Another iceberg on the Google horizon looms with Google Hotel Finder?
{lang: ‘en-GB’} Hat tip to Thomas Fjordside and Nuttakorn for this one, however I was very interested to see one of Google’s experiments in experimental phase. Whilst we have seen many features relating to availability through the Google Places functionality such as those I covered in my recent post on the recent changes to the [...]
Another manual update – Google Panda 2.3 live
{lang: ‘en-GB’} I recently did a great event in Leeds as part of the Leeds Digital Festival organised by Simon Wilson from Twentysix, with some of the best search minds from the region including Lee Allen from Stickyeyes, Andy Heaps from Epiphany Solutions and Ben Bisco from Home James to name a few (as well [...]
Google+ hypergrowth – Can it sustain it?
{lang: ‘en-GB’} There was an interesting infographic that came out last week relating to the growth rate of Google+. Despite the fact it hasn’t even been live for a month yet, user figures put uptake of Google+ at around 18 Million users and rising. Startling figures particularly when one Whilst overall these user figures pail [...]
Google Places prioritises reviews – Big news for travel aggregators
{lang: ‘en-GB’} As from July 21st, Google have completely revised their Places pages, with potentially huge implications for people like Trip Advisor and the like many of whom have seen their citations included within Local search results for a number of years now. The new layout of Place Pages are putting a heavy emphasis on [...]
Google loophole – food for thought
{lang: ‘en-GB’} It was during a quick beer this afternoon, that my good friend Ryan Mckay told me about James Breckenridges post regarding the Google Webmaster Tools bug. For those that don’t know, there appears to have been a bug that allowed any verified Google Webmaster Tools user to remove pages, even if the site [...]
Google+ – Here today, gone tomorrow OR Here to Stay
{lang: ‘en-GB’} Google+ has now been around for a little while now having arrived to what can only be described as a mixed reception. It appears to be a bit like Marmite – some love it, some hate it – so we decided to speak to some of the leading minds in the search engine [...]
Ford lead new wave of Google promotion with +1 campaign
{lang: ‘en-GB’} Google+ has been with us for just over a week – with a mixed reception. However no sooner has it landed than we are seeing innovative use of the tool via an innovative campaign from Ford Europe which allows participants to win a copy of the racing game Dirt. The premise of the [...]
Google+ – Is it worth the hype
{lang: ‘en-GB’} Today we have seen the initial rollouts of Google, an interestin evolution of the Google product set and a significant step change from pure search player into full communications player – and perhaps now highlights just why Microsoft brought Skype a couple of months ago. The rollout is interesting – whilst there are [...]
One small step for Google, One giant step for search
{lang: ‘en-GB’} I watched in the Google Inside Search presentation yesterday in a state of awe, amazement and in certain instances bewilderment. In one amazing hour, Google outlined a clear strategy for the future where mobile and voice are thrust into the spotlight with the launch of a range of new tools aimed at really [...]
Google launch embedded sitelinks on PPC ads
{lang: ‘en-GB’} Since sitelinks have been launched in early 2009, they have revolutionalised the way many PPC campaigns are run. The sitelinks allowed campaigns to more specifically target or push certain messages in term providing marketeers with even more touchpoints with potential customers. Since then sitelinks have been expanded and pushed out to multiple devices [...]
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