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Search Engine Marketing

Robots Exclusion Protocol for Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft [Yahoo Search Blog]
The following are all the major REP features currently implemented by Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!. Each of these directives can be specified to be applicable for all crawlers or for specific crawlers by targeting them to specific user-agents, which is how any crawler [...]

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Recently, I was asked to share a case study on one Singapore company’s digital marketing efforts. I picked Singapore Airlines (SIA) as it is one of Singapore’s prestigious brands and one of my favorite brands as well. I’ll simply do a quick check on search engine and social media with brief comments.
Search Engine Presence
Usually when [...]

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Now you have made your video ready for video marketing campaigns. Now what? If this is your first time, you probably would go to register at video sharing websites like YouTube one by one and upload your videos. If you are really aggressive and YouTube alone can’t make you satisfied, it’s really a tedious process [...]

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Here is an example of how Google leverage its China’s competitor Baidu’s advantage: mp3 search.
Baidu has over 60% total market share while Google has less than 30%. Baidu’s disputed MP3 search is a good weapon that Google itself can’t simply provide due to copyright concerns. Imagine an Internet user who find it much easier [...]

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If a user perform a search in Google, he or she might see an alert from Google right between the subject line and description like this:

If you go ahead and click on the listing, you would not see the listed page but Google malware warning instead:

You would believe me that more than 90% of users [...]

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FlipSquare Blog: 5 Domain Buying Mistakes
So hopefully this short article will help you avoid some basic mistakes that I’ve made. To give you some ideas of where I’m at as a domainer here some rounded portfolio stats.

‘Digital Savvy’ Tend to Be Luxury Shoppers, On-the-Go, Independent Voters
Digitally Savvy* consumers are 56% more likely [...]

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It’s very hard for an Internet company to extend its success into China, even a giant like eBay. Building a strong Internet brand and enriching user experience seem Google’s bet in China.
The death toll from the Sichuan earthquake in China was raised to more than 34,000 on Monday, while the direct economic losses in Sichuan [...]

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12 Trends for the Next 3 Years for Internet Marketing
The 12 trends below represent what Larry Chase thinks you need to keep an eye on in the foreseeable future.
(tags: trends internet marketing)

comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for April
April saw Google Sites attain the number one spot in the Top 50 U.S. [...]

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Los Angeles Times: Some movies are entitled to do well
The best titles, such as “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Pulp Fiction,” are “sonorous,” Lockhart says. “They just sound right — appealing to your emotions and your senses.” How’s your marketing campaign tag line, by the way?
(tags: marketing)

MediaPost : Coca-Cola Uncaps Promo Efforts [...]

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AdWords: How does Load Time Affect Your Landing Page Quality
“Beginning in April 2008, you’ll be able to see a grade for your landing page’s load time in your AdWords account. ‘Load time’ refers to the amount of time it takes for a user to view your landing page after clicking your ad.”
(tags: AdWords Google ppc)

Average [...]

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