Cuil, the search engine that attracting millions of users when it was launched last year, rolled out a new redesigned page for displaying the search results. Cuil is unique on how its presenting the search result, where each results are put on 3 same size columns, sporting the looks of magazine style website.
The new designed still maintain its identity thought, but with slight change. As you can see on the screen shot, or you can try it yourself, the first 3 main results has been allocated with larger column to emphasize its content, and the rest of the results will be placed on 2 columns right at the bottom of that 3 main results.
While the third column, to me it functioning like sidebar now. It will be filled up by categories related to the search’s key phrase, but will be left blank if it has no related category.
Promising start, but sad to stay it is almost forgotten by users including me.
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IPhone is so popular, even Google Analytics has included ‘visitors from iPhone’, as one of the filter on the Google Analytic’s Advance Segmentation.
So now you must be curious if you have visitors from iPhone. But first, you need to set the filter.
To do this, access Advance Segment from any report page. At the right top of the screen, you’ll see option such as above. Click the button next to ‘Advenced Segments:’
Menu such as below will appear on the screen. Scroll down little bit, and there is the filter. Apply the filter and you’ll get the graph such as below.
I only have 1 visit from iPhone so far. That is predictable considering I don’t have tonnes of traffic, and iPhone is luxury item here.
So when Android, WinMo, Palm Pre, S60 filters will come out?
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When I said last week that Alexa ranking is now being updated on monthly basis, I’m not sure if it still accurate right now. A day or 2 after February ranking update, there is another update which is positive for me.
And 1 week later, which is today, another update happens. After 3 months in a row Alexa ranking being updated on monthly basis, probably Alexa is ready to rolled out the update more frequently. So at the mean time, just lets Alexa doing its job, and we works harder to to achieve better ranks.
A reader asked about the relation between Alexa rank and traffic. Basically, the more traffic to your sites, the better Alexa ranking you’ll have. But keep in mind, that the traffic only counted from browser that has Alexa Toolbar installed. If you have Alexa badge installed on your site, that will contribute to better Alexa rank as well.
Last week, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft has together introduced a new tag, called ‘Canonical‘ to help clearing duplicate URLs. What is Canonical Tag? The basic principal is to tell search engines, the preferred URL on your site, and telling them out of tonnes of URL pointing to certain web pages on your website, which URL should be indexed.
The tag should looks like this, installed on each of your web page’s <header> section.
<link rel=”canonical” href=”http://example.com/page.html”/>
I have to read the first post that I come across to, many times before I pretty much understand how it works and what for. I know it is going to be quite confusing initially. So you should read Joost De Valk’s post, how he illustrate this tag to his readers.
He in fact has created Canonical URL plugin for WordPress, Magento and Moveable as well, which will add the tag automatically at your <header> section.
If you still confuse, you might as well take a look at Matt Cutt’s presentation.
To Alex rank fan, another round of Alexa ranking update happens today!! Looking back the update trend for the last 3 months starting from December, it seems now that Alexa ranking update now happen monthly, instead of weekly as before.
On last December, the rank update rolled out around 7th December, while on January it happens around 9th January. And for this months, it happen at 10th/11th February, as I notice my blog has their rank being updated intermittently.
Probably it is safe now to conclude that, Alexa rank update happens in the range of 7th to 11th every month.
Blogjer has its biggest jump ever, skyrocketing from 193k to 136k, which its best Alexa rank ever as well. Love to see it again next month.
Read 20 quick ways to increase your Alexa rank if you still looking to improve your Alexa rank.
