Macworld was a tremendous success for RAGE Software this year. We had the opportunity to provide a presentation for Xsilva LightSpeed Resellers on how to apply search engine optimization strategies to their small business, talked with a record number of attendees and customers during the show, and had the opportunity to check out the San Francisco hot spots.

SEO Presentation at Xsilva’s Day Camp

Our week started with an in depth presentation on search engine optimization for Xsilva LightSpeed POS resellers and users. We provided specific search engine optimization strategies and demoed our LightSpeed Web Store SEO Add-ons. The Day Camp presentation took place at the Westin St-Francis hotel.

Exhibiting at Macworld 2009: New SEO Software for Mac OS X

Starting early Tuesday morning we got to speak with hundreds of new and existing customer’s interested in promoting their websites in search engines and learning about our web development software and all new web hosting services for Mac users.

We updated the following software for Macworld 2009:
Sitemap Automator 2.0 which includes a totally redesigned user interface, support for robots.txt file, the ability to report potential indexing errors on your site and the ability to remember the details you have set for each page after re-scanning your website for new content. Sitemap Automator is now the most complete, and fastest way to create and update your XML Sitemaps on any platform.

WebCrusher 1.4 which significantly improves optimizations of cascading style sheets, iWeb based websites and more. Watch for all new, feature packed updates coming soon!

SERank 1.9 includes improved reporting features, new exporting options for importing into Excel or Numbers and a number of bug fixes.

Check out some of the highlights from show;

Macworld After Parties and Sponsorships

Macworld isn’t complete without the after parties. This year, RAGE Software sponsored the popular MacMingle party at Jillian’s restaurant. The party was a tremendous success once again and we were happy to speak with customers and press outside of the busy show floor.

We are pleased to announce major updates to our search engine optimization software suite for Mac OS X. The updates include new versions of a number of our products including Sitemap Automator, WebCrusher and SERank.

Sitemap Automator
The only way to get your website recognized by all major search engines, Sitemap Automator 2.0 now lets you easily manage an unlimited number of websites. In addition, it can easily show you potential search engine crawling errors on your website, supports robot.txt files and offers improved support for iWeb built websites.

This 2.0 update is the first paid upgrade since the initial release back in 2005. If you purchased before May 1, 2008 you can purchase an update for just $19.95 USD. If you purchased after May 1, 2008 then you can get your free upgrade serial number from http://www.ragesw.com/getupdate.php

WebCrusher
Optimize your website so they load as fast as possible for your visitors. At the click of a button, WebCrusher can take any website and intelligently remove unneeded code and compress images making the website load as quickly as possible in any web browser. This free update to version 1.4 includes enhanced CSS optimizations and improved iWeb optimizations.

SERank
See exactly where your website ranks in over 60 search engines for your most popular keywords. Discover who ranks higher than you and how you can rise above them to get the number one spot on all major search engines. Version 1.9 adds enhanced reporting features, new exporting options with compatibility with Microsoft Excel and Apple Numbers, as well as includes important bug fixes.

If you will be attending Macworld Expo 2009 please stop by our booth at #1744 and we would be happy to talk with your about our software and these updates.

We have gotten a lot of questions regarding how to properly create an XML sitemap using Sitemap Automator and get your iWeb based website into all major search engines. The process usually takes less than a few minutes, but can be confusing. This is why we have put together a short video tutorial on how to easily create an XML Sitemap and get your iWeb based website in search engines today.

This step by step video tutorial is still useful if you have not used iWeb.

We also provide detailed, written instructions for getting your iWeb based website into all major search engines if you require more help.