It was inevitable that a great idea like Groupon would not be considered by the giant Google. Well, they’ve begun their beta testing. In Portland, Oregon. (Yet another great reason to live in Portland!) Google’s Small Business Blog gives the details. Let’s see how it progresses and how Groupon responds! This work is licensed under [...]
A friend sent me an article from the New York Times – “The Dirty Little Secrets of Search” – a great article on how black hat seo works and how even large companies get sucked in. There are alot of details and information in the article so I’ll let you read it for yourself but [...]
If you’re doing marketing for other websites or your own, you should be using Google’s Webmaster Tools. They are a great collection of information that can help you when it comes to managing and tweaking your Internet marketing campaigns. Here’s a great video on how to best use Google Webmaster Tools.
If you use Google to any extent – you will have noticed that when you begin typing a phrase in the search box, Google finishes it for you. This is called Autocomplete. According to Google, the explanation of this service is… “As you type, Google’s algorithm predicts and displays search queries based on other users’ [...]
The great majority of websites that we get here at Eckweb are sites that have already been built and have already been online. A great majority of those site owners claim that their web designer told them they know how to market their sites. I have no way of knowing if this is actually true [...]
Vanessa Fox from SearchEngineLand reports that “Google made between 350 and 550 changes in its organic search algorithims in 2009″. So, whatever Google’s rules were on January 1, 2009 for ranking websites, they were quite different December 31, 2009! What’s a site owner or SEO webmaster to do? Well, stick with the basics for one [...]
In an article at The Register, “Google’s European sales chief says that desktop PCs will be “irrelevant” in three years.”. Why should we care what the “European sales chief” says? Well, considering the fact that Europe (and Asia) are 3 years ahead of the United States in mobile technology, we can safely assume that this [...]
Many of you use Gmail – and you’re in the majority if you do. You may notice a small change on your Gmail panel. Right under “Inbox” in the left column you may notice the word “Buzz” – if it’s there, then you have been Buzzed. You are now able to use Google’s latest social [...]
If you haven’t yet heard what the latest Google changes are, let me give you a brief synopsis… Google announced and began implementing several new factors in their list of ranking factors… 1) Real Time Search 2) Personalized Search Results 3) Page Speed 4) Easier search on mobile units So, what do these mean? 1) Real [...]
Something to Bark About — Waterdog Specialties Website Redesign New design of old website combined with search engine friendly coding puts this new site front and center . . . The new redesigned site is experiencing high traffic and rankings from potential customers and search engines alike. Not only do people visiting the website love [...]
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