Archive for July, 2008

Google Maps Reincludes “Fix Incorrect Marker Location” Feature

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Maps Guide Sirene announced in a Google Groups thread that Google Maps has finally added the "fix incorrect marker location" back to the Google Local Business Center. If you login, and edit your business listing, you will see a link...

Google Webmaster Tools Incorrectly Reporting Some 404 Errors

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

A Google Groups thread has confirmation from Google that Google's Webmaster Tools may be reporting incorrect 404 status reports. In fact, for this site, Google has reported over a 150 pages not found, in the webmaster tools section. The fact...

Getting Paid to Edit Search Results

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

In the past I have mentioned that I am not a fan of doing lots of traditional SEO consulting for a number of reasons (mostly economic), but I still work on a few large projects from time to time. One of the great parts about working with large corporate clients ...

And The Winner Is…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I decided to pick David Lubertazzi and Elisabeth Sowerbutts as the winners for their SEO Knol improvement comments. I added a few pictures and fixed up some writing errors and incorporated a bunch of the feedback (like making the introduction better - thanks Andrew). There are many things (like domain ...

And The Winner Is…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I decided to pick David Lubertazzi and Elisabeth Sowerbutts as the winners for their SEO Knol improvement comments. I added a few pictures and fixed up some writing errors and incorporated a bunch of the feedback (like making the introduction better - thanks Andrew). There are many things (like domain ...

CrowdFire Launches: The Creation Myth

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

(This is cross posted from the launch of CrowdFire) Back in June of 2007 I had the pleasure of attending my first Bonnaroo, one of the most mind-bending music festivals on the planet. Anytime you get nearly 100,000 rabid fans together with scores of the best bands in the world, there’s ...

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 30, 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

SMX Local and Mobile 2008: What Did You Miss?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Last week, one of the smaller SMX conferences, SMX Local and Mobile, was held in San Francisco. We didn't cover it here at Search Engine Roundtable, because we know other bloggers would be able to pitch in. That's where my...

Google Announces the Google Map Guide Staffers

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

In the Google Maps Help Group, you're introduced to 7 new and old Googlers who will help make your Google Maps experience a more pleasurable one. The Google Maps Guide folks are: Maps Guide Jen, from Illinois Maps Guide Sirene,...

Google Recommends Using Microsoft SEM Tools

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Does Google have a tool for suggesting misspellings for your AdWords campaign? Nope! Instead, a Google rep, AdWordsPro Sarah, recommends someone else. Can you guess who? Well, in case you didn't read the subject of this blog post, it's Microsoft!...