While Google always seems to be testing, sometimes I don’t get the tests - this time I got one in firefox, but not IE.
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This is similar to the test shown on The Official Google Blog, but mine doesn’t have the PageRank like scale on the left hand categories.
There are […]
I usually use firefox now, but I just used IE for something and noticed this:
It reads: “Firefox with Google Toolbar: tabbed browsing, safer surfing.” and has spreadfirefox.com in the url. This doesn’t really show much about the tabbed browsing feature. It also looks suspiciously like a banner ad.
“There will be no banner ads […]
At Boston Pubcon - April 19th, from:
Frederick Vallaeys - SR. Product Specialist for AdWords , Google
Learned some of the following at PubCon from Mr. Vallaeys
1) CTR still matters of course - the higher the better
2) Suggests using 2-3 creatives per adgroup with 5-7 keywords
3) Landing page quailty - design and content - should be […]
Google Now Selling Poker Items in their Google Store
Google has added three new sin items including an odd bottle opener/keylight and two gambling items.
Google Chocolate Poker Chip
This chocolate poker chip sells for $0.75 and has a face value of $25 dollars. Not a bad deal I suppose and I will probably pick up a […]
Google Pays Three Employees Less Than Minimum Wage
Shocking abuses at Googleplex rumored to finance burgeoning anti-spam division
Ongoing abuse discovered by LA Times
While the U.S. Minimum wage is $5.15, California has an even higher standard of $6.75 an hour, but the LA Times has revealed that Google has had three employees “volunteer” to take a drastic […]
DaveN just found out Google banned themselves.
I checked and sure enough - it is banned.
Hey just send an email to yourself with “reinclusion request” in the subject line.
First Attempt: All Bluetooth Devices are NOT created equal.
I wanted to set up Google Talk wirelessly. I also wanted to use Bluetooth to do it - as I seem to be collecting devices that are Bluetooth enabled. Well what I didn’t realize is that not all Bluetooth devices are created equal. I could get the […]
Background
Google has been tracking click thrus on certain results since at least 2001 and I am pretty sure before that. You used to be able to see this in the url when clicking such as:
http://
www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.example.com/&e=747
This was usually done somewhat a random, but certain keywords – such as “Digital Cameras” were often targeted […]
Google’s New Test of "Revisions Inline”
Mentioned by Dave N , Matt Cutts , and Danny Sullivan – Google has been experimenting with trying to refine the queries inside the organic results – in a unique and interesting way. Matt tries do downplay this as one of the gradual changes that Google introduces (so […]
Get your Google Stock Certificate Right Here
Well it has been one year since Google went public and what a year it has been. Those who got in at $85 made out like bandits with the stock currently around $300.00. Google has had great earnings and hopefully will have more to come.
I wanted to get a […]