Google has quietly rolled out an update to how it communicates violations of its landing page policies. The official update was posted recently on the Inside AdWords blog. The key point is that there...
False hope? Recently we wrote about the term “scam” no longer being prevalent in Google Suggest. Well, it’s back. I got a call today from an entrepreneur who is a victim of the term...
So Google’s search rivals are either gaining share (according to Hitwise), or looking flat (with Yahoo declining slightly) (according to comScore), or… if insider scuttlebutt is to be believed, experiencing business results that are...
Since Larry Page took over as Google CEO, there has been a renewed appreciation for his personality and influence, and how it affects Google’s approach to products. Tip: if Larry wants something, he’s likely...
In a memorable scene from Mad Men, Season 3, Conrad Hilton comes up with a print ad concept when he’s considering firing his agency. The folksy concept, complete with illustration: “When the country mouse...
In the acquired-taste-but-classic 1970’s flick Capricorn One, Elliott Gould plays a hard-drinking, well-traveled reporter who thinks he’s onto the fact that NASA has faked a Mars landing. Soon enough, “they” are out to get...
He actually said it. Just catching an interview here on CP24 with @ambermac, where @guykawasaki actually says: “I use it to push. I push my books, push my stuff, push my friends… ” And...
More than a year ago, we covered the growing problem of thousands of legitimate businesses implicitly accused of being “scams,” by virtue of the self-reinforcing nature of the autocomplete in Google Suggest. This seemingly...
Radian6, a Canadian social media monitoring startup, has been acquired by Salesforce for $320 million, $250 million of that in cash. This is a relatively rare slam dunk for the Canadian venture capital community...
To this day, many SEO’s are over-focused on keyword rank, to the exclusion of other analytics. Measures of effectiveness of organic site visitors — especially revenue conversions — should take up much more of...