Month: May 2007

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Google AdWords Recertified

I have just completed and passed my testing to re certify my Google AdWords Qualified Individual credentials for another two years.

Google has changed the exam and I found it easier than the first, but they have not updated all of the information in the exam to reflect new account improvements. Plus I studied so hard on Google Analytics and AdWords Editor and there were no questions on the exam on that topic. For example the information on invoicing does not match the test. The training module states that an account with three months of activity of $1500 per month would qualify but the exam had two case studies that matched that and yet it appeared that they were looking for an answer for $5000 a month and that was the old figure. There were also questions on how to calculate quality score with case studies and no training modules on that specific topic. Hmm, Google you need to update to be fair.

The training modules need to more closely match the exam as I wondered how some of the questions could possibly be answered given the training information. Well so much for griping, I will not have to look at the training program unless something new is released for a while.

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Nancy McCord Interviewed on Ghost Blogging for Investors Business Daily

Today in the Thursday May 10th print issue as well as in the online issue. Nancy McCord of McCord Web Design was quoted in an article on ghost blogging.

You can click our blog post title to read the full article online. The article appearing in the Internet & Technology section is titled “Writing Blogs Can Be So Hard, So Get Help” by Tony Kontzer.

I think that you’ll find the interviews by Nancy McCord and several others on the topic of using blogs for business and hiring a ghost blogger interesting reading.

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McCord Web Design Quoted in Investor’s Business Daily

Today in the Thursday May 10th print issue as well as in the online issue. Nancy McCord of McCord Web Design was quoted in an article on ghost blogging.

You can click our blog post title to read the full article online. The article appearing in the Internet & Technology section is titled “Writing Blogs Can Be So Hard, So Get Help” by Tony Kontzer.

I think that you’ll find the interviews by Nancy McCord and several others on the topic of using blogs for business and hiring a ghost blogger interesting reading.

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Vista Compatiblity

You know my Tech Director is pushing me to move into Vista. I have been longing myself to move to Office 2007, but unfortunately I will have to wait to do both.

I researched on the Web yesterday which of my workhorse applications will have problems with Vista and all of my key applications are not compatible at this point with Vista. All have the comment noted on the various websites “should run but there are documented problems”. Well that’s enough to keep me from moving to Vista at this point. I just can’t have downtime or application issues.

Another consideration is to use Vista, I will have to upgrade Flash Professional 8, Photoshop CS2, Adobe GoLive CS2, Acrobat 7 Professional, and the list goes one. Upgrades for each of these items is any where from $150 to over $200. Now I find out that Acrobat Professional doesn’t even work with Office 2007. Yikes, every contract and report I send to clients is a Word document turned into a PDF.

Good Grief Microsoft! Did you think this all through? Personally I want to move forward with my technology but not at the expense of crashing my business or having to use two computers to get my work done – one for Vista and one for all things that won’t work on Vista.

So for me, I am going to have to wait until the software manufacturers post on their website yes we are Vista compliant, or here is a patch to upgrade your software, or no you must upgrade to the next version and yes then it will work on Vista. Until that time, I am the XP Pro gal!