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Google Goes After Your Local Small Business

Three years ago, only 54% of small businesses had websites. Now 82% do. But lots of them have no idea how to use Google's most valuable ad tool. So the search giant is launching a slew of services and products to make AdWords easier.READ»

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Foursquare's $600M Valuation, Give The Onion A Pulitzer Or Glenn Beck Might Cry, Google Instantly Responds To FTC

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of people and companies making moves in your space. Updated all day by FastCompany.com's editors.READ»

"Osama Bin Laden" Gets No Love On Google AdWords

"Osama Bin Laden" was tops in Google search yesterday. But not in search advertising, where not a single seller stepped into the void.READ»

Google Promises to Keep Counterfeiters Out of Its Ads

Conscious that its systems sometimes contain ads to illicit services, Google is tightening up its policies.READ»

Google AdWords: Helping People Sleep Safe at Night

What one small business learned about online advertising, and the lessons that may pertain to your company.READ»

Google AdWords Now Easier to Use, Less Headache-Inducing

We have AdGrok to thank for that. The Y Combinator alum is dedicated to making AdWords user-friendly.READ»

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Google's Online Marketing Challenge Offers Big Bucks to Nonprofits

The annual competition challenges undergraduate and graduate students to generate marketing campaigns using Google AdWords. This year entrants have the option to work with small- to medium-sized NGOs.READ»

The Ugly Christmas Sweater Renaissance, Fueled by Google

Garish seasonal tops are making a massive comeback, with huge year-on-year growth for at least one major seller, thanks to AdWords. But what is the origin of the ironic holiday sweater party? READ»

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Google Launches Tools to Help Small Businesses Go Global

Google has just launched a couple of services to help small firms market their goods abroad. How does it work?READ»

Adwords Is Dying and Google Knows It (and they are doing something about it)

Adwords accounts for almost all of Google's revenue. The flagship advertising platform is showing no signs of slowing down, but the company is still proactively preparing for "life after Adwords."READ»

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Google Fights for Underdog Candidates (And More Profits)

The search giant is lobbying the FEC for an election ad exemption that could bring in a bonanza of AdWords cash.READ»

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YouTube Video Social Media Revolution

VideoContentLive.com launches a comprehensive set of pre-production, live production and post-production video and audio services. Our crews have produced and edit video for global online media campaigns, product launches, ...READ»

SEO Advertising Is the Direct Route of Paid SEO Marketing

Paid SEO Marketing is best known as pay-per-click (PPC) or pay-per-lead (PPL), and SEO Advertising often takes the form of Google's adwords.google, Bing's advertising.microsoft and Yahoo's advertising.yahoo. While Yahoo and Bing have ...READ»

Google AdWords Gets Legal Green Light From E.U. for Trademark Keywords

The European Union has, for once, passed a legal ruling in Google's favor. The case centers around Google's use of trademarks as keywords in its adwords system, which is now legally sanctioned. But the lawyers for Louis Vuitton and ...READ»

Marketing Ideas for Small Business Online Marketing Campaigns

A small business or startup company looking for a proven method to compete for the attention of prospective customers, can get marketing ideas and find niche sales opportunities by gathering competitive intelligence about their ...READ»

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G-Railed: Why Did Google Bury the Web's Oldest Entertainment Publication? [UPDATE]

UPDATE: Roughly two hours after this post went live, Google re-enabled Studio Briefing's ad serving, without explanation. Irwin still wishes he knew, specifically, what he did wrong. But for now, he says, "we're back in ...READ»

Will Google's Rich Media Ads Drive Users Insane?

Google announced new search-side video and picture advertisements Tuesday, masquerading them as an improvement for users. It "makes sense to provide you with richer types of information in the ads," Google said in its official blog, ...READ»

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Turnkey iPhone Apps Are Neat, Waste of Money

Everyone needs an iPhone app. Or so you'd think, give the launch of a new Web service called SWebapps. The site, which launched officially today, allows you to quickly and easily roll your own iPhone app and get it into the App Store ...READ»