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It’s rare to see the three big search engines (Google, Yahoo! and MSN) working together on a SEO standard, but at the SMX conference this week, they announced unanimous support for a new tag to address canonicalization issues.
For those of you unfamiliar with canonicalization, here’s wikipedia’s definition as a quick intro:
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The Google AdWords Help Forum, is a great resource for those of you with AdWords campaigns, as Google posts various tips every couple of weeks or so.
AdWordsPro Sarah, who is a Google employee, is a regular contributor to the forum. Her latest help came in the form of tips for testing keywords for products with…
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:
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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 your business has quite a large website, then making sure that it is properly optimized for search engines can be quite a task. However the folks from Live Search are keen to help you out with some tips for optimizing large sites.
The creator of the tips article is Jeremiah Andrick, Live Search Program Manager. He created…
The Super Bowl is a huge event for both sporting fans and marketers alike. Every year the world’s largest brands spend millions of dollars for a TV spot during the game which is one of the most watched events in the U.S.
To help smaller businesses claim their share of super bowl sales, Yahoo! have released some…
In many cases, conversion has become one of the most overlooked components of any online marketing campaign. Many people focus too heavily on sending the most number of visitors to a page, without taking the time to maximize the conversion of these visitors into sales. An insightful article on search engine land shares 6 tips to improve…
Around this time each year, many people have their vehicle serviced to ensure its running smoothly for the year ahead. This reminded me that now is also a good time to give you website a quick once-over to make sure there are no issues going into 2009!
Below I’ve shared my top 5 tips to launch your site into the…
Wow! 2008 is almost over and what a years it been.
What better way to end such an important year in search marketing, than by having a quick look back at our top stories and tips for 2008 – as voted by you, the ineedhits’ community.
The Top 10 Search Engine Marketing Stories for 2008
I thought we were Google obsessed…
Navigation is an extremely important part of your website that helps users find the content they’re after and informs search spiders about the structure of your website. In order to improve the usability and ranking of your site, it’s important to keep both users and SEO in mind when deciding on the structure of your website.
Here are my top…