Let’s see how this game might look.. Both teams start out the same way without knowing which of these floaters are actually “sinkers”. The first player from Team A moves over so slowly on the first step, then to the second step and so on until he steps on the first sinker on floater #6, he then needed to start over knowing to avoid floater #6 next time around.  The second Team A player now crosses the first 5 floaters and carefully avoiding floater #6. They keep going with this cautious method until the next team player hits the next “sinkers” at floater #9. Then the next player starts knowing which 2 floaters to avoid.

It sound very simple and safe, but Team B have a different approach to this game. The first player RUNS across the floaters until stepping on the first sinker on floater #6. The next player RUNS past the first 5 floaters, skipped the 6th floater and continue to RUN until coming across floater #9. Then the next player RUNS across passing the first 5 floaters, skipped floater #6 and #9 until they hit the next “sinker” as soon as possible. Team B won the game.

The difference was that Team B knew they had to fail fast! They knew that they would stepped on those sinkers but if they learned from those mistakes fast enough, they will win the game. The message is clear, we live in a fast pace & very competitive world, learning from others’ successes as well as from their failures is an important element of success. This has also been my experience in this very competitive SEO industry as an SEO Professional.

So what is Google Panda Update? Google Panda Update also known as “Google Farmer” is one of the newest algorithms in Google when it comes to identification of websites and ranking them. It aims to remove all the websites that have spam-like articles and contents like the ones which are stuffed with keywords.  So instead of the crowding of these somewhat useless websites on top ranks, you’ll see them crowding at the bottom of the line. It focuses more on quality and it enhances the user-experiences.

Much of the buzz has been pointed out to Panda Update especially to the website owners. This change has just been implemented this year (February 2011) and lots have benefited from it. However, it has been reported that over 40% of websites claimed that Google panda Update have brought their site down, specifically, ecommerce sites and online stores. Even popular sites like Mahalo and Buzzle have been affected and are now included on the bottom in Google page ranks.

This new change is meant to give benefits to the searchers like students, who need to have good sources of information. Google Panda Update aims to put the high quality websites based on several factors—unique and high quality content, which have no duplicate and are not copied, and articles that are more of personalized and talks directly to the readers.

How often do they roll Out the Panda Update?

Webmasters are a bit puzzled on how often the Google Panda Update is being rolled out, since it seems to be operated manually, so there are no definite time when they role this out— all we can figure out right now based on historical update data is, Google is manually rolling it out at least every month. First was in the UK (first Panda roll out), then next was the time it has been applied internationally, and now it’s the Google Panda Update Version 1.2/3.

Rest assured, webmasters have learned that this update isn’t rolled out daily. The manual checking of the websites are so much like a surprise like the GoogleBomb. As a tip of advice for webmasters, always make the best out of your contents and never ever copy from other websites.

Who are affected by this?

Google Panda Update affects the websites in either good or bad way. For SEO Professionals &  Webmasters which have websites that has a lot of useful information, quality and unique content which cannot be found on other sites, they have the highest probability to be included in the top page rankings. Most websites that has been affected by Panda Update in a bad way are mostly ecommerce sites. The reason behind is may be due to the presence of highly indexed text or phrases, and they’ve got numerous duplicate contents like reviews on other sites.

The changes in Google Search Engine algorithm is a big leap towards enhanced user-experiences. It eliminates frustration among the searchers when looking up for information, unlike before where people tend to click on sites which are filled with ads and useless information. Though it may affect other websites, it is a way for them to revamp their site and be creative in filling it with useful and unique content.

The first thing that one has to look at from an SEO Company is the nature of their client focus and support. This is what determines their reputation. When a company gives less attention to the needs of a client, chances are that the services rendered will be frustrating. The customer service of a reputable company has to be superb and their focus must be second to none in able to always deliver the client’s expectations and most importantly the results they desire.

Second, one has to look at the variety of services rendered. Different companies concentrate on specific SEO packages. It is important to counter whether the services rendered meet personal needs. A company rendering a variety of realistic SEO services is the best to go with.

Lastly, it is very important to consider the number of years that the company has been operating and the knowledge & experience their staff have. This is what determines its competence in SEO services. Some of the new firms in the market are out to exploit the desperate and naïve clients. If unsure of the best companies to go with, the choice of the experienced one is advised.

• seo professional
• seo consultant
• seo experts

So I’ve done a few tweaking and link building once in a while, I couldn’t do it full time because I have other priorities, I was working for Telstra BigPond making sure they are on the top spots on very popular keywords for their main portals like BigPond Broadband, BigPond Music, BigPond Shopping and BigPond Games. So anyway, after performing a little onsite SEO on my blog here and there, building high authority backlinks using those 3 keywords I have mentioned on top, it didn’t take long for my site to reach Page 1. Even better I have attained Top 1 ranking for “seo professional” keywords in Google Australia.

This year my goal is to keep my top 1 spot for “seo professional” and claim the top 1 spots for “seo consultant” and “seo experts” too. I will try to set a little time to post some helpful and useful SEO & SMO related articles here once in a while. As we may all know, Google like unique relevant content and activities on websites, the more unique relevant content I have in a regular basis will send a signal to Google that there are activities happening on my site and gain its favour.

Now this year 2011 I expect that Google will make further improvements with SEO not within Google but within people’s websites, most of these improvements will be within their algorithm, things like how Google the search engine view certain websites and add new ranking signals. Here are my predictions:

1. Social Media will now become a major part of SEO, this will help Google in deciding how valuable and popular the website is. Social media features on the websites will show visitors activities and Google likes websites with high activities, because its a way of telling Google that its an active website and its useful
2. I also see a big rollout of Google Products, this will make it easier for searchers to find the product that they are looking for in the price range they can afford, it also gives them a lot of options and information.
3. Since Google has appointed one of its co-founder as their CEO, I expect him to make a lot of changes in the algorithm, add more ranking signals and make a lot of their automation process more efficient

These are just some of my predictions, I have been focusing a lot more on Google because they are the biggest search engine as we all know, how about you? Do you have any predictions? Feel free to share!

First, what are the common mistakes of others? Based on the majority of what I am seeing in different article directories, people submit one unique article to hundreds of different article directories and blogs, this is wrong. Remember, content is king and duplicate contents are not in Google’s favor. If this single article gets published even in just 20 of those article directories and blogs then it will have 20 instances on the web, it wont be a unique article anymore and any links within the article will be without a value.

What is the correct way of doing this? Simple, get your copywriters to write about 10-20 unique articles and submit them to 20-40 article directories only. This is a more effective way of using the potential of your unique articles and the high authority article directories you are submitting it to, Google will like it and values the links attached to it. Also dont forget after these articles gets approved, build strong and relevant backlinks to it to even add more value to your article and your links.

Here are some sample articles I have published:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Basics-of-Simple-Business-Lead-Generation&id=5172919
http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Blogging-for-Sales-Leads/1028483
http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/marketing/sales-leads-for-business-people-and-multi-level-markeiting.html
http://www.articlesbase.com/mlm-articles/business-leads-and-multi-level-marketing-3538695.html
http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/article.cfm?articleid=1556272

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=3475312
http://www.articlespirit.com/Art/106500/55/Whatever-Be-Your-Need-You-Have-the-Ready-Solution-for-It.html
http://www.articletrader.com/business/sales/using-social-media-to-find-sales-leads.html?preview=1

1. If they are willing to give your money back, why not just pay for it when they get it ranked, its the same thing right?

2. A proper SEO requires a good budget to spend, if they really do proper SEO they have to spend.  They need to pay for copywriters, link builders, etc. And if they have not reached the goal, how can they give your money back if they have already spent most of it?

So, if you have seen some SEO freelancer or “professional” offering service with money back guarantee, that guarantee is just a “sales pitch” don’t bite… I would rather see a guarantee on the “Page 1″ offer than the money back. And remember, a proper SEO is not free, you have to spend, you need to put a lot of time, work and resources to it.

Now, 5 years on, Google has almost perfected the Instant search result concept and added a lot “benefits” to users according them. But from what I can see so far, all the benefits are pointing at Google, the main benefits are the various paid ads being displayed per Instant search result.

Looking from the end user side, it’s a bit annoying in the beginning. It supposed to “teach” users how to search properly but its actually more of a distraction because users will see different topics, keywords while they type and it can cause lost of focus.  There are a lot more feedback that I can give and it will take me a lot of time typing them all, so I guess I will leave it up to all of you, what are your experiences so far with Google Instant? Is it good, bad or you dont really care at all? Has it changed the way you search? Do you find what you are looking for in less time?

When you now perform a Google search, it will show the results instantly as a streaming search result. The streaming search results is based on which keywords is currently in the search box or what the user have typed in. If you type more or change the keywords that you have typed in, the streaming search results will change in realtime.  Game changer in the search engine world? Perhaps.. But it will take some time to get used to. Watch the video below.

We expect that Google will learn from its previous mistakes and the shortcomings of Facebook in regards to Privacy. Google Me will be based on the current Facebook model and possibly add more features that no one really thought of yet. Google employs some of the best technology brain in the world, I am sure they will come up with something hot and something that will click, I heard this is on high priority. I am expecting a beta version of Google Me will come out later this year, lets wait and see!