Data and Relationship Visualisation Tools - what's out there?
Quite rightly there is increasing amounts of talk about 'social media' online. The jury is still out on the real value of some areas of social media and networks, but one area where the value is currently most apparent is using network analysis to help optimise your natural search engine rankings (SEO), largely by identifying suitable sites to get inbound links from.
But what with the internet being so big, and growing so fast, it has been hard to make any practical sense of all the network data available. Recently I came across a tool which showed me the potential power of visualising these relationships...
Google Checkout – a paid search optimisation tactic?
Have you seen the new Google Checkout icons which are displayed with paid search ads where the merchant is using Google Checkout? The evidence we’ve heard so far is that those icons lead to a higher click through rate.
What will that do for your paid search rankings?
Multivariate Testing and A/B Split Testing - who provides it?
We're seeing growing interest from site owners in doing A/B split testing and multivariate / multivariable testing - for landing pages, for product pages, for buying processes, for e-mails and so on.
But who are the service providers out there specialising in offering such solutions?
“Traditional” Ad Networks vs. the Digital Agencies – the big debate
For years now the debate has rumbled on – should brands be choosing the ‘traditional’ ad networks to handle all their media planning and buying, with digital integrated in that, or do they need to go the digital specialists for their digital needs?
Again the debate has raged in the trade press recently. What are my thoughts…?
Brands attempting “User Generated Content” – the good, the bad, and the ugly
With the rise of “Web 2.0” and “UGC” (User Generated Content) many brands are attempting to harness the power of UGC. But how well are they doing it? Which ones are getting right and which embarrassingly wrong?
Here are a few of my own thoughts on the winners and losers, but do suggest your own…
Blog and User Generated Content monitoring services
With the rise of user-generated content ('UGC') and blogging, there is a growing need to be able to monitor, engage with, and respond to what is being said about you, your brand, product or service online.
But what tools, products or services are out there to help you track, analyse and report on all this activity?
Why PR is so powerful for online marketing...
For a long time we at E-consultancy have been banging the drum of how powerful 'traditional' PR and Online PR are as forms of online marketing. Particularly in terms of driving search activity and natural search rankings.
So I was interested to read which terms were the most searched for on Google in 2006...
Kicking your Google addiction – how NOT to rely on Google paid search marketing
At a recent conference of big retailers in the US, Google paid search marketing was described as ‘crack cocaine’. Highly addictive, but dangerous and destructive in the long term, and something you should wean yourself off.
So what about the UK? Are site owners also wanting to kick their Google habit? And if so, how can they?
Being on BBC's Watchdog - how much traffic does prime time TV drive to your site?
Yesterday evening I appeared on BBC's prime time TV show Watchdog to talk about an eBay story. During the show they displayed our site's URL on screen.
So I was intrigued to see this morning how much traffic that might have created to our site...
The Search Debate: media agencies vs. search specialists?
A recent New Media Age cover story titled “Search agencies feel the heat as media agencies muscle in”, which outlines recent big account wins by media agencies (like Carat Digital, Diffiniti etc.) at the expense of specialist search agencies, has excited much debate.
So which is right? Why would you go with a media agency, or a search specialist? Is paid search just a media buy, or something more?
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Graham Charlton
Strategy & Planning
