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   by vgeek 7y ago

   I use a Firefox extension to switch user agents, and have been unable to login to Google Search Console with assorted strings-- it dumps you to a page telling you to switch browsers immediately after you enter your credentials. Google Ads i
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   by vgeek 7y ago

   Redirecting won't yield much, there is probably no real type-in traffic. Why not build out a site that documents shifts in the fourth estate, biases in media groups and content designed to educate news consumers-- a la Neil Postman, Ch
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   by vgeek 7y ago

   Paywalled. They had something similar at TechCrunch Disrupt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di3fPj0pUbQ
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   by vgeek 8y ago

   Thunderbolt from the mid 90's is one of his less popular, but it was Fast and the Furious, but 5 years earlier. He loves Mitsubishi, they're in a lot of his films. Who Am I, First Strike, Police Stories, Armour of God, Mr. Nice Gu
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   by vgeek 8y ago

   People who take excessive credit for branded KW bidding, especially agencies, are unethical. Every agency I've encountered loves to subsidize their mediocre non-branded performance with branded campaigns. Google loves branded KW biddin
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   by vgeek 8y ago

   If you want LAMP/LEMP, check out https://vestacp.com/ . You can provision a subdomain and clone whatever repo into the root directory and be functional pretty quickly.
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   by vgeek 8y ago

   https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/20/google-doctor-fork/
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   by vgeek 8y ago

   Shift user behavior from URLs to branded search queries where either the brand pays exorbitant CPMs (low CPC but high CTR, leading to higher earnings per mille than even insurance or law related queries) to protect their branded traffic or
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   by vgeek 9y ago

   They won't discriminate against all 3rd parties at first, it would be too obvious. They will quietly grow the list of blocked 3rd parties, with the intention of gradually shifting all spend to AdSense/DoubleClick platforms.
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Earnings date must be approaching, try to distract that they're still just only an online ad company?
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Neil Patel has always been a self promoter #1. He has some good info, but you have to filter through him talking about how awesome he is and the guru crap he's always hocking. Rand & Dr. Pete/moz in general is one of the best
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    The original unabridged version from a year ago is more comprehensive. https://inbound.org/blog/confessions-of-a-google-spammer
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Piwik offers per user session tracking.
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    For web? Firefox + uBlock origin works great on Android for web. Organic SERPs are actually visible.
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Can bid on keywords, you just can't use trademarked terms in ad copy. Google loves branded Kws on Adwords. Bidding on competitors will have a low quality score, but drives up the competition for the brand owner. With all of the above t
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Survivorship Bias?
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    With a lower conversion rate, assuming identical order value, the earnings per click will be lower on mobile than desktop. So with a $100 AOV and 5% CVR, your EPC is $5 per click. With mobile, the CVR will be lower (at least from my experie
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Is Bachmanity a top 10 yet?
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    For when you want your malware to have 300 dependencies and take 5 hours to setup-- there's JavaScript!
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    6 people? You must be going during their busy periods.
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    How is LendUp rated on Thumbtack?
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    by vgeek 10y ago

    Ohio as a whole is boring. Hardly any outdoor activities and the only scenery is corn. I guess if you like amusement parks, but besides that, it has to be one of the most generic/bland populated states.
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    For the last ~2 years Google has been rolling out changes slightly before earnings are released each quarter. For example, the yellow Ad label a few months ago, and it is likely to switch to Green to blend in with the Advertiser's Disp
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    Facebook ads? Make a LP specifically for said purpose, stack geos and jobs. You can waste a lot of money, but it may create awareness/interest for your product with a relevant audience.
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    Gross negligence or fraud cannot be disclaimed?
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    Tough news for anyone in the SEO industry. Better go ahead and get AdWords certified.
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    They have to grow query count (see: marketable inventory), and what better way to do so than serving useless results on your first queries, leading to additional queries?
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    So Cutts left, and now Amit is gone. Why are all of the original people involved with search leaving? Is it just that search has greatly improved and there are only marginal improvements, or is it because the objective has evolved from prov
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    a) Make organic results crappier, make paid ads look more like organic results. People may be more likely to click on paid ads. b) You'd think this. From what I've seen, mobile ads have up to 4x higher CTR with a as much as a 30%
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    by vgeek 11y ago

    How much did ABP pay Mozilla?