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Google releases their own $75 stimulus package to Australians

Kristi Barrow — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:07:20 +0000

2009 is the year of the Stimulus package, and Google has jumped on the Bandwagon offering a $75 Adwords credit to new accounts. The Google offer aims to help Australia’s 1.88m small and medium-sized enterprises speed up in the economic slowdown.

Although $75 doesn’t go very far, it’s not a bad deal for businesses new to Adwords to try the tool risk free.

The offer is only available to new accounts and you must register by the end of June 2009.

Read all about it at the Google Australia Blog

Try Google Adwords for free – $75 Google Stimulus offer to Australians

Kristi Barrow — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:25:44 +0000

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.

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

How does Google Adwords Work?

Kristi Barrow — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:15:39 +0000

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

Google MyMaps Winner

Kristi Barrow — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:00:58 +0000

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. See my Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway map.

Krustyfries, a 2008 Google My Maps Australia Awards Winner

Kristi Barrow — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:58:06 +0000

Shozu – allows you to upload photos from your iphone to many different webservices, including Flickr!, Facebook and Photobucket.
- After geocoding (a one click procedure with Shozu) and taggging, I uploaded my photos to Flickr!
Flickr!- The best photo sharing website!
- I tagged each photo with “trip” for use in my map.
Trippermap – pulls your photos from Flickr and displays them on Yahoo Maps and Google Maps (however you need the premium version to use Google Maps).
- I utlised the Google Maps feature and produced my map, below:

See all the award winning maps at the Google My Maps Australia Awards. See my map directly in Google Maps at Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway