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Google Local Insights is Not Counting Photo Views

Google Local Insights is Not Counting Photo Views

Different from Google Analytics, Google business listing Insights shows local businesses where customers find them on Google, and also shows various customer actions, like requesting directions, phone calls and views. However, since August 16th, the photo views seem...
Disabling Yelp Competitor Ads?  No You’re Not.

Disabling Yelp Competitor Ads? No You’re Not.

Paying for a Yelp enhanced profile is SUPPOSED to include the removal of competitor ads from your Yelp Business Pages, but that’s not really true… I’ve used the Yelp Business manager for a lot of clients and different business types over the years, and sometimes...
New Google Adwords Interface

New Google Adwords Interface

This morning I had a button in my Adwords account to try the new Google Adwords beta interface, so I did… Transcription: This is my very first look at the new AdWords experience. I got an email for one of my clients and it said that he qualified for the new...
SEO Chatbot – Ask a Question

SEO Chatbot – Ask a Question

Last summer when I was at SMX Advanced in Seattle, Danny Sullivan interviewed Googles Gary Illyes in a sort of “Fireside Chat” session. They covered a lot of ground, but the question that stood out most for me, was the last thing Danny asked, at the end of...
Retiring Our Hsphere Web Servers

Retiring Our Hsphere Web Servers

In 2002, we moved our web hosting websites to a billing and hosting control panel called Hsphere, and for 15 years it’s been a workhorse. On the other hand, if you’re in search for a hosting company for your own site, then you can trust services like...
Unable to Save from Facebook Audience Insights

Unable to Save from Facebook Audience Insights

For at least two months now, I have been unable to create and save an audience in Facebook Audience Insights. It doesn’t work in either Chrome and or Firefox, even with all extensions disabled, and the problem is present whether you use the old version or the...
Analytics Referral Spam – November 2016 Update

Analytics Referral Spam – November 2016 Update

Referral Spam in Analytics, a.k.a. “Fake Traffic” has been annoying us for a while now, and it’s still a problem, ESPECIALLY for small businesses. If you have less than 1000 visitors a month, often nearly half the supposed traffic to a website is...
Google Passwords Not Loading

Google Passwords Not Loading

I know there are a myriad of secure and safe “password keeper” solutions out there, but I’ve never personally used one. This morning I had to get into a web hosting CPanel which I hadn’t been in for over two years, and although the password was...
Moving a Google Analytics Property From One Account to Another

Moving a Google Analytics Property From One Account to Another

Nearly two weeks ago, Google rolled out a brand new feature in Google Analytics, allowing you to move a property from one account to another. Yes, really! To accomplish the move, you do have to be a full admin user for each of the two accounts; the one that is the...