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In what appears to be a reactive move against Google, Yahoo Search Marketing in Australia has come up with their own stimulus packagem the Yahoo Big Bang.

Yahoo (and Ninemsn’s market share) is barely 10% these days in Australia, however 10% is still a sizeable audience that you shouldn’t miss out on!

Yahoo is offering:

• A FREE Yahoo! Search Marketing campaign for 3 months*
• Campaign set up and optimisation handled by Yahoo! certified local specialists. This means that all the hard work is done for you!
• Your ads seen on Yahoo!7 and ninemsn.

Offer ends 31 July 2009.
Sign up for the Yahoo Big Bang.

If you have been putting off getting into Google Adwords because it’s too hard/expensive/risky/unknown - here is your chance to try it for free!  The Google Business Stimulus Offer is available until June 30, 2009 and gives new customers $75 credit to their Adwords account.

So no more excuses.

Sign up for the Google Business Stimulus Offer

If you are still a little bit confused as to how Adwords works, check out my
How does Google Adwords Work? post

Urbanspoon is a site that helps you find out everything about your local restaurants and includes menus, recommendations and reviews. The popularity of the Urbanspoon iPhone application has increased significantly in Australia since it started appearing on Apple’s iPhone commercials.

Urbanspoon iPhone App

So how do you make sure that your business is listed on Urbanspoon?

Good news, it’s easy and free!

First check to see if your business is listed by searching at Urbanspoon. If it is already there, update as much information as possible and include photos, menus and anything else that is relevant.

If your restaurant is not currently listed, simply visit the Add restaurant link at Urbanspoon and fill in as much detail as you can.

That’s it! You will now appear on Urbanspoon (usually in around 24hours), and most importantly on peoples’ iphones when they are looking for somewhere to go.

Links:
Urbanspoon
Download Urbanspoon for the iPhone at the Apple store .

Have you always wondered exactly how the Google Adwords Auction works and been too embarrassed to ask anyone!

The Google Business YouTube channel has recently posted a great introductory video. If you are new to the world of Google advertising, or if you just never really understood how it worked, then I highly recommend you watch the video below.

Introduction to the Google Ad Auction

Hal Varion, Chief Economist at Google

I recently entered my own Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway, into the Google My Maps Australia Awards. I was lucky enough to be one of the ten winners and received an iPod touch and a fantastic Google trophy!

In September 2008, I travelled from Darwin to Adelaide through the Centre of Australia, 3200km on the Stuart Highway. I posted my photos directly to the map below during my trip using my iPhone, and used Trippermap, Shozu and Flickr: Continue reading →

Twitter - yes I am finally using it!

I never really understood the point of twitter. Until I started using Facebook came addicted to updating my status. And then…. I final understood the meaning of Twitter! One of the great geek epiphanies.

But since I am not going to update both,  I set up a feed to automatically update Twitter from my Facebook status using Twitterfeed. It was very straightforward to set it up: Continue reading →

Since I re-did the Estonians in Australia site with Wordpress (the site aims to keep Aussies, usually with an Estonian heritage up-to-date) and started this blog, Kristi Barrow Ramblings (I will come up with a better name!), I’ve been experimenting with many plugins to try and customise to each audience.  Here are my favourite plugins, listed because; they worked, they were easy to implement (no coding required); and they served a purpose. Continue reading →