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Mark Zuckerberg and Orrin Hatch Discuss Technology at BYU

Today I was happy to be in Provo, Utah. Despite the steady snowfall and the coldness Provo had, a basketball team that played amazing in the sweet sixteen, a Jimmer, and now we’re graced with the presence of Mark Zuckerberg,…

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Celebrate President’s Day with Google’s U.S. President’s Showcase

Do you even think about the Presidents on President’s Day? Or are you more worried about whether you get work off or not? To get us to have American Pride and to truly celebrate President’s Day, Google has created their…

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Google and BING Search Engines Celebrate Valentine’s Day!

On this fine Valentines’ Day where lovers embrace and singles groan, Google and BING have decided to celebrate with colorful search engine doodles. Google took a different approach from their usual horizontal “Google doodle” to create a more vertical logo,…

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Your SEO and Social Media Christmas Gift

With only 8 more sleeps till Christmas, it is important to remember to pump up your Search Engine Optimization and Social Media so you can capture your customers during this busy shopping season. Just picture all the work as a…

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Google Voice Santa Phone Call

Is Santa real? This is one of those common questions that we receive from children during this time of the year. So how do we answer this question to little kids who should have something magical to believe in because…

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Google Maps Founder and AdMob CEO Leave Company

Google Maps Co-Founder, Lars Rasmussen, and AdMob CEO, Omar Hamoui left Google today. Rasmussen is leaving Google to work for Facebook. He says he’s excited to work for a smaller company of only 2,000 employees instead of roughly 25,000 employees….

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Google’s Advertising Boost for Local Listings

Google has created a paid ad option for local listings. The product is called Boost and is currently only available in the San Francisco, Houston, and Chicago areas. The plan is to get this product out to more cities in…

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Local Listings are Interactive

Some people believe that all they need to do is create or claim their Google, Bing, and Yahoo local listings and that is all they need for their business to rank high in places. Don’t be one to fall into…

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Google Makes a Spelling Mistake On its AdWords Page

Google, the Search Engine leader, whom the majority of the world turns to daily when it has questions, has made a spelling mistake. Ironically, on their AdWords page, Google has misspelled “Attract more customers” as “Attact more costumers.” The mistake…

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Stars Extended To Places In Google Local Results

Just this week Google announced the use of star to be extended to places in their local results. In March, Google introduced these “stars in search” to their regular listings. These stars allow you to star websites and now places…

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