Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2014
This is the second year in a row that Monkey Island is proud to be a sponsor of Twin Cities Drupal Camp! We love to support the Twin Cities Drupal community and being a sponsor is a small way we… Read More
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Importance of AdWords Quality Score
One of our mantras here at Monkey Island is “quality always supersedes quantity” so we thought it important to continue to educate our friends, fans, followers and partners about the importance of AdWords quality score. Here are two PDFs that… Read More
Impact of Quality Score on CPA
Ever wonder… “what’s the real impact of quality score on CPA”? Basically, how much more or less you end up paying because of your keyword quality score.
Well, we just happened to be attending an event with other SEO/SEM thought… Read More
VIDEO: How the AdWords Auction Works
This video came through our feed earlier this month and while it is somewhat elementary it is a great explanation of how the AdWords auction works. As a matter of fact one of the first things we go over with… Read More
Enhanced Ecommerce for Google Analytics Now in Beta
Online retail grew over 30% in 2013. In response to this Google has recently launched the beta version of what they are calling “Enhanced Ecommerce” for Google Analytics. Basically Enhanced Ecommerce helps online retailers get a more complete picture of… Read More
Google Announces “Google My Business”
If you like your current customers and want to make it easy for them to connect with you. Or, if you like getting new customers – then you might want to take a look at Google’s new Google My… Read More
What you need to know about Google Panda 4.0 update
Everybody in SEO is talking about it…so we thought we had better write a little something on it as well. What you ask? Why Google Panda 4.0 of course! I’m going to try to take a practical approach on this… Read More
Evolutionary Website Redesign
We tell all of our clients and anyone else who will listen that “a website should always be in BETA”, it is never a finished product. Businesses that are serious about improving the ROI of their websites are always tweaking… Read More
Behavior Flow’s New Content Grouping Feature
Last week I wrote a blog on the value of paying attention to your Behavior Flow Report in Google Analytics. Well, it just so happens that Google is giving Behavior Flow a little love themselves. Google just introduced Content Grouping… Read More
Google Analytics Behavior Flow Report – Unpacked
Have you ever wondered what users do once they are on your website. Which page they start on and how they travel around your site, clicking from page to page? Are you interested in understanding what kind of content keeps… Read More
Join us for Google Partners Connect
We’re hosting an exclusive Google event on May 21st an you’re invited!
DATE: May 21
TIME: 1:00PM-2:00PM CST
LOCATION: CoCo Downtown, 400 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415
It’s a great opportunity to learn from Google experts about how to… Read More
What to do until AdWords releases its new Drafts & Experiments tool?
AdWords just announced the release of a number of really cool new tools, one of which is called the Drafts & Experiments tool. The tool isn’t readily available yet, so we have been getting asked about other ways you could… Read More