What to Do when Your Google Traffic Disappears
1 Donampt panic while I totally understand this reaction it is not going to help anyone for you to get panicky and depressed One of the first things I realized when I started asking around about this last year was that it happens to every online entrepreneur at some point or another Almost everyone I spoke with who had been in this game for longer than a year or two had a story to tell about when theyampd fallen out of Google The reassuring thing was that in most cases they also had a story of when Google reranked them as high as they were previously or close to it
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some of the new vertical search engines
You canampt go two steps on Sand Hill Road the epicenter of venture capital without some money man espousing the virtues of vertical search So often you is it repeated that it harks back to the bubble era euphemisms like ampmarket placesamp ampnew paradigmsamp and of course my favorite B2B exchanges Ahamp sweet memories Still I can understand the fascination as broadband usage grows we will end up looking for more and more information online Google
seems to becoming quite worthless everyday given that blog entries are dominating the top results Enter vertical search
So what is vertical search...
Google, Pheedo Give Away Analytics
Any area Google Quote Chart enters immediately sizzles and this week the search Goliath threw open the doors to its Urchin Web analytics tools making it free to all publishers
The same day Coremetrics a fiveyearold provider of industrial strengthanalytics announced a new release Coremetrics On Tuesday Pheedo will announce its own analytics tools specific to blogs and define feeds
But while it may be easier and cheaper to do analytics experts say that getting the benefits may not be so easy
Google Analytics is a hosted service built on its Urchin acquisition...
No Free Google Analytics Lunch
Just like your mother told you if its too good to be true it probably isnt true Google offered free analytics today setting off some buzz
And as with many nonevents from Google Im only discussing it as a service to my colleaguesadding to the buzz nonetheless sigh
Is this anything So now youve got free Urchin services gussied up in Google logos Keep in mind it is not magic You still need to install it make sure its tracking properly and interpret the data...
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With increasing user awareness and the introduction of dynamic new local products including maps usergenerated content mobile local search and local targeting via the firm believes local searches could potentially exceed 30 billion by
The projected growth in local search usage and its impact on how businesses will allocate 100 billion in advertising budgets targeting consumers in geographically defined markets is a key issue that will be examined at The Kelsey Groups upcoming Interactive Local Media conference 05...