Google AdWords Fixed The Quality Score Bug

On Friday morning we were the first to report widespread panic around Google AdWords quality score drops. It turned out, as expected, to be a Google bug.

Google said then "we're currently rolling out fixes and expect all accounts to see normal reporting by tomorrow." The fix rolled out as promised on Saturday, where they posted on the Google+ social profile that it has been fixed.

There is a caveat. If you paused any campaigns because of the bug, when you unpause it, it can take an hour or two to show the updated quality score.

Google wrote:

The bug affecting quality scores that we posted about yesterday is now fixed. Thank you for your patience as we worked through this. If you paused any keywords yesterday, we recommend that you un-pause them now in order to see the correct scores. These paused keywords will not reflect the correct score until one or two hours after being un-paused.

Please confirm your quality score is back to normal.

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Google Doodle Honors Opening of Eiffel Tower

Once contemptuously referred to as “a truly tragic street lamp,” the Eiffel Tower of Paris, France, was opened on March 31, 1889, and to celebrate the 126th anniversary a new Google Doodle has been created in its honor.

Happy St. Patrick's Day Google Celebrate with Doodle

Google Doodle: St Patrick's day marked with shamrocks playing fiddles

St Patrick's Day is a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century.

Wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

LinkedIn Groups for Web Development Jobs

If you've chosen to be a web designer or web developer for your career, did you know that LinkedIn can help you secure new clients and/or jobs? LinkedIn also has a very useful feature called LinkedIn Groups, where you can meet, converse and respond to web design and web development questions.
LinkedIn is a very beneficial, professional business tool where social media is concerned. Additionally, the Group features can bring out even more benefits. Here are some reasons to get connected with LinkedIn Groups:

• Networking with other professional web designers and web developers: Below are a few examples of web development and design groups on LinkedIn and the topics they're discussing:

- Web Design and Development in the 21st Century: This group is specifically for professionals in the web design and development industry to collaborate their experiences, ideas, and suggestions. It is also a place where jobs can be found and posted. Anyone interested in design, development, SEO, hosting, Flash, 3D, PHP, Java, etc. are welcome.

- Group for Web Designers, Developers, and SEO: A great place for professionals to come and share ideas and experiences, and you can find job postings.

- Web Site Development: This group is great for asking webmaster related questions or to offer suggestions in the following areas: Web site programming and design (i.e. web site design, multimedia and graphics, reviews, software tools, programming, flash, security, administration, databases, etc.

- Women in New Media: This group is another great one where you can share professional opinions about internet and intranet development, online journalism, graphic arts and information architecture.

• Networking with local-area residents: Even though, as a web designer and developer, most work is conducted through the Internet, you shouldn't limit yourself to only the Internet contacts. Your community also needs designers and developers and LinkedIn Community Groups will help you to find those who need help in your area. Some examples of these groups located in Buffalo, NY are:

- Buffalo Technology Networking Group: A group for Buffalo, NY residents to converse and share information related to information technology.

- Buffalo Social Media Club: a professional group dedicated to the development and organization of social media enthusiasts living in or near Buffalo.

- Advertising Club of Buffalo: Any people living in Buffalo with an interest or professional orientation in Advertising can join this group.

- Buffalo NY Jobs Group: This group focuses on job opportunities located in Buffalo, NY and in surrounding areas. Their focus is in areas of accounting, finance, supply chain management, IT-related, engineering, health care, executive management and plant operations.

3. Networking with past and current colleagues: A ton of universities and colleges have groups on LinkedIn and some high schools have made a group too. Here are some examples of those groups:

- Canisius High School Alumni Group: This is a Roman Catholic Jesuit private high school for males only. It is located at 1180 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY and was founded in 1870. All current, alumni and faculty are allowed to join.

- Caltech Alumni Association: This group is a worldwide network for graduate of the California Institute of Technology. Located in Pasadena, California.

There are several ways to find groups:

• Using the "groups you may like" feature
• Using the Groups Directory
• Through a Keyword Search

If you're not sure whether or not a group will benefit you, it's always worth a shot to join and see what develops. If it becomes something that you weren't looking for, there are no obligations and you can leave the group at any time. However, LinkedIn Groups are a beneficial tool once you find one or several that are related to your field of work.

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Google Explain The Status of Panda Algorithm

Over the past week or so, there has been a lot of confusion over Google's Panda algorithm. Specifically, does it run in real time or has it not run in over four months.

For More Information Visit at: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-panda-clarification-19992.html

Anna Atkins' 216th Birthday Google Doodle

Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources claim that she was the first woman to create a photograph. Wikipedia

Google Doodle on 16th March, 2015

The Number 1 Top Amazon Selling Tip - It Pays To Know SEO

There's a lot more to selling on Amazon than you may think. Tips like optimizing your listings, managing your reviews, and keeping your seller stats in the green are valuable and certainly important, but they won't necessarily translate into the traffic and sales you might have expected. So what's the difference between being a top seller and being destined to languish in the abyss of wannabes? What's the #1 Top Amazon Selling Tip? You guessed it... "it pays to know the SEO."

While the massive retailer happens to also be one of the most secretive, we do know as of January 2014 there were no less than 2 million third party sellers on the Amazon marketplace, and that does not include the scores of Amazon's own products. If you're going to be successful as a seller on Amazon, you have to be successful outside of the platform as well. Your Brand's visibility drives searches, which in turn triggers the complex algorithms of search engines like Amazon to display your listings more often or more prominently. Amazon wants to make money. They don't care if it is from selling your product or selling your competitors. The platform is designed to favor those listings that have the most traffic both on the Amazon platform, as well as off. Crappy or unqualified traffic doesn't help you either. You need legitimate and quality traffic and rankings from the search engines.

Over the past several years I've managed a potpourri of brands ranging from male enhancement supplements, skincare, prom dresses, gym gloves, underwear and celebrity fitness DVDs to name a few. With such a diverse catalog of products, combined with the constantly changing search engine algorithms and SEO "rules," I've been able to identify a couple of clear patterns that transcends product category classifications. I've also discovered the #1 Top Amazon Selling Tip:

Over the years of managing other Brands as well as building my own I've learned that nothing, absolutely nothing, trumps the power of SEO.
Here are a couple more insights that will give you an edge in the seller marketplace:

1. You need a website. I don't care if it's only 7 pages. As long as it has some pictures on it, original text, and is optimized for the search engines, you can use it as a tool to drive Brand exposure. Over time you'll not only be helping to drive eCommerce sales, but you'll be building Brand equity as well.

2. If no one cares about your product or Brand, the search engines won't either. There is no "tricking" anyone into buying or seeing your product. Those are the very SEO tactics that the search engines have spent billions of dollars to undo. If you can generate organic traffic to your Amazon product listings, it will become a cumulative effect. Amazon will recognize that your listings are capturing offsite traffic, and you'll be rewarded with higher visibility within the Amazon algorithms.

Keep in mind that it is still VERY important that your products are optimized for Amazon's selling platform, as well as using great marketing strategies. Your goal is to be able to generate quality traffic, and convert that traffic into sales. That can only be done with an optimized listing to begin with.

An Executive Level Marketing Professional, Christopher Drewa has over 10 years of Online Marketing experience working with leading Brands in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Direct Marketing, and B2B environments.

In 2011 he founded http://www.OnlineMarketingDetails.com to empower Small Business Owners with the knowledge and resources to use Social Media Marketing, SEM, SEO, and Affiliate Marketing to drive traffic, generate leads, and increase revenue online.
His passion for Small Business Marketing and Development is measured in the results he achieves with his clients and team members.

Christopher currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and works with clients across the country.
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