“Google map offers Madison street view”
Hey…that’s my office even.
Hee hee.
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Archive for March, 2008
Disappearing 10-Boxes
It looks like Google has pulled all of the 10-Box Results from the SERPs.
Testing in 49 markets is in progress, but it looks like in all 49 results are returning NO 10-boxes, and 3-boxes instead.
In addition, a new blend is popping up:
Local Business results in the right hand column.
Also, Video Results:
Could this be the result of complaints of below the fold organic results?
Feedback please!
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Google’s Annual Letter
For my fabulous, snowy lunchbreak today, i decided to sit and read The Annual Letter excerpted from from Google’s Annual Report 2007.
The takeaway is a sense that Google is moving solidly down their chosen path. No big surprises or reveals on the forecast.
i know what this probably says about me, but the one note that really caught my attention was Larry Page’s mention of the Swedish Chef Language option.
I have been familiar with the non-Google, Gizzogle, and the always fun Google Mirror, but this humorous offering in the Annual Report really made my day.
Thanks, Guys, for keeping it fun year after year!
“This Boring Headline Is Written for Google”
Back in 2006, The New York Times embraced SEO.
They are the dominating News on the Internet.
Go ahead, call it coincidence.
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“Uncovering the Real Universal Search”
With an increase of 40% to Google Maps, I’d say Universal Search is working.
“20 Resources For Google Analytics”
I don’t normally digg these “Top Whatever…” lists, but man, has Manoj Jasra put together a useful one.
“Getting to Google Is Hard”
Since our Local Sales efforts focus a great deal on “Training,” Jakob Nielsen’s latest Alertbox tackles one of our raging debates - How capable should we assume these people are?
Some of the results determind should suprise me, but somehow just don’t:
“In our current round of usability research, only 76% of users who expressed a desire to run a Google search were successful. In other words, 1/4 of users who wanted to use Google couldn’t do so. (Instead, they either completely failed to get to any search engine or ended up running their query on a different search engine — usually whatever type-in field happened to be at hand.)”
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“Web ad spending forecast revised with economic woes”
Reuters reports on the new eMarketer numbers.
With online search spending still likely to grow some, the effects a re likely to be less than in other sects of advertising.
“comScore Releases February 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings”
comScore’s metrics for February 2008 are down, but not inexplicably:
“February 2008 saw Americans conduct nearly 10 billion core searches, representing a 6-percent sequential decline in activity versus January, primarily a result of the shortened month.”
Google’s search share went up, to 59.2%.
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“Add Videos To Your Google Local Business Profile”
Great tip, although it should read “Add YouTube To Your Google Local Business Profile.”
There is a difference for us folks stuck with Flash.
