Did you know that a website that ranks #1 on Google receives more traffic than the websites on positions #2 to #4 combined? Chitika, an advertising network that I used to use back in 2006, recently did a study on the effect of Google rankings on organic traffic, which re-affirms past findings about heat maps, etc.
I’m writing this article in response to clickTRUE’s blog post on article spinning being bad and their advice for people to NOT do it. clickTRUE is an online marketing company and subsidiary of SPH Magazines, that was started by the wonderful guys who founded Hardwarezone.
Just writing a quick update that Google Adwords’ Google Advertising Professional (GAP) program has now been replaced with a new Google Adwords Certification Program. The requirements are now slightly higher - most prominent of which is the additional advanced-level exam.

Google is slowly rolling out a major update called Google Caffeine, intended to make its search results more accurate and relevant, crush spammy sites and include social elements like Twitter. Here’s a summary of what to expect…