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Entries for October, 2007

Got “Google” In Your URL? Sorry, No AdSense For You

AdSense Disallowed On URLs Containing “Google”, Google Says from Google Blogoscoped shows an almost comical AdSense ban of a portion of his site. Reportedly, Google has disallowed him from displaying Google AdSense ads on the Chinese version of his site, because it is located at http://google.blogoscoped.cn/. read more | digg story

Developing a Training Plan for In-House SEO

Asking to perform SEO in-house without proper training is not an unusual request. Large and small corporations alike are deciding to bring SEO in-house. Before doing so, consider whether developing your own training plan or outsourcing your SEO training makes sense for your organization. read more | digg story

Tips on Keyword Research from Wordtracker

Keyword research was among a few things I never really understood how to do when I first began PPC campaigns. I basically used the keyword tools in Google and Yahoo, dumped a bunch of keywords into my account, and later refined my lists, deleted poor keywords and raised bids on better performing keywords. It was [...]

Nielsen and Google Team up to run TV ads

The Nielsen Company and Google announced today that the companies have established a multi-year, strategic relationship. As a first step, the relationship leverages Nielsen’s experience in television audience measurement to bring demographic data to the Google TV Ads advertising platform. read more | digg story