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Google Game Changers | December 09

Scott — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:34:08 +0000

There were a few changes at Google this month which I’ve been pointing out to clients, so I’m posting them here too. I added the month to my title, because I expect we’ll be seeing a lot more of these types of game changers as time goes on. You & I See Different Search Results [...]

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When is SEO a Trademark Violation?

Scott — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:31:16 +0000

Aflac is trying to get someone to make changes on their website, claiming that they’re guilty of Federal Trademark violation merely by using the letters a-f-l-a-c as part of a file name. Even more ridiculous, this is being requested of one of their own licensed agents, with a circa 1998 website that’s never even been [...]

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Google New Option – Wonder Wheel Video

Scott — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:17:08 +0000

“Universal Search” was implemented by Google quite a while ago, yet the only visible change to the search results has been occasional interspersing of some video or news. Search was not really “revolutionized” or “changed as we knew it”, and most users have absorbed the subtle addition without even noticing. Likewise, “personalization” has been assimilated [...]

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What would You Ask at Elite Retreat 2009?

Scott — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:37:31 +0000

I’m leaving this moring for Elite Retreat, and I’m writing this in the airport because my flight is delayed. It occurs to me that I may not be able to productively fill all of my “one on one” time. Have you looked at who’s speaking at Elite Retreat 2009? Can you imagine not having an [...]

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SEO Automatic Site Reviews – Official Launch

Scott — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:48:04 +0000

Over the past couple of years, I’ve put out a few SEO tools, but none have been as well received as my latest addition, SEO Automatic, which gives instant SEO feedback on any given URL. The concept was simple – we needed to be able to review a website and look at all of the [...]

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Peak Studios – Boulder, Colorado – Actually Harming Clients

Scott — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:04:12 +0000

Peak Studios is a “search marketing firm” in Colorado that deserves special recognition for being incredibly stupid. Apparently, they’ve decided to leave fake negative reviews on my local business profile in Google, and they’ve done the same thing to several other members of the SEMpdx board of directors. The owner, Quince Wyss, has now moved [...]

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Who Wants to Sue Google?

Scott — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:40:26 +0000

An attorney got in touch with me a couple of months ago after reading a blog post I had written at SEMpdx. Google had just drastically lowered visibility of the option where new advertisers could opt out of the Content Network in Google AdWords, and I was compelled to point out that I thought it [...]

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Network Solutions Sued for Domain Poaching

Scott — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:06:19 +0000

I wrote a few weeks ago on SEMpdx about the fact that if you searched for a domain name on Network Solutions, and then didn’t buy it that moment for their extremely high price, that you cannot go register it elsewhere, because they basically lock it up. Now it appears they’re getting sued for doing [...]

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Google Wi-Fi From Balloons?

Scott — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:17:50 +0000

This sounds to me like a great thing, being able to bypass all of the bureaucracy involved in bringing fast high speed wireless to rural areas with land lines. There’s a reason we in the United States are NOT the worlds leader in high speed internet, much less wireless, and in my opinion, it has [...]

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Microsoft Buying Yahoo?

Scott — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:26:21 +0000

This morning it looks like Microsoft is offering 44.6 billion dollars to buy Yahoo. Holy Cow. That’s a far cry from the usual things I see when I browse my morning Twitter feed. Actually, I’ve been wondering what’s taken them so long, since it’s clear they’re not going to get decent market share any other [...]

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