Is Click-to-Call what Local Search Has Been Waiting For?

by Admin


19 Apr
 None    Site Promotion

by Joseph Pratt
http://www.icmediadirect.com

Click-to-call is an emerging contextual advertising format that will help spark the growth of localized search. It links online users to offline advertisers by combining Internet telephone capabilities. Although it has yet to hit its stride as a platform or even pierce consumer consciousness, the biggest interactive names, like Google, Yahoo, and eBay, are positioning themselves for a future in click-to-call. Let's take a closer look.

Click-to-call ads (CTC) are delivered, like pay-per-click, through standard online search results. They mostly resemble standard paid search ads, too. The user sees the familiar text in a box, except there is an icon that can be clicked to connect the interested party with the designated advertiser via telephone. This process is fully online until the user activates the CTC functionality by clicking that icon delivered with the ad.

The Pros & Cons of Hosting-It-Yourself

by Admin


18 Apr
 None    General

We're fond advocates of the DIY (do it yourself) mentality. So you won't find us dissuading you from taking the reins of your internet presence fully and hosting your website yourself on your own server, if that's what you want and are prepared to do. Consider this checklist-lemonade-article your minimal preparation.

First and foremost, do you have what it takes? How tech savvy are you, anyway? Do you know what it means, for example, to secure a server? Do you have the time to devote to the arduous maintenance of a server, responding personally to every glitch that comes with the territory? And do you have the inclination?

Secondly, do you have what it takes? No, you're not seeing double. This time what we mean by "what it takes" is hardware and software and internet access. Hosting your own server requires the following:


Advanced Installer Professional 3.9 Released

by Admin


17 Apr
 None    Software

Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Installer Professional 3.9, a Windows Installer authoring tool which enables developers and system administrators to easily build reliable MSI packages. Advanced Installer runs on Windows 2000/XP, and the install packages it creates run on all Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/NT/2k/XP operating systems.

Windows Installer is a powerful, but very complex technology. Mastering it on your own takes months of hard work. That's where Advanced Installer comes to help. It creates a high level abstraction on top of the underlying technology. With a clean, simple user interface, each operation is logical and intuitive. Everything is done in the user interface, without complicated scripts to learn or arcane database tables to edit.

Advanced Installer is built on standard, open formats. The project files are saved as XML files for easy integration with source control systems. Advanced Installer is FREE for the simplest, most common usages. It also offers three additional licensing levels for more sophysticated needs: Professional, For Java and Enterprise.

Increase Your Website Conversion Rate

by Admin


17 Apr
 None    General

The worst disservice you do to your online business is to not track your website conversion rate and update your site regularly. But increasing your website conversion rate works differently for different types of sites and products. Here are tips to help you increase your website conversion rate.


Some Adwords Basics for Beginners

by Admin


15 Apr
 None    Internet Related

by Joseph Pratt
http://www.icmediadirect.com

Google's Adwords is still the yardstick by which other search advertising platforms measure themselves. This isn't merely an industry observation, but a respectful sentiment that I share now, having learned the ins and outs of Adwords first hand. At ICMediaDirect.com I use this experience to give clients advice that saves them money.

No two advertising campaigns are alike, so naturally each one requires its own strategy. But there are general suggestions that a first time Adwords user should heed. What I have are a few tips aimed at saving the new advertiser money. Just because I learned a few of them the hard way doesn't mean you should have to: caution and patience are key virtues for an Adwords novice. Incidentally, since Google announced new localized features for Adwords, I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of new users in upcoming months.


New acquisition - Can we expect a shift in Google's ranking algorithm?

by Admin


15 Apr
 None    Search Engines

Copyright by Axandra.com
Web site promotion software

Google has recently acquired an advanced text search algorithm that has been invented by University of New South Wales PhD student Ori Allon.

Although the acquisition has not been confirmed yet, Google has confirmed that Ori Allon is now employed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Is Search Engine Marketing Right for My Business?

by Admin


14 Apr
 None    Internet Related

by Tom Shivers
http://www.capturecommerce.com

Perhaps you've redesigned your website and are wondering if search engine marketing (SEM) or search engine optimization (SEO) is right for your business. Or maybe you don't trust most search engine marketing companies to do what they claim they will do. Maybe you feel like you are running in place, spending money on SEM but not seeing the results you anticipated. Or you feel abused because your site is re-optimized every time you work with an SEO company and still no results.

This article will help you recognize the legitimate, ethical SEO and search engine marketing companies as opposed to those who are making unsubstantiated claims. Armed with this info, you will be able to sort out the claims an SEM company makes and drill into the claim enough to expose the truth.


Google is now Smarter than Daddy

by Admin


12 Apr
 None    Internet Related

by Gord Hotchkiss
http://www.enquiro.com

It was a sad day in the Hotchkiss household. While doing her homework, my twelve year old daughter Alanna had a question. Until now, she always asked me, her father. This time, she went straight to Google. The 10 year old, Lauren, is already heading in the same direction. I'm sensing the old days may never return.

Being in a somewhat philosophical mood (I have the time, now that I don't have to answer questions about pH balances and what a litmus test is) I pondered the implications of this. If there's a box that always has the right answers, what does this mean for our society? How will having instant access to the absolute authority on everything impact us?


Analytics: Advanced Analysis

by Admin


11 Apr
 None    Site Promotion

by Manoj Jasra
http://www.searchengineposition.com

Attending Omniture's Web Analytics Summit last week has made me realize the extent of segmentation and analysis an analytics suite can provide for an organization. As stated in a previous article, about half of search marketers use analytics. This is a surprisingly low figure; however, of this 50%, how many online marketers are aware of the advanced features that can help focus and drive their overall search marketing strategies? Having analytics in place is just half of the solution, actually using them and tailoring them to provide solid information and reasoning is what separates those on the leading edge from those on the bleeding edge.

In this article I will provide some insight into some of the complex analytics features that are not readily apparent to many of the marketing professionals in the search industry. (Please note that the topics discussed are a little advanced, but continue reading because they can be applied to any search marketing strategy,large or small,and will undoubtedly lead to you making the right decisions more often than not.)

Search Engine Information from the EXOMXPO Convention

by Admin


10 Apr
 None    Internet Related

by Michael Rock
http://www.webrankingconsultants.com

I attended the EXOMXPO convention and found one seminar to be very helpful and informational and thought I would share the knowledge with you. This seminar called, 'Getting the Word Out' gives many ideas on how to bring traffic into your web site AND generate a better ROI (Return on Investment) to get more sales.


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