Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

What we learn doing SEO for real clients. 1,311 posts since 2007.

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Google Comparison Ads: 100 more pixels of fun

Hey Google you got your ads in my organic!

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How To Get a #Yay! in Google Webmaster Tools

Data on why the "Big Traffic Changes" message shows up in Google Webmaster Tools for a URL.

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Meet The Google Webmaster Tools SEO Cheerleader #Yay!

First time I have ever seen this message in Google Webmaster Tools. It reads: "Search results clicks for [URL] have increased significantly. Yay!" #yay

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Top Google Places Ranking Factors for Local Search Optimization

The top Google Places Ranking Factors according to a study conducted by Bizible.

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New Google Places Ranking Factors Data Coming Monday

A preview of new research on how to rank better in Google Places, Google Maps and other local Google search queries

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Too Many URLs = SEO Death

Part 5 in the popular SEO Death series. Brick Marketing's post Can Too Many Pages Hurt Your SEO? reminded me that I had a royally tanked one of my test sites by allowing Google to crawl too many…

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SEO for CEOs at #ILMEast

For those of you making it to Boston for ILM East on March 26th I will be running a "precon" on "SEO for CEOs (and everyone else)" at 10am. The session will cover: SEO strategies for…

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The Google Venice Update - Another Nail in the IYP Coffin?

Is the latest Google update a preview of "Death in Venice" for IYPs?

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The Non-Place-Place Use Case

How to fix a common problem with home-based businesses getting deleted from Google Maps.

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Hey SEOs, If Google Maps Calls, Don't Answer

What happens to your Google Places page when you don't service clients out of your location. No happy ending here.

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