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Out-Googling Google
Dubbed the “operating system of the internet”, Google has become the default term for web searching. It’s the top destination site for web searches, receiving more than 150 million queries daily. All of which makes the behemoth in Redmond, Washington, a trifle concerned.
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Beware the Spam Catchers
Every day, scores of legitimate emails get blocked by email filters and corporate firewalls. In fact, market intelligence company RoperASW estimates 38% of permission-based emails are wrongly blocked by filters and firewalls. Your all-important email campaigns and newsletters, and even personal correspondence, may be getting blocked too.
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Analyze This
An online wine shop used metrics to improve its web marketing. It broke its visitors into five distinct segments and found that one segment comprised less than 10% of its audience but accounted for over 80% of its revenue. Track the following metrics for your site and use the data to make improvements.
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Have Online Advertisers Gone Too Far?
In an intensifying effort to capture internet users’ attention, online advertisers are resorting to ever more intrusive – even dodgy – tactics like…
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Blogging for Fun and Profit
One in five teens between 12 and 17 maintains a blog, according to a US survey, and now corporates are catching on -from telecommunications company Verizon, to analysts Gartner Group, to small Sydney consultancy Step Two Designs. There is a sound business case for blogging. It gives customers, suppliers and staff an inside view of how you think. After all, people buy from people, not some faceless corporate entity.
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King Hit
Why does Montana Wines appear on the first page of Google’s search results for “New Zealand wines,” while Matua can’t be found until page two? And why does Trelawn Place come up number one in a Google search for “Queenstown bed and breakfast”, whereas competitor White Shadows Country Inn is number 11?
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