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Is the Google update mostly SSL implementation issues?

August 11, 2014 at 12:03 pm PST By Jennifer Slegg

Is the Google update mostly SSL implementation issues?

There has been a lot of chatter about a possible Google update happening late Friday and over the weekend.  However, while there were two UK link networks that were penalized, it is unclear if there was actually an update or if it is fallout from the panic SSL switches that many websites are in the […]

Google Penalizes Two More UK Link Networks

August 11, 2014 at 10:45 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Penalizes Two More UK Link Networks

As part of the flux SEOs are seeing this morning in the search results comes news that Google took out at least two link networks in the UK. The two networks were penalized but it is unknown if those who bought or sold links have received notices in their Google Webmaster Tools accounts yet.  It […]

Google’s New AdWords Tracking Follows User Between Apps & Mobile Web

August 11, 2014 at 5:30 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google’s New AdWords Tracking Follows User Between Apps & Mobile Web

Reports state that Google is ready to begin testing a new type of tracking that will enable users to be tracked between apps and pages as one user.  Right now, the same user who utilizes both apps and regular mobile are considered two different people for tracking purposes.  This obviously creates a gap for advertisers […]

Why Marketers Should Have “CLIENTS” Vanity Plates

August 11, 2014 at 5:05 am PST By Andrew Goodman

Why Marketers Should Have “CLIENTS” Vanity Plates

Weirdest. Client. Ever. Also, Great Client. Have you ever fantasized about your vanity plate? I have. For quite a while, I thought it would be cool to drive around with the plate ADWORDS. In Ontario, where they cram eight letters into a vanity plate, I could even go with PAGEZERO – following the logic of […]

Google Testing Music Pay Per Click Ads in Knowledge Graphs

August 11, 2014 at 4:00 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Testing Music Pay Per Click Ads in Knowledge Graphs

Google is testing out new pay per click ads that promote music listening services when a Google search is performed for well known bands or artists.   In the knowledge graph for artists on the right side of the page, the ads appear underneath the artist photos and name. Because it appears above the biography, these […]

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