The Story Behind referer=www.clickfind.com.au

I thought it be time to write about the referer=www.clickfind.com.au that’s been going around, why it was created and how it got distributed.

Removal from Google’s Index

OK, today was total panic mode when I logged in to my Google Webmaster Tools, here is was, a message from Google saying they were going to remove a website I work on from the index because its been hacked. So I go around the office “We’ve been hacked!”, everyone working on this now

Google Ranking

We were in panic mode for the last two weeks, as we basically dropped completely from Googles search results. This was after doing some tweaking of the site for SEO.

Why pay, when Google is free?

Why would anyone want to pay to be in a Business Directory when Google is free?

This is a question we get asked often. Our response is simple:

• there is no control on what is indexed in Google, your page might not be indexed
• there is no control over what information from the page is shown in the search results
• there is no control on what keywords you are found on
• there is no control over how many pages are indexed in Google
• if you are indexed, you are fighting for first place with the rest of your industry, and maybe even the rest of Australia or worse yet, the rest of the world
• if you’re a small or start-up business, you’ll be disadvantaged because your results in Google also depend on things like how many websites link to yours
• how many times have you clicked on Google results and found they’re not relevant to your local search?

We create the pages so that Google can be used as an additional entry into the business listings. Not only can potential buyers find your listings on clickfind, but also in Google and other search engines. Have a look at our marketing diagram to see how Google comes into play

Google Base Australia

Are you looking for Google Base Australia? Look no further!

Google Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools is one of the things you can’t do without if you run a website. It’s an excellent tool for webmasters who do not have any other access to their log file and check for 404 or other errors.

It also allows you to see how Google crawls and indexes your site, learn about problems Google is having accessing your site, allows you to remove pages from Google.

And most importantly it allows you to see what search queries were performed to get to your site from Google.

Here at clickfind we also make use of the Google Sitemap and keep it up-to-date every week. Check out the Google Webmaster Tools for yourself.

Australian Search Engines – Which are The Best?

There are quite a few Australian Search Engines in operation today, and it’s difficult to choose the best. In case you did not know: A search engine (a.k.a. SE) is not a directory. Directories like Yahoo! or Dmoz (the directory that Google uses) are collections of links to websites reviewed and edited by human beings like you and me.

ColdFusion CFC for Google Base

We’ve created a ColdFusion CFC that interacts with Google Base. We’ve decided to make the code freely available to all on http://code.google.com/p/google-base-coldfusion-cfc/

Google Gadget Top 50 search engine keywords

We’ve just written our first Google Gadget. Nothing fancy, needs some major styling, but it’s nice to see it work, and it was so easy to do.

Google Spell check (spellcheck)

we came across some undocumented functionality that allows you to tap into the Google spell check, and I have to say, it’s pretty amazing, the possibilities are endless.