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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
Google have expanded their local business listings on Google Maps to boost the number of clickable search results from ten to hundreds of businesses. Instead of just plotting the first ten search results on the map, Google now includes hundreds of other businesses across the map using small red circles.
For example, the search for “coffee in…
Until now, there has been a lot of discussion about how to change your AdSense font type to better match the layout of your site. In response to this feedback, Google are now allowing all advertisers to change the font face of the text in their ad units.
This move makes sense for Google as they have previously…
This has to be one of the more bizarre SEO stories of the year. Google have penalized one of their own sites, Google Japan, after they were caught paying bloggers to write positive reviews about their services.
Google have taken the drastic move of dropping the PageRank of Google.co.jp from a 9 to a 5 after reports emerged, and Google…
Google has decided to pull the plug on Google Radio Ads, a product which allowed AdWords advertisers to promote their business across the radio using the AdWords interface. Google have shutdown the service after it didn’t have the impact they hoped for.
Google Radio Ads were soft launched back in 2006 as a test by Google to…
Some users are reporting a widespread implementation of the Google AdWords PlusBox which provides certain AdWords advertisers with additional exposure for their listings. The AdWords PlusBox is a limited beta test that allows users to expand certain AdWords listings to see additional products from the advertiser.
The PlusBox in search results:
In…
ComScore have released the latest video statistics for December 2008, which shows that Americans watched a record 14.3 billion videos during the month. Nearly 150 million U.S. internet users watched an average of 96 videos each in December.
As you might have guessed, Google lead the growth with YouTube.com which accounted for over 41% of overall video…
Last week I wrote about Yahoo’s Super Bowl sales tips, but this time it’s Google who are offering advice for another seasonal sales event: Valentines Day. They’ve released a number of AdWords based suggestions on how you can pull in more customers this Valentines Day.
From the Google Retail Tips blog:
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If you’ve been online in the last month, chances are you’ve visited Wikipedia. Depending where you look, it’s either in the top 10 or top 20 websites in the world. But just how popular is Wikipedia compared to other encyclopedia sites?
The answer is extremely popular, if the numbers from Hitwise are anything to…
Google AdWords have just announced a partnership with SpotMixer, which will make it easier than ever for small business to get started with TV advertising.
The new partnership allows advertisers to create video commercials for free using a library of stock images and music. You can even upload your own images, video and audio if the template…
Google have taken another step towards personalizing search by launching a new search feature called Preferred Sites. This lets users personalize results by adding a list of sites they want to see more frequently on their results pages.
Google say that this will help results match each person’s unique tastes and needs when a relevant search query…
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