WhenU, a company that has been accused of employing spyware tactics, has been removed from the search indexes of the internet’s 2 biggest search engines, Yahoo and Google. WhenU was removed for using cloaking methods to improve their search engine ranking.

You know the scenario. You get an occasional click from Google for a certain keyword. You go to find out why you aren’t getting more clicks, and you find out that you’re ranked in the 30′s, 50′s, or heaven forbid, the 300′s. “Great”, you think, “I finally get ranked for a good keyword and it’s a worthless ranking”.

During a session at the WebmasterWorld Publisher’s Conference yesterday, Google representative Matt Cutts took some time to answer questions from Google users and forum members.

After you have designed that killer website, what do you do next? You need to maintain it! The content has to be regularly updated in order to keep your visitors coming back.

Are you tired of the kids asking the neighbors for dinner because you are stuck online all day?

People don’t like to talk about it, but it’s time somebody did. Chances are, you or someone you care about suffers from it. It’s Webmaster Guilt Syndrome, or WGS.

A WebProNews reader shared his recent experiences of getting back in Google after being banned. His experience is quite unique — one I’d never heard before.

You spend so much time promoting YOUR site, but why, exactly, do YOU VISIT someone else’s?

The other day, I re-visited all of the sites I had been to that week (using Internet Explorer’s History option). I asked myself the simple question: “Why did I visit that site?” I came up with 21, yes 21!, reasons why I visited a particular web site. Now if they are reasons why *I* visited a site, they could well be reasons why I (or someone else) would visit YOUR site!

There are many things that all webmasters must do on a regular basis to ensure that their websites remain useful and functional. Some of the tasks you should be performing are listed below.

If you were like me when you started you were probably thinking, “If I have a reputable name and offer high-quality, unique products, great customer service with secure buying on my web site, the visitors and sales will be rolling in.” But that isn’t always the case.