English Google Webmaster Central office-hours hangout 8 May 2015

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English Google Webmaster Central office-hours hangout

Streamed live on 8 May 2015

Join us for a *Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout* :)

Add your questions to this event page, this session is open to anything webmaster related like crawling, indexing, mobile sites, internationalization, duplicate content, Sitemaps, Webmaster Tools, pagination, duplicate content, multi-lingual/multi-regional sites, etc.

This is a Hangout on Air on Google+. It works best with a webcam + headset. You can find out more about Hangouts and how to participate athttps://sites.google.com/site/webmast…

Feel free to drop by – we welcome webmasters of all levels! If you would like to join this hangout live & in person, and haven’t been able to get in recently, please leave a note here and we’ll try to invite you a few minutes before we start.

UK General Election 07 05 2015

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With the UK General Election happening today at 7am Google have created a great Doodle to help you find the local candidates.

Google UK Voting Doodle 07 05 2015

You can simply enter a postcode and the Google system finds all the local candidates for you.

We did some checks to confirm this finds the Parliamentary candidates and it works perfectly:-

Birmingham, Edgbaston

Lee Dargue
Liberal Democrats
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Luke Evans
Conservative Party
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Henna Rai
Independent
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Graham Short
UK Independence Party
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Phil Simpson
Green Party
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Gisela Stuart
Labour Party
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Gabriel Ukandu
Christian Party

 

Birmingham, Erdington

 

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Robert Alden
Conservative Party
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Joe Belcher
Green Party
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Jack Dromey
Labour Party
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Andrew Garcarz
UK Independence Party
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Ann Holtom
Liberal Democrats
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Ted Woodley
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

 

Birmingham, Hall Green

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James Bird
Conservative Party
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Jerry Evans
Liberal Democrats
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Roger Godsiff
Labour Party
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Rashpal Mondair
UK Independence Party
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Shiraz Peer
Respect Party
Elly Stanton
Green Party
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Birmingham, Hodge Hill

Phil Bennion
Liberal Democrats
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Liam Byrne
Labour Party
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Andy Chaffer
Communist Party
Albert Duffen
UK Independence Party
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Kieran Mullan
Conservative Party
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Chris Nash
Green Party
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Halesowen and Rowley Regis

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James Morris
Conservative Party
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John Payne
Green Party
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Stephanie Peacock
Labour Party
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Dean Perks
UK Independence Party
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Peter Tyzack
Liberal Democrats
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Dudley North

 

Rehan Afzal
Apni
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Ian Austin
Labour Party
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Mike Collins
Liberal Democrats
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Will Duckworth
Green Party
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Bill Etheridge
UK Independence Party
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Les Jones
Conservative Party
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Dave Pitt
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

 

Dudley South

Paul Brothwood
UK Independence Party
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Vicky Duckworth
Green Party
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Natasha Millward
Labour Party
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Martin Turner
Liberal Democrats
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Mike Wood
Conservative Party
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Cities of London and Westminster

Belinda Brooks-Gordon
Liberal Democrats
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Adam Clifford
Class War
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Edouard-Henri Desforges
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol
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Mark Field
Conservative Party
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Jill McLachlan
Christian Peoples Alliance
Nik Slingsby
Labour Party
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Hugh Small
Green Party
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Robert Stephenson
UK Independence Party
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Google have used for to generate this information Sources: Press Association, Democracy Club, TheyWorkForYou, Dods and others.

To see more of the Google Doodles visit the Google page:- https://www.google.com/doodles

The Google app: Questions

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The Google app: Questions

A question is the most powerful force in the world. It can start you on an adventure or spark a connection. See where a question can take you. The Google app is available on iOS and Android. Download the app here: http://www.google.com/search/about/do…

How MATCHESFASHION.COM Expanded Online into 190 International Markets

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One of the latest Think With Google success stories is “How MATCHESFASHION.COM Expanded Online into 190 International Markets”.

This is a great article explaining the goals, approach and the results that were used to generate this success.

MATCHESFASHION.COM International Success Online | Google Case Study

The Goals

  • Expand into international markets
  • Communicate a luxury experience with global customers

The Approach

  • Used Google Global Market Finder and Consumer Barometer to help plan international expansion
  • Tailored AdWords campaigns to individual Countries and Cities
  • Conveying a luxury experience through Product Listing Ads
  • Optimised campaigns with Google Analytics

The Results

  • 70% of business now outside of UK
  • Doing business in 190 markets worldwide

MATCHESFASHION.COM used Google’s free tools, including Global Market Finder and Consumer Barometer, to help plan expansion abroad.

The analysis helped prioritise markets to run customised AdWord campaigns. Product Listing Ads effectively conveyed the quality of the luxury items helping drive international conversions.

All programmes were optimised with the help of Google Analytics. The result has been a quick and successful expansion online.

Original Article:- https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en-gb/case-study/how-matchesfashioncom-expanded-online-into-190-international-markets/

Understanding Online to Store with Carphone Warehouse

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Understanding Online to Store / Carphone Warehouse / Google is a great video.

Watch how Carphone Warehouse worked with Google to understand and quantify the impact that online advertising has on in-store sales and what this means for their marketing strategy.

Understanding Online to Store | Carphone Warehouse | Google