Archive for September, 2011

Google Redefines External, Internal Links in Webmaster Tools

2011/09/02

In an attempt to provide more accurate link data in Webmaster Tools, Google is recategorizing links from subdomains as internal links and the www and non-www versions of a site are considered the same site. Total link counts won’t change. …

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 2, 2011

2011/09/02

It has been a busy week in search, which I tried to sum up all in about 13 minutes…

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Nearly 90% Of Twitter Users Follow Brands & Just 10.9% Of Users Find Promoted Tweets To Be Annoying

2011/09/02

In a new article from eMarketer and Lab42, information was released around brands and Promoted Tweets.

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New AdWords Metric: Estimated Top Page Bid

2011/09/02

Google has added a new metric into the AdWords interface at keyword level called the “Estimated Top Page Bid.” This could revolutionize the traffic volumes from each of your main keywords. What it Means Quite simply, this new metric will give …

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Search In Pics: Louis Gray As A Noogler, Taylor Swift At Google & Google + For Dummies

2011/09/02

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Louis Gray As A Noogler: Google at Advertising Week: Google+ For Dummies:… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Google: We Currently Do Not Support The Location

2011/09/02

Over the past few days, there has been a spike in the number of complaints from business owners that Google is spitting out errors in Google Places that reads, “We Do Currently Do Not Support The Location…

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Google To Begin Reviewing Paused Ads In AdWords

2011/09/02

Starting September 6, AdWords advertisers can get ads through the Google approval process even if they’re immediately paused after creation.

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Why Display Is Changing The Value Of Search

2011/09/02

A few weeks ago, I was talking shop with Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO and founder of search retargeting firm Magnetic, when he stated, “Display is changing the value of search.” I balked. But I took the bait. “What’s that even mean, dude?” I said.

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Google Wins Potentially Significant Antitrust Victory In Ohio

2011/09/02

Google has won a potentially significant legal victory in an Ohio case that involved antitrust claims and may portend victory in other similar cases where private litigants have asserted antitrust violations against Google. The case, which we’ve written about before is Google v….

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How Analytics Can Help Balance Your Annual Search Advertising Budget

2011/09/02

At the online marketing agency I work for, we primarily focus on ROI driven online marketing campaigns. With this marketing philosophy, search engine advertising (SEA) budgets don’t play a role, and as long as every order delivers profit / ROI, the SEA budget should be endless.

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