Yahoo! Search Update April 2010...

Yahoo! again Announced updates to its search index and ranking algorithms on 29th  April, 2010.  This latest update comprises crawling, indexing, and changes over ranking algorithms. Dan Rampton, Program Manager of Yahoo! Search says on Yahoo Search blog: The Yahoo! Search engineering teams are rolling out updates to crawling, indexing, and ranking algorithms.  Similar to previous updates, you may notice some ranking...

Web Design Do’s and Don’ts...

As programmers, we work with designers all the time to create the look that our clients desire, and there are certain designs that take a lot more time and effort to program perfectly in all browsers than others.  We have compiled a programmer’s wish list of do’s and don’ts for our designers to follow in order to give the best, most cost effective and up-to-date designs over to programming. DO Use web-safe...

Client Product and Services Exchange...

Dear Valued Boomtown Subscriber: Welcome to the latest edition of the deals a few of our clients are currently highlighting on their websites. Please check them out! Perhaps you’ll find some hidden gems and save yourself some money. We are always happy to help out our clients with some additional advertising so if I missed your deal, then what are you waiting for? Please email me and I’ll put them into our...

Google Sitemap gets Image Support...

Google Webmaster Central announced that now site owners can provide image data to Google using their XML sitemap. You can tell Google about image properties like image location, title, license, caption etc. using the XML sitemap.  We suspect that soon automated xml sitemap generators will also incorporate this into their sitemap creation, although no plans have yet been announced. <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <urlset...

WordPress Ping List...

Here is a recommended ping list for a WordPress Blog to automatically notify internet sites when new posts are added or changes made. I created this list from my personal experience and various sources on the internet. Every time you post on your wordpress blog these services will notify Blog search engines that you have made a new post on your blog (or edited a post) and increase your wordpress blog’s online visibility. ...