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Google Buys Illegal +.com Domain Name on Domain Aftermarket

Bill Hartzer

Google , in an effort to protect their interests in their new Google+ Plus social network, has recently acquired the International Domain Name (IDN) [b]+.com[/b], com) is an illegal domain name–the domain name violates IDNA2008, as published by IETF. com domain name.

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TopSEOs.com Banned In Google

Bill Hartzer

TopSEOs.com, a site that listed the “top SEO firms” in a list (for a fee) has been banned in Google. They were banned in Google. No official word from Google yet why the site was banned. The post TopSEOs.com Banned In Google appeared first on Bill Hartzer. Penalized or Banned in Google?

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Google Launches Cookie Choices Website

Bill Hartzer

As you might recall, I was the first one to break the news that Google bought the CookieChoices.org domain name , right after the EU ruling. Then, for some reason you could use the website for Google search. The goal of Google’s CookieChoices.org is to “Helping publishers with cookie consent.”

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How To Rank In Google 101

Small Business Mavericks

Google likes to help new webmasters. That’s why they recently published a PDF document that is a one-page cheat sheet for beginning webmasters to help them learn the basics of search engine optimization. Choose a domain name that is easy to read and descriptive. Use short, descriptive file names for your images.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Kikolani

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. The Official Self-Published Book Marketing Plan – With the (possible) exception of the last item, these are all very real reasons why you should consider an in-depth marketing plan for your upcoming book launch.

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Google Web Designer For HTML5 Sites That Work On Any Device

Bill Hartzer

With everyone talking about responsive web design, and creating websites that will work on any device, Google Web Designer seems to be a pretty good option. Really, only 2 minutes, to download and test out Google Web Designer on a recently-acquired domain name, Streaming Video , where I wanted to put up a real basic web page.

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Fetching Friday – 21 Marketing Links

Kikolani

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 12 Google Reader Alternatives to Consider – You still have until July 15th to download your Google Reader subscriptions and move them to an alternative RSS reader. The Resources Mashup.