PRWeb has been popular for its free press release distribution option. However, PRWeb would now cease the free press release distribution. Lee Odden writes, "Big news from PRWeb’s David McInnis to all PRWeb account holders last night. Free press release distribution will cease as of Oct 23rd." The three new paid options are:
Google+ Gets a New Look with Bigger & Better Images!
Google will soon be rolling out big changes for the Google+ platform. The first to make their debut are; the bigger size of cover photo and photo features like "auto awesome" & "auto enhance". Google ...
More than Half of the Mobile Phone Searches Turn to Conversions in 1 Hour!
The Mobile Search Moments report by Google and Nielsen reveals that when consumers search for the things on their mobile phones, half of them usually intend to buy it. The report looks at: When and why people ...
Interflora ban lifted: What exactly happened?
The over-publicized Google ban on the site Interflora was removed on 3rd March. It is very strange that Google has not yet commented on this particular ban. Usually, they have been outspoken and upfront about ...
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How To Do Persuasive Writing The AIDA Way?
The crux of online marketing is content. The words you use to lure the customers in.
Bill Slawski, wrote an excellent post '20 Ways Search Engines May Rerank Search Results' at SEO By The Sea. Bill explains, "Search engines try to match words used in queries with words found on pages or in links pointing to those pages when providing search results.
Often, the order that pages are returned to a searcher are based upon an indexing of text on those pages, text in links pointing to those pages, and some measure of importance based upon link popularity."
Official Google Analytics Blog has some good news for e-commerce site owners. Google Analytics and Google Checkout are now integrated into one. Those using Google Checkout (https://checkout.google.com/sell) can now track purchases made on their site with Google Analytics.
Google now makes it possible to assign multiple custom channels to a single ad unit. Google AdSense blog announced that you can now track up to five different channels on a single ad unit.
A WebmasterWorld thread informs that Microsoft interface is not allowing a bid for less than $1. If in Microsoft AdCenter, you try entering a bid for less than $1, the interface would automatically push it up to $1.00.
Reuters reports launch of Google mobile news site in Japan. The service has about 30 news outlets, including Asahi newspaper and state-run NHK and Google said it aims to expand the line-up.
"Angela Lee, Google's senior product manager in Tokyo, said at a briefing earlier this week: "People want to check the news all the time. We've created something that's easy to use and view on handsets."
Good news for Wikipedians in China as it has been made accessible again after being blocked for over a year. This is the third time when Wikipedia has been unblocked. But t5he bad news is that it is still not accessible in Chinese.
If you are using an old version of Adwords Editor, you will be prompted to update the software, as version 2.0 is now publicly available. Till now AdWords Editor was available only on 'invitation' basis. Inside AdWords blog explains the features of Version 2.0:
Recently, Google has launched a new program, Google For Educators. This is a good opportunity for the educators to become Google Certified through Google
Teacher Academy. “The Google Teacher Academy is a pilot program designed to help K-12 educators get the most from innovative technologies. The Academy is a one-day experience at Google’s Mountain View Headquarters where participants get hands-on experience with Google products and other technologies, receive instructional resources to share with colleagues, and share innovative instructional strategies with other local educators. Upon completion, Academy participants will become Google Certified Teachers”.
Yahoo! has finally fixed its search marketing bug. WebmasterWorld had reported about this bug.
YahooSarah at Search Engine Watch Forums said :
"We've been experiencing some technical difficulties that were impacting the editorial tools in our search advertising UI but are happy to report that these systems are back up and running. Thanks for your patience."
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