Google Maps is now available for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES). Availability in Google Store is TBD but you can try it on your browser by going to http://maps.google.com and clicking “Quest” in the upper right hand corner of the map.

Oh and check out this post about the Google Maps 8-bit for NES

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Check out this video from Matt Cutts that confirms this with Google.

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So anytime Google Adwords adds a new enhancement to their PPC marketing tools it’s always great to take advantage of their new tools and enhancements to gain better pay per click ad real estate that can increase conversions and your chance at the business or leads

Google Adwords has had a tab or section called “Ad Extensions” where you can add up to 10 sitelinks. Now they have given you the ability to create text ads that match the sitelinks for “Enhanced Ad Sitelinks“.

Check it out straight from their adwords blog, here are some of their screenshots.

Say you’ve created sitelinks for your pizza restaurant campaign, and your ad displays sitelinks as shown here:

Now, let’s say your account also includes the following text ads:

With this enhancement, your ad could now look like this:

To be eligible, your ad with sitelinks must show above Google search results and your account must contain active ads closely related to the sitelinks in your campaign.

In testing, people reported that ads with enhanced sitelinks were more useful and relevant. And clickthrough rates were significantly higher than the same ad with traditional 2- and 3-line sitelinks.

If you need help with Google Adwords or Pay Per Click Marketing call us at 888-863-7421

“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 since Bruce Clay is suppose to speak about it in March and this can be huge for local small business owners to generate more leads and sales.

It looks like Bruce and his team will be sharing an update on their blog shortly.

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 can track and record calls from your internet advertising.

Give us a call if you want us to manage a Google Adwords campaign for you.

And not just any “Social Extension” it specifically asks for your Google Plus URL to add that extension to your Pay Per Click ads on Google.

Extensions are a great way to extend the real estate of your PPC advertising, make your PPC marketing stand out, and improve the performance of your Google Ads.

If you are confused by this, or haven’t even used Google Advertising yet give us a call and we can help you through the process. Google Adwords is a great way to instantly target keywords relative to your business and they give you more control over a long term SEO strategy.

Learn more about gaining new business and crushing your competition by calling 888-863-7421.

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.

“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 says. “So I’m unemployed by choice. My question is: would you please raise my taxes?”

This should be interesting to see how many people in the mainstream join all the geeks that are on already.

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Matt’s had three possible reasons including losing a link or links from highly reputable websites, website canonicalization, and lastly selling links on your website. If you were selling links on your website you can stop, remove them, and ask for reconsideration with Google with Google’s Webmaster Tools.

Check out the video from Matt Cutts to learn more about this PageRank issue.