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Over the past few years Google has been implementing small, but significant, formatting and functional changes to their search result pages, as well as the release and upgrade of several ad extensions like the Location Extension shown in the image to the right. The Location Ad Extension, with it’s grey pin, has morphed over time […]
Continue Reading "Google AdWords Location Ad Extensions Provide a Visible Boost To Local Map PPC Listings" »It’s been almost 2 years since Bing launched in June of 2009. Yea, I know. TWO YEARS. Like many other search engine marketers I waited… and waited… and waited… and continued to wait and wonder if Microsoft’s new engine was going to stick around, or if it was destined to fade away with the likes […]
Continue Reading "The Bing Challenge: 31 Days of Google Free Search. Can It Be Done?" »Kudos to Paul Kragthorpe for spotting what is either a Good Friday (long weekend) test or a limited/controlled release of a new format for Google’s search engine result pages (SERP’s). Always a clever one to notice similarities, Paul remarks seem to be on point:
Continue Reading "Google Testing New Format in Search Engine Result Pages?" »Ahoy, me Hearties! September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. In honor of this bloody great day I thought I would let ye landlubbers all in on how ye too can search like the pirates do. An I no just talk’n bout the 7 seas mind ye! To find the Pirate Search ya’ll […]
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