SEO Fact

Google does not “penalise” duplicate content - it will just show one page over another. If there are 3 pages of duplicate content on your website it generally will only show 1 result on a Google results page, (unless the search is incredibly longtail and specific – but of course we now get the “omitted results” link displayed). Google just shows the content that it feels is most relevant to the users search. New algorithms take into account things like content age (so original content is more likely to rank higher). (Greg gives the best explanation, not Matt)

Science Facts

* About 49,000 species of vertebrates exist in our planet. * Mouse is the most successful and rapidly evolving mammal. * One nautical mile is equal to 1852 meters. * Kwashiorkor is a disease caused due to the deficiency of dietary protein. * Pycnometer is a device used to determine the density of a liquid.

SEO

Onsite SEO is Necessary But Not Sufficient Yes, optimizing title tags, site structure (keep it flat) and load-speed are important. Many experiments have shown these elements are in the Google algorithm.

Science facts today

* The Human Brain has about 50-100 billion neurons (nerve cells). * In a plant, photosynthesis takes place much faster than respiration. * The chemical name for rat poison is zinc phosphide. * Agrostology is the scientific study of grasses. * The diameter of the milky way galaxy is about 100,000 light years.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is implemented with "page tags". A page tag, in this case called the Google Analytics Tracking Code (GATC) is a snippet of JavaScript code that the website owner user adds to every page of the website. The GATC code runs in the client browser when the client browses the page (if JavaScript is enabled in the browser) and collects visitor data and sends it to a Google data collection server as part of a request for a web beacon. The GATC loads a larger Javascript file from the Google webserver and then sets variables with the user's account number. The larger file (currently known as ga.js) is typically 18 KB. The file does not usually have to be loaded, though because of browser caching. Assuming caching is enabled in the browser, it downloads ga.js only once at the start of the visit. Furthermore, as all websites that implement GA with the ga.js code use the same master file from Google, a browser that has previously visited any other website running Google Analytics will already have the file cached on their machine. In addition to transmitting information to a Google server, the GATC sets first party cookies (If cookies are enabled in the browser) on each visitor's computer. These cookies store anonymous information such as whether the visitor has been to the site before (new or returning visitor), the timestamp of the current visit, and the referrer site or campaign that directed the visitor to the page (e.g. search engine, keywords, banner or email).

Science Facts today

* The Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) is the largest species of cuckoo in the world. * Xenon is a colourless, odourless, heavy noble gas that is used in gas-discharge lamps. * Rainforest Rocket Frog is a terrestrial, diurnal frog found in Panama and Costa Rica. * A barograph is an instrument used for recording the variations in atmospheric pressure over a period of time in a paper called barogram. * Golden-headed Manakin is a small bird found in South America. It weighs about 12.5 g.

SEO Facts

1.It is not invisible: You might not be able to put your hands on it right away but there are ways to physically see and feel movement. A search engine marketing company should be able to identify exactly what it is that they are doing each month. You should be able to physically see the efforts that have been conducted. If they tell you that it is their own secret recipe I would be very wary about this because there is no secret recipe when it comes to search engine marketing. 2. It takes time: Regardless of what you do or how much money you pour into your SEO efforts your rankings are not going to grow over night. Things take time and if you are in a competitive space things might take even longer. You will see some movement fairly soon but cold hard rankings really don’t happen right away. You need to be patient and wait your turn. 3. Trickery does not work: Try to get the idea of performing any trickery on your website out of your head because you could end up just landing yourself a penalty in the search engines. Black hat SEO only creates short winded rankings that never really stick around for the long term.