I have been a Google searcher for pretty much their entire existence. I remember the days of them having “beta” on their page, and them still having better results. In their beginning I was still a heavy Yahoo searcher, and it was probably only about 2000 that I became pretty much a full time user of Google. I still used Yahoo on occasion. I tried Jeeves (or was it Ask Jeeves?), dud. I tried MSN/Live (pre-Bing), horrible. I’ve used meta-crawlers...
Read MoreThe over abundance of social networking sites has people wondering what we need another social network for. With FaceBook, MySpace, and the rapidly expanding Twitter already standing at the top of the mountain in terms of social networking, the new Google Buzz is receiving a lukewarm reception. However, Google making ground in the social media market is more than a possibility – it’s almost a guarantee. Google has made a solid splash with several software programs, browsers, Internet marketing aid,...
Read MoreIf your business has a website and you serve a local market, and you are not in the Google Local listings — what are you doing? You are throwing away traffic. Local search results are here (have been here for a while) and are only going to become a bigger piece of the pie. If you don’t believe me or are not sure what I am even talking about, let’s do a little experiment. Load up your web browser and...
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