Archive for the ‘Google Updates’ Category

“Buy “Eye Of The Tiger” on: Google Play, AmazonMP3, iTunes” So Goolge rolls out Google Play earlier this week. And sure enough, “Google Play” is the first on the list for downloading music from Youtube. p.s. Some High School kids borrow my roach suites. Fun stuff, yes. But don’t think the video is endorsed by [...]

I was doing a little check up on my local maps section for Houston Pest Control, and I came across an ad space that I have never seen before. Google now places ads under a businesses name. Very interesting. I wonder how effective this ad is. It does have the benefit of finding an audience [...]

Google+ has a new Favicon… in case you care about the details. That’s it.  Kinda cool. I like the orange. I once heard that orange is a very strong color and that it is the most under used color for logos… of course that was about 8 years ago. And since that secret is now [...]

Here are some screen shots for the new Google local look. From gray place page markers to blue advertiser markers and down to red organic markers. The script highlights the organic marker while hovering the map. It will also pop up snippets for the organic results. Advertisers don’t get snippets. But they do get a [...]

So doing a search for pest control this past week I came across a new type of listing in the search results, one that had bullets and snippets: Hmmm… very interesting. This is really a big bonus for Service Magic as their numbers show up in the snippet. Check it out, right next to bullet [...]

Email: Hello from Google! For a limited time, Yellowbook will set up a new AdWords account just for you and build your online advertising campaigns at no charge.* And even better, you get a $100 Google AdWords credit to get started. This is a great opportunity for you to have Yellowbook professionally manage your AdWords [...]

Google places. Best ever Badges, Liked and Disliked under reviews, Upload photos button, and the new Write a review button. All facelifts to the Google Places page.

It’s really nice that Google will tell what you want to know. Screenshot from within Google Boost today. Pretty funny. Just another small bug they are dealing with in the recent updates to local. Beyond the shock of pending ads and Google’s candid answer about Google Boost, local search is taking another leap forward. … [...]

How much plus 1 could a Google plus plus,
If Google could plus 1 Google plus?

So Google launches Google plus, and they just launched Google +1 earlier this year. So lets clarify this first. Google +1 is a search related function showing your friend’s recommendations next to search results. Google Plus is their new social media platform similar to Facebook and Twitter. Google Plus seems to have integrated +1 into their social scheme. However, items in Google Plus that receive a +1 do not show over into Google search results. Further, Google Plus is not showing in Google search results and is not searchable…. Why would a search engine take out the search function?

Showing up for his first ever Google plus hangout… Yes, Jon Henshaw brought a phone for his mic, and ear. Actually not a bad idea if you want to hang out at work and look like your are still busy. “So if I don’t have a webcam, you pretty much can’t hangout in Google+” Google+ [...]