Yahoo has recently launched a new tool called Yahoo Clues. It is basically a keyword tool designed to give an insight into the demographics of people searching for the keyword along with the popularity of keyword over a period of time and additional keyword suggestions. Yahoo Clues shows the graphical representation of change in keyword […]
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A quick Search Marketing tip to drop your way on the subject of Google Local search results. Google has launched yet another new advertising format for local business owners known as Google Boost. This new PPC ad format will be available for advertisers in Google Places (Local) account and Ads will be appear in sponsored
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Google launched Google Instant Search interface on the 8th of September 2010, which shows search results as you type, in real time. Many search engine marketers (SEM), including your house-hold searchers, have reacted sharply to the new Google Instant interface. Google Instant is being sold as a faster and better User Interface, and the feedback
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2010 – another year, and another round of changes expected to come in the new year. From Googles pending dance that could shake up the Search space, to a foreseen boom in mobile advertising (likely in 2011), to some who tout conversion rate optimization being the big thing in 2010 (IMHO was covered in 2008/09).
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You’re finally on board with some of the changes and new features Google’s rolled out over the last few years, along with watching the suitors as Yahoo and Bing (MSN) follow suit. You’ve come to grips that if you plan to succeed in your online business, you cannot let your online marketing sit idle. Investment
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You read right. Adding to the arsenal of website and business intelligence tools such as Google Analytics, Google launches in October the new beta analytics view of Google Local Business Center. Operators and owners of websites who have already created a Google Local Listing, can now view the performance of their Google Local listing directly
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Earlier this month we started down the path of “landing page strategy testing – is it worth it?“. Landing pages can be an extremely useful tactic to increase conversions in a campaign. Employing landing pages is typically utilized in paid search campaigns, internal conversion pages and more recently, email marketing campaigns. This week I’ll continue
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Enhancing a campaigns performance in the Search channels such as a paid search campaign, or even in an email program, if done properly can reap those conversion rewards, or whatever your defined KPI’s (key performance indicators) may be. Though when traveling down this path of designing, building and executing landing pages, the necessity to test
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2008 is coming to a close, and you may have embarked on your first, well-overdue, search engine optimization (SEO) project for your business. Many steps were likely taken in your SEO project through the discovery phase of assessing how friendly your website architecture is for search, keyword discovery around your industry/market/brand/product/competitors, research where your visitors
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Are you a “Joe the Plumber”, or a new or small business owner needing to get Google to drive new business? Then grab a coffee and have a read as I plan to pack as much value into this post for you to get you started. And as always, any questions or comments, make a
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