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Google has begun canceling or deactivating accounts that have been inactive for a while. Google will email a notification if they do so.
If your Google Ads Account cancelled? No worries this 60 second video shows how to instantly reactivate your Google Ads (formerly Google Adwords) Account, then breath easy.
Here is the transcription of the video:
So if your Google Ads […]
Signup now for the Certified Complete SEO Training Workshop (4 Days) and you can save over $650 if you take advantage of the Early Bird Special.
Help celebrate our new training location and the New Year while you master SEO and Internet Marketing.
Remember your lunches (up to a $30 value) are included in the price.
Get SEO COURSE PRICING & INFO […]
Here is the video (below it is the transcript and the link to Google’s Adwords Policy)
Hi & welcome to this brief, In a Nutshell Video, on Website Usability.
Today’s video is a demonstration of a Usability Issue So Bad, That it
Violates Google’s Adwords Policy
Who am I?
I am Greg Mate of Search Engine Academy Montreal.
A Certified Master SEO Instructor, 2006;
[…]
Bringing you new videos added on a weekly basis, Internet Marketing by Greg Mate and his colleagues at the Search Engine Academy.
The video are covering topics by from SEO (including Free SEO Tips) to PPC to Website Usability & more here is the link to the page https://www.searchengineacademy.ca/videos-seo-internet-web-inbound-marketing.html
En raison d’une forte demande, nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que nos cours *SEO certifiés se tiendront en centre-ville de Montréal les 15-18 novembre 2016 (vraisemblablement Place Ville Marie, mais nous attendons confirmation).
* N.B. La formation et tout le matériel sont en anglais, mais je parle bien français et au besoin je serais heureux de répondre à […]
Départ du centre-ville à 7:50h et arrivée à Beaconsfield à 8:20h
Départ de Beaconsfield à 17:12h et arrivée au centre-ville à 17:45h
Départ du Vendôme à 7:56h et arrivée à Beaconsfield à 8:20h
Départ de Beaconsfield à 17:12h et arrivée a Vendôme à 17:38h
Avec les embouteillages actuels à Montréal, en raison des travaux, je choisis beaucoup plus souvent les transports en commun, […]
Wondering how to get to SEO Training in Montreal? Turns out the train is fast & simple.
With the current traffic tie ups in Montreal due to road work I have been taking allot more public transport to and from Downtown Montreal.
Train travel is my favorite although while the times are not always the most convenient as there is certainly […]
Due to popular demand we are thrilled to let you all know that Certified SEO classes will be held in Downtown Montreal November 15-18, 2016 (looks like in Place Ville Marie, but awaiting final confirmation).
Early Bird Pricing is in effect until Oct 31, 2016.
These are hands-on Workshop format courses, not seminars, you will work with SEO tools and on […]
The 2016 Montreal SEO Training Course Calendar is now set and registration is open for the 1st Sessions in January 2016.
This means Super Saver Rate and Early Bird prices are in effect at the time of this post so check out the SEO Training Registration page for details.
In all 25 SEO training sessions are offered between January & December […]
Certified Complete SEO Training Workshop (5 Days) will no longer be run as a week long, 5 consecutive day, workshop. Instead it is being divided into 2 Sessions.
The Certified Complete SEO Training Workshop (5 Days) is a Money Saving Bundle of the Certified Basic SEO Training Workshop (2 Days) with the Certified Advanced SEO Training Workshop (3 Days).
The advantage […]
Now is the time to end the year with a bang and take 2016 by storm with SEO Certification in Hands On Training Workshops!
Registration is now open for the November 2015 SEO Workshop in Montreal (pricing info).
Save $500 now with the Super Saver Price on the Certified Complete SEO Mastery WORKSHOP (5 Days).
Save $100 on the Certified Basic Essentials […]
June 3, 2015 – Montreal. NEW If you sign up for a 5 Day Complete SEO Mastery Workshop you are able to take the first 2 days at the original starting date of the course, & then take the last 3 days at the next group or a subsequent group workshop date offered.
We offer this as for some people […]
Although you would not know it from the login screen (see the image attached) Google has re-branded Google Webmaster Tools (GWMT) to a new name Google Search Console (GSC?) after 10 years.
Google describes Google Search Console as a tool “to help make fantastic websites that our systems love showing in Google Search”.
I have to wonder if Google is softening […]
It took me about 30, OK over 30 takes, but I finally recorded a quick 33 sec youtube video that you can watch here.
Hopefully gives you an idea of ways we help folks succeed with their websites.
Hope you have a look and share it with anyone you think could benefit.
Cheers!
Greg
A price too low to mention here, that is likely only for a limited time, can be seen here .
I hope this helps!
Cheers!
Greg
Recently a student declared their abhorrence of taking tests and requested a Certificate of Attendance, rather than taking the exam and becoming Certified in SEO by Search Engine Academy.
Well I was happy to comply of course, we already offer a Certificate of Attendance for our 1 Day SEO Seminar.
It didn’t take me long to figure out that […]
I am happy to announce the twelve (12) new dates for the balance of 2014 (May, June, July, September, October, November and December) Montreal SEO Workshops have been posted, for the complete list please visit https://www.searchengineacademy.ca/seo-training-dates.html
Early Bird Savings are in effect.
As always there are many continued changes in the SEO landscape and we really enjoy helping our students […]
It took 3 months, well more like 9 years and 3 months, but really in the 1st 9 years I only thought about doing what was FINALLY done in the last 3 months which was we UPDATED THIS WEBSITE!!
The one big change other than the look and feel is that we added pages about the other website services we […]
If you’re like me, allot of what I do, and what I often enjoy the most revolves around creativity.
In work and play I enjoy trying to look at things from a slightly different, hopefully unexpected, way or angle.
In the ad below Mercedes Benz (or their ad agency) found a effective creative way to demonstrate their complex suspension system called […]
September 26 2013 – Google announced that the Hummingbird algorithm update has already been in the wild for a month.
It affects 90% of all searches – there were over ONE TRILLION SEARCHES ON GOOGLE IN 2012
“The artificial intelligence dream is being built inside Google” they are trying to reach “a human level understanding of language” according to Amit Singhal […]
The Me Meter is a simple online tool to check where your content is more customer focused, or self focused.
The more your content is customer focused, the more you tend to deal with their problems and solutions.
More than ever today’s Marketing, not to mention Social Media Marketing #SMM, is more about “Don’t tell me how good you are, tell me WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR ME!?” (something Marketing Guru’s stated long ago). The […]
On Wed May 2, 2012 1:30 PM EST join John Alexander and myself with 2 more expert panelists for this special Q & A Link Building Webinar.
Bring your most burning questions about effective link building, link reputation, link diversity and SEO.
Your 3 panelists for this event are:
Greg Mate of Search Engine Academy Montreal SEO, Quebec
Steve Scott of Search Engine […]
Search Engine Academy locations Worldwide are pleased to be offering 2002 pricing, on our 5 Day SEO Mastery Workshop for the balance of 2014, saving you almost $500!
You can see the upcoming Montreal class dates here http://seom.im/HFpXMp and the upcoming dates for our workshops and seminars here http://seom.im/1q0zhQK
Cheers!
Greg
Need to Get Top Web Site Rankings to Bring in Quality Traffic?
…in 2 days?
Who should attend?
1. Are you in charge of your own or your firm’s web site?
2. Do you need to hire and monitor an SEO firm?
3. Are you a web designer under pressure to get results for your clients?
4. Do you want to start your own web […]
Join me for a Free SEO Webinar where we’ll take a look under the search engines’ hood – from #mattcutts to #panda – and see how to exploit the findings. With luck I’ll pull it all together for you in this one hour SEO webinar.
Here is the link to sign up seom.im/seaw122
The slide deck will be quite […]
Letting you know I have a booth #20 at the trade show again this year, in case you want to come by check it out and network.
Sep 27-28 is the West Island (Chamber of Commerce) Business & Job Fair at the Pointe-Claire Holiday Inn (6700 Trans Canada Highway)
This year there will be allot going on at our booth:
1. We […]
June 16, 2011
Short story – To get the Pair of tickets to tonight’s Montreal Alouettes Football game vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7:30pm start, exhibition):
1. Show up in person after 4pm today
2. at Montreal West Island Supper Club Paul Stevens 514-695-6545 1866 Boul. des Sources, Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R 5B1
3. and be the 1st person to donate a minimum […]
I was at an exclusive Hotel attending a conference on Social Media Marketing in Downtown Montreal this week and while leaving I noticed a display in the lobby that was clearly there to engage me.
Well after a long day of slideshows and coffee from paper cups I was not only ready, I had a few extra minutes to spare […]
May 6, 2011
Why would Search Engines want to promote High Quality, Original Content in their Organic Search Result Pages?
Because that is what we Humans want high quality content too.
Google is so uptight about this that it will penalize your whole site if it contains some poor content on some of your pages “…low-quality content on some parts of […]
Make this your year and increase targeted traffic to your website.
We’re trying to make it easier for you and just announce Special Pricing for 2011 Certified SEO Training Canada
Warrilow & CO listed the Entrepreneurs Top 3 Fears as:
1. Fear of not marketing effectively (38%)
2. Fear of never being able to retire (33%)
3. Fear that they are not staying abreast of new technology (20%)
wrote Rick Spense for The Financial Post appearing in the Montreal Gazette today.
Lets face it, its as fast a paced world as ever, and knowledge […]
AOL, owner of Netscape since 1999, has announced that it will “continue to release security patches for the current version of the browser, Netscape Navigator until February 1, 2008.”
Troubles for Netscape began in 2000, when under market pressure, it released version 6.0 before it was properly debugged.
For more details about this announcement visit the Netscape Blog
http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/
For a history of […]
Why do Search Engines crave fresh content? Yahoo, Google and the likes want to give you
what you are searching for, so you will return there for your next search.
Then, who knows, maybe one day a week you will click on a sponsored ad and the SE will make some money.
But how determined are they? The last time I checked, […]
According to the students – now graduates – of the Certified SEO Basic Essentials and Advanced SEO Workshops held in Oakville last month, big time.
Barry and I had a great time with the students who really dug in and participated in the class and the group projects
Joining us were John Alexander, co-founder of the Search Engine Academy, who […]
Just in! John Alexander, Search Engine Academy co-founder, will be joining SEO Expert Instructors Barry Byers & Greg Mate for 2 days of the Advanced 3-Day SEO Workshop November 14 & 15 2007 in Oakville (Toronto, Ontario).
Nov 12-13 is the 2-Day SEO Basic Essentials Workshop. Nov 14-16 is the Advanced 3-Day SEO Workshop. The 5-Day All Inclusive SEO […]
Social bookmarking is a hot topic of late. Promotionworld has some basic definitions for the terminology along with the hotspots to….. well, be social.
The idea of social bookmarking is appealing but is it worth the time? Just one of the topics we will be discussing at our Toronto SEO training course in November.
Ask.com traffic is down 28% acoording to Parent company , Answers Corp. The company links the slowdown in search engine traffic directly to changes in Google’s algorithm.
Just like search engine optimizers, Ask is now analyzing the algorithm change and take the appropriate actions.
Digg has signed a 3 year exclusive ad deal with Microsoft according to BusinessWeek. Microsoft will be able to put their product in front of a high-tech savvy audience, according to Andy Beal.
Stephan Spencer discusses several of Matt Cutt’s comments at WorldCamp 2007 including Google’s move towards viewing the underscore as a word separator.
Here are several of Stephan’s highlights from Matt’s presentation.
Matt claims that Google treats URLs with a query string the same as static URLs. Caveat: as long as there are no more than two or three parameters in the […]
According to Hitwise, Google continued to dominate May 2007 percentage of US searches.
Google 65.13%
Yahoo 20.89%
MSN 8.40%
Ask […]
A Search Engine Watch forum discusses the skills a full-time SEO should possess, including 5+ years of experience, keen knowledge of coding and a couple of successful sites as a reference.
Fine skills to be sure but how about; nunchuk skills, bowhunting skills, computer skills…..Napolean would be disappointed.
Bambi Francisco’s MarketWatch article on demonstrates how consumers are forcing change in traditional media.
In the magazine industry, advertising pages at Time Warner Inc.’s Time magazine were down 23.8% in 2006 from 2000.
Newsweek’s ad pages fell about 17.6% in the same period.
In the newspaper industry, the New York Times stock has been halved since trading above $50 in 2002.
In the […]
Marketing Pilgrim gives you a terrific summary of a webinar from eRetaliers Network. The webinar includes powerful tips on increasing your web site conversion rates. You can download the eRetailers Network report here.
Yahoo Inc. is about to start a new ad campaign using comedy, that will run on traditional and online media, according to NewFactor.com
“Last year Yahoo outspent Google by 72%, $353 million in advertising vs. Google’s $205 million, according to TNS Media Intelligence.” Theresa Howard wrrote.
Even after spending $98 million more in advertising “…Yahoo’s first-quarter ad revenue was $1.6 billion, […]
In October Yahoo purchased 20% of the 4-year-old company, Right Media, for $40 million.
Yesterday Terry Semel, Chairman and CEO of Yahoo Inc announced they have agreed to purchase the remaining 80% for another $680 million.
Semel’s post Democracy and the online ad states “… I believe has the potential to dramatically enhance Internet advertising. We hope to revolutionize the way […]
Well as of March you were right, by a whisker – can you call a million visitors a whisker?
ComScore Inc. claims that for the first time (in March 2007) Google surpassed Microsoft Corp. to become the owner of the world’s most-visited group of Web sites.
In March Google’s worldwide sites saw 528 million visitors, Microsoft had 527 million, while Yahoo […]
TechCrunch provides information about Genbook. The company “is building a “pay-per-booking†product to allow local businesses to capture online bookings in real-time.
The product will be distributed through online directories and local search engines, and businesses will pay a fee per booking.”
Pay-per-action programs like Gentech will dominate online search within the next 12 months.
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Google up slightly in market share while Yahoo , MSN, ASK and AOL remain the same.Â
Google: 48.1%
Yahoo: 28.1%
Microsoft Live: 10.5%
Ask: 5.0%
AOL: 4.9%
Search engine land charts out the past 12 months for comparison.
Google opened its public beta for Pay-Per-Action (PPA) advertising and is now permitting selected advertisers to bid on clicks and on actions according to a Business Week article.
This is what customers have been wanting for years. It will eliminate click fraud. Advertisers will be able to add parameters before they pay for a click.
