Google is pressing forward in its ongoing objective to cram more information into search results by now announcing the global launch of ’Rich Snippets’. Just in case you might be thinking that the “non-rich Snippets” are somhow economically disadvantaged or low fat versions of a snippet, think again. A Snippet is a portion of the [...]
I stumbled over this interesting info for the politically paranoid recently. Google publishes a map at http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/ that shows the number of Government requests that they received received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 to remove content. Make of it what you will… http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/
Google has quietly slipped a redesigned UI and some new features into it Keyword Tool. Matthew Carter has written this nice review of these features over at the Affilorama blog
Yep, Analytics is 5 years old! Its 5 years ago that Google acquired Urchin & so Analytics was ‘born’ Read more on the Analytics blog
I attended the Austrade US Masterclass series part 1 today which I thought was high value if not a little rambling at times. We video conferenced into Austrade Los Angeles to hear some web types provide insight into penetrating the US marketing via websites. The Sydney Austrade Web Channel Manager gave a great de-geeked presentation on [...]
My nomination for the niftiest WordPress (as used for this blog) plugin of the year is wpTouch. The guys a BraveNewCode have produced this add-in which automatically detects if you are visiting this blog with a Smartphone or iPhone then automatically redirects you to a iPhone compatible re-formatted version of the blog. Here’s what the blog looks like [...]
During the prehistoric internet days, when dial-up was the only way to connect, page load speed was a critical issue. Now with high speed broadband connections and fast wireless access there’s less focus, even complacency about page load speed (by web devs). Never the less, page load speed is important As an Internet marketer I’m [...]
Google WebMasters Tools recently updated its Top search queries If you’re not a WebMasters Tools user, this capability enables you to see the terms and number of searches that your site ranked for in Google for up to the last 6 months. Very useful data if you are trying to win some business online. The [...]
Happy Easter to all, Don’t fall victim to this April Fool scam claiming your AdWords account has stopped. The email even offers help to get them running again and even improving their performance – how generous! The email link takes the visitor to http://adwords.google-sn.com domain (remaining URL details removed to protect readers) http://whois.domaintools.com shows the [...]