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Posts tagged SERPs
New GreaseMonkey Script: Highlight your Domain in Search Results
Jun 17th
I completed my first GreaseMonkey script for public release tonight. For those who don’t use it, or have not heard of it, GreaseMonkey is a Firefox Add-on that allows users to write or install custom javascripts to alter the way a website functions. It is one of Firefox’s most popular add-ons with over 20 million downloads. Literally thousands of GreaseMonkey scripts are available at userscripts.org and new scripts are added constantly.
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What’s in a Name? Why Page Titles are Important.
Sep 10th
When it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) what most people don’t realize is that poor title bars can be a severe detriment to your ranking. Believe it or not, keywords in the title tag are extremely important when it comes to your search engine ranking. When searching through any search engine, results in the search engine results pages (SERPs) are listed under the page title located within the <title></title> tag. These are the bold faced headers that you see on the SERPs. In addition, the higher an item or text appears on the page, the more weight it is generally given as far as keyword relevance. Therefore, the keywords present in the page title are one of the first things the search engine spider sees so it is important space that is not worth wasting.
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