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Google and Yahoo leave me scratching my head
June 30, 2006
WARNING: this post may contain material not suitable for those who are willing give up a limb in defense of Google AdWords or Yahoo Search Marketing
Normally I'm not driven to extremes, I'm pretty easy-going and even-keeled. But every now and then the stars align and people do dumb things either around me, to me, or "for me". This time the honor goes to Google and Yahoo.
Google AdWords Related
Urgent, This Just In: We MUST designate our local time zone in our AdWords account or we will NEVER have the chance again after 7/31/06! What kind of offer is that? I’m sure it has something to do with the massive database that Google has to keep running in tip top shape, but come on, it seems kind of draconian doesn’t it? Now I’m FOR selecting a time zone, but why the urgency and the “speak now or forever hold your peace� language? Seems to me an upgrade to AdWords is in order.
Yahoo Search Marketing Related
Urgent, This Just In: Yahoo Search Marketing Customer Solutions Team to get overhauled along with their interface. No not really, but it sure would be nice based on the report that I got in my inbox recently. You see I was offered a complete review of one of my Yahoo campaigns and you know what I received…..a suggestion that I cut my campaign by 90% because there wasn’t the search traffic for our terms. WHAT? Without getting into details I have no idea how they could have come up with their suggestions unless either A) it was completed by a bad computer program, or B) they gave somebody 15 minutes to complete it. Normally I wouldn’t speak out but this is not the first time I’ve received “suggestions� like this from them. Who is running the Customer Solutions Team over there?
Excel corner...
(Macro to REMOVE hyperlinks in Excel 2000)
I do a fair amount of copy & pasting from the web to Excel and one HUGE pet peeve of mine is the automatic hyper linking feature that Excel introduces. And I have yet to find a quick and easy to remove them from inside Excel (they do provide a tedious and laborious way to do this – sigh), I did come across this little macro gem that allows a whole page to be “scrubbed� at the push of a button. This has saved me from a pre-mature mental carpal tunnel meltdown.
Audiophile corner…..For those of us who remember what quadraphonic sound meant this will “blow your mind man�. For the rest it will just be way cool. Try out Holophonic Sound. (Headphones are the best)
The most depressing moment in music over the past 30 years…
The comments are as funny as the video is appalling. Somebody make it stop!
And Finally…
Here’s a link to one the most underrated musicians out there, Owsley. Wow! What a great sound, it’s hard to believe that he’s not on the radio, but who am I eh?
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posted by Brent Sharp at June 30, 2006 11:59 AM
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Comments
Hey Brent -
I've also experienced similar Yahoo! Search Marketing issues, but instead of getting a worthless report my team and I simply received crappy customer service... and I mean horrible.
Thanks for the Excel tip... I have that same problem regarding hyperlinks. I've always just "right" clicked and removed them... however that makes for some very long afternoons.
Great Post!
Posted by: Karl Ribas at June 30, 2006 01:21 PM