http://www.websalad.com.au/blog/pay-per-click/google-maps-does-branded-ppc-2/ Fresh Web Thinking Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.websalad.com.au/blog/pay-per-click/google-maps-does-branded-ppc-2/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Focus Search Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:05:30 +0000 http://www.websalad.com.au/?p=1336#comment-543 This will be an interesting space to watch over the coming 6 months, as twitter have just announced twitter places as well. This will be an interesting space to watch over the coming 6 months, as twitter have just announced twitter places as well.

]]> http://www.websalad.com.au/blog/pay-per-click/google-maps-does-branded-ppc-2/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Google Local Search: Killing the Online Directory? | SEO Sydney, Search Engine Optimisation, PPC Advertising, Social Media, Web Development, SEO Sydney Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:49:18 +0000 http://www.websalad.com.au/?p=1336#comment-372 [...] Google moves in for the kill as it announced this week that they plan to monetize their local business center with maps search results to include branded corporate logos. I’ve already covered this topic in a bit more detail here, but what I’m pointing out is that we’re beginning to see trends emerging as Google shifts towards favouring local search. Google has always been stringent on keeping web content relevant, but their advance on local search is now so sophisticated that it could potentially wipe out the good ‘ol fashioned web directory. It was only a matter of time. Google have had their pawns in place for a while now, and if you’re a regular around Google Labs, you’ll notice that a lot of the time Google will sit in the dark waiting and perfecting their technology before they strike. Our opinion is that Google is moving in for the check-mate of search monopolizing. We’ve seen some admirable competition from Bing’s launch, social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook… But the guys at Google know where to play at their strengths. [...] [...] Google moves in for the kill as it announced this week that they plan to monetize their local business center with maps search results to include branded corporate logos. I’ve already covered this topic in a bit more detail here, but what I’m pointing out is that we’re beginning to see trends emerging as Google shifts towards favouring local search. Google has always been stringent on keeping web content relevant, but their advance on local search is now so sophisticated that it could potentially wipe out the good ‘ol fashioned web directory. It was only a matter of time. Google have had their pawns in place for a while now, and if you’re a regular around Google Labs, you’ll notice that a lot of the time Google will sit in the dark waiting and perfecting their technology before they strike. Our opinion is that Google is moving in for the check-mate of search monopolizing. We’ve seen some admirable competition from Bing’s launch, social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook… But the guys at Google know where to play at their strengths. [...]

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