Archive for August, 2008

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 31, 2008

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

I was in Boston for a bit this week, I have some pictures in the video. Google Suggest is now the defaul behavior on Google.com but how does that impact SEMs? Google AdWords make the quality score, more real time....

New Post at Amex Blog: Marketing as Product Development

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

This latest post is some sketching for a longer riff I'm eager to dig into. I love the fact that I can do sketch out loud thanks to American Express. Here's the first few grafs: Over the past several posts I’ve been talking about the role of search, conversation, and media ...

The Google Alphabet

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Brady reprises the Google Alphabet (the first word auto-populated by the newly integrated Google Suggest for each letter in the alphabet).

Links, Etc.

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Friday linkday: Via Churbuck, a nice walkthrough of how to use Google search tools to understand site acquisition and traffic patterns. As long as we're in a learning mode, here's a post on using FriendFeed as a business tool. The IE8 beta is out. I need to grok this. It's got ...

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 29, 2008

Friday, August 29th, 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....

Weekly Search Buzz Roundup - 08/29/08: Google Suggest Becomes Default, People Hate Search Penalties, and IE8 Beta 2 is Out

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Happy last week of August and happy 30th wedding anniversary to my parents! (Yes, it is today!) While most of you are preparing for a 3 day weekend, we're hoping to give you some good reading material. This week, we've...

Google Updates Java Client Library for AdWords API

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Google has released a new Java Client Library for the AdWords API. In version 2.1.0, minor fixes have been made which include removing j2ee dependencies, fixing dependencies in build.xml, and reducing the size of the jar by 3 times. You...

Google Displays Ads at Bottom of Search Results

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Google has confirmed that they are rolling out some tests to display different ad placements throughout the search results pages. In this particular instance, Google apparently is trying to display advertisements on the bottom of the SERPs. We're familiar with...

Search Engine Penalties Are Scary, Says Most SEOs

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Tamar wrote a piece named Do Search Penalties Worry You? I had her add a poll asking SEOs if they are scared of search engine penalties. The 98 responses are back and it is about split. 56% are afraid of...

Negative Keyword Filter for Google Webmaster Tools?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

A Google Groups thread is requesting that Google add a negative keyword filter tool for Google Webmaster Tools. Google AdWords gives advertisers the ability to tell Google, I don't want traffic for these keyword phrases or keywords. At least one...