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Google Search Algorithm Updates

by Keri Honea on April 4, 2012

Google Logo 300x103 Google Search Algorithm UpdatesGoogle is constantly tweaking their search algorithms, for better and for worse, in their constant battle for ensuring that 1) Google searchers find what they are looking for, and 2) Google searchers have the best search experience possible. In March of this year, they added a whole list of tweaks and fixes to better serve its users as well as sending their Panda to smack down the sites who need it and prop up the sites who deserve it.

The entire list of updates is massive, so I’ll only discuss the big ones that really affect search and search rankings. If you would like to see the complete list, you can on Google’s blog.

  • Improvements to handling symbols for indexing. In the past, Google has always ignored any symbols used in a search query, but they’ve decided to change their tune a bit. For now, the following symbols will be considered in search indexes: “%”, “$”, “\”, “.”, “@”, “#”, and “+”.
  • Improvements to results for navigational queries. A navigational query is a search where users are trying to search for something from a particular website. This update provides better search results for those who may not know the right URL or the URL they use has no content (parked domain). The improvements also include navigational query combinations with local search terms. Interested? Continue Reading…

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WordPress Plugin Reviews – Membership and Events Manager Plugins

by Brittany Horton March 6, 2012

Every so often we try out new WordPress plugins to enhance our clients blogs and websites, and we want to share what we have found, the good, the bad, and the ugly! We recently had a client, the Women Business Owners of Denton County, that was in need of a members’ registration ability and members’ only area, [...]

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Your Facebook Business Page WILL Have a Facebook Timeline

by Keri Honea March 5, 2012

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What is a Favicon and How do I Add One to my Website?

by Brittany Horton February 29, 2012

We get this question a lot “How do I get that little icon next to my URL in the browser?” It is commonly called the favicon, the URL icon, or bookmark icon. What is a Favicon? If you are not familiar with what we are talking about, take a look at the image to the right; [...]

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by Keri Honea February 23, 2012

We at Content Solutions submit our work to the Society of Technical Communication’s (STC) annual competition for evaluating “professional technical communication in different media” each and every year. We’ve been very proud and honored that so much of our work has received awards from this prestigious competition, most especially our International Award for Distinction for SimpleTexasDivorce.com. Once [...]

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