‘Relevant and Personalized Tweets’ Now a Part of Yahoo Newsfeed
Yahoo announced last week a partnership with Twitter to integrate tweets directly into its newsfeed. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says it will “seamlessly include relevant and personalized Tweets alongside stories from Yahoo and our other sources.”
Google Glass Diary, Part 3: How Search Works On Google Glass
There are seven voice commands built in to this first “Explorers” edition of Google Glass. Two of those six are search-related: “google…” and “get directions to….” The others are “take a photo,” “record a video,” “send a…
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AdWords Keyword Planner Officially Launches
As of today, all users will see the Keyword Planner available in their AdWords accounts. Keyword Planner combines data from the Keyword Tool and Traffic estimator, both of which will be sunsetted in about 60 days. Users will need to log in to their AdW…
Google News Snippets, YouTube Embedded Videos Face Legal Challenges in Germany
A newly approved bill states that Google, other search engines, and news aggregators can only use short snippets of material from publishers. Separately, Germany is also in the midst of a battle regarding the use of embedded video on websites.
Google Testing Ads In New Google Maps, Pushes AdWords Location Extensions
If you needed another reason to get your location extensions set up in AdWords, Google has announced its testing new ads in the new Google Maps. AdWords search ads set with location extensions can appear directly below the search box and on the map itself. Ads without location extensions can appear…
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Early Lessons From Building a Consulting Company
Nine months ago I quit my job to start my first company, Siege Media. Three months later, I talked about the mysticism of entrepreneurship, “taking the jump” and how the process was remarkably easy – and also, something I probably should have done earlier. It was and it is, but that doesn’t make building a company an […]
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Google AdWords Express Gets a Facelift
Google’s AdWords Express is the latest Google property to receive a makeover. AdWords Express, designed to be an easy introduction to AdWords for local businesses, has been redesigned to make it easier for new users and to streamline the process.
Optimizing Your Digital Assets To Boost Rankings & Branding
Let’s say you’re responsible for developing revenues from both traditional and non-traditional advertising. You work with a digital staff of talented people to create lead-generating Web-based content, or perhaps you are in e-commerce and sell products. Maybe you’re a brick and mortar with a…
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New Google Maps UI Calls For Shifts In SEO Tactics
Last week at the Google I/O developer conference, a newly redesigned Google Maps design was introduced. While a number of online commentators have virtually gushed about the new interfacing from an end user perspective, there may be a less-than-rosy vi…
#ifihadglass Winners Soon To Get Invites To Pick Up Glass
It seems as if the second batch of Google Glass Explorers will soon be getting invites to pick up their Google Glass…
Google Slaps Sprint For Spammy Community Forum
The next large brand to be penalized by Google is Sprint, the large U.S. wireless provider.
A Google Webmaster Help thread has Kent Van Deusen, the Sprint website support representative…
Google Maps Business Ratings Now Up To Five Stars
Remember when Google took over Zagat and then announced they are dropping the star reviews for businesses…
Google AdWords Ads Take 24 To 72 Hours To Be Approved
A Google AdWords Help thread has Google’s Charvi explaining how long an AdWords ad can take to be approved.
Typically…
Nofollow Your Links? How Long Until Google Notices
A WebmasterWorld thread has one SEO/Webmaster asking how long will it take for Google to show him the fruits of his efforts after nofollowing a bunch of links on his site.
He wanted to know how long will it take Google to notice the nofollows and see …
Didn’t Win The Powerball Or Mega Millions Jackpot? Try Your Luck At The AdWords Jackpot!
Chances are you didn’t win this past Friday’s $190 million Mega Millions drawing or Saturday’s $600 million Powerball jackpot. However, the great news is that if you’re an SEM account manager, you can still try your luck at winning the AdWords Jackpot! What’s An AdWords Jackpot? An AdWords…
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Google Notifies Sprint Of Spam Penalty; Seeks Advice In Google Help Forums
The latest large brand to be hit with a user generated content spam penalty notification is Sprint, the large U.S. wireless communications company. Similar to Mozilla’s penalty and BBC’s penalty, Sprint was penalized for user-generated content spam on a portion of their site that was…
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Google Drops “Translated Foreign Pages” Search Option Due To Lack Of Use
Google has quietly dropped the “Translated Foreign Pages” search filter from the Google search options menu. Google tells us the option was removed due to lack of use but they say they are still committed to making the web available to as many people, in as many languages as possible….
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How to Use a Military Concept to Manage SEO in a Data-Scarcity Reality
The OODA loop concept – Observe, Orient, Decide, Act – is one way to face uncertainty and make educated decisions based on partial or no data. Here are the basic steps in the framework and how to apply it to advance your SEO and content campaigns.
Hunted by the Algorithm, Competitors and SEO’s
Time have changed with a new update coming imminently to penguin, its not just the Algorithm you need to be careful of, its also your competitors and other SEOs.
Post from Neil Walker on State of Search
Hunted by the Algorithm, Competitors and SEO’s
Which Online Flower Store’s PPC Ad Won Mother’s Day 2013?
Which retailer did the best job this year of writing solid PPC ad copy and customizing their sitelink extensions to present seasonal, relevant offers to searchers? We break down three PPC ads searchers found when searching for [buy flowers online].