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Google changes search results

david — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:41:53 +0000

Yesterday Google added starred results at the top of the page. And today – in Firefox for me at least – gone is the light blue bar under the search box and in comes a sidebar that doesn’t appear to switch off.

Do I like it?

Not much; but I’ll probably get used to it and it may be a test that doesn’t get rolled out widely anyway.

How about this for free traffic?

david — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:25:03 +0000

The results speak for themselves, but check out the organic traffic from Google on this site. I’m not going to tell you what it is, but it is a personal hobby niche and I’ve gone in pretty deep since April/May 2004. One of the keys to its success is the number of natural backlinks it has received.

If you ‘d like to me to help your website gain results like these then please get in contact – just leave a message below.

Dan Thies on Google AdWords – forget EVERYTHING you know!

david — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:17:00 +0000

I’m most of the way through Stompernet’s latest video, the first of their Going Natural 3.0 series and blown away. Presenting the story of how Brad Fallon’s multi-million dollar business was blown away when it was dropped from Google’s organic listings and how Dan Thies headed up new research into AdWords to save that business from certain catastrophe, this is a really fresh look at how the AdWords game has changed and what to do in 2008.

One of the tools mentioned – in fact the only tool so far – is Microsoft’s Commercial Intent tool, which has yielded some surprising tools for one of my niches.

In fact, I’m going to see what happens if I use it to screen keywords in the Thirty Day Challenge/Immediate Edge niche research stage, as it may help identify really strong keywords that are off the radar at the moment.

Anyway, go and watch the video, if you’re doing PPC then you won’t regret it.