4 brand new killer SEO Tools, 5 enhanced tools, additional features, an Updated API and a [...]

As we saw in a previous article, an interview of Danny Sullivan revealed that Google and Bing use social media buzz as a Ranking Signal. Today Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam team, replied our question concerning the issue with a Video.

Few days ago Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, published a very interesting article which confirms the suspicions of many SEOs: Social Media buzz does affect the organic rankings of Google and Bing.

The LeWeb, one of the biggest and most popular Internet Events of Europe, will take place in a few days (December 8th & 9th) in Paris. It will be attended by more than 2500 Online Marketers, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Bloggers and Journalists and it will bring together the most influential people of the Internet ecosystem.  Focusing [...]

Google Analytics is by far the most popular Website Analytics software and it is offered free of charge. For most webmasters and even for professional marketers Google Analytics is a good solution because it offers lots of cool features that are constantly enhanced.

Twitter is one of the most popular social media networks where users are able to meet others with similar interests, find experts of a particular field, learn about the current trends and share useful articles and websites. A recent well known quote describes exactly the difference between Facebook and Twitter: “Facebook is the people you [...]

Making money online and monetizing your Website’s Traffic is generally neither as easy as it sounds nor as profitable as most people think. In many cases major changes in the philosophy of the service/website must be done (especially if the website used to offer free services) and several trade-offs must be made. As a result [...]

The link architecture/structure of a website is extremely important for the SEO because it affects the search engine crawling, the indexation and the PageRank distribution. Additionally the internal link structure affects the navigation, the user experience and the conversion rates. In this article we see 10 tips that can help you develop a better link [...]

Yahoo announces that they plan to keep Site Explorer’s View Backlinks feature with the option to export the results to CSV.

On the 6th week of the free online Marketing Lesson of StayOnSearch, we read about the basic concepts of Link Building. The course starts by explaining the process and the importance of Link Building. Then it focuses on the characteristics of a well designed link building campaign (Link Velocity, IP Diversity etc) and on [...]

In the previous article we have discussed how to analyze the competition on Search Engine Results and how to select the search terms that will allow you to rank higher. On this second part we will examine in detail how to analyze the SEO campaigns of your competitors and how to achieve high rankings on [...]

SEO involves several optimization and competitor analysis techniques that are used in order to increase the traffic that a website receives from the search engines. In this article Andrew Rayner describes how to analyze the competition, how to choose correctly the targeting terms and how to achieve higher rankings on SERP.

We are in the middle of the free Online Marketing Lesson of StayOnSearch (course number 5), and this week we focus on how to create attractive and quality content. On the beginning of the post, the author explains why writing for the web is different than writing for print or magazines, he elaborates on the [...]

The forth free Online Marketing Lesson of StayOnSearch is about Search Engine Optimization. In this course Mark goes through the basic concepts and techniques of SEO. He starts by discussing the importance of Domain Age, Domain Authority, SEO Friendly Hosting and Domain Credibility.

The link structure is one of the most important factors in SEO because it can heavily affect the Search Engine Rankings, the PageRank flow and the number of pages that get indexed. Obviously the link structure is also extremely important because it seriously affects the user experience and the conversion rates.

Usually the most important decisions in SEO are the ones that affect the structure of the website. A popular SEO debate is if one should use multiple domains, sub-domains or folders when he/she has multilanguage websites or various main categories/activities.

The second lesson of the free 10-week Internet Marketing course of StayOnSearch elaborates on the importance of Market Research & Analysis. The course reminds us the importance of conducting research and of analyzing our competitors. Additionally it focuses on the fact that we should not rely only on our experience or knowledge of the market [...]

We are happy to announce the release of a new Professional SEO Toolbox!

The StayOnSearch blog is a great source of information for people that want to learn more about Online Marketing, SEO, PPC and Social Media Marketing. In their articles they analyze in detail the best current practices and they always stick to whitehat techniques. Occasionally they write great how-to guides and [...]

One the most common mistakes that many Webmasters and SEOs make is that they misuse the robots.txt, the META-robots and the rel=nofollow anchor attribute. All the above affect the indexing, the crawling and the PageRank distribution and as a result they can heavily affect the SEO status of a website and its rankings. In this [...]

Yesterday Google announced the release of a new search feature called Google Instant. In this article we will examine in detail what this new feature is and how it will affect the search and eventually the SEO.

Titles are considered important both for the users and for the search engines. This week we’ll discuss some practical tips on how to optimize the Titles of your site and on how to boost your search engine results and click through rates.

It’s a common knowledge that nowadays users don’t only search for trusted sources of information but also for fresh content. That’s why the last couple of years, the Search engines have been working on how to speed up their indexing process. Few months ago, Google has announced the completion of their new indexing system called [...]

In the previous article “Duplicate Content: the effects on Search Engine Rankings” we have explained what duplicate content is and we have analyzed how it can affect the search engine rankings of our website. In this article we will focus on the best practices that can be used in order to solve the duplicate content [...]

As we have seen in previous articles, SEO can help you increase the quality and the quantity of your website’s traffic. Nevertheless Search Engine Optimization is a process that takes lots of time and effort. In order to build a successful SEO campaign you need to set your goals, create an action plan and implement [...]

On 4th of August 2009, Web SEO Analytics has launched to the public a new SEO Toolbox and a new Online Marketing Blog. One year later, due to your constant support, our website receives thousands of users per day. Additionally with your help we developed a large community of thousands Online Marketers in the most [...]

The duplicate content is one of the major problems that most of the websites face. Search engines are also affected since they waste valuable resources in order to crawl, analyze and detect those pages. Finally since the duplicate content reduces the quality of the search results, this problem also affects the search engine users. So [...]