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Still avoiding Google+? Bad Move

May 30, 2012 2 Comments

Today Google introduced Google+ Local. This affectively puts an end to what we currently know as Google Places. Below are some of the highlights from the recent announcement. Zagat Reviews – This was bound to happen after Google acquired Zagat in September, 2011 Local tab – By going directly to https://plus.google.com/local, users will be taken [...]

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Say No to AdWords “improved” Phrase and Match Types … for now

April 27, 2012 No Comments

It’s been quite a busy week for Google AdWords. There have been lots of PPC changes. Most for good, but then there is the “improvements” to match types. Google announced new matching behavior for phrase and exact match keywords on April 17th. According to the announcement: “This will change soon. Starting in mid-May, phrase and [...]

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New AdWords Enhancements

March 25, 2012 No Comments

There have been quite a few changes to Google AdWords over the past month, below is a brief summary. As always, let me know if you have any questions. New Display Network Tab

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Google Privacy Changes Discussed on Local News

January 30, 2012 1 Comment

As a follow-up to the recent posts on Google privacy changes, I wanted to share with you a local story. I was asked a few questions on Google for a Nashville’s WKRN, below is the video. For more details on the story, you can find the complete online article here: http://www.wkrn.com/story/16611111/whats-behind-googles-new-privacy-policy

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Google Privacy Changes: What you will see

January 28, 2012 No Comments

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Google has made a significant change to their privacy policy. The end-result is all of your information will be shared across all Google platforms, including Calendar, Gmail, and YouTube. Below are a few things you will see over the next few weeks, if you have not already. Policy [...]

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Google Privacy Changes: For the better?

January 25, 2012 1 Comment

Google announced a new update to its privacy policy recently that may (or may not) be an improvement. The new change “allows” Google to combine our information and history across one large channel, effective March 1. Google’s new policy combines 60 different policies across multiple Google avenues into one main privacy policy. To the average [...]

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Google Plus My World

January 10, 2012 No Comments

Today, Google announced a major change to search engine results. This is probably one of the most significant changes I’ve seen to Google in quite a while. The new “Search Plus Your World” features begin rolling out immediately. The idea behind this new feature integrates traditional search results with shared items from a user’s network [...]

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Social Signals in Search – Timeline

September 25, 2011 1 Comment

Over the next few weeks, I will be writing about “Social Signals in Search”. The fact is, what you do in Facebook, Twitter and Google+ directly affects search. How your site is found, indexed, and displayed is connected to social. I will dive into some of these specific areas moving forward. For now, I am [...]

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AdWords Changes: Bottom Ads & Top Page Bid Estimates

September 5, 2011 Comments Off

Google is in the process of making some significant changes for advertisers. Two that have really intrigued me the most are: Ads showing at bottom of search results and top of page bid estimates. Ads at Bottom of Results A Search Engine Land reader recently found cases where additional ads were being displayed at the [...]

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Google introduces Page Speed Service

July 29, 2011 3 Comments

Google recently announced Page Speed Service, an online service that helps webmasters speed up the loading time of their web pages. Currently, Google is offering this service to a limited amount of subscribers, free of charge. Eventually this will lead to a paid service. Google has not indicated the on-going going cost of Page Speed, [...]

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