Monthly Archives: June 2011

Where is the Google Wonder Wheel?

Wonder where the Wonder Wheel went? So do we. In remembrance of this “wonderful” internet marketing solutions and content optimization tool, today we will commemorate its possible non-existence. With Google’s new update at the beginning of the summer, it appears…

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Funny Google Search Terms

You can tell a lot about a person by what they type into search engines. And working in PPC management services, I can see exactly what people have typed in before clicking on our ads. Some of these searches are,…

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Using Facebook Places

By now you are all most likely acquainted with Google places – the services that associate the physical address for a business with map and local based search results – it’s actually a really amazing collection of services for users and business…

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Google Announces a New Social Networking Site: Google+

Google announced today a new social networking project called The Google+ Project. It appears to be another attempt by Google to compete with Facebook and move toward a more personal user experience on the web. Google has had a few…

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Top Level Domain Names

What is the value of having a top level domain name? The most common TLD is .com. People usually perceive sites that have a “dot com” domain ending to be the most authoritative, as it is usually a sign of…

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How to Rank on Google Maps by Optimizing Your Website

If you’re struggling in a competitive market to rank well on Google Maps you might need to do a little Google Maps optimization on your website. The idea is to give Google as many clues about your location on your…

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The Future Of Google

Over the last decade, Google has made internet search an integral part of our society.  Hundreds of millions of searches are done every day on the Google search engine.  From an economic standpoint, billions and billions of dollars of revenue…

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Sharing Content Via Social Media

When you find something on the Internet that is funny, informative, or interesting, what is one of the first things you do? You share it. Sharing content via social media has opened up a whole new way to offer social…

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Facebook Reunites Pets With Their Lost Humans After Australia Floods

Thanks to some clever Facebookers, many pets have been reunited with their lost humans after Australia’s devastating floods earlier this year. The floods caused massive evacuations and billions of dollars’ worth of damage (an insurance company’s nightmare), leaving many people…

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Local Listings for Businesses with Multiple Locations

Creating online local listings get even more complicated if you own a chain store or a business with multiple locations. Not only is there the process of uploading the info for each location but Google will sometimes want to merge…

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