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I’m gearing up for a 1-hour webinar that I’ll be doing for SEMpdx next week. I’ve got more information on that below, but the SEMpdx crew asked their members to submit some questions that they would like to get answered during the presentation. Instead of waiting, I thought I’d go ahead and answer the questions here.

There is still time to register for the Website Architecture Webinar. It will be held Thursday, May 22, 10 AM PST. If you sign up you can submit your questions at the same time. I’ll try to do one more question and answer post before the event.

But I have my own question for you, of the three main areas above (domain, link & page structure), which are you most interested in me spending the most time on?

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Google
April: 51.25%
March: 51.70%
Change: -.45

January 2008: 52.14%
Change: -0.89

Yahoo
April: 10.85%
March: 10.73%
Change: +0.12

January 2008: 10.94%
Change: -0.09

MSN
April: 5.57%
March: 4.31%
Change: +1.26

January 2008: 5.78%
Change: -0.21

AOL
April: 2.07%
March: 1.91%
Change: +0.16

January 2008: 1.86%
Change: +0.21

ASK
April: 1.04%
March: 1.03%
Change: +0.01

January 2008: 1.09%
Change: -0.05

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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Google
March: 58.7%
February: 58.7%
Change: +0

January 2008: 56.9%
Change: +1.8

Yahoo
March: 18.1%
February:17.6%
Change: +0.5

January 2008: 19.0%
Change: -0.9

MSN
March: 12.0%
February: 11.2%
Change: +0.8

January 2008: 12.1%
Change: -0.1

ASK
March: 2.4%
February: 2.5%
Change: -0.1

January 2008: 2.4%
Change: +0.0

AOL
March: 4.1%
February: 5.2%
Change: -1.1

January 2008: 4.7%
Change: -0.6

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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Google
March: 59.8%
February: 59.2%
Change: +0.6

January 2008: 58.5%
Change: +1.3

Yahoo
March: 21.3%
February: 21.6%
Change: -0.3

January 2008: 22.2%
Change: -0.9

MSN
March: 9.4%
February: 9.6%
Change: -0.2

January 2008: 9.8%
Change: -0.4

ASK
March: 4.7%
February: 4.6%
Change: -0.1

January 2008: 4.5%
Change: +0.2

AOL
March: 4.8%
February: 4.9%
Change: -0.1

January 2008: 4.9%
Change: -0.1

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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Last month I posted some of my thoughts and theories on duplicate content where I explained the different types of duplicate content that the search engines find. I wanted to expand a bit on the in-site duplicate content that we often see with various websites. I’ll take these one at a time over the course of the next few days or weeks, depending on how often I post.

www. vs. no www.

Real quick, go to your browser and type in yoursite.com. Does the URL in the browsers address bar change to a) http://yoursite.com or b) http://www.yoursite.com?

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Last week I wrote a post about how poor product categorization can frustrate shoppers and search engines alike. Strictly from a user standpoint, improperly thinking out how each product should be categorized can cause many products from being found by your shoppers. When determining the category or categories of any product, you have to put yourself in the mind of the searcher. How would they look for it?

In much the same way, the domain name(s) you select can also be a preventative measure against someone finding you. We can use The Home Depot as an example once again. My first attempt to get to their site I typed in www.thehomedepot.com. That goes nowhere. The URL to reach them is www.homedepot.com. This is a clear case of “what are they thinking?” The last time I checked (which was today) they bill themselves as THE Home Depot, not just Home Depot. It’s right there in their logo!

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Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz asked his readers to present their three best link building techniques. Instead of posting mine in the comments of his blog I thought I’d post mine here for the benefit of all my readers:

1. Steal an idea from someone else
2. Create a contest out of it
3. Hoard the incoming links by not linking to your source of inspiration

Yep, that should do the trick.

Google
March: 51.70%
February: 51.64%
Change: +.06

January 2008: 52.14%
Change: -0.44

Yahoo
March: 10.73%
February: 10.95%
Change: -0.22

January 2008: 10.94%
Change: -0.21

MSN
March: 4.31%
February: 5.79%
Change: -1.48

January 2008: 5.78%
Change: -0.21

AOL
March: 1.91%
February: 1.84%
Change: +0.07

January 2008: 1.86%
Change: +0.05

ASK
March: 1.03%
February: 1.01%
Change: +0.02

January 2008: 1.09%
Change: -0.0+

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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