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The Ruby Slippers of Search
If consumers find ecommerce appealing because it helps them find and buy products easier and in less time, then your web site is no longer the shortest distance between points A and B; Google is. During the past few years the Google search engine has emerged to dominate the land of Oz that is the search engine market space. Google’s deals to distribute search results to the likes of AOL and Yahoo! have established a breathtaking critical mass worth more than 80% of all Internet search.
Read MoreA Hacker’s Lucky Dip
Cybercrime, in all its facets – hacking, online fraud, security breaches, information theft, defacements, electronic espionage, and service interruption – seems to be at an all-time high. If the threat doesn’t seem real enough, peruse some of the thousands of defaced home pages immortalised at…
Read MoreWill California’s Spam Law Kill Your Email Marketing?
Spam bills are passing because constituents are pushing legislators for a resolution to their inbox deluge. They want their inboxes reserved for conversations with people they know, not solicitations from people they don’t. Email is NOT direct mail. Traditional direct mail in the online world IS spam. Read on to learn how to prepare to play the new game.
Read MoreOut-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.
Read MoreBeware 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.
Read MoreAnalyze 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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