Is a published Google Doc document autoindexed by Google or hidden until it is first linked by another page? [more inside]
posted by nolnar on Aug 28, 2009 - 5 answers

SEO Filter: My boss has asked me for a blue sky list of SEO tools. What are your favorites? (more details inside) [more inside]
posted by DrDreidel on May 6, 2009 - 2 answers

Is SEO worth paying for? [more inside]
posted by man down under on Apr 20, 2009 - 13 answers

I deleted the Google search engine from my Firefox search engine bar. How do I add it back? [more inside]
posted by rintako on Mar 21, 2009 - 7 answers

How do I get Google to stop putting the "Try your search on *other search engine links*" bar at the top of all of my search result pages? [more inside]
posted by decathecting on Jan 20, 2009 - 4 answers

SEO filter: What's this about getting descriptive domain names for forwarding? [more inside]
posted by letahl on Oct 21, 2008 - 12 answers

Which are the most popular search engines used by people in Nigeria, Kenya and Saudi Arabia - other than Google / Yahoo / MSN etc. ? [more inside]
posted by inquisitive on Sep 28, 2008 - 1 answer

is it possible to filter search engine results by date? Google claims it is, but its not working for me. Live.com and yahoo dont even seem to have the option. [more inside]
posted by jak68 on Sep 17, 2008 - 14 answers

My company is looking to build a search engine to index our web site and I'm wondering if anyone has used any open package to do the task. Names, URLs, experience would be highly appreciated,
posted by seeminglee on Aug 26, 2008 - 6 answers

I modified my website's search engine to log queries--including the search string, timestamp, referer, and visitor IP--in order to discover what visitors are searching for from which pages. Several of the queries have a blank referer and come from the IP 66.249.70.235. Those query strings are not spam-like. Typically they have some relation to my site's topic. The IP appears to belong to the Googlebot, buy why would it behave that way? The queries seem like things a human would enter. Is there some method of accessing a site's search engine that strips the referer header and leaves a bogus IP? As I said, nothing about this appears malicious. I am just wondering what is happening.
posted by Fred Mars on Apr 11, 2008 - 10 answers

Why are library search engines always given first names? [more inside]
posted by My Bloody Pony on Mar 24, 2008 - 27 answers

A few months ago I saw a people search engine where you typed in a name and it returned profiles of online personalities matching that name, complete with contact information. Any idea what it was? [more inside]
posted by chips ahoy on Jan 17, 2008 - 13 answers

What's up with Yahoo! Am I alone or are there problems? [more inside]
posted by bach on Dec 14, 2007 - 13 answers

Why does my site keep showing up on search engines with out of date met descriptions and keywords? [more inside]
posted by clockworkjoe on Nov 30, 2007 - 7 answers

I need a search that works. I got Drupal but I'll try anything, homebrew, standalone spiders, anything at all. [more inside]
posted by dabitch on Nov 4, 2007 - 8 answers

I have a jpg file. What is the best way to find any instances of this file posted anywhere on the web. This is pretty much a dupe of this AskMe from 2004 but i was hoping technology might have advanced enough to provide a new answer. [more inside]
posted by mrgoldenbrown on Oct 29, 2007 - 12 answers

Some one know how to have more of 10 result from this url? And from this? Thanks to all.
posted by pubblicitae on Jul 8, 2007 - 4 answers

Can you recommend a forum on Search Engine Optimization? [more inside]
posted by jacobean on Apr 19, 2007 - 9 answers

Is the price you pay for Google Sponsored links determined by simple supply-and-demand or is it determined by the the service/product being offered?
posted by jacobean on Jan 13, 2007 - 2 answers

Sorry for the banal question, but I have to make a decision in the next couple of weeks. We have a new website with a unique product to promote. As of 2007: Paid search. Google or Yahoo? Combination of both? What percentage for each? Does it depend on the product / website? [more inside]
posted by paulinsanjuan on Jan 6, 2007 - 7 answers

How do search engines react when you change a 301 redirect? [more inside]
posted by HAMFIST on Jun 10, 2006 - 2 answers

are there still search engines that accept an asterisk as a wild card? [more inside]
posted by Silky Slim on Jun 7, 2006 - 10 answers

Is there any regular expression based search engine or search engine that allows to search for one word in the vicinity of another word, like say word1 within 10 words of word2 ? [more inside]
posted by inquisitive on Mar 21, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm looking for a way to find out what keywords/keyphrases are being used on all search engines for my website. My stats program shows a few but there must be loads that I haven't found yet. Thanks for reading.
posted by spinko on Jan 20, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm trying to get a new phpBB forum going, and I can't figure out how to begin getting word out. I have a few questions. [more inside]
posted by chef_boyardee on Dec 19, 2005 - 8 answers

How come Google ignores my sites I try to submit to it? [more inside]
posted by zek on Dec 10, 2005 - 10 answers

I just started working for an IT company that has been dipping it's toes in the world of web design & development for a while, but not been doing things right. How do I get them to shape up? Or do I ship out? [more inside]
posted by lemonfridge on Sep 21, 2005 - 13 answers