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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Unique Uses of Google+

As you may have noticed over the past week the blog has morphed into Google Plus Guide. Local's interesting and all, but G+ is where my head is at and I am liking it so I will keep posting until…

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First Viral Campaign Ever on Google Plus - Ph Creative

Here's the video by the firm Ph Creative, the firm that created the campaign: Tip for next time: Spell-check

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Google Plus Tips & Shortcuts Updated

I am reposting my "mother of all" Google Plus Tips & Shortcuts post because since I published it last week I have been steadily adding to it as new tips have come in. Not sure how many there are,…

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Google Place Pages & Check-Ins in Google Plus

My first spotting of a Google Place Page - actually a link to a Place Page - in Google Plus. According to Greg and Mike, Jeff Huber, GOOG's head of Local, said SMBs will eventually have G+ profile…

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How To Track Referrals From Google Plus in Google Analytics

My Google Plus Shortcuts & Tips post has started getting a bit of traffic from inside G+ as more people come in and start sharing it. I thought it would be useful to show you how to track these…

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Google Plus Tips & Shortcuts

"the motherlode of Google+ tips for all y'all suckas that don't know..." - Donny Rhoades I figured it would be useful to put all of the Google Plus tips and shortcuts I have found thus far in one…

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Google Places Cuts The Crap With A Hand Job...

From Mike's post today entitled Some Days Are Shittier Than Others: Someone uploaded pictures of poo on my business listing and I can’t get them off!!! Fortunately Google took notice and brought…

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Group Buying Promotion Closes The Butchers on Yonge Street...Temporarily

Reader Kate Raynes-Goldie left this comment on my post The Butchers on Yonge Street: Group Buying Blowback?: The deal that broke north american records is now officially a scam: the butchers have…

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Are You Putting Your Google Winnings in the Bank?

Had an interesting discussion last week with the CEO of a startup that was getting a lot of traffic from Google. His board had been encouraging him to invest in scaling up the business faster. His…

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More Thoughts on Local Search Ranking Factors

Nyagoslav Zhekov has been adding some thoughtful comments to the blog as of late and I thought this post on his take on the Local Search Ranking Factors was worth a read.

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