Not that many of you care, but I am slowly rising in the page ranks of google. I now show up on the second page of google for “arcade blog” and “pinball blog”‘, page 5 for “Atlanta Arcade Games”, and page one for “Atlanta Arcade Repair”. There are many things that Google looks at when determining search ranking such as use of keywords, metatags, and description along with backwards links (people linking to you), forward links, topical validity, and updated content. You may have noticed some slight modifications since I started this site including the “about” section in the sidebar and thought they were superfluous, but they actually help in search engine placement. In fact this post is probably helping me rise as I type. (more…)