Is There a Google Analytics Annotations API? (Spoiler: Almost)

Originally published June 14, 2019. Updated (yes, actually) March 9, 2020 Can you automatically or programmatically add notes via a Google Analytics annotations API? I’ve been adding annotations to Google Analytics accounts for much of the last decade. I’ve noted development go lives, Google algorithm changes, SEO questions and even holidays that affect traffic or […]

Your AdWords Account: Ad Disapproved – Malicious or Unwanted Software – Why Did My Ads Get Disapproved?

Red Alert Last night, 9:33pm, a slack notification lit up my watch from our lead developer with the preview, “red alert?” Ok, so, that’s probably not a Slack to skip. I jumped into the conversation while at the same time peeking at my email inbox only to notice the “Your AdWords Account: Ad Disapproved” emails […]

Rand(om) SEO Insights into Panda

The “Monthly Moz-Letter” almost got deleted today on my crusade to clean out my Gmail inbox. Glad I decided to open it – I almost missed this gold nugget from the Rand(om) Question section: One last thing I’ll say about Panda in particular – you need to be willing to take dramatic action to respond. […]