Google Maps a Bit Too Good?

Ok, This is about a mile from our office at CGR. I am scanning street level looking for a Off Broadway shoes to pick up some new kicks. Like others, I get hooked on zooming up and down the street with the very cool Google Maps. Did you know you

Google Update Still Hitting Close To Home

My reporting for a client this morning confirms the Google update in my eyes. The update seems to be drawing a lot more from the location of the search than in the past. I do SEO for Alaglas Fiberglass pool company. The results had spiked early in the campaign and

Google May 2013 the Homer update?

Was May 5th the “Homer” update? I watch dozens of the same SERPS day after day for years. One part of this obsession is that I am all about routine, the second is that everything you learn from needs benchmarks. If you don’t know every domain in the top 30-40

Homers Are Winners In Google Update

Continued from here. in Post about May 2013 Google Update To validate any guessing game it is best to make checks on your own and formulate a conclusion based on the patterns you see with your own eyes. The conclusion that seemed to me was a drastic emphasis on location setting

Google Patent Results Everywhere

Full SERP Image Google patents may want to list a few patents on self control. In searching out the Google Engage Pizza box promotion to learn more about this campaign I came across some weird results. When searching Google engage pizza box on Google .com I get one article at

Google Engage Pizza Night

Hey, google bought me a Pizza! I feel somewhat guilty seeing how I didn’t buy them anything (unless you count all the doorway pages I fed them 8 years ago). On second thought, having made around 6 figures on Adsense and assuming somewhere near a historic 50%/50% split, Id say

Google Ferris Wheel Doodle

Not often do I enjoy the Google Doodle enough to comment on it, time is money and Google Doodles dont pay me money to talk about them. But the Ferris wheel google doodle with its’ tons of variations is pretty funny once you get the wolf who chooses to sit

Finally time for that GAIQ Thingy

Well, not going to take the time to make a complete post here. I am just happy to get this Analytics certification out of the way. Had been all ready to take it months ago as a matter of formality and never got to it. I had been in the

Watch “Charlotte SEO” Everyday.

Or watch something more exciting if you prefer. To each their own SERP measuring sticks. If you are worth your weight in SEO you will do your own A/B style testing with different layouts and watch SERPS like a crackhead. I have always for a decade watched SERPS like a

Why Exact Match Domains Do Rank

…And how to fix yours if it isn’t. Do you own an exact match domain? Ever wonder why they work? Or why it makes sense that they do work? I have always been in the camp that using exact match domains as such a strong ranking factor makes no sense.