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Domaining through the eyes or results of Google

October 20, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

By: RH With all this talk about EMD updates and everything else Google does and wants from website owners, I wanted to take a look at how the domaining industry is seen through the eyes of Google. If we take websites and see where they rank in Google the results are all over the place. […]

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Exact Match Domain Values

October 19, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

The Google EMD update When the news came out Matt Cutts announced on Twitter that Google is going after “low quality” exact match domains (EMD) to ensure they do not rank well in the Google search results. Matt said this algorithm update only impacts 0.6% of English-US queries. There certainly is a lot of talk […]

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How To Improve Google Adwords Quality Scores

October 17, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

By: RH When starting a new website many developers use Google Adwords to drive traffic to their site. Many think you just pick the keywords where you want your ads to show and set a budget. Google assigns a quality score which can be quite complicated to figure out on your own. There are many […]

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Filed Under: Google, Infographics, SEM

The Most Expensive Keywords – Google October 2012

October 11, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

By: RH The Most Expensive Keywords – Google October 2012 Fetch123.com put out a list of the most expensive Google keywords updated for October 2012. The stats also include the number of monthly searches for each keyword, these were not exact searches but broad. Free Domain Names shows 90,000 broad searches but only 9,900 exact […]

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Get Paid For Your Content with Google Wallet for Digital Goods

October 8, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Google Wallet for Content Google is rolling out an experiment to see if readers will pay for content. Using Google Wallet for digital goods, publishers can charge for some of their more proprietary or premium content. How it works: With Google Wallet, your customers can purchase premium digital content with a single click. […]

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Low Quailty Exact Match Domains Are Next On Google’s List

September 29, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: RH First it was the Panda and then the Penguin. Well today Matt Cutts from Google tweeted the following: This may not be a minor change for domainers and affiliate marketers.  Search Engine Land also saw this tweet and the article there is worth reading. The comments on S E L are also interesting […]

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Understanding Google PageRank

September 18, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH An illustrated look at Google PageRank Zippycart put together this infographic awhile ago, there are always new people curious about how PageRank works. This infographic does a pretty good job. Courtesy of ZippyCart

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TechCrunch: Google+ Starts Rolling Out Vanity URLs For Some Accounts

August 13, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH TechCrunch reported that Google + will start allowing profiles and business pages to get their own vanity url . The Google + current urls are just an absolute disgrace imo and should have never gotten going in the first place. Whoever thought they were a good idea needs be tested for sanity. Tech […]

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Google and the War on Free Clicks

July 28, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

By: RH The War on Free Clicks Word Stream put together this piece on Organic clicks Vs PPC, they went on to say: If you use Google search (and who doesn’t), you may have noticed that sponsored results (pay-per-click, or PPC, ads) have been taking over more and more of the search engine results page. […]

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Google Power Searching Course Starts Tomorrow

July 9, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Power Searching with Google is a free online, community-based course showcasing search techniques and how to use them to solve real, everyday problems. It features: Six 50-minute classes. Interactive activities to practice new skills. Opportunities to connect with others using Google Groups, Google+, and Hangouts on Air. Upon passing the post-course assessment, a […]

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