The days of going to Google, typing a query (a keyword phrase), and then chosing between 10 boring lines of blue to click on are long gone! Now, instead of just the one line of blue links that take you to the page in the search results, Google has a new feature that is showing […]
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Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has just announced that Google is ready to commence with new acquisition activity. According to AP, Schmidt is quoted as saying “that the worst of the global recession is over, seeing improvement both inside and outside the United States.” These statements came from an interview Mr. Schmidt conducted in Pittsburgh […]
If you were wondering whether or not Google uses the keyword meta tag to determine rankings, the answer is a plain “NO”! See the video below of Matt Cutts, a Google Software Engineer, clearing up the issue based on a question that we apparently submitted to him. Matt Cutts does mention that the description meta […]
Twitter vs. Facebook in Search Volume I’ve never thought to do this before, but I was sitting here wondering who gets more searches – Twitter or Facebook. Or to ask it another way – who is searched for more – Twitter or Facebook? And then it occurred to me, like a bolt of lighting striking […]
If you’re like most businesses with a website, you are probably always wondering how you can boost your web site traffic. Here’s the #1 way to boost your web site traffic and exposure, and ultimately convert more of those visitors into paying customers. Build a blog and write smartly! First, let me ask… is smartly […]
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has a new feature called Visual Search. I’ve been playing around with it today and it’s actually a really cool feature. Visual Search allows you to search, sort, and isolate specific variables with the search results being visual (images) instead of text (like in Google). There is quite a bit of […]
If you’re a local business who thinks that nobody turns to Google to find local businesses, then think again! Nearly 80% of all searches for local businesses were conducted on Google. And just last year, Google surpasses the Yellow Pages as the #1 source for finding local businesses. Being in the Yellow Pages used to […]