I just watch Iron Man earlier and man, it is a really nice show. Yea, I know it has been out a long time ago. Well, I only had the chance to watch it today after downloading it yesterday. I still have Punisher and Max Payne still to be watch. Oh yes, and there is also Resident Evil - Degeneration still download. I’m now catching back up on the movies that I have missed previously.
Fiona was telling how she was glad that she found a great webmaster who was willing to help her a lot in setting up her domains, websites and blogs. She told me that she had recommended him to a few of her friends. Even though some of them did complained about the server, I believe that isn’t the fault of the webmaster as it isn’t his fault at all should the server have any problem. After all he has done his part in ensuring that our sites are loading well.
I’m just thinking whether I should introduce this webmaster to Joyce as she is planning to setup a website for her company. I wonder what proposal for a better hosting solution that he will come up with. I was thinking of something like Cleo Communication where this company provides software and solutions for Managed File Transfer.
Anyway, I just told Joyce to give him a try and see how it goes. Take a few proposal before deciding which one to go for. I might even need to use him to handle all my domains and web hosting so I don’t need to trouble myself. Pay a few hundred to have someone maintain it for you is affordable.
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For those who have been visiting and found that the blog is down, it is because I overlooked and forgot to renew my domain thus for the downtime. I quickly make the payment but it was too late. Even after paying and having my domain activated, it still need time for the domain name to propogate to the world. Occasionally I can view the site at some place whereas at other places it will still be showing the domain parking site. I couldn’t do any more but just to wait and wait till it is fully propograte. So it is always best to renew your domain name early to avoid all the unnecessary inconvenience.
Another interesting article by Chris Crum the staff writer for WebProNews and iEntry Network. Interested to make money from your site? Learn it all from Google.
But What About the Flood of Content?
Add to that the ever-increasing amount of content being uploaded to the web (with user generated content playing a big role) is having a negative effect on online advertising, perhaps even more so than the economy.
“Consumers are hungry for information,” Federman notes. “In fact, 64% of them use multiple sources for information, and visit 2.5 sites in the purchase process (JupiterResearch). What will emerge from the plethora of content is a sort of user loyalty that will result in consumers using more information from fewer, but more trusted sources. That loyalty may be driven by the site that provides the most accurate recommendations, superior customer service or the best promotions based on their personal hot buttons.”
Learing from Google
“What we know from Google is that marketers find paid search to be effective - it’s a pay for performance model and highly measurable ROIs are more easily justified than CPM based offerings and mass media,” adds Federman. “But Google only gets you so far, what do you do with your brand once you’ve arrived at the online storefront?”
He then referenced JupiterResearch again indicating that for the first time, the retail sites have become the source for online research, overtaking search engines.
“Taking the learnings from Google, and applying them to site-side search is a huge opportunity for marketers,” he says, citing an example from his own Searchandise Commerce. “Marketers place cost-per-click bids by brand, SKU or category to elevate their placement in on-site search results. Knowing that 80% of buyers start their search online, and that over 70% of clicks occur in the top 10 search results, attaining premium placement is an innovative way to engage prospects at the point of purchase while displacing competitive offerings. The service addresses that last mile of search that Google does not address.”
Federman has some interesting ideas about building trust and loyalty. Searchandise’s site drives the point home itself, “Retailers are looking for innovative ways to merchandise, monetize and maximize virtual shelf space, the same way end-caps and other displays are used in-store. It’s all about engaging the prospect at point of purchase.”
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Another interesting article by Chris Crum the staff writer for WebProNews and iEntry Network. Interested to make money from your site? Learn it all from Google.
The number of businesses selling online is quite large, and its only growing.Advertisers need spots where they can shine. I spoke with John Federman, President and CEO of Searchandise Commerce about some things that can not only give those spots to advertisers, but earn eCommerce sites some extra money.
Consumers Are Going Online
First we talked about how the current economic situation is driving more consumers online as opposed to in-store. Federman cited an AdAge piece stating that Web sales were growing at five times the rate of brick and mortar stores, a trend that the economy will no doubt fuel further. “The Web represents an unprecedented choice for today’s consumer - a broader spectrum of product options, features and prices to compare than physical stores offer,” says Federman. “The sheer time savings, and the saved transportation cost make the Web an increasingly preferred venue in which consumers are shopping.”
“From the retailer side, the economy is clearly causing brick and mortar chains to evaluate the profitability of every store, and close those that are under-performing,” he continues. “It’s hit everyone from Best Buy whose Web growth outpaced in-store sales to Starbucks. For the consumer, fewer stores is another driver to the Web.”
The Scramble for Advertising Opportunities
The next subject Federman talked about was how Google’s dominance has left marketers scrambling to find new opportunities to advertise.
“Google has done an excellent job helping the 80+% of buyers who start the purchase online (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008) identify which retailers are selling which product and driving traffic to the retailer’s Web sites,” Federman explains. “For marketers, implicit in the Google model is the skyrocketing costs for keywords - it’s more challenging than ever for them to make any sort of brand impact.”
An article by Chris Crum who is a staff writer for WebProNews and iEntry Network. Sites owners and bloggers with to have high ranking on Google. So is brand the Key to Ranking on Google?
I think few people noticed this update because there was a smaller change in rankings, and many of the search results are relevant sites that are logical to rank…whereas with the Florida update some of the sites that were ranking were quite off topic, or only near matches.
Eric Schmidt - CEO of Google CC: I’m intrigued by the other point you pulled from Schmidt’s earnings call about Google understanding the meaning of your phrases rather than just the words. Clearly this would greatly increase relevancy on a lot of searches if they are able to get it right. How close do you think they are to being able to pull this off?
AW: They still have a long way to go to get where they want to be with relevancy, but some of the issue of search is simply creating the incentive to make people want to create the content that really answers search queries well in a good format. Sometimes I see Matt Cutts post great how to posts about how do different things in Ubuntu. I believe he does that in part to feed answers into the search engine, especially if/when it did not provide an answer that was as good as he would like.
Another big issue is information accuracy…which is yet another reason they might want to put a lot of weight on brand.
Sidenote (CC): With regards to relevancy and branding, there are some interesting possibilties on the way as ICANN begins accepting more new generic Top-Level Domains. This is discussed in the following exclusive WPN interview between SEOMoz’s Sarah Bird and Clarke Walton of Walton Law Firm:
CC: Do you think this (Google recognizing meaning over words) is something the majority of searchers want to see happen or do you think they would prefer to have to specify their own searches further?
AW: We like to feel like we are in control, but we under-estimate our own laziness. People prefer Google to be sophisticated under the hood rather than having to re-query again.
Thanks to Aaron for talking with me. Read his article “Google’s New Search Engine Rankings Place Heavy Emphasis on Branding”. It’s full of illustrated examples, and I think you’ll find it quite interesting.