Archive for the “Search” category
Meta keywords are a waste of time
by Nick Holmes on September 23, 2009
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 (…)
Search engine optimisation – a holistic approach
by Nick Holmes on September 5, 2009
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 (…)
Lawyer comment spam
by Nick Holmes on February 26, 2009
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 (…)
Not a plug for Lexis Web
by Nick Holmes on October 17, 2008
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 (…)
Catching up
by Nick Holmes on September 18, 2008
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 (…)
Don’t don the black cap
by Nick Holmes on August 20, 2008
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 (…)
Quick and easy custom search with Google
by Nick Holmes on July 14, 2008
Some 18 months ago Google launched its Custom Search service (still in beta) that enables you to create a custom search engine (CSE) focussing on anything up to 2,000 specified URLs. The rationale is that, despite its undoubtedly sophisticated algorithms, (…)
Taking the juice out of Google
by Nick Holmes on April 8, 2008
When Google launched it’s Custom Search Engine service 18 months ago, I expected thousands of CSEs to pop up all over. That’s happened, but I’m not aware that any in the areas I monitor have made a mark. Why so? (…)
What’s a “legal” search?
by Nick Holmes on November 8, 2007
A couple of big players have recently come out with new “legal” search engines (for the US market). There is Westlaw’s WebPlus which, “through a combination, it seems, of editorial selection of sites or domains and an algorithm the engine (…)
Navigational search
by Nick Holmes on October 19, 2007
Navigational search – gaining access to a specific site or page by searching for the actual web address or a portion of it – is common, not just amongst the uninitiated (who you might say do it out of ignorance), (…)
