How effective is Google Base?
Monday, 18 December 2006
Brian Smith today pointed out some challenges worth reading about Google Base. For those of you unfamiliar with Base, consider it a comparison shopping engine where you can submit product to be searchable on Google. Like a CSE, you can describe any item you post with attributes and specs to help people find it when
- Published in Comparison Shopping, Google, Insights / Research
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Sitemap consistency between Yahoo!, Google, and MSN
Friday, 17 November 2006
In case you haven’t heard yet, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft recently announced that they will recognize the same Sitemap settings and structure.Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about the pages on their sites that are available for crawling. Simply put, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs of
- Published in Google, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Yahoo!
Partners and Platforms Support Retailers Developing Keywords Lists
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
Online stores in need of help with a paid search keyword program should turn to Yahoo! and Google for support.With much anticipation, Yahoo’s new search platform allows advertisers to test different copy no the same keyword while auto-optimizing by favoring the ad which performs best. Yahoo! elevates paid search to the next level with their
- Published in Analytics, Google, Paid Search, Search, Vendors / Agencies, Yahoo!
Search Engine Optimization : Part 2 : Popularity (Page Rank or PageRank)
Thursday, 26 October 2006
Last week I brought you part one, “Accessibility” of our detailed SEO strategy. Without question, I’d argue your second focus should be on a Google concept called Page Rank.Simply put, Page Rank is popularity. Yes, it is sad but true, websites play the same game for visibility that we played in high school; popularity is
- Published in Google, Natural Search / SEO, Search
Google Site Optimizer
Friday, 20 October 2006
I’m of the believe that you have to take Google’s tools for more than their face value. They claim, for example, that they don’t use Google Analytics to peer into website performance because of privacy, in a way, I hope they do leverage the data from Analytics. What better way to evaluate the value of
- Published in Analytics, Google, Insights / Research
The blogger bandwagon – Google buys YouTube
Monday, 09 October 2006
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company where people watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community.I feel like this is the only news today. Have you read the
- Published in Brand Marketing, Google
No excuses now – Google launches Google Base Store Connector
Thursday, 05 October 2006
e-commerce folks, I’ve hopefully sold you now on how to manage your feeds, extend their value, and optimize the content. You need to be on Google now. If you haven’t heard yet, Froogle is being replaced by Google Base If you don’t know yet, Google Base is free distribution of your Store’s catalog in essentially
- Published in Comparison Shopping, Google