Google buy YouTube
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: October 9th, 2006 Published in: GoogleThe rumours were right - Google have just announced the acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. Full press release here. Not too bad for a company setup 18 months ago! It seems YouTube will continue to operate independently “to preserve its successful brand and passionate community”. I would assume though that there will be [...]
Matt Cutts – list of stuff he’s said!
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: September 15th, 2006 Published in: GoogleWell not just any old crap, but useful titbits of information prepared by SEO Egghead. Full post can be found here: 21 Great SEO Tips from Matt Cutts Worth a read. MG
Google Toolbar Update
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: September 10th, 2006 Published in: About Fused Nation, Google, SEO AgenciesNow includes Google Suggest. More info on the eFlaunt blog post: Google Toolbar Updated
Google pimping Google Desktop in live SERPs
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: August 7th, 2006 Published in: GoogleA search earlier pulled up this at the bottom of page 1: Seems to be live only on Google.co.uk results (tried a few random searches) – sometimes doesn’t show. Leads onto this URL: http://desktop.google.com/en/GB/?utm_source=en_GB-rpp-photo&utm_medium=rpp&utm_campaign=en_GBÂ which suggests a UK only test campaign. Potentially could be leading up more Google services being pimped in live SERPs – we’ve [...]
Cutts answers SEO questions on video
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: August 1st, 2006 Published in: Google, Public Relations, Search Engine Optimisation, Spamhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-answers-on-google-video/ http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/more-seo-answers-on-video/ Fairly interesting (the 6 videos take about 30 minutes to watch in total. Matt dispells a few SEO myths such as bad code affecting SEO efforts and delves into the qualities of a good site. Worth a watch. MG
OK search engines, you want to fight spam?
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: July 24th, 2006 Published in: Ask, Bing, Google, Public Relations, Rants n Drama, Search Engine Optimisation, Spam, YahooSimple solution. Well for part of the problem anyway. Sparked from a discussion on Threadwatch, here’s a thought for Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask. Kill the SEO agency. Sure, they no doubt spend a load on PPC and it could very will be killing off a reasonable source of business for you, but hey – [...]
What’s the obsesssion with Google PageRank?
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: July 17th, 2006 Published in: Google, Link Building, Search Engine Optimisation, SpeculationIt bugs me. I know that Toolbar PageRank doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things. I know this. I know this. But yet, it’s the first thing I look at when I visit a new site. I still get a feeling relief and achievement when the quarterly Toolbar PR update takes place. So [...]