Couple of aerial shots of Central Festival shopping mall in #Phuket   #Phantom2   #AerialPhotography   Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

I think more and more content owners are going to push back against Google, and perhaps at the end of the day it might be publishers who effect changes. Sure, this thread is just SEOs, but I'm beginning to feel that site owners are getting more and more pissed with how Google controls the flow […]

Often times the best apps are the simplest. Reshared post from +Jerry Rietveld The Call Now Button just passed the 10k downloads! That means 10.000 business owners are making it incredibly easy for their mobile visitors to contact them. The way the Call Now Button works is easy: it makes a phone icon appear in […]

Incredibly, or perhaps not, speed was the #2 most important factor to their users. Embedded Link Is your news site too slow? Probably, though The Guardian’s trying to speed theirs up Web publishers face a quandary in 2014: User expectations for how quickly a website will load are getting faster and faster. But web pages […]

Sort of blown away that The Guardian frontend source code is all sitting there on GIT: Embedded Link guardian/frontend Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Quite a nice new travel site on an outstanding domain, but holy-mother-of-Jesus did they never think of the search engines when building their URL structures? http://villas.com/thailand/phuket/panwa/p/korsiri-villas.html?sid=876fa118942a9a6e3a32c79df325b561;dcid=4;class_interval=1;csflt=%7B%7D;dest_id=3287;dest_type=region;dtdisc=0;hyb_red=0;inac=0;interval_of_time=undef;nha_red=0;offset=0;property_room_info=1;redirected_from_city=0;redirected_from_landmark=0;redirected_from_region=0;region=3287;review_score_group=empty;score_min=0;ss_all=0;ssb=empty;ucfs=1;srfid=68e7fcefe46ff196552baa6cc4fd15d992688033X1 ^^ that's clicking a regular link from their homepage, not a POSTed search or similar… Embedded Link ★★★★ Korsiri Villas, Panwa Beach, Thailand In the beautiful mountains of Phuket, […]

It just gets better and better: Embedded Link Terrible real estate agent photographs Never again will you miss a delivery because you were on the toilet Follow on Twitter @BadRealtyPhotos. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

MY… GOD… Embedded Link Terrible real estate agent photographs This listing will be part of my keynote presentation to a forthcoming sociology forum entitled “Toilets in kitchens – What is wrong with people?”. Follow on Twitter @BadRealtyPhotos. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Honestly spat coffee out on this one: Embedded Link Terrible real estate agent photographs The slow death of the remaining pot-plants has been thoroughly enjoyed by the current owners. Follow on Twitter @BadRealtyPhotos. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

And now for something totally different: Embedded Link Terrible real estate agent photographs Inexplicably bad property photographs. It’s that simple. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

I am the former Google employee that had leaked the information regarding AdSense.  I am writing this second part as a response to certain misconceptions and confusions my previous leak has generated within articles and websites regarding it. Firstly, many have asked why I did not approach the leak in a more official capacity and […]

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Some very damaging allegations being made here: Embedded Link ALG Google AdSense Employee Claims AdSense Steals From Publishers A person has come forward claiming to be a former AdSense Google’r and makes some pretty nutty claims…   Claiming that Google is downright stealing from its publishers…   Grab your popcorn! Begin open letter: I am […]

This might portent something not so good for those who decided to focus on Google+ as their primary social channel: Embedded Link Google+ Is Walking Dead | TechCrunch Today, Google’s Vic Gundotra announced that he would be leaving the company after eight years. The first obvious question is where this leaves Google+,.. Google+: View post […]

#AerialPhotography   #Phantom2   #GoPro3Plus   #Thailand   The Pillar Shrine in Udon Thani city. #AerialPhotography   #Phantom2   #GoPro3Plus   #Thailand   Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Well worth a read: Embedded Link How to Easily Double Your Traffic from Social Media One great way to do this is to share your content on social media more than once. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

The Big Buddha in #Phuket  shot with a #GoPro3Plus  on a #Phantom2   #AerialPhotography    #AerialPhotos   Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Shot taken with #Phantom2   + #GoPro3Plus  of people picking cockles in Chalong Bay #Phuket . #AerialPhotography    Cockle picking in Chalong Bay. #Phuket   #PhuketAerial   #Phantom2   #GoPro3Plus   #AerialPhotograph Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

+Sasch Mayer where are you hiding all the great photos you should be taking with your new toy? Here's a few new shots I've taken recently #AerialPhotography   #Phantom2   #GoPro3Plus   Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

This is how to build a media-heavy page but make it feel light. Embedded Link Canary – Smart home security for everyone Canary’s HD video camera and safety sensors track everything from motion, temperature and air quality to vibration, sound, and activity to help keep you, your family and your belongings safe. Pre-Order. Keep your […]

You should read this if you're considering starting a venture that relies on a single marketing channel for customer acquisition: Embedded Link When SEO Fails: Single Channel Dependency and the End of Tutorspree Although we achieved a lot with Tutorspree, we failed to create a scalable business. I’ve been working through why. In doing so, […]

 Some very interesting stats in there. Embedded Link www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-Travel-Infographic.png Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Dear Richard Hearne, How are you? I am Jamie Anderson, a web application developer and SEO specialist from Clearwater, Florida. I'm writing to ask whether would you be interested in developing [redacted].com as a fully-featured website? I am asking because I see that you have just registered the domain and assume you might already have […]

 From a search perspective I'm fairly sure a good local travel association could wipe the floor with the OTAs if they coordinated tightly. Embedded Link Seizing the local ground – tips for destinations on creeping up search rankings Five Steps for CVBs and Hotel Associations to win over local hoteliers and win back Google Rankings […]

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Cloudfront now supports Custom SSL at no extra cost: Embedded Link Custom SSL Certificates for Amazon CloudFront Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Interesting: Embedded Link Big Data For Travel – Boxever Boxever’s cloud platform enables travel retailers to build a scalable, cost-effective single customer view that powers 1-1 marketing and merchandising across every channel in real-time. Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Never mind the app, check out how good this page is: Embedded Link Stripe: Checkout Stripe is a suite of APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

I don't visit many blogs these days, but the analyses of Google penalties on this one are top notch: Embedded Link The Internet Marketing Driver Covering the latest in online marketing strategy. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

I challenge anyone to claim This Google SERP design is NOT deceptively pushing ads. That little yellow pill with "Ad" or "Ads" couldn't be any better positioned or styled to create confusion. (sidenote: this feels like a test version to me given the overall balndness of the page) I challenge anyone to claim This Google […]

Another day in Phuket. Another day in Phuket. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

all. Well be forced to change tactics. Is also the reason algos like Penguin suffer from diminishing returns over time. The longer competitors use nseo against each other the greater the probability Penguin will flag up FPs. Sadly I find this hard to blame on marketers – this is Google's doing IMO. Embedded Link Negative […]

 My "Promotions" tab in Inbox only shows 8 messages all from 3 or more years ago. My "Promotions" category has thousands and thousands of emails. Cant figure out how to make these sync.  Painful #gmail   Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

"Determine how much content to include on each page.* Be sure that if a searcher came directly to this page, they could easily find the exact item they wanted (e.g., without lots of scrolling before locating the desired content).* Maintain reasonable page load time." [bolding added] IMO that's a strange statement… Embedded Link Official Google […]

Good read, and not just for the travel focus: Embedded Link Broken down, how OTAs are eating hotel business Fact – online travel agents are taking everyone’s lunch, apparently charging pretty high commissions and have become pretty good at hotel distribution Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne […]

Irish company who are making waves in the fraud prevention area – first online, and now in the real world: Embedded Link Going Offline with Trustev It’s been an incredible twelve months for Trustev. August saw the EU Commision name Trustev, Europe’s Top Technology Startup which was incredibly humbling and December saw us named one […]

merriam-webster.com are doing some very funky detection based on Google referrals. Visit a definition page, then a second (e.g. linked from first). You'll be prompted to sign-up. Now to go to Google and search for the word defined on the second page. Google will present a result from this domain it thinks has content, but […]

Useful macro economic data if you're investing in Thailand. Reshared post from +Guido Vanhaleweyk Thailand : Trade Balance, Imports and Exports by Category, Destinations of Exports, Origins of Imports. Embedded Link Thailand : Trade Balance 1991-2013. Imports and Exports by Category and Value. Origins and Value of Imports into Thailand. Export Destinations for Thai Products. […]

So who knows which DE agency got hit? Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Most of my notifications go in there, and now I cant find them anymore :sadface: Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.