Best Twitter Posts: October 2009
A few things I found interesting that I didn’t have time to write a full blog post about: here is a roundup of my October tweets:
- Dreaded “Locksmith” Google Local Spam infests UK results (Edinburgh Locksmiths) http://bit.ly/226BJq12:27 AM Oct 22nd
- Yahoo loving delicious tags for rankings? New in Site Explorer http://bit.ly/4eA9BR RT @rustybrick:10:17 AM Oct 19th
- Google Local Business now asking users if business details are accurate: http://bit.ly/22zUoW5:47 AM Oct 19th
- Dave Chaffey’s excellent overview of Web Marketing Dashboards. http://bit.ly/1YHS382:08 AM Oct 19th
- Are BT Customerstreet verbally promising their spammy microsites will have top 3 listings in Google…? See http://bit.ly/PZzXI @mattcutts1:04 PM Oct 17th
- Google Page Rank is Not Important, and is now gone from WebMaster Tools. http://bit.ly/3cQvCM6:44 AM Oct 16th
- Ofcom reports rapid growth in 65+ online and social networking-though more using private profiles http://icio.us/n4jxlj RT @susioneill4:31 AM Oct 15th
- Guaranteed broadband for every citizen in Finland as a legal right. Well done you Finns. http://bit.ly/mvTGR1:23 AM Oct 15th
- How can somebody have 8,637 followers if they have zero tweets?6:55 AM Oct 14th
- Solicitors can’t stop the Social Media tidal wave against toxic waste scandal. #Trafigura #Carter-Ruck http://bit.ly/qZCcU9:23 AM Oct 13th
- Free eBusiness Conference: Nottingham UK. 3 December 2009. See you there! http://bit.ly/Du8kk9:16 AM Oct 13th
- 5 Ways to dig even deeper into the Google Search Results: sidebars, addons, plugins http://bit.ly/QjkqP5:19 AM Oct 12th
- Free Press Release Services: I don’t think they work, but I always get asked where they are. http://bit.ly/hdXDM2:16 AM Oct 12th
- 10 Tips to Optimise Your Linkedin Profile http://bit.ly/36XM311:56 AM Oct 12th
- Is your Web Browser the most important piece of software on your computer? Google wants us to think so. http://bit.ly/HDUCA10:26 AM Oct 10th
- University of Nottingham produces national map of Swine Flu cases. There’s great Mashup potential in that data… http://bit.ly/wjJ0e7:25 AM Oct 9th
- New stats in Google Local Business Centre – see how many impressions & clicks your listing has had. RT @helga73:5:38 AM Oct 9th
- Mobile Marketing in the UK: Research Overview (Oct 2009) http://bit.ly/utw035:36 AM Oct 9th
- Buying or selling SEO links? Look at the trouble you are causing http://bit.ly/147vX7 RT @Econsultancy:1:47 AM Oct 7th
- 4Q Review: a free tool for measuring web visitors’ satisfaction with your websitel http://bit.ly/xKRpM
November 6th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Hi Susan,
With reference to your no 1 twitter comment I wish you could write a blog about the spamming that is damaging local locksmiths in the uk. As well as Edinburgh I cover West Lothian and more specifically a town called Livingston. Until very recently I was listed there in a 10 box listing when Google’s Algorythms decided it preferred a Box system. However, the individual who occupied the One box listing has not been content by his prime position and has decided to add multiple listings from the same address. This goes against the guidelines set out in Google’s Business listings, but after reporting the spam on 3 occasion nothing has happened.
My own view is that Google has made a rod for their own back by allowing companies to setup an advert without a verified address and now spamming has got to an uncontrollable level. If only they had implemented a Postcard coding system from the outset then their troubles wouldn’t be so serious. Here are the 2 links to the offending individual who is clearly working his ticket to maximise revenue at the expense of the honest locksmith who cannot get listed.
As I said I wish you could write a blog as Google are certainly listening to what I have to say.
http://www.google.co.uk/searchhl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK325&q=west+lothian+locksmiths&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=