After noticing Google’s Page Speed feature in Webmaster tools, I began to suspect that page load time was affecting the Page Rank of Google’s indexed websites. Now officially Google has announced that load speed is a factor in their search engine algorithm. They are also quick to note that page speed does not carry significant weight in the ranking algorithm, as the change is new and will be evaluated. The argument is that with all other things being equal, speed deserves to be considered in page value and will also serve as motivation to create faster websites for viewers. Critics however (more…)
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Speed Enters SEO Equation
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Facebook Overtakes Google in Traffic
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Social networking giant Facebook has officially taken over the #1 traffic title on the internet with 7.07% of all internet traffic, with Google following closely at 7.03%. Facebook has been steadily increasing it’s traffic over the last year, and is proving to be a favorite home destination for users. I’ve received a lot of positive feedback from my own clients regarding Facebook Advertising, which is a serious threat the the Google market. (more…)
