[Reminder] Live webcast: Social Media Marketing 3.0

Social media is now an integral part of marketing — spending on social media is expected to double to 25% of marketing budgets by 2020. Yet, nearly half of digital marketers say they can’t prove the bottom-line impact of social media on their businesses. Join our panel of experts on Thursday,…

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Google Local Spam Hall of Shame

If its good enough to do, its good enough to do in excess. Particularly a name that gets verified in the GMB. The only questions I have are his age and what his wife’s name are. Via Joy Hawkins. Listing here. PS the beginning and ending characters are Unicode Emojis which can easily be inserted … Continue reading Google Local Spam Hall of Shame

Google My Business Rolling Out Attributes to Single Listings

In May Google added the ability to add yes/no attributes via API in May and allowed API users to add non binary attributes like menu links in September. Joy Hawkins has reported that the GMB now has the ability to add attributes to single listings. It is interesting that: Attributes are not available to all business types (lawyers and doctors do … Continue reading Google My Business Rolling Out Attributes to Single Listings

Google’s 2016 Santa Tracker signals the official countdown to Christmas

This is the 12th year Google has counted down the seconds until Santa’s December 24th departure from the North Pole.

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Search in Pics: Google swing set, bike trailer & goggles

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google indoor swing set: Source: Instagram Google Kosher Certification:…

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