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Index problem

Google Webmaster Homepage

I was checking out my website to see what Google was indexing and had a research tool return that I had only one indexed page in Google.  I was really surprised so I went to the browser and typed in  site:www,affiliatestartingline.com.  Sure enough, the only return was one indexed page.

I really got worried and tried to figure out what was going on. Then I remembered I sometimes use my domain without the prefix www.  So I tried the same command without the prefix site:affiliatestartingline.com.  And boom, there were all the indexed results.

Lesson learned is this.  Google sees your prefixed domain and your un-prefixed domain as two separate domains. So you might find yourself with indexing one or the other or a mix of both.  You don’t want that.

Index Solution

The solution is found in Google’s Webmaster tool.

You need to have a Google account and then you need to sign up in the Google Webmaster area.  Register both your prefixed and unprefixed domains.

In my case I had already signed up the prefixed domain in the Webmaster tool for my account so I added the unprefixed domain.

Once you have registered your accounts, click on one of your domain names to go to the Webmaster tool dashboard for that account.

On the sidebar on the left select the Site Configuration tab.  Scroll down and select Settings.

This will take you to a screen with the preferred domain function ready for your use.  Select a domain as your preferred domain.

When you do that, Google will index all pages to that preferred domain regardless of whether the prefixed or unprefixed domain is used.

Redirect Your Domain

There is one last step Google wants you to take.  Go to your Web host, go to the domains panel in your cPanel and select the Redirect icon.  This takes you to the input screen where you will select the domain that is not preferred and redirect it to the preferred domain.

Complete that step and you are done.

Now all your indexing will be directed to one domain and your data will truly reflect the latest status of your site.

If you want to see this in a video, check out my video on Preferred Domain set up, that should make it easy for you to take the steps to solve this problem.

I hope this has been helpful.

May Your Travels Be Prosperous.

How To Print Black and White in Chrome and Firefox

How To Print Black and White

I was online and in Chrome when I needed to print the web page and I didn’t want all the color. It was a page from the New York Times and I just wanted a black and white copy to look at.  I went to print and looked all over for the grayscale option that I am used to finding when in Word or any other wordprocessor for that matter.

Well I couldn’t find it right off so I started digging and about an hour and a half later I finally found the Grayscale option buried under four or five layers of drop downs.

The video below shows how to find the Grayscale option. In this case I was on a mac and in chrome.  I checked Firefox on a mac and the process is just the same.

So if you need to learn how to print in black and white while in Chrome or Firefox, just take a look at the video and you’ll have all you need to know in less than three minutes.

That’s it. Stay well, stay with it and may your travels be prosperous.

Firefox Private Search

Firefox Private Browsing  Mode

Firefox Private Browsing

Firefox Private Browsing

Google Chrome has the New Incognito Window for doing history and cookie clean searching and Firefox has a feature called Private Browsing.

You find it by going to the Tools Tab in the Firefox menu bar, clicking on it and scrolling down the selections to Start Private Browsing.

Again, this type of search comes in handy when you don’t want to leave a history behind or load up on cookies.

It’s also useful to see clean results in the SERPs when you are doing research and analyzing page rank for a keyword.

Check out the video below to see how you can find it and how it works.

Hope this is helpful. Stay with it, stay well and may your travels be prosperous.

Google Search Automated Request Problem Fix

Automated Search Problem

I just did a video about a problem I had that kept recurring.

Anytime I did keyword research and keyword rank checking using Google search, I was getting a message from Google that it detected an automated bot running under my searches.  That is in contravention of Google’s terms and conditions so they would block my searching from going forward.

In the message it gives some examples of what might cause the problem and in the video I list what they are.

So to test, I went to the suspected add on SeaQuake and turned it off. I waited a while and then went back in and started to research again with no interruption.

When I forget to disable the add on I get the message and when I remember I don’t.

So the lesson is if you get this message and you don’t have proxie servers to do an end run around this problem, just turn off the problem add on and you will be all right.

That’s it.  I hope this is helpful.  Stay with it, stay well and may your travels be prosperous.

PS. Check out the video below if you want to see what I mean.

Search Engine Results in Real Time



What if you typed in a search term and got search results with relevant information being shared in real time on a search engine?  That would be something.

Well Yahoo, one of the big three search engines,  is testing real time word search results via a partnership with a start up called OneRiot and some other companies.  The test are being conducted as we write so it should make for some interesting results at Yahoo search.

The real time search results will only appear on certain queries and it is not clear if Yahoo will integrate the system across the entire search engine user base.

The difference between traditional search results and the real time returns from the new technology platforms is that real time results are based on links that people share on sites like Twitter and Digg.

So for instance a search for celebrity might return a result of that celebrity at a recent event  instead of the traditional biography that normally comes up as a return for a search query.

What this means is that search engines will be focusing timelier results in search queries to make the process more relevant and immediate.

Both Microsoft and Google are two of the search engines having announced deals with Twitter to add similar capabilities to their search results.

The challenge will be to distinguish between real time relevant information and date and social clutter that is of little or no value in a word search.  That is what the development teams are working on and hope to solve over time.

Still the prospect of real time relevant information at your fingertips is something that should spark the enthusiasm of Internet marketers everywhere who want to benefit from top level search engine optiomization and maximize for suprerior search engine ranking.

May Your Travels Be Prosperous

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