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Four steps for turning website visitors into customers

by Cynthia Closkey, November 13, 2024

Have a lot of visitors to your website? Great! Let’s chat about site conversion. Do you know how many of those site visitors go on to buy your products or services? No? That’s not great. While the number of people visiting your site is important, the number of people taking action based on what they […]

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Data Highlighter Feature – Google Webmaster Tools

by Cynthia Closkey, July 15, 2013

If you’ve searched a site recently on Google, you may have noticed information about events or services appear to the right of your primary search results, or in expanded search results.  These are Google snippets, and they are created by setting structured data in Google Webmaster tools.  Google has simplified the process of creating snippets […]

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Be a Favorite Place on Google

by Cynthia Closkey, December 28, 2009

We received Big Big Design’s “Favorite Place on Google” sticker today, and I’m geekily excited. The sticker is a window decal with a barcode that points to our business listing on Google and Google Maps. A person with a camera phone can scan the barcode to see our listing, including information we post there — […]

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Google’s interest-based advertising: what it means for advertisers

by Cynthia Closkey, March 25, 2009

I wrote yesterday about what Google’s Interest-Based Advertising will mean for web users, particularly as regards the ads people will see, the information that will be collected, and the privacy implications. But what does it mean for advertisers? AdWords Help includes a few help questions and answers about interest-based advertising, to help advertisers get up […]

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Get on the map

by Cynthia Closkey, June 8, 2008

Flower shop on Google Maps originally uploaded by Larsz If your business or organization focuses on local clients and customers, the most effective way to make sure they find you on the Web is to get listed on online map services, like Google Maps, MapQuest, and MSN Live Search. These free business listings are an […]

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Becoming excellent = becoming “Googley”

by Cynthia Closkey, April 26, 2008

Google User Experience – Ten Principles to Make Things “Googley”: Focus on people: their lives, their work, their dreams. Every millisecond counts. Simplicity is powerful. Engage beginners and attract experts. Dare to innovate. Design for the world. Plan for today’s and tomorrow’s business. Delight the eye without distracting the mind. Be worthy of people’s trust. […]

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