Breaking News:”One Bing-er Worth a Googler and a Half!”
Yup, news just in from Chitika Research….every single BING user is worth one and a half Googlers!
What do I mean — or rather — what do they mean by that?
“A new study by online ad network Chitika shows that an individual Bing user is worth one and a half individual Google users in value to website owners.The value of an individual user, in this case, is determined by their likelihood to click on a website’s revenue-generating call-to-action – in Chitika’s case, a text ad embedded in the site. Across the sample of nearly 15 million impressions used for this study, Google users clicked on ads at a rate of 1.09%, while Bing users clicked on ads 1.67% of the time…”
SEO Infographics:elliance rocks!
Yup, today’s blog post is about an online source of absolutely great Infographics, that both teach & instruct as well as entertain at the same time! And they’re from an online firm found at elliance.com for those of you who’d like to see what I mean, first hand!
Sure I know…you think you understand exactly how things “work” when it comes to SEO and SEM…then along comes a great infographic and CLINK — your views have changed! This is exactly what happened to me when I viewed some of their great creations over at elliance and you really should take a few minutes to drop by and go thru the various ones that tickle your fancy!
DIY SEO Website Audit Tools:Freebies!
Okay, you’ve got a new client, or you have your own new website build underway, and you’re thinking “hmm…I wonder if this SEO stuff that I’m doing is best practices strategy and tactics…” and you’ve not yet found a way to determine that? You want to know if your website is going to perform well, SEO wise in Google et al….you want to check the “health” of that site….and you don’t know how?
If that describes where you “are” in your own DIY SEO strategy, then I’ve got two links for you….links for totally free “health checks” for your website or a clients…but a disclaimer is necessary up front, eh!
Canadian Citations — Mid-Year Updates!
After the half-year mark around July 1st or so, our thoughts turned back to Canadian citations…and we were a bit surprised to learn that our own working master Canadian citation list has changed somewhat so we thought we’d update that list right here!
First, let us begin with the best of all original lists for Canadian citations, from David Mihm the well-known and respected LOCAL SEO expert, which can still be found here….
We Like SOPHOs for Safe Web Browsing, eh!
SOPHOs rocks in our world! Yes, this is an un-adulterated review of one of the best, leading-edge safe browsing software companies out there!
Yes, they are in the business of providing anti-virus, security software and data protection…it’s a commercial business that we found years ago from RackSpace our data center (voted best in NA and I’ll talk about their fanatical support at another time, eh!) — but what I like about SOPHOs is more — much more than that, eh!
Your Online ID: Are you being Honestly You?
It appears to us, that after reading a PEW Internet study on Reputation Management and Social Media that there just might be something to be said for who uses their real ID online — and who doesn’t, eh!
This report was based on the findings of a daily tracking survey of Americans use of the internet, but I’m extrapolating here for us Canucks, eh! In fact, from all I’ve read, we Canadians embrace online Social Media MORE than our south of the border yankee friends….we love being online…and that means to me at least, that our own Canuck numbers and Canadian SEO are skewed even more in line with online reputation management….
Canada versus Facebook: Legal Suits Begin!
Yes, Facebook is now facing legal suits over it’s privacy issues! A Toronto based lawfirm, known for previous suits over breast implants and chocolate makers, has just launched a new class action lawsuit against Facebook, where they’ve alleged that Facebook has mishanded sensitive user data–the latest development in a resurgence of action against the social network’s privacy policies!
Am I surprised? Nope, not a bit. Am I a Facebook user, personally and commercially? Yes, I am. Do I think that the site does have privacy issues that are as yet, unresolved? Yes I do. Do I think the lawsuit, as described, has any merit? Um….that’s the question, eh?
2011 Search Marketing Report from MarketingSherpa is Out!
Yes, the long awaited report on search marketing for 2011 is now up and available!
This report is one of the ways in which MarketingSherpa tracks the latest trends in search marketing from over 2000+ agencies, companys and business owners to offer up insights and knowledge on what works!
Usually, MarketingSherpa combines both organic search and PPC search into one annual report, but this year for the first time, they’ve split the Report into two editions — this one dedicated to search engine optimization and a further one dedicated to pay-per-click search advertising.
#LocalU Conference a Cleveland Success, eh!
Well, I’m back from a two day quick trip to Cleveland and attending the #LocalU SEO Conference there offered up by David Mihm’s leadership over at getlisted.org! And what a trip it was, both the first-time drive to Cleveland on I-90 and the Conference itself.
You have to remember, that unless you do attend Conferences or Seminars in person, your whole on-line friendships will never ever be as “big” as they can be — hence the chance to attend this Google Places/LOCAL Conference was high on our list to meet online friends in person! And we met a superb bunch of SEO types at the Conference itself as well as later over happy hour too!
Three Words is the Sweet Spot for SEO keyphrases!
So, Chitika, the folks who do some pretty amazing research, have just published a new report, that shows that three word phrases work best for SEO!
That is, for any search engine statistical numerical comparison, three word phrases drive more traffic to a website than any other number of words in the search phrase! And that is very very encouraging for us SEO practitioners, eh! How’s that? Well, let’s take a look/see at their report numbers…
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