If you have an AdWords campaign set up to reach searchers using Google's mobile search, you've got a new feature to enhance your efforts. Google is enabling click-to-call phone numbers in the ads that appear on mobile web browsers.
Smartphones allow users to click on phone numbers and a call is automatically generated. If a smartphone user is searching for a local pizza place on their mobile device, then they can now simply click on the phone number and order up their favorite pie.
Google's mobile click-to-call ads are generated based on location. So if your company is a chain, an ad will be served up with the closest location to a user - and will contain the appropriate phone number. Full story...
If your NCAA March Madness brackets are as messed up as mine, you'll need a distraction this weekend.
Okay this list is not definitive and anyone not here should add a link to their party/gathering in the comments.
Mixed messages from the search giant.
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Google News is worse than average for sticky traffic.
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What to know before you go.
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As expected, when the legal documents were unsealed today in the YouTube-Viacom lawsuit, the charges and counter charges made for juicy reading.
The move expands Yahoo!'s partnership with Telefonica's global presence.
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Explore space from your laptop.
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Mike McDonald of WebProNews Videos interviewed me recently at OMS 2010, aka SES San Diego, for a story entitled, "The Death (Or Redefinition) Of SEO Discussed.
The real estate search engine expands mobile app access.
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