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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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
Google buys PostRank
We just found out about PostRank as a great source to find the best blogs and websites for strategic link building for our clients. And now Google acquires PostRank today? Ever have a gut feeling something is really valuable and then your gut feeling is confirmed. Well when PostRank tweeted they just were purchased by [...]
Gary Vaynerchuk talks about the impact of Google Wallet
Google just beat Apple with Google Wallet. It’s an app for your mobile phone to be able to process payments just like your credit card. It’s uses a NFC chip that allows a pay pass to accept your payment.
Google and Facebook US Online Ad Revenues Grow while Yahoo Declines
eMarketer just shared some stats about the U.S. Online Advertising Revenues this year. The chart points out with Google’s stronghold on search advertising they are grabbing 43.5% of the online advertising revenue up 4.6% from 38.9% last year. Facebook is also up 3.0% to 7.7% of the market. Overall Yahoo and AOL are shrinking which [...]
Matt Cutts shares Two Things that have been changed since past statements
In this video, Matt Cutts shares two things that have been changed from past statements. He goes over how Twitter is now used as a social signal and SEO factor and the changes with blocking websites with Google SafeSearch. I think the biggest take away from this isn’t the two things he highlights as changes [...]
Goldman Sachs Just Invested 450 Million at a 50 Billion Dollar Facebook Valuation
Both New York Times and the Business Insider are reporting that Goldman Sachs just invested 450 million at a 50 Billion Dollar Valuation of Facebook. If 2011, couldn’t start off as good as this for Social Media and Social Networking I don’t know what could make it better. Everyone is now talking about this being [...]
Matt Cutts confirms Google using Social Sites in Rankings
Matt Cutts just released a new video confirming that Google now uses social websites like Facebook and Twitter as a ranking signal. This was based on a Google Webmaster Help question and a recent article by Danny Sullivan with Search Engine Land. Even though they haven’t used it before they are now giving it some value. [...]
Google URL Shortener Now Available at New Website
Google URL Shortener is now available to anyone at their new Google URL Shortener website. You can now add any website link that you want to track and login to your Google account to find the stats. Google also says, There are many shorteners out there with great features, so some people may wonder whether [...]
Google releases newly updated SEO Starter Guide
Google just released an updated SEO Starter Guide today. We have opened up the thirty two page PDF and already like it a lot better the their older version from two years ago. It is a little more user friendly and easier for the average client or beginner SEO to understand. I know a lot [...]
