Comments on: Google Trends Lowers Price of Gas http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/ Conversational SEO: Listen. Respond. Engage. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dana Lookadoo http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-58 Dana Lookadoo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:23:23 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-58 @Wild Dingo Yes, as shown Google DOES provide data for Yahoo!, MSN Live. Digging deeper, they even show Dog Pile. (Who uses that anymore?) Other Google properties, Blogger & YouTube, do not display data either. Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land authored a great post about this yesterday: Mr. Google, Tear Down This Google Trends Wall! http://searchengineland.com/080624-121440.php Danny makes an important point: "Still, there are plenty of other sources for traffic data. These will get interpreted regardless of what Google puts out there." But why are they withholding easy, free access to their own data? @Wild Dingo Yes, as shown Google DOES provide data for Yahoo!, MSN Live. Digging deeper, they even show Dog Pile. (Who uses that anymore?) Other Google properties, Blogger & YouTube, do not display data either.

Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land authored a great post about this yesterday:
Mr. Google, Tear Down This Google Trends Wall!
http://searchengineland.com/080624-121440.php

Danny makes an important point:
“Still, there are plenty of other sources for traffic data. These will get interpreted regardless of what Google puts out there.” But why are they withholding easy, free access to their own data?

]]> By: Wild Dingo http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-57 Wild Dingo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:32:17 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-57 "Google.com does not have data available for ranking. Interesting…" dictatorship anyone? A company that makes the laws but doesn't follow the laws? hmmm... sorry, this kind of stuff bugs me! :) Wild Dingos last blog post..<a href="http://www.wilddingo.com/2008/06/24/first-annual-wild-dingo-social-ride/" rel="nofollow">First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride</a> “Google.com does not have data available for ranking. Interesting…”

dictatorship anyone? A company that makes the laws but doesn’t follow the laws? hmmm…

sorry, this kind of stuff bugs me! :)

Wild Dingos last blog post..First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride

]]> By: Dana Lookadoo http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-56 Dana Lookadoo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:54:56 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-56 @Wild Dingo Thanks for the support and for adding to the conversation. Your points are valid and worth a post of their own. Maybe it will be titled, "Google goes Fishing: Bait and Hook!" You're right. Information is power! It's our job as marketers to understand how the information is used and to retain control of that power where we deem best. Bottom line: Knowledge is power. Great hearing from you, and enjoy your new Tasmanian devil. @Wild Dingo Thanks for the support and for adding to the conversation. Your points are valid and worth a post of their own. Maybe it will be titled, “Google goes Fishing: Bait and Hook!”

You’re right. Information is power! It’s our job as marketers to understand how the information is used and to retain control of that power where we deem best. Bottom line: Knowledge is power.

Great hearing from you, and enjoy your new Tasmanian devil.

]]> By: Wild Dingo http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-55 Wild Dingo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:20:14 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-55 i meant "opt out" of benchmarking. and by "paying for the privaledge" I meant, we pay by letting them share our competitive data. (sorry, nutty dog is keeping me from stringing logical thoughts and words together at the moment.) Wild Dingos last blog post..<a href="http://www.wilddingo.com/2008/06/24/first-annual-wild-dingo-social-ride/" rel="nofollow">First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride</a> i meant “opt out” of benchmarking. and by “paying for the privaledge” I meant, we pay by letting them share our competitive data. (sorry, nutty dog is keeping me from stringing logical thoughts and words together at the moment.)

Wild Dingos last blog post..First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride

]]> By: Wild Dingo http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-54 Wild Dingo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:13:32 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-54 One more thing, personally i feel their policy on opting out of sharing data and then pulling specific "ads" away is a bit scummy. I mean, as a user, i'm offering ads on my site via my content. yet, they pull ads away if i don't want my competitive data shared. that seems borderline bribery to me. People ususally "pay" to have their ads on a billboard or site. yet google ads are freely offered. instead the user is paying for the privaledge of having a google ad sponsor. That boggles my mind of business today. i may opt into benchmarking, but i leave on my data sharing to keep my ad content variety open. Wild Dingos last blog post..<a href="http://www.wilddingo.com/2008/06/24/first-annual-wild-dingo-social-ride/" rel="nofollow">First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride</a> One more thing, personally i feel their policy on opting out of sharing data and then pulling specific “ads” away is a bit scummy. I mean, as a user, i’m offering ads on my site via my content. yet, they pull ads away if i don’t want my competitive data shared. that seems borderline bribery to me. People ususally “pay” to have their ads on a billboard or site. yet google ads are freely offered. instead the user is paying for the privaledge of having a google ad sponsor. That boggles my mind of business today. i may opt into benchmarking, but i leave on my data sharing to keep my ad content variety open.

Wild Dingos last blog post..First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride

]]> By: Wild Dingo http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-53 Wild Dingo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:02:57 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-53 Hi Pixel Bella! Love your blog. been reading it since you started. Gotta say, I'm a privacy nazi. Yes i am. Hence why it took a few years to get my own blog going because i was insistant of software i use to sit on my own server (or at least one i pay rent on), not on a free server. Ensures my content is MINE. I love/hate Google. I have Google Analytics and read about Benchmarking, but did NOT opt into it... Google crosses the line constantly with bait and hook. Information is power. It's power for "us", the users, but in the end MUCH MORE powerful for Google. I love information, but i'm a little against an information monopoly hog. Whenever i see the bait and hook, i run the other way. but i do like the analytics! Wild Dingos last blog post..<a href="http://www.wilddingo.com/2008/06/24/first-annual-wild-dingo-social-ride/" rel="nofollow">First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride</a> Hi Pixel Bella! Love your blog. been reading it since you started. Gotta say, I’m a privacy nazi. Yes i am. Hence why it took a few years to get my own blog going because i was insistant of software i use to sit on my own server (or at least one i pay rent on), not on a free server. Ensures my content is MINE.

I love/hate Google. I have Google Analytics and read about Benchmarking, but did NOT opt into it… Google crosses the line constantly with bait and hook. Information is power. It’s power for “us”, the users, but in the end MUCH MORE powerful for Google. I love information, but i’m a little against an information monopoly hog. Whenever i see the bait and hook, i run the other way. but i do like the analytics!

Wild Dingos last blog post..First Annual Wild Dingo Social Ride

]]> By: admin http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-40 admin Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:13:15 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-40 @ Josh Thanks for visiting and your support! @Critic Thanks for your critical review. This Google Trends post is tongue-in-cheek humor to make a point. Competitive Intelligence data takes time and a lot of "driving around" the Net. The goal is to help readers understand their options and possible exposure for what can appear to be a "good deal." @ Josh Thanks for visiting and your support!

@Critic Thanks for your critical review. This Google Trends post is tongue-in-cheek humor to make a point. Competitive Intelligence data takes time and a lot of “driving around” the Net. The goal is to help readers understand their options and possible exposure for what can appear to be a “good deal.”

]]> By: Critic http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-39 Critic Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-39 Smart to leverage google trends on this blog by using "gas". But still spammy and on the verge of ridiculous reading. Smart to leverage google trends on this blog by using “gas”. But still spammy and on the verge of ridiculous reading.

]]> By: Josh Maxwell http://pixelposition.com/google-trends-lowers-price-of-gas/#comment-38 Josh Maxwell Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:00:30 +0000 http://pixelposition.com/?p=20#comment-38 I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts. I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

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