Dec 05
Google is retiring the AdWords Social Ad Extension used to enhance search ads with Google+ annotation data after 4 years in use.
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Sep 11
I recently had the honor of presenting to the Social Media Breakfast group at “SMBMSP #82 – Social + Search = A Whole New Ballgame for SEO & SEM” along with Aaron Weiche on September 11th, 2015 at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota. My presentation for this session is entitled “Search & Social: […]
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Jul 31
I had the honor of presenting at the MnSearch event “Search Snippets #8: The Pro’s Positive Perspective on All Things Google+” in Minneapolis, MN. The presentation I gave had to be slimmed down to fit within 20’ish minutes. Here is the full version presentation entitled “Google+: The Unsocial Network (for marketers)“. The basis of this […]
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Jul 13
It was probably just a matter of time before someone tried to monetize Google’s +1 by selling them to webmasters either desperate for search engine attention or too naive to understand exactly the type of manipulation that Google frowns upon. In case you don’t quite understand what G considers a poor and manipulative practice, this […]
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