Unable to propose on TV during the SuperBowl, search marketer Rand Fishkin turns to local TV and gets a yes. Congrats! Google CEO Eric Schmidt visits Washington DC, one of the few places where Google isn't a superstar; is Google going to charge for some of its web based office apps? Do you know how and why to friend people on Digg? These stories and more in today's show.
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Belated SuperBowl Proposal Gets A Yes
Have you been wondering who the mystery guy was behind plans to pop the question to his girlfriend during a SuperBowl commercial last Sunday? Now you know -- search marketer Rand Fishkin. Rand's plans for the SuperBowl announcement didn't happen, so it was backup plan time -- a commercial during... - baar
- Google Sends
Mr. Schmidt To Washington
Google Still Searching For Recognition in D.C. from the Washington Post covers how Google sent CEO Eric Schmidt to Washington yesterday. Schmidt had meetings with several important politicians and decision makers, but the article says Google's still working to gain respect. The attention Google gets in the technology world and... - Google To Roll
Out Fee-Based Google Apps?
Google Steps Into Microsoft's Office from BusinessWeek covers how Google appears ready to begin charging corporations for use of Google Apps, which is free at this time. I suspect the "subscription fee amounting to a few dollars per person per month" described in the article is to allow Google to... - Gmail Now
Public Beta, Open To All
Google Operating System reports that Google has opened up Gmail for anyone to sign up for a Gmail account. Some history of how getting into Gmail has evolved, below:... - Live Search
SOAP API Out Of Beta
The Live Search Blog announced that the Live Search SOAP API is now out of beta. In addition, they added some new features including more languages, increased search results, enhanced search tags, more local options, improved phone results and more coding samples.... - What Yahoo's
Panama Update Means For Searchers
Yesterday's rollout of Yahoo's new Panama search advertising ranking system has been both praised and criticized by advertisers (see Panama is LIVE! - for some and Yahoo's Panama: The Switch Is Flipped on The New Ad System). Praised, because the new system is streamlined, easier to use and offers more... - Local Search
Best Practices
Kevin Newcomb at Search Engine Watch points to Michael Gray's blog, where Gray has just begun a kind of all-star line-up of interviews on "local search tips, tricks and secrets" with some industry leading practitioners. These are in-depth discussions and most will be worth taking a look at.... - Digg Friending
101 & The Top Diggers List
Last week Digg removed the "Top Diggers" list in order to help stop the manipulation and gaming of Digg, which resulted in a lot of commotion. Today, I wanted to take a fresh look to explain how the move may impact Digg's "Friending" system and possibly allow more non-top... - Why Socially Driven Sites Hate SEOs, Pronet Advertising
- What 15 Days on Digg Can Do For You, Pronet Advertising
- Rush Hour: Our new podcast, Pronet Advertising
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- New 'Smart' Digg This Buttons For Your Website/Blog, Digg
- Google Adwords Arrow Trick To Increase Click Through Rates, Shoemoney
- Sex Lives of SEOs - The Inside Scoop, Threadwatch
- Google Earth Censors Sensitive Indian Sites, Google Watch
- Google Earth may blur sensitive sites, VNUnet
- Google Maps Smoke Signals, Google Blogoscoped
- Google Maps Australia Turns 30 Second Walk Into 18 Minutes Drive Send for the search party, Google gives a bum steer from the Sydney Morning Herald reports how the just launched service Google Australia Maps was dinged after someone discovered it turned a 30 second walk into a 18 minute car journey....
