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May 2013

Marketing

Google Rolls Out Credit Card Just For Adwords

Recently, Google launched their very own Business Credit Card for Adwords. The card features a 11.9% variable APR, ample credit limits and no annual fees. However, the card is only available by invitation and with a personalized application ID. Additionally, it may only be used for your Adwords media buy. Therefore, if a card member tries to use it for purchases outside of the console, the card will be declined. The card is associated with MasterCard and is provided exclusively…
May 30, 2013
Marketing

Google Penguin 2.0 Is Here; Are You Ready?

This morning, we got word that Google has been updated with what most SEO Pros are calling Penguin 2.0. Some circles claim this is technically Penguin 4.0 because of a few refreshers to last year's algorithm update during the year. Either way, a change was made today affecting approximately 2.3% of all Google searches. Were you ready? If you've been affected, do you have the roadmap to get back into the game? Below is a video from David Evans of…
May 23, 2013
Design

Google UI Team Visits Ninthlink

  On Friday May 17th, 2013, Ninthlink welcomed two member of Google's UI Team - Susan Petrick and Anya Kogan - to their offices in San Diego for a meet & greet. Both Susan & Anya came to Ninthlink to learn about all of our interactions with Google AdWords. Ninthlink was pleased to have such distinguished guests from the Bay Area; and even prepared a welcoming sign in the Google font and color scheme. We loved the outreach and hope to see…
May 22, 2013
DesignDevelopmentMarketingOnline ConversionTips

A Gallery of Awesome Tidbits of UX: Little Big Details

Sweating the small stuff? If it doubles your website's conversion then it's definitely worth exploring. There's always ways to improve the user experience of a website, and we always like to gear it toward making the experience easier and more convenient for the user, and boosting conversion rates while we're at it. To see the latest and greatest of handy user experience funnels and tools, Little Big Details (www.littlebigdetails.com) is a great place to check in and see a gallery of…
May 20, 2013
Design

Super Simple Super Clean Social Icons

I googled it, I found it, I tweeted it, and I'm still stoked, so here's a quick blog post : Simple Social Icons is an understatement of a title. Rather than reinventing the wheel over and over, why not use something as simple as this? It's always nice when WordPress plugins do exactly what you were looking for, right? (more…)
May 9, 2013