Video: Google’s Matt Cutts On Advertorials & Webmaster Guidelines

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a new video today on YouTube clarifying Google’s stance on Advertorials and “native advertising.” Advertorials are editorial-like content that is published because an advertiser has paid the publication to publish the story or…

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Google Refuses Hollywood Studio Requests To De-List File Storage Site Mega

In recent weeks, Hollywood studios NBC Universal and Warner Bros both submitted DMCA takedown requests asking Google to de-list the file storage website Mega from its search index. According to a report on TorrentFreak, NBC Universal claimed Mega’s homepage  linked to the NBC-owned film Mama,…

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AdWords Bulk Uploads Now Available For Ads And Ad Groups

Google is following up last month’s launch of keyword bulk upload from the Web UI with bulk uploads for ads and ad groups. By clicking the “Editable” box before downloading a report from AdWords, you’ll be able to make changes to ad creatives, pause ad groups or change…

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6 Evolutionary Phases of the Online Marketer

We online marketers can get a little full of ourselves. Those of us who strive to educate others about our craft can get preachy about the “right way” to bring traffic to websites and optimize that traffic for conversions. However, like those we are educating, we ourselves have evolved…

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