Google Hotel Finder Goes Mobile

Google’s Hotel Finder, which launched in June 2011, is now available on mobile devices. Google said all you need to do is go to www.google.com/hotels directly on your smart phone and search for your destination. Listings will come up almost immediately, giving you the ability to filter the…

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Marin Issues Google Enhanced Campaigns Impact Study

Today, Marin Software issued a report on the impact of Google’s move to enhanced campaigns based on $5 billion in annualized spend managed through its paid search platform. The study focuses on a year-over-year performance comparison covering the nine week period beginning the week after the…

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AdWords Updates Combined Search And Display Campaign Type: Who Should Use It?

This week, Google introduced a new campaign type called “Search Network with Display Select”. This replaces the former “Search & Display Networks” option. Both enable ads to run on Google search, Google search partners and the Google Display Network (GDN), but Google…

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Google Hummingbird & The Keyword: What You Need To Know To Stay Ahead

On September 26, Google told participants at its 15th anniversary event it had a new algorithm impacting more than 90 percent of searches worldwide. They called it “Hummingbird.” Google’s Amit Singhal later said it was perhaps the largest change to the algorithm since he joined…

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Raymond Loewy, Father Of Industrial Design, Gets Streamlined Google Logo For His 120th Birthday

Today’s Google logo marks the 120th birthday of Raymond Loewy, the Father of Industrial Design. The logo highlights the industrial designer’s work for Pennsylvania Railroad, where he designed a number of locomotives. While Loewy did not design the GG1 locomotive, he did create the…

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Get What’s New/What Works at SMX Social Media Marketing – Register Now

With 150 million users and over 40 million photos posted daily, Instagram is the fastest growing social network. Marketers noticed. Brand adoption of Instagram is comparable to Google+ and Pinterest… and gaining on Facebook and Twitter. Attend SMX Social Media Marketing and learn proven tactics for…

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Google Helpouts: Help From Experts Backed By Google, Via Video, For A Price

Looking for some help? Providing answers has always been Google’s goal, and now it has a new way to do it. “Helpouts,” a way to pick people offering help via live video, for a price. People that are vetted, checked and backed by Google. Google shared the news of the new program…

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Concept-Based Web Search

There are a few different parts to this story, though I’m not sure how many there will be because I’m still in the middle of writing them. I started with a prologue, titled Are You,Your Business, or Products in a Knowledge Base?, which introduced Microsoft’s Conceptual Knowledge Base Probase.

Microsoft’s Probase Knowledge Base

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But Some of My Best Friends Are Social Media Managers….

DOVE Social Media CampaignThis post on Why Are So Many Social Media Managers Dipshits is so good. My father always said “If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything.” But let’s face it, Social Media Managers may just be to SEOs what New Jersey is to New York. “DOVE body bar, now in […]

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