Archive for March, 2014

Google Is Sending Notifications About Duplicate Listings Issues In Google Places by @mattsouthern

2014/03/06

Google has been sending notifications via email to business owners about issues related to duplicate Google Places listings. I received such an email a few days ago, but thought it may have been an isolated occurrence until I saw more business owners and SEOs saying they received the same thing. The email being sent out […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional.

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Yahoo News: Company Acquires Vizify, Removes Facebook And Google Log-In Options by @mattsouthern

2014/03/06

Yahoo has been in the news multiple times over the past 24 hours, which is notable considering the company doesn’t get nearly the amount of attention it used to. They have acquired a rising social startup and removed some features from their services that allow you to sign in with a Facebook or Google account. […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional.

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New UserStats Tool Uses Social Proof to Grow Conversions

2014/03/06

UserStats.com recently hit the scene with a new tool that offers free to paid subscriptions for increasing a websites conversion through “social proof,” allowing websites to display users’ activity, downloads, visitors, purchases, and more.

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Case Study: How Long Does It Take to See Organic Search Results? by @billbelew_com

2014/03/06

One of the first things all new and prospective clients want to know is how long it take for a content marketing strategy to see real organic results on Google (yes, I know they aren’t the only search engine).

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Xbox One System Update Adds Bing, New IE Search

2014/03/06

As part of the update Microsoft added web results into the Xbox One search function. Using Bing as a back end, Xbox One allows users to perform simple, natural language voice searches using the Kinect microphone.

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Google AdWords API Upgrade Adds Shopping Campaigns, Search Funnel & More

2014/03/06

Google released a new version of the Google AdWords API, v201402…

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Investing in Big Content Assets for Big Returns

2014/03/06

Is one large piece of content a better investment than several smaller ones? Here’s how one piece of content has delivered more than 47,000 unique visitors and continues to bring in more than 1,400 unique visits per month almost one year later.

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If Online Ad Targeting Works, Does More Targeting Work Better?

2014/03/06

A former colleague at Forrester Research recently published a study that described his view of the future of online marketing. The study is available to Forrester clients only, but the crux of the argument is laid out in a blog post: Why Google – Not Facebook – Will Build The Database… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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As Google Upgrades Google Maps Business Listings, Conflicts Happen Including Duplicate Listing Issues

2014/03/06

Google has been automatically upgrading Google Place listings from the old system to the new Google Places dashboard. With this upgrade, there may be conflicts that prevents the upgrade from completing

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How To Solve The Site Links AdWords Editor Bug by @Rocco_Zebra_Adv

2014/03/06

Just a few days ago I was working on this complex, international campaign and was excited to use the updated AdWords Editor to upload multilingual site links extensions at the adgroup level. After carefully preparing the spreadsheet something went wrong with the upload. I checked my spreadsheet several times, but it was perfect

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