Adwords Qualified Company

We are pleased to announce that Chicago Style SEO has met all of the requirements and can now call ourselves an official Google Adwords Professional Qualified Company.  What does this mean to you, the potential customer?  In Google’s words:

Like many advertisers, you may not have a significant amount of time to invest in learning AdWords and managing your own advertising account. Hiring a professional can help save you time while maximizing the return on your investment.

If that isn’t enough to convince you, we also have a number of promotional credits we can apply to new Adwords accounts.  They are a 1-1 spend match up to $100 dollars.  We are applying them on a first come basis, contact us today to check for availability.

Ben Robinson Is Now A Certified Google Advertising Professional

Actually, Ben said that the test wasn’t that tough; we chalk that up to not only his years of working in the industry, gaining a huge amount of experience and knowledge, but also to the hard work and hours he put in to studying.

What is a Certified Google Advertising Professional?

This means that Ben has not only passed Google’s test, but that he has demonstrated he has experience managing a significant dollar volume of Google Adwords and he has done it over a significant length of time.

That’s what he had to do to in order to get the certification. But what does it mean to our clients and potential customers? Most importantly it means that they know that the person handling their Internet marketing has been recognized by Google. the undisputed leader in the industry, as a knowledgeable, skilled professional.

However, in Google’s own words, it means Ben is entitled to, “A warm, fuzzy feeling for this grand accomplishment.”

What’s Next for Chicago Style SEO?

As our other principal, I am next up to take the Adwords Professional test.  I am currently lining up the paperwork that is required and preparing to take the test. As soon as I’ve passed the test, it will mean that Chicago Style SEO should have finished all of the requirements to be an Adwords Qualified Company. This is something we want to accomplish for ourselves and for our many valued clients.

Good News for New Customers

Ben’s professional status also comes with credits that can be applied to new client accounts.  They are $100 in value and are applied as a 1-1 match spend.  We only have a limited number, so contact us today to make sure we still have some left.

According to Clicky, the browser is already at almost 3% market share.  I am sure that is just a ton of people checking it out, but still pretty impressive.

A whole lot of hoopla has been made over the EULA, but it really sounds like it was more of an oversight on Google’s part.  Ars Technica has a good overview of the Chrome EULA situation.

Here is a smattering of the Google Chrome reviews from around the web:

• Ars Technica
• CNN
• Knowledge Breeze
• Read My Mind
• Geekywood
• CNET
• PC World

Here are some of the details that have leaked:

• Chrome will be open source and based on the existing Webkit rendering engine
• It will have Google Gears built in
• It will include a special Javascript virtual machine named V8, designed to speed up Javascript to allow for much more intricate web apps
• There will be a private surfing mode
• Tabs will be on the top of the browser window
• And much, much more, Google Blogoscoped has an excellent write up.

I can’t wait to see what it is like.  Here is a link to the comic Google used to announce it.