SEO News
Updated: Google Testing Ad Placement Below Results
Whilst trawling results for the search [SEO] in Google, I noticed Google are now testing ads below results.
Rather stupidly, I hit refresh to test if the new ads were persistent, unfortunately (as I didn't think to take a screenshot first) they were not. One thing I did think to do was count the ad units: 3 above, 11 side, plus the 2 units below results = 16 ad units for a single result page, which is fairly difficult number to pull off and still maintain their essential clean looking interface.
Update: Finally managed to get a screenshot:
SEO Tools For Sale
Eugeniu Amarii mailed me to tell me about his set of SEO tools for sale over at 123seotools.com. I don't plan on buying them, but any interested parties can contact him.
- Link Popularity Checker
- Search Engine Saturation
- Keyword Density Tool
- Pagerank Calculator
- Keyword Suggestion Tool
- Spider Test
- Website Comparison (OnPage SEO Factors)
- Suggest Link Tool
- Link Presence Checker
- Google Keyword Suggestion
- Google Rank Checker
- Google Mass Domains Rank Checker
- Google Mass Keywords Rank Checker
- Google Best Keywords
- Google Advanced Rank Checker - more options language, country etc
- Google Ultimate SEO Tool - extracts keywords from page and shows ranks
Quality, original, and free SEO tools can attract a high amount of natural linkage for a marketing/SEO/webmaster site. Though, Eugeniu Amarii's tools do lack somewhat in terms originality to attract much attention, as an entire toolset they're probably link worthy enough as a one-stop resource.
Google try to clean up relations with new spin doctor
MSNBC is reporting, that amongst bad feeling from book publishers and others unhappy with Google's planned book digitizing project, Google have hired top PR guy Elliot Schrage:
Mr Schrage, who was named vice president of global communications and public affairs and will report to Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive, said his role would be "to explain the steps Google is taking to improve the accessibility and usefulness of the world's information to people everywhere".
Elliot Schrage was senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. His role replaces that of former Google Vice President of Marketing Cindy McCaffrey, who departed last year.
Threadwatch has some discussion.