We wrote a post about the new Local Paid Inclusion service that Search Engine Watch shared today. But there has been an update from Google; “A Google spokesperson has said: “We are not working on any program that enables a site to pay to increase ranking in organic search results.” We will be watching this [...]
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How Google’s Adwords Program Works
Are you thinking about using Google Adwords or Pay per Click Advertising to get more leads and sales in 2012? Check out this really cool infographic by WordStream on how the Google Adwords Auction works. It is a lot more complex than people think. Also, we offer call tracking on your PPC campaigns where we [...]
Google Adwords Rolls Out New Social Extension for G+ and PPC Management
Google Adwords or Pay Per Click Ads have the ability to have “Ad extensions”. Up until now you can choose Location Extensions, Call Extensions, Product and Sitelinks Extensions. Now there is a Feature for Social Extensions. And not just any “Social Extension” it specifically asks for your Google Plus URL to add that extension to [...]
How Google treats Dot Co Domains
Ever wanted to know how Google treats .co (dot co) domain names? Since so many people use it around the world they will treat it as a .com if you go into Webmaster tools and confirm its use for the United States.
Rich Google Employee asks Obama to Raise his Taxes
Video of Ex Google Employee tells Obama to raise his taxes to use them for Pell grants and Infrastructure “I don’t have a job but that’s because I’ve been lucky enough to live in Silicon Valley for a while and work for a small startup down the street here that did quite well,” one man [...]
Google Makes it Clear on Home Page Anyone Can Join Google Plus
If you go to Google.com like 100 million people do every week you will see clear instructions to JOIN Google Plus. This should be interesting to see how many people in the mainstream join all the geeks that are on already. Plus me up - gplus.to/tjloftus
Why Does Google PageRank Drop on a Website?
One of the latest questions for Matt Cutts on his Google Webmaster Help Video Series was about PageRank. A person wanted to know what would make Google Toolbar PageRank drop for a website. Many SEO companies look for high PageRank websites to get links from to help rank websites higher in the search engines for targeted [...]
Google buys Zagat
Never heard of Zagat? Want to know why Google purchased Zagat? In this interview with Rackspace blogger Robert Scoble, co-founder Nina Zagat and mobile lead Ryan Charles explain Zagat’s approach to mobile:
What role does being in DMOZ play in rankings?
Here is a video of Matt Cutts answering a question about a competitor having a DMOZ link that ranks higher in the search engines then a website that does not have a link in DMOZ. DMOZ is one of the oldest website directories that you can submit a website to get listed in a relevant [...]
Google Offers launched in New York and San Francisco
Here is the new Google Offers Launch Video. They are now helping businesses in NY and San Francisco
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