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Jun
16
Personally, I think we’re tops
Filed Under SEO
Have you noticed how recently your site has been doing so much better on Google? Those SEO efforts are really paying off, right?
Wrong! Google is showing you what you want to see.
Actually it’s been going on a long while. In April 2009 Goog introduced Personalized Search for everyone. Basically this means that your Google results […]
By Nick Holmes, 16 June 2010
Dec
9
From the Law Librarian Blog on a one and a half hour interview with Google engineer Anurag Acharya on the Law Librarian Blog Talk Radio looking into Google Scholar Legal Opinions and Journals:
Google designed this for people who know how to use Google at the very least, and to be successful with mining cases with […]
By Nick Holmes, 9 December 2009
Dec
4
Can Google tame the law?
Filed Under Semantic web, Search
I recently posted on the FreeLegalWeb blog about Legal Opinions on Google Scholar. This was principally to question the assertion that the new service will empower the average citizen. But there are bigger questions to answer about Google’s ability meaningfully to address the needs of legal researchers.
For Google, scale is everything: index everything, analyse it […]
By Nick Holmes, 4 December 2009
Oct
2
Google Sidewiki has got many excited, not because it is neat or cool, but because it is a bad idea - something that feels instinctively wrong and that, after not much further thought, clearly is wrong.
Sidewiki installs on the Google Toolbar and allows anyone to comment on any web page, displaying ranked comments in a […]
By Nick Holmes, 2 October 2009
Sep
23
Meta keywords are a waste of time
Filed Under Search
Google has finally officially confirmed what the SEO community has known for years: it “disregards keyword metatags completely. They simply don’t have any effect in our search ranking”. So, don’t waste any more time on them and don’t be impressed by anyone who suggests they matter (including would-be plaintiffs).
Meta descriptions, on the other hand, do […]
By Nick Holmes, 23 September 2009
Sep
5
First Published in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, September 2009.
Most users don’t look past the first two or three pages of results returned by a search engine, so understanding and implementing search engine optimisation (SEO) is critical. SEO is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a website from search engines […]
By Nick Holmes, 5 September 2009
Feb
26
Denver Personal Injury Lawyer | sharonsmith333@yahoo.com | osullivan-law-firm.com | IP: 72.70.201.98 wrote:
I really enjoyed your post. I will have to come back again to read some more of them.
Dear Sharon
I’m so pleased you not only visited my blog but took the time and trouble to comment so incisively. I’m sure all my readers are […]
By Nick Holmes, 26 February 2009
Oct
17
Not a plug for Lexis Web
Filed Under Law publishing, Search
Tried out the (US) Lexis Web beta search engine yet? It indexes “important, legal-oriented Web content selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff”, including
Governmental agency information (federal, state, local)
Informal commentary on legal issues (e.g., blogs specifically for lawyers and legal professionals)
General Web information about legal topics
At first it seems quite natty, with good, relevant […]
By Nick Holmes, 17 October 2008
Sep
18
Catching up
Filed Under SEO, Social networking, Feeds
Been away on protracted hols. Quite possible to have kept posting of course, but did not have the inclination. Had I done so, here’s a few things I might have posted about:
Martindale-Hubbell Connected
In July Robert Ambroggi took an exclusive first look. It’s now out in public beta. Will this fly or crash?
The rise of Twitter […]
By Nick Holmes, 18 September 2008
Aug
20
Don’t don the black cap
Filed Under SEO
A recent post on LexBlog highlights the importance of knowing what you’re doing or what others are doing for you when you seek to boost your Google juice by purchasing links or engaging in “excessive” link exchanges. In his post FindLaw gaming Google? Kevin O’Keefe reviews what FindLaw are doing for lawyer customers for $1,000 […]
By Nick Holmes, 20 August 2008