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Google Now Owns BeatThatQuote.com

Yup, you heard that right…but a site that violates most of Google’s own guidelines?!!? Com’on! Google recently purchased the popular UK comparison site for the price tag of $61.5 million. It seemed like just another day at the Googleplex…at first. Within what seemed like moments after the purchase, angry SEOs across the net pointed out all the ...

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The “feared” Panda/Farmer Update – Quick Note

In a world that has not prepared for a commercial entity to become as powerful as a nation state, Google appears to have done just that. Our anti trust laws are ill equipped to handle this and Google appears to know it. Instead of laying low and flying under the radar they are flexing their ...

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Google Quits On Real Estate Experiment

Google has decided that their experiment into identifying in maps what homes are for sale or rent was not successful. They disabled this option on February 10, 2011. Google indicates that you can still see their hand in this area. A few examples, home-seekers can get directions, transit times, aerial and street view imagery to ...

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Google Is Manipulating Search Results!

Think again… The day before Bing’s search conference Google threw the opening volley in what was engineered to be an old fashioned mud fight. They gave Danny Sullivan an exclusive story – Bing is copying Google’s search results and they can prove it! Google set a trap for Bing by manipulating the search results for one hundred ...

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Content Is Not KING Anymore?!

Shocking isn’t it? Content is King…you’ve heard it stated over and over again. Well, this month Google has decided to show us once again exactly what that means. The first of two algorithm updates has been quietly dubbed the “Scraper” algorithm and is intended to block low quality scraper sites from showing up in the Google index. ...

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Local Businesses Stands Out – Thanks Google!

Local search engine optimization is a must-know for entrepreneurs who want to make their presence in the online world noticed. To reach out to a wider base of consumers, effective search engine optimization or SEO techniques becomes essential. Before a web entrepreneur does online marketing for his site, he needs to know all about most ...

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Google’s Realtime Search is Launched as Its Own Service

Google’s Realtime Search has been launched as its own service with its own homepage. Realtime search started out as an additional search feature in Google’s Left hand side bar. The idea behind it is to provide you with a constantly updating feed of social media and news updates on any topic you choose. This move ...

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Google Voice Adds Voice Over IP…Skype in trouble!

Google has just enhanced their Google Voice service with the ability to include voice over IP. As it stands, all calls within the US are free. You can go to your gmail account to check out this service, or if you’d like you can set up your account here. If you’re prompted to do a download ...

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7 SEO Essentials for Your Hosted Video

Here are the seven “must-do” for hosting your videos: Choosing a file name – Your video file name should contain keywords when possible. File names like 120609video1.mp4 describe absolutely nothing important to a search engine, where as embedding keywords like droid-x-review.mp4 will help the engine identify what the video is about. Just like image files, search ...

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Leverage Your Video Content Like the Pros to Skyrocket Your Site’s Traffic

Today’s online videos are quickly surpassing other formats when it comes to reaching out to your audience successfully. This is mostly because it’s getting so darn easy to watch videos online. The days of waiting every 3 min for your video to filter are long gone! People are gearing up to watch online videos by getting ...

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