SmallBusinessNewz

Paid Search Help Site Launches

If some aspect of paid search marketing has left you confused - or if you just want a second opinion regarding a random detail - now would be a good time to start formulating a question.  A new site called "Ask the PPC Experts" has launched, and it's providing answers.

Google Apps Winning Favor With Small Businesses

If you've been thinking lately that a certain big corporation charges quite a lot for a CD, a manual, and a cardboard box, you're in good company.  The results of a survey indicate that small business owners are starting to think about going with Google's products instead of Microsoft's.

UK Entrepreneurs Get a New Resource for Tips and Tools

A new resource has been launched to help entrepreneurs in the UK start up and grow successful businesses. The resource is called the Start Up Donut, and it counts none other than Google among its sponsors. The site went live today and his been developed in response to a surge in the number of business start-ups in the UK brought on by large numbers of redundancies and changes in the business climate.

Over 60 Percent Of Small Businesses Struggling With IT?

If you've had to restart your computer seven times so far today, or if it takes 68 seconds for you to open a fresh Word document, you may be in good company.  A new report indicates that about one out of every four small businesses struggle when it comes to IT issues."Struggle" might be a generous term, actually, since the IT Effectiveness Index Mid-Year Report 2009 indicates that almost one-fourth of businesses deserve a D or an F in terms of IT grades.  Another 37 percent of small businesses are supposed to rate Cs, too.

Google Offers More Free Webinars, Training

Small business owners who use Google AdWords and/or Google Analytics - along with small business owners who don't, but are interested - should make some time in their schedules.  Google's decided to promote a number of free online training sessions.

YouTube Readying New Channel Design

Small businesses that have presences on YouTube are going to be subjected to a sort of forced redecoration in the near future.  New channel designs are on the way, and depending on what sort of category you fall into, will take over on either July 15th or July 29th.

Small Business Video Channel Launches

Ready to kick back, relax - and learn?  A new site for small business owners brings together about 2,000 video clips in which experts give all sorts of advice.

Google Integrates Store Info With Product Search

Spock might not approve, but here's a reasonably logical statement: as the number of people who know a business's location increases, the better the business will do.  And now the Google Local Business Center is helping to make sure businesses' addresses are more or less common knowledge.

Google Analytics Nods To Bing

Reviews of Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, have been a bit mixed so far.  Although people seem to like it, the "But It's Not Google" acronym has stuck.  Still, if you want to take traffic from Bing into account - and there's no reason not to - you should know that Google Analytics has set something up.

A Few News Items of Which Small Businesses Should Take Note

I've been writing for WebProNews like a madman today, and among the things I have covered, there are several things worth noting from a small business standpoint, so I wanted to share them here. 1. Google is rolling out richer snippets in its search results. What this means is that you will have the ability to share more information from your site right in the Google search results.