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Comment on Don’t Get Caught Chasing Rainbows! (The pitfalls of amateur keyword research) by Michael

Michael — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:10:30 +0000

You mean an automated sphygomanometer then?

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by Mark

Mark — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:31:26 +0000

Just visited you from UKBF, have to say couldn’t agree more. Hadn’t actually noticed this until this post (however I don’t often search for events or people) but my goodness is it is annoying as hell! I think they could seriously cost themselves market share here, Google became popular for it’s ability to deliver relevant quality results (well, did it better than others, even if it was prone to abuse) to users quickly. I just did a quick count on the Tiger Woods search today, the first real result is tigerwoods . com – it appears after News Results and Latest Updates now. There are 10-11 links you could click on (5 in the news results, many in the visible updates bit, more if you scroll) before you actually get to the first decent result. Terrible, really hope this doesn’t expand to more generic searches.

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by PHP Hosting

PHP Hosting — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:12 +0000

Thats an interesting write up. It shows a different approach of looking at Google. Probably,with the involvement of Google being able to index Facebook and Twitter content,it would be more messier. We can only hope to have a better search capability.

Comment on UK Google AdWords Telephone Number helpline by Dee

Dee — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:58:55 +0000

Im afraid Google Adwords no longer accept telephone queries. I tried the telephone number you supplied and after putting in my customer number, a recorded message redirected me back to the website help centre. They send harassing, threatening emails, but don’t supply you with any way of contacting them.

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by Armando

Armando — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:52:44 +0000

I noticed the Twitter results but are gone now? Was just an experiment or it depends on the words you search for?

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by Old Welsh Guy

Old Welsh Guy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:34:26 +0000

They are showing the crap twitter stuff for searches like ‘new year eve’ now http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GPTB_en-GBGB290GB290&q=new+years+eve&meta=&aq=f&oq=

They seem to be expanding this, and unless they improve the filters, we are going to see meaningless drivel on the first page of most searches.

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by Gareth Morgan

Gareth Morgan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:01:07 +0000

I agree and hope it’s an experiment that will be pretty short-lived. Though, with Google giving Twitter an estimated $15m recently, for the right and ability to index its content, I’m sure they have long term plans for Twitter results.

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by Old Welsh Guy

Old Welsh Guy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:45:42 +0000

Hi Andy,

For me, someone who has been around Google from the start, it is such a shame to see them go down this route. Time will tell which way they take this, but personally I feel it is a bridge too far.

Comment on Are Google falling Into the Bear Trap? by Andy Brough

Andy Brough — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:11:44 +0000

Very interesting article and I think you’re absolutely on the money about this one. I love Google’s funtional simplicity but this is just plain C.R.A.P.

Comment on UK Adsense Alternative Announced. by Old Welsh Guy

Old Welsh Guy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:23:59 +0000

Cheers Geof, I just checked and it appears ok. Must have been a glitch.

There are plenty of other ways to handle revenue on a site other than miva though. Maybe I will make another post about them