Posted by dsclarkkk in Internet MarketingJul 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
According to the LA Times, “Irvine-based Internet search engine Local.com Corp. said Thursday that it had acquired Octane360, a Los Angeles technology start-up that specializes in online marketing for small businesses and Web domain owners. Local.com said it paid $5 million in cash and stock for Octane360, with up to $5.9 million in additional cash if certain performance criteria are met in the two years after the deal’s close.” To read the rest of this article click here.
Posted by dsclarkkk in Internet MarketingFeb 11th, 2010 | No Comments
We have been working with Nushoe.com for almost a year now. Today the Wall Street Journal compared our client with three other shoe repair companies online. Of the four companies Nushoe.com was rated the best according to the article. We are proud to be associated with NuShoe.com and have worked hard to not only increase their search engine rankings but to improve the usability of their website. Congratulations to our friends at NuShoe.com!
Posted by dsclarkkk in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Dec 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
Google, Yahoo and Bing October 2009 market share was just announced by Comscore.com. According to them, “Americans conducted more than 14.3 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share. Microsoft sites are up a nominal .5% percent market share and Yahoo is down .8%.” Essentially Google continues to gain market share. Click here to read the rest of their data.
Posted by dsclarkkk in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Nov 12th, 2009 | No Comments
ICANN the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has approved the creation of URL addresses in multiple languages. These changes will have profound impact on Internet marketing and search engine optimization in countries that do not use roman language and characters. This will make necessary for companies desiring to do business internationally to design and launch websites with the corresponding language specific URLs and content in multiple countries. This will open opportunities for website design firms in those countries as well as SEO firms. To learn more about what is being called...
Posted by dsclarkkk in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Sep 24th, 2009 | No Comments
Google, Yahoo and Bing August 2009 market share was just announced by Comscore.com this week. According to them, “Americans conducted more than 13.9 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 64.6 percent search market share. Microsoft Sites grabbed 9.3 percent market share, a 0.4-percentage point gain versus July.” Click here to read the rest of their data.
What I find interesting is people are claiming Bing is growing market share at the expense of Google but the data shows this is not true. Despite their multi-million dollar advertising campaign, Bing has only taken...
Posted by dsclarkkk in Internet MarketingJul 30th, 2009 | No Comments
This is interesting data from Comscore “a leader in measuring the digital world, they released a June 2009 overview of the career services & development category based on data from comScore Media Metrix and comScore Marketer. The study revealed that more than 65 million Americans visited the category in June, representing a 10-percent increase versus year ago, ranking it as one of the top-growing site categories. Seven of the top ten sites in the category achieved double-digit gains during that period.” Click here to read the complete set of data compiled.
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingApr 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Comscore.com a leader in measuring the digital world, has released their monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In March 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, a 9-percent gain versus February.
March 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings were as followes; Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in March with 63.7 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.5 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.3 percent), Ask Network (3.8 percent) and AOL LLC (3.7 percent). Click here to view a detailed chart of each companies share of the search market in the...
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingMar 15th, 2009 | No Comments
A lot of people overlook how important the page customers land on are to sparking interest and converting the potential customer into a sale. The design of your landing pages is something you have great control over but most people don’t take advantage of that opportunity. One of the great books on landing page optimization is,”Landing Page Optimization by Tim Ash.”
This is an excerpt from the back cover. How much money are you losing because of poor landing page design? In this comprehensive, step-by-step guide, you will learn all the skills necessary to dramatically improve...
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingDec 2nd, 2008 | No Comments
One of my favorite forums is a search engine forum called, “SEO Chat.” This is a great forum for learning basic and advanced search engine optimization techniques. In today’s complex world of online marketing there are other components you have to look at besides making your site search engine friendly. One of the most important issues is website usability. If you want to learn from the best of the best, I highly recommend joining Create8asite’s forum on website usability.
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingSep 18th, 2008 | No Comments
Today I’m telling you about a little known resource provided by Google called The Google Business Channel. This channel is located on You Tube and currently has 44 videos covering a wide variety of topics. The topics include:
1. Multiple videos on how to use Google Adwords effectively.
2. Google Apps. and security services overview.
3. Google Analytics videos.
4. Google website optimizer videos.
5. A series of videos for Car Dealers and how to use Google Adwords most effectively.
I have watched a number of the videos and plan to watch more of them. I’m sure those of you who are new...
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