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Google Facts & Figures Chart »
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Paul Woodhouse in Google - SEO, Google Adwords, Search Engines | Leave A Comment
Once upon a time there was an iddy-biddy search engine that went by the name of Google. It was run by some of the most cleverest (sic) people in the whole wide world. But, it was the job of the Google to organize everything on the other www. – the world wide web.
As the Web got bigger, Google began to grow. Then it grew some more; and a bit more, until one day they had computers under the ocean and fired trained cartographer monkeys at the moon to make maps of it using only Google turn-by-turn Navigation.
Seriously, it’s all true. Check this infographic timeline out from 1997 onwards:
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TAGS: google facts figures, google timeline chart
Understanding Local Search from Pittsburgh PA to Pittsbug KS »
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Justin Seibert in Google - SEO, Google Adwords, Local Search, Microsoft adCenter, SEO, Search Engines, Yahoo Search Marketing | 4 Comments
Many of our clients (and readers) are concerned with getting traffic and buyers from throughout the United States or from all over the world. An increasing number of small businesses, larger locally-based organizations, and huge conglomerates with multiple brick-and-mortar locations are starting to realize just how powerful search engine marketing can be for their local markets.
I think we’ve talked quite a bit about the geo-targeting capabilities of pay per click accounts like Google AdWords (although it bears repeating that you can draw any kind of coverage map you’d like, including picking a 20-mile radius around your physical location). And while the ability to place AdWords ads within local business listings is potentially interesting, that option is still in beta for folks in the San City Twins (San Francisco and San Diego).
What we’ve been somewhat remiss in discussing (at least me, maybe not Paul as much) is local SEO. So, whether you’re looking for a Pittsburgh SEO firm or to rank in Pittsburg, Kansas, this article will explain a bit about how the process works. Many of these same principles work in other countries as well as we’ve used them on clients in the UK and Germany, but let’s focus here on the good ol’ U.S. of A. for simplicity’s sake. Learn more after the jump.
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TAGS: bing local listings, google 7-pack, highlights magazine, legal seo, local business listings, local seo, pittsburgh seo, small business seo, yahoo local listings
Free Google AdWords Audits »
Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Justin Seibert in DOM News, Google Adwords, Microsoft adCenter, PPC, Paid Search, SEM, Search Engines, Yahoo Search Marketing | 6 Comments
Just a quick housekeeping note: we wanted to announce a site we launched offering free Google AdWords audits. Good for Yahoo! Search Marketing and Microsoft adCenter, too, but AdWords seems to be the one most people are interested in since it takes about 2/3 of the market and usually more than that out of an advertiser’s pay per click budget.
It’s pretty low key – no fees, no contract, no obligation. We’ll even sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Just give us access to your account and we’ll grade how well you’re doing and give you some tips on how to optimize your paid search accounts for better ROI. And hey – if it turns out you’d like to have us do some work for you, too, well that would just be peachy. 
On that note, I also wanted to point out that you can get varying levels of help on your pay per click accounts based on your needs and budgets.
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TAGS: google adwords, Microsoft adCenter, pay per click management, ppc audits, Yahoo! Search Markeeting
America’s Next Top Search Engine (Naked Super) Model »
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Paul Woodhouse in Business Blogging, SEO, Search Engines | 8 Comments
Let’s just say it’s a quiet afternoon in the office; your minions are taking longer than usual to get their change out of the vending machine, and the door has accidentally locked itself from the inside.
Of course, you could always ring a locksmith, or you could kick back and utilize your downtime by searching for “naked supermodels” on the internet.
Either this is what Justin was up to yesterday afternoon or he’d noticed the term as a referral in our search logs.
You decide.
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Yahoo! & Microsoft Sign Search Deal Prenup »
Posted on July 30th, 2009 by Paul Woodhouse in Google - SEO, Microsoft adCenter, PPC, SEM, SEO, Search Engines, Yahoo Search Marketing | 10 Comments
Well the world of search is all a flutter with news of the merger between Yahoo! and Microsoft. It’s by no means easy to avoid, but the main crux of the deal as highlighted on ChoiceValueInnovation.com, the website created solely for news about the partnership, is as follows:
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TAGS: bing, microsoft, yaho microsoft search deal, yahoo
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