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- 23rd Nov 2010
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Fashion-Conscious Shoppers 'Are Heading Online'
Companies involved in the clothing industry should establish an online presence to take advantage of the growing number of shoppers heading to the internet to make purchases.
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- 5th Nov 2010
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New Features Added to Google Analytics Intelligence Reports
New features have been released for Intelligence Reports from Google Analytics.
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- 17th Sep 2010
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The Online Corporate Branding Rainbow - Where Do You Fit In?
For some, branding is simply a formality, certainly in terms of colouration. However COLOURlovers, a site dedicated to sharing, well, colours, have looked a little deeper into the trends and psychology of online corporate branding.
The findings were somewhat unsurprising, but certainly colourful. Brands are favouring primary colours, with particular focus on red and blue hues. So despite their best efforts to differentiate from one another, evidently there is a certain uniformity in how corporate business branding.
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- 3rd Jun 2010
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Why Have Google Sidelined UK Results?
As the UK only search tab goes walkabout, we look at why Google binned it in favour of the left-hand navigation.
As part of the recent reshuffle of the Google SERPs, the UK only results tab (formerly featured beneath the search box) has vanished. With the continuing issues of international sites featuring in Google.co.uk results, UK searchers (and SEO experts) are facing further confusion.
Okay, so the ‘pages from the UK’ button has only migrated south west slightly to the left hand navigation, but what does this achieve?
It can probably be looked at in 2 ways. Firstly there’s the cynical view. Google want to keep you on their search engine. They want you to keep searching and to click on a few of their sponsored adverts for good measure. This is how they make their money and ensure they maintain search dominance.
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- 1st Feb 2010
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Search Engine Market Share Statistics - February 2010
Latest figures show that Google has continued its search engine market dominance, Bing has made small gains and Yahoo are spiralling into search oblivion.
Once again we take a look at the search activity of users both sides of the pond to gauge how the search engine market is developing. Since our last report in November [see: Search Engine Market Share Statistics - November 2009], Google have continued to strengthen their vice-like grip on the industry whilst Bing have been picking up some of Yahoo’s deserters.
Google now control over two thirds of the U.S. market, extending their share from 65.4% in October up to 67.3% two months later (statistics courtesy of Nielsen). Here, the search giant is now just shy of a 90% share, being the engine of choice for 89.68% of all searches, which is in itself a 0.94% leap (figures from Hitwise). But for all these gains there have to be losses, and unfortunately for Yahoo! they have been the hardest hit.
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- 17th Apr 2012
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Search Engine Market Share Statistics - April 2012
It’s business as usual when it comes to April’s search engine market share statistics. Read more -
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- 10th Apr 2012
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Display Advertising and Search Engine Marketing Experience Spend Growth
It appears that the online advertising industry has bucked the trend amongst many other sectors in the UK. Despite a gloomy outlook with the current UK economy, advertising on the Internet appears to be thriving. -
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- 13th Feb 2012
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Google Paying to Watch Your Search Activity
Having indexed trillions of pages, Google has the world’s knowledge at its fingertips. However, there is a big difference between being able to access content and actually understanding, or indeed indexing it.Like a library without a Dewey decimal system or a phonebook that uses neither the alphabet nor location as guidelines, this collective data is useless without order. So search engines use keywords and domain strength as a basic quality guideline. However, even when combined with 200+ ranking factors, results still aren’t perfect.
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- 6th Jan 2012
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Search Engine Market Share Statistics - 2011 in Review
2011 represented a year of change, contrast and, in some cases, continuity for search engines in both the US and UK markets. It was a bumpy ride for most, with many experiencing optimistic highs and worrying lows at some point throughout the year.Yet the clearest indication of how well they performed is to analyse their percentage changes from the start of 2011 to the end. Whilst some of the statistics were to predictable, some are actually quite surprising, representing new opportunities and challenges for the year ahead.
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- 5th Jan 2012
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What does Facebook's IPO mean for you and I?
For the most part of 2011 there were persistent rumours of Facebook going public at some point in 2012. If this happens, it’s set to be one of the most eagerly anticipated listings in recent times, with some predicating an IPO (Initial Public Offering) that would end up valuing Facebook at up to $100 billion. As the world’s largest social network, with 400 million people accessing the site each and every day, Facebook has become an integral part of a tremendous number of people’s lives. -
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- 23rd Sep 2011
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My First Public Speaking Appearance
On the 22nd September 2011, I made my first appearance on a stage at OMN London alongside Mike Essex where we presented our tactics for dominating page one of the search results for a brand. If you had asked me six months ago whether I would have done something like this, the answer would have been a definite NO! However, I overcame my fears and stood up in front of approximately 300 people with an interest in digital marketing and presented to them.From speaking to people in the industry over the past three years, public speaking is a fear of many people and I wanted to put together this post to share some of my thoughts and tell you how I went about combating that fear in 15 steps.
