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Search Engine Watch January 9, 2006 Chris Sherman |
The State of Search Engine Marketing New research from SEMPO sheds light on what's happening in the search marketing industry today, from the size of the industry to key trends that will shape the year ahead. |
Search Engine Watch February 14, 2005 Shari Thurow |
Local Search Marketing Tactics It's tempting to think of local search as merely a subset of a broader search marketing campaign, but best results come with tactics specifically tailored to the uniquely nuanced needs of searchers looking for local information and services. |
Search Engine Watch February 8, 2007 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketing Shows Strength in 2006 SEMPO's annual look at the State of Search Engine Marketing finds that search continues to grow, reaching $9.4 billion in North America in 2006. |
Search Engine Watch March 6, 2009 Gregg Stewart |
Integration in a Decentralized World As a VP of advertising or CMO, where do you start and end your exploration for communication integration and efficiency? Let's start with the basics and move toward the complex to address the questions. |
Search Engine Watch July 9, 2009 Melissa Mackey |
Using Geo-Targeting to Boost Your PPC Results Increased pay-per-click competition combined with low consumer confidence and spending levels often leads to higher cost-per-conversion for advertisers. One way to find new pockets of opportunity is by making use of geo-targeted PPC campaigns. |
Entrepreneur February 2005 Catherine Seda |
Close to Home Geographic-targeting features get your online message to customers right around the corner. examples: Community websites, Internet Yellow Pages, and search engine advertising. |
Search Engine Watch October 2, 2007 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Budgets to See Double-Digit Growth A significant number of advertisers plan to increase both their search ad spend and SEO budgets next year, according to a MarketingSherpa report. |
Search Engine Watch May 25, 2006 Chris Sherman |
U.K. Search Marketing Environment Thriving The total market for search marketing in the U.K. grew at a blistering 100% rate in 2005, and further double-digit gains are expected for this year. Four key trends are driving this growth. |
Search Engine Watch October 17, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Making the Most of Your Local Search Marketing Dollars Clients often ask where they should spend their marketing dollars: online or offline, search or display? The problem with these questions: they assume there's one or only a few sources for all local sales leads. The question isn't "either/or," it's about how much of each. |
Search Engine Watch May 8, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Customer Segmentation and SEO -- A Beautiful Couple Search engine optimization on its own can be a very useful tactic to bring leads to your site. But developing a deeper understanding of your primary markets and using customer segmentation in your content become important SEO considerations that can lead to a higher probability of conversion. |
Search Engine Watch March 11, 2004 Jennifer Laycock |
Outsourcing Search Engine Marketing Search engine marketing is crucial for the success of online businesses -- but should you take on search marketing in-house, or outsource this challenging task to a contractor or agency? |
Search Engine Watch March 31, 2004 Arnaud Fischer |
Paid Search Programs Finally Growing Up The search industry has come a long way. Enhanced keyword targeting capabilities and powerful new bidding and analysis tools have raised the value of search as a promotional channel. |
Search Engine Watch September 28, 2005 Chris Sherman |
How are Search Marketers Performing? A new study sheds light on the performance of search marketing firms, concluding that many are missing opportunities and failing to provide important services for their clients. |
Search Engine Watch December 15, 2004 Chris Sherman |
State of the Search Marketing Industry 2004 Jupiter Research and SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) have released results of separate surveys providing one of the most detailed looks yet at current practices and advertiser spending in the search marketing industry. |
Search Engine Watch November 14, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Offline and Online Conversions Tracking: Increase Your ROI The accountability of online marketing is only as good as the analytics an advertiser employs. Tracking conversions - both online and offline - can be tricky, but it is an important part of any online marketing program, especially for businesses with a local presence. |
Search Engine Watch October 14, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Where's The ROI? Would you divert your offline marketing dollars to marketing that can be measured; where you can know how, where, and how much money you made from each ad buy? Even the most negative and non-Internet-savvy business owners can't argue with numbers that lead to bigger bank accounts. |
Search Engine Watch January 31, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketers' Wish Lists, Part 2 Predictions of the future of Internet marketing from several search marketers and social media marketers. |
Search Engine Watch October 10, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Is Your SEM Truly Looking at Search Holistically? To achieve SERP nirvana, your search engine optimization and paid search efforts must have the same goal. Ask these five important questions. |
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2007 Bryan Eisenberg |
Make ROI Your New Year's Resolution Blaming Google for your traffic woes is like a brick and mortar store blaming the city for its traffic. Once they walk through the door of your store, it is your responsibility to convert them. |
Search Engine Watch January 5, 2009 William Flaiz |
Search Shifts and Predictions for 2009 2009 will see search engines focusing less on new product innovations and more on new revenue streams during our economic crisis. |
Search Engine Watch June 24, 2008 Carrie Hill |
The Big Picture -- Well-Rounded SEM for SMBs, Part 3 More elements a small business should consider when looking at a well rounded search engine marketing campaign include local search, usability, and creating a Web site that will increase conversions. |
Search Engine Watch July 31, 2008 Ron Jones |
The Future of SEM Education Online advertising continues to grow in both good times and bad. That's good news for search marketers, and highlights the ongoing importance of search education. |
Search Engine Watch June 27, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Creative Messaging in a Direct Response World Should a company focus on building their messaging around their brand image, or on driving direct response via their Web site and online media? |
Search Engine Watch March 14, 2007 Michael Boland |
Google's Local Business Center and the Webification of SMBs More providers are wising up to the tactic of offering small businesses a free and easy way to get online, in hopes that they will transition into paid advertisers. |
InternetNews January 14, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Search Ads Reap Big Rewards Doubleclick reports that search advertising revenues grew by more than 300 percent in the third quarter. |
Search Engine Watch January 18, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketing "Resolutions" for 2008, Part 2 We've collected more New Years resolutions from search engine marketers, sharing their priorities and plans for 2008. |
Search Engine Watch February 27, 2009 Elisabeth Osmeloski |
You Can't (NOT) Afford to Invest in SEM Analytics While more advanced Web analytics packages may seem out of reach for some marketers, at some point you have to ask if you can afford not to invest in better analytics. |
Search Engine Watch March 3, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Search Engine Optimization in a Down Economy During the last downturn, we witnessed Google become a leader in their space without a huge marketing budget. They had a better widget. |
Search Engine Watch November 13, 2009 Gregg Stewart |
The Year of Mobile: Closer Than We Think? Consumers are increasingly relying on smartphones and other mobile devices to select local businesses and brands. Consider these trends. |
Search Engine Watch July 3, 2008 Ron Jones |
SEM Going Legit - Literally EDU Many newcomers are looking for some kind of accredited SEM course. But for a university to offer such course, it must be created in theory, pass through boards and deans, and be completely vetted. That can take anywhere from two to five years. |
Search Engine Watch July 28, 2004 Grant Crowell |
Search Engine Marketing and Branding Challenges Should search engine marketing be considered as part of a brand-building campaign? |
Search Engine Watch June 9, 2010 Alex Cohen |
The Google Tax: The High Price of Free Search Marketing Tools The limits of Google's conversion based products, and why you just may not want to give Google the keys to your business. |
Search Engine Watch March 11, 2009 Eric Enge |
Improve Conversion Efficiency with Demandbase Increasing conversion efficiency should be the goal of every Web site publisher. Regardless of what you're trying to accomplish with the sit, having a higher conversion rate than your competitor provides you with a strategic advantage. |
Search Engine Watch September 19, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Getting to Know Local SEO Local SEO is a must for businesses that sell products locally to a specified geographical area. The channels consumers are using to search are changing. |
Search Engine Watch November 21, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Selling SEO During an Economic Downturn In a down economy, business development for SEO becomes increasingly important. |
Search Engine Watch November 13, 2007 Steve Haar |
Tracking Real Value with Incremental ROI You may be losing money with certain keywords in your PPC campaigns, but still be making a profit. Don't let net ROI mask incremental losses. |
Search Engine Watch January 24, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketing Predictions for 2008, Part 2 We've collected the 2008 predictions of several search engine marketers, sharing their best guesses about the direction of the industry in the coming year. |
Search Engine Watch July 8, 2004 Shari Thurow |
Ad Agencies & Search Engine Marketing Firms Beginning to Play Together Advertising agencies are spending more on search engine marketing, with one in five marketers buying in excess of 1,000 keywords, according to Jupiter Research. |
Search Engine Watch June 5, 2009 Joshua Palau |
Checking in on 2009 Search Shifts & Predictions In the online world, we tend to make predictions and never really look back. Today, we'll buck that trend and look at some of this year's predictions, five months later. |
Search Engine Watch Greg Jarboe |
Finding Recession-Proof SEM Jobs Search is expected to weather the coming economic storm better than most forms of marketing or advertising. |
CRM December 5, 2014 Peter Isaacson |
Align Sales and Marketing with CRM Insight Gain a complete view of the sales funnel to achieve a common goal. |
Search Engine Watch July 12, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 1 Some of the most common challenges of reporting on SEO performance, plus solutions. First of a three-part series. |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2009 David Szetela |
Google Conversion Optimizer: The Best-Kept Secret in PPC? Google quietly added Conversion Optimizer to every advertiser's AdWords account a few months ago. In a nutshell, it regulates keyword-level bids, promising to deliver as many conversions as possible, at or below a cost-per-conversion you specify. |
Bank Technology News February 2006 Glen Fest |
Search Engines: Out Of Banks' Plain View Google, Yahoo! and MSN are trying to convince banks to ramp up search-engine advertising and optimization. So far, banks have not been big-time adopters. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2005 Peter H. Nalen |
Alternative Media: Targeting Audiences on the Web The most important web page to communicate with doctors and patients is the page of results that your potential customers see when they use search engines, such as Google, Yahoo!, or MSN. |
Search Engine Watch February 2, 2005 Shari Thurow |
Meet the Local Search Engines Local search has been hot over the past year, with the major search engines jostling for eyeballs, offering new features for both searchers and advertisers alike. |
Search Engine Watch April 19, 2006 Amy Edelstein |
Branding through Search: Strategies & Tactics Savvy search marketers are increasingly leveraging search for branding purposes -- not as an afterthought, but deliberately blending both old and new strategies & tactics. |
CRM July 18, 2013 |
Rio SEO Expands Social Remarketing Solution Online marketers can now engage brand influencers and their social 'look-alikes.' |
Search Engine Watch March 2, 2009 Joshua Palau |
5 Search Topics You Need to Discuss with Your Client Knowing how to talk about these topics will improve your client communication and help foster more effective and rewarding business relationships. After all, search marketers are communicators first |
Search Engine Watch August 17, 2010 Garry Przyklenk |
What the Heck is Connected Marketing? SES San Francisco attendees today are learning all about how to integrate marketing tactics, such as offline advertising, paid search, search engine optimization, social media, testing, and mobile. |