If you're going to spend money registering domains in target countries and doing targetted pay per click campaigns you should also take the time to do some basic market research. And no, I don't mean pure figures - I mean cultural stuff.Jonathan Brazil spotted a really silly mistake this morning:If you go to the hassle of buying a .ie and sponsored Google links for Irish … [Read more...] about Local Knowledge Is Key
Adsense Changes?
Just noticed this morning that adsense is displaying adverts in a very different format:So it looks like some kind of hybrid between the normal text ads and the link unitsThis was probably announced somewhere, but I haven't had a chance to go digging and / or keeping up with all the changes in the "wonderful" world of PPC Anyone else noticing this? … [Read more...] about Adsense Changes?
Yet Another Funny Tshirt
Spotted this earlier:Simple. Genius.And they probably hate it (unless they have a sense of humour .. )More of them over here … [Read more...] about Yet Another Funny Tshirt
Bing + Twitter Combined
Bing is the "new kid" when it comes to search engines. I'll be the first to admit that I haven't used it much, partially because I'm happy enough with Google and partially because Bing keeps getting confused about my location. (Some of the time it think I'm in the UK, other times it knows I'm in Ireland)In any case Bing (Microsoft) have done some kind of deal with Twitter to … [Read more...] about Bing + Twitter Combined
Reducing Clutter On A Mac – Doing A Clean Install Of Snow Leopard
Image via CrunchBaseWhile upgrading to Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro went well I realised that doing a completely fresh install would probably be a good idea. Why? When I got the MBP about two years ago it had OSX Tiger on it, which was then upgraded to Leopard and that was upgraded to Snow Leopard. God only knows what kind of crud was left hanging around the system. I also … [Read more...] about Reducing Clutter On A Mac – Doing A Clean Install Of Snow Leopard