by Scott | Mar 5, 2013 | Google
In Google Analytics, a small improvement was made a couple of months ago to the interface for comparing your stats to a previous period in time, and I think it was long overdue. As a manager for Ross Dress for Less in the early 1990’s I lived and died by my...
by Scott | Feb 7, 2013 | Local - Places - Maps
I have a high school friend whom I’ve helped with his website intermittently over the years, and I claimed his Google Local page for him quite a few years ago. Last summer, I created a Google+ page for him also, and I never thought much about it after that. A...
by Scott | Dec 4, 2012 | Google
Okay, I’m calling BS here, Google – What’s going on?!? Can someone explain to me how a post I wrote three days ago is still not found by searching it’s exact title? Any time I’ve ever looked, my posts are indexed, often within just...
by Scott | Nov 30, 2012 | Google, SEO
Sometimes, paid links may be totally alright with Google, and in fact in many cases are EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR. Let me explain… If I search Google for “CNN author on Google plus” then I get over 22 million results, with John D Sutter...
by Scott | Sep 24, 2012 | Google
I work with a company that produced a documentary about Keiko the whale, who was the star of the 1993 sensation, Free Willy. (Wow, has it really been 19 years?) Over a week ago, we found out that their website got hacked, and although it was NOT reported in Webmaster...
by Scott | Jul 3, 2012 | Google, Local - Places - Maps
There’s a bug in the Google Places app on my Android phone that is allowing me to edit the last review for any local business. Instead of saying “Leave a Review” the only option for me is to “Edit Your Review”. I discovered it over the...