by Scott Van Achte | Feb 22, 2024 | Tips
When working on a client site recently I encountered a strange issue that had me scratching my head. I took to Google and was unable to find a solution. I eventually sorted things out, solved my problem, and all was right in the world again. I want to share this issue...
by Scott Van Achte | Jul 10, 2013 | Featured, Links, Search
A few months ago website owner who has worked with us periodically in the past contacted us as a result of a ranking decline around the same time as a Penguin update, and we performed a small audit on his site. Our investigation had revealed that his inbound link...
by Scott Van Achte | Oct 18, 2006 | SEO
Weblogs, otherwise known as Blogs are an effective method of promoting your talent, building brand and building online brand. Blogs are everywhere; countless companies and individuals have a blog that they attend to on a regular basis. My question is do users know the...
by Scott Van Achte | Jul 6, 2005 | Search, SEO
Spiders make great geek pets, at least virtual ones do. Here at StepForth, we keep a couple spiders on our system to test sites, pages and documents in the hopes of learning more about the behaviours of common search engine spiders such as GoogleBot, Yahoo’s Slurp and...
by Scott Van Achte | Jun 9, 2005 | Google Ads
Fraud (frôd) n. 1. A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain. 2. A piece of trickery; a trick 3. a. One that defrauds; cheats b. One who assumes a false pose; an imposter [Middle English fraude, from Old French, from Latin fraus,...