Hot off the press TODAY from Mashable: Google Merges Search and Google+ Into Social Media Juggernaut As Google Fellow Amit Singhal noted on the Official Google Blog: “We’re transforming Google into a search engine that understands not only content, but also people and relationships.” This is one of those paradigm shifts that takes us into territory where no [...]
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Newsflash: Google Search just went Social
January 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Google, Google Plus, search
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First Click is the Deepest
May 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Google, search, seo
If you’ve ever worried about the position of your website on organic search engine results (i.e. not paid listings, just those natural results chosen by Google et al), you may be aware that where your site appears amongst the search results has a direct and significant bearing on the numbers of clicks you can expect [...]
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Top November 2009 Searches on Yahoo NZ
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · search
FIFA World Cup Melbourne Cup 2009 New Moon Movie Robert Pattinson Australian Idol Cricinfo NZ www.qv.co.nz Movember NZ Cricket K2 Cycle Race Sport, movies, music, property. How transparent are we?
ECommerce Under Threat? Google, Music and the Buy Button — A Dangerous Combination
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Google, ecommerce, search
Reuters is reporting that “Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine”. The notion, according to the usual suspects “people familiar with the plan”, is that under this new scheme music will be streamed directly onto [...]
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CEO does SEO
June 21st, 2009 · No Comments · search, seo
You don’t have to look very hard these days to find advice on search marketing strategies. Everyone has an opinion, it seems, delivered via methods as diverse as “free ebook when you subscribe” to $1997 weekend workshops crammed with speakers and theorists. The best advice, of course, comes from those who’ve actually implemented search strategies — [...]
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The Unfortunate Tale of Toys.com
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Google, search
It was the talk of the town: in late February, ToysRUs bought Toys.com at auction for $5.1 million. Most bidders dropped out of the auction at $3 million, leaving ToysRUs and domain holding company National A-1 to battle it out for hours until one emerged victorious. In the words of the Washington Post, “ToysRUs really didn’t [...]
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Local is It
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments · local, search
Local Searchers, people who seek products, services and information online for specific locations, are proving to be a big boon for shoppers and — potentially — for marketers. A large US study from comScore Networks commissioned byTMP Directional Marketing reveals the following facts concerning consumerbehaviour and attitudes while searching: · 82% of Local Searchers follow [...]
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