What happens when a tech behemoth like Microsoft attempts to make its latest product launch cool and social – they create training videos for how to host software house parties.
What’s next?
Microsoft Windows 7 Software: Meet Tupperware
October 1, 2009Kindle Blog Subscription Now In Amazon Feed
September 30, 2009I was surprised to discover the Kindle blog feed I have set up at Amazon.com is now included in an Amazon “Top Search Engines Recommended Products” feed.
Top Search Engines Recommended Products
When I set up my SearchMarketingCommunications.com blog “for sale” within Amazon I wasn’t quite sure how the data would propogate.
The above example is one way it has appeared that I hadn’t considered possible.
Below are the specifics of the SearchMarketingCommunications Kindle blog feed on Amazon.com.
Amazon Kindle Subscription
The Anonymous Rich Neighbor
September 29, 2009Over the last several days I have received several emails from “The Rich Neighbor” asking me to become an affiliate.
Have you bought this course?
If so, what did you think about it?
Did it work?
The Rich Neighbor
Google and YouTube Videos Account for 40 Percent Viewed Online
September 28, 2009comScore has released their August 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that 161 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month, the largest audience ever recorded.
Online video reached another all-time high in August with more than 25 billion videos viewed during the month, with Google Sites accounting for more than 10 billion.
The Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties* by Videos Viewed according to comScore were:
Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties by Videos Viewed
The Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties* by Unique Viewers:
Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers
How long will it take before total audience time spent viewing video online surpasses total audience time spent viewing television?
Google’s 11th Birthday Logo
September 27, 2009Today is Google’s 11th birtday.
To celebrate, Google has modified their logo to incorporate 11 into its spelling.
Google: Googlle's 11th Birthday
Amazing how Google’s search engine has become a utility hundreds of millions of people depend on.
WordPress Blog Stats
September 26, 2009One of my blogs reached a milestone today – an unusually round number of hits: 130,000.
Blog Stats 130,000 Hits
If only Google would index all of its pages and not just the half they have included so far.
Google Adwords Call In Propsects!
September 25, 2009There is nothing more exciting that getting a call from a Google Advertiser who has a problem they can’t solve themselves!
Got a Google Adwords problem you haven’t been able to solve in house?
Call 415-935-3608 to see if I can help you creatively solve your Google Adwords problem.
Adding a Name to Google Voice Numbers
September 24, 2009Today I noticed I could append voice mail messages left in my Google Voice mail account by clicking on the speaker icon next to the message sender’s number.
Google Voice Number Recognition
Clicking the add link opens a text box to type in a name for the phone number.
Add Name to Number
Pressing Create/Add saves the “Name” entered for identifying all future voice mail or text messages originating from the same telephone number.
Two Google Local Business Results
September 23, 2009I was happy to see my consulting practice receive not one but two listings in Google’s 10 pack for a geo specifc marketing consultant query in Google Maps.
Two Google Local Business Results
Google Adwords Low Share of Voice
September 22, 2009Back in February of this year I noticed Google Adwords had introduced “Low share of voice” into my new Adwords Interface beta.
The message was visible throughout my account for about a week and then disappeared.
Apparently, “Low share of voice” has been pushed into a much larger group of Google Adwords accounts today because I along with a lot of other Adwords advertisers are seeing the term at the keyword level in their accounts.
Sarah Q on Twitter asked how she could have high Quality Score keywords and still receive a “low share of voice” status.
My reply: Google Adwords “Low share of voice” replaces “Impression Share” and doesn’t impact Quality Score.
Increasing a Keyword’s Max CPC and or campaign’s “daily budget” should increase a keyword’s share of voice.
Google defines “Low share of voice” as follows:
Share of voice
A measure of how often your ads appear as compared to the total impressions available to you in the market you were targeting for a relevant time period. A “Low share of voice” status indicates missed opportunities, or impressions. In which case, there may be a problem with your keyword, such as a low bid or poor quality score. Point your cursor at the status message to find out more about the potential issues.
Google Adwords Share of Voice Definition
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