I was pretty excited when Google launched Fetch as Googlebot, yet it could only do regular web, not mobile. But with this latest addition to Google Webmaster Tools Lab, those of us with mobile-specific sites now have the ability to fetch their pages as Googlebot-Mobile. And we have two mobile options: cHTML (primarily used for Japanese [...]

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Google launches Campaign Insights for display ads

March 4, 2010

If you are into display advertising, you know that performance metrics that come with it leave much to be desired. After all, you’ve only got impressions, clicks, conversions (including view-through), and a little bit of industry benchmark.

In an effort to promote display advertising and improve the measurement of the impact from those ads, Google is launching a new tool – Campaign Insights. The proposition behind the new Insights tool is that its unique measurement provides accurate data about how the campaign helped raise brand awareness and active user interest. Now, how does Campaign Insights do that?

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New Google keyword tool: better than before

March 3, 2010

Google recently announced that the updated Keyword Tool is available to all advertisers within account user interface. Now, how exactly is this tool different?

Combined functionality of the previous Keyword Tool and the Search-based Keyword Tool.
Flexible Search: by any combination of keyword, website/URL or category.
Convenience: combined functionality results in a single keyword [...]

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Google Webmaster Tools verification made easy for multiple users

March 3, 2010

Whenever I would be advocating webmaster tools to my clients, the question of sharing always comes up. Until today, whenever a site had shared ownership, each verified user needed a separate code and verification process. Well, for the sake of all of us, this is not the case any more.

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Why register with Google, Yahoo, and Bing Webmaster Tools

February 22, 2010

If you are among the few website owners who still do not have their websites verified with Google, Yahoo, and Bing webmaster tools: what are you waiting for? The signup and verification process is simple (how to register with Google, Yahoo, and Bing webmaster tools?) and free – and the benefits are countless.
By registering with [...]

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Google to roll out new AdWords user type: Email-Only

February 11, 2010

According to the Google Agency newsletter, they are rolling out a new user type in AdWords: email-only.
Email-only users will be eligible to receive system alerts (billing, disapproved ads, etc.) but will not be able to log into accounts directly. To help streamline communications across multiple accounts, multiple email-only users can be added to an individual account, and the same email can be added to multiple accounts. You can invite email-only users in the Access section under your My Account tab in any individual client account.

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