In the below poll we didn’t make any distinction between AdWords & organic SEO investments. If we did I am not sure how it would have impacted the voting. How do you feel about people paying for placement in search engines? Nearly 2 in 3 people dislike money manipulating search results. response All (1201) I think...Read More
Which of the following have you heard of? More people have heard of paid search / AdWords than have SEO / link building. One of the big issues with this question is that since it had numerous check boxes it had a lower response rate (roughly 10% vs an average of closer to 16% to...Read More
Link Building for Business Blogs Doesn't Need to Be Risky As a key component of a hub and spoke online marketing strategy, blogs can be very effective for social media network engagement, online PR, customer service, and as search engine optimization assets. While there are numerous cases studies of business blogs (I like to think Online...Read More
When we first launched the Google Maps API, it was all about a map, a pin, and a dream. Back then our technical documentation was relatively simple, consisting of a couple of developer docs and some code samples. Since then the Google Maps API has expanded far beyond our expectations, due in large part to...Read More
Another Friday has rolled around, and we’re happy to announce a new screencast from my team at Google Maps Developer Relations. In this screencast, Brendan Kenny shows us how to use Chrome Developer Tools to debug a Maps API application. Even some members of our team learned something watching this video. In other news, members...Read More