We often sing the praises of Google for its role in the development of the modern day commercial Internet and really one of the only well-functioning areas of the current…
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Growing your business in a world without Google
How much of your traffic comes from search engines? How much from Google? If you’re like most businesses, you probably get a fair bit of your traffic from the Big…
Read MoreWhat Groupon showed us about Google
This week we watched Google, the search engine monster with the mountain of cash from Mountain View, be rejected by Groupon, the little startup that could (as in “could” be…
Read MoreSearch goes social–Where should you go?
It’s been about a month since Facebook and Microsoft hooked up to talk about how Bing will be using Facebook data in its search rankings. It caused quite a stir,…
Read MoreIn search marketing, focus on what’s important
Search marketing seems like it changes every minute, and it’s hard to blame anyone who is worried about falling behind. With big news such as Google Instant seemingly coming every…
Read MoreIs Mayer’s move to Local for Google a demotion?
I have written in a few places this week about the move that Google announced as Marissa Mayer, their front facing VP of search products, was leaving that position and…
Read MoreWhen is a search problem not a search problem?
Sometimes, problems that we are struggling with in our organic search rankings have somewhat surprising answers. After spending so much of our time treating a search ranking and traffic problem…
Read MoreYour SEO will get along with Google Instant
When Google makes a move, it’s bound to drive a lot of discussion about what it means to marketers. And, honestly, Google Instant is a wrenching change in what was…
Read MoreGoogle Instant: It’s the usability stupid!
I am writing this post on Wednesday which is the same day that Google announced it’s new Google Instant search interface. There has been the usual uproar with Steve Rubel…
Read MoreWhy is Google copying Bing so much?
If you have been paying attention to what Google has been doing as of late to improve its user experience, you might be noticing something strange. It seems that almost…
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