In case you haven’t logged into your Facebook business page account in a few days, we thought we’d let you know that changes are coming. Before you get upset because you’re just getting used to how things are right now, let’s take a look at each changed and what it can mean for your business. [Please note that you can opt in now for the changes to take hold, or wait until a forced roll in March.]

The big change will be how the Facebook page looks. Gone are the tabs, and at the top of the page in place of them will be photos – only photos posted by the business. And if there are photos you would rather not have there, you can ‘X’ them away. So where did all your fantastic tabs go? Over to the left nav. People can now navigate to your information using a left nav, just like they do for most other sites out there.

Something else you’ll notice as new (more…)

Business owners, and especially businesses that have a brick and mortar presence where customers can visit and purchase your products and services, should take note: Google has revamped its business recommendation tool and repackaged it as Google HotPot.

So what is Google HotPot? It’s an extension of Google Places, a Google Product where you can promote your business and business location. We’ve talked about it at length in the past, and you can read up on it here.

Now, you may be saying, “Not another tool we need to spend a ton of time on!” If you are, don’t worry. Google HotPot could be very instrumental in directing traffic to your business, but if you have been keeping up with recent online trends this shouldn’t add much more, if any, work to your plate. (more…)

Google has added another feature to its search engine results pages (SERPS) that is aimed at helping users (searchers) make decisions quicker. This time they have added Google Instant Preview to the results. And you may have seen some of this in action without even meaning to do so.

So what is Google Instant Preview? It’s a feature that shows (more…)

How would you like typing a serious question about international politics, for example, into everyone’s default search engine — Google –  and see in the suggested search box ‘france is set to concede that it is aware of an alien presence on earth by no later than Friday’? In the world of internet marketing, these small eccentricities amuse and confound.

That is what the two authors of Whoogles have encountered. They started compiling screenshots of Google search suggestions as of January 2010, and not even a year later they have a few thousand compiled in both blog and book. (more…)

So. A few members of the Mannix Marketing SEO Team attended the Search Engine Expo East  in NYC. As part of my experience, I chose to attend the Bruce Clay SEO workshop on the day after the expo ended. I had mixed feelings about it – to be quite honest, I’ve seen Bruce Clay at nearly all the conferences I have attended, and the truth is that I was never very impressed. (more…)