The TMO Blog

A Closer Look At AdWords Express

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Google launched AdWords Express more than a year ago as a simple, no frills alternative for small business owners. Nearly all the bells and whistles have been taken out so users need only set a monthly budget and create an ad, then let Google…
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You See Up To A Dozen Experiments Every Time You Use Google

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Google's Chief Economist, Hal Varian, spoke during a Google Tech Talk on October 22, 2012, and he shared some interesting information about what you see every time you use Google, as Barry Schwartz reported for Search Engine Land. "Any time…
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Properly Evaluating Ad Channel Performance

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It's easy to get caught taking metrics at face value and not really interpreting what they mean. Benny Blum, for Search Engine Land, makes a valuable point about how time affects how you value your channels' performances. You have to be wary…
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Mobile Search You Never Thought Of: In-App Search Engines

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When we talk about mobile search engines, there are really only two names in the conversation: Google and Bing. But did you know there are quite a few other options, and you probably already have them available on your phone? Many apps offer…
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How To Create Images That Will Look Great In 5 Years

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Since the release of Apple's retina capable displays, the internet has been running behind the devices accessing it. Instead of improving the way browsing the web looks, the end result of using retina devices to look at the internet is usually…
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90% Of Google Notifications Are Not About Links

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Many webmasters believed that the 700,000 notifications Google sent out in the first two months of this year were related to link notifications. Not true, says Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts. According to Cutts, 90% of the messages…
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Great Resources: Responsive Design Frameworks

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Creating a responsive website design from the ground up can be exhausting and costly. Thankfully, for those of us without the time or money to completely build a brand new site, there are lots of frameworks or boilerplates you can use. Chris…
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How You Can Get Free AdWords Credits

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Google is offering up to two months of free advertising, or up to a $250 total value, for signing up for AdWords Express before December 16th. Most likely, you've received emails, possibly many, informing you of the promotion but it might be…
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Bing Publishes First Set of Webmaster Guidelines

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Bing published their first set of webmaster guidelines in the Help section of Bing's Webmaster Tools to offer guidance on the best SEO practices for their search engine. While not nearly as detailed as Google's webmaster guidelines, hat is…
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