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/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
On the new Google Image search engine
From: google.com
Google has redesigned its image search engine.
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/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
“I thought you’d be taller”
From: google.com
The chances that you and your brand will first be encountered digitally grow every day.
The only question is what sort of reputation and anticipation you create before they actually encounter you in real life. I think it’s a conscious choice.
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/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
Google Analytics Home Page Gets An Overhaul
From: google.com
If you visited Google Analytics in the last 24 hours you may have noticed a home page overhaul, now with access to the top support articles front and center, a product tour video...
… and a real time feed from the Google Analytics Blog. Here is a summary of the updates:
- Added dropdowns to the top navigation across the whole site so users can find their way to the content they want better. Try hovering over Product to see a dropdown.
- Updated the features scroller in the middle of the page with a more intuitive UI and cleaner look.
- Updated the News & Hightlights section, which now includes a link to a recent Forrester Research article, “Appraising Your Investment in Enterprise Web Analytics”.
- Added a new box to the bottom right that allows the user to flip through our Strategic Solutions, including the recently announced Application Gallery.
Read Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/xr7Uk_w3768/sn-4-20100518GoogleAnalyticsHomePageGetsAnOverhaul.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
Google Local Search Gets A Bit Confusing
From: google.com
I found this rather interesting bug over at Google today.
When doing a search for Victoria BC Lawyer, in the Local Business results I found that only one of the seven results were actually for law offices! The remaining 6 were for doctors as well as a government publishing office.
One would think that Google has been doing this long enough to not make such a big error “ 1 out of 7 results relevant to the search? Thats pretty poor if you ask me.
CommentsRead Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/5F1tUC6jFX0/sn-4-20100518GoogleLocalSearchGetsABitConfusing.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
Bing Rolls Out Global Action Atlas
From: google.com
Via way of the Bing Maps team we hear about a new resource The Global Action Atlas “ the application allows users to peer into areas where our planet needs help and recognizes efforts across the globe to help people in need, protect plants and animals, preserve diverse cultures (Source: Bing Maps blog). The actionable themes availble from the Atlas include:
- Conservation: Includes categories on animals and plants; fresh water; landscapes; migrations and corridors; and oceans and coastal areas.
- Climate Change: Focuses on projects having to do with forest conservation and management; renewable energy; reforestation; and ocean impacts.
- Cultures: Features projects focusing on preserving endangered languages; cultural preservation; archeology; and indigenous rights.
- Energy:Focuses on technology; energy efficiency; and energy investment.
- Exploration: Focuses on taking action to help preserve our planet; to explore its mysteries through sustainable travel; and to raise awareness about cultures and environments, and science and adventure projects.
- Humanitarian Affairs: Includes projects focusing on water and sanitation; emergency relief; health; education; empowering women; and poverty and hunger.
For more information about National Geographics Global Action Atlas, visit the National Geographic site.
CommentsRead Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/tf4GaHUD8Zc/sn-4-20100511BingRollsOutGlobalActionAtlas.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
Google Gets A Special Visit From Conan O’Brian
From: google.com
Hat Tip to Andy Beal on pointing our direction to this hilarious video of Conan O’Brien’s visit to the Googleplex. Apparently Conan has been making his rounds in the tech space - as he was at Twitter/Intel a couple of weeks ago.
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/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Saturday, July 31, 2010
Panda Search Engine News Wrap-up July 31
From: google.com
We are back with a new review of the latest search engine news articles and blog posts. Google’s wind power
Google’s purchase of twenty years worth of renewable energy from an Iowa wind farm (Inside Google July 26 2010) What Does Google Read?
Want to read like a Google exec? Don’t expect any laughs. (Beyond Search July [...]
Read Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pandia/vfbc/~3/k3Ss5XS5pU8/3037-panda-search-engine-news-wrap-up-july-31.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Sabotage!
From: google.com
Just about all sabotage is self-sabotage.
We don’t get forced to eat that cookie, we choose to. And so the diet is ended.
Marketing self-sabotage is fascinating to watch and understand. Consider the college application: it’s primarily an opportunity for teenagers who aren’t sure of where they want to go to undercut their chances by exposing their uncertainty. The lizard brain, the voice in the back of the head that wants security and safety--it’s not eager to go to a college that might be ‘too hard’ or ‘too good’. The easy thing to do is to scale back the effort, not do what works, but do what feels right instead.
Or consider the way we resist opportunities to lead, to connect, to do work that matters. We don’t resist because we’re not capable of it… we resist because if our marketing fails, if we don’t get the job or earn the trust, then we’re off the hook. No promises made, which means no promises to keep.
We know more than enough about marketing now. We know how to craft a story that will spread, we know how to find and lead tribes. The thing we have trouble with is making the commitment to do it even when it’s frightening and difficult.
Read Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/1l1QX0wSVbg/sabotage.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Google Tests New Background Ad Colors
From: google.com
Over the past couple of weeks Google have been testing new background colours for their Adwords ads again. Google changed from their usual blue background to a yellow back in 2007 which is what we see predominantly today in the SERPs.
Now it looks like testing time again, I am connecting to a DC with a pink/purple shade background -

And also a much much brighter quite striking shade of blue -

Are you seeing any other colours?
CommentsRead Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/JRSK15Rau_A/sn-4-20100601GoogleTestsNewBackgroundAdColors.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Google Announces Their New Click To Call Ads
From: google.com
Google just announced their new Click to Call ads. Which seem to really make me think about this recent hilarious video created by The Onion. The 911 call using the Google phone is fantastic stuff.
<iframe class="embeddedvideo" src="http://media.theonion.com/flash/video/onn_player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="358" width="400"><br>New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users Ears
CommentsRead Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/he0gMcVqaXI/sn-4-20100521GoogleAnnouncesTheirNewClickToCallAds.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Google Analytics Home Page Gets An Overhaul
From: google.com
If you visited Google Analytics in the last 24 hours you may have noticed a home page overhaul, now with access to the top support articles front and center, a product tour video...
… and a real time feed from the Google Analytics Blog. Here is a summary of the updates:
- Added dropdowns to the top navigation across the whole site so users can find their way to the content they want better. Try hovering over Product to see a dropdown.
- Updated the features scroller in the middle of the page with a more intuitive UI and cleaner look.
- Updated the News & Hightlights section, which now includes a link to a recent Forrester Research article, “Appraising Your Investment in Enterprise Web Analytics”.
- Added a new box to the bottom right that allows the user to flip through our Strategic Solutions, including the recently announced Application Gallery.
Read Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/xr7Uk_w3768/sn-4-20100518GoogleAnalyticsHomePageGetsAnOverhaul.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Google Local Search Gets A Bit Confusing
From: google.com
I found this rather interesting bug over at Google today.
When doing a search for Victoria BC Lawyer, in the Local Business results I found that only one of the seven results were actually for law offices! The remaining 6 were for doctors as well as a government publishing office.
One would think that Google has been doing this long enough to not make such a big error “ 1 out of 7 results relevant to the search? Thats pretty poor if you ask me.
CommentsRead Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/5F1tUC6jFX0/sn-4-20100518GoogleLocalSearchGetsABitConfusing.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Bing Rolls Out Global Action Atlas
From: google.com
Via way of the Bing Maps team we hear about a new resource The Global Action Atlas “ the application allows users to peer into areas where our planet needs help and recognizes efforts across the globe to help people in need, protect plants and animals, preserve diverse cultures (Source: Bing Maps blog). The actionable themes availble from the Atlas include:
- Conservation: Includes categories on animals and plants; fresh water; landscapes; migrations and corridors; and oceans and coastal areas.
- Climate Change: Focuses on projects having to do with forest conservation and management; renewable energy; reforestation; and ocean impacts.
- Cultures: Features projects focusing on preserving endangered languages; cultural preservation; archeology; and indigenous rights.
- Energy:Focuses on technology; energy efficiency; and energy investment.
- Exploration: Focuses on taking action to help preserve our planet; to explore its mysteries through sustainable travel; and to raise awareness about cultures and environments, and science and adventure projects.
- Humanitarian Affairs: Includes projects focusing on water and sanitation; emergency relief; health; education; empowering women; and poverty and hunger.
For more information about National Geographics Global Action Atlas, visit the National Geographic site.
CommentsRead Original: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/searchnewzlatestnews/~3/tf4GaHUD8Zc/sn-4-20100511BingRollsOutGlobalActionAtlas.html
/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
Google Gets A Special Visit From Conan O’Brian
From: google.com
Hat Tip to Andy Beal on pointing our direction to this hilarious video of Conan O’Brien’s visit to the Googleplex. Apparently Conan has been making his rounds in the tech space - as he was at Twitter/Intel a couple of weeks ago.
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/// Posted by Alexandre Brabant on Friday, July 30, 2010
SEO Celebrity Look-Alike Winner Announced
From: verticalmeasures.com
For the past two weeks you’ve been voting like crazy for who you think was the very best SEO Celebrity Look-Alike pairing. Thanks to all who participated, tweeted, commented, Facebook’d, and voted. While it was a close race, our readers decided on….drum roll please….WINNER
Rand Fishkin a.k.a. Matthew Broderick With 23% of the vote, Rand from SEOMoz.org [...] Related posts:
Read Original: http://www.verticalmeasures.com/search-optimization/seo-celebrity-look-alike-winner-announced/








