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Mar 17
4

Google Analytics Gets a Facelift in Version 5 BETA

Well ladies and gents it is finally here! The latest version of Google analytics has finally been released and in true Google fashion it is being rolled out as a limited BETA. As with all Google BETA releases, there will be a gradual roll out to the user base. So if you don’t see the…

Google Analytics Gets a Facelift in Version 5 BETA
Written by Raelene Thomas
Mar 04
0

Google Teams Up With 6S Marketing? Nope.

Tweet The following is not true, it is a humorous fake news story that our friend Ron Fiedler came up with. We thought is was a cute joke that was appropriate for a Friday afternoon.   Fri 4 Mar 2011 | 14:00 EST FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GOOGLE TEAMS UP WITH 6S MARKETING Mountain View, CA…

Google Teams Up With 6S Marketing? Nope.
Written by Chris Breikss
Feb 21
1

Block Search Spam with the Google Personal Blocklist

Tweet The Google Personal Blocklist is an extension only available for the Google Chrome browser. When installed in your browser, this extension will send Google a list of domains that you want to exclude from your Google search results. If you use Chrome as your primary broswer, then this is a great tool to help…

Block Search Spam with the Google Personal Blocklist
Written by Chris Breikss
Feb 18
1

Bing and Yahoo to Allow Bids on Trademarked Keywords

Tweet As of March 3, 2011, Bing and Yahoo, are going to allow advertisers to bid on trademarked keywords. What this means is that your competitors will be able to bid on your brand name and Bing and Yahoo will not prevent them from doing that. There is still recourse, however, to prevent your competitors…

Bing and Yahoo to Allow Bids on Trademarked Keywords
Written by Chris Breikss
Feb 17
3

SEO for Google Places using Rich Snippets and Microdata

Tweet Google has introduced new documentation for webmasters and SEO professionals to better communicate business information and label content. Using new HTML5 microdata specifications your website can better ‘feed’ information in the following categories: Businesses and Organizations Products Reviews Events People Recipes Video  

SEO for Google Places using Rich Snippets and Microdata
Written by Chris Breikss
Nov 26
3

A Birthday Wish from Google

Tweet On Wednesday November 24th, 2010 it was 6S Marketing’s 10th birthday and we received many, MANY, birthday wishes (and a huge thank you to everyone!). But one birthday wish stood out a tiny bit more than the rest.

A Birthday Wish from Google
Written by Kelly Robertson
Oct 15
1

Say Goodbye to Google Site Overlay and Hello to In-Page Analytics!

Today Google Analytics has launched their latest feature into public beta – In-Page Analytics. This new feature replaces the old and always broken Site Overlay report. It’s the report that we’ve been waiting for – for years!

Say Goodbye to Google Site Overlay and Hello to In-Page Analytics!
Written by Raelene Thomas
Sep 15
0

6Sers Visit Google Campus This Week for the GACP Summit

6S Marketing is proud to have a couple of peeps, @raelenet and @msbone at the Google Analytics Certified Partner (GACP) Summit this week in California. What they are doing there is top secret but it looks like they are having fun riding these bikes around the Google campus! See the larger photos on 6S Marketing’s…

6Sers Visit Google Campus This Week for the GACP Summit
Written by Chris Breikss
Aug 05
2

Respond to Negative Reviews in Google Places and Maps

Now you can dispute or respond to negative reviews in Google Places and Maps. On August 4, 2010, Google added the ability for verified business owners to respond to reviews publicly on Google Places pages. Read “Respond to reviews for your business on Google Place Page“. Of course, you can respond to positive reviews too…

Respond to Negative Reviews in Google Places and Maps
Written by Chris Breikss
Jul 21
3

Google’s Long Term Search Plan

Amit Singhal, one of Google’s chief engineers who has been with the search engine since 1990, recently gave a talk about his aspirations from when he started working at Google 20 years ago. Functionality created over those 20 years such as Google Maps, Earth and Google Books were steps aimed at achieving Google’s goal of making all information universally available.

Google’s Long Term Search Plan
Written by Kelly Robertson