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Ash Nallawalla

Member since: 04-24-09

About Me

Digital strategy (usage) consultant to a group of banks; Local Search Moderator, Webmasterworld; Owner, trainsem.com

Website: http://www.netmagellan.com/

Recent Comments

Too Much SEO? Google’s Working On An “Over-Optimization” Penalty For That

This shouldn't concern too many white hatters. Non-news.

An Interview With A Google Search Quality Rater

No, raters in the US were recently being hired for UK English and other languages, but they needed to be in the US and allowed to work there. I rec

Google+ Profiles Will Be Public: Google To Terminate All Private Profiles After July 31st

I think this will reduce the privacy litigation that might occur some day. By stating the ground rules before opening the flood gates, G is playing it

New York Times Continues Paid Link Outing Stories, Looks At Online Flowers Industry

Yes, these NYT/WSJ outings are getting boring except for the local SEO "experts" who don't mind getting a clean link from the article. I couldn't f

Cosmo Quiz: Should You Get In Bed With An SEO Agency?

I have managed an SEO agency, consulted to a few, run my own agency and worked as an in-house SEO, so I have seen all angles. While agreeing with m

Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results

More power to Bing. Search engines learn by crawling the web and crawling Google's results is fair game. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Google’s New Social Sitelinks

Not seeing it yet in Australia, whether signed in or not. Your screen shot shows you were signed in.

Google Ends Community Editing Free-For-All In Maps

Not a moment too soon. Just yesterday I was looking for a NAB (National Australia Bank) ATM location in a nearby suburb and to my dismay, dozens, perh

Give Me Some Feedback On Potential SMX Advanced Sessions

I will probably not get the budget to fly across the Pacific to any of the US SMX events but I'll add my vote for Local Search as it's relevant to SME

Does SEM = SEO + CPC Still Add Up?

I lost many subscribers when I blogged http://www.netmagellan.com/why-do-marketers-still-use-the-term-sem-to-refer-to-ppc-798.html and can only take s

Bing! Sues Microsoft Over Trademark Infringement

Well said, Jill! Classic link bait. As long as no actual suit has been filed and significant expenses incurred, the links from major media outlets and

Google Removes Phone Numbers From 7 Pack

Google is obviously dying to know how many people use the information in the 7-pack, particularly the phone number (which doesn't need a click). This

Is Choosing Search Engines Over Users A Fatal Flaw In SEO?

Hi Jill, Totally agree with you. Rand's post had me baffled - it was like reading a "The Earth is really flat, after all." article from an authority.

Brave New World For Yellow Pages: Google Nabs Marketshare, Strangles Local Directories

The Google trend lines could be wrong for others if our own experience is any guide. Google Trends doesn't provide any units of measure but show a ste

Which Internet Yellow Pages Site Has The Best Rankings?

Although I used four base phrases, each was applied to a locality, so 274 x dentist, for example. When I looked at Denver suburbs in detail, I was

Hoping To Improve People Search, Google Launches “Profile Results”

Non-USA peeps, don't look for this option in your Knol profile - it's not shown to us. From the Name Verification FAQ: "Name Verification is still

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