by Scott | Sep 14, 2011 | Google, Local - Places - Maps
You MUST know that Google can instantly tell whether a certain Google user who just left a review is a “real” user or not, right? Google has access to everything a user does from their web browsing history to their Gmail habits, and they have for years....
by Scott | Jul 25, 2011 | Google, Local - Places - Maps
It looks like Google Boost has undergone a name change to AdWords Express, but it appears everything else has remained the same. (update 7/26 – Google just announced the change) This morning while logging in to a client’s Google Places account, instead of...
by Scott | Jul 22, 2011 | Google
If you look at the Wikipedia definition of a scraper website, it says “A scraper site is a spam website that copies all of its content from other websites”. Well Google has a new project, that in my opinion, is basically just a well done Google scraper....
by Scott | Jan 26, 2011 | Google, Local - Places - Maps
I got a phone call today, that began “I’m with Google…” and of course I was highly skeptical. I take marketing calls for several clients, and this is the standard opening line for multiple unscrupulous SEO companies. After just a minute, I...
by Scott | Jan 12, 2011 | Google
This morning I got an e-mail regarding a domain from Google Webmaster Tools, pointing out that “…some of your pages were using techniques that are outside our quality guidelines”. Wow! What the…? It went on to say that “pages from...
by Scott | Dec 6, 2010 | General interest, Google, Local - Places - Maps, SEO
I just tried to leave a review at Google, while I was logged in, and instead of being given the old review screen, I was asked to set up a new profile. Here, it’s easier to show you… (*update four months later the name “Hotpot has finally been...
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