Google Adwords Blog 10 Best Post of 2008

Written by Pablo Palatnik on December 23, 2008

The Adwords Blog team is closing 2008 with what they believe are the top post of 2008. These post can really help you optimize your campaign and learn a lot more about ppc marketing with Google Adwords.

Introducing Google Ad Planner
There was a ton of interest in the tool, and the post announcing it was the most read post here on
Inside AdWords for the whole year.

Improvements to Ads Quality
This year, we made two big changes to how we calculate Quality Score and rank ads. This post explained the new changes in detail.

Build your own display ads in minutes
We liked this post as it showed off a new tool that helps you broaden your advertising campaigns easily.

Keyword tool updated with search volume
A theme for this year’s top posts is providing our advertisers with more information to make their advertising decisions. The keyword tool updates definitely fit in with this theme.

Announcing Google Insights for Search
Like the keyword tool, Insights for Search is another useful tool for your business.
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Analyzing The Top 100 Twitter Users

Written by Pablo Palatnik on December 17, 2008

Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. That has been the new social media site of 2008 if you have been keeping up with the buzz out there. Twitter has become an online phenomenon for online users and a HUGE tool for online marketers. Companies are using and finding ways to use Twitter and implementing in their online marketing strategy.

I'm not going to analyze every single Twitter user but lets look at some and what they do.
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Mahalo Launches Mahalo Answers

Written by Pablo Palatnik on December 15, 2008

Human edited search engine launches its Answer property, Mahalo Answers, which by far, is one of Yahoos most successful property. For us online marketers and link finders, this is yet another great place to get us links to our websites and/or generate some traffic.

So, how did Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo.com, think this will have a standing chance to compete versus Yahoo Answers and wikiAnswers?
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10 SEO Questions with Ann Smarty from SEOSmarty.com

Written by Pablo Palatnik on December 10, 2008

Following the PalatnikFactor.com interview series, this week our interview guest is Ann Smarty. For those of you who dont’ know Ann, she writes probably one of the most popular blog posts’ on SEO in Search Engine Journal and you can follow her SEJ post here. She also writes on her blog, SEOSmarty.com and has built a great following and reputation over the last couple of months.

1- Q: Ann, thanks for taking the time to do this interview with me. I’ll start with the same question I started with Aaron. I think, as many people do, SEO is still growing in terms of people getting into it, as well as the demand for it. What do you think is the state of the industry as it is now and going into 2009?

A: First, thanks for the questions - I love being interviewed Now to the question: I am glad the industry is evolving. Probably it’s just me but I have an impression that SEO is moving to a more quality level. It’s not just trying to cheat search engines any more - it’s about creating value and applying creative approaches.

2- Q: What are your most successful link building strategies? (I’m sure the readers will appreciate this but only list what you’d like =) ) Or to rephrase, which link building strategies do you find most effective?
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