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Update

Friday, October 10th, 2008

I still plan on posting about the other main speakers at CM Summit next week - Joel Hyatt, CEO of Current, Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter, and Gian Fulgoni, founder of Comscore - but some stuff has come up and I may not get to it till the weekend. Posting ...

How Important is Branding to Search Engine Marketing?

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Do you have a brand? If not, your site is part of a "cesspool." In AdAge Google's CEO Eric Schmidt explains the AdWords quality score and organic ranking algorithms in laymans terms: The internet is fast becoming a "cesspool" where false information thrives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday. Speaking with ...

Google as Affiliate, Affiliate Network, Ad Network, & Ad Agency

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Google recently expanded their ad offering by inserting AdSense ads on maps, putting AdSense image ads & banners on image search results, opening up AdSense for Games, and monetizing Youtube with affiliate ads for Amazon.com and Apple iTunes. The NYT article on AdSense for Games (linked above) promises a couple more ...

Google Testing Dates on Search Snippets

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

A WebmasterWorld member is spotting some interesting Google interface tests with regards to placement of dates on snippets of SERPs. pageoneresults writes: In performing certain search queries, Google appears to be inserting the date of the page in front of...

Do You Know Who is Speaking at Pubcon?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

This year, Pubcon 2008 is going to be held between November 11 through the 14th in Las Vegas. Both Barry and I will be blogging and speaking, but the best news is all about the keynote speaker -- the Pubcon...

Google Sitemap Pending Alert Temporary Issue

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Hopefully by the time you read this post, the issue will be resolved. However, yesterday afternoon, a Google representative, JohnMu said there is currently a display issue in the Google Webmaster Tools. A Google Groups thread reports several webmasters who...

The AdWords API Local Database Sync Project

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Jeffrey Posnick from the AdWords API Team announced at a Google Groups thread the AdWords API Local Database Sync Project. The details of this project are located over at code.google.com/p/awapi-local-db-sync/. Here is the summary: The AdWords API Local Database Sync...

Funny, Twitter and Google

Thursday, October 9th, 2008



In the Age of Google…

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

You always have to go back to the question to get the right answer. Just wanted to get that down in writing.

When Doesn’t It Pay To Pay Attention To Search Quality?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Perhaps when the top result is the best result - and it's a paid link. Look at the image of my search results above. I just now wanted to find the NLCS playoff schedule. I like baseball. I follow the National League, (NL) for the most part. Just about every fan ...