PPC-Advice.com ranked amongst the Top 50 Canadian Marketing Blogs

Canada is certainly a hot bed amongst our international counterparts when it comes to technology and online media, and I’m proud to be included in such a prestigious list of fellow Canadian bloggers.  Certainly not just another site badge to add to the collection, the Top 50 Canadian Marketing Blog list is based on the AdAge Power 150.  See the full list after the break.

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Moving to a new server

PPC-Advice.com has finally outgrown it’s web hosting.  I’m going to be moving the blog this weekend, so if it doesn’t show up for a few hours, please come back monday morning.  Everything should be smoothed out, and faster, by then.

Garry

PPC-Advice.com now available via mobile

Ever wish you could read this blog on the go using your favorite handheld device?  Now you can!  Just hit up this website as you normally would, and our cheesy-looking phone-friendly interface should automatically detect your phone and give you something relatively legible.  Hooray for technology!

Fresh new design for 2009

We’re still kicking the tires on this one, but the new design will definitely enable us to support a lot more options and content on the same amount of real-estate.  For those of you that are bound to ask, the fish didn’t make the first cut, but they’ll be back sometime later this week when the header graphics are done.  In the meantime, feel free to kick the tires, and if there are any bugs that we’ve overlooked, please don’t hestitate to point them out.

Choice Search Engine Strategies San Jose Sessions, Day 3 Preview

If you’re too tired after the Google dance the night before, Day 3 has you covered.  Looks like Kevin Ryan was nice enough to pace everyone in attendance with two coffee breaks wednesday morning, plus a roundtable discussion.  Sessions don’t start until 10:30, so if you sleep in you won’t be sauntering into a smaller conference room.  Good thinking!  Anyways, my predictions for Day 3 at SES San Jose continues…

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SES NY 2008 Day 1 Winner: Auditing Paid Listings and Click Fraud

Search Engine Strategies New York is quite possibly the most attended online marketing event in North America.  The best and brightest in our industry join in various cities throughout the year on the SES tour, but seldom is the turnout as high as in New York City.  I had the privilege of attending this year, and on Day 1 of the conference, I’d have to say the session on Auditing Click Fraud was the best.

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Internet Explorer Meets it's Match, Google knows all

I wasn’t planning on writing today, just because it’s a statutory holiday and all, but I saw something today that made me laugh.  In preparing a post for tomorrow detailing the Omniture Excel Client, I noticed that when you revert your Internet Explorer 7 settings back to default Google notices!  If anyone was ever afraid that Google’s starting down the lines of becoming Big Brother, your fears may be warranted.

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12 Days of PPC-Advice.com Christmas

Seeing as it’s almost Christmas Eve, I wanted to send out a heartfelt holiday greeting to all my readers.  Thank you for reading my blog over the past 4 months or so, and for all the feedback about my posts and business.  Here’s a little levity for your time off:

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Gift Giving for Search Marketers

‘Tis the season for gift giving, and what better way to educate the masses than to write a post about what to buy that tough to please search marketer for the holidays.  I know many search marketing professionals are often faced with the dilemma of asking people where they bought certain gifts, for how much, and how they found that particular gift.  Marketing is in our nature.  So what are the Top 10 gifts for search marketers this holiday season?

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Friday Analytics Levity

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit it, search marketing meetings can sometimes get a little boring if all your metrics are more or less business as usual.  This little graph should lighten the mood.  I dare everyone to sneak this into their next analytics meeting and review the results without laughing.

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