Bill Hartzer

APRIL 5, 2011

Barry over at Search Engine Roundtable wrote an interesting post about Google personalization and a little-known Google feature. There is a way to turn off the Google search results’ personalization feature by appending “&pws=0″ to the Google search results URL. Post on Google Buzz.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 15, 2011

As you are probably aware, Google has been in the media spotlight lately about their search quality. Let’s take a look at Google’s search results for a popular news item that I wrote about yesterday, Chitika’s FTC Settlement in regards to behavioral ad targeting. Let’s try a Google search for Chitika FTC.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Google sort-of confirmed to Mashable about the existence of Google Offers by reporting that: Google is communicating with small businesses to enlist their support and participation in a test of a pre-paid offers/vouchers program. Today (01/27/11), Google Offers had a soft launch. Post on Google Buzz.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 11, 2014

Both Google+ and LinkedIn drive the fewest social referrals out of the eight platforms studies, but the visitors they bring in are high quality. Google+ users spend more than 3 minutes on average examining content, visit 2.45 StumbleUpon comes in last, with the least engaged referrals: 1.5 pages per visit and just 54.99

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Idaconcpts

MARCH 5, 2011

In a move “to encourage a healthy web ecosystem,” Google recently announced a major change to its search algorithm – a move to devalue so-called “content farms” that primarily copy content from other websites, and sites that offer little or no value-added content for users. According to Google, its algorithm tweak “noticeably” impacted 11.8%

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Idaconcpts

DECEMBER 28, 2010

For many Google has become the patron saint of open source, and the number of open source projects Google supports or directly develops seems to increase every day. Google Refine. Think of Google Refine as a cleansing diet for your database. Think of Google Refine as a cleansing diet for your database.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 6, 2011

When you perform a search at Google with a query that includes a city name, there is a good chance that Google will automatically pull some of the Google Places Listings into the search results. We call that Google Universal Search. We call that Google Universal Search. They are not all treated equally.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Naturally, being the statistics geek that I am, I wondered if I could match up the stats that Triberr gives you for visits from everyone’s unique Triberr URL of your post to the number of visits you see in Google Analytics. The Problem with Google Analytics. Triberr Visits vs. Google Analytics.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 26, 2010

When you think about the search behavior of the average person online – we are mostly conditioned to search in very routine ways like pulling up a Google search page, using the toolbar in your browser etc. Share it on StumbleUpon. Related posts: Social Search could it be a Google Killer? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 16, 2011

In an interesting move, Google has purchased a bunch of domain names related to encouraging people to get online. The list of domain names purchased today by Google indicate to me that they’re planning some sort of nationwide campaign to encourage Americans to “get online&#. Post on Google Buzz. GetOnlineAlabama.com.

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yMarketingMatters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The most active are Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , Google+ , Pinterest , YouTube , Flickr , and SlideShare. The top bookmarking sites are StumbleUpon , Digg and Delicious. There are many social networking websites for smaller businesses. This landscape may change in the coming year. But that doesn’t really matter.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 13, 2011

The Google Analytics Traffic Overview is a report that provides an overview of the different kinds of sources that send traffic to your site. Given the rise of social media, a common question by newbies to Google Analytics is how to track their social media referrals. Post on Google Buzz. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 9, 2011

But that doesn’t always happen, even if you are Google. I have uncovered a few instances where Google is not following its own standards when it comes to the industry’s best practices. And Google is not just doing this a few times: Google is doing this over 26,000 times ! Post on Google Buzz.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 6, 2011

I was browsing the list of 40 new domains names that Google has acquired today, and while there are some domains that do not make sense, there are others that may indicate possible future Google products and services. A few that caught my eye were domains related to “Google deal advisor&# and “Google weekly ads&#.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 7, 2010

Google has quietly made a change recently in Google Webmaster Tools. In Google Webmaster Tools, Google has traditionally allowed website owners to view a list of all of the links to their web sites. The only problem is that previously Google gave us a list of the page, the link, and the date. Post on Google Buzz.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The StumbleUpon effect Getting traffic to your website can be a daunting task. StumbleUpon is off the hook! I started actively using StumbleUpon (SU) about a month ago. In the past 15 days StumbleUpon has brought me over 7000 new visitors.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 17, 2011

According to a new report out from comScore , 9 out of 10 searched conducted in Latin America are conducted on a Google -owned website. Google-owned websites are by far the top search destination in Latin America. Google-owned websites are by far the top search destination in Latin America. Post on Google Buzz.

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

As such, if you are an up and coming web developer, here are 10 Google Chrome extensions you will find useful. However, this issue is resolved with the IE Tab extension, which allows you to use Internet Explorer to view website pages within a Google Chrome tab. Post on Google Buzz. Share it on StumbleUpon. Eye Dropper.

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Saying It Social

MARCH 25, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Google To Introduce Opt Out Browser Plug In For Analytics Up until just a few minutes ago when I started reading some reports about what I’m about to tell you, I’ve been a huge Google “junkie&#. What are your feelings?

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 30, 2011

Google today has officially agreed to settle charges by the United States Federal Trade Commission that Google used “deceptive tactics&# and “violated its own privacy promises to consumers&# when Google launched their social network called Google Buzz , in 2010. For those Gmail users who clicked on “Sweet!,”

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Kikolani

AUGUST 2, 2011

Featured Post – Social Media ROI with Google Anlaytics 5. 3 Ways Google+ Benefits Businesses Now – Although Google+ isn’t letting businesses have profiles just yet, you can still make a lot of great professional connections now. Tweet the post and like it on Facebook using the buttons below! Social Media.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

50 am Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Jump to Comments Although, Google continues to dominate the search market in U.S. Sector wise trends : If we look at vertical searches, all is not lost for Google as they continue to rise in Automotive, Shopping and travel verticals. Reference Links 1. searches 2.

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Idaconcpts

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Instead of running as one process, Google learned from the other browsers mistakes and designed Chrome in such a way so each page or tab runs as a separate process. Google Chrome Protection. Post on Google Buzz. Share it on StumbleUpon. Why Chrome Wins Hands Down? The main reason is the browser’s architecture. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

If you have used the Google search engine today, you might have noticed a new feature that they have recently rolled out, called Instant Previews. This new feature allows you to fully preview a web page from within the Google search results before visiting actually visiting the web page. Post on Google Buzz. Post this on Diigo.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Use StumbleUpon Interests - You can go to StumbleUpon and browse through the Interests pages. You likely know about Google Alerts, which is an easy way to be notified by Google whenever specific keywords are mentioned online. Small Business Internet Marketing content content marketer facebook StumbleUpon Twitter'

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Firebelly

AUGUST 15, 2011

By Mathew Ingram The bottom line is that companies of all kinds will have to be more aware of —- and actively involved in -— social networks, so that they can become part of the social signals that Google is indexing. Google+ Posts Now Appear in Google Search Results. 4 Ways to Increase Your Traffic with StumbleUpon.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I have noticed a change in how Google is displaying the search results for certain cityname+keyword searches. For those of you who often search for something that includes a location (or a city name) along with a keyword, you might be interested in how Google is changing the search results. But, it may be just a random thing.

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Koka Sexton

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS StumbleUpon – The force is strong with this one StumbleUpon is one of my top traffic generators. I started paying attention to my StumbleUpon traffic after writing about the StumbleUpon Effect several months ago. Hence the StumbleUpon effect.

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Kikolani

APRIL 5, 2010

After each Google PageRank update , bloggers find themselves pondering the value of PageRank in relationship to their blog, and what really made the difference between whether their site got its first PageRank , a huge jump , a deserved increase , an undeserved decrease , or the infamous no information available rank. Twitter Lingo and Tips.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you are looking for a web site called “ Cake Central “, then you probably don’t want to perform a Google search today. Apparently Google thinks that a web site called Beerby.com is ranking Cake Central, a popular wedding cake web site, first in the search results for this brand search. Post on Google Buzz.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 5, 2008

19 am Recruiting Lessons from Google Jump to Comments How does Google manage to be different everytime Their recruitment advertisement in today’s Times of India Ascent is another example that ! Read the original here: Recruiting Lessons from Google [.] Home About In the Media My Dear Consultant – Think About It !

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 3, 2010

Google has issued what they are calling an SEO Report Card , an effort to provide Google’s product teams with ideas on how they can improve their products’ pages using simple and accepted optimizations. Matt Cutts from Google explained that Google had done this “on purpose&#. Appealing Google sitelinks.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 8, 2009

User Centric has released the results of an eye tracking study that compares data between Google and the new Microsoft search engine Bing. What is interesting to note is that sponsored links are attracting more attention than they are on Google. Google users appear to be more aware of the sponsored links. Post on Google Buzz.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Google Instant is an enhancement to Google’s search engine that shows you, and changes, the search results as you type, in real time. By implementing Google Instant, Google is trying to enhance our overall search experience by delivering the search results to us, faster. What it means for Search Engine Optimization.

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Harp Interactive

APRIL 6, 2010

Not only does it pull in your website traffic ranks and graphs from Compete.com, Alexa and Quantcast, Social Website Analyzer also categorizes your website’s social presence into buckets with hyperlinks for each including: Search engine results for social back links for Google, Bing and Yahoo.

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Koka Sexton

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS StumbleUpon – The force is strong with this one StumbleUpon is one of my top traffic generators. I started paying attention to my StumbleUpon traffic after writing about the StumbleUpon Effect several months ago. Hence the StumbleUpon effect.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 10, 2011

You can easily search Google to find reviews for different places, but the results are not always useful for your situation. Google Hotpot is a website that is specifically tied to Google that allows you to search for ratings of places in your local area saving you lots of time, and energy.

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