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Avatar Went Hot: November 28, 2008 - 1:05 pm
Posted By: JemimaGarthwaiteSEO 4 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seogadget.co.uk)
Category: Google Other
Here’s an idea for discussion. Is linking to your Google Local Business listing asking for feedback OK? Are other sites already doing this? SEOgadget's Richard Baxter would like to hear your thoughts… read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 27, 2008 - 3:22 am
Posted By: DaveN 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk)
Category: Google Other
I have tried not to abuse this but how easier would it be to upset some big brands read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 26, 2008 - 3:36 am
Posted By: jdevalk 5 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.martijnbeijk.com)
Category: Google Other
Once again, Martijn is among the first to notice changes on Google Maps! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 26, 2008 - 12:35 am
Posted By: Skitzzo 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webguild.org)
Category: Google Other
Google has been quietly laying off staff and up to 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping block according to sources. By law, Google is required to report layoffs publicly and with the SEC however, Google has managed to get around the legal requiremen read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 25, 2008 - 5:44 am
Posted By: SlightlyShadySEO 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com)
Category: Google Other
Google keeps expanding, there's no doubt about this. But more interesting is how each expansion allows them to handle an entirely different type of data(be it credit cards, cell phone contacts, or email contacts) that can be used to better classify read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 21, 2008 - 6:38 am
Posted By: kevgibbo 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Google Other
How to get 800,000 visits from Google.com in just 7 days! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 21, 2008 - 3:57 am
Posted By: eKstreme 12 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.compete.com)
Category: Google Other
Compete has a nice analysis of the CTR of the T-Mobile G1 link on google.com. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 6, 2008 - 9:41 am
Posted By: SEOkevin 25 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://kevinandthegooglebots.tumblr.com)
Category: Google Other
A SEO cartoon about Kevin and those damn bots. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 5, 2008 - 3:49 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 26 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: Google Other
When it comes to spam on Google.com and Google Maps, Google is talking out both sides of its mouth. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 31, 2008 - 10:17 am
Posted By: mblumenthal 31 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com)
Category: Google Other
Google's community edit feature allows unclaimed records in Google Maps to be modified. Not just their physical location but the URL, phone number and the business name as well. This feature has been used to divert income via the affiliate system in read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 24, 2008 - 8:59 am
Posted By: bbcarter 40 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: Google Other
Check it owwwwwwwwwwt!!!

1. Custom Reports
2. Audience Segmentation
3. AdSense integration
4. API
5. Bubble Charts
6. User Interface Tweaks: read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 22, 2008 - 4:16 am
Posted By: Silver 41 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semclubhouse.com)
Category: Google Other
Li Evans of Key Relevance does a great review of the Google Analytics and Google Conversion University session at eMetrics. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 17, 2008 - 6:58 am
Posted By: bbcarter 46 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.fuelinteractive.com)
Category: Google Other
Josh Williams of Fuel Interactive writes, "While tinkering around in some of our PPC accounts the other day, our team came across an interesting find in AdWords."

"The industrious folks at Google, in their never ending quest to make everything be read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 14, 2008 - 12:59 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google Other
Vanessa Fox explains the details on an excellent addition to the data provided by Google's Webmaster Tools. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 6, 2008 - 2:52 am
Posted By: Ruud 59 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Google Other
Google has removed the suggestion to add your site to relevant directories such as ODP or Yahoo.

Google's JohnMu explained it's just something people don't *have* to do.

Rustybrick/Barry: "I have seen this before - or similar statements. In my read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 30, 2008 - 7:10 am
Posted By: SEOidiot 62 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://deanhunt.com)
Category: Google Other
Write up of how to spot and deal with potential link insertion hacks, how we solved it and a free checking tool.

Nasty hack to discover this one, hits your rankings before you notice in most cases. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 8, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Posted By: NickWilsdon 85 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com)
Category: Google Other
Germany’s Office for Information Security (BSI) is advising users to steer clear of Google's brand new beta, citing privacy fears. Germany’s oldest and perhaps biggest prime time news channel "Tagesschau" are carrying the story. read more »
9 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 7, 2008 - 9:08 am
Posted By: NickWilsdon 87 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://profy.com)
Category: Google Other
Yeah I know *enough already* with the Chrome posts. This is a great read though on why the much hyped features of the new browser are nothing new to the browser market. It certainly made me respect the power of Google's marketing. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 5, 2008 - 3:56 am
Posted By: rustybrick 87 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google Other
I posted the browser stats from Google Analytics of SELand, SERoundtable and my personal blog, CartoonBarry.com at Search Engine Land. Chrome looked pretty impressive.

I encourage you to share your stats as well. So go to Google Analytics, cha read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 4, 2008 - 11:41 pm
Posted By: eKstreme 88 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://ekstreme.com)
Category: Google Other
A series of questions that I would like answered honestly about the workings of Google Chrome. read more »
11 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 4, 2008 - 1:05 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 89 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google Other
Google's has released its own open-source browser, Chrome, in direct competition to Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Yesterday, Danny described his test-drive of Chrome in Searching With Google Chrome & Omnibox and Greg speculated on its fut read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 4, 2008 - 3:13 am
Posted By: NickWilsdon 89 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.johnon.com)
Category: Google Other
As John Andrews writes, bait and switch is the practice of offering something attractive to draw an audience of consumers, to which you then sell an alternative. Has Google just done this to us with Chrome/Chromium? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 2, 2008 - 2:58 pm
Posted By: ciaran 90 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theregister.co.uk)
Category: Google Other
Final proof if it were needed that Google is now too powerful - they've redrawn the map of Europe and ceded the Benelux countries to Germany... read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 2, 2008 - 3:16 am
Posted By: ciaran 91 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blogoscoped.com)
Category: Google Other
Not content with acting as most people's default browser, Google actually now wants to be people's browser. It makes you wonder why they keep pumping so much cash into Mozilla (although for those guys I guess 'so much cash' is a relative term) read more »
19 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 27, 2008 - 5:39 am
Posted By: toddmintz 96 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.johnon.com)
Category: Google Other
Effective 9/1/2008, John Andrews will be working for Google. He explains why in his post. read more »
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