5 things I’ve learned from recent digital conferences

conference_bloggersJames Murray shares 5 pearls of wisdom from the collective minds of speakers at digital conferences.

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5 things I’ve learned from recent digital conferences

KitchMe Launches Recipe Search Engine For Google Glass

KitchMe, a recipe and meal-planning website recently acquired by Coupons.com, has launched what appears to be the first recipe search engine and cooking assistant app for Google Glass. The app is free and currently available at kitchme.com/googleglass….

Next LocalU Advanced – NYC September 30

We just finished up a LocalU Advanced in Seattle and the feedback was great. It seems to early too be talking about the next one but here I am talking about the next one because the early, early bird special is ending in less than a month. Hope to see you there. September 30th Local University […]

Introducing website satisfaction by Google Consumer Surveys


Webmaster level: all

We’re now offering webmasters an easy and free way to collect feedback from your website visitors with website satisfaction surveys. All you have to do is paste a small snippet of code in the HTML for your website and this will load a discreet satisfaction survey in the lower right hand corner of your website. Google automatically aggregates and analyzes responses, providing the data back to you through a simple online interface.

Users will be asked to complete a four-question satisfaction survey. Surveys will run until they have received 500 responses and will start again after 30 days so you can track responses over time. This is currently limited to US English visitors on non-mobile devices. The default questions are free and you can customize questions for just $0.01 per response or $5.00 for 500 responses.


Survey Setup and Code Placement Tips

To set up the survey code, you’ll need to have access to the source code for your website.

  1. Sign into Google Consumer Surveys for website satisfaction to find the code snippet.
  2. You have the option to enter the website name and URL, survey timing, and survey frequency.
  3. Click on the “Activate survey” button when ready.
  4. Once you find the code snippet on top of the setup page, copy and paste it into your web page, just before the closing </head> tag. If your website uses templates to generate pages, enter it just before the closing </head> tag in the file that contains the <head> section.

If  you have any questions, please read our Help Center article to learn more.

Posted by Marisa Currie-Rose

The Rise and Fall of Citadel-Insurance.co.uk

In a well-documented haze of online search engine manipulation it became apparent that the competitive nature of the ‘car insurance’ organic search results was simply too much for one company to ignore after it came to light that one site had mysteriously appeared on the first page of Google search results in an alarming period […]

The Google Dichotomy – Authorship

I don’t blog much. Mainly because I believe in not regurgitating things that have already been said better by someone else. An approach that means (due to my very talented network of colleagues past & present) I’m usually the last one to turn up whenever anything exciting happens in the industry. However, sometimes I can […]

Want To Speak @ SMX Milan? Here’s How

The agenda is live, and we’re now accepting submissions to speak at Search Marketing Expo – SMX Milan, November 7-8, 2013, at the MiCo – Milan Congress Center. We’re looking for both Italian and English speakers – all conference sessions will be translated in real-time. To…

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Study: Google Local Carousel Results Win 48% Of Clicks, While Only 14.5% Of Clicks Were On The Map

When using heatmaps to gauge interest levels for Google Local Carousel results, search marketer Matthew Hunt discovered that 48 percent of searchers surveyed clicked the Carousel results, while only 14.5 percent clicked on the map. Using the search term ‘Chicago Restaurants,’ Hunt asked…

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Local Carousel Reporting from Around the Local Web

Here are articles from around the web and myself that I found of value in understanding the new Local Carousel. If you have any others that you also found useful please let me know. Overarching Analysis & Commentary Google’s ‘Local Carousel’ Comes to PC with Mixed Results – Greg Sterling Google’s Local Carousel – Trapped in […]

DoubleClick Search Inventory Campaigns Now Auto-Create Ad Groups, Ads, Keywords

Inventory-aware campaigns in DoubleClick Search, designed to automate campaign management for inventory-reliant search campaigns, are getting even more dynamic. DoubleClick Search now automatically creates ad groups, ads and keyword lists for inventory-aware campaigns based on your settings….

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Google Hasn’t Gone Rainbow For DOMA & Prop 8 Rulings But Has, As Usual, For Gay Pride Month

My twitter stream is alive with people celebrating two important victories for gay rights today. They’re also noticing that searches for things like “gay” on Google are bringing up a rainbow-colored search box. That’s not Google celebrating the news, however. It’s…

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Linking AdWords And Google Analytics Accounts Finally Gets Easier

Linking your AdWords and Google Analytics accounts opens up a whole new world of opportunity for campaign execution, management and analysis. Yet, the linking process has been cumbersome and not particularly intuitive. That is finally changing. In the …