Author Archives: Louise Gorrie

Google Insights – New Keyword Search Query

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Google have added a new Beta tool called Google Insights for Search. It’s sensational. With a quick search you can see the regional differences between keywords. For instance, in the last 30 days more people in Victoria are searching for … Continue reading →

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Google Search Engine Market Growth

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Google continues to be the dominant player in the Australian search engine landscape, with Hitwise reporting another hike in its popularity. Last month, 87.81% of all Australian search engine queries were through Google. They’ve taken back some of Yahoo’s share, … Continue reading →

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Google to share secrets of its search engine

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Udi Maber, VP of engineering at Google, is going to be a bit more transparent in how the search giant’s ranking algorithms work. On the GoogleBlog, he says “this blog post is part of a renewed effort to open up … Continue reading →

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Spam Your Way To The Top

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Google algorithms appear to change daily and whilst competing for popular phrases I notice who moves around and am always interested to figure out how a website got to the front page. I’ve been focusing on the term SEO Services … Continue reading →

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I have better things to do on a Friday night thankyou Google Maps

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I was following up with our friends of Google to see if Rob’s Google maps business listing has returned to normal (read here). No, it’s got worse, the mother ******* Nestsoft people have hijacked my mother ****** listing as well. … Continue reading →

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Writing a Killer Title Tag

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Jill Whalen has finished another piece of her excellent “how to” series of articles at Talent Zoo. This one covers writing a killer title tag. I agree with all she says, and would add that after I’ve written my title … Continue reading →

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Ecocho: Google says "No"

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I was meaning to write a post last week about the newly launched Ecocho.com as I had another of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” moments. Ecocho combine Google and Yahoo sponsored search listings, and allows people to search … Continue reading →

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Google Maps Listing Hijacked

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Argh! My client, who just happens to be my husband, has had his Google maps listing hijacked. And this time it’s not a case of him not registering his maps listing in the local business center and it being unverified. … Continue reading →

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Update on the lessons of SEO writing 101

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I know you’ve all been waiting, and even performing your own Google searches on the peeps at My Website Designer, and alas, these searches are returning nil points. I think their site must be fairly new, the archive is only … Continue reading →

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Testing facebook ping

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Interesting title hey… yes the subject is exactly the same..yawn… Tweet This Post

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