The Search Experience has a De Facto Standard (for Now)

by Admin


17 Feb
 None    Search Engines

by Gord Hotchkiss
http://www.enquiro.com

We've recently done a lot of testing on how people interact with search results, both on the general engines we all use, and vertical search engines in a few industries. We discovered a number of things, but one finding in particular surprised us. The user interaction with search results has been defined. A standard has been established. And until a discontinuous improvement in the search interface comes along, we will expect all Search to be the same.

Google AdWords - Through the Eyes of a Hacker

by Admin


16 Feb
 None    Internet Related

by Brenda Wright
http://www.enquiro.com

Recently one of my co-workers passed me a print article he had come across. It was written by a hacker (apparently one of the good kind) and his experiences with Google AdWords.

At first glance I assumed that someone had found a way to 'hack' into Google ads, however it turned out to be an exploration of the hacker's legitimate experience with AdWords. While reading it was not the frightening experience I was expecting, his story did help me to see the Google PPC AdWord process from a different perspective.

Having worked with Google ads and Search Engine Marketing for several years, there are a number of AdWords shortcomings that I have come to anticipate and deal with. Of greater interest to me was the hacker's approach to mounting a PPC campaign. He did try to find the right keywords, which is an important early step, but he may have forgotten who his target audience is - or he may have been so eager for additional readership of his blog that he was ready to try anything. It is hard to imagine his target - hackers like himself, who tend to see themselves as outside the mainstream - clicking on a Google ad.


Find your keywords that convert to sales

by Admin


15 Feb
 None    Site Promotion

Copyright by Axandra.com
Web site promotion software

Having high rankings on search engines is pointless if these rankings don't convert to sales. It's better to have high rankings for 10 keywords that convert to sales than high rankings for 100 keywords that only bring you visitors.

For that reason, it is important to find the keywords that work best for your business. By focusing on these keywords, you can greatly increase your revenue.

BMW.de Got Banned & So Can You

by Admin


14 Feb
 None    Site Promotion

by Rob Sullivan
http://www.enquiro.com

By now you've probably heard that BMW.de was removed from the Google index for spamming.

They were using a combination of Javascript and Doorway pages to rank for terms they shouldn't have ranked for (such as used cars).

What BMW.de was doing was creating a bunch of doorway pages with no useful content at all, and optimizing them to rank highly for terms. A search engine crawler would index the content and since crawlers can't execute javascript they would merely index the page.

How to add credibility to your web site

by Admin


13 Feb
 None    General

Copyright by Axandra.com
Web site promotion software

The Stanford University compiled a list of 10 guidelines for building the credibility of a web site. These guidelines are based on three years of research and on several studies about that topic.

The Stanford list confirms the recommendations we gave in previous issues of this newsletter and the tips that are available in the marketing tips section in IBP. Although the information in the Stanford list is not new, it is still very important if you want to be successful with your web site.


The 50 Millisecond Judgment

by Admin


10 Feb
 None    General

by Gord Hotchkiss
http://www.enquiro.com

50 milliseconds is not a long time. It's about one frame of video, or half as long as the blink of a human eye. And that tiny little slice of time is all it takes for a visitor to a website to decide how appealing that site is.

Dr. Gitte Lindgaard and her team undertook a fascinating study at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Their goal: to determine just how long it takes to make a reliable judgment of the visual appeal of a website. They found that we can accurately judge visual appeal in just 50 milliseconds, or one twentieth of a second! The study was published in Behaviour and Information Technology, March - April 2006.


Google - The End?

by Admin


09 Feb
 None    Search Engines

by Rob Sullivan
http://www.enquiro.com

The world of investments is a funny place.

I mean, there are dozens of analysts predicting what a company will earn and if that company falls short of expectations then they take a hit - usually as a result of panicked selling of its shares by investors.

But what gets me is these analysts - people who work OUTSIDE the company can actually influence shareholders so much that they drop stocks in a company that makes money hand over fist.

Google Base - SEO Opportunity

by Admin


08 Feb
 None    Site Promotion

by Rob Sullivan
http://www.enquiro.com

When you own a website your quest generally is to be top ranked in Google. Whether its in the top position or merely above the fold, ideally you want to be where the most eyeballs will see you and hopefully click on your link.

But many times that is an extremely difficult task to achieve organically. Especially when you are competing with sites that have been on the web for years, have huge reputation and PageRank and thousands of incoming links.

Bigdaddy: Big changes on Google to come

by Admin


07 Feb
 None    Search Engines

Copyright by Axandra.com
Web site promotion software

Google has announced a major update that will affect the ranking of web pages in Google's index. In contrast to the usual algorithm updates, this update will be much bigger because it changes the way Google works behind the scenes. Google has given the update the name "Bigdaddy".

Maximize marketing effectiveness with a Toolbar

by Admin


06 Feb
 None    General

Today we are living in a highly competitive business environment and it is absolutely required and essential for companies and internet marketers to maximize marketing effectiveness without much expenses and work to compete effectively online. How much it would be worth for you to have your logo and an arsenal of direct deep links to your site as well as an dynamic updating news ticker about your companies products directly in the user's face every time they open their browser window? What do you think about a tool that would offer outstanding added value to your vistors and clients by improved accessibility to your websites content, fully-featured add-ons build in and available 24/7 hours a day with a single click on their browser?


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