Tools News and Headlines
June 15, 2007

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Google Webmaster Link Tool June 2007 Update

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Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update and I suppose other data updates as well. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and two threads at WebmasterWorld. Here is a look at our top pages, by links...

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Google Webmaster Tools Adds Paid Links Reporting

 

As expected, Google has added a paid links reporting form to its Webmaster Tools. Google has been warring against paid links that pass PageRank, such as those that don't use the nofollow attribute or some form of redirect. Last month, Google engineer Matt Cutts offered some guidelines for evaluating paid links to see if they fit with Google's guidelines. Google has not said exactly what it will do with the reports, other than saying, "We'll review each report we get and use this feedback to improve our algorithms and improve our search results. in some cases we may also take individual action on sites."

Read more at http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/...

New SEO Tool: Rank Checker

 

Posted by OatmealI've just put the finishing touches on something new that I think is a killer addition to our current arsenal of SEO tools.  It's basically a tricked-out version of the "Where's it Rank?" PHP script that I offered up for free (source code) several months back.  The tool is pretty straightforward: you enter a URL, keyword, and what search engine you'd like to search and it will automatically check your rankings and report back.  Rank Checker In addition to the features the original script had, I added the following bells and whistles: Supports Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask Allows you to check rankings on all the foreign TLDs on the major SEs (google.co.uk, de.yahoo.com, etc) You can...

Read more at http://www.seomoz.org/...