Do Google Use Their Power Responsibly?

The inspiration for this article has built up over years of working with Google but the final nail in the coffin was something that occurred a few months back in late summer 2011. I will detail the case here but this is only in order to help explain the main thrust of my argument. My..

How Should I Manage my Marketing Budget?

I have a lot of small business clients that come to me wanting a particular service and after looking at their business and the market I often find that what they need is something completely different. Therefore I thought that it may be helpful to put together a simple guide on how to decide what..

Bug in Adwords Editor 9.5

I just downloaded Adwords Editor 9.5, which by the way has some excellent new features and support for making campaign level settings changes to things like ad rotation and ad serving which were always a nightmare to adjust on large accounts as well as much greater support of ad extensions. However; I am writing this..

Does the Google Discounter Work?

I have been using Google Adwords for a number of years and one thing that I know for sure is that nothing is absolutely clear cut; advertisers are given enough data to understand 90% of what is going on and to persuade us (much of the time) to spend a bit more money. As we..

How can a small business begin in SEO?

If you have a business or are just setting up your own business  then the key concern that you probably have is finding customers, and then when you find your potential customers then how do you interest them in your business? The options for marketing a business are currently exploding so it can be quite..