Tag Archives: search engine

How to use Google +1 (and should you?)


Yesterday Google announced that the +1 button is now available for any website to use (just like a Facebook ‘Like’ button, or similar buttons). It raises two questions: Should you be using it? How do you use it? Both questions are easily answered – though most articles on the topic have not really dealt with [...]

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A Simple Dashboard to Monitor Your Online Reputation


How to build a simple dashboard for monitoring your online reputation.

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In-Page Analytics from Google


If you’re like me, you’ve used Google Analytics for quite some time, and find the wealth of information quite useful. One area that has always been a bit frustrating, and not as useful as it seems it should be, is the Site Overlay report. When you would click on this report, a window would open [...]

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Google Instant: Love it, hate it? It’s here.


What is Google Instant? Search results while you’re typing. Not the little drop-down thingie that anticipates what you’ll type, but actual results (complete with local map, for appropriate searches) that change as you type. See the screen shot below for an example. Notice that while the user has typed in “bed and” Google suggest has [...]

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Finally! Respond to reviews from Google Place page


Verified owners of businesses on Google Place Pages can now respond to Google reviews of their businesses.

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