By: Donna Bogatin | Source: blogs.zdnet.com

What did Google target in 2006?

The Google Year in Review: Month by month highlights, in Google’s own words, PLUS links to Digital Markets’ coverage and analysis.

JANUARY: ACQUISITION OF DMARC BROADCASTING, BIG MOVE OFFLINE

Google is committed to exploring new ways to extend targeted, measurable advertising to other forms of media. dMarc connects advertisers directly to radio stations through its automated advertising platform.

FEBRUARY: GOOGLE DESKTOP 3, INROADS ON THE DESKTOP

The Google Desktop home page is your command center for managing your computer’s information; It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google.

MARCH: LOCAL BUSINESS ADS IN ADWORDS, $31 BILLION OPPORTUNITY

Location-based ads in an enhanced map component on Google Local and in text on Google.com and the Google network, based on the localized search query instead of the user IP address.

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Spread the word: bookmark it/ readit

By: Sharon Sarmmiento | Source: site-reference.com

So, you’ve got a brand new shiny blog. You lovingly tend to it, writing posts with the perfect mix of warmth, humor, irony and insight.

You write, you post, and you wait. Crickets are chirping in the silence as you start to wonder, "So now that I have a blog, how do I actually get people to look at it?"

If your traffic report for your site is like a flat line on a graph, don’t fret.

Unless you’re Guy Kawasaki or Seth Godin, it’s not likely that your blog will shoot to the tippy top of Technorati overnight. For us non-famous folks, it takes consistent, patient, strategic work in order to build up our blog traffic.

Building blog traffic is all about creating useful content for your readers and making contacts within the blogging community.

It’s kind of like when you move to a new city where you don’t know anyone. Little by little you build relationships, you meet folks who introduce you to other folks, you make connections, make a name for yourself, and you become better known in the community.

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