Archive for June, 2011

Google Sites Adds Mobile Rendering Feature

2011/06/26

There are a great many sites around the web that went to the extra effort of putting together a mobile version. It makes plenty of sense, with the dramatic rise in mobile access to the web – as high as 10% of all web traffic for some regions.

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Eggs and Baskets: How Second Life’s Facebook Marketing Has Backfired

2011/06/26

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” We’ve all heard that phrase, and it’s true, quaint as it is (particularly when you handle a lot of eggs, like I do). But time and again, for various reasons, people ignore that age-old advice and learn th…

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Google Antitrust Review Officially Begins

2011/06/26

On June 23rd, Google received a notification that their company was being investigated by the U.S. Government for potentially anti-competitive practices in their search

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Resources for Learning About PPC

2011/06/26

I’ve previously written about how to keep up to date in search and offered tips for paid search newbies. This time I’m focusing on resources from the search engines that will help anybody working in PPC – newbie or seasoned hand …

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15 Search & Social Takeaways from SES Toronto 2011 #sesto

2011/06/26

I had the pleasure of attending Search Engine Strategies (SES) Toronto 2011, June 13 to 15, at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Here are just a few search and social media highlights from the sessions, networking lunches, and after-hours events. ..

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Dilbert: Scratching Google’s Back on Black Hat SEO Awareness

2011/06/26

Black hat SEO tactics are no laughing matter, but that hasn’t stopped established comic strip Dilbert from poking fun.

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How The Food Network Suddenly Spiked In Popularity & Why comScore Isn’t Buying It

2011/06/25

In May 2011, the mantle of the most-trafficked food site according to comScore passed to Food Network from AllRecipes, who had held the position for over two years. What was its secret recipe

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Google Releases List of Popular Automated AdWords Rules

2011/06/25

The Automated Rules feature of Google AdWords has been around for several months, and many advertisers have taken great advantage of the chance to set up some advanced actions based on trackable elements or metrics.

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Google To Be Probed By FTC

2011/06/25

So much for Google giving Obama special treatment or backing his campaigns – the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to move forward in a detailed anti-trust investigation on Google’s business practices…

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