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AdWords gets automated; but only in the US :(

I notice that AdWords has released an automation facility but currently on the users in the US, so we cant see or use it just yet here in Aust. The Google Help on automate talks about this new facility being able to automate changes to a bid, budget, or status on part of your account (scoped/filtered [...]

January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Misc. | Read More »

Do you have Social Networking guilt?

Facebook and Twitter are all the rage. Many advertisements you see a company’s logo along with “follow me on facebook and twitter” along with the respective icons. Reason to have guilt: Do you feel guilty that you aren’t doing the same thing with your business? You should if your business depends on a lot of [...]

January 25th, 2011 | Posted in David,Social media | Read More »

To WordPress or not to WordPress

Joomla and WordPress are popular Content Management Systems (CMS). They are popular for many reasons, such as they are easy to use and there are no subscription fees. As a website designer, I get many inquiries about clients that would like to have a CMS incorporated in their site. Many people like the idea of [...]

January 22nd, 2011 | Posted in David,Misc.,Web design | Read More »

Google Toolbar PageRank update

Google PageRank

The Google PageRank displayed on Google’s Toolbar has been recently updated and some PageRanks have gone up, some remained the same and some have gone down. This is a contentious measurement as Google has consistently talked about the importance of PageRank but more recently played it down it seems because they think its being obsessed about… The [...]

January 21st, 2011 | Posted in Google News,Google PageRank,News,SEO | Read More »

Rank Tracker now reports visitors from Analytics

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The new update to Rank Trackers ver 5.1  now displays Visits using API integration into Analytics Of course this means that you need to be tracking the site in Analytics, but frankly I think that’s a no-brainer. What this means is you have a single console that you can see #searches KEI & how many visitors [...]

January 20th, 2011 | Posted in Analytics,News,SEO Tools | Read More »

Google Places | When you don’t want to show your business location

google-places

Google Places is an amazingly powerful free resource for exposure on the internet – you simply MUST get your business registered on it because Places is  is now combined with your organic result. But maybe you don’t want to post your address on Google Places, or  you service people in a different area from you [...]

January 17th, 2011 | Posted in Google Places | Read More »

Virgin Blue fined for spamming

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Virgin Blue has paid $110,000 in fines and has given the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) an undertaking committing to an assessment and overhaul of its email marketing systems after sending consumers unwanted emails. Some consumers had continued to receive emails from the company although they had unsubscribed from the service. “Businesses which market [...]

January 12th, 2011 | Posted in News | Read More »

Google Places merged with SERP

Places and Organic merged

Late least year Google made a number of changes to its search results display one of which was to combine Google Places with organic results. Here how it looks now for internet marketing Adelaide Notice that the organic result for my site (A) above is merged with my Google Places information, and I can choose [...]

January 4th, 2011 | Posted in Google News,Google Places | Read More »