Google logo today in honor of the Lego brick..

My Favourite Lego picture .. ( non rude one ).

This could come has a blow to Google , you see while we are all happy thinking that downloading Googles toolbar or using Gmail somehow we are protected by Googles privacy policy, well the EU are saying That your IP address is personal data .. oops

Google says it needs to store search queries and gather information on online activity to improve its search results and to provide advertisers with correct billing information that shows that genuine users are clicking on online ads.

Microsoft does not record the IP address that identifies an individual computer when it logs search terms. Its Internet strategy relies on users logging into the Passport network that is linked to its popular Hotmail and Messenger services.

The company’s European Internet policy director, Thomas Myrup Kristensen, described the move as part of Microsoft’s commitment to privacy.

and just think about all those 3rd party trackers !!

DaveN

As you can see I have had and still own a quite a few Smart phones. and the HTC TyTNII is by far the best, just a
few features I like

GPS on Live Maps can’t wait until I’m in Cape Town to try that out more.
Traffic Tv which lets you view motorway Cameras so you can see real time traffic flow

EMAIL ! yes finally something to compare to a blackberry !!

the New MS Mobile 6 OS is faster and better imo, the only fault i have is Orange’s interface I prefer the Original HTC one

But look at It’s battery charger … it’s an eeepc wow !

Gadget freak and Mobile Phone collector..

DaveN

wikia search what do you think ?

Ok this is driving me crazy, all I want to do is have the account running in both Adwords and Adcenter. I have spoke to Will at distilled.co.uk about his adwords to adcenter converter which is pretty damn close to what I want.. but here is my top 3 problems and I guess so many people have the same issue ..#

1) lazy PPC management companies
2) lazy PPC management companies
3) lazy PPC management companies

seriously, I have just taken over an account that’s spending 360,000usd on PPC, I added the account to myclient center but when i asked for the adcenter login details the client said they didn’t have any budget for adcenter because adwords used it all ..

So I asked what was the conversion like between Google and Adcenter.. the client just didn’t know, they had never tested it because google could supply them with all the traffic their budget could buy, the agency was happy to setup one account and that was it, in fairness the agency setup a monster account 5 Campaigns with 90 active adgroups with 30-40 keyword sets all using {keyword:fallback}, and this is my issue. where Will’s program handled most of the stuff I did ask him to modify it which he did for me. but we still have these issues

1. it can’t yet cope with embedded DKI e.g. ‘buy {keyword: default}’ - this gets replaced in its entirety by {param2} or {param3} (see below)

2. G has various options for capitalising the keyword part - there are only the param2 and param3 places to store dynamic data in the AdCenter upload so I have used those for what I think are the most common ones: Keyword and KeyWord - if you have KeyWord in the G account, it translates it to KeyWord (stored in param2). All other capitalisations get Keyword (stored in param3).

3. M lets you specify default fallback text at the keyword level. G’s is at the ad level. I therefore use a truncation of the keyword phrase to 25 characters. This could be utter rubbish, so I also have an option to input it at the ad group level which gets applied to all kw in the M upload

ok LAZY PPC MANAGEMENT COMPANIES..

1) Because google can send you all the traffic your client needs does not mean that that’s all you should do
2) Setup for the client XLS sheets with out the special Codes unique to any given ads system
3) Test the budget across many ad delivery systems, MSN, Yahoo, Google, Miva etc etc and test the ROI you might just be surprised
4) start working for your clients not for how much money you can make has quick has possible.

DaveN .. rant over

Not sure if this is a test in the UK of not but this search term brings back 8 site links :

Alerts
Getaway Maps
Discount First Class
Airfares
First Class Airfare Tips
Hotels
Flights
Cars

screenshot here :

Anyone beat 8 ?

DaveN

I had a play earlier but it’s just not working, here’s what I did ..

Uploaded Video :

then I jumped over to the Youtube Remix added a Few thought bubbles like “hmmm this looks nice”, etc etc and saved it out you can see it in my youtube account http://www.youtube.com/user/DaveNSEO the second Video named Kid’s Thoughts .. if you click that video you get nothing at present

DaveN

How to win friends and influence everyone.

I need to become ultra popular before SMX London (Nov. 15-16)

Whilst Dave is offline,,hehehehe….

Dan Horton SEO

PS I may meet you there… think Matt Cutts but fatter ;)

Tafiti is Microsoft search site built on Silverlight platform, is pretty darn easy on the eyes. but it just got a Halo 3 Skin..

you get a Halo 3 splash screen

And Halo 3 skin for the Serps..

DaveN

search google for dmoz and you will find it gone, well you should be able to see it here http://core-n02.dmoz.aol.com:30080/ looks like a dupe content issue or dns issue