Archive for July, 2010

Google: The "Last Thing We Want" Is The "Best SEO To Win"

2010/07/30

Jeremy Sussman, a Google Local Product Manager has been pretty frank and clear with people in the Google Places forum. In one Google Places Help thread, he said, and I quote: I can assure you that the last thing we…

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Google Site Speed: Two Factors, GoogleBot & Users

2010/07/30

Tedster started an outstanding thread at WebmasterWorld, something I personally never thought about but is all so valid. All this stuff around having fast sites, cause Google is now looking at site performance and speed is important. It is not..

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Google News Sitemaps: One Language Per Sitemap File

2010/07/30

This week we covered the Google one language per page rule and today I spotted a thread specific to how this works with Google News. A Google News Help thread has Googler Inbal saying you should submit a News Sitemap..

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Google Ordered To Remove Search Results On Sex Charges But Document Still Shows

2010/07/30

Google will remove search results when a court orders them to do so or when the search result can infect a computer with viruses and malware. We know that. I spotted an interesting and unique thread at Google Webmaster Help..

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Google: The Robots Meta Tag Is Cumulative (First Come First Serve)

2010/07/30

Here is a little SEO bit that some of the even more experienced SEOs may not have heard of. The order of the meta robots tag is incredibly important.

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Google Advertising Google Image Ads With Image Ad

2010/07/30

As we know with the new Google Image redesign that Google would be pushing image ad formats for image search. Yesterday, I was doing a search for [weeds] and I spotted an image ad from Google encouraging advertisers to try out Google Image AdWords.

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Microsoft’s Street Slide, A Preview

2010/07/30

The online mapping products get cooler almost every day.

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#1 Guest Blogging Incentive: Backlinks (Guidelines and Ethics)

2010/07/30

Accepting guest posts is an effective way to freshen up your blog, share various perspectives and build a stronger community (especially if you manage such a multi-author, multi-topic resource as SEJ).

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How to Cultivate Social Media Success

2010/07/30

Sponsored by JenKaneCo , well known social media evangelist  Brian Solis recently gave a presentation to an enthusiastic group of marketers in downtown Minneapolis to introduce the concepts behind his new book:  Engage! The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate and Measure Success in the New Web. The following is an overview of his presentation: Relations vs.

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Google Places API Offers Local Data To ‘Check-in’ Developers

2010/07/30

Google previously announced (at its I/O developer conference) the creation of a Places API as part of the Google Maps API.

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