A robots.txt file is an important tool in telling search engines what NOT to index. However, it is not a 100% fool-proof way to exclude URLs from Google and Bing. We’ll explore some other options for when a robots.txt file does not work.

Meta Tags. Those bothersome tags in the header region of every html page. Are they important? Which ones should you use? How does Google view them?

Today on the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Google confirmed the rumors that they are now measuring site speed and it MAY affect your ranking. But don’t let this become your sole focus…

Google Webmaster Tools can now alert webmasters when their website is hacked, or if their forum or blog has a large amount of spam. Make sure you’ve setup your Google account to actually deliver these messages to your email box though, or else you might not know about these problems until it’s too late…

Ever since Google announced they are measuring site performance as a test in Webmaster tools, site owners have been preoccupied with how Google will use this data in terms of SEO. Last week a prominent Google employee stated it’s not really a ranking factor. But don’t ignore this important factor, as Google is not the one paying the bills…