SEO Newbie: The New Kid on the Block
As everyone knows by now, SpyFu’s spiffy, new Recon Files Ranking Report is live. What many don’t know, though, is that this awesome new SEO reporting tool isn’t the only new-kid-on-the-block here at SpyFu. The company has been growing, and as Mike Roberts mentioned in a recent interview, that growth included hiring an in-house SEO specialist. And as it turns out, I’m the guy who landed the job. Lucky me, right? There is one plot twist, however… ![]()
I have no experience with SEO.
Google Drive ToU-Scandal a Distortion
Google Drive ToU-Scandal a Distortion
Have you heard the "controversy" about Google’s “evil” GDrive Terms of Use? It seems the instant GDrive launched, all I saw was reposts of quotes from Google’s vs Microsoft’s vs DropBox’s terms of use. CNet ran a main page article declaring “Dropbox and Microsoft allow you to retain…rights” while “Google Drive takes everything you own”. That article got 137 comments, 5700 likes, and 3400 tweets (which is about 100x normal for a CNet article).

Adwords Exact Match Changes Can Drain Your Profits & How to Opt Out - April 2012
Starting next month, Google plans to silently change the way your existing Adwords campaign works. These are changes that, unchecked, could cost you a ton of money. And what’s worse, is that you may never figure out why – because the cause of the decreased performance would be completely hidden from you.
Heavy Meta: How Our Bold Remarketing Campaign Went Hyper-Targeted with Your Feedback
From Social Media AZ 2011: Mike Roberts takes you behind the scenes of our Google retargeting campaign. He shares lessons learned that you can start using today.
By the way, it's in-context, but there might be language NSFW.
Add Your Own Keywords to SpyFu
Subscribers have much more control over the keywords we research and capture each month. If we don't have the keywords you want to track -- no matter how niched or longtail -- add it to our database. We'll show you results on what everyone else adds, too.
Why Add Your Own Keywords?
- Show local businesses where keywords include a specific city name
- Locate niche keywords we’re not picking up
- Research and track keywords you rank on that we don’t capture
- Monitor longtail keywords
