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Google’s 2009 Acquisitions : Focus on Mobile & Collaboration
I was reading up on Google acquisitions yesterday and although Google’s acquisition this year is not as many as previous years, particularly 2006 and 2007,...
Great Search Marketing Reading I HAD To Share
Those of you who follow my writing know that I’m a bookworm. And just as I’m frequently lending books to friends (or thrusting them at...
Bing Beats Google in November Search Volume Growth
Latest comScore data for November search volume is showing a slightly unexpected result. For the second time Bing managed to beat Google in terms of...
Google Ranks and Color Codes Businesses on Place Pages
Google has quietly rolled out a new feature for ranking and showing different aspects about businesses on Place Pages for Google Maps. The new feature...
Facebook Top Search Term 2009, Google Top Visited Site
Experian Hitwise has just released two significant data of 2009 – top-search term and top-visited site with Facebook and Google earning the top spot respectively....
Why Conversions Can Be a Messy SEO Metric
Seems I am still running into SEOs that believe, however misguided, that conversions are somehow their domain. This seems speak to the fact that many...
The Local Search Engine Optimization Cheat List
Like James Morris once said, “There is no secret sauce in SEO“. Really, if you can allow the time for some studying, you are most...
The Psychology Behind Link Giving
The citation method of ranking indexed content is flawed. It is based on human aid, and any technology based on the work of humans is...
Local Shopping Search Engine Milo.com Goes Mainstream
Although local shopping search engine Milo.com has been around for two years already, it is only now that the site is going full blast as...
Using iFrame: SEO and Accessibility Points
IFrame (inline frame) is an HTML element that makes it possible to embed another HTML document inside the main one. It has become one of...
Google Sends Out Decals with QR Codes
In a rather unusual move to promote its services, Google has started sending out stickers of business entities on its Places Pages to various locations....
Yahoo Launches Ad Interest Manager
Yahoo has just rolled out its Ad Interest Manager which according to Yahoo is a new consumer tool which aims to make online advertising, particularly...
Google Buys Appjet & Etherpad
Well, it’s been quite awhile since we heard of any Google acquisition. I can’t even remember what was the last company it bought. But anyway,...
How to Be Logged into Different Accounts on the Same Site
This is an additional post in my series on managing several online identities. This post looks at the 3 ways to be logged in different...
The Perfect SEO Pitch
Agency side, it’s not unusual to find yourself going up against a fellow SEO agency for new business. What factors will ensure you capture this...
Google Chrome OS News Round-Up, What’s Your Take?
As soon as Google goes official with the Chrome OS, every tech people I know jumped into it. Each with his own comments, impressions and...
Google Displays Site Hierarchies in Search Results
If you’re paying attention to the green URLs which Google appends at the bottom of each results, you may have noticed something different recently. Google...
Google in Real Life: Google Imitations & Installations
For some time now it has seemed to me that Google IS the Internet, and once the Internet is my life, Google IS my life....
How Inaccurate Google’s SITE: Operator Is and How to Fix It
SITE: operator is one of my favorite advanced Google search commands. It has always been a good way to tell how many URLs (approximately) are...
New Digg Feature: Trending Topics
Digg.com has always been known as “Reddit.com’s news from yesterday”. It appears now they’re trying to combat this issue… at least on a micro level....
Google Unveils E-Commerce Search Solution
What an opportune time for Google to launch another business enteprise solution geared for big e-commerce site than right now? Just in time for the...
Google Makes it Easier to Add Custom Section to Google News
Google has just made it easier to monitor news items from the Google News stream. Now, you can create your own topical news streams based...
What’s Up with Google Dashboard?
Did anybody from Google just leaked out information about a new service called Google Dashboard? GOS blog was reporting about Google Dashboard and even pointed...
Outsourcing SEO – Yes or No?
If you’re following business trends with any level of interest at all, you’ll have noticed how many opportunities there are to outsource your business processes....
Gazopa Similar Image Search Enters Open Beta
Imagine conducting an image search whereby the search engine uses features from an image to retrieve similar images. If you thought to yourself “That’s already...
Social Media Affiliate Marketing Guide 101 – With Amazon
This guide is a summary of proper methods and guidelines for affiliate marketing on social media. This is also a follow up to the first...
Is It a Good Idea to Block Visitors by Country?
There may be several reasons why one would want to block users from all countries except the targeted one: with large amounts of traffic this...
SEO Dojo: A Community for SEO Enthusiasts
Today, David Harry (aka @theGypsy) has launched an SEO community that encourages sharing and education called the SEO Dojo. Although the community is not free,...
Google Logo Pays Tribute to the Barcode
Google continues experimenting with its logo by changing it to commemorate what it deems as significant events in history. Last week, Google logo paid homage...
Yahoo Patents Human Edited Search Results Ranking
So, what is Yahoo up to now with regards to its search results? Reports say that Yahoo has just received the U.S. patent for something...