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NYT out JC Penney to the teacher (google)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by gabs

TweetSeo blogs today and over the weekend have gone crazy with the NYT outting of J C Penny as google slapped on a penaly to their rankings.. Your be able to read it here if you haven’t already http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/business/13search.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all I’m … Continue reading →

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You are ready for the new growing online trends?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by gabs

TweetThis time last year I posted uk December trends for 2009.. Well worth a read into trends of 3 sites traffic over December 2009 and the effect of Xmas and New Year on traffic http://www.seohome.co.uk/2010/01/05/uk-traffic-trends-for-december-2009/ Well some how another year has passed (don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in internet trends, UK | 8 Comments

Google Place / Maps “We currently do not support the location “

Posted on December 9, 2010 by gabs

TweetEver seen “We currently do not support the location” Â ?? Well this was driving my round the bend…. Â google bugged out basically for no reason.. I’ve spent a good amount of time trying to find out why and … Continue reading →

Posted in google, google maps | 1 Comment

The google blue arrow in the serps by default

Posted on October 1, 2010 by gabs

TweetAfter instant google has now added the blue arrow short cut… What is it ? Well long long time ago (this is not a song sorry) google created keyboard short cuts in google labs see here:Â http://www.google.com/experimental/ showing up top.. … Continue reading →

Posted in google, google UI tests, serps | 2 Comments

Beyond the FOLD! Google instant

Posted on September 13, 2010 by gabs

TweetGoogle instant = the death of SEO Google instant = time to give up Google instant = what the f**k is google doing Google instant = what about adwords All the above are what most are moaning talking about… All … Continue reading →

Posted in google, google UI tests | 4 Comments

google webmaster tools bug

Posted on June 9, 2010 by gabs

Tweetbarry beat me to blogging this as I’m far to busy so credit to him for picking up on it. You can see his post here:Â http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/022347.html When he wrote about it the screen grab he had didn’t show this … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Google analytics, google sitemaps / webmaster tools | 2 Comments

Exchange rates now working in google suggest

Posted on June 4, 2010 by gabs

TweetAs of today google have updated google suggestion to include the exchange rates.. I so love this as it gives me a fast indication of the current price.. I have one biz that sells in GBP and USD but buys … Continue reading →

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Top 1000 sites listed from google/double click

Posted on May 28, 2010 by gabs

TweetLoads of buzz about the double click top 1000 sites today… You can check it out here:Â http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/top1000/ I got some very interesting sites in the top 100 and shows how many of the sites are non US. VirginMedia over … Continue reading →

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Vancouver 2010 Luge death and google.

Posted on February 13, 2010 by gabs

TweetA sad day for the olympics 2010 with the death of a training session on the luge.. Nodar Kumaritashvili dies after crash which you can read about here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/luge/8513595.stm Google has still got the graphic of the luge on the … Continue reading →

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PR slap taken back..

Posted on February 8, 2010 by gabs

TweetNot that I really care of follow PR updates much any more but I’ve noticed my PR slap has been removed.. I wonder why.. I don’t promote this blog and never sold a link on it but did put a … Continue reading →

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