Webmasters should keep up on Official Google Blog & Webmaster Blog

If you’re serious about web design they you should be reading these blogs.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/
Official news on crawling and indexing sites for the Google index.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
Insight into new Google products, technology and Google culture.

The Importance of Staying on Top of Your Blog for Google

It is interesting to watch some websites I work on(in my spare time), go up and down when being returned in Google’s search results.   Google does say their results are updated frequently, regardless of what the page rank tool might say.  I must agree I have found them to update the most frequently of today’s top 3 search engines, Google, MSN, and Yahoo.  Since many of us can’t afford a huge paid marketing campaign, in my opinion a Blog is best way for us to get quality links and visitors and increased page rank to our web sites. 

Since my full-time position is a REALTOR, I don’t find as much time as I would like to Blog, but when I do, I can definitely see the Google effect usually within a week or two.  Since I am not a writer by nature, probably not a lot of us trying to make something from nothing on the web are, we’d better get practicing if we want to share a place at the top with our competitors.

The same story about “content”

I guess it’s common sense, offer valuable content on your website and you’ll get visitors.  I think most of us have tried it, piece some code together, maybe use free development tools and throw a few web pages up.  Then, expect good results.  It’s not impossible, I’ve done it before, but if you intend to remain up high, you’ve got to work.  Make sure you know your product, and offer something your visitors will return for.  Start by cleaning up that code, make sure you’re “search engine friendly”,  and create some good content.  Just like any business, not only do you need first time visitors, but want people to return to do business with you.  The more frequently you get someone to come to you website, whether to buy something or just for information, the more often you will likely do business with that visitor, or someone that visitor referred.  So, how can you get people returning to your site? 

Google Page Rank Update Today ? – Noticeable Changes Since 9/28/06

10-4-06 I haven’t had much time to blog lately.  I’ve been doing a lot of work on some cell phone sites.  There has been some noticeable changes showing Googles toolbar PageRank button since my last entry on 9-28-06.    I have also found a site, that thoroughly explains the Google Page Rank system, and tracks this information as well.  I will refer to there from here on out.  Here is the link to that site: http://www.seocompany.ca/pagerank/page-rank-update-list.html.